CN204427618U - Pan and electric cooker - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a kind of pan and electric cooker, and wherein, pan comprises: pot body and heat-insulation layer, and pot body has cavity, for containing foodstuff; Heat-insulation layer is compounded in the outer surface of the sidewall of pot body; Wherein, heat-insulation layer comprises: thermal insulating framework and thermal insulator, and thermal insulating framework is arranged continuously in heat-insulation layer; Thermal insulator is dispersed placement in heat-insulation layer, and is provided with heat-insulation chamber in thermal insulator.The pan that the utility model provides, in the process that heat in pan outwards scatters and disappears through heat-insulation layer, most of heat is fled between thermal insulator, makes the conductive process of heat complicated, also make the circulation path of heat elongated, thus significantly reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan; Fraction heat directly outwards transmits through thermal insulator, in the heat-insulation chamber of thermal insulator, the transfer mode of heat becomes convection heat transfer' heat-transfer by convection from heat transfer, thus reduce further the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to kitchen utensils field, in particular to a kind of pan and the electric cooker with this pan.
Background technology
Because the heat transfer efficiency of metal is high, for improving cooking efficiency, the inner bag of existing electric cooker also adopts metal to make more, but, with regard to its behaviour in service, the surface temperature of metal inner tube is relatively high, the outer surface of metal inner tube and the temperature difference of stewing between body, air are increased, thus facilitates metal inner tube and the heat exchange between pot body and air, cause the heat loss of electric cooker to increase, thus cause the efficiency of electric cooker to reduce, and then reduce the market competitiveness of electric cooker.
Utility model content
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above one of at least, an object of the present utility model is the pan providing a kind of good heat preservation performance, the efficiency of heating surface high.
Another object of the present utility model is to provide a kind of electric cooker with above-mentioned pan.
In view of this, the embodiment of the utility model first aspect provides a kind of pan, comprising: pot body, and described pot body has cavity, for containing foodstuff; And heat-insulation layer, described heat-insulation layer is compounded in the outer surface of the sidewall of described pot body; Wherein, described heat-insulation layer comprises: thermal insulating framework, and described thermal insulating framework is arranged continuously in described heat-insulation layer; And thermal insulator, described thermal insulator is dispersed placement in described heat-insulation layer, and is provided with heat-insulation chamber in described thermal insulator.
The pan that the utility model provides, the outer surface of pot body sidewall is compounded with heat-insulation layer, thermal insulator is disperseed continuously in heat-insulation layer, and be provided with heat-insulation chamber in thermal insulator, in the process that heat in pan outwards scatters and disappears through heat-insulation layer, thermal insulator plays barrier effect, on the one hand, major part heat is fled between thermal insulator, thus make the conductive process of heat complicated, also make the circulation path of heat elongated, and then significantly reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan, on the other hand, fraction heat directly outwards transmits through thermal insulator, owing to being provided with heat-insulation chamber in thermal insulator, so, in the heat-insulation chamber of thermal insulator, the transfer mode of heat becomes convection heat transfer' heat-transfer by convection from heat transfer, thus reduce further the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
Specifically, existing pan is made of metal more, and the heat loss rate of metal pan increases along with the increase of its heat transfer efficiency, thus reduce the efficiency of heating surface of pan, and the pan that the utility model provides, heat-insulation layer is compounded with at the outer surface of pot body sidewall, make in the process of heat loss, the conducting path of heat is elongated, meanwhile, also make the exchanged form of heat complicated, thus significantly reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
In addition, the pan in above-described embodiment of providing of the utility model can also have following additional technical feature:
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, described thermal insulator is hollow glass bead.
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, the particle diameter of described hollow glass bead is 800 ~ 4000 orders.
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, described hollow glass bead is evenly distributed in described thermal insulating framework, and the weight of described hollow glass bead accounts for the 5%-20% of described heat-insulation layer gross weight.
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, the outer surface of the diapire of described pot body is also compounded with described heat-insulation layer.
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, described pan also comprises: heating layer, and described heating layer is between the diapire and described heat-insulation layer of described pot body, and described heating layer can produce heat in alternating magnetic field, and described pot body is insulation pot body.
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, described heating layer is the one in silver layer, layers of copper and aluminium lamination.
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, described insulation pot body is ceramic pan body.
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, the lower surface of the diapire of described pot body is also provided with supporting seat.
According to an embodiment of the present utility model, the lower surface of the diapire of described pot body is provided with at least three described supporting seats.
The embodiment of the utility model second aspect provides a kind of electric cooker, comprising: pot body, and described pot body has container cavity; With the pan described in above-mentioned any one, described pan is positioned at described container cavity.
The pan that the electric cooker that the embodiment of the utility model second aspect provides is provided by the embodiment being provided with the utility model first aspect, heat-insulation layer is compounded with at the outer surface of the sidewall of pot body, make heat in the process of scattering and disappearing, the conducting path of heat is elongated, meanwhile, also make the exchanged form of heat complicated, thus significantly reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
Additional aspect of the present utility model and advantage become obvious by description part below, or are recognized by practice of the present utility model.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Above-mentioned and/or additional aspect of the present utility model and advantage will become obvious and easy understand from accompanying drawing below combining to the description of embodiment, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of pan described in the utility model;
Fig. 2 is the sectional structure schematic diagram of pan shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the broken section structural representation of pan shown in Fig. 1.
Wherein, the corresponding relation in Fig. 1 to Fig. 3 between Reference numeral and component names is:
1 pot of body, 101 cavitys, 2 heat-insulation layers, 201 thermal insulating frameworks, 202 thermal insulator, 203 heat-insulation chambers, 3 heating layers, 4 supporting seats.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to more clearly understand above-mentioned purpose of the present utility model, feature and advantage, below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, the utility model is further described in detail.It should be noted that, when not conflicting, the feature in the embodiment of the application and embodiment can combine mutually.
Set forth a lot of detail in the following description so that fully understand the utility model; but; the utility model can also adopt other to be different from other modes described here and implement, and therefore, protection domain of the present utility model is not by the restriction of following public specific embodiment.
Referring to Fig. 1 to Fig. 3, pan according to some embodiments of the utility model is described.
As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, the pan that the embodiment of the utility model first aspect provides, comprising: pot body 1 and heat-insulation layer 2.
Particularly, pot body 1 has cavity 101, for containing foodstuff; Heat-insulation layer 2 is compounded in the outer surface of the sidewall of pot body 1.
In addition, heat-insulation layer 2 comprises: thermal insulating framework 201 and thermal insulator 202.
Particularly, thermal insulating framework 201 is arranged continuously in heat-insulation layer 2; Thermal insulator 202 is dispersed placement in heat-insulation layer 2, and is provided with heat-insulation chamber 203 in thermal insulator 202.
The pan that the utility model provides, the outer surface of pot body 1 sidewall is compounded with heat-insulation layer 2, thermal insulator 202 is disperseed continuously in heat-insulation layer 2, and be provided with heat-insulation chamber 203 in thermal insulator 202, heat in pan is in the outside process of scattering and disappearing of heat-insulation layer 2, thermal insulator 202 plays barrier effect, on the one hand, most of heat is fled between thermal insulator 202, thus make the conductive process of heat complicated, also make the circulation path of heat elongated, and then significantly reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan, on the other hand, fraction heat directly outwards transmits through thermal insulator 202, owing to being provided with heat-insulation chamber 203 in thermal insulator 202, so, in the heat-insulation chamber 203 of thermal insulator 202, the transfer mode of heat becomes convection heat transfer' heat-transfer by convection from heat transfer, thus reduce further the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, preferably, thermal insulator 202 is hollow glass bead.
In this embodiment, hollow glass bead is airtight hollow ball, nitrogen can be filled in its heat-insulation chamber 203, carbon dioxide, when heat outwards scatters and disappears through hollow glass bead, heat carries out heat exchange from the surface of solids of hollow glass bead by the gas of convection heat transfer' heat-transfer by convection mode and hollow glass bead inside, because convection heat transfer' heat-transfer by convection efficiency is low, thus reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, also hollow glass bead inside can be made to keep vacuum, make to lack heat-conducting medium in the heat-insulation chamber 203 of hollow glass bead, thus improve the heat insulation effect of heat-insulation layer 2, reduce the heat loss amount of pan.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, preferably, the particle diameter of hollow glass bead is 800 ~ 4000 orders.
In this embodiment, hollow glass bead is as thermal insulator 202, play the effect hindering heat flow, at heat in the outside process of scattering and disappearing of heat-insulation layer 2, heat is fled between hollow glass bead, the particle diameter arranging hollow glass bead is 800 ~ 4000 orders, to ensure the packed density of hollow glass bead in heat-insulation layer 2, thus the gap between reduction hollow glass bead, the circulation path of further growth heat, also make the conductive process of heat in heat-insulation layer 2 more complicated, and then further increase the heat insulation effect of heat-insulation layer 2, reduce the heat loss amount of pan, in addition, the particle diameter arranging hollow glass bead is not more than 4000 orders, can effectively avoid the particle diameter of hollow glass bead too small, do not reach the object of insulation, the particle diameter arranging hollow glass bead is not less than 800 orders, then, under the prerequisite of effect of heat insulation ensureing heat-insulation layer 2, the particle diameter avoiding hollow glass bead is excessive and make heat-insulation layer 2 become fragile, the situation appearance causing the working strength of heat-insulation layer 2 to reduce.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, preferably, hollow glass bead is evenly distributed in thermal insulating framework 201, and the weight of hollow glass bead accounts for the 5%-20% of heat-insulation layer 2 gross weight.
In this embodiment, the accounting avoiding hollow glass bead is on the one hand very few, and makes heat-insulation layer 2 not reach the object of insulation; On the other hand, under the prerequisite of heat insulation effect ensureing heat-insulation layer 2, avoid the connection that hollow glass bead accounting too much reduces between heat-insulation layer 2 and pot body 1, heat-insulation layer 2 is easily come off.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3, the outer surface of the diapire of pot body 1 is also compounded with heat-insulation layer 2.
In this embodiment, for the metal pan adopting Electromagnetic Heating mode to carry out cooking, because pan is that non-thermal conductivity mode heats, so, can at the outer surface of the diapire of pot body 1 also composite heat-insulating layer 2, thus reduce further the heat loss amount of pan, and then further increase the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, pan also comprises: heating layer 3, and particularly, heating layer 3 is between the diapire and heat-insulation layer 2 of pot body 1, and heating layer 3 can produce heat in alternating magnetic field, and pot body 1 is insulation pot body.
In this embodiment, for insulation pan, composite heating layer 3 between the diapire and heat-insulation layer 2 of pot body 1, insulation pan can be enable to adopt Electromagnetic Heating mode to cook, now, at the outer surface of the diapire of pot body 1 also composite heat-insulating layer 2, thus the heat loss amount of pan can be reduce further, and then further increase the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, preferably, heating layer 3 is the one in silver layer, layers of copper and aluminium lamination.
In this embodiment, because the thermal conductivity of silver, copper and aluminium is high, arranging heating layer 3 is one in silver layer, layers of copper and aluminium lamination, when the electromagnetic frequency of solenoid is certain, significantly reduce the skin depth of heating layer 3, comparatively speaking, under the condition that heating layer 3 thickness is certain, add the current density on heating layer 3 surface, thus improve the efficiency of heating surface of solenoid, and then further increase the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
Certainly, heating layer 3 also can be any two kinds or two or more alloy-layers in silver, copper and aluminium, and particularly, the content of silver, copper or aluminium should account for more than 60% of heating layer 3 total amount.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, preferably, the pot body that insulate is ceramic pan body.
In this embodiment, at the outer surface composite heating layer 3 of the diapire of ceramic pan body, further increase the heat insulation effect of ceramic pan body, and due to ceramic pan body heat transferring even, thus improve the culinary art effect of pan.
Certainly, also can at the inner surface composite heating layer 3 of the diapire of ceramic pan body, to improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan, and the outer surface composite heat-insulating layer 2 of diapire at ceramic pan body, to improve the heat insulation effect of ceramic cooker further, thus ceramic pan body is made to have high insulating effect and the high feature of the efficiency of heating surface concurrently.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, as depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the lower surface of the diapire of pot body 1 is also provided with supporting seat 4.
In this embodiment, at the lower surface of the diapire of pot body 1, supporting seat 4 is set, for the pan adopting Electromagnetic Heating mode to carry out cooking, pot body 1 is made to be supported on solenoid by supporting seat 4, thus the bottom that efficiently avoid pot body 1 directly contacts with solenoid, and then reduce the heat be delivered on solenoid, so, this structure arrange on the one hand, decrease the heat loss amount of pan, thus improve heat insulating ability and the efficiency of heating surface of pan, on the other hand, reduce the temperature of solenoid, thus slow down the aging speed of solenoid.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, preferably, the lower surface of the diapire of pot body 1 is provided with at least three supporting seats 4.
In this embodiment, at the lower surface of the diapire of pot body 1, at least three supporting seats 4 are set, under the prerequisite ensureing pot body 1 stability of strutting system, further reduce the contact area between pan and solenoid, thus, reduce further the heat be delivered on solenoid, and then slow down the aging speed of solenoid.
The electric cooker that the embodiment of the utility model second aspect provides, comprising: pot body, and described pot body has container cavity; With the pan described in above-mentioned any one embodiment, described pan is positioned at described container cavity.
The pan that the electric cooker that the embodiment of the utility model second aspect provides is provided by the embodiment being provided with the utility model first aspect, heat-insulation layer 2 is compounded with at the outer surface of pot body 1 sidewall, make heat in the process of scattering and disappearing, the conducting path of heat is elongated, meanwhile, also make the exchanged form of heat complicated, thus significantly reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
In sum, the pan that the utility model provides, the outer surface of pot body 1 sidewall is compounded with heat-insulation layer 2, thermal insulator 202 is disperseed continuously in heat-insulation layer 2, and be provided with heat-insulation chamber 203 in thermal insulator 202, heat in pan is in the outside process of scattering and disappearing of heat-insulation layer 2, thermal insulator 202 plays barrier effect, on the one hand, major part heat is fled between thermal insulator 202, thus make the conductive process of heat complicated, also make the circulation path of heat elongated, and then significantly reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan, on the other hand, fraction heat directly outwards transmits through thermal insulator 202, owing to being provided with heat-insulation chamber 203 in thermal insulator 202, so, in the heat-insulation chamber 203 of thermal insulator 202, the transfer mode of heat becomes convection heat transfer' heat-transfer by convection from heat transfer, thus reduce further the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
Specifically, existing pan is made of metal more, and the heat loss rate of metal pan increases along with the increase of its heat transfer efficiency, thus reduce the efficiency of heating surface of pan, and the pan that the utility model provides, heat-insulation layer 2 is compounded with at the outer surface of pot body 1 sidewall, make heat in the process of scattering and disappearing, the conducting path of heat is elongated, meanwhile, also make the exchanged form of heat complicated, thus significantly reduce the heat transfer efficiency of pan, and then reduce the heat loss of pan, improve the efficiency of heating surface of pan.
In the utility model, the term such as term " installation ", " being connected ", " connection ", " fixing " all should be interpreted broadly, and such as, " connection " can be fixedly connected with, and also can be removably connect, or connects integratedly; " being connected " can be directly be connected, and also indirectly can be connected by intermediary.For the ordinary skill in the art, the concrete meaning of above-mentioned term in the utility model can be understood as the case may be.
In description of the present utility model, it will be appreciated that, orientation or the position relationship of the instruction such as term " interior ", " outward " are based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, only the utility model and simplified characterization for convenience of description, instead of indicate or imply that the device of indication or unit must have specific direction, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore, can not be interpreted as restriction of the present utility model.
In the description of this description, specific features, structure, material or feature that the description of term " embodiment ", " some embodiments ", " specific embodiment " etc. means to describe in conjunction with this embodiment or example are contained at least one embodiment of the present utility model or example.In this manual, identical embodiment or example are not necessarily referred to the schematic representation of above-mentioned term.And the specific features of description, structure, material or feature can combine in an appropriate manner in any one or more embodiment or example.
The foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present utility model, be not limited to the utility model, for a person skilled in the art, the utility model can have various modifications and variations.All within spirit of the present utility model and principle, any amendment done, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection domain of the present utility model.
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1. a pan, is characterized in that, comprising:
Pot body, described pot body has cavity, for containing foodstuff; With
Heat-insulation layer, described heat-insulation layer is compounded in the outer surface of the sidewall of described pot body;
Wherein, described heat-insulation layer comprises:
Thermal insulating framework, described thermal insulating framework is arranged continuously in described heat-insulation layer; With
Thermal insulator, described thermal insulator is dispersed placement in described heat-insulation layer, and is provided with heat-insulation chamber in described thermal insulator.
2. pan according to claim 1, is characterized in that,
Described thermal insulator is hollow glass bead.
3. pan according to claim 2, is characterized in that,
The particle diameter of described hollow glass bead is 800 ~ 4000 orders.
4. pan according to claim 2, is characterized in that,
Described hollow glass bead is evenly distributed in described thermal insulating framework, and the weight of described hollow glass bead accounts for the 5%-20% of described heat-insulation layer gross weight.
5. pan according to claim 1, is characterized in that,
The outer surface of the diapire of described pot body is also compounded with described heat-insulation layer.
6. pan according to claim 5, is characterized in that, also comprises:
Heating layer, described heating layer is between the diapire and described heat-insulation layer of described pot body, and described heating layer can produce heat in alternating magnetic field, and described pot body is insulation pot body.
7. pan according to claim 6, is characterized in that,
Described heating layer is the one in silver layer, layers of copper and aluminium lamination.
8. pan according to claim 6, is characterized in that,
Described insulation pot body is ceramic pan body.
9. the pan according to any one of claim 5 to 8, is characterized in that,
The lower surface of the diapire of described pot body is also provided with supporting seat.
10. pan according to claim 9, is characterized in that,
The lower surface of the diapire of described pot body is provided with at least three described supporting seats.
11. 1 kinds of electric cookers, is characterized in that, comprising:
Pot body, described pot body has container cavity; With
Pan according to any one of claim 1 to 10, described pan is positioned at described container cavity.
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