CN204838938U - Steam boils teapot - Google Patents

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CN204838938U
CN204838938U CN201520547645.7U CN201520547645U CN204838938U CN 204838938 U CN204838938 U CN 204838938U CN 201520547645 U CN201520547645 U CN 201520547645U CN 204838938 U CN204838938 U CN 204838938U
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The utility model relates to a tea set technical field, more specifically relates to a steam boils teapot, and it includes the top open -ended kettle body, set up in the structure and be used for the lid to close kettle body open -ended pot lid of generating heat of kettle body bottom, the tea structure is boiled to internal being equipped with of kettle, it produces room and air duct including flourishing tea basket, the steam that has the hole that leaks to boil the tea structure, flourishing tea basket sets up and extends in the opening part of the kettle body and to kettle internal portion, and the pot lid sets up in the opening top of flourishing tea basket, steam produces the room and sets up in the bottom of the kettle body, and the structure of generating heat is around locating the outer wall that steam produced the room, the air duct passes flourishing tea basket and steam simultaneously and produces the room, and the bottom of air duct stretches into that steam produces the room, the pot lid below is stretched into and extended to in the top from flourishing tea basket bottom. The utility model discloses steam boils teapot not only can directly boil water, also can boil tea and evaporate tea, convenience simple to use.

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A kind of steam boils teapot
Technical field
The utility model relates to tea set technical field, more specifically, relates to a kind of steam and boils teapot.
Background technology
Tea culture is of long standing and well established in China, and people also have a lot of research for having tea.The time tea ceremony coming from Chao-Shan Area is day by day general, the demand of time tea set is increased, impels the renewal of time tea set to adapt to different crowds.Except spending thought in manufacture craft, appearance design, the function of people to time tea set also improves.Existing insulating pot generally can only be used for boiling water, and rarely can be used for the tea set of directly making tea at kettle body.
Existing Chinese patent notification number a kind of electric heating disclosed in CN203693292U boils teapot, it comprises kettle body, the faucet be arranged on kettle body, pot lid, the Sheng tea that is arranged on electric heat-generating disc on kettle body base plate and a upper shed make tea dish, when the water of this kettle body is boiled, steam enters pot lid through steam lead and contains tea and makes tea in the space between coiling, and carries out steaming tea; After steam becomes hot water, making tea the tea in coiling on the basis of steaming to being placed on Sheng tea, making tea.Although this insulating pot also can be made tea while boiling water, the water and steam jet power upwards that boils is little, and the water that the tealeaves that Sheng tea is made tea on dish sprays is uneven, waste tealeaves.
Utility model content
The utility model, for overcoming at least one defect described in above-mentioned prior art, provides a kind of steam to boil teapot, and it not only can be directly to boil water, also can boil tea and steam tea, easy to use.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the technical solution adopted in the utility model is:
A kind of steam is provided to boil teapot, comprise the kettle body of upper opening, be arranged at the heat radiating structure bottom kettle body and the pot lid for covering kettle body opening, be provided with in described kettle body and boil tea structure, described tea structure of boiling comprises Sheng tea basket with leaking hole, steam generation chamber and wireway, described Sheng tea basket is arranged at the opening part of kettle body and extends to kettle body inside, pot lid is arranged at the overthe openings containing tea basket, described steam generation chamber is arranged at the bottom of kettle body, heat radiating structure is set around on the outer wall of steam generation chamber, described wireway is simultaneously through containing tea basket and steam generation chamber, steam generation chamber is stretched in the bottom of wireway, top is stretched into and is extended to below pot lid bottom Sheng tea basket.
Further, described Sheng tea basket comprises base plate, basket wall and hold item, described basket wall upper end stretches out one for connecting the platform of hold item, the opening of described hold item and kettle body overlaps, pot lid is placed on described platform just, described base plate is provided with the first gas port and leaking hole, and the top of described wireway is stretched into from the first gas port and contained tea basket and extend to the plane of described basket wall top.
Preferably, the internal orifice dimension size of described first gas port is greater than the outer wall caliber of described wireway just.
Alternatively, described leaking hole is several manholes, and several manholes described are evenly laid on described base plate.
Alternatively, described leaking hole is several strip through-holes, and several strip through-holes described are laid in homogeneous radiation shape centered by described base plate center.
Further, described steam generation chamber comprises the groove cavity and chamber lid that cave in and be arranged at bottom kettle body, described chamber is covered on the opening part of groove cavity, heat radiating structure is set around on the outer wall of groove cavity, described chamber covers and is provided with for by the second gas port of wireway and water seepage hole, and described groove cavity is stretched into from the second gas port in the bottom of described wireway.
One of improve, the bottom end that described wireway stretches into groove cavity is provided with steam baffle, and described steam baffle is arranged at the air inlet periphery of wireway and blocks described water seepage hole.
In addition, be understandable that, the two ends of wireway are when stretching into Sheng tea basket and groove cavity, and it all should carry out fixed structure, in order to avoid wireway is fixed shakiness and do not reach the better effect of delivering vapor at the first gas port and the second gas port place.
Two of improvement, the bottom outer wall of described wireway is provided with barrier rib, described barrier rib is arranged at outside groove cavity, the external diameter size of barrier rib is greater than the internal orifice dimension size of described second gas port, namely wireway is on the bottom outer wall stretching into groove cavity, it is provided with barrier rib on the side that the second gas port is communicated with kettle body, and the external diameter size of this barrier rib is greater than the internal orifice dimension size of the second gas port.
Three of improvement, described wireway stretches into the top of containing tea basket and is provided with vapor dispersion lid, and the area that described vapor dispersion lid covers is S 1, the area of plane of described Sheng tea basket basket wall top is S 2, then 1/3S 2≤ S 1< S 2.
Preferably, described vapor dispersion lid is that umbrella shape is arranged.
As an embodiment, described kettle body comprises accommodating cavity and connecting portion, is provided with coupler bottom described connecting portion, described in boil tea vibrational power flow in accommodating cavity, heat radiating structure is arranged in connecting portion, and heat radiating structure is electrically connected with external power source by coupler.
As an embodiment, described connecting portion can also be arranged the temp probe be electrically connected with the control panel of outside, this temp probe stretches in accommodating cavity, can detect the water temperature equitemperature situation known in kettle body thus at any time.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:
The utility model steam boils teapot and arranges in kettle body and boil tea structure, this boils tea structure a steam generation chamber specially, heat radiating structure is set around on the outer wall of steam generation chamber, namely when this steam boils teapot use, local pyrexia is fast, the temperature of steam generation chamber rises fast, water in it can prior to the water boiling in kettle body, the steam then produced is discharged to Sheng tea basket by wireway, steam runs into stop during on top, condensation obtains the globule and falls into and contains tea basket, and the water contained in tea basket is then fallen back in kettle body again by leaking hole.This steam boils teapot not only can be directly to boil water, also can boil tea and steam tea, easy to use, is also particularly suitable for boiling and requires higher tealeaves to water temperature.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation that embodiment one steam boils teapot.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation that embodiment two contains tea basket.
Fig. 3 is part A structure for amplifying schematic diagram in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is the structural representation that embodiment two contains the base plate of tea basket.
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of embodiment two steam generation chamber and associated components.
Fig. 6 is the structural representation that embodiment three contains the base plate of tea basket.
Fig. 7 is the another structural representation that the utility model embodiment steam boils teapot.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with detailed description of the invention, the utility model is further described.Wherein, accompanying drawing only for exemplary illustration, expression be only schematic diagram, but not pictorial diagram, can not be interpreted as the restriction to this patent; In order to embodiment of the present utility model is described better, some parts of accompanying drawing have omission, zoom in or out, and do not represent the size of actual product; For a person skilled in the art, in accompanying drawing, some known features and explanation thereof may be omitted is understandable.
The corresponding same or analogous parts of same or analogous label in the accompanying drawing of the utility model embodiment; In description of the present utility model, it will be appreciated that, if have term " on ", D score, "left", "right", " top ", " end ", " interior ", the orientation of the instruction such as " outward " or position relationship be for based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, only the utility model and simplified characterization for convenience of description, the term describing position relationship in accompanying drawing, only for exemplary illustration, can not be interpreted as the restriction to this patent.
In addition, if have the term such as " first ", " second " only for describing object, be mainly used for distinguishing different devices, element or part (concrete kind is identical with structure possibility also may be different), not for showing or imply relative importance and the quantity of indicated device, element or part, and instruction or hint relative importance can not be interpreted as.
In the utility model, unless otherwise prescribed or limit, it should be noted that, if there is the term such as " installation ", " connection ", " being connected " to be interpreted broadly, such as, can be mechanically connected or be electrically connected or gas circuit connection, also can be the connection of two element internals, can be direct connection, also can be indirectly be connected by intermediary, for the ordinary skill in the art, the concrete meaning of above-mentioned term can be understood as the case may be.
embodiment one
Be illustrated in figure 1 the first embodiment that the utility model steam boils teapot.As shown in Figure 1, this steam boil teapot comprise upper opening kettle body 10, be arranged at the heat radiating structure 20 bottom kettle body 10 and the pot lid 11 for covering kettle body 10 opening, be provided with in kettle body 10 and boil tea structure 30.
As shown in Figure 1, boiling tea structure 30 comprises with the Sheng tea basket 31 of leaking hole, steam generation chamber 32 and wireway 33, contain tea basket 31 be arranged at the opening part of kettle body 10 and extend to kettle body 10 inside, pot lid 11 is arranged at the overthe openings containing tea basket 31, steam generation chamber 32 is arranged at the bottom of kettle body 10, heat radiating structure 20 is set around on the outer wall of steam generation chamber 32, wireway 33 is simultaneously through containing tea basket 31 and steam generation chamber 32, and the bottom of wireway 33 is stretched into steam generation chamber 32, top and stretched into bottom Sheng tea basket 31 and extend to below pot lid 11.
This steam boils teapot and is provided with in kettle body 10 and boils tea structure 30, and boil tea structure 30 and be provided with a steam generation chamber 32 specially, heat radiating structure 20 is set around on the outer wall of steam generation chamber 32, namely when this steam boils teapot use, local pyrexia is fast, the temperature of steam generation chamber 32 rises fast, water in it can prior to the water boiling in kettle body 10, the steam then produced is discharged to Sheng tea basket 31 by wireway 33, steam runs into stop during on top, condensation obtains the globule and falls into and contains tea basket 31, the water contained in tea basket 31 is then fallen back in kettle body 10 again by leaking hole.
The present embodiment steam boils teapot not only can be directly to boil water, also can boil tea and steam tea, easy to use, is also particularly suitable for boiling and requires higher tealeaves to water temperature.
embodiment two
As shown in Figures 1 to 5 for the utility model steam boils the second embodiment of teapot, identical with embodiment one, as shown in Figure 1, it comprise upper opening kettle body 10, be arranged at the heat radiating structure 20 bottom kettle body 10 and the pot lid 11 for covering kettle body 10 opening, be provided with in kettle body 10 and boil tea structure 30.Similarly, boiling tea structure 30 comprises with the Sheng tea basket 31 of leaking hole, steam generation chamber 32 and wireway 33, contain tea basket 31 be arranged at the opening part of kettle body 10 and extend to kettle body 10 inside, pot lid 11 is arranged at the overthe openings containing tea basket 31, steam generation chamber 32 is arranged at the bottom of kettle body 10, heat radiating structure 20 is set around on the outer wall of steam generation chamber 32, wireway 33 is simultaneously through containing tea basket 31 and steam generation chamber 32, and the bottom of wireway 33 is stretched into steam generation chamber 32, top and stretched into bottom Sheng tea basket 31 and extend to below pot lid 11.
Particularly, in the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, contain tea basket 31 and comprise base plate 311, basket wall 312 and hold item 313, basket wall 312 upper end stretches out one for connecting the platform 314 of hold item 313, hold item 313 overlaps with the opening of kettle body 10, pot lid 11 is placed on platform 314 just, base plate 311 is provided with the first gas port 315 and leaking hole (not shown), as shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the top of wireway 33 is stretched into from the first gas port 315 and is contained tea basket 31 and extend to the plane of basket wall 312 top.When actual production uses, hold item 313 can be simple " 7 " type structure, and the opening upper and lower end that direct upper end frame is located at kettle body 10 is fixedly connected with the platform 314 that basket wall 312 extends out, this simple and practical, easy-to-use, arbitrarily can take without the need to installing or fix.Certainly, also can produce different hold item version according to actual needs, such as adopt the version such as grafting, snapping, as long as can by Sheng tea basket 31 fixed placement on kettle body 10.
Move smoothly through to allow wireway 33 and contain tea basket 31, during fabrication, the internal orifice dimension size generally lucky outer wall caliber being greater than wireway 33 of the first gas port 315 on base plate 311, even size can be make the two grafting that is tightly fixed.In addition, as shown in Figure 3, can also arrange in the junction of wireway 33 and the first gas port 315 and seal fixed structure 317, generally adopt sealing ring, to increase stability therebetween.
As shown in Figure 4, the leaking hole contained on the base plate 311 of tea basket 31 is many manholes 316, these manholes 316 are evenly laid on base plate 311, when then tealeaves is placed on Sheng tea basket 31 on the one hand, being heated evenly of various piece, and when containing the moisture in tea basket 31 and reaching a certain amount of, evenly can pass back in kettle body 10 from the optional position base plate 311.
In addition, be understandable that, the size of containing tea basket 31 should suitably be arranged, and should not occupy the position that kettle body 10 inner space is more, in order to avoid greatly reduce the amount to boil water in kettle body 10; But should not occupy less position, kettle body 10 inner space yet, in order to avoid the tea amount of splendid attire is very little, bubble out the tealeaves insipidness come.In general, the space of containing occupied by tea basket 31 is about 1/4 of kettle body 10 inner space, and contains more than the center line D (as shown in Figure 1) of base plate 311 position at the faucet of kettle body 10 of tea basket 31.Like this, the placement amount of tealeaves also can be placed according to the hobby of individual.
As shown in Figure 5, steam generation chamber 32 comprises the groove cavity 321 and chamber lid 322 that cave in and be arranged at bottom kettle body 10, chamber lid 322 is covered on the opening part of groove cavity 321, heat radiating structure 20 is set around on the outer wall of groove cavity 321, chamber lid 322 is provided with for by the second gas port 323 of wireway 33 and water seepage hole 324, and groove cavity 321 is stretched into from the second gas port 323 in the bottom of wireway 33.The bottom end that wireway 33 stretches into groove cavity 321 is provided with steam baffle 331, and steam baffle 331 is arranged at the air inlet periphery of wireway 33 and blocks water seepage hole 324.Arranging of steam baffle 331 can ensure that the steam that steam generation chamber 32 produces continuously enters from the bottom of wireway 33.When the moisture in groove cavity 321 constantly evaporates minimizing, due to local heating, the temperature in groove cavity 321 is higher than the temperature of kettle body 10 inside, then the water lacked in groove cavity 321 supplements into from water seepage hole 324.
In addition, be understandable that, the two ends of wireway 33 are when stretching into Sheng tea basket 31 and groove cavity 321, and it all should carry out fixed structure at the first gas port 315 and the second gas port 323 place, in order to avoid wireway 33 is fixed shakiness and do not reach the better effect of delivering vapor.As shown in Figure 5, the bottom outer wall of wireway 33 is provided with barrier rib 332, barrier rib 332 is arranged at outside groove cavity 321, the external diameter size of barrier rib 332 is greater than the internal orifice dimension size of the second gas port 323, namely wireway 33 is on the bottom outer wall stretching into groove cavity 321, it is provided with barrier rib 332 on the side that the second gas port 323 is communicated with kettle body 10, the external diameter size of this barrier rib 332 is greater than the internal orifice dimension size of the second gas port 323, to ensure that wireway 33 only stretches into steam generation chamber 32 too much.
As to further improvement of this embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, wireway 33 stretches into the top of containing tea basket 31 and is provided with vapor dispersion lid 333, and the area that vapor dispersion lid 333 covers is S 1, the area of plane of containing basket wall 312 top of tea basket 31 is S 2, then 1/3S 2≤ S 1< S 2.The setting of vapor dispersion lid 333, can ensure that the tealeaves contained in tea basket 31 is subject to the even spray of steam condensate (SC), and what also improve that steam boils teapot boils tea efficiency.During actual use, vapor dispersion lid 333 can be arranged to umbrella shape.
embodiment three
Be illustrated in figure 6 the 3rd embodiment that the utility model steam boils teapot, with embodiment two unlike, in the present embodiment, the leaking hole contained on the base plate 311 of tea basket is many strip through-holes 317, these strip through-holes 317 are laid in homogeneous radiation shape centered by base plate center, such structural design is also convenient to clean, and equally also can reach and preferably boil tea effect.
In above-mentioned the utility model embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, kettle body 10 can also comprise accommodating cavity 12 and connecting portion 13, coupler 14 is provided with bottom connecting portion 13, boiling tea structure 30 is arranged in accommodating cavity 12, heat radiating structure 20 is arranged in connecting portion 13, and heat radiating structure 20 is electrically connected with external power source by coupler 14.In addition, in order to the water temperature equitemperature situation known in kettle body can be detected at any time, connecting portion 13 can also arrange the temp probe 15 be electrically connected with the control panel of outside.
Obviously, above-described embodiment of the present utility model is only for the utility model example is clearly described, and is not the restriction to embodiment of the present utility model.For those of ordinary skill in the field, can also make other changes in different forms on the basis of the above description.Here exhaustive without the need to also giving all embodiments.All do within spirit of the present utility model and principle any amendment, equivalent to replace and improvement etc., within the protection domain that all should be included in the utility model claim.

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1. a steam boils teapot, comprise the kettle body of upper opening, be arranged at the heat radiating structure bottom kettle body and the pot lid for covering kettle body opening, it is characterized in that, be provided with in described kettle body and boil tea structure, described tea structure of boiling comprises Sheng tea basket with leaking hole, steam generation chamber and wireway, described Sheng tea basket is arranged at the opening part of kettle body and extends to kettle body inside, pot lid is arranged at the overthe openings containing tea basket, described steam generation chamber is arranged at the bottom of kettle body, heat radiating structure is set around on the outer wall of steam generation chamber, described wireway is simultaneously through containing tea basket and steam generation chamber, steam generation chamber is stretched in the bottom of wireway, top is stretched into and is extended to below pot lid bottom Sheng tea basket.
2. steam according to claim 1 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, described Sheng tea basket comprises base plate, basket wall and hold item, described basket wall upper end stretches out one for connecting the platform of hold item, the opening of described hold item and kettle body overlaps, pot lid is placed on described platform just, and described base plate is provided with the first gas port and leaking hole, and the top of described wireway is stretched into from the first gas port and contained tea basket and extend to the plane of described basket wall top.
3. steam according to claim 2 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, the internal orifice dimension size of described first gas port is greater than the outer wall caliber of described wireway just.
4. steam according to claim 2 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, described leaking hole is several manholes, and several manholes described are evenly laid on described base plate.
5. steam according to claim 2 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, described leaking hole is several strip through-holes, and several strip through-holes described are laid in homogeneous radiation shape centered by described base plate center.
6. steam according to claim 1 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, described steam generation chamber comprises the groove cavity and chamber lid that cave in and be arranged at bottom kettle body, described chamber is covered on the opening part of groove cavity, heat radiating structure is set around on the outer wall of groove cavity, described chamber covers and is provided with for by the second gas port of wireway and water seepage hole, and described groove cavity is stretched into from the second gas port in the bottom of described wireway.
7. steam according to claim 6 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, the bottom end that described wireway stretches into groove cavity is provided with steam baffle, and described steam baffle is arranged at the air inlet periphery of wireway and blocks described water seepage hole.
8. steam according to claim 6 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, the bottom outer wall of described wireway is provided with barrier rib, and described barrier rib is arranged at outside groove cavity, and the external diameter size of barrier rib is greater than the internal orifice dimension size of described second gas port.
9. the steam according to any one of claim 1 to 8 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, described wireway stretches into the top of containing tea basket and is provided with vapor dispersion lid, and the area that described vapor dispersion lid covers is S 1, the area of plane of described Sheng tea basket top is S 2, then 1/3S 2≤ S 1< S 2.
10. steam according to claim 9 boils teapot, it is characterized in that, described vapor dispersion lid is that umbrella shape is arranged.
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