CN209733663U - food processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a food processing device, include: a cup body; an external water inlet pipe; set up in the valve body of cup below, the valve body includes: the valve body upper cover, the valve body lower cover and the movable valve plate; the upper cover of the valve body is provided with a slurry inlet communicated with the fluid outlet at the bottom of the cup body and a water inlet communicated with the water inlet pipe. The opening that sets up in the upper cover of the valve body of cup lower part and communicate with the cup bottom respectively and the opening that communicates with outside inlet tube, can adjust the drink that pure water and device were prepared like the thick liquid by the valve body structure, need not to set up extra water intaking pipeline, can realize taking of drink and taking of pure water through a valve body.

Description

Food processing device

Technical Field

the utility model relates to a small-size domestic appliance field, concretely relates to food processingequipment.

Background

At present, appliances for preparing food raw materials into drinks, such as a soybean milk machine, a fruit juice machine and the like, exist in the field of food processing, pure water needs to be added in the preparation process, some appliances manually add water by opening an outer cover, the water needs to be added before the preparation is started, the amount of the added pure water needs to be accurately controlled, the adjustment cannot be carried out in the midway, and the water is inconvenient to be added for multiple times. Some of the improved appliances have a water pipe for pure water or a container for holding pure water attached to the appliance, and the container can be used for pulping or juicing by introducing water through the water pipe or the cup body of the appliance with the outer cover opened.

Obviously, when the beverage is not prepared, if the pure water is required to be taken, the pure water flows out after flowing through the cup body, or a water taking pipeline is additionally arranged outside, so that the compactness of the utensil is sacrificed.

The above description is included in the technical recognition scope of the utility model, and does not necessarily constitute the prior art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

in order to solve the above problem, the utility model provides a food processing device, include: a cup body; an external water inlet pipe; set up in the valve body of cup below, the valve body includes: the valve body upper cover, the valve body lower cover and the movable valve plate; the upper cover of the valve body is provided with a slurry inlet communicated with the fluid outlet at the bottom of the cup body and a water inlet communicated with the water inlet pipe.

The external water inlet pipe is connected with a water source such as an external water source or a water tank attached to a food processing device such as a soybean milk maker or a juice extractor, drinking water from the water source is supplied to the cup body through another pipeline, or water can be directly and manually added to the cup body, in the food processing device for controlling the whole beverage preparation process through an automatic program, the water is preferably supplied to the inside of the cup body through the pipeline, and a water quantity adjusting unit is additionally arranged, and the specific structure can refer to a commercially available product. The water source and the water drinking structure can be connected with an external water inlet pipe, and the water inlet pipe can directly supply the available pure water. The opening that sets up in the upper cover of the valve body of cup lower part and communicate with the cup bottom respectively and the opening that communicates with outside inlet tube, can adjust the drink that pure water and device were prepared like the thick liquid by the valve body structure, need not to set up extra water intaking pipeline, can realize taking of drink and taking of pure water through a valve body.

in a preferred implementation, the valve body lower cover is provided with a first outlet;

The movable valve plate is provided with a fluid channel, and when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at a first station through the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the water inlet through the fluid channel or is simultaneously communicated with the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

the communication between the water inlet pipe and the first outlet is realized by station switching only by arranging a fluid channel on one movable valve plate, and then pure water is obtained from the first outlet, and the switching control unit of the taking flow channel of the pure water is integrated to the valve body for adjusting the slurry. The convenient function is realized by a compact structure, and optionally, the pure water flows to the first outlet through the fluid channel, namely the outlet for taking the pure water; alternatively, both the purified water and the beverage, such as slurry, are communicated through the fluid passageway to the first outlet, i.e., both the purified water and the slurry are taken.

In a preferred implementation manner, the fluid channel comprises a tunnel hole which can be communicated with the water inlet, the pulp inlet and the first outlet; when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at a first station by the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the water inlet and the pulp inlet through the fluid channel; and when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at the second station through the driving unit, the movable valve plate seals the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

The movable valve plate forms a tunnel hole which is communicated with the water inlet, the pulp inlet and the first outlet, and the tunnel hole comprises two through holes and a groove or a through hole communicated with the through holes. Through the switching action of the movable valve plate, for example, the movable valve plate is rotated by a certain angle to be switched to different stations, when the movable valve plate is in a proper position, the two through holes are respectively butted with the water inlet and the pulp inlet, one of the through holes is butted with the first outlet, and therefore the water inlet, the pulp inlet and the first outlet are communicated; at other stations, after the movable valve plate rotates for a certain angle, the tunnel hole and the opening communicated with the outside of the tunnel hole are sealed on the upper valve body cover and the lower valve body cover.

The external water inlet pipe can be converged to the first outlet through the rotation of the movable valve plate, and the first outlet is a pulp outlet nozzle commonly used for pulp outlet, so that the instant drinking function is realized; because only one station is opened, a plurality of seals are not needed, and the through hole is only required to be butted with the water inlet, the pulp inlet and the first outlet for sealing, thereby simplifying the sealing structure. The channel switching is realized only through a single movable valve plate, the valve body complexity is reduced, the cost is reduced, too many elements needing dynamic sealing are avoided being introduced, the internal sealing effect is reduced, the risks of overflowing and leakage are caused, and the single movable valve plate occupies small volume and is easy to drive. The flow rate of the fluid channel can be controlled by setting the rotation angle.

in a preferred implementation mode, the lower valve body cover is provided with a second outlet;

The fluid channel comprises a first through hole which can be communicated with the pulp inlet and the first outlet, and a second through hole which can be communicated with the water inlet and the second outlet.

In a preferred implementation mode, when the movable valve plate is driven to be located at the first station by the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the pulp inlet through the first through hole, and the second outlet is communicated with the water inlet through the second through hole; and when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at the second station through the driving unit, the movable valve plate seals the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

Adopt solitary export to take the pure water, can avoid because of cup or the inside not thorough of washing of valve body when remaining, the pure water of taking is infected with and remains, and pure water taste is not good. The taking of the pure water and the taking of the slurry can be realized by the switching of a single movable valve plate.

In a preferred implementation mode, the lower valve body cover is provided with a second outlet; the first outlet and the second outlet are formed in an integrated double-hole pipeline;

The fluid channel comprises a first through hole which can be communicated with the slurry inlet and the first outlet, and a first tunnel hole which can be communicated with the water inlet and the second outlet;

Or the fluid channel comprises a second through hole which can be communicated with the pulp inlet and the first outlet, and a second tunnel hole which can be communicated with the water inlet and the second outlet;

Or the fluid channel comprises a third tunnel hole which can be communicated with the slurry inlet and the first outlet and a third tunnel hole which can be communicated with the water inlet and the second outlet.

With first export and second export integrated into one piece, then can regard as the export of taking pure water or taking the thick liquid respectively, but the optional water inlet that sets up as required directly communicates through the through-hole or communicates through the tunnel hole with the export with advancing the thick liquid mouth. The pure water is taken mouthful and the thick liquid is removed and is used mouthful more closely, can set up one when taking and take the position can.

In a preferred implementation mode, when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at a first station by the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the pulp inlet, and the second outlet is communicated with the water inlet;

and when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at the second station through the driving unit, the movable valve plate seals the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

Or in other preferred implementation manners, when the movable valve plate is driven to be located at the first station by the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the pulp inlet, and the second outlet is communicated with the water inlet;

When the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at the second station through the driving unit, the movable valve plate seals one of the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

Among the above-mentioned implementation, the same realization cup outside drink the pure water promptly and the different export of the inside drink such as soybean milk, fruit juice, rice paste etc. of cup and flow out for taking, avoid moving valve block inner passage to confuse the flavor because of failing to rinse thoroughly. And further reduce delivery port, grout outlet and valve body structure volume, more be favorable to reduce cost, save the accessory, improve the compact degree of device.

In addition, the movable valve plate can be arranged to only seal one of the water inlet and the pulp inlet when the movable valve plate is at a specific station, namely, the switching control of the whole pure water taking loop or the pulp taking loop can be realized through the movable valve plate, otherwise, the water taking can be carried out only when the pulp is not taken, or other valve elements or adjusting elements are additionally added.

In a preferred implementation mode, the sealing device further comprises a sealing piece, and the sealing piece is arranged at the joint of the slurry inlet of the upper cover of the valve body and the fluid outlet at the bottom of the cup body.

the sealing piece can be arranged at the slurry outlet at the bottom of the cup body at the slurry inlet of the upper cover of the valve body by matching with the structures in the various implementation modes, dynamic sealing is not needed, and the stability of a sealing state can be ensured.

In a preferred implementation, the driving unit is a hall element disposed outside the lower cover of the valve body.

The movable valve plate is generally switched to different communication states through rotation, the driving unit is realized through the Hall element, non-contact control can be realized, the Hall element serving as the control unit can be arranged on the outer side of the lower cover of the valve body, for example, the outer side of the bottom of the lower cover of the valve body, the protection of the control unit from water vapor corrosion inside the valve body is facilitated, and meanwhile the arrangement space of the inner element of the valve body is increased.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are described herein, serve to provide a further understanding of the invention and constitute a part of this specification, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof are provided for explaining the invention without unduly limiting it. In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a food processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another perspective of a portion of a food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of a food processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a cup and other structures are omitted.

Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a valve body portion of a food processing apparatus in a state of the present invention, the cross-sectional view being cut along a horizontal direction.

fig. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a part of a structure of a food processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a valve body portion of a food processing apparatus in a state of the present invention, the cross-sectional view being cut along a horizontal direction.

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a movable valve plate in the food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic sectional view of a movable valve plate of a food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a schematic sectional view showing a part of the structure of a food processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view showing a part of a structure of a food processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is a schematic sectional view of a valve body in a food processing apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 12 and 13 are schematic structural views respectively illustrating two water outlet pipes in a food processing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 14 is a schematic sectional view showing a part of a structure of a food processing apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 15 is a schematic view showing a top view of a passage of a slurry outlet tube in a food processing apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

fig. 16 is a schematic perspective view of a channel of a slurry outlet pipe in a food processing device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 17 is a schematic sectional view showing a part of the structure of a food processor according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 18 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion a in fig. 17.

fig. 19 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another perspective of the structure of a portion of a food processing apparatus according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 20 is a schematic perspective view showing a part of a structure of a food processing apparatus according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 21 to 23 are schematic views respectively showing the structure of a gasket in a food processing device according to still another embodiment.

Fig. 24 to 25 are schematic views respectively showing the installation positions of hall elements in a food processing apparatus according to another embodiment.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly explain the overall concept of the present invention, the following detailed description is given by way of example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that in the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In addition, in the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. However, the direct connection means that the two bodies are not connected to each other by the intermediate structure but connected to each other by the connecting structure to form a whole. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

in the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, in one embodiment, a valve body structure capable of collecting external pure water and respectively realizing a pulping and instant drinking structure is provided for a food processing device such as a soymilk machine.

Specifically, the valve body assembly 130 is installed below the bottom of the cup body 110, the upper opening of the slurry outlet 120 is fixed inside the valve body assembly 130, and when the valve body assembly 130 is closed, the water inlet pipe 140 serving as an external water source passage cannot directly flow out from the slurry outlet 120 without passing through the inside of the cup body 110. When valve body assembly 130 is open, as in fig. 2, the tunnel path allows external water to flow out of spout 120 without passing through the interior of cup 110.

Referring to fig. 4 to 8, the driven wheel integrated with or fixedly connected to the movable valve plate 133 is driven by the driving wheel 134 to rotate at different positions, so as to block the slurry inlet 111 and the water inlet when the valve body assembly is closed. When the slurry is communicated, the upper valve body cover 131 connected with the external water pipe 140 is communicated with the tunnel hole 1332 formed on the movable valve plate 133, so that a confluence path with the slurry outlet nozzle 120 is realized. As shown in fig. 8, the hole 1331 is switched to a position to communicate with the slurry inlet, and the hole 1333 is also communicated with the water inlet at this time, thereby forming confluence.

By arranging the tunnel hole on the movable valve plate, an external water source can be converged to the slurry outlet nozzle, and the instant water drinking function is realized; two rotating valve plates are not needed, so that the risks of overflow and leakage caused by poor internal sealing effect are reduced; one movable valve plate occupies small volume, so that the motor can be prevented from being locked; the size of the opening of the valve can be controlled; two ceramic static valve plates which are arranged above and below the dynamic valve plate in the traditional valve body are omitted, and the cost is reduced.

In another embodiment, referring to fig. 9-13, a valve body assembly that can achieve multiple water/pulp outlets is provided for use in a food processing device such as a soymilk maker or juicer.

Specifically, the water outlet pipe 250 and the pulp outlet pipe 220 are installed between the movable valve plate 233 and the valve body lower cover interlayer, wherein the water outlet pipe 250 and the pulp outlet pipe 220 are respectively arranged corresponding to the opening of the movable valve plate 233, the driving wheel 234 inside the valve body assembly 230 drives the driven wheel to switch the rotation position, the centering of the water outlet hole of the movable valve plate 233 and the water outlet pipe 250 is realized, the centering of the other water outlet hole of the movable valve plate 233 and the pulp outlet pipe 220 is realized, and the effect of separating the pore channel to flow out pure water and soybean milk/rice paste. Wherein, the channel hole of the upper cover of the valve body is communicated with the external water inlet 240 and the water outlet hole of the valve body to realize the passage and the closing.

The soybean milk/rice paste and the pure water are separately flowed out, so that the taste is prevented from being mixed by flowing through the same pipeline, or suspended matters are prevented from being generated in the pure water flowing out; in addition, the valve body structure can support the control of the water outlet pipe 250 and the slurry outlet pipe 220 through the Hall element, and cannot be restricted by the rotation angle of the movable valve plate.

referring to fig. 14 to 16, in another embodiment, a connection tube for separating and discharging pulp and water is provided in a food processing device such as a soymilk maker or a juice extractor.

Specifically, the valve body assembly 430 is installed in a pressing fit manner with the slurry outlet nozzle, an external water source is communicated with the rotary valve piece tunnel hole through the valve body upper cover through the rotary valve piece, and the connection output of the external water source and the water outlet pipe channel 450, namely drinking water, is realized. The milk outlet pipe passage 420 and the water outlet pipe passage 450 are separated by the gear ribs of the rotary valve plate to avoid mixing pure water, soybean milk or rice paste with the milk outlet nozzle, and the milk outlet pipe passage 420 is connected with the concentric position of the milk outlet nozzle in the cup body. Referring to fig. 15 and 16, the slurry outlet pipe and the water outlet pipe are integrally formed, and the slurry outlet nozzle of the control cup body and the water/slurry outlet connection hose are opened and closed through the rotation position of the movable valve plate.

The water can be instantly drunk out of the cup body and the soybean milk/rice paste can be separately discharged out of the cup body through the water outlet/milk outlet; the phenomenon that odor is mixed due to pulping/rice paste in the cup body and residue of a tunnel hole of the movable valve plate is avoided; the connecting structure of the independent pipeline is saved, and the control can be realized through an independent valve body; further reduce the volume of valve body structure, more be favorable to reduce cost, save the accessory.

Referring to fig. 17-23, in yet another embodiment, a sealing structure for mounting an external sealing ring and a cup body nozzle of a valve body assembly is provided for use in a food processing device, such as a soymilk maker.

Specifically, the valve body assembly 530 is mounted and matched with the cup body 410, the external sealing gasket 512 is placed at the positioning position of the upper shell 531 of the valve body, the locking valve body assembly 530 is in stud connection with the bottom of the side wall of the cup body, the cup body slurry outlet 511 and the valve body sealing gasket 512 are coaxially arranged, and the rotating valve plate 533 is opened and closed when in work and corresponds to the position of the cup body slurry outlet to achieve water outlet and closing effects. Fig. 19 shows the positioning and installation effect of the positioning column of the gasket 512 and the upper housing 531 of the valve body by the rib position of the gasket 512 matching with the bottom of the cup body for pressing and sealing.

The external sealing gasket is tightly matched and fixed with the position of the slurry outlet of the cup body, so that the rotating friction damage of the sealing ring is avoided, and the sealing effect can be improved; compared with the traditional method that the double sealing gaskets are matched with the movable valve plate in the valve body, the sealing ring for sealing the inner movable valve plate and the inner side of the upper valve cover can be omitted; the sealing gasket can be applied to the conditions of different sizes of the whole volume of the valve body, the valve body assembly and the sealing gasket of the slurry outlet of the cup body are arranged externally, no special limitation is caused to the inner space of the valve body assembly, and the universality is improved.

As shown in fig. 24 and 25, in another embodiment, a structure for mounting the lower case of the hall element external valve body is applied to a food processing device.

Specifically, the hall element 660 is fastened to the outer side of the valve body lower cover 632 through a screw, so as to control the starting and stopping positions of the rotating hairpiece inside the valve body. Or the Hall element can be fixed by arranging a buckling structure on the lower cover of the valve body.

The external Hall element can reduce the risk that the element is soaked in water and water vapor, and can also enlarge the space for arranging other elements inside the valve body.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. Food processing apparatus comprising: a cup body; an external water inlet pipe; set up in the valve body of cup below, the valve body includes: the valve body upper cover, the valve body lower cover and the movable valve plate;

The cup body is characterized in that the upper cover of the valve body is provided with a slurry inlet communicated with a fluid outlet at the bottom of the cup body and a water inlet communicated with the water inlet pipe.

2. The food processing device of claim 1, wherein the valve body lower cover is provided with a first outlet;

The movable valve plate is provided with a fluid channel, and when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at a first station through the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the water inlet through the fluid channel or is simultaneously communicated with the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

3. The food processing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the fluid passageway comprises a tunnel bore communicating the water inlet, the slurry inlet, and the first outlet; when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at a first station by the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the water inlet and the pulp inlet through the fluid channel; and when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at the second station through the driving unit, the movable valve plate seals the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

4. The food processing device of claim 2, wherein the valve body lower cover is provided with a second outlet;

the fluid channel comprises a first through hole which can be communicated with the pulp inlet and the first outlet, and a second through hole which can be communicated with the water inlet and the second outlet.

5. The food processing device as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the movable valve plate is driven to be at the first station by the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the pulp inlet through the first through hole, and the second outlet is communicated with the water inlet through the second through hole; and when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at the second station through the driving unit, the movable valve plate seals the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

6. The food processing device of claim 2, wherein the valve body lower cover is provided with a second outlet; the first outlet and the second outlet are formed in an integrated double-hole pipeline;

The fluid channel comprises a first through hole which can be communicated with the slurry inlet and the first outlet, and a first tunnel hole which can be communicated with the water inlet and the second outlet;

Or the fluid channel comprises a second through hole which can be communicated with the pulp inlet and the first outlet, and a second tunnel hole which can be communicated with the water inlet and the second outlet;

Or the fluid channel comprises a third tunnel hole which can be communicated with the slurry inlet and the first outlet and a third tunnel hole which can be communicated with the water inlet and the second outlet.

7. The food processing device as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the movable valve plate is driven to the first station by the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the slurry inlet, and the second outlet is communicated with the water inlet;

And when the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at the second station through the driving unit, the movable valve plate seals the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

8. The food processing device as claimed in claim 6, wherein when the movable valve plate is driven to the first station by the driving unit, the first outlet is communicated with the slurry inlet, and the second outlet is communicated with the water inlet;

When the movable valve plate is driven to be positioned at the second station through the driving unit, the movable valve plate seals one of the water inlet and the pulp inlet.

9. The food processing apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a sealing member provided at a junction of the slurry inlet of the upper cover of the valve body and the fluid outlet of the bottom of the cup body.

10. The food processing device according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the driving unit is a Hall element disposed outside the lower cover of the valve body.