CN209846856U

CN209846856U - Cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN209846856U
Application number: CN201821990997.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 阳梦乔; 丁志辉
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-11-29
Filing date: 2018-11-29
Publication date: 2019-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 2028-11-29

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil, it includes a kind of deep pot body and lid, and a kind of deep pot body is provided with the catching groove, and the lid can set up on a kind of deep pot body openly and shut to can constitute the culinary art space between lid and interior pot. The cover includes a liner, a removable cover, and a latch member. The inner lining is provided with a rotating shaft; the removable cover is removably connected to the liner; the locking member is rotatable between a locking position and an unlocking position with a center line of the rotating shaft as a rotation axis; in the state of removable lid and inside lining separation, the latch member rotates to the unblock position under the effect of gravity, and the catching groove is used for cooperating with the latch member that is located latched position to close the lid to the a kind of deep pot body. According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, when removable lid was not installed to the inside lining, the lid can't normally cover and close on a kind of deep pot body.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a cooking utensil field especially relates to a cooking utensil.

Background

At present, cooking utensil such as electric rice cooker uses removable cover to seal the interior pot in the a kind of deep pot usually, need dismantle removable cover and wash after the culinary art is accomplished, and the user forgets easily to install removable cover and directly covers the lid after the washing is accomplished. The removable lid of neglected loading not only influences electric rice cooker's normal culinary art, and steam can also directly get into the inside of lid, causes the harm to inside spare part.

Therefore, there is a need to provide a cooking appliance to at least partially solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content does not imply any attempt to define the essential features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it implied to be intended to define the scope of the claimed solution.

In order to solve the above problem at least partially, the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, its characterized in that includes:

the cooker body is provided with an inner pot and a buckling groove;

a lid, the lid can set up with opening and shutting on the a kind of deep pot body to can the lid with constitute culinary art space between the interior pot, the lid includes:

the lining is provided with a rotating shaft;

a removable cover removably connected to the liner; and

a lock member rotatable between a lock position and an unlock position with a center line of the rotation shaft as a rotation axis,

in a state that the detachable cover is separated from the inner liner, the locking member rotates to the unlocking position under the action of gravity, and the catching groove is used for being matched with the locking member positioned at the locking position so as to cover the cover body to the cooker body.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil includes rotatable only locking component between latched position and unblock position, and when neglected to adorn removable cover, only locking component receives self gravity and rotatory to the unblock position, the clip of only locking component bottom can not with the catching groove lock of a kind of deep pot body. In this state, the hook at the bottom of the locking member can be buckled with the catching groove of the cooker body, thereby preventing the user from neglecting to mount the detachable cover.

Optionally, the cooking appliance comprises a resilient member disposed on the liner, the resilient member abutting the latch member and the removable cover to retain the latch member in the locked position.

Therefore, in the state that the detachable cover is installed on the inner liner, the detachable cover can abut against the elastic piece so as to drive the locking component to rotate to the locking position and keep the locking position.

Optionally, the locking member comprises:

the connecting part is connected with the rotating shaft;

a clasp part located at a bottom end of the connection part; and

an abutting portion that abuts against the elastic member, the abutting portion being provided to a top end of the connecting portion obliquely with respect to the connecting portion.

From this, the locking component includes consecutive clasp portion, connecting portion and supports the portion, and simple structure is convenient for make and assemble.

Optionally, the clasp portion in the unlocked position is horizontally spaced from the catch slot to enable the clasp portion to be separated from the catch slot.

From this, the clasp portion that is located the unblock position can't with the catching groove lock to when neglected to adorn removable lid, the lid can't normally cover and close to a kind of deep pot body.

Optionally, the latch member further comprises a mating portion connected to the connecting portion and extending upwardly beyond the abutment portion, the lid body comprising a lid release button movable to push the mating portion to rotate the latch member from the locked position to the unlocked position.

Therefore, the matching part can enable the locking member to rotate from the locking position to the unlocking position along with the movement of the cover opening button, so that the clasp part can be separated from the catching groove, and the cover body is opened.

Optionally, the cap release button is movable between an initial position and an actuated position, the lid being provided with a cap release button spring which exerts a force on the cap release button towards the initial position.

Thus, the cap opening button spring applies a force toward the initial position to the cap opening button for easy operation.

Optionally, the elastic member is configured as a torsion spring sleeved on the rotating shaft.

Therefore, the space can be saved, and the assembly is convenient.

Optionally, the locking member comprises two of said abutments spaced apart, the torsion spring comprises two ends spaced apart and an extension therebetween, the two ends respectively abutting the two abutments, the extension extending downwardly to abut the removable cover.

Thereby, the two abutting portions can uniformly receive the acting force from the two end portions of the torsion spring, and the extending portion is provided between the two end portions, so that the acting force from the detachable cover can be uniformly applied to the two end portions of the torsion spring.

Optionally, the inner liner is provided with a push button for fixing the detachable cover, and the downward extending portion of the elastic member is disposed at the push button and closer to the end of the cover body pivoted to the pot body than the push button.

Thus, the detachable cover can be conveniently assembled and disassembled.

Optionally, the push button is movable between a first position and a second position, the inner liner is provided with a push button spring that exerts a force on the push button toward the first position, the push button in the first position preventing the removable cover from separating from the inner liner.

The push button spring thereby serves to retain the push button in a first position to prevent the removable cover from separating from the liner

Drawings

The following figures of the embodiments of the present invention are used as part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings, embodiments and descriptions of the invention, which are used to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the lid of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1 with the removable lid separated from the liner;

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1 with the latch member in the locked position;

FIG. 5 is another perspective view of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1, with the latch member in the locked position;

FIG. 6 is another partial cross-sectional view of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1, with the latch member in an unlocked position; and

fig. 7 is a further perspective view of the cooking appliance shown in fig. 1, with the latch member in an unlocked position.

Description of the reference numerals

10: cover body 11, face cover

12: inner liner 13: cap opening button

14: lid opening button spring 15: detachable cover

16: the push button 17: push button spring

21: locking member 22: torsion spring

23: the rotating shaft 211: connecting part

212: abutting portion 213: clasp part

214: the fitting portion 26: extension part

27: end 30: pot body

31: the catching groove 32: guide surface

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring embodiments of the present invention.

In the following description, a detailed structure will be presented for a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. It is apparent that the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art. The following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, however, the invention is capable of other embodiments in addition to those detailed.

A cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 1 to 7. It can be understood, according to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil can be for electric rice cooker, electric pressure cooker or other electric heating utensil, and according to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil except having the function of cooking rice, can also have various functions such as cooking congee.

As shown in fig. 1, the cooking appliance mainly includes a pot body 30 and a lid body 10. The pot body 30 is substantially in the shape of a rounded rectangular parallelepiped and has an inner pot accommodating portion in the shape of a cylinder, and the inner pot can be freely put into or taken out from the inner pot accommodating portion to facilitate cleaning of the inner pot. The upper surface of the inner pot has a circular opening for containing materials to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc., into the inner pot. The pot body 30 may include therein a heating means for heating the inner pot. The lid body 10 has a substantially rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape and substantially corresponds to the shape of the pot body 30. The lid body 10 is pivotally connected to the pot body 30 in an openable and closable manner for covering the pot body 30. When the lid 10 is closed on the pot body 30, a cooking space is formed between the lid 10 and the inner pot.

Referring to FIG. 1, in the illustrated embodiment, the cover 10 includes an inner liner 12 and a removable cover 15. The removable cover 15 is removably attached to the lower surface of the liner 12. Further, the lid body 10 may further include a face cover 11 covering the inner liner 12 and located above the inner liner 12.

The liner 12 is provided with a rotation shaft 23 and a latch member 21. The locking member 21 is rotatable about the center line of the rotating shaft 23 as the rotating shaft 23. The locking member 21 can be engaged with a catching groove 31 of the pot body 30 to be described later to cover the lid body 10 on the pot body 30.

In the illustrated embodiment, the latch member 21 is rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The bottom end of the locking member 21 has a hook 213 for fitting with the hook groove 31 of the pot body 30. And in order to make the connection between the cover body 10 and the pot body 30 tighter, optionally, the locking member 21 portion includes two spaced-apart clasp portions 213, and the pot body 30 includes two spaced-apart clasp grooves 31.

As can be seen in fig. 6 and 7, in a state in which the detachable cover 15 is detached from the inner liner 12, the latch member 21 is rotated to the unlocked position by the force of gravity.

Thus, when the detachable lid 15 is not mounted, that is, in a state where the detachable lid 15 is separated from the inner liner 12, since the locking member 21 is located at the unlocking position, when the lid body 10 is to be pivoted, the hook portion 213 of the locking member 21 cannot be engaged with the catching groove 31, and the lid body 10 cannot be normally closed to the pot body 30, so that it is possible to remind the user that the detachable lid 15 is not mounted.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil includes rotatable only locking component 21 between latched position and unblock position, and when neglected to adorn removable cover 15, only locking component 21 receives self gravity and rotates to the unblock position, and the clip of only locking component 21 bottom can not be with the catching groove 31 lock of the a kind of deep pot body 30. Thereby preventing the user from neglecting to mount the detachable cover 15.

Further, the liner 12 is also provided with an elastic member such as a spring or torsion spring 22. The elastic member may be provided between the latch member 21 and the detachable cover 15. As can be seen in fig. 4 and 5, in the state in which the detachable cover 15 is attached to the inner liner 12, the elastic member abuts against the latch member 21 and the detachable cover 15 to hold the latch member 21 in the locked position. The catching groove 31 is used to cooperate with the locking member 21 at the locking position to cover the lid body 10 to the pot body 30.

In the state where the detachable cover 15 is mounted to the liner 12, the detachable cover 15 may abut against the elastic member to rotate the locking member 21 to the locking position and be maintained in the locking position. In this state, the hook at the bottom end of the locking member 21 can be engaged with the catching groove 31 of the pot body 30.

For convenience of description, a rotation direction of the latch member 21 from the unlock position to the lock position is defined as a first rotation direction D1. The rotational direction of the lock member 21 from the lock position to the unlock position is defined as a second rotational direction D2.

Referring to fig. 1 and 4 to 7, in an alternative embodiment, the locking member 21 includes a connecting portion 211, a clasp portion 213 and an abutting portion 212.

The connection portion 211 may be configured in a substantially plate shape and may be used to connect with the rotation shaft 23. For example, the connection portion 211 may have a hole through which the rotation shaft 23 extends.

The hook 213 is located at the bottom of the connecting portion 211 and extends along a direction oblique to the connecting portion 211 for hooking or buckling with the buckle slot 31.

The abutting portion 212 is for abutting against the elastic member, and the abutting portion 212 is provided to the tip of the connecting portion 211 obliquely with respect to the connecting portion 211. In the illustrated embodiment, the bottom surface of the abutment 212 is used to abut against the resilient member.

For easy assembly and space saving, the elastic member may be alternatively configured as a torsion spring 22 fitted over the rotation shaft 23.

While as best seen in fig. 5 and 7, the latch member 21 may include two spaced abutments 212, the torsion spring 22 includes two spaced ends 27 and an extension 26 between the two ends 27, the two ends 27 respectively abut the two abutments 212, and the extension 26 extends downwardly to abut the removable cover 15. For example, the extension 26 may extend down into the mounting area of the removable cover 15, thereby enabling better abutment against the removable cover 15. The end portions 27 at both ends of the torsion spring 22 can more uniformly apply the elastic restoring force of the torsion spring 22 to the inside latch member 21.

In the state where the detachable lid 15 is detached from the inner liner 12, the lock member 21 is rotated in the second rotating direction D2 from the lock position to the unlock position due to its own weight.

In the state in which the removable cover 15 is mounted to the liner 12, the extension 26 of the torsion spring 22 moves at least partially upward against the removable cover 15. The torsion spring 22 is compressed to apply a force to the abutment 212 through the end 27, and the lock member 21 is thereby locked and held in the locked position while rotating in the first rotational direction D1.

Thus, the two abutments 212 can uniformly receive the force from the two ends 27 of the torsion spring 22, and the extension 26 is disposed between the two ends 27, so that the force from the detachable cover 15 can be uniformly applied to the two ends 27 of the torsion spring 22.

Further, optionally, the locking member 21 further includes a fitting portion 214, and the fitting portion 214 is connected to the connecting portion 211 and extends upward beyond the abutting portion 212. The lid body 10 includes a door-opening button 13, and the door-opening button 13 is movable to push the engaging portion 214 to rotate the lock member 21 from the lock position to the unlock position. For example, the door release button 13 may be moved in a horizontal direction, and the fitting portion 214 extends into a moving path of the door release button 13, and during the process in which the door release button 13 is pressed, the fitting portion 214 is pushed so that the latch member 21 is rotated to the unlock position in the second rotation direction D2.

Further, the lid release button 13 is movable between an initial position (rest position) and an actuated position, and the lid body 10 is provided with a lid release button spring 14, and the lid release button spring 14 applies a force toward the initial position to the lid release button 13.

As described above, in the state where the detachable lid 15 is attached to the inner liner 12, the door release button 13 is pressed so that the latch member 21 is rotated in the second rotation direction D2. At this time, the end 27 of the torsion spring 22 fitted over the rotation shaft 23 is moved downward by the urging force from the fitting portion 214 in accordance with the rotation of the lock member 21. Since the torsion spring 22 itself has elasticity, i.e., is compressible, the force applied to the latch member by the lid release button 13 is not completely transmitted to the detachable lid 15. Such a configuration does not hinder the pressing of the lid release button 13 nor generate a large force to the detachable lid 15.

Further, referring to fig. 4, the catching groove 31 may be provided with a guide surface 32 for contacting with the locking member during the process of covering the lid body 10 to the pot body 30 to rotate the locking member from a certain angle in the second rotating direction D2. Similarly, the end 27 of the torsion spring 22, which is disposed on the rotating shaft 23 at this time, is moved downward by the force from the engaging portion 214 in response to the rotation of the locking member. While the force exerted by the guide surface 32 on the locking member is not completely transmitted to the removable cover 15. It is easily understood that, when the lid body 10 continues to pivot and approaches the pot body 30, the locking member is separated from the guide surface 32 and returns to the locking position by the torsion spring 22, and the hook portion 213 is engaged with the catching groove 31.

Further, the inner liner 12 is provided with a push button 16 for fixing the detachable lid 15, and a portion of the elastic member extending downward is provided at the push button 16 and closer to the end 27 of the lid body 10 pivoted to the pot body 30 than the push button 16.

Optionally, the push button 16 is movable between a first position and a second position, the inner liner 12 is provided with a push button spring 17, the push button spring 17 exerts a force on the push button 16 towards the first position, the push button 16 in the first position prevents the removable cover 15 from being detached from the inner liner 12. The push button spring 17 is used to hold the push button 16 in a first position to prevent the removable cover 15 from being separated from the liner 12. And when the user moves the push button 16 to the second position, the end 27 of the removable cover 15 may be separated from the liner 12.

As seen in fig. 6, optionally, the hook 213 in the unlocked position is horizontally spaced from the catch groove 31 such that the hook 213 can be separated from the catch groove 31. In this way, it is ensured that the catch groove 31 cannot be engaged with the hook 213 located at the unlocking position.

In the illustrated embodiment, the clasp portion 213 may be disposed substantially perpendicular to the connection portion 211. The abutting portion 212 may be disposed substantially perpendicular to the connection portion 211. Further, for ease of manufacturing, the clasp portion 213, the connecting portion 211, and the abutment portion 212 may be at least partially integrally formed.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "component" and the like, when used herein, can refer to either a single part or a combination of parts. Terms such as "mounted," "disposed," and the like, as used herein, may refer to one component as being directly attached to another component or one component as being attached to another component through intervening components. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it is to be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that many more modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching and are intended to be included within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

the cooker body is provided with an inner pot and a buckling groove;

the lining is provided with a rotating shaft;

a removable cover removably connected to the liner; and

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, further comprising:

a resilient member disposed on the liner, the resilient member abutting the latch member and the removable cover to retain the latch member in the locked position.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the detent member comprises:

the connecting part is connected with the rotating shaft;

a clasp part located at a bottom end of the connection part; and

4. The cooking appliance of claim 3, wherein the clasp portion in the unlocked position is horizontally spaced from the catch slot such that the clasp portion can be separated from the catch slot.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 3, wherein the latch member further comprises a mating portion connected to the connecting portion and extending upwardly beyond the abutment portion, the lid including a lid release button movable to push the mating portion to rotate the latch member from the locked position to the unlocked position.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 5, wherein the lid release button is movable between an initial position and an actuated position, the lid body being provided with a lid release button spring that applies a force to the lid release button toward the initial position.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the resilient member is configured as a torsion spring that fits over the shaft.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 7, wherein the detent member includes two of the abutments that are spaced apart, and the torsion spring includes two ends that are spaced apart and an extension therebetween that respectively abut the two abutments, the extension extending downward to abut the removable cover.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the inner liner is provided with a push button for fixing the detachable cover, and the downwardly extending portion of the resilient member is provided at the push button and closer to the end of the cover pivotally connected to the pot body than the push button.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 9, wherein the push button is movable between a first position and a second position, the inner liner being provided with a push button spring that applies a force to the push button toward the first position, the push button in the first position preventing the removable cover from separating from the inner liner.