CN209846863U

CN209846863U - Cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN209846863U
Application number: CN201822066521.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈建新; 石芸; 吕华; 李泽涌
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2018-12-10
Filing date: 2018-12-10
Publication date: 2019-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 2028-12-10

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, which comprises a pot body and a cover body, wherein an inner pot is arranged in the pot body, and when the cover body is covered on the pot body, a cooking space is formed between the cover body and the pot body; the side part of the inner pot is at least partially light-transmitting; the cooker body comprises a main heating element and an auxiliary heating element, and the main heating element is arranged below the inner pot; the auxiliary heating element is arranged at the side part of the inner pot, the auxiliary heating element is an infrared heating element, the infrared heating element penetrates through the inner pot to radiate infrared rays to the cooking space, the carbon content of the infrared heating element is greater than or equal to 80%, and the main wavelength of the infrared rays is 1.5-25 micrometers. The utility model discloses an infrared heating element that sets up in cooking utensil's a kind of deep pot body can generate heat fast and see through interior pot to food radiation infrared ray, and infrared ray heat utilization efficiency is high, can heat effectively food, make food be heated evenly, can arouse the fragrance of food, makes food in culinary art in-process and culinary art process fragrance overflow after finishing.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a kitchen utensil technical field, and more specifically relate to a cooking utensil.

Background

Known cooking appliances, such as electric cookers, electric pressure cookers, etc., generally have a function of cooking food. However, the existing cooking appliances generally radiate heat to a heated space through a heating wire or an induction heating technology. The heating mode is that the heat generated by the heating element is radiated to the heated space through the inner pot. The disadvantages are low heat utilization rate and poor taste and insufficient aroma of the cooked food.

Therefore, there is a need for a cooking appliance that at least partially solves the problems of the prior art.

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 at least partially solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance including a pot body in which an inner pot is provided, and a lid openably and closably provided on the pot body, a cooking space being formed between the lid and the pot body when the lid is closed on the pot body;

wherein the side of the inner pan is at least partially light transmitting;

the pot body further includes:

the main heating element is arranged below the inner pot; and

the auxiliary heating element is arranged at the side part of the inner pot, the auxiliary heating element is an infrared heating element, the infrared heating element penetrates through the inner pot to radiate infrared rays to the cooking space, the carbon content of the infrared heating element is greater than or equal to 80%, and the main wavelength of the infrared rays is 1.5-25 microns.

The cooking utensil of this scheme's a kind of deep pot body adopts main heating element and supplementary heating element to heat food simultaneously. The auxiliary heating element is an infrared heating element with the carbon content of more than or equal to 80 percent, the infrared heating element can quickly heat and radiate infrared rays with the main wavelength of 1.5-25 mu m to food through the inner pot, the utilization efficiency of the infrared ray heat is high, the food can be effectively heated, the food is uniformly heated, the fragrance of the food can be excited, and the fragrance of the food is diffused in the cooking process and after the cooking process. Wherein, the effective aroma components in the detected aroma substances mainly comprise aldehydes, furan, esters and the like, and the contents of hexanal and nonanal in the flavor substances are the highest. To the fragrance composition, have the utility model provides a cooking utensil of a kind of deep pot body is higher than the hexanal content of cooking utensil that has ordinary a kind of deep pot body 37%, and nonanal content is high 11%, and the fragrance is abundanter.

Optionally, the pot body further comprises a reflection member, and the reflection member is disposed at a side of the auxiliary heating element away from the inner pot. Therefore, infrared rays radiated by the auxiliary heating element towards the direction deviating from the inner pot can be reflected to the cooking space, so that the radiation quantity of the infrared rays is improved.

Optionally, the reflector has a reflector groove opening toward the inner pan, and the auxiliary heating element is disposed in the reflector groove. This can increase the amount of infrared reflection.

Optionally, the cooker body further comprises a heat preservation member, the heat preservation member is made of a light-transmitting material, and the heat preservation member is located between the inner pot and the auxiliary heating element. Therefore, the auxiliary heating element can radiate infrared rays towards the inner pot through the heat preservation piece.

Optionally, the pot body further comprises a heat preservation member, the heat preservation member is provided with an opening through which the infrared rays pass, and the auxiliary heating element is located outside the heat preservation member and at the opening. Thereby, the infrared rays radiated from the auxiliary heating element can pass through the opening.

Optionally, the reflector includes a recessed portion and an installation portion, the recessed portion is recessed outward from the installation portion, the installation portion is connected to the recessed portion and extends vertically outward relative to the recessed portion, and the installation portion is connected to the thermal insulation member. Thus, the reflector can be easily attached to the heat insulating member.

Optionally, the pot body comprises a housing, the reflector being mounted to the housing by a fixing bracket. Thereby, the mounting of the reflector to the housing may be facilitated.

Optionally, the cooker body further comprises a middle plate assembly located inside the outer cover, the reflecting member is mounted to the middle plate assembly by a fastener, and the fastener passes through the middle plate assembly and the fixing bracket in sequence. Thus, the reflector can be conveniently mounted to the middle plate assembly and the outer cover.

Optionally, the pot body comprises a middle plate assembly, the auxiliary heating element being mounted to the middle plate assembly.

Optionally, a buckle is provided at an inner side of the reflector, and the auxiliary heating element is detachably mounted to the reflector by the buckle. Thereby, it is possible to facilitate mounting of the auxiliary heating element to the reflecting member.

Optionally, the inner pan has a lowest water level line, and the auxiliary heating element is disposed above the lowest water level line.

Optionally, the power of the auxiliary heating element is 100-1000W.

Drawings

The following drawings of the present invention are used herein 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 and devices of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a pot body of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the pot body shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a pot body of a cooking appliance according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a partially exploded perspective view of the pot body shown in FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a pot body of a cooking appliance according to a third embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 6 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion a in fig. 5.

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 the present 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 the present invention.

In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It is apparent that the practice of the invention is not limited to the specific details known to those skilled in the art. The following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, however, is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiments disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

It is to be understood that the terms "a," "an," and "the" as used herein are intended to describe specific embodiments only and are not to be taken as limiting the invention, which is intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. When the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right" and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and are not limiting.

Ordinal words such as "first" and "second" are referred to in this application as labels only, and do not have any other meanings, such as a particular order, etc. Also, for example, the term "first component" does not itself imply the presence of "second component", and the term "second component" does not itself imply the presence of "first component".

In the following, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate representative embodiments of the invention and do not limit the invention.

As shown in fig. 1, a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention mainly includes a pot body 110 and a cover (not shown). The respective components of the cooking appliance will be described in detail below.

The pot body 110 of the cooking appliance may be in a generally rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape, a generally cylindrical shape, or any other suitable shape. The pot body 110 has a substantially cylindrical shape or any other suitable shape of the inner pot 120 disposed therein. The inner pot 120 can be freely put into or taken out of the inner pot receiving part of the pot body 110 to facilitate the cleaning of the inner pot 120. The inner pot 120 is used to store food to be cooked, such as rice, soup, etc. Typically, the top of the inner pot 120 has a top opening. The user can store food to be cooked in the inner pot 120 through the top opening or take cooked food out of the inner pot 120 through the top opening.

The pot body 110 includes a housing 111, a middle plate assembly 112 positioned inside the housing 111, and a base assembly 113 below the middle plate assembly 112. The middle plate assembly 112 may be detachably mounted to the base assembly 113 by a plurality of screws. The cover 111 may snap fit with the base assembly 113 or may be attached together by other suitable means.

The shape of the lid of the cooking appliance substantially corresponds to the shape of the pot body 110. For example, the cover may have a rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape. The lid is provided to the pot body 110 in an openable and closable manner, and is used to cover the entire top of the pot body 110 or at least the inner pot 120 of the pot body 110. Specifically, the lid body may be pivotably disposed above the pot body 110 between the maximum open position and the closed position by, for example, a hinge. When the cover is closed over the pot body 110, a cooking space is formed between the cover and the pot body 110 (specifically, the inner pot 120 of the pot body 110).

The pot body 110 includes a main heating element 140 for heating food. The main heating element 140 may be disposed below the inner pot 120. Specifically, the main heating element 140 may be disposed between the inner pan 120 and the base assembly 113. The main heating element 140 may be a conventional heating element or a heating component composed of a conventional heating element, such as a heating disk assembly, an electromagnetic heating component, etc.; in this embodiment, the inner pan 120 is a good conductor of heat. The primary heating element 140 may also be an infrared heating element; in this embodiment, the bottom of the inner pan 120 is at least partially light transmissive. In the illustrated embodiment, the primary heating element 140 is shown as a heating disc assembly.

The pot body 110 further includes an auxiliary heating element 150 for heating the food. The auxiliary heating element is disposed at a side portion of the inner pot 120. Specifically, the auxiliary heating element 150 is disposed between the inner pan 120 and the outer cover 111, i.e., the outside of the inner pan 120 and the inside of the outer cover 111. In this embodiment, the auxiliary heating element 150 is an infrared heating element, and the inner pot 120 is at least partially transparent so that infrared rays radiated by the infrared heating element can penetrate the inner pot 120. The inner pan 120 may be at least partially made of a light transmissive material. Alternatively, a portion of the inner pan 120 corresponding to the auxiliary heating element 150 may transmit light. Alternatively, the inner pan 120 is integrally made of a light-transmitting material.

It is noted that directional terms used herein in describing the various components in the pot body 110 and their positional relationships, such as "above", "below", "upward", "downward", "inside", "outside", and the like, are relative to a horizontally placed cooking appliance. It will be understood that "inner" refers to the side of a component that is closer to the inner pan and "outer" refers to the side of a component that is further from the inner pan.

The infrared heating element in the present embodiment described above is a heating element containing carbon. The carbon content of the infrared heating element is greater than or equal to 80%. Preferably, the carbon content of the infrared heating element is greater than or equal to 90%. The term "carbon content" as used herein refers to the mass percentage of carbon element. The infrared heating element is configured to radiate infrared rays toward the cooking space during cooking. The infrared heating element radiates infrared rays of various wavelengths to the cooking space during cooking. Wherein the infrared ray radiated by the infrared heating element has a main wavelength of 1.5 to 25 μm. For example, 1.5. mu.m, 2. mu.m, 5. mu.m, 10. mu.m, 15. mu.m, 20. mu.m, 25 μm, etc. Preferably, the infrared ray radiated from the infrared heating element has a main wavelength of 5 to 15 μm. The term "main wavelength" as used herein means that infrared rays having a wavelength within the range account for a larger proportion of infrared rays radiated from the infrared heat generating element than infrared rays having a wavelength outside the range.

The applicant found that the heat utilization efficiency is high by radiating infrared rays having a main wavelength of 1.5 to 25 μm to the cooking space through the infrared heating element having a carbon content of 80% or more. The infrared heating element can effectively heat food, uniformly heat the food and enable main volatile components in the food to overflow to excite the fragrance of the food, so that the fragrance of the food is diffused in the cooking process and after the cooking process is finished.

Specifically, taking the auxiliary heating element 150 as an example, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the illustrated embodiment, the infrared heating element serving as the auxiliary heating element 150 is a direct heating element. It should be noted that the term "direct heating element" as used herein refers to an element that is capable of converting other forms of energy (e.g., electrical energy) into heat energy. More specifically, the infrared heating element is an annular carbon-containing element, for example, a carbon fiber element, which is enclosed in an annular glass tube to form an annular infrared electric heating tube. The infrared electric heating tube may be detachably mounted to the pot body 110 by, for example, a snap structure. The diameter of the infrared electric heating tube can be 6 mm-20 mm. Preferably, the diameter of the infrared electrothermal tube can be 8 mm-12 mm for convenient installation. Electrodes or conducting wires 151 are arranged at two ends of an infrared heating element in the infrared electric heating tube. The infrared heating element can directly generate heat after being electrified to radiate infrared rays to the cooking space. The power of the infrared electric heating tube can be 100W-1000W. Of course, the shape of the infrared heating element and the infrared electric heating tube is not limited to a ring shape, and it may be arranged according to the shape of the inner pot 120.

In addition, the infrared heating element can also be an electric heating film which can be directly electrified, such as a carbon fiber electric heating film. The infrared heating element may also be an indirect heating element. That is, the infrared heating element itself cannot directly convert other forms of energy into heat energy, but is an element that receives heat generated by other components. For example, in other embodiments not shown, the infrared heating element may be an indirect heating element that absorbs heat from the hot plate.

In the embodiment where the main heating element 140 is an infrared heating element, the infrared heating element used as the main heating element 140 may have a structure and/or characteristics similar to those of the infrared heating element used as the auxiliary heating element 150, and for brevity, the detailed description is omitted. Alternatively, the shape of the main heating element 140 may be U-shaped, pear-shaped, semicircular, spiral, candle-shaped, or other suitable shapes.

Further, an insulating member 130 may be disposed in the pot body 110, and the insulating member 130 may be disposed outside the inner pot 120. Specifically, the insulating member 130 has a ring shape, and may be disposed between the side portion of the inner pot 120 and the middle plate assembly 112. In the present embodiment, the heat insulating member 130 is made of a light-transmitting material, i.e., formed as a light-transmitting heat insulating cover. The auxiliary heating element 150 may be disposed at an outer side of the insulating member 130, in other words, the insulating member 130 is located between the inner pot 120 and the auxiliary heating element 150. The infrared rays radiated from the auxiliary heating element 150 may radiate infrared rays to the food in the cooking space through the insulating member 130 and the inner pot 120.

Optionally, a reflection member 160 is further provided in the pot body 110. The reflecting member 160 is disposed at a side of the auxiliary heat generating element 150 facing away from the inner pot 120 to reflect infrared rays radiated from the auxiliary heat generating element 150 toward a direction facing away from the inner pot into the cooking space to increase a radiation amount of the infrared rays. The reflection member 160 may be made of stainless steel or aluminum. The reflecting member 160 may be made of other mirror materials having high reflectivity to infrared rays to further increase the amount of infrared rays radiated.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the reflection member 160 is disposed outside the auxiliary heating element 150, and specifically, the reflection member 160 is disposed between the auxiliary heating element 150 and the outer cover 111. Optionally, the inner pan 120 has a lowest water level L1, and the auxiliary heating element 150 is disposed above the lowest water level L1.

The shape of the reflecting member 160 may be substantially the same as that of the auxiliary heating element 150, and may also be a ring shape. The reflecting member 160 has a reflecting member groove 161 opened toward the inner pan 120, and the auxiliary heat generating element 150 is at least partially disposed in the reflecting member groove 161. The cross-section of the reflector groove 161 may be parabolic, trapezoidal with an open inner side, or any other suitable shape. One or more snaps 162 are provided at an inner side of the reflection member 160, and the auxiliary heat generating element 150 is detachably mounted to the reflection member 160 through the snaps 162.

Alternatively, a fixing bracket 170 is provided at an inner side of the housing 111, and the reflection member 160 is coupled with the fixing bracket 170 to mount the reflection member 160 to the housing 111 through the fixing bracket 170. The reflection member 160 may be detachably mounted to the fixing bracket 170 with a fastener such as a screw. The fixing bracket 170 may be connected to the housing 111 via a fastener such as a screw, or the fixing bracket 170 may be welded to the housing 111. As shown in fig. 2, the fixing bracket 170 has a substantially "inverted" shape, and specifically, the fixing bracket 170 includes a support frame 171 and a mounting wall 172, and the mounting wall 172 extends vertically outward with respect to the support frame 171. The mounting wall 172 may be coupled to the housing 111, and the support frame 171 abuts against the reflector 160 and is coupled together by screws.

Second embodiment

Fig. 3 and 4 show a pot body 210 of a cooking appliance according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The structure of the pot body 210 is substantially the same as that of the pot body 110 of the cooking appliance of the first embodiment, except for the heat retaining member 230. Therefore, for components that are identical in structure and function to the components of the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are used in the second embodiment, and will not be described in detail again for the sake of brevity.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the adiabatic member 230 is provided with an opening 231 therethrough, and the auxiliary heating element 150 is located outside the adiabatic member 230 and is disposed at the opening 231. The infrared rays radiated from the auxiliary heating element 150 may pass through the opening 231 so that the infrared rays can be radiated to the food in the cooking space through the inner pot 120. Alternatively, the opening 231 has substantially the same shape as the auxiliary heat generating element 150, and has a ring shape. Specifically, the reflection member 260 is disposed at the opening 231, and the reflection member 260 may be connected with the heat retainer 230. In the illustrated embodiment, the shape of the opening 231 is substantially the same as the shape of the reflector 260, and the reflector 260 can cover the opening 231. Thus, the reflection member 260 and the heat retaining member 230 may form a heat retaining cover having a reflection function in part. In other words, the heat insulating cover has a reflection function at a portion corresponding to the auxiliary heating element 150.

The reflection member 260 includes a recess portion 263 and a mounting portion 264. The auxiliary heating element 150 is disposed in the recess portion 263, and the mounting portion 264 is connected to the heat insulating member 230. Specifically, the recess portion 263 can be recessed outward from the mounting portion 264 so as to form the reflector recess 261. It is understood that "outward" herein refers to a direction away from the inner pan 120. The mounting portion 264 is connected to the recessed portion 263, and the mounting portion 264 and the recessed portion 263 are shown as an integral structure. The mounting portion 264 extends vertically outward relative to the recessed portion 263. It is to be understood that "outward" herein refers to a direction away from the recessed portion 263. The recess portion 263 can cover the opening 231. At least a portion of mounting portion 264 may overlap and abut thermal retainer 230 to facilitate connection of mounting portion 264 to thermal retainer 230 via a fastener, such as a screw.

Alternatively, in the present embodiment, the reflection member 260 may also be mounted to the housing 111 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, i.e., mounted to the inner side of the housing 111 by the fixing bracket 170 to further fix the reflection member 260. And will not be described in detail again for the sake of brevity.

Third embodiment

Fig. 5 and 6 show a pot body 310 of a cooking appliance according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The structure of the pot body 310 is substantially the same as that of the pot body 110 of the cooking appliance of the first embodiment except for the installation manner of the reflection member 160. Therefore, for components that are identical in structure and function to the components of the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are used in the third embodiment, and will not be described in detail again for the sake of brevity.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the reflection member 160 of the present embodiment may be mounted to the middle plate assembly 312. Specifically, the reflection member 160 may be disposed between the heat retainer 130 and the middle plate assembly 312, i.e., the reflection member 160 is disposed at an outer side of the heat retainer 130 and at an inner side of the middle plate assembly 312. The reflection member 160 may be coupled to the middle plate assembly 312 by a fastener such as a screw. More specifically, the middle plate assembly 312 has a reflector fixing portion 314 extending downward, and the reflector 160 is disposed between the heat insulating member 130 and the reflector fixing portion 314. Screws may pass through the reflection member 160 and the reflection member fixing part 314, thereby mounting the reflection member 160 to the middle plate assembly 312.

Alternatively, the reflection member 160 of the present embodiment may also be mounted to the housing 111 in the same manner as in the first embodiment, i.e., mounted to the inner side of the housing 111 by the fixing bracket 170 to further fix the reflection member 160. And will not be described in detail again for the sake of brevity. In the illustrated embodiment, the reflector 160, the reflector fixing portion 314, and the fixing bracket 170 are substantially flush with each other, the reflector 160 abuts against the inner side of the reflector fixing portion 314, and the fixing bracket 170 abuts against the outer side of the reflector fixing portion 314. Screws may be sequentially passed through the reflection member 160, the reflection member fixing part 314, and the fixing bracket 170 to simultaneously mount the reflection member 160 to the middle plate assembly 312 and the outer cover 111.

In addition, in an embodiment not shown, the reflection member 260 of the second embodiment may be mounted to the middle plate assembly in substantially the same manner as the reflection member 160 of the third embodiment. Also, in an embodiment not shown, the auxiliary heating element may be mounted directly to the middle plate assembly without being mounted through the housing. Specifically, the auxiliary heating element is mounted to the reflector, and the reflector is mounted to the reflector fixing portion by a fastener. Alternatively, a fixing bracket may be further provided between the reflection member and the reflection member fixing portion of the middle plate assembly, and the fastening member is mounted to the reflection member fixing portion through the reflection member and the fixing bracket in turn.

In summary, according to the cooking appliance of the present invention, the infrared ray having a main wavelength of 1.5 to 25 μm can be radiated to the cooking space by the infrared heating element serving as the auxiliary heating element 150 having a carbon content of 80% or more provided in the pot body 110, and the heat utilization efficiency can be improved. The infrared heating element can effectively heat food, uniformly heat the food and excite the fragrance of the food to ensure that the cooked food has the fragrance all around in the cooking process and after the cooking process is finished.

The applicant carried out a comparative test using the cooking appliance provided by the present invention with a conventional cooking appliance. Specifically, the whole pot of rice is stirred uniformly and scattered after cooking is finished, a sample is taken from the middle part in the pot, the cooked rice is accurately weighed, and fragrance collection and test are carried out. And (3) analyzing by a gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technology to obtain a total ion current chromatogram of the volatile substances of the cooked rice, searching and analyzing the mass spectrum of each component by a computer library (NIST11), and performing artificial spectrogram analysis by combining the mass spectrum number of related documents to determine the chemical structure of the fragrant substances.

In the test, the quantification of the aroma components was a semi-quantitative result. The area percentage of each component is obtained by an area normalization method, and the concentration of each component in the sample is calculated according to the concentration of the content of the internal standard substance 1, 2-dichlorobenzene in the sample.

Wherein, the calculation formula is:

wherein, C_iRepresents the concentration of the volatile component in the sample (. mu.g/g), A_iRepresents the area percentage of the volatile component content, A_isRepresents the area percent of 1, 2-dichlorobenzene, C_isThe concentration of the internal standard methyl nonanoate in the sample (. mu.g/g) is indicated.

The results show that the effective aroma components in the detected aroma substances mainly comprise aldehydes, furan, esters and the like, and the contents of hexanal and nonanal in the flavor substances are the highest. For the fragrance component, the cooking utensil of the utility model has a higher hexanal content of 37 percent and a higher nonanal content of 11 percent compared with the common cooking utensil. The rice has rich fragrance.

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 "part," "member," 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. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that many more modifications and variations are possible in light of the teaching of the present invention and are within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance is characterized by comprising a pot body and a cover body, wherein an inner pot is arranged in the pot body, the cover body is arranged on the pot body in an openable and closable manner, and when the cover body covers the pot body, a cooking space is formed between the cover body and the pot body;

wherein the side of the inner pan is at least partially light transmitting;

the pot body further includes:

the main heating element is arranged below the inner pot; and

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the pot body further comprises a reflective member disposed on a side of the auxiliary heat generating element facing away from the inner pot.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the reflector has a reflector groove opened toward the inner pan, the auxiliary heat generating element being disposed in the reflector groove.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the pot body further comprises a heat retaining member, the heat retaining member is made of a light transmitting material, and the heat retaining member is located between the inner pot and the auxiliary heating element.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the pot body further comprises a heat retaining member provided with an opening for the infrared rays to pass through, the auxiliary heating element being located outside the heat retaining member and provided at the opening.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 5, wherein the reflector member includes a recessed portion recessed outwardly from the mounting portion and a mounting portion connected to the recessed portion and extending vertically outwardly relative to the recessed portion, the mounting portion being connected to the thermal insulating member.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the pot body includes a housing, the reflector being mounted to the housing by a fixed bracket.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 7, wherein the pot body further comprises a middle plate assembly inside the outer cover, the reflector being mounted to the middle plate assembly by a fastener, the fastener passing through the middle plate assembly and the fixing bracket in sequence.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 1 or 2, wherein the pot body comprises a middle plate assembly to which the auxiliary heat generating element is mounted.

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein a catch is provided at an inner side of the reflection member, and the auxiliary heating element is detachably mounted to the reflection member by the catch.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the inner pan has a lowest water level, the auxiliary heating element being disposed above the lowest water level.

12. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary heating element has a power of 100 to 1000W.