CN209863290U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking appliance, which comprises an inner pot, a cooker body and a connector, wherein the cooker body comprises a middle plate and a base positioned below the middle plate, an inner pot accommodating part is formed between the middle plate and the base, and the inner pot is arranged at the inner pot accommodating part; the middle plate is connected with the base through a connector. The utility model discloses a cooking utensil can be at the in-process that cooking utensil produced and made, and the cooking utensil of different capacity can adopt the same medium plate for can reduce the cost expense of medium plate mould, and can set up the different interior pot of different high connector come the adaptation capacity difference through the selection, thereby can prepare the cooking utensil of different capacity.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

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

Background

An existing cooking appliance such as an electric rice cooker generally includes a pot body, a lid for covering the pot body, and an inner pot provided in the pot body. When the cover body covers the cooker body, the cover body covers the inner pot, and a cooking space is formed between the cover body and the inner pot. The pot body generally includes a middle plate provided with downwardly extending screw posts and a base provided below the middle plate with upwardly extending screw posts. Screws may connect the two screw posts to connect the middle plate and the base together.

Present medium plate generally adopts mould forming process to make, on the one hand to the great interior pot of depth dimension, need set up longer screw post on the medium plate and just can be in the same place with pedestal mounting, the different interior pot of on the other hand needs the different medium plate of adaptation, these two aspects all make the cost expense of medium plate mould higher. Moreover, in the assembly and production process of the electric cooker, the size of the middle plate can only meet the electric cooker with one size, and the middle plate can not be suitable for electric cookers with different capacities.

Accordingly, 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:

an inner pot;

the cooker body comprises a middle plate and a base positioned below the middle plate, an inner pot containing part is formed between the middle plate and the base, and the inner pot is arranged at the inner pot containing part; and

the middle plate and the base are connected through the connector.

According to this scheme, in cooking utensil manufacturing's in-process, the cooking utensil of different capacity can adopt the same medium plate to the medium plate need not set up longer screw post and also can be connected with the base, makes the cost expense that can reduce the medium plate mould. Because the middle plate is connected with the base through the connector, the inner pots with different capacities can be adapted by selectively arranging the connectors with different heights, and cooking appliances with different capacities can be prepared.

Optionally, the connector includes a first cylinder connected to the middle plate and a second cylinder connected to the base, and the first cylinder and the second cylinder extend in the same direction and have non-collinear axes. Thus, the mounting of the connector can be facilitated.

Optionally, the first column body is provided with a first locking hole extending along the axial direction, the middle plate is provided with a middle plate fixing column extending downwards, and the middle plate fixing column is connected with the first locking hole through a fastener. Thus, the mounting of the connector can be facilitated.

Optionally, a clamping groove with an upward opening is formed in the top of the first column body, the middle plate fixing column is provided with a radially extending clamping portion, and the clamping portion is suitable for being matched with the clamping groove. Thus, the mounting of the connector can be facilitated.

Optionally, the second column is provided with a second locking hole extending along the axial direction, the base is provided with a base fixing column extending upwards, and the base fixing column is connected with the second locking hole through a fastener. Thus, the mounting of the connector can be facilitated.

Optionally, the middle plate fixing columns correspond to the base fixing columns one to one, and the corresponding middle plate fixing columns and the corresponding base fixing columns are connected through the connectors.

Optionally, the first cylinder and the second cylinder are connected via a transverse base, and a first reinforcing rib connecting each other is arranged between the first cylinder and the transverse base. Thereby, the structural strength of the connector can be enhanced.

Optionally, a second reinforcing rib is arranged between the second cylinder and the transverse base to connect the second cylinder and the transverse base. Thereby, the structural strength of the connector can be enhanced.

Optionally, the connector is detachably disposed between the middle plate and the base.

Optionally, the cooking appliance comprises four connectors arranged in a distributed manner around the inner pan.

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 of the invention and the description thereof for the purpose of illustrating the devices and principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1 showing the connection of the middle plate and the base;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the connector shown in FIG. 2; and

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a middle plate fixing column on the middle plate.

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 present invention is described in detail below with reference to the preferred embodiments, however, the present invention can have other embodiments in addition to the detailed description, and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

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".

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

Generally, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a cooking appliance 100 such as an electric rice cooker includes a pot body 110 and a cover 120. The pot body 110 is substantially in a rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape and has a cylindrical inner pot receiving part. The inner pan 130 may be fixedly disposed at the inner pan receiving portion, or may be freely put into or taken out of the inner pan receiving portion, so as to facilitate cleaning of the inner pan 130. The inner pot 130 is generally made of a metal material and has a circular opening on an upper surface for containing a material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. The pot body 110 includes therein heating means for heating the inner pot 130 to heat the inner pot 130. It can be understood that the cooking appliance 100 according to the present invention may be an electric cooker, an electric pressure cooker or other cooking appliances 100, and the cooking appliance 100 may have various functions such as cooking porridge, etc. in addition to the function of cooking rice.

The cover 120 has a shape substantially corresponding to the pot body 110, and a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with rounded corners, is pivoted to the pot body 110 by a pivot shaft, and can be freely pivoted about the pivot shaft between a closed position and an open position with respect to the pot body 110 to facilitate closing and opening of the pot body 110. When the cover 120 is covered on the pot body 110, it covers the inner pot 130, and a cooking space is formed between the inner pot 130. The lid 120 also typically has a gasket, which may be made of, for example, a rubber material, disposed between the lid 120 and the inner pot 130 for sealing the cooking space when the lid 120 is in a closed position.

It should be noted that directional terms used herein in describing the components and their positional relationships in the cooking appliance 100, such as "above", "below", "upper side", "upward", "downward", and the like, are relative to the cooking appliance 100 in a horizontal state.

The pot body 110 includes a housing 111, a middle plate 112 positioned inside the housing 111, and a base 113 positioned below the middle plate 112. The inner pot 130 receiving part for storing the inner pot 130 may be formed between the middle plate 112 and the base 113. The cover 111 is disposed between the middle plate 112 and the base 113, and detachably coupled to the middle plate 112 and the base 113, respectively. For example, an upper portion of the housing 111 may be snapped to the middle plate 112 and a lower portion of the housing 111 may be snapped to the base 113. In the present embodiment, the middle plate 112 is manufactured by a mold forming process, such as an injection molding process, by means of a middle plate mold.

A connector 140 is further provided in the pot body 110, and the connector 140 can be detachably provided between the middle plate 112 and the base 113. The middle plate 112 and the base 113 can be connected by a connector 140. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of the cooking appliance 100, cooking appliances 100 of different capacities can be manufactured using the same middle plate 112. Specifically, by providing the connector 140 between the middle plate 112 and the base 113 or selectively providing the connectors 140 of different heights, it is possible to adapt to the inner pots 130 having different capacities, so that the cooking appliances 100 having different capacities can be prepared.

It will be appreciated that the distance between the midplane 112 and the base 113 may be different in different instances where a connector 140 is used, where no connector 140 is used, or where connectors 140 of different heights are used. The present embodiment enables cooking appliances 100 of different capacities to have different installation distances between the middle plate 112 and the base 113 by using the connector 140 and installing the connectors 140 of different heights during the manufacturing process of the cooking appliance 100. Cooking appliances 100 of different capacities have different heights.

The inner pots 130 having different heights have substantially the same radial size. In other words, the inner pans 130 having the same radial dimension but different heights are suitably arranged between the middle plate 112 and the base 113. In the case of producing cooking appliances 100 of different capacities using the connectors 140 of different heights, or without using the connectors 140, the heights of the housings of the cooking appliances 100 fitted to the different capacities are different.

Specifically, referring to fig. 2, the base 113 may be provided with upwardly extending base fixing posts, for example, the illustrated embodiment shows the base fixing posts as screw posts 114, and the middle plate 112 may be provided with downwardly extending middle plate fixing posts 115. Screw posts 114 (base fixing posts) are provided below the middle plate fixing posts 115, and the screw posts 114 correspond to the middle plate fixing posts 115 one to one. The corresponding middle plate fixing column 115 and the base fixing column 114 are connected through a connector 140. In the illustrated embodiment, the screw posts 114 are shown as four, and accordingly, four connectors 140 and four middle plate fixing posts 115 are provided in the cooking appliance. Four connectors 140 are arranged discretely around the inner pan 130. Specifically, each two screw posts 114 are respectively disposed at the front of the base 113 and the rear of the base 113. Accordingly, every two middle plate fixing posts 115 are disposed at the front of the middle plate 112 and the rear of the middle plate 112, respectively. Here, it should be noted that the direction of the cooking appliance 100 facing the user is "front", and the direction away from the user is "rear".

The middle plate fixing post 115 has an axially extending mounting hole 116. In the case of producing the cooking appliance 100 without using the connector 140, the screw post 114 and the mounting hole 116 of the middle plate fixing post 115 may be connected by a fastener such as a screw. In the case of producing the cooking appliance 100 using the connector 140, the connector 140 may be installed between the screw post 114 and the middle plate fixing post 115 and detachably connected with the screw post 114 and the middle plate fixing post 115.

As shown in fig. 3, the connector 140 includes a first cylinder 141 connected to the middle plate 112 and a second cylinder 142 connected to the base 113. The first column 141 and the second column 142 extend in the same direction and have non-collinear axes. In other words, the first and second bodies 142 are disposed off-axis. In this embodiment, when the second cylinder 142 is caught in the screw cylinder 114 of the base 113, the first cylinder 141 may be rotatable about the axis of the second cylinder 142, thereby enabling adjustment of the relative position between the first cylinder 141 and the middle plate fixing cylinder 115. After the first cylinder 141 is aligned with the middle plate fixing post 115, the first cylinder 141 and the middle plate fixing post 115 are connected by a fastener, and the second cylinder 142 and the screw post 114 of the base 113 are connected. In the illustrated embodiment, the first cylinder 141 and the second cylinder 142 are shown as cylinders. Of course, the first and second cylinders 141 and 142 are not limited to cylinders, and may be provided in other suitable shapes as needed.

Specifically, the first cylinder 141 is provided with a first locking hole 143 extending in the axial direction. The first cylinder 141 is a hollow cylinder provided with a first locking hole 143 at an upper portion thereof. The screw enters the first cylinder 141 from below and extends into the mounting hole 116 of the middle plate fixing column 115 through the first locking hole 143 to be connected. The second cylinder 142 is provided with a second locking hole 144 (fig. 2) extending in the axial direction. The other screw enters the screw post 114 of the base 113 from below and is connected through the screw post 114 into the second locking hole 144 of the second post 142.

Optionally, a card slot 145 with an upward opening is disposed at the top of the first cylinder 141. The catching groove 145 is disposed above a horizontal plane where the first locking hole 143 is located. As shown in fig. 5, the middle plate fixing post 115 is provided with a radially extending catching portion 117. The snap-in portion 117 is adapted to fit into the snap-in slot 145. Specifically, the catching portion 117 extends outward from the outer surface of the middle plate fixing post 115. The clamping portions 117 correspond to the clamping slots 145 one to one. The card slot 145 can retain the card portion 117 in the card slot 145 so that the first post 141 and the midplane securing post 115 can be quickly aligned during installation of the connector 140.

Referring back to fig. 4, the first cylinder 141 and the second cylinder 142 may be connected via a lateral base 146. The transverse base 146 is horizontally disposed, the bottom of the first cylinder 141 is connected to the transverse base 146, and the top of the second cylinder 142 is connected to the transverse base 146. In order to reinforce the structural strength of the connector 140, in the present embodiment, a first reinforcing rib 147 for connecting the first cylinder 141 and the transverse base 146 is provided therebetween. A second reinforcing rib 148 connecting each other is provided between the second cylinder 142 and the lateral base 146. The first reinforcing bead 147 and the second reinforcing bead 148 each extend in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the column.

Referring back to fig. 1 and 2, in the illustrated embodiment, the front portion of the middle plate 112 is lower than the rear portion of the middle plate 112. Specifically, the height position of the middle plate fixing post 115 at the front of the middle plate 112 is lower than that of the middle plate fixing post 115 at the rear of the middle plate 112, and the height positions of the screw posts 114 on the base 113 are substantially the same, and thus, the connector 140 further includes a front connector 140a disposed at the front of the middle plate 112 and a rear connector 140b disposed at the rear of the middle plate 112. The height of the front connector 140a is smaller than the height of the rear connector 140 b. This allows the mid-plate 112 and base 113 to be coupled together using connectors 140 of different heights.

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil 100 owing to set up connector 140 between medium plate 112 and base 113 for in the in-process of cooking utensil 100 manufacturing, the cooking utensil 100 of different capacity can adopt the same medium plate 112, and medium plate 112 need not set up longer screw post 114 and also can be connected with base 113, makes the cost expense that can reduce the medium plate mould. By providing the connector 140 between the middle plate 112 and the base 113 or selectively providing the connectors 140 of different heights, it is possible to adapt to inner pots having different capacities, so that cooking appliances having different capacities can be prepared.

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 above-described embodiments, and that many more modifications and variations can be made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, all of which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (10)

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

an inner pot;

the cooker body comprises a middle plate and a base positioned below the middle plate, an inner pot containing part is formed between the middle plate and the base, and the inner pot is arranged at the inner pot containing part; and

the middle plate and the base are connected through the connector.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the connector comprises a first post connected to the middle plate and a second post connected to the base, the first post extending in the same direction as the second post and having non-collinear axes.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the first cylinder is provided with a first locking hole extending in an axial direction, and the middle plate is provided with a middle plate fixing post extending downward, the middle plate fixing post being connected with the first locking hole by a fastener.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein a top of the first cylinder is provided with a slot opened upward, and the middle plate fixing post is provided with a radially extending clamping portion adapted to fit into the slot.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein the second column is provided with a second locking hole extending in the axial direction, and the base is provided with a base fixing post extending upward, the base fixing post being connected with the second locking hole by a fastener.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the middle plate fixing posts and the base fixing posts are in one-to-one correspondence, and the corresponding middle plate fixing posts and the corresponding base fixing posts are connected by the connectors.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the first column and the second column are connected via a transverse base, and a first reinforcing rib connecting each other is provided between the first column and the transverse base.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 7, wherein a second stiffener is provided between the second column and the transverse base to connect to each other.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the connector is removably disposed between the middle plate and the base.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the cooking appliance comprises four connectors, the four connectors being arranged in a spaced apart relationship around the inner pan.