CN209966065U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, including culinary art space, capsule installation device, capsule opening device and agitating unit. A feed inlet is arranged above the cooking space; the capsule mounting device is used for accommodating and mounting the capsule; the capsule opening device can open the capsule, so that the materials in the capsule enter the cooking space through the feed inlet; the stirring device has a stirring blade capable of extending into the cooking space and is configured to stir the material during its entry into the cooking space so that the material is evenly distributed at the bottom of the cooking space. According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil is provided with agitating unit, from this, eating the in-process that gets into the culinary art space, can start agitating unit, through stirring effect messenger eat material bottom evenly distributed in the culinary art space.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model discloses generally relate to cooking utensil's technical field.

Background

A conventional cooking appliance such as an electric rice cooker has a cooking space into which a user cooks food materials to be cooked before cooking. Some cooking appliances have a reservation function, but users often find that the food in the pot is more likely to go bad when the reservation function is actually used, and the longer the reservation time is. For example, if a user pre-cooks rice before going to work in the morning and returns to eat at night, the rice is usually dried and yellowed, and particularly smells are generated in summer, so that the existing cooking appliance cannot keep the rice fresh under the condition of long-time reservation.

For this reason, the applicant has conceived that the problem of the deterioration of food materials due to a long-term reservation can be solved by enclosing the pretreated food materials such as rice and beans in a package, and opening the package when the reservation time is reached and the cooking is required, so that the food materials fall into the cooking space of the cooking appliance for cooking. However, food materials such as rice or beans tend to accumulate intensively at the bottom of the cooking space without being disturbed in the process of automatically entering the cooking space, and it is difficult to achieve uniform distribution. In the cooking process, the food materials are uneven in water absorption, heating and the like, so that the cooked food is poor in taste, and poor using experience is brought to a user.

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.

To at least partially solve the above problems, there is provided a cooking appliance including:

the cooking device comprises a cooking space, wherein a feeding hole is formed above the cooking space;

a capsule mounting means for receiving and mounting a capsule;

the capsule opening device can open the capsule, so that the materials in the capsule enter the cooking space through the feed port; and

a stirring device having a stirring blade extendable into the cooking space, the stirring device being configured to stir the material during entry into the cooking space such that the material is evenly distributed at the bottom of the cooking space.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil is provided with agitating unit, from this, eating the in-process that gets into the culinary art space, can start agitating unit, through stirring effect messenger eat material bottom evenly distributed in the culinary art space.

Optionally, the cooking appliance comprises:

the cooker body is internally provided with an inner pot;

the cover body is arranged on the cooker body in an openable and closable manner, and when the cover body covers the cooker body, the cooking space is formed between the cover body and the inner pot;

wherein the stirring device is mounted on the cover body. Thus, the stirring device can be conveniently arranged.

Optionally, the stirring device further comprises a rotating shaft, and the stirring blade is arranged at the end part of the rotating shaft close to the bottom of the cooking space, wherein the rotating shaft is configured to be vertically telescopic. Therefore, the stirring device can be stored when not used, and the influence on the cooking operation is avoided.

Optionally, the cooking appliance is further provided with a water supply pipe for supplying water into the cooking space, and a water outlet of the water supply pipe faces the side wall of the cooking space, so that water flowing out of the water supply pipe flows to the bottom of the cooking space through the side wall. Thereby, the material can be further evenly distributed in the bottom of the cooking space by the action of the water.

Optionally, a feeding channel is disposed above the cooking space, an outlet of the feeding channel forms the feeding hole, the cooking appliance is further provided with a water supply pipe for supplying water into the cooking space, a water outlet of the water supply pipe is disposed in the feeding channel, and the water supply pipe supplies water into the feeding channel while the material passes through the feeding channel. Therefore, water and materials can form a solid-liquid mixture to enter the cooking space, and the materials are further uniformly distributed at the bottom of the cooking space.

Optionally, the feed channel is configured funnel-shaped and the inlet of the feed channel has a larger size than the outlet. From this, the feed channel that leaks hopper-shaped can make things convenient for the edible material to pass through.

Optionally, the cooking appliance further includes a water tank communicating with the water supply pipe to supply water into the cooking space. Thereby, water can be supplied through the water tank.

Optionally, the capsule mounting device accommodates a plurality of capsules and can drive each of the plurality of capsules to move to an opening position corresponding to the feed inlet, and the capsule opening device opens the capsule located at the opening position. Thereby, a plurality of capsules may be provided to accommodate a larger amount of the same kind of food material or to accommodate different kinds of food material.

Optionally, the plurality of capsules are interconnected to form an integral capsule group. Thereby, the capsule can be conveniently installed or replaced.

Optionally, the plurality of capsules are arranged in a circle or a strip on the capsule mounting device. Thus, an appropriate arrangement can be selected as needed.

Drawings

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

fig. 1 is a schematic view of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in vertical section; and

fig. 2 is a schematic view of a capsule group for the cooking appliance shown in fig. 1.

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 utility model provides a cooking appliance which can be an electric cooker, an electric pressure cooker, a food processor or other electric heating appliances and the like. Fig. 1 shows a cooking appliance 1 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which generally comprises a pot body 10, a lid body 20, a capsule mounting device 30 and a capsule opening device (not shown).

The cooker body 10 may be substantially configured in a rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape, and an inner pot 11 is provided therein. A cylindrical inner pot accommodating portion may be provided in the pot body 10, and the inner pot 11 may be freely put into or taken out of the inner pot accommodating portion to facilitate cleaning of the inner pot 11. The upper surface of the inner pot 11 has a circular opening for containing materials to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc., into the inner pot 11. A heating means (not shown) for heating the inner pot, etc. may be further provided in the pot body 10. Of course, the inner pot 11 may be fixedly provided in the pot body 10, or a concave cooking cavity may be provided in the pot body 10 instead of the inner pot 11.

The lid body 20 may be pivotably connected to the pot body 10 by a pivot shaft, and may be openable and closable with respect to the pot body 10. When the lid 20 is closed on the pot body 10, a cooking space 12 is formed between the lid 20 and the inner pot 11. Generally, the cooking space 12 has a circular cross-section to facilitate uniform heat transfer, and may be configured, for example, in a cylindrical, spherical, hemispherical, or the like configuration. As shown in fig. 1, the inner pot 11 has a convex arc-shaped sidewall, and the cooking space 12 is configured in a shape generally ranging between a sphere and a hemisphere.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil can use the capsule that is packaged with edible material or water to cook. The capsule may comprise a receiving cavity with an opening. Food materials or water used for cooking, etc. may be stored in the receiving chamber, and the opening of the receiving chamber is sealed by a sealing film. Preferably, about 50-200g of food materials, such as rice, millet or beans, can be stored in one capsule to meet the cooking requirements of different food quantities and different people.

Through storing the used food materials such as rice, beans during cooking in the capsule, the cooking utensil of being convenient for is taken regularly and quantitatively automatically, is favorable to improving the automation of culinary art. In addition, the food materials stored in the capsule can be cleaned in advance, so that the food materials are kept sanitary, the cleaning process before cooking is omitted, and nutrient substances such as vitamins and the like can be added into the food materials to balance the nutrition of the food materials. The capsule can also store food materials in a sealing manner to play a role in keeping food fresh, or the food materials can be further prolonged in preservation period by means of vacuumizing the containing cavity or filling protective gas into the containing cavity.

As shown in fig. 1, the cover 20 is further provided with a capsule mounting device 30 for receiving a fixed capsule 41. The capsule 41 is mounted on the capsule mounting device 30 with the opening facing generally downward. Further, the cover 20 is provided with a feed passage 21 at a position below the capsule mounting device 30. The feeding passage 21 communicates with the cooking space 12 through an outlet 22 at a lower end thereof. At a position corresponding to the feed channel 21, the capsule 41 may be opened by piercing and cutting a sealing film of the capsule 41 using a capsule opening device configured as a cutting knife. As a simple variant, it is also possible to open the capsule 41 before the position corresponding to the feed channel 21 and to block the capsule 41 with other structures. The capsule 41 then continues to move to the open position corresponding to the feed channel 21. In this open position, the material in the containing chamber of the capsule 41 automatically enters the cooking space 12 through the feed channel 21 under the influence of gravity. Therefore, the position of the capsule mounting device 30 corresponding to the feed channel 21 may be referred to as the open position. And the outlet 22 of the introduction passage 21 may be referred to as a throat of the cooking space 12.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the feeding channel 21 is configured as a funnel, the inlet of which has a larger radial dimension, in order to collect the food material falling out of the capsule 41. While its outlet (throat 22 of cooking space 12) has a smaller radial dimension.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a plurality of capsules 41 are mounted on the capsule mounting device 30. The capsule mounting device 30 is capable of bringing each capsule 41 to a position corresponding to the feed channel 21, i.e. the aforementioned open position. In this way, more food items can be accommodated by the plurality of capsules 41, more food items can be used to cook food for more people, and various food items can be used to meet the requirements for cooking different foods. And frequent manual replacement of the capsule 41 can be avoided, enabling a high degree of automation of the cooking.

As shown in fig. 2, the capsule 41 is configured in a substantially fan-like shape, and is arranged in a circular shape on the capsule mounting device 30. Accordingly, the capsule mounting device 30 may be configured in the form of a capsule mounting disk. The capsule mounting means 30 is moved in a rotational manner to move each capsule 41 to the open position. It is understood that the shape configuration of the capsule mounting device 30 is adapted to the arrangement shape of the plurality of capsules 41, and the moving direction of the capsule mounting device 30 is adapted to the arrangement direction of the capsules 41. For example, when a plurality of capsules 41 are arranged in a straight line in a long rectangular parallelepiped shape, the capsule mounting device 30 may also be configured in a long bar shape, and it is configured to move in a straight line.

Preferably, the plurality of capsules 41 of the capsule mounting device 30 may be connected to each other to form an integral structure, so that the plurality of capsules 41 can be conveniently mounted and replaced. As shown in fig. 2, a plurality of capsules 41 are connected to one another to form a capsule group 40. In this embodiment, the capsule 41 is provided with a flange 42 extending outwardly. Adjacent capsules 41 are connected to each other by respective flanges 42. Further preferably, the flange 42 may be provided on a surface of the capsule 41 facing the capsule mounting means 30. It is understood that in other embodiments, the plurality of capsules 41 may be arranged in other manners to form other shaped capsule groups 40, such as a donut-shaped capsule, or a plurality of capsules 41 arranged in a straight line as a rectangular parallelepiped shaped capsule group 40.

As can be seen in FIG. 1, the throat 22 has a much smaller area relative to the transverse cross-section of the cooking volume 12. If the material does not interfere when it enters the cooking space 12 through the throat 22, it is easily gathered at the bottom of the cooking space 12 at a position corresponding to the throat 22 and is not uniformly distributed. Therefore, the cooking appliance 1 according to the present invention is provided with the stirring device 60. The stirring device 60 has a stirring blade 61 that can be inserted into the cooking space 12. Thus, during the process of the capsule material, such as food material, entering the cooking space 12 through the feed opening 22, the stirring device 60 can be activated to evenly distribute the material at the bottom of the cooking space 12 by stirring action.

Specifically, the stirring device 60 further includes a rotating shaft 62. The rotation shaft 62 is vertically disposed within the cooking space 12. The stirring blade 61 is provided at one end of the rotation shaft 62 near the bottom of the cooking space 12. The other end of the rotation shaft 62 may be connected to the cover 20. A driving device such as a motor may be provided on the cover 20 to be connected to the rotating shaft 62 to drive the rotating shaft 62 to rotate. The stirring blade 61 may be configured to be detachable with respect to the rotating shaft 62 for cleaning or maintenance. Alternatively, the stirring blade 61 may be fixedly provided on the rotating shaft 62.

Preferably, the rotating shaft 62 is configured to be axially retractable. In this way, the rotating shaft 62 may be extended to perform a stirring function during the process of the capsule 41 allowing the materials to enter the cooking space 12. When the feeding process is finished and cooking is to be started, the rotating shaft 62 can be retracted to a position where the stirring blades 61 are close to the cover body 20, thereby preventing the stirring device 60 from interfering with the cooking operation. In particular, the telescopic arrangement may be achieved by a telescopic member such as a cylinder.

Furthermore, the cooking appliance 1 is provided with a water supply pipe 50 which is at least partially arranged within the cooking space 12. The cooking appliance 1 may supply water into the cooking space 12 through the water supply pipe 50. Preferably, the cooking appliance 1 may further include a water tank (not shown). The water supply pipe 50 may communicate with the water tank to supply water in the water tank into the cooking space 12. Thus, the water tank can be filled with high-quality water such as purified water or mineral water. Of course, the water supply pipe 50 may also communicate with a tap water pipe to supply tap water into the cooking space 12.

Preferably, the water supply pipe 50 is disposed with its water outlet facing a sidewall of the cooking space 12 (i.e., a sidewall of the inner pot 11) such that water flowing out of the water supply pipe 50 flows down via the sidewall of the cooking space 12. Thus, the water flow has a certain impact force. The materials such as food materials are washed away by the water flow, and form a solid-liquid mixture with the water flow to flow together, and finally are evenly and evenly dispersed at the bottom of the cooking space 12. The uniformity of material distribution can be further improved.

In another embodiment, as shown in phantom in FIG. 1, the outlet of the water supply tube 50' is disposed within the feed channel 21. According to the present embodiment, the water supply pipe 50' supplies water into the feed passage 21 while the material of the capsule 41 passes through the feed passage 21 after the capsule 41 is opened, so that the material and the water form a solid-liquid mixture to jointly enter the cooking space 12. Thus, the solid-liquid mixture has good fluidity and can be uniformly distributed at the bottom of the cooking space 12 in combination with the stirring action of the stirring device 60.

In the above description, the manner of opening the capsule is achieved by piercing the sealing membrane by a capsule opening device configured as a cutting knife. The manner of opening the capsule is not limited thereto and the structure of the capsule opening device is not limited to the cutting knife. The capsule may be opened, for example, by dissolving the sealing membrane, or the specific structure of the capsule opening device may be changed when the capsule is constructed in other structures that do not include the sealing membrane. The utility model discloses do not limit to this, as long as can realize opening the capsule can.

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 "disposed" and the like, as used herein, may refer to one element being directly attached to another element or one element being attached to another element through intervening elements. 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 (10)

1. A cooking appliance (1), characterized in that the cooking appliance (1) comprises:

a cooking space (12), wherein a feed inlet (22) is arranged above the cooking space (12);

a capsule mounting means (30), said capsule mounting means (30) for receiving and mounting a capsule (41);

a capsule opening device capable of opening the capsule (41) to allow the material in the capsule (41) to enter the cooking space (12) through the feed opening (22); and

a stirring device (60), the stirring device (60) having a stirring blade (61) capable of extending into the cooking space (12), the stirring device (60) being configured to stir during the process of the material entering the cooking space (12) so that the material is evenly distributed at the bottom of the cooking space (12).

2. The cooking appliance (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that the cooking appliance (1) comprises:

a pot body (10) in which an inner pot (11) is arranged;

the cover body (20) is arranged on the pot body (10) in an openable and closable manner, and when the cover body (20) covers the pot body (10), the cooking space (12) is formed between the cover body (20) and the inner pot (11);

wherein the stirring device (60) is mounted on the cover body (20).

3. The cooking appliance (1) according to claim 2, wherein the stirring device (60) further comprises a rotating shaft (62), the stirring blade (61) being provided at an end of the rotating shaft (62) near the bottom of the cooking space (12), wherein the rotating shaft (62) is configured to be vertically telescopic.

4. The cooking appliance (1) according to claim 1, wherein the cooking appliance (1) is further provided with a water supply pipe (50) for supplying water into the cooking space (12), a water outlet of the water supply pipe (50) is directed toward a sidewall of the cooking space (12) such that water flowing out of the water supply pipe (50) flows to a bottom of the cooking space (12) via the sidewall.

5. The cooking appliance (1) according to claim 1, wherein a feed channel (21) is provided above the cooking space (12), the outlet of the feed channel (21) forming the feed opening (22);

the cooking appliance (1) is further provided with a water supply pipe (50 ') for supplying water into the cooking space (12), a water outlet of the water supply pipe (50 ') is provided in the feeding channel (21), and the water supply pipe (50 ') supplies water into the feeding channel (21) while the materials pass through the feeding channel (21).

6. Cooking appliance (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the infeed channel (21) is configured funnel-shaped and the size of the inlet of the infeed channel (21) is larger than the size of the outlet.

7. The cooking appliance (1) according to any one of claims 4 to 6, wherein the cooking appliance (1) further comprises a water tank communicating with the water supply pipe (50/50') to supply water into the cooking space (12).

8. The cooking appliance (1) according to claim 1, wherein the capsule mounting means (30) houses a plurality of capsules (41) and is able to bring each of the plurality of capsules (41) to an open position corresponding to the feed opening (22), the capsule opening means opening the capsule (41) in the open position.

9. Cooking appliance (1) according to claim 8, characterized in that said plurality of capsules (41) are mutually connected to form one integral capsule group (40).

10. Cooking appliance (1) according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that said plurality of capsules (41) are arranged in a circular or elongated shape on said capsule mounting means (30).