CN211130627U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, it includes a kind of deep pot body, interior pot, lid and culinary art cup subassembly. The inner pot is arranged in the pot body. The cover body is arranged on the cooker body in an openable and closable manner, and a cooking space for food is formed between the cover body and the inner pot. The cooking cup assembly includes a cooking cup made of a high temperature resistant material and removably placed in the inner pot and supported on a bottom wall of the inner pot or on food within the inner pot. According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil through wherein setting up the culinary art cup, can realize the culinary art to two kinds of different foods simultaneously in a cooking utensil to can realize that a ware is multi-purpose, improve cooking efficiency.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The present invention generally relates to a cooking appliance.

Background

Now, with the improvement of living standard, the requirements of people on living quality are gradually improved. Due to the increased pressure in working life, the time people spend cooking is reduced. Most of the existing cooking appliances only have a single cooking function, that is, the existing cooking appliances can only cook one kind of food at a time, so that the cooking efficiency is low, and the requirements of users cannot be met.

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, it includes:

a pot body;

the inner pot is arranged in the pot body;

the cover body is arranged on the cooker body in an openable and closable manner, and a cooking space is formed between the cover body and the inner pot under the covering state that the cover body covers the cooker body; and

a cooking cup assembly comprising a cooking cup made of a high temperature resistant material and removably placed in the inner pot.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil through making it include the culinary art cup, can realize the culinary art to two kinds of different foods simultaneously in a cooking utensil to can produce different culinary art effects, and then can realize that a ware is multi-purpose, improve cooking efficiency. In addition, the cooking utensil is simple and convenient to operate and easy to operate, so that a user can operate the cooking utensil conveniently.

Preferably, the bottom of the cooking cup is provided with circumferentially spaced ribs. This scheme can make the cooking cup place in inner pot more stably.

Preferably, the outer surface of the cooking cup is provided with two handles symmetrically arranged with respect to the axial center line of the cooking cup. This scheme can be convenient for the user to take up the cooking cup.

Preferably, the bottom of the inner wall of the cooking cup is provided with a plurality of raised points which are uniformly distributed. This scheme can be convenient for grind the food in the cooking cup.

Preferably, the cooking cup assembly further comprises a cup holder matched with the cooking cup, and the cooking cup is sleeved in the cup holder in a removable mode. This scheme can be convenient for place the culinary art cup in the cup stand to can play to a certain extent and prevent scalding the effect.

Preferably, a plurality of uniformly arranged salient points are arranged at the bottom of the inner wall of the cup holder. This scheme can be convenient for place the food in the cup and grind.

Preferably, the outer surface of the cup holder is provided with two handles symmetrically arranged with respect to the axial center line of the cup holder. This scheme can be convenient for the user to take up the cup and place the culinary art cup in the cup.

Preferably, the bottom of the cooking cup is provided with a concave part which is concave towards the cup opening direction of the cooking cup. This scheme can be convenient for cook the bottom of the cup portion and the bottom have the interior pot cooperation of boss to can improve the stability that the culinary art cup was placed.

Preferably, the bottom of the outer wall of the cooking cup is provided with a plurality of protruding points evenly arranged around the recess. This scheme can make the bottom of culinary art cup through inside the pot of salient point contact to the liquid of pot bottom boiling is discharged from the clearance between culinary art bottom of cup portion and the interior pot bottom in when being convenient for cook, and then prevents that the liquid of boiling from toppling over the culinary art cup top and toppling over.

Preferably, the cooking cup assembly further comprises a cup spoon, and the outer bottom surface of the cup spoon is provided with a plurality of uniformly arranged convex points. This solution may facilitate grinding of food in the cooking cup or cup holder via the cup spoon.

Preferably, the inner surface of the side wall of the cooking cup and/or the cup holder is provided with scale marks. The scheme is convenient for measuring the amount of food.

Preferably, the cooking cup assembly further comprises a sheath engaged with the rim of the cooking cup, the sheath being made of a heat insulating material. This scheme can be convenient for the user via the sheath with the culinary art cup take up to can play the effect of preventing scalding.

Preferably, the cooking appliance is an electric cooker or an electric pressure cooker. This solution may facilitate cooking.

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 perspective view of a cooking appliance of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a use state of a cooking cup of the cooking cup assembly of the cooking appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a grinding function of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating the deployment function of the cooking cup assembly of the cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a perspective view of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance placed in an inner pan with a sheath placed over the cooking cup in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an inner pan of a cooking appliance with a cooking cup placed therein according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a perspective view of a cooking cup of the cooking cup assembly of the cooking appliance of one embodiment of the present invention, wherein the cooking cup is in an inverted state;

fig. 9 is a perspective view of a cooking cup of a cooking appliance in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a sheath is placed over the cooking cup;

fig. 10 is an exploded perspective view of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic view illustrating a use state of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating a grinding function of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic view illustrating a blending function of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a perspective view of a portion of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a perspective view of a portion of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16 is a cross-sectional view of an inner pan of a cooking appliance in which a cooking cup is placed in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 17 is a perspective view of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 18 is a sectional view showing a use state of a cooking appliance according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 19 is a perspective view of a portion of a cooking cup assembly of a cooking appliance in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100. cooking utensil 110 and pot body

120. Inner pot 130, cover

140. 240 cooking cup assembly 141, 241 cooking cup

142. 143, 243 cup spoon with 242 sheath

144. Convex points 145, 245 graduation mark

146. 246 handle 150, convex rib

244. Cup holder 250, recess

251. Salient point

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 utensil 100, this cooking utensil 100 can cook simultaneously or heat two kinds of food to can realize functions such as grinding, allotment. According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil can be electric rice cooker, electric pressure cooker or other cooking utensil. The cooking appliance 100 may mainly include a pot body 110, an inner pot 120, a cover 130, and a cooking cup assembly 140. The cooking appliance 100 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 19. Like or similar reference numbers in the various drawings indicate like or corresponding elements.

Example 1:

as shown in fig. 2, the cooking cup assembly 140 includes a cooking cup 141, a sheath 142, and a cup spoon 143.

The cooking cup 141 is removably placed in an inner pot of the cooking appliance and is made of a high temperature resistant material such as glass, stainless steel, food grade plastic, and the like. When cooking food, the cooking cup 141 is placed in the inner pot 120, and cooking two different foods can be simultaneously achieved. For example, as shown in fig. 3, an appropriate amount of rice and water is added to the inner pot 120, an appropriate amount of rice and water is added to the cooking cup 141 in different proportions, and the cooking cup 141 is placed in the inner pot 120, and the rice function of the cooking appliance is selected. When cooking is completed, the cooking cup 141 can also finish cooking the porridge or rice paste while the rice in the inner pot 120 is finished. For another example, a proper amount of water may be added to the inner pot 120, a proper amount of milk or other liquid food material may be added to the cooking cup 141, and the cooking cup 141 may be placed in the inner pot 120 to select the cooking function of the cooking appliance. When cooking is finished, the cooking cup 141 may also finish heating the milk or other liquid food material while the water in the inner pot 120 is boiling. Therefore, the cooking cup assembly can realize dual-purpose or auxiliary heating function, thereby improving the cooking efficiency.

The cooking cup is supported on the bottom wall of the inner pot when in use, and as a simple alternative, the cooking cup can also be supported on the food in the inner pot if other food is already placed in the inner pot.

In the illustrated embodiment, the cooking cup 141 is generally cylindrical, and it will be appreciated that one skilled in the art may configure the cooking cup 141 in other shapes, such as hemispherical, square, etc., as desired.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the inner bottom surface of the cooking cup 141 and the outer bottom surface of the cup spoon 143 are provided with a plurality of raised points 144 which are uniformly arranged. The food can be ground more finely by pouring the cooked porridge or other food into the cooking cup 141 and pressing the food with the cup spoon 143 and rubbing against the inner bottom surface of the cooking cup 141. The realized grinding function is beneficial to the preparation of complementary food which is suitable for babies to eat.

Preferably, the inner wall surface of the cooking cup 141 is provided with scale lines 145 integrated with the cup body. For example, in case that the cooking cup 141 is a stainless material, the scale lines may be formed through a punching process, and in case that the cooking cup 141 is a glass and plastic material, the scale lines may be formed through a molding process. This scheme can make the scale mark show clear difficult wearing and tearing, and avoided non-integrated into one piece such as stamp to set up the food safety that the mode influences the tableware. As shown in fig. 5, in actual use, a certain amount of food can be measured and poured into a container such as an inner pot by using the scale mark 145 of the cooking cup 141, so that fine cooking can be realized. In this way, the cooking cup 141 performs a measuring and dispensing function similar to a measuring cup.

During cooking, the boiling liquid generates thermal motion. Therefore, in order to prevent the cooking cup 141 placed in the inner pot 120 from being tilted, the bottom of the cooking cup 141 is provided with an anti-tilting structure. As shown in fig. 7 and 8, in particular, at least two ribs 150 are provided on the outer surface of the bottom of the cooking cup 141, and the ribs 150 are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the cooking cup 141. This preferred embodiment is particularly advantageous for the inner pot shown in the figures, i.e. an inner pot with a bottom having a boss protruding in height direction towards the opening of the inner pot 120, since this solution avoids the cooking cup 141 to rest on the boss. Further, in order to provide a certain stability to the arrangement of the cooking cup 141 in the inner pot 120, the rib 150 has a sufficient height such that the bottom of the cooking cup 141 is not in contact with the inner pot 120. Therefore, during cooking, liquid at the bottom of the inner pan 120 can be drained between the ribs 150 of the cooking cup 141 when boiling, without causing the cooking cup 141 to tip over.

After cooking, the cooking cup 141 can be taken out first when food is contained in the cooking utensil, so as to facilitate the operation of containing the food in the inner pot 120. Preferably, as shown in fig. 9, two handles 146 are provided on the outer surface of the cooking cup 141 symmetrically distributed with respect to the central axis thereof for easy access. In addition, when the temperature on the surface of the cooking cup 141 is too high, the handle 146 can be taken by hand to reduce the contact with the surface of the cooking cup 141, thereby playing the role of preventing scalding. In this embodiment, the number of handles is two, however, the number of handles is not limited to this embodiment. The shape of the handle is substantially flat, but in an embodiment not shown, the shape of the handle may also be circular arc.

To further provide anti-burn functionality, the cooking cup assembly 140 further includes a sheath 142. As shown in fig. 6 and 9, the sheath 142 is shaped to substantially fit the rim of the cooking cup 141 and can be relatively fixed to the rim of the sidewall of the cooking cup 141. When the temperature on the surface of the cooking cup 141 is too high, the sheath 142 is clamped at the cup opening of the cooking cup 141 in a covering manner, and the cooking cup 141 is taken, so that the contact with the surface of the cooking cup 141 can be avoided, and the heat-insulating anti-scalding effect is achieved. Accordingly, the sheath 142 may be made of a heat insulating material such as plastic, silicone, or the like. In the illustrated embodiment, the sheath 142 is formed by movably coupling two identical circular plate shapes, thereby facilitating the operation when relatively fixed to the rim of the cooking cup 141. In an embodiment not shown, the sheath 142 may also be a U-shaped structure with a slot in the middle to facilitate fixation relative to the rim of the cooking cup 141.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the cooking cup assembly 140 is used in the corresponding cooking appliance 100, and the cooking cup 141 is placed in the inner pot 120 of the cooking appliance 100 for cooking. It can be understood that the height of the cooking cup 141 needs to be set within a reasonable range according to the height of the inner pot 120. In a preferred embodiment, the height of the inner pot ranges from 120mm to 155mm, and the height of the cooking cup ranges from 70mm to 110mm (e.g., 70mm, 100mm or 110mm), so that the cover 130 of the cooking appliance can completely cover the cooker body 110, and the food in the inner pot 120 does not overflow into the cooking cup 141 to affect the cooking effect of the food in the cooking cup 141.

Example 2:

a second preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 10 to 19. The cooking appliance of the second embodiment has substantially the same construction as the cooking appliance of the first embodiment, except that the cooking cup assembly also has the structure of a cup holder and a cooking cup bottom. Thus, for the sake of brevity, structures having substantially the same function as those in the first embodiment will not be described in detail herein.

As shown in fig. 10, the cooking cup assembly 240 includes a cooking cup 241, a sheath 242, a cup spoon 243, and a cup holder 244.

The cooking cup 241 has an outer wall shape that matches the inner wall shape of the cup holder 244 such that the cooking cup 241 is removably disposed within the cup holder 244. Specifically, as shown in fig. 10, the outer wall of the cooking cup 241 has a continuous flange near the cup mouth, the flange having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the cup holder 244. When the cooking cup 241 is nested in the cup holder 244, the flange limits the height of the cooking cup 241 placed in the cup holder 244, and the top of the sidewall of the cup holder 244 supports the cooking cup 241 at the flange. The shape of the sidewall of the cooking cup 241 and the holder 244 is not limited to this embodiment, for example, the sidewall of the cooking cup 241 may be a circular arc shape or a wave shape inclined at an angle with respect to the height direction, etc., as long as the outer diameter of the sidewall of the cooking cup 241 is at least partially smaller than the inner diameter of the sidewall of the holder 244 so that the cooking cup 241 may be inserted into the holder 244.

Optionally, the cup holder 244 is made of a high temperature resistant material, such as a high temperature resistant plastic. When the temperature of the surface of the cooking cup 241 is too high, the cooking cup 241 can be sleeved in the cup seat 244 to avoid contact with the surface of the cooking cup 241, so that the heat insulation and burn prevention effects are achieved.

Unlike the previous embodiment, the anti-tipping structure of the cooking cup 241 is designed to have a bottom shape that can be fitted with the boss of the spherical-kettle-shaped inner pan. As shown in fig. 16, specifically, the bottom of the cooking cup 241 is provided with a depression 250 recessed toward the rim of the cooking cup 241 in the height direction. The concave portion 250 of the cooking cup 241 has a radius of curvature equal to or greater than that of the inner pot 120. Accordingly, a plurality of protruding points 251 surrounding the depression are further provided on the outer surface of the bottom of the cooking cup 141. As shown in fig. 17, the bottom of the cooking cup 241 of this embodiment has four protruding points, and the protruding points are evenly distributed at intervals in the circumferential direction. The provision of the recessed portion 250 and the protruding point 251 of the cooking cup 241 provides a certain stability of the arrangement of the cooking cup 241 in the inner pot 120. The contact of the protruding point 251 with the bottom of the inner pot 120 can prevent the tilting of the bottom of the cooking cup 241 and the inner pot 120 caused by the insufficient space when the liquid is boiled, and the cooking appliance can also transfer heat through the protruding point to heat the food in the cooking cup 241. It is understood that the number and arrangement of the protruding points of the bottom of the cooking cup 241 are not limited to this embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the outer surface of the cooking cup 241 is provided with no handle, which is provided on the outer surface of the cup holder 244, and in particular, the outer surface of the cup holder 244 is provided with two handles 246 symmetrically distributed with respect to the central axis thereof for easy access. As shown in fig. 19, in this embodiment, the number of handles is two, however, the number of handles is not limited to this embodiment. The shape of the handle is substantially flat, but in an embodiment not shown, the shape of the handle may also be circular arc.

Preferably, similar to the inner bottom surface of the aforementioned cooking cup 141, in the present embodiment, the inner bottom surface of the cup holder 244 is also provided with a plurality of raised points which are uniformly arranged, and the inner bottom surface of the cooking cup 241 is not provided with the raised points. As shown in fig. 12, the food may be ground more finely by pouring the cooked porridge or other food into the cup holder 244, pressing the food with the spoon 243 and rubbing against the inner bottom surface of the cup holder 244. The realized grinding function is beneficial to the preparation of complementary food which is suitable for babies to eat.

Preferably, the inner wall surface of the cup holder 244 is also provided with scale lines 245 integrated with the cup body, similar to the scale lines of the aforementioned cooking cup 141.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil through making it include the culinary art cup, can realize the culinary art to two kinds of different foods simultaneously in a cooking utensil to produce the culinary art effect the same or different, and then can realize that a ware is multi-purpose, improve cooking efficiency. The utility model discloses a cooking utensil still has humanized design such as preventing scalding, preventing toppling over, has improved and has used convenient degree and user experience. The cooking cup assembly of the cooking appliance integrates functions related to cooking, such as blending, grinding and the like, and achieves multiple purposes.

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 (13)

1. A cooking appliance, characterized in that the cooking appliance (100) comprises:

a pot body (110);

an inner pot (120), the inner pot (120) being disposed in the pot body (110);

the cover body (130) is arranged on the cooker body (110) in an openable and closable manner, and a cooking space for food is formed between the cover body (130) and the inner pot (120); and

a cooking cup assembly comprising a cooking cup made of a high temperature resistant material and removably placed in the inner pot (120) and supported on a bottom wall of the inner pot or on food within the inner pot.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the bottom of the cooking cup is provided with circumferentially spaced ribs (150).

3. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the cooking cup is provided with two handles symmetrically disposed with respect to an axial centerline of the cooking cup.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the bottom of the inner wall of the cooking cup is provided with a plurality of raised points (144) arranged uniformly.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the cooking cup assembly further comprises a cup holder (244) that mates with the cooking cup, the cooking cup removably nestable within the cup holder (244).

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the bottom of the inner wall of the cup holder (244) is provided with a plurality of raised points which are uniformly arranged.

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the outer surface of the cup holder (244) is provided with two handles symmetrically arranged with respect to the axial center line of the cup holder (244).

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the bottom of the cooking cup is provided with a depression (250) that is concave towards the rim of the cooking cup.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 8, wherein the bottom of the outer wall of the cooking cup is provided with a plurality of protruding points (251) evenly arranged around the recess (250).

10. The cooking appliance of claim 1 or 5, wherein the cooking cup assembly further comprises a cup spoon, an outer bottom surface of the cup spoon being provided with a plurality of evenly arranged nubs.

11. The cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the inner surface of the sidewall of the cooking cup and/or the cup holder (244) is provided with graduation marks (245).

12. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the cooking cup assembly further comprises a sheath that mates with the rim of the cooking cup, the sheath being made of a thermally insulating material.

13. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the cooking appliance is an electric rice cooker or an electric pressure cooker.

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