CN211533891U

CN211533891U - Cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN211533891U
Application number: CN201921650875.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王红林; 梁恩松
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-29
Filing date: 2019-09-29
Publication date: 2020-09-22
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-29

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, include: a kind of deep pot body, lid, food steamer and sealing washer. An inner pot is arranged in the cooker body. The cover body is arranged on the cooker body in an openable mode, and under the condition that the cover body covers the cooker body, a cooking space is formed between the cover body and the inner pot. The food steamer is arranged in the inner pot. The sealing ring is assembled on the food steamer and can press the opening part of the inner pot downwards in the covering state. Wherein, one of sealing washer with the food steamer is provided with the buckling parts, and another is provided with the receiving part, the buckling parts can be received in the receiving part, with the sealing washer assemble to the food steamer. Above-mentioned scheme can improve the stability of assembling between sealing washer and the food steamer.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The present invention generally relates to a cooking appliance.

Background

The prior art has a low-sugar electric cooker which has the function of cooking low-sugar rice and also has the function of cooking common rice. The main difference between the low-sugar electric cooker and the common electric cooker is that the low-sugar electric cooker is provided with a special steamer and a specific control program. The user selects the control program through the function button to cook the low-sugar rice.

Generally, when cooking low-sugar rice, a sealing ring is required to be arranged between the food steamer and the pot edge to ensure the sealing between the food steamer and the pot edge of the inner pot. Since the sealing ring is usually made of a flexible material such as rubber, the sealing ring is loosened and aged after long-term use, and is easy to fall off, thereby affecting the sealing effect.

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

To solve the above technical problem at least partially, the utility model provides a cooking utensil, include:

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 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;

the food steamer is arranged in the inner pot;

the sealing ring is assembled on the food steamer and can press the opening part of the inner pot downwards in the covering state,

wherein, one of sealing washer with the food steamer is provided with the buckling parts, and another is provided with the receiving part, the buckling parts can be received in the receiving part, with the sealing washer assemble to the food steamer.

Above-mentioned scheme can improve the stability of assembling between sealing washer and the food steamer to can increase sealing strength.

Preferably, the food steamer comprises a food steamer bottom wall and a food steamer side wall, and a through hole for liquid to pass through is formed in the food steamer bottom wall. This scheme can be convenient for treat that the liquid of culinary art passes in and out the food steamer inside via the through-hole to can realize washing rice, and then can accomplish the culinary art of low sugar rice.

Preferably, the cooking utensil further comprises a sealing ring, wherein the sealing ring is installed between the cover body and the pot body and can press the steamer downwards in the covering state. The sealing between the cover body and the food steamer can be ensured by the scheme.

Preferably, the food steamer comprises a food steamer edge extending outwards from the opening part of the food steamer, the buckling part is arranged on the sealing ring, and the receiving part is a through hole and is arranged on the food steamer edge. The solution is more convenient to manufacture and to assemble.

Preferably, the gasket includes an attaching portion attached to an outer side of the basket and a deforming portion extending downward and inward from an end of the attaching portion, the deforming portion abutting against and deforming with a mouth portion of the inner pot in the closed state, the engaging portion being provided on the attaching portion. The sealing between the food steamer and the inner pot can be ensured by the scheme.

Preferably, the buckling part comprises an extension part and a clamping part, the outer peripheral shape of the extension part is matched with the inner peripheral shape of the through hole, and the maximum size of the cross section of the clamping part is larger than that of the cross section of the through hole. This scheme can avoid the buckling parts to drop from the perforating hole.

Preferably, the cross section of the through hole is circular, and the clamping portion is in a truncated cone shape. The solution is more convenient to manufacture and to assemble.

Preferably, the sealing ring is provided with a plurality of buckling parts, the buckling parts are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the sealing ring, and the steamer is provided with a plurality of through holes corresponding to the buckling parts along the upper part. The scheme can further improve the stability of the assembly between the sealing ring and the food steamer.

Preferably, the basket is provided with a recess along the bottom thereof, at least part of the attachment portion being received in the recess. This scheme can reduce the occupation space of sealing washer on axial direction, consequently can avoid the sealing washer to push up the lid under the closure state to the feel of closing the lid has been guaranteed.

Preferably, the outer periphery of the through hole area of the bottom wall of the food steamer is provided with a baffle cylinder extending downwards. This scheme can be convenient for wait the liquid of culinary art and get into in the food steamer through the through-hole.

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of a cooking appliance, without a food steamer positioned, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a basket assembly of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a basket assembly of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion a in fig. 3.

Detailed Description

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

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

Fig. 1 provides a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of a cooking appliance 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The cooking appliance 100 may be an appliance for heating food or water used in a kitchen such as a pressure cooker or an electric cooker.

As shown in fig. 1, the cooking appliance 100 includes a pot body 110 and a lid 120, and the lid 120 can be pivotably connected with the pot body 110. The pot body 110 is substantially in the shape of a rounded rectangular parallelepiped and has a receiving portion. The inner pot 111 is configured to be freely put into or taken out of the receiving part to facilitate cleaning of the inner pot 111. The inner pot 111 is used to contain materials to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc., and when the lid 120 covers the pot body 110, a cooking space is defined between the lid 120 and the inner pot 111.

A sealing ring 121 is further installed at the bottom of the cover 120 to ensure the sealing of the cooking space. In the closed state, the sealing ring 121 abuts against the rim 111a of the inner pan 111, so that the cooking space can be sealed there. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the cover body 120 includes a detachable cover 122, and the seal ring 121 is mounted on the detachable cover 122. When a basket 130 (to be described in detail later) is provided in the inner pot 111 and the lid 120 is closed to the pot body 110, the sealing ring 121 presses down a basket rim of the basket 130.

The cooker body 110 is also provided with a heating device and a control device, and the heating device is used for heating the food in the inner pot 111. The control device is used for controlling the heating device.

The inner pan 111 is also removably provided with a basket assembly, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, which includes a basket 130 and a gasket 140 (described below). Preferably, a horizontally and outwardly extending steamer rim 131 is provided at the mouth of the steamer 130, and the steamer rim 131 can be placed on the pot rim 111a so that the steamer 130 can be placed in the inner pot 111. It should be noted that the directional terms "outer" and "inner" as used herein refer to directions relatively away from the central axis of the cooking appliance 100 and directions relatively close to the central axis of the cooking appliance 100.

The basket body of the basket 130 includes a basket side wall 132 and a basket bottom wall 133. The shape of the basket body generally conforms to the shape of the inner pan 111, but the height and radial dimensions of the basket body are less than the inner dimensions of the inner pan 111. Thus, when the basket 130 is placed in the inner pot 111, there is a space between the basket side walls 132 and the side walls of the inner pot 111, and a space between the basket bottom wall 133 and the bottom wall of the inner pot 111.

The basket bottom wall 133 is provided with a through hole for the passage of liquid therethrough, and the basket 130 further includes a baffle 134 extending generally vertically downwardly from the outer periphery of the through hole area of the basket bottom wall 133. In cooking low-sugar rice, rice grains are placed in the basket 130, and water is placed in the inner pot 111 such that the water surface is located between the top and bottom ends of the barrier 134 in an unheated state. In a natural state, the chambers on both the inner and outer sides of the baffle cylinder 134 are formed substantially as a communicating vessel. Gas is present in the chamber above the water surface outside the baffle 134 (roughly the cavity between the side wall 132 of the basket and the side wall of the inner pot 111). In order to ensure the airtightness of the chamber, a sealing structure is provided at the top end of the chamber.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the sealing structure includes a sealing ring 140 disposed between the rim 131 and the rim 111 a. The seal ring 140 may be made of a flexible material such as rubber, silicone, etc. The seal ring includes an attachment portion 142 and a deformation portion 143 extending downward and inward from an end of the attachment portion 142. The attachment portion 142 is attached to the outside of the basket 130 and conforms to the lower surface of the basket rim 131. In the closed state, the deformation portion 143 contacts the rim 111a of the inner pot 111 under the pressure of the cover and deforms, thereby sealing the cavity between the basket 130 and the inner pot 111 at the gasket 140.

As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the attaching portion 142 is provided with a buckling portion 144, and the basket rim 131 of the basket is provided with a receiving portion. The snap 144 may snap into the receptacle to assemble the gasket 140 to the basket 130. Of course, the person skilled in the art can also arrange the fastening portion 144 on the rim and the receiving portion on the attachment portion 142 according to the actual needs.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the receiving portion is provided as a through hole 145 opened on the basket rim 131, and the cross section of the through hole 145 is preferably circular. The snap 144 includes an extension 146 and a snap portion 147 disposed above the extension 146. The outer peripheral shape of the extension portion 146 matches the inner peripheral shape of the through hole 145, and preferably, the outer peripheral dimension of the extension portion 146 is smaller than or equal to the inner peripheral dimension of the through hole 145. The maximum dimension of the cross section of the catching portion 147 is larger than that of the through hole 145. This configuration can prevent the engaging portion 144 from falling off from the through hole 145. Preferably, the snap-in portion 147 is frustoconical in shape. This arrangement may facilitate assembly of the snap 144. Of course, the clamping portion 147 can be formed in other shapes as desired by those skilled in the art.

Referring back to fig. 2, preferably, the sealing ring 140 is provided with a plurality of engaging portions 144, the plurality of engaging portions 144 are uniformly spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the sealing ring 140, and the basket rim 131 is provided with a plurality of through holes 145 corresponding to the plurality of engaging portions 144. This arrangement may further improve the stability of the assembly between the gasket 140 and the basket 130.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4, the basket rim 131 is provided with a groove 135 at the bottom thereof, and at least a portion of the attachment portion 142 is received within the groove 135. This scheme is through setting up recess 135 in the bottom that the food steamer was followed to make the attachement portion 142 receive in recess 135 under the state of closing the lid, can reduce the ascending occupation space of sealing washer 140 in the axial direction, consequently can avoid sealing washer 140 to push up the lid under the state of closing the lid, thereby guaranteed the feel of closing the lid.

Preferably, the seal ring 140 is an integrally formed one-piece member. This scheme facilitates the manufacture of the packing 140 and can secure the firmness of the packing 140.

When the cover 120 is closed to the pot body 110, the sealing ring 121 is compressed in the vertical direction, and downward pressure is applied to the steamer rim 131. The rim 131 presses the gasket 140 downwards under pressure, so that the deformation 143 of the gasket 140 is compressed in a vertical direction, such that the deformation 143 is in close contact with the rim 111a, thereby ensuring that the chamber between the basket 130 and the inner pan 111 is sealed at the gasket 140.

Since the chamber between the side wall 132 of the basket and the side wall of the inner pan 111 is sealed at the sealing ring 140, the gas in the chamber can expand under heat. Specifically, in order to obtain low-sugar rice, when the cooking device 100 is started to heat, since the chamber between the food steamer 130 and the inner pan 111 is sealed by the sealing ring 140, the gas in the chamber expands due to heat and cannot overflow, and a downward force is applied to the water surface outside the baffle cylinder 134, so that the water surface inside the baffle cylinder 134 rises. The water inside the baffle cylinder 134 sinks over the rice grains, and the sugar in the rice grains is dissolved in the water. Thereafter, the heating device stops heating, the air in the chamber between the steamer 130 and the inner pot 111 contracts, the water surface outside the barrier cylinder 134 rises, the water surface inside the barrier cylinder 134 falls, and water is separated from the rice grains. This results in a single heating cycle followed by a similar plurality of heating cycles to complete the cooking. Thus, a cooking mode in which rice grains are intermittently separated from water can be quickly and efficiently realized, thereby cooking low-sugar rice.

The cooking appliance according to the present application can improve the stability of the assembly between the packing 140 and the basket 130, so that the sealing strength can be increased.

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

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

the cooker comprises a cooker body (110), wherein an inner pot (111) is arranged in the cooker body (110);

a lid body (120), wherein the lid body (120) is openably and closably provided to the pot body (110), and a cooking space is formed between the lid body (120) and the inner pot (111) in a closed state in which the lid body (120) is closed to the pot body (110);

a basket (130) disposed in the inner pan (111);

a sealing ring (140), wherein the sealing ring (140) is assembled on the food steamer and can press the opening part of the inner pot downwards under the covering state,

wherein one of the sealing ring (140) and the basket (130) is provided with a snap-fit portion (144) and the other is provided with a receiving portion, the snap-fit portion (144) being receivable in the receiving portion for fitting the sealing ring (140) to the basket (130).

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the basket (130) comprises a basket bottom wall (133) and a basket side wall (132), the basket bottom wall (133) being provided with through holes for the passage of liquid.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, further comprising a sealing ring (121) mounted between the lid (120) and the pot body (110) and capable of pressing the basket (130) downwards in the closed state.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the basket (130) comprises a basket rim (131) extending outwardly from a mouth of the basket (130), the engaging portion (144) is provided on the gasket (140), and the receiving portion is configured as a through hole (145) and provided on the basket rim (131).

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 4, wherein the sealing ring (140) comprises an attaching portion (142) attached to an outer side of the basket (130) and a deforming portion (143) extending downward and inward from an end of the attaching portion (142), the deforming portion (143) abutting against and deforming with a mouth of the inner pot (111) in the lid-closed state, the engaging portion (144) being provided on the attaching portion (142).

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 4, wherein the buckling part (144) comprises an extension part (146) and a clamping part (147), the outer circumference shape of the extension part (146) is matched with the inner circumference shape of the through hole (145), and the maximum cross-sectional size of the clamping part (147) is larger than that of the through hole (145).

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 6, wherein the cross-section of the through hole (145) is circular and the snap-in portion (147) is frustoconical.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 4, wherein the gasket (140) is provided with a plurality of the engaging portions (144), the plurality of the engaging portions (144) are uniformly distributed in a circumferential direction of the gasket (140), and the basket is provided with a plurality of the through holes (145) along an upper side thereof corresponding to the plurality of the engaging portions (144).

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the basket is provided with a groove (135) along the bottom of (131), at least part of the attachment portion (142) being received in the groove.

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein a downwardly extending baffle cylinder (134) is provided at an outer periphery of the through hole area of the basket bottom wall (133).