CN211582706U - Food steamer and cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a food steamer and cooking utensil, the food steamer includes food steamer diapire and food steamer lateral wall, the food steamer diapire includes this somatic part and sets up a plurality of water conservancy diversion portions of the bottom of this somatic part, every water conservancy diversion portion includes water inlet, delivery port and sets up the water inlet with water conservancy diversion wall between the delivery port, the water conservancy diversion wall for this somatic part becomes the angle setting, the delivery port is seted up this somatic part is last, the bore of delivery port is satisfied and can be blockked the grain of rice and pass through. Above-mentioned scheme is through setting up a plurality of water conservancy diversion portions, can guide boiling water to gush to a plurality of regions in the food steamer in a plurality of directions to can realize that the rice in the food steamer evenly absorbs water, avoid rice to press from both sides to give birth to.

Description

Food steamer and cooking utensil

Technical Field

The present invention generally relates to a food steamer and 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.

But the shape of current food steamer diapire sets up to interior convex usually, and when heating, the water in the interior pot can be because of the influence of food steamer diapire shape, and boiling water all dashes from the middle of the food steamer to come into the food steamer in, can cause boiling water to remove rice toward the food steamer periphery like this to steam all gushes to the food steamer in from the food steamer middle part in steaming and boiling stage steam, the peripheral steam of food steamer can be less, can cause peripheral rice to have the risk of pressing from both sides living like this.

Accordingly, there is a need to provide a food steamer and cooking appliance that at least partially address 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.

For at least partly solving above-mentioned technical problem, the utility model provides an aspect provides a food steamer for cooking utensil, the food steamer includes food steamer diapire and food steamer lateral wall, the food steamer diapire includes this somatic part and sets up a plurality of water conservancy diversion portions of the bottom of this somatic part, every the water conservancy diversion portion includes water inlet, delivery port and sets up the water inlet with water conservancy diversion wall between the delivery port, the water conservancy diversion wall for this somatic part angulation sets up, the delivery port is seted up on this somatic part, the bore of delivery port satisfies can block the grain of rice and pass through.

Above-mentioned scheme sets up a plurality of water conservancy diversion portions through the bottom at the food steamer diapire to make water conservancy diversion portion include for the water conservancy diversion wall of this somatic part angulation setting, can guide boiling water to gush to the inside a plurality of regions of food steamer in a plurality of directions, thereby can realize that the rice in the food steamer evenly absorbs water, and then the planarization that makes the rice of culinary art completion is better, avoids rice to press from both sides to give birth to.

Preferably, the bottom wall of the basket has a guide area with an inwardly convex shape, the plurality of deflectors being provided in the guide area. The scheme can further facilitate the boiling water to enter the interior of the steamer along the inward convex shape of the guide area through the flow guide part.

Preferably, the body part is further provided with a plurality of through holes, and the plurality of flow guiding parts are arranged outside the plurality of through holes along the radial direction of the food steamer. According to the scheme, the cost can be saved and the manufacturing efficiency is improved by arranging a part of through holes.

Preferably, the plurality of flow guides are arranged in an annular array around the plurality of through holes. This scheme can be convenient for boiling water gets into the central zone of food steamer via the through-hole, and gets into the peripheral zone of food steamer via water conservancy diversion portion to can guarantee that the grain of rice in the food steamer keeps leveling, avoid rice to press from both sides to give birth to.

Preferably, the water inlet is open to the radially inner side of the bottom wall of the basket. This scheme is through making the water inlet towards the radial inboard opening of food steamer diapire, can be so that boiling water gushes into the peripheral region of food steamer through the water inlet to can avoid the rice grain to gather in the peripheral region of food steamer.

Preferably, each of the flow guide portions further includes two straight walls extending downward from the body portion, the straight walls having a triangular cross section, and the flow guide wall is connected between the two straight walls. This solution may facilitate manufacturing.

Preferably, the water inlet and the water outlet are each configured substantially rectangular, and the width of the water outlet is less than 1.8 mm. The scheme can facilitate the entry of boiling water and prevent the rice grains in the steamer from leaking.

Preferably, the area of the water inlet of the deflector located radially outward of the bottom wall of the basket is larger than the area of the water inlet of the deflector located radially inward of the bottom wall of the basket. The scheme can further avoid rice grains from gathering at the periphery of the steamer, thereby ensuring that the rice grains in the steamer absorb water uniformly.

Preferably, the outer periphery of the guiding area of the bottom wall of the food steamer is provided with a baffle cylinder extending downwards. This solution may facilitate the entry of boiling water inside the basket via the guiding area.

The utility model also 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; and

a steamer according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the steamer is arranged in the inner pot.

Above-mentioned scheme sets up a plurality of water conservancy diversion portions through the bottom at the food steamer diapire to make water conservancy diversion portion include for the water conservancy diversion wall of this somatic part angulation setting, can guide boiling water to gush to the inside a plurality of regions of food steamer in a plurality of directions, thereby can realize that the rice in the food steamer evenly absorbs water, and then the planarization that makes the rice of culinary art completion is better, avoids rice to press from both sides to give birth to.

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 scheme can ensure the sealing property.

Preferably, the cooking utensil further comprises a sealing ring, wherein the sealing ring is sleeved at the opening of the steamer and can be abutted against the opening of the inner pot in the covering state. The sealing between the food steamer and the inner pot can be ensured by the scheme.

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 food steamer and a gasket in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic bottom view of the food steamer shown in FIG. 2, wherein a sealing ring is provided on the food steamer;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the food steamer taken along line A-A of FIG. 3, wherein the food steamer has a sealing ring disposed thereon and the bottom wall of the food steamer is shown in a sectional view from an elevated surface;

fig. 5 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion B in fig. 4.

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.

As shown in fig. 2, a food steamer 130 is removably installed in the inner pot 111. 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.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, 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.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, the bottom wall 133 of the basket includes a body 136 and a plurality of flow guides 137 provided at the bottom of the body 136. Each flow guide 137 comprises a water inlet 151, a water outlet 152 and a flow guide wall 153 arranged between the water inlet 151 and the water outlet 152, the flow guide wall 153 is arranged obliquely, i.e. at an angle, for example, the angle may be 30 degrees, 40 degrees, 60 degrees, even 90 degrees, etc., and the flow guide wall 153 is arranged according to actual needs by those skilled in the art. The guiding part 137 can be used for guiding the liquid to be cooked from the water inlet 151 to the water outlet 152, wherein the water outlet 152 is arranged on the body part 136, and the caliber of the water outlet 152 is enough to block the rice grains from passing through.

As shown in fig. 5, each flow guide 137 includes two straight walls 154 extending downward from the body portion 136, the two straight walls 154 are arranged parallel to each other, the straight walls 154 have a triangular cross section, and the flow guide wall 153 is connected between the two straight walls 154. This solution enables the water inlet 151 to be configured substantially in the shape of a rectangle. Preferably, the water outlet 152 is also configured in a rectangular shape, as shown in fig. 4, and the width W of the water outlet 152 is less than 1.8 mm. This arrangement prevents rice grains from leaking out of the food steamer 130. Of course, the water outlet 152 can be configured in other shapes or other sizes according to actual needs by those skilled in the art.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, the body portion 136 is further provided with a plurality of through holes 135, and the plurality of through holes 135 are arranged in an annular array and are disposed in a near-center area of the bottom wall 133 of the food steamer. The plurality of deflectors 137 are also arranged in an annular array and are disposed outside the plurality of through holes 135 in a radial direction of the basket 130, i.e., disposed to surround the plurality of through holes 135. In the illustrated embodiment, the body portion 136 is provided with three rows of flow guides 137, each row being provided with a plurality of evenly spaced flow guides 137. It will be appreciated that other rows of baffles 137 may be provided by one skilled in the art depending on the actual requirements or the actual size of the bottom wall 133 of the basket.

As shown in fig. 4, preferably, the basket bottom wall 133 has a guide region having an inwardly convex shape, and a plurality of flow guides 137 and a plurality of through holes 135 are provided in the guide region. This solution may facilitate the entry of the liquid to be cooked inside the basket along the inwardly convex shape of the guiding zone via the deflector 137 and the through holes 135.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the water inlet 151 opens toward the radially inner side of the basket bottom wall 133, that is, for each deflector 137, the water inlet 151 thereof is disposed closer to the radial center of the basket bottom wall 133 than the water outlet 152. According to the scheme, the water inlet 151 is opened towards the radial inner side of the steamer bottom wall 133, so that the circulation path of the liquid is inclined upwards and towards the radial outer side of the steamer bottom wall 133, the liquid can conveniently flow into the peripheral area of the steamer through the water inlet 151 (as shown by arrows in fig. 4), rice grains in the steamer 130 can not be gathered at the periphery of the steamer 130 due to the inward convex shape of the guide area, the rice grains in the steamer 130 can be guaranteed to be smooth, water can be sufficiently and uniformly absorbed, and rice is prevented from being mixed.

More preferably, as shown in fig. 3 to 5, the area of the water inlet 151 of the baffle 137 positioned radially outward of the basket bottom wall 133 is larger than the area of the water inlet 151 of the baffle 137 positioned radially inward of the basket bottom wall 133. This scheme can make more liquid get into the food steamer 130 inside through the water inlet 151 that is located the water conservancy diversion portion 137 of the radial outside of food steamer diapire 133 to can further avoid the rice grain to gather at food steamer 130 periphery, guarantee that the even absorption of rice grain in the food steamer 130. In the illustrated embodiment, the length of the water inlet 151 of the baffle 137 located radially outward of the basket bottom wall 133 is greater than the length of the water inlet 151 of the baffle 137 located radially inward of the basket bottom wall 133, and the widths of the two are substantially the same. Of course, those skilled in the art may make other arrangements according to actual needs as long as the area of the water inlet 151 of the outer guide 137 is larger than the area of the water inlet 151 of the inner guide 137.

As shown in FIG. 4, the basket 130 further includes a baffle cylinder 134 extending generally vertically downwardly from the outer periphery of the guiding area. 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 and 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 140 includes an axially extending portion 141, a radially extending portion 142 extending radially outward with respect to the axially extending portion 141, and a deforming portion 143 extending downward and inward from an end of the radially extending portion 142. The axial extension part 141 is sleeved outside the steamer side wall 132 and attached to the outer surface of the steamer side wall 132, and the radial extension part 142 is attached to the lower surface of the steamer 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.

Preferably, the wall thickness of the axial extension 141 is gradually increased in a direction toward the tip of the axial extension 141. This preferred embodiment prevents the axially extending portion 141 from deforming, thereby ensuring that the axially extending portion 141 is securely engaged outside of the basket 130.

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. When the water rises to the bottom wall 133 of the food steamer, a part of the water enters the food steamer through the flow guiding part 137 arranged at the outer ring of the bottom wall 133 of the food steamer, and a part of the water enters the interior of the food steamer through the through hole 135 arranged at the inner ring of the bottom wall 133 of the food steamer.

The water entering the interior of the basket 130 uniformly submerges the rice grains, and the sugars in the rice grains dissolve in the water. Thereafter, the heating device stops heating, the air in the chamber between the food steamer 130 and the inner pot 111 contracts, the water in the food steamer 130 flows out through the through holes 135, the water surface outside the blocking cylinder 134 rises, the water surface inside the blocking cylinder 134 falls, and the 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.

According to the cooking utensil of above-mentioned scheme through set up a plurality of water conservancy diversion portions 137 and set up a plurality of through-holes 135 in the center department of food steamer diapire 133 in the periphery department at food steamer diapire 133, can guide boiling water to gush to a plurality of regions of food steamer inside in a plurality of directions to can realize that the rice in the food steamer evenly absorbs water, and can make the planarization of the rice that the culinary art was accomplished better, can avoid rice to press from both sides simultaneously and give birth to.

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 (12)

1. A steamer for a cooking appliance, characterized in that the steamer (130) comprises a steamer bottom wall (133) and a steamer side wall (132), the steamer bottom wall (133) comprises a body portion (136) and a plurality of guide portions (137) arranged at the bottom of the body portion (136), each guide portion (137) comprises a water inlet (151), a water outlet (152) and a guide wall (153) arranged between the water inlet (151) and the water outlet (152), the guide wall (153) is arranged at an angle relative to the body portion (136), the water outlet (152) is arranged on the body portion (136), and the aperture of the water outlet is sufficient to block the passage of rice grains.

2. A basket according to claim 1 wherein the basket bottom wall (133) has a guiding area with an inwardly convex shape, the plurality of deflectors (137) being provided in the guiding area.

3. The basket according to claim 2, wherein said body portion (136) is further provided with a plurality of through holes (135), and said plurality of flow guides (137) are disposed outside said plurality of through holes (135) in a radial direction of said basket.

4. The basket according to claim 3, wherein said plurality of deflectors (137) are arranged in an annular array around said plurality of through holes (135).

5. A basket according to claim 4, wherein the water inlets (151) open towards the radially inner side of the basket bottom wall (133).

6. The basket according to claim 1, wherein each of said deflector portions (137) further comprises two straight walls (154) extending downwardly from said body portion (136), said straight walls (154) having a triangular cross-section, said deflector walls (153) being connected between said two straight walls (154).

7. The food steamer according to claim 6, characterized in that the water inlet (151) and the water outlet (152) are each configured substantially as a rectangle and the width of the water outlet (152) is less than 1.8 mm.

8. A basket according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the area of the water inlet (151) of the deflector (137) located radially outside the basket bottom wall (133) is greater than the area of the water inlet (151) of the deflector (137) located radially inside the basket bottom wall (133).

9. A steamer according to claim 2, characterized in that the bottom wall (133) of the steamer is provided with downwardly extending baffle cylinders (134) at the outer periphery of the guiding area.

10. A cooking appliance, comprising:

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); and

a steamer according to any one of claims 1-9, wherein the steamer (130) is arranged in the inner pot (111).

11. The cooking appliance according to claim 10, 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.

12. The cooking appliance according to claim 10, further comprising a sealing ring (140) which is fitted over the mouth of the basket (130) and can abut against the mouth of the inner pan (111) in the closed state.

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