CN211609325U

CN211609325U - Steam valve assembly and cooking utensil with same

Info

Publication number: CN211609325U
Application number: CN201921301806.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王陆斌; 罗江波
Original assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-12
Filing date: 2019-08-12
Publication date: 2020-10-02
Anticipated expiration: 2029-08-12

Abstract

The utility model provides a steam valve subassembly and have its cooking utensil, steam valve subassembly, steam valve upper cover and translucent cover. The top of the upper cover of the steam valve is provided with a steam outlet; the translucent cover sets up in the top of steam valve upper cover, and is located the circumference outside of steam extraction mouth, and the translucent cover includes first end and the second end that meets with the steam valve upper cover, and wherein, steam valve subassembly still includes first sealing washer and second sealing washer, and first end and second end can support respectively and lean on first sealing washer and second sealing washer to form confined space between steam valve upper cover and translucent cover. According to the utility model discloses a steam valve subassembly is through setting up at first sealing washer and second sealing washer to can seal the clearance between steam valve upper cover and the translucent cover, with form confined space between steam valve upper cover and translucent cover, thereby can prevent that steam from entering into between steam valve upper cover and the translucent cover.

Description

Steam valve assembly and cooking utensil with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to a steam valve assembly and have its cooking utensil.

Background

Cooking utensil's steam valve subassembly includes steam valve upper cover and sets up the steam valve lower cover in steam valve upper cover below, sometimes because appearance design demand or user experience demand, steam valve subassembly still can be provided with other decorative component, like the translucent cover, the translucent cover is installed on steam valve upper cover usually. However, in the conventional steam valve assembly, steam between the upper cover of the steam valve and the lower cover of the steam valve easily enters between the transparent cover and the upper cover of the steam valve, so that mist or water drops are formed on the inner surface of the transparent cover, the upper cover of the steam valve arranged below the transparent cover cannot be observed, the original effect of arranging the steam valve is lost, and the attractiveness of the cooking appliance is affected.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide a steam valve assembly and a cooking appliance having the same 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.

To at least partially solve the above problem, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is disclosed a steam valve assembly comprising:

the top of the steam valve upper cover is provided with a steam outlet; and

the transparent cover is arranged above the steam valve upper cover and is positioned at the circumferential outer side of the steam outlet, the transparent cover comprises a first end and a second end which are connected with the steam valve upper cover,

wherein the steam valve assembly further comprises a first sealing ring and a second sealing ring, and the first end and the second end can respectively abut against the first sealing ring and the second sealing ring so as to form a sealed space between the steam valve upper cover and the transparent cover.

According to the utility model discloses a steam valve subassembly is through setting up at first sealing washer and second sealing washer to can seal the clearance between steam valve upper cover and the translucent cover, with form confined space between steam valve upper cover and translucent cover, thereby can prevent that steam from entering into between steam valve upper cover and the translucent cover.

Optionally, the steam valve upper cover comprises a side wall extending along the circumferential direction, the transparent cover covers the outer side of the side wall along the circumferential direction of the side wall, and the part of the transparent cover except the first end and the second end is spaced apart from the side wall.

According to this scheme, the steam valve upper cover and the translucent cover's simple structure, the manufacturing of being convenient for, easily realize to can be convenient for observe the surface of steam valve upper cover through setting up the translucent cover, make the steam valve subassembly comparatively pleasing to the eye.

Optionally, the side wall is configured as a frustum-shaped structure, and/or

The first sealing ring is arranged at the top of the side wall, and the second sealing ring is arranged at the bottom of the side wall.

According to the scheme, the steam valve upper cover is simple in structure; through setting up first sealing washer at the top of lateral wall, and set up the bottom at the lateral wall with the second sealing washer to can seal up the clearance between lateral wall and the translucent cover, the user of being convenient for observes the surface of lateral wall through the translucent cover.

Optionally, a first groove is formed in the top of the side wall and a second groove is formed in the bottom of the side wall, the first groove is used for at least partially accommodating the first sealing ring, and the second groove is used for at least partially accommodating the second sealing ring.

According to the scheme, the first sealing ring can be conveniently arranged in the first groove, the second sealing ring can be conveniently arranged in the second groove, the assembling efficiency can be improved, and the sealing effect is good.

Optionally, the first groove and the second groove are annular grooves with openings opening upwards, and the first sealing ring and the second sealing ring are O-shaped sealing rings.

According to this scheme, the simple structure of first recess, second recess, first sealing washer and second sealing washer can reduction in production cost.

Optionally, the second groove is located radially outward of the first groove.

According to the scheme, the steam valve upper cover is simple in structure, convenient to manufacture and easy to realize.

Optionally, the transparent cover comprises a first wall extending vertically and a second wall extending inwardly from the first wall and a third wall extending downwardly from the second wall, the first end being a bottom end of the first wall and the second end being a bottom end of the third wall.

According to this scheme, the simple structure of translucent cover, the manufacturing of being convenient for easily realizes.

Optionally, the transparent cover is made of a transparent resin material, or

The transparent cover is clamped to the upper cover of the steam valve, or

The transparent cover and the steam valve upper cover are connected together through an ultrasonic process.

According to the present aspect, the transparent cover may be made of a transparent resin material through an injection molding process, and may be mounted to the steam valve upper cover via various processes.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a cooking appliance is disclosed, comprising a steam valve assembly according to any of the above first aspects.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil is through setting up at first sealing washer and second sealing washer to can seal the clearance between steam valve upper cover and the translucent cover, with form confined space between steam valve upper cover and translucent cover, thereby can prevent that steam from entering into between steam valve upper cover and the translucent cover.

Optionally, the steam valve assembly comprises a pot body and a cover body, the cover body is arranged on the pot body in an openable and closable manner, when the cover body covers the pot body, a cooking space is formed between the pot body and the cover body, and the steam valve assembly is arranged on the cover body.

According to the present aspect, the steam valve assembly is provided on the cover body so that the air in the cooking space is discharged to the external atmosphere via the steam valve assembly.

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 cross-sectional view of a steam valve assembly of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 2 is a perspective exploded schematic of the steam valve assembly of fig. 1.

Description of reference numerals:

100: steam valve assembly

110: steam valve upper cover

111: steam outlet

112: the first groove

113: second groove

114: side wall

120: steam valve lower cover

130: transparent cover

131: first wall

132: second wall

133: third wall

134: first end

135: second end

150: first seal ring

160: second seal ring

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 steam valve subassembly 100 and have its cooking utensil. According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil can be for electric rice cooker, electric pressure cooker or other cooking utensil, and cooking utensil except having the function of cooking rice, can also have various functions such as cooking congee, a kind of deep pot hot water.

The cooking appliance generally includes a pot body (not shown) and a lid (not shown) openably and closably provided on the pot body. An inner pot is arranged in the cooker body, and when the cover body covers the cooker body, a cooking space can be formed between the cover body and the inner pot. The steam valve assembly 100 is provided on the cover body and can communicate with the cooking space to enable the steam in the cooking space to be discharged to the external atmosphere. The pot body is substantially in the shape of a rounded rectangular parallelepiped and has a cylindrical-shaped receiving portion. The inner pot may be configured to be freely put into or taken out of the receiving part to facilitate cleaning of the inner pot, or may be configured to be fixed in the pot body so as not to be taken out of the pot body. The inner pot is generally made of a metal material for containing a material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. In addition, still be provided with heating device and controlling means in the a kind of deep pot body, heating device can be located interior pot below to heat the food in the interior pot, the user can be through controlling means control cooking utensil's culinary art operation.

A steam valve assembly 100 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 2.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the steam valve assembly 100 mainly includes a steam valve upper cover 110, a steam valve lower cover 120, and a transparent cover 130, and a decoration 140. The steam valve lower cover 120 is disposed below the steam valve upper cover 110, and is mounted to the steam valve upper cover 110. For example, the steam valve upper cover 110 and the steam valve lower cover 120 may be fastened together by screwing. The steam valve upper cover 110 is provided at the top thereof with a steam outlet 111, and the steam valve lower cover 120 is provided at the bottom thereof with a steam outlet (not shown) communicating with the steam outlet 111, so that steam in the cooking space can enter the steam valve assembly 100 through the steam outlet and be discharged to the outside atmosphere through the steam outlet 111. The transparent cover 130 is disposed above the steam valve upper cover 110 and is located outside the steam discharge port 111 in the circumferential direction. The decoration 140 is sleeved on the outer sides of the steam valve upper cover 110 and the transparent cover 130 to play a decoration role. It should be noted that, in the present invention, the directional terms "upper", "lower", "outer" and "inner" are based on the direction determined by the cooking appliance which is placed upright and the lid is in the closed state.

In this embodiment, the transparent cover 130 includes a first end 134 that interfaces with the steam valve cover and a second end 135. Specifically, the transparent cover 130 and the steam valve upper cover 110 may be formed of a resin material through an injection molding process. Transparent cover 130 can be snap-fit to steam valve upper cover 110, with second end 135 of transparent cover 130 being shown, by way of example, in fig. 1 as being snap-fit to steam valve upper cover 110. In one embodiment, not shown, the transparent cover and the steam valve cover can be joined together by an ultrasonic process, for example, the first end and the second end of the transparent cover can be joined together with the steam valve cover by an ultrasonic process. The outer surface of the steam valve upper cover 110 may be provided with a grain for decoration. The transparent cover 130 may be made of a transparent resin material so that a user can observe the grain through the transparent cover 130, making the cooking appliance more beautiful.

To seal the gap between the steam valve upper cover 110 and the transparent cover 130, the steam valve assembly 100 further includes a first sealing ring 150 and a second sealing ring 160. The first sealing ring 150 and the second sealing ring 160 are spaced apart from each other on the steam valve upper cover 110. The first end 134 and the second end 135 can abut against the first sealing ring 150 and the second sealing ring 160, respectively, to form a sealed space between the steam valve upper cover 110 and the transparent cover 130, so that steam can be prevented from entering between the steam valve upper cover 110 and the transparent cover 130.

The steam valve upper cover 110 may include a circumferentially extending sidewall 114. The sidewall 114 may be generally configured as a frustum-shaped structure with the top of the sidewall 114 having a smaller cross-sectional area than the bottom. In this embodiment, the first seal 150 is disposed on the top of the sidewall 114 and the second seal 160 is disposed on the bottom of the sidewall. In addition, the above-mentioned texture for decoration may be provided on the outer surface of the sidewall 114.

The top of the side wall 114 is provided with a first groove 112 and the bottom is provided with a second groove 113, and the second groove 113 is located radially outside the first groove 112, the first groove 112 being adapted to at least partially receive a first sealing ring 150, and the second groove 113 being adapted to at least partially receive a second sealing ring 160. Specifically, the first groove 112 and the second groove 113 may be annular grooves, and both openings are open upward. Correspondingly, the first and second seal rings 150 and 160 may be O-ring seals, and the first and second seal rings 150 and 160 may be made of silicone or a rubber material.

In this embodiment, the first end 134 can press the first seal ring 150 against the first groove 112 and the second end 135 can press the second seal ring 160 against the second groove 113. Specifically, the transparent cover 130 may include a first wall 131 extending in a vertical direction and a second wall 132 extending inward from the first wall 131, and a third wall 133 extending downward from the second wall 132, and the first end 134 may be a bottom end of the first wall 131 and the second end 135 may be a bottom end of the third wall 133.

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 steam valve assembly, comprising:

the steam valve comprises a steam valve upper cover (110), wherein the top of the steam valve upper cover is provided with a steam outlet (111); and

a transparent cover (130) arranged above the steam valve upper cover and positioned at the circumferential outer side of the steam outlet, the transparent cover comprises a first end (134) and a second end (135) connected with the steam valve upper cover,

wherein the steam valve assembly further comprises a first sealing ring (150) and a second sealing ring (160), the first end and the second end being capable of abutting against the first sealing ring and the second sealing ring, respectively, to form a sealed space between the steam valve upper cover and the transparent cover.

2. The steam valve assembly of claim 1, wherein the steam valve upper cover includes a circumferentially extending sidewall (114), the transparent cover covers an outer side of the sidewall along a circumference of the sidewall, and a portion of the transparent cover other than the first end and the second end is spaced apart from the sidewall.

3. The steam valve assembly of claim 2,

the side wall is constructed in a frustum-shaped structure and/or

4. The steam valve assembly of claim 2, wherein the top of the side wall is provided with a first groove (112) for at least partially receiving the first seal ring and the bottom is provided with a second groove (113) for at least partially receiving the second seal ring.

5. The steam valve assembly of claim 4 wherein said first and second grooves are annular grooves open upwardly and said first and second seal rings are O-ring seals.

6. The steam valve assembly of claim 5, wherein said second groove is located radially outward of said first groove.

7. The steam valve assembly of claim 1,

the transparent cover includes a first wall (131) extending in a vertical direction and a second wall (132) extending inwardly from the first wall, and a third wall (133) extending downwardly from the second wall, the first end being a bottom end of the first wall, the second end being a bottom end of the third wall.

8. The steam valve assembly of claim 1, wherein the transparent cover is snap-fit to the steam valve upper cover.

9. The steam valve assembly of claim 1, wherein the transparent cover and the steam valve upper cover are joined together by an ultrasonic process.

10. A cooking appliance comprising a steam valve assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 10, wherein the cooking appliance comprises a pot body and a lid, the lid is openably and closably disposed on the pot body, a cooking space is formed between the pot body and the lid when the lid is closed on the pot body, and the steam valve assembly is disposed on the lid.