CN213030472U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking appliance, which comprises a cooker body, a cover body, an edible material package, a discharging bin, an air inlet seat and an air supply device; 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; the food material package is arranged on the cover body and is used for containing food materials; the discharging bin is arranged on the cover body and is arranged below the food material package, the discharging bin is provided with an accommodating cavity, and food materials in the food material package can enter the cooking space through the discharging bin; the air inlet seat is mounted to the blanking bin and is provided with an air inlet channel communicated with the accommodating cavity; air supply unit and inlet channel intercommunication to be arranged in to the feed bin conveying gas down, make in eating the material packing remaining edible material drop down in the feed bin. According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, air supply installation can be through the downward feed bin conveying gas of inlet channel of air inlet seat for fast-speed air current can dash to eating the material packing, and then makes to eat remaining edible material in the material packing and drop down in the feed bin.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to a cooking utensil.

Background

A conventional cooking appliance such as an electric rice cooker has a cooking space in which food materials are pre-packaged, and when a predetermined time is reached and cooking is required, the cooking appliance may automatically open the package so that the food materials in the package enter a lower bin or a lower bin of a discharge passage and are conveyed into the cooking space by a conveying member such as a screw. The applicant has found that during actual use, food material remains at the bottom or at the sealed edge of the package, and that such remaining material may scatter onto the conveying track during subsequent package transfer, which may affect the normal operation of the conveying mechanism. With the long-term use of the cooking appliance, when more and more food materials remain, the movement of the movable turntable member such as the bracket and the like can be influenced.

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:

the cooker body is internally provided with an inner pot;

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

a food package mounted on the lid and for containing food material;

the discharging bin is arranged on the cover body and is arranged below the food material package, the discharging bin is provided with an accommodating cavity, and food materials in the food material package can enter the cooking space through the discharging bin;

an air inlet seat mounted to the lower bin and having an air inlet passage communicating with the accommodation chamber; and

and the air supply device is communicated with the air inlet channel and is used for conveying gas to the discharging bin, so that the residual food materials in the food material package fall into the discharging bin.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, through setting up air supply unit, air supply unit can be through the downward feed bin conveying gas of inlet channel of air inlet seat for fast-speed air current can dash to eating the material packing, and then makes to eat remaining edible material in the material packing and drop down in the feed bin.

Optionally, the accommodating cavity has a side opening, the side opening is disposed on a side wall of the lower bin, and the air inlet seat covers the side opening.

According to the scheme, the structure of the discharging bin is simple, and the structure of the discharging bin and the structure of the air inlet seat are convenient to design.

According to the present aspect, the accommodation chamber has a top opening communicating with the side opening, the top opening being formed at the top of the side wall of the lower bin.

According to the scheme, the top opening corresponds to the bottom opening of the opened food material package positioned right above the top opening, so that the food material in the food material package enters the containing cavity of the discharging bin from the food material.

Optionally, the air inlet channel has an air inlet communicated with the air supply device and an air outlet communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the air outlet is arranged towards the direction of the food material package.

According to this scheme, can make the gas that enters into down in the feed bin towards eating the material packing, and then make and eat remaining edible material in the material packing and drop down in the feed bin.

Optionally, the air inlet channel is configured to extend obliquely upwards towards the food package from the air inlet to the air outlet.

According to this scheme, can make the gas that enters into down in the feed bin towards eating the material packing, and then make and eat remaining edible material in the material packing and drop down in the feed bin.

Optionally, the cooking utensil comprises a shutter arranged inside the air inlet seat, the air inlet seat rotatably mounts the shutter on the lower bin, and an actuating device mounted on the cover, and the actuating device can apply force to the shutter after being started, so that the shutter abuts against the air inlet seat and closes the air inlet channel.

According to the scheme, after the actuating device is started, acting force can be applied to the opening and closing piece, so that the opening and closing piece abuts against the air inlet seat, and the air inlet channel can be closed.

Optionally, the opening and closing member has a pivot shaft, the blanking bin has a mounting groove with an upward opening, the air inlet seat has a matching groove with a downward opening, and the pivot shaft is limited in the mounting groove and the matching groove.

According to the scheme, the opening and closing piece can be pivotally mounted on the lower storage bin, the assembling process is simple, and the production cost can be reduced.

Optionally, the shutter has a sealing portion made of silicone or rubber material for abutting against the intake seat and sealing the intake passage.

According to this scheme, inlet channel can be sealed to the sealing to sealed effect is better.

Optionally, the shutter has an abutting portion, the abutting portion and the sealing portion are oppositely disposed on both sides of the pivot shaft, and the actuating device abuts against the abutting portion.

According to the scheme, the opening and closing piece is simple in structure, and the actuating device can apply acting force to the abutting portion after being started, so that the abutting portion and the sealing portion rotate around the pivot shaft, and the sealing portion can be abutted to the air inlet seat.

Optionally, the lid body includes a face lid and a lining disposed on a lower side of the face lid, the food material package is mounted on the face lid, and the discharging bin is mounted on the lining.

According to the scheme, the positions of the food material package and the lower feed bin can be reasonably designed in the limited space of the cover body, and the food material package and the lower feed bin are convenient to install.

Optionally, the liner is provided with a plenum chamber, the plenum chamber being in communication with the air delivery device by a first conduit and in communication with the air intake passage by a second conduit.

According to the scheme, the pressurizing chamber is arranged so that the gas can be cached, and therefore the pressure of the gas is increased.

Optionally, the cooking appliance comprises a bracket and a plurality of food material packages, the bracket is rotatably arranged on the face cover and is provided with a plurality of limiting arms, and the food material packages are limited between two adjacent limiting arms.

According to this scheme, the support is used for spacing edible material packing to can drive edible material packing and rotate for the face lid.

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 an exploded perspective view of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a portion of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective assembly view of a partial structure of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1, in which only a lower bin, an air inlet seat and a shutter are shown;

fig. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a partial structure of the cooking appliance of fig. 4, in which only a lower bin, an air inlet seat and a shutter are shown; and

fig. 6 is a perspective view of the air inlet seat in fig. 5.

Description of reference numerals:

100: the cooking appliance 110: pot body

111: an inner pot 120: cover body

121: the surface cover 122: inner lining

123: plenum 124: first pipeline

125: second pipe 126: spline shaft

130: food material packaging 140: discharging bin

141: accommodating chamber 142: open at the top

143: side opening 144: mounting groove

145: fitting hole 147: conveying member

150: air intake seat 151: air intake part

152: the intake passage 153: air inlet

154: gas outlet 155: fitting groove

156: mounting hole 160: air supply device

170: opening and closing member 171: pivotal shaft

172: sealing portion 173: abutting part

180: the actuating device 190: support frame

191: limiting arm

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. 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.

A cooking appliance 100 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 6.

As shown in fig. 1, the cooking utensil 100 includes a pot body 110 and a lid 120, and the lid 120 is openably and closably provided on the pot body 110. The pot body 110 is provided with an inner pot 111, and when the cover 120 is closed on the pot body 110, a cooking space can be formed between the cover 120 and the inner pot 111. The pot body 110 is substantially in a rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a cylindrical-shaped receiving portion. The inner pot 111 may be configured to be freely put into or taken out of the receiving part to facilitate cleaning of the inner pot 111, or configured to be fixed in the pot body 110 so as not to be taken out of the pot body 110. The inner pot 111 is generally made of a metal material for containing a material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. In addition, a heating device and a control device are further disposed in the pot body 110, the heating device may be located below the inner pot 111 to heat the food in the inner pot 111, and the user can control the cooking operation of the cooking appliance 100 through the control device.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the directional terms "upper" and "lower" are those determined based on the cooking appliance 100 which is placed upright and the lid 120 is in the closed state, the directional term "front" refers to the direction of the cooking appliance 100 facing the user with reference to the position where the user uses the cooking appliance 100, and the directional term "rear" refers to the direction of the cooking appliance 100 away from the user.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the cover body 120 includes a face cover 121 and an inner liner 122 disposed on the lower side of the face cover 121. The cover 121 covers an upper side of the inner liner 122, and an operation button may be provided on an outer surface of the cover 121 to facilitate operation of the cooking appliance. The cooking appliance 100 further comprises a rack 190, a plurality of food material packages 130 and a lower bin 140 disposed at a lower side of the food material packages 130 and an air inlet seat 150 mounted to the lower bin 140. Only two food material packages 130 are schematically shown in fig. 2, it will be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the number of food material packages 130 may be three, five or any suitable number, as desired.

The food material package 130 is mounted on the lid 121 and serves to contain food material, and the lower bin 140 is mounted on the liner 122 and communicates with the food material package 130 and the cooking space, respectively. The bracket 190 is rotatably provided on the face cover 121. Specifically, the face cover 121 may be further provided with a spline shaft 126 thereon, and the holder 190 may be mounted to the spline shaft 126 to be rotatable with the rotation of the spline shaft 126. Further, the bracket 190 has at least two retaining arms 191, and the food package 130 is retained between two adjacent retaining arms 191 such that the food package 130 rotates as the bracket 190 rotates.

The user usually pre-packages the food material to be cooked in the food material package 130, and when the scheduled time is reached and the cooking is required, the food material package 130 can be automatically opened, and the bracket 190 rotates to rotate the opened food material package 130 to a position right above the lower bin 140, so that the food material in the food material package 130 enters the lower bin 140 from the bottom opening of the food material package 130. A conveying member 147 (see fig. 4 and 5) such as a screw is provided in the lower bin 140, and the conveying member 147 conveys the foodstuffs from the lower bin 140 into the cooking space.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the lower bin 140 has a receiving cavity 141 communicating with the food material package 130 and the cooking space. The receiving cavity 141 has an upwardly open top opening 142 and a side opening 143 communicating with the top opening 142, the top opening 142 corresponding to a bottom opening of the opened food package 130 directly above it. A side opening 143 is provided on a sidewall of the lower bin 140, and a top opening 142 is formed at the top of the sidewall of the lower bin 140. The intake holder 150 covers the side opening 143 and has an intake portion 151. The air intake part 151 may be configured as a cylindrical structure extending obliquely with respect to the vertical direction, and has an air intake passage 152 communicating with the accommodation chamber 141. The intake passage 152 may be configured as a cylindrical passage.

To avoid food material remaining on the bottom edge of the food packaging 130, the cooking appliance 100 further comprises an air delivery device 160 mounted on the liner 122. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the air supply device 160 is communicated with the air inlet channel 152 and is used for supplying air to the lower bin 140, so that high-speed air flow can rush to the food material package 130, and further, the food material remained in the food material package 130 falls into the lower bin 140. In the present embodiment, the air supply device 160 is provided above the liner 122 and at a position in front. The air supply device 160 may be an air pump.

The liner 122 is also provided with a plenum 123. The plenum 123 may be disposed at an upper side of the liner 122, and at a rearward position. The plenum 123 has an internal chamber for buffering gas so that the gas pressure increases. The plenum 123 communicates with the plenum 160 through the first conduit 124 and communicates with the intake passage 152 through the second conduit 125. That is, the plenum 123 communicates the air supply device 160 with the hopper 140.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the air inlet passage 152 has an air inlet 153 communicating with the air supply device 160 and an air outlet 154 communicating with the housing chamber 141. Specifically, the air inlet 153 communicates with the second duct 125. Preferably, the air outlet 154 is arranged towards the direction of the food product package 130, and the air inlet channel 152 is configured to extend obliquely upwards towards the food product package 130 from the air inlet 153 to the air outlet 154, so that the gas entering the lower bin 140 from the air inlet channel 152 can rush towards the wall of the food product package 130, thereby causing the remaining food product at the bottom edge of the food product package 130 to fall into the lower bin 140.

The cooking appliance further comprises a shutter 170 and an actuating means 180. The shutter 170 is disposed inside the inlet holder 150, and the inlet holder 150 rotatably mounts the shutter 170 on the lower bin 140. An actuator 180 is mounted on the liner 122, and the actuator 180, when activated, can apply a force to the shutter 170 such that the shutter 170 abuts the inlet seat 150 and closes the inlet passage 152.

The shutter 170 has a pivot shaft 171, and a seal portion 172 and an abutting portion 173 oppositely disposed on both sides of the pivot shaft 171. In the present embodiment, one pivot shaft 171 is provided on each side of the opening and closing member 170, and the two pivot shafts 171 are coaxially provided. The seal portions 172 are provided on the upper sides of the two pivot shafts 171, and the abutting portions 173 are provided on the lower sides of the two pivot shafts 171. The sealing portion 172 may be made of a rubber or silicone material for abutting against the intake seat 150 and sealing the intake passage 152. The actuator 180 abuts against the abutting portion 173 to apply a pushing force to the abutting portion 173, so that the shutter 170 rotates about the pivot shaft 171, and eventually abuts the sealing portion 172 of the shutter 170 against the intake seat 150, thereby closing off the intake passage 152.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the lower bin 140 has an installation groove 144 with an upward opening, the air inlet seat 150 correspondingly has a matching groove 155 with a downward opening, and the pivot shaft 171 is limited in the installation groove 144 and the matching groove 155. Specifically, the air inlet 150 has a mounting hole 156, the lower magazine 140 correspondingly has a fitting hole 145, and the air inlet 150 may be mounted to the lower magazine 140 and the shutter 170 may be rotatably mounted on the lower magazine 140 by passing a fastener through the mounting hole 156 and screwing to the fitting hole 145. Further, both the mounting groove 144 and the fitting groove 155 may be configured as grooves having a semicircular cross section.

In an embodiment, when the actuating device 180 is activated, the actuating device 180 can push the shutter 170 to rotate around the pivot shaft 171, so that the shutter 170 abuts against the intake seat 150 and blocks the intake passage 152. Upon activation of the gas delivery device 160, the gas delivery device 160 delivers gas into the plenum 123. As the amount of stored gas in the plenum 123 increases, the pressure of the gas in the plenum 123 gradually increases. When the pressure of the gas in the plenum 123 reaches a certain value, the actuator 180 is closed. The actuator 180 releases the force on the shutter 170 and the shutter 170 is returned to the original position by the pressure of the gas, so that the intake passage 152 is opened. The high pressure gas in the plenum 123 momentarily enters the lower silo 140 through the air inlet channel 152 and rushes against the walls of the food package 130, so that the food material remaining in the food package 130 falls into the lower silo 140. After several iterations, the rack 190 rotates and brings the food package 130 to rotate together for the next food package 130 to perform a rice pouring operation.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, through setting up air supply unit, air supply unit can be through the downward feed bin conveying gas of inlet channel of air inlet seat for fast-speed air current can dash to eating the material packing, and then makes to eat remaining edible material (for example grain of rice) in the material packing and drop down in the feed bin.

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 (11)

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a pot body (110) in which an inner pot (111) is disposed;

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

a food package (130) mounted on the lid for containing food material;

a discharge bin (140) mounted on the cover and disposed below the food package, the discharge bin having a receiving cavity (141) through which food material in the food package can enter the cooking space;

an air inlet seat (150) mounted to the lower bin and having an air inlet passage (152) communicating with the accommodation chamber; and

the gas supply device (160) is communicated with the gas inlet channel and used for supplying gas to the discharging bin, so that residual food materials in the food material package fall into the discharging bin.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the receiving cavity has a side opening (143) provided on a side wall of the lower bin, the air inlet seat covering the side opening.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the receiving cavity has a top opening (142) in communication with the side opening, the top opening being formed at a top of the side wall of the lower bin.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the air inlet channel has an air inlet (153) communicating with the air supply device and an air outlet (154) communicating with the receiving cavity, the air outlet being arranged towards the food packaging direction.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 4, wherein the air inlet channel is configured to extend obliquely upward toward the food package from the air inlet to the air outlet.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a shutter (170) arranged inside the air intake seat, said shutter being rotatably mounted on the lower cartridge, and actuating means (180) mounted on the cover and able to exert a force on the shutter upon activation, so that it abuts against the air intake seat and closes the air intake passage.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 6, wherein the shutter has a pivot axis (171), the lower cartridge has a mounting slot (144) with an upward opening, the air inlet seat has a mating slot (155) with a downward opening, and the pivot axis is retained in the mounting slot and the mating slot.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 7, wherein the shutter has a sealing portion (172) made of silicone or rubber material for abutting against the air intake seat and sealing the air intake passage.

9. Cooking appliance according to claim 8, characterized in that the shutter has an abutment (173), the abutment and the sealing being arranged opposite on either side of the pivot axis, and in that the actuating means abuts against the abutment.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the lid body comprises a face cover (121) on which the food material package is mounted and an inner liner (122) disposed on an underside of the face cover on which the lower bin is mounted.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 10,

the liner is provided with a plenum chamber (123) which communicates with the gas supply means by a first conduit (124) and with the gas inlet passage by a second conduit (125); and/or

The cooking appliance comprises a support (190) and a plurality of food material packages, the support is rotatably arranged on the face cover and is provided with a plurality of limiting arms (191), and the food material packages are limited between two adjacent limiting arms.

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