CN213248400U - Upper cover subassembly and have its cooking utensil - Google Patents

Upper cover subassembly and have its cooking utensil Download PDF

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CN213248400U
CN213248400U CN202021708148.8U CN202021708148U CN213248400U CN 213248400 U CN213248400 U CN 213248400U CN 202021708148 U CN202021708148 U CN 202021708148U CN 213248400 U CN213248400 U CN 213248400U
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The utility model provides an upper cover subassembly and have its cooking utensil, this upper cover subassembly includes: the upper surface of the cover body is provided with a bulge; the pressure limiting valve assembly penetrates through the cover body, and part of the pressure limiting valve assembly is positioned in the boss; and the steam cover is arranged on the bulge part and covers the pressure limiting valve assembly. Through the technical scheme provided by the application, the problem that the steam cover in the related art is complex in structure can be solved.

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Upper cover subassembly and have its cooking utensil
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a small household appliances technical field particularly, relates to an upper cover subassembly and have its cooking utensil.
Background
At present, a pressure limiting valve assembly is arranged on a pressure cooking appliance, the pressure limiting valve assembly is arranged on an upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance in a penetrating way, and the upper end of the pressure limiting valve assembly is higher than the upper surface of the upper cover assembly.
The steam cover is arranged on the pressure limiting valve assembly, and the steam cover needs to provide an avoiding space for the pressure limiting valve assembly, so that the steam cover has the problem of complex structure.
Therefore, the related art has a problem that the structure of the steam cover is complicated.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model provides an upper cover subassembly and have its cooking utensil to solve the complicated problem of steam cover structure among the correlation technique.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an upper cover assembly, the upper cover assembly including: the upper surface of the cover body is provided with a bulge; the pressure limiting valve assembly penetrates through the cover body, and part of the pressure limiting valve assembly is positioned in the boss; and the steam cover is arranged on the bulge part and covers the pressure limiting valve assembly.
Use the technical scheme of the utility model, set up the bellying through the upper surface at the lid, wear to establish the pressure limiting valve subassembly on the lid to make partial pressure limiting valve subassembly be located the bellying, utilize the bellying can provide the assembly space for the pressure limiting valve subassembly, need not to utilize the steam lid to dodge the space for the pressure limiting valve subassembly provides, can simplify the structure of steam lid.
Further, the lid is including the face lid and set up the metal lid in face lid below, and the bellying setting is covered at the face, so be convenient for design and process the bellying, can reduce the design and the processing cost of lid.
Further, the face cover includes a first cover and a second cover disposed below the first cover, and the boss is disposed on the first cover. The surface cover is arranged in a split mode, and the space between the first cover and the second cover is utilized to provide assembly space for components in the surface cover, so that the integration level of the upper cover assembly is improved.
Furthermore, the pressure limiting valve component is arranged on the metal cover, the face cover is provided with a valve hole, and the pressure limiting valve component penetrates through the valve hole and extends into the boss. When the cover of the cooking utensil is opened and closed, the metal cover can rotate relative to the face cover, the pressure limiting valve assembly can synchronously rotate along with the metal cover, and the valve hole is formed in the face cover, so that the pressure limiting valve assembly can be avoided by the aid of the valve hole, and interference between the pressure limiting valve assembly and the face cover is avoided.
Further, the upper surface of steam lid and the upper surface looks parallel and level of bellying, so can guarantee that pressure limiting valve subassembly and steam lid can not stand out the lid, can promote the wholeness of upper cover subassembly. The pressure limiting valve assembly is integrally arranged in the cover body, the pressure limiting valve assembly is not exposed out of the upper surface of the cover body, the steam cover can be arranged into a plate-shaped structure in a general shape, a bulge for containing the avoiding pressure limiting valve assembly is not required to be arranged on the steam cover, and the structure of the steam cover can be simplified.
Further, the upper cover component further comprises an uncovering handle, the uncovering handle is arranged on the surface cover in a turnover mode, the uncovering handle is in driving connection with the metal cover to drive the metal cover to rotate relative to the surface cover, and the uncovering handle is arranged at one end of the protruding portion. Set up on the face covers through will uncapping the handle with can overturning, when needs are opened and shut and are covered, the user only needs to mention the one end of uncapping the handle, makes its relative face lid upset, can drive the metal covering and cover the relative face lid and rotate, compares in will uncapping the handle whole grasp then rotate the mode of uncapping of handle hard, its operation is more convenient laborsaving, the user's of being convenient for operation of uncapping. And the cover opening handle is arranged at one end of the protruding part, and the protruding part can be used for providing assembling and moving space for a transmission assembly for driving and connecting the cover opening handle and the metal cover.
Furthermore, the cover opening handle is an arc-shaped handle, two ends of the cover opening handle are respectively connected with two sides of the protruding portion, and the steam cover is located in a space enclosed by the cover opening handle and the protruding portion. Enclose the curved handle of uncapping and establish the tip at the bellying, can reduce the shared assembly area of handle of uncapping, utilize uncapping handle and bellying to provide assembly space for steam cover jointly, can further promote the integrated level of upper cover subassembly.
Further, the handle of uncapping has initial position and the position of uncapping, and when the handle of uncapping was located initial position, the handle of uncapping was laminated with the face lid mutually, and the upper surface of steam lid and the upper surface of the handle of uncapping are parallel and level mutually, and the upper surface of steam lid and the upper surface of bellying are parallel and level mutually. When the user operates cooking utensil, because the upper surface of the handle of uncapping does not have outstanding setting, consequently the handle of uncapping can not influence user's operation, and the user can not miss the handle of uncapping, can promote user's use and experience and safety in utilization yet.
Further, the rotation axis of the lid opening handle is perpendicular to the length direction of the protruding portion, and/or the lid body further comprises a flat portion, and the upper surface of the protruding portion is higher than the upper surface of the flat portion. Because the transmission assembly that will uncap handle and metal covering drive and be connected sets up in the bellying below, through the rotation axis that makes the handle of uncapping and the length direction vertical setting of bellying, can utilize the bellying to reduce the size of bellying as far as possible when providing the removal space for transmission assembly to promote the integrated level of upper cover subassembly.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance including the above-mentioned upper cover assembly. Therefore, the cooking utensil can also simplify the structure of the steam cover, reduce the processing cost of the steam cover, further simplify the structure of the cooking utensil and reduce the processing cost of the cooking utensil.
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The accompanying drawings, which form a part of the present application, are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:
fig. 1 shows an exploded view of an upper cover assembly provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 shows a partial cross-sectional view at A-A in FIG. 2;
fig. 4 shows a further exploded view of the upper cover assembly provided by the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 shows a schematic structural diagram of a cooking appliance provided by an embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:
10. a cover body; 11. a boss portion; 111. an avoidance part; 12. a face cover; 121. a first cover; 122. a second cover; 13. a metal cover; 14. a planar portion; 20. a pressure limiting valve assembly; 30. a steam cover; 40. opening a cover handle; 50. a handle fixture.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present invention provides an upper cover assembly, which includes a cover body 10, a pressure limiting valve assembly 20 and a steam cover 30, wherein the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is disposed in the cover body 10, the steam cover 30 is covered above the pressure limiting valve assembly 20, and steam in the cooking utensil can be discharged through the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 and the steam cover 30 in sequence. Wherein, the upper surface of the cover body 10 is provided with a convex part 11, part of the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is positioned in the convex part 11, the convex part 11 can provide an assembling space for the pressure limiting valve assembly 20, and the steam cover 30 is arranged on the convex part 11 and covers the pressure limiting valve assembly 20.
By applying the upper cover assembly provided by the embodiment, the protruding portion 11 is arranged on the upper surface of the cover body 10, the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is arranged on the cover body 10 in a penetrating manner, and part of the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is located in the protruding portion 11, because the protruding portion 11 is higher than the upper surface of the cover body 10, an assembly space can be provided for the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 by using the protruding portion 11, and an avoidance space does not need to be provided for the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 by using the steam cover 30, so that the structure of the steam cover 30 can be simplified, and the processing cost of the steam cover 30 can be reduced.
In the embodiment, the protrusion 11 is disposed on a partial region of the upper surface of the cover 10, so that compared with a method in which the entire cover 10 is thickened to accommodate the pressure limiting valve assembly 20, the thickness of the cover 10 can be reduced, the material of the cover 10 can be saved, and the production cost can be reduced.
Here, the shape of the boss 11 is not limited to the structure shown in the drawings as long as the boss 11 can be used to provide an assembly space for the pressure limiting valve assembly 20. Specifically, a protrusion may be provided only on a region of the upper surface of the cover 10 corresponding to the pressure limiting valve assembly 20, and the protrusion may have a circular shape, a polygonal shape, or the like.
As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the cover 10 includes a surface cover 12 and a metal cover 13 disposed below the surface cover 12, and the protruding portion 11 is disposed on the surface cover 12, so that the protruding portion 11 can be conveniently designed and processed, and the design and processing costs of the cover 10 can be reduced. In the present embodiment, the material of the surface cover 12 includes plastic material.
As shown in fig. 4, the face cover 12 includes a first cover 121 and a second cover 122 disposed below the first cover 121, and the boss 11 is disposed on the first cover 121. The surface cover 12 is arranged in a split manner, and the space between the first cover 121 and the second cover 122 is utilized to provide an assembly space for components in the surface cover 12, so that the integration level of the upper cover assembly is improved.
In the embodiment, the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is disposed on the metal cover 13, the face cover 12 is provided with a valve hole, and the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is disposed through the valve hole and extends into the boss 11. When the cooking utensil is opened and closed, the metal cover 13 can rotate relative to the face cover 12, the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 can synchronously rotate along with the metal cover 13, and the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 can be avoided by the aid of the valve hole formed in the face cover 12, so that interference between the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 and the face cover 12 is avoided.
As shown in fig. 3, the upper surface of the steam cover 30 is flush with the upper surface of the protrusion 11, so that it can be ensured that neither the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 nor the steam cover 30 protrudes from the cover body 10, and the integrity of the upper cover assembly can be improved. The pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is integrally arranged in the cover body 10, so that the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is not exposed out of the upper surface of the cover body 10, the steam cover 30 can be arranged into a plate-shaped structure in a general shape, a protrusion for accommodating the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is not required to be arranged on the steam cover 30, and the structure of the steam cover 30 can be simplified.
As shown in fig. 1, the lid assembly further includes a lid opening handle 40, the lid opening handle 40 is pivotably disposed on the lid 12, the lid opening handle 40 is drivingly connected to the metal lid 13 to drive the metal lid 13 to rotate relative to the lid 12, and the lid opening handle 40 is disposed at one end of the protruding portion 11. Through setting up uncap handle 40 on face lid 12 with can overturning, when the needs are opened and shut and are covered, the user only needs to mention the one end of uncap handle 40, makes its relative face lid 12 upset, can drive metal lid 13 and rotate relative face lid 12, compares in the whole mode of uncap of grasping the handle of uncapping then rotating the handle of uncapping hard, and its operation is more convenient laborsaving, the user's of being convenient for operation of uncapping. Also, the door handle 40 is provided at one end of the boss 11, and the boss 11 can provide a space for assembling and moving a transmission assembly for drivingly connecting the door handle 40 and the metal cover 13.
Specifically, the cover opening handle 40 is an arc-shaped handle, two ends of the cover opening handle 40 are respectively connected with two sides of the protruding portion 11, and the steam cover 30 is located in a space enclosed by the cover opening handle 40 and the protruding portion 11. Enclose the curved handle 40 of uncapping and establish the tip at bellying 11, can reduce the shared assembly area of handle 40 of uncapping, utilize uncapping handle 40 and bellying 11 to provide assembly space for steam cover 30 jointly, can further promote the integrated level of upper cover subassembly.
In this embodiment, the lid opening handle 40 has an initial position and an opening position, and when the lid opening handle 40 is located at the initial position, the lid opening handle 40 is attached to the lid 12, and at this time, the upper surface of the steam lid 30 is flush with the upper surface of the lid opening handle 40, and the upper surface of the steam lid 30 is flush with the upper surface of the protruding portion 11. When the user operates cooking utensil, because the upper surface of uncapping handle 40 does not have outstanding setting, consequently uncapping handle 40 can not influence user's operation, and the user can not touch uncapping handle 40 by mistake yet, can promote user's use experience and safety in utilization.
In the present embodiment, the rotation axis of the door opening handle 40 is disposed perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the boss 11. Since the transmission assembly which drivingly connects the lid opening handle 40 and the metal lid 13 is disposed below the protruding portion 11, by vertically disposing the rotation axis of the lid opening handle 40 with the length direction of the protruding portion 11, it is possible to reduce the size of the protruding portion 11 as much as possible while providing a moving space for the transmission assembly by using the protruding portion 11, so as to improve the integration of the upper lid assembly.
In this embodiment, the cover 10 further includes a planar portion 14, an upper surface of the protruding portion 11 is higher than an upper surface of the planar portion 14, and the protruding portion 11 is used to provide an assembly space for the pressure limiting valve assembly 20, so that the entire planar portion 14 does not need to be thickened, and the cover 10 is light.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, in the present embodiment, the cover assembly further includes a handle fixing member 50, the cover opening handle 40 is clamped between the handle fixing member 50 and the cover 12, the protruding portion 11 has a relief portion 111, the handle fixing member 50 is disposed in the relief portion 111 and connected to the protruding portion 11, and the steam cover 30 is disposed on the handle fixing member 50.
In the present embodiment, the protruding portion 11 and the cover 10 are integrally formed. Specifically, the boss 11 is injection molded integrally with the lid body 10.
In the present embodiment, the fact that part of the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is located within the boss 11 means that the upper end of the pressure limiting valve assembly 20 is located within the boss 11, and the boss 11 provides an assembly space for the upper end of the pressure limiting valve assembly 20.
As shown in fig. 5, another embodiment of the present invention provides a cooking appliance including the above-provided upper cover assembly. Therefore, the cooking appliance can also simplify the structure of the steam cover 30, reduce the processing cost of the steam cover 30, and further simplify the structure of the cooking appliance and reduce the processing cost of the cooking appliance.
Wherein, the cooking utensil comprises an electric pressure cooker or an electric cooker.
It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, devices, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention. Meanwhile, it should be understood that the sizes of the respective portions shown in the drawings are not drawn in an actual proportional relationship for the convenience of description. Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate. In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the orientation words such as "front, back, up, down, left, right", "horizontal, vertical, horizontal" and "top, bottom" etc. are usually based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and in the case of not making a contrary explanation, these orientation words do not indicate and imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention; the terms "inner and outer" refer to the inner and outer relative to the profile of the respective component itself.
Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one device or feature's spatial relationship to another device or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if a device in the figures is turned over, devices described as "above" or "on" other devices or configurations would then be oriented "below" or "under" the other devices or configurations. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". The device may be otherwise variously oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
It should be noted that the terms "first", "second", and the like are used to define the components, and are only used for convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components, and if not stated otherwise, the terms have no special meaning, and therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. A cover assembly, comprising:
the upper surface of the cover body (10) is provided with a bulge part (11);
the pressure limiting valve assembly (20) is arranged in the cover body (10) in a penetrating mode, and part of the pressure limiting valve assembly (20) is located in the boss (11);
and the steam cover (30) is arranged on the bulge part (11) and covers the pressure limiting valve component (20).
2. The upper cover assembly according to claim 1, wherein the cover body (10) includes a face cover (12) and a metal cover (13) disposed below the face cover (12), the boss portion (11) being disposed on the face cover (12).
3. The upper cover assembly according to claim 2, wherein the face cover (12) includes a first cover (121) and a second cover (122) disposed below the first cover (121), the boss (11) being disposed on the first cover (121).
4. The upper cover assembly according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the pressure limiting valve assembly (20) is arranged on the metal cover (13), a valve hole is arranged on the face cover (12), and the pressure limiting valve assembly (20) penetrates through the valve hole and extends into the boss (11).
5. The upper cover assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an upper surface of the steam cover (30) is flush with an upper surface of the boss (11).
6. The upper cover assembly according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising an uncovering handle (40), wherein the uncovering handle (40) is arranged on the surface cover (12) in a reversible mode, the uncovering handle (40) is connected with the metal cover (13) in a driving mode so as to drive the metal cover (13) to rotate relative to the surface cover (12), and the uncovering handle (40) is arranged at one end of the protruding portion (11).
7. The lid assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the lid-opening handle (40) is an arc-shaped handle, both ends of the lid-opening handle (40) are respectively connected to both sides of the protrusion (11), and the steam lid (30) is located in a space surrounded by the lid-opening handle (40) and the protrusion (11).
8. The lid assembly as claimed in claim 7, wherein the lid opening handle (40) has an initial position and an open position, the lid opening handle (40) is fitted to the surface cover (12) when the lid opening handle (40) is located at the initial position, an upper surface of the steam cover (30) is flush with an upper surface of the lid opening handle (40), and an upper surface of the steam cover (30) is flush with an upper surface of the protrusion (11).
9. The lid assembly as claimed in claim 6, wherein the rotation axis of the lid-opening handle (40) is arranged perpendicular to the length direction of the projection portion (11), and/or wherein the lid body (10) further comprises a flat portion (14), and wherein the upper surface of the projection portion (11) is higher than the upper surface of the flat portion (14).
10. A cooking appliance, characterized in that it comprises a cover assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
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