CN213248519U - Steaming rack and cooking utensil with same - Google Patents

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CN213248519U
CN213248519U CN202021249818.4U CN202021249818U CN213248519U CN 213248519 U CN213248519 U CN 213248519U CN 202021249818 U CN202021249818 U CN 202021249818U CN 213248519 U CN213248519 U CN 213248519U
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The utility model provides a evaporate frame and have its cooking utensil, wherein, evaporate the frame and include: the plate body is provided with an overflowing hole; the air dispersing structure is arranged on the plate body and comprises an air dispersing cavity and a conduction part communicated with the air dispersing cavity, and steam enters the air dispersing cavity and flows out through the conduction part. The technical scheme of this application can solve the poor problem of effect of cooking among the correlation technique effectively.

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Steaming rack and cooking utensil with same
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a small household electrical appliances technical field particularly, relates to a evaporate frame and have its cooking utensil.
Background
At present, a steamer has high food steaming efficiency, cooked food has good taste, and more food can be cooked at one time, so the steamer is loved by consumers.
In the correlation technique, be provided with on the steamer and evaporate frame and steam inlet, steam inlet is located the bottom of evaporating the frame, and high temperature steam enters into the inside of steamer through steam inlet, is provided with the overflow hole on evaporating the frame to make high temperature steam can pass the overflow hole and then cook food.
Like this, most high-temperature steam can flow through from overflowing the mouth more closely with the air inlet, and then leads to the high-temperature steam that the food that is close to air inlet department contacted more easily to make this part of food can be cooked earlier, and the food of the remaining part is cooked later, can lead to like this to cook the efficiency lower, the taste of cooking food worsens, brings inconvenience for user's use.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses a main aim at provides a steaming rack and have its cooking utensil to solve the poor problem of effect of cooking among the correlation technique.
In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a steam rack including: the plate body is provided with an overflowing hole; the air dispersing structure is arranged on the plate body and comprises an air dispersing cavity and a conduction part communicated with the air dispersing cavity, and steam enters the air dispersing cavity and flows out through the conduction part.
Use the technical scheme of the utility model, the below of plate body is provided with the structure of loosing gas, is provided with the discharge orifice on the plate body. The air dispersing structure comprises an air dispersing cavity and a conduction part, and the conduction part is communicated with the air dispersing cavity. The steam can enter into the scattered gas chamber and can flow out through the conduction part, and then flows to the through-flow hole department again to heat food. The direction that the conduction portion can circulate steam is restricted, prevents that steam from concentrating on air inlet department or flowing to a certain department, consequently can make whole food by the simultaneous heating for it is more even to heat. Therefore, the technical scheme of the application can effectively solve the problem of poor cooking effect in the related art.
Further, the structure of loosing gas is including enclosing fender portion and setting in the shutoff portion of enclosing fender portion top, and the shutoff portion forms the scattered air cavity with enclosing fender portion, and the bottom of enclosing fender portion has the opening, and the portion of conducting sets up on enclosing fender portion. The plugging part can prevent steam from directly flowing out of the plugging part, so that local temperature is too high.
Further, the blocking portion is formed by a part of the plate body. The plate body position that foretell shutoff portion place is the solid board, can prevent that steam from flowing out here. The structure is simple and easy to process.
Furthermore, the conducting parts are multiple and are arranged at intervals. Above-mentioned conduction portion can restrict the flow direction of steam for steam can flow along the direction of conduction portion, and then makes out steam more even.
Further, the conduction part is a notch or a through hole. The notch or the through hole is simple in structure and convenient to process. And the above structure can effectively pass the steam.
Further, the air dispersing structure is arranged close to the side wall of the plate body. The air diffusing structure is arranged on the side wall of the plate body and can avoid other structures, so that the whole structure is more reasonable.
Furthermore, the conduction parts are multiple, the conduction parts are arranged at intervals, and the flow areas of the conduction parts are gradually increased in the direction away from the side wall of the plate body. The setting mode of foretell conduction part can carry out reasonable distribution to steam volume for more steam can flow to the position of keeping away from the structure of loosing, further improves the degree of consistency of steam.
Furthermore, the enclosing part comprises an arc-shaped section, and the conduction part is arranged on the arc-shaped section; the blocking part is provided with an avoidance concave part. Foretell arc section can be convenient for set up the direction that switches on of conduction portion, and then makes the flow direction of steam more reasonable.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance, comprising a steaming rack, wherein the steaming rack is the above steaming rack. The steaming rack can make the food steaming effect better, so that the cooking appliance with the steaming rack also has the advantages.
Further, cooking utensil includes the box, evaporates the frame and installs in the inside of box, is provided with steam inlet on the box, and steam inlet corresponds the setting with the structure of loosing. The steam inlet is arranged corresponding to the air dispersing structure, steam can enter the air dispersing structure through the steam inlet, and then is dispersed through the air dispersing structure.
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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:
figure 1 shows a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a steaming rack according to the present invention; and
FIG. 2 shows an enlarged partial view of the steaming rack of FIG. 1 at A;
FIG. 3 shows a schematic bottom view of the steaming rack of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 shows an enlarged partial view of the steaming rack of FIG. 3 at B;
fig. 5 shows an exploded schematic view of an embodiment of a cooking appliance according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 shows a cross-sectional schematic view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 5; and
fig. 7 shows a partial enlarged view of the cooking appliance of fig. 6 at C.
Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:
10. a plate body; 11. an overflowing hole; 20. a gas diffusing structure; 21. a gas dispersion cavity; 22. a conduction part; 23. a surrounding baffle part; 231. an arc-shaped section; 24. a plugging section; 241. avoiding the concave part; 30. a box body; 40. and (3) a support leg.
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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.
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.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in the present embodiment, the steam rack includes: a plate body 10 and an air dispersing structure 20. The plate body 10 is provided with an overflowing hole 11; the air dispersing structure 20 is disposed on the plate body 10, and the air dispersing structure 20 includes an air dispersing cavity 21 and a conducting portion 22 communicated with the air dispersing cavity 21, wherein the steam enters the air dispersing cavity 21 and flows out through the conducting portion 22.
By applying the technical solution of the present embodiment, the air diffusing structure 20 is disposed below the plate body 10, and the plate body 10 is provided with the overflowing hole 11. The air dispersing structure 20 includes an air dispersing cavity 21 and a conduction part 22, and the conduction part 22 is communicated with the air dispersing cavity 21. The steam can enter into the air dispersing cavity 21 and flow out through the conduction part 22, and then flow to the overflowing hole 11, and heat the food. The conduction part 22 can limit the flowing direction of the steam, and prevent the steam from concentrating at the air inlet or flowing in a certain position, so that the whole food can be heated simultaneously, and the heating is more uniform. Therefore, the technical scheme of the embodiment can effectively solve the problem of poor cooking effect in the related art.
As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the air diffusing structure 20 includes a surrounding portion 23 and a blocking portion 24 disposed on the top of the surrounding portion 23, the blocking portion 24 and the surrounding portion 23 form an air diffusing cavity 21, the bottom of the surrounding portion 23 has an opening, and the conducting portion 22 is disposed on the surrounding portion 23. The blocking portion 24 prevents steam from directly flowing out therefrom, resulting in a local excess temperature.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, in the present embodiment, the blocking portion 24 is formed by a part of the plate body 10. The plate body 10 where the sealing portion 24 is located is a solid plate, and can prevent steam from flowing out therefrom. The structure is simple and easy to process.
The quantity of conduction portion is a plurality of, and specific quantity can carry out rational design according to the size of steaming rack and the size of scattered gas chamber. When the steam rack is large, more conducting parts can be arranged. As shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the number of the conduction portions 22 is five, and the five conduction portions 22 are provided at intervals. The conduction portion 22 can restrict the flow direction of the steam so that the steam can flow in the direction of the conduction portion 22. Of course, the number of the conduction parts is not limited to five, and may be two, three, four, or six or more.
In view of the simplified structure and the convenience of processing, as shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the conduction portion 22 is a notch. And the above structure can effectively pass the steam.
In the embodiment not shown in the drawings, the conducting part can also be a through hole, and the effect of the through hole and the gap is similar.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the air diffusing structure 20 is disposed near the side wall of the plate body 10. The air diffusing structure 20 is disposed on the side wall of the plate body 10 to avoid other structures. The structure makes the whole structure more reasonable.
As shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the number of the conduction portions 22 is five, five conduction portions 22 are provided at intervals, and the flow area of the five conduction portions 22 gradually increases in a direction away from the side wall of the plate body 10. The conduction part 22 is arranged in a way that the position far away from the air dispersing structure 20 can be filled with steam. In this embodiment, the width of the notch farthest from the side wall of the plate body 10 is widest (the notch on the far right in fig. 4), the width of the notch closest to the side wall of the plate body 10 is narrowest (the two notches on the far left in fig. 4), and the size of the middle two notches is between the width of the notch on the far right and the width of the notch on the far left.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in the present embodiment, the surrounding portion 23 includes an arc-shaped section 231, and the conduction portion 22 is provided on the arc-shaped section 231; the blocking portion 24 is provided with an escape recess 241. The arc-shaped section 231 can be convenient for set up the direction of conduction of conducting portion 22, and then makes steam can be full of whole steam rack below. The baffle enclosing part further comprises a straight section, the straight section is connected with the arc-shaped section, and the straight section and the side wall of the plate body 10 are kept flush.
As shown in fig. 5 to 7, according to another aspect of the present embodiment, there is provided a cooking appliance including a steam rack, the steam rack being the above-mentioned steam rack. The steaming rack can make the food steaming effect better, so that the cooking appliance with the steaming rack also has the advantages.
As shown in fig. 5 to 7, in the present embodiment, the cooking appliance includes a box body 30, the steam rack is installed inside the box body 30, and the box body 30 is provided with a steam inlet, which is provided corresponding to the air dispersing structure 20. The steam inlet is arranged corresponding to the air dispersing structure 20, and steam can enter the air dispersing structure 20 through the steam inlet and then diffuse through the air dispersing structure 20.
As shown in fig. 2, the steam inlet of this embodiment is disposed at the bottom of the air diffusing structure 20, and may be disposed at the side of the air diffusing structure, at this time, the upper and lower ends of the enclosing and blocking portion need to be completely sealed, and the side wall of the enclosing and blocking portion is opened, so that the steam is further connected to the opening to enable the steam to enter the inside of the enclosing and blocking portion, and then the steam is discharged through the conducting portion. The support legs 40 are arranged below the steaming rack, and the support legs 40 can support the steaming rack.
In the present embodiment, the bottom of the case 30 is provided with an extension portion extending toward the inside of the case 30, and the steam inlet is located at the extension portion. The cooking utensil further comprises a base and a fixing cap, wherein a protruding portion is arranged on the base, an installation space is arranged inside the protruding portion, part of the structure of the fixing cap is installed in the installation space, a steam outlet is formed in the fixing cap, and the protruding portion is inserted into the extending portion. The steam outlet protrudes from the boss. The cooking appliance further includes a seal mounted between the boss and the extension. Cooking utensil still includes connector, steam generator and water tank, and the connector is connected with the locking cap to on being fixed in the base with the locking cap, steam generator sets up in the base, and the water tank is installed on the base, and steam generator passes through first tube coupling with the water tank, and steam generator passes through the second tube coupling with the connector.
In this embodiment, cooking utensil includes steaming rack and steam ager lid and pedestal, and the gas outlet is in the pedestal bottom, and the steam inlet cover on the box is established on the gas outlet, and is sealed through the sealing washer. The top of the air dispersing cavity is closed, the periphery of the side part is provided with a notch, air is dispersed through the notch, steam coming out of the steam inlet is dispersed all around, the vertical direction of the steaming rack is provided with the flowing hole 11, and the steam is blown to food through the air outlet after coming out of the air dispersing cavity. The steaming rack is provided with a sparse hole area near the air-dispersing cavity, the density of the overflowing hole is lower than that of the far end, steam is conveyed to the far end, the temperature difference of the far end and the near end in the steam box is reduced, and the effect of uniform temperature is achieved. A dense hole area is arranged near the primary air dispersing cavity of the steaming rack, so that steam can uniformly penetrate through the steaming rack to be contacted with food.
The cooking utensil further comprises a cover body, a container and a water tank (not shown in the figure), the cover body can be lifted, the base body comprises a base and a supporting portion perpendicular to the base, the water tank is installed on the supporting portion, the container and the steam box can be installed on the base interchangeably, the steam generator is arranged inside the base, the container comprises a pot container, the pot container is circular, and the gas outlet can be effectively avoided. The lid is installed on the supporting part, and the lift of lid is realized through slide mechanism, and slide mechanism includes spout and traveller, and the traveller is connected with the lid to pass the spout, still be provided with the locating part on the traveller, can prevent that the traveller from breaking away from the spout, make slide mechanism more stable. Be provided with on the lid and toast subassembly, wind channel and fan, can toast the food in the container. The inner part of the pot container is provided with a stirring device, and the base is internally provided with a driving device which drives the stirring device to stir. The steam box comprises a steam cover, and when the steam box is provided with the steam cover, high-temperature steam generated by the steam generator enters the steam box through the steam inlet to cook food. The steam box further comprises a steam-baking cover, the steam-baking cover is provided with a mounting hole, the cover body can be mounted in the mounting hole, and food in the steam box can be cooked and baked at the moment.
In this embodiment, the base and the cover are both rectangular in top view, and the supporting portion is rectangular in side view, and the seat is L-shaped. The width of base equals with the width of supporting part, toasts the subassembly and includes the heating tube.
The specific working principle of the cooking appliance of the embodiment is as follows:
the working state I is as follows: baking and stirring. The pot liner is arranged on the base. When the cover body is not covered on the cooker liner, the stirring device in the cooker liner is started, and the dough kneading function can be realized; on the pot courage was established to the lid, toast the subassembly and start on the lid this moment, the fan blows the wind in the wind channel to toasting subassembly department, and then blows inside the pot courage with the heat that toasts the subassembly, toasts eating the material to can stir eating the material simultaneously, make the effect of toasting better, toast more evenly.
Working state two; and (5) cooking. The steam box is mounted on the base. When the steam cover is installed on the steam box, water in the water tank is heated by the steam generator and converted into high-temperature steam, the high-temperature steam is communicated with the steam box through the air outlet, the cooking appliance only achieves the cooking function at the moment, and the cover body is fixed above the steam cover through the sliding mechanism.
Working state three; and (5) cooking and baking. When steaming and roasting the lid and installing on the steam ager, the lid descends to in the mounting hole that steams and roast the lid, and at this moment, cooking utensil cooks the function earlier, and after cooking, the subassembly that toasts in the lid starts, toasts the food that is cooked, colors through toasting, cooks out delicious food.
As can be seen from the above, the cooking appliance of the present embodiment can combine multiple functions in one cooking appliance, and this arrangement can effectively avoid occupation of space. The cooking utensil of this embodiment has multiple functions to different function cooperations, can cook out perfect food more. The steaming and the baking are two main cooking modes, the steamed food contains a large amount of water, the baked food has golden skin and thick fragrance, and the surface of the food is baked to be golden and fragrant by the aid of the baking function after the food is steamed, so that the food is better in taste. And a stirring function is added for turning over when food is cooked, and only the stirring function can be used, so that dough kneading can be performed.
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 steam rack, comprising:
the plate body (10), wherein the plate body (10) is provided with an overflowing hole (11);
the air dispersing structure (20), the air dispersing structure (20) is arranged on the plate body (10), the air dispersing structure (20) comprises an air dispersing cavity (21) and a conducting part (22) communicated with the air dispersing cavity (21),
wherein, the steam enters the air-dispersing cavity (21) and flows out through the conduction part (22).
2. The steam rack according to claim 1, wherein the air dispersing structure (20) comprises a surrounding baffle part (23) and a blocking part (24) arranged on the top of the surrounding baffle part (23), the blocking part (24) and the surrounding baffle part (23) form an air dispersing cavity (21), the bottom of the surrounding baffle part (23) is provided with an opening, and the conducting part (22) is arranged on the surrounding baffle part (23).
3. The steam rack according to claim 2, characterized in that the blocking portion (24) is formed by a portion of the plate body (10).
4. The steaming rack according to claim 1, wherein the conduction part (22) is plural, and the conduction parts (22) are arranged at intervals.
5. The steam rack according to claim 1, wherein the conducting part (22) is a notch or a through hole.
6. The steam rack according to claim 1, characterized in that the air diffusing structure (20) is arranged close to a side wall of the plate body (10).
7. The steam rack according to claim 6, wherein the conduction part (22) is provided in plurality, the conduction parts (22) are arranged at intervals, and the flow area of the conduction parts (22) is gradually increased in a direction away from the side wall of the plate body (10).
8. The steam rack according to claim 2, wherein the containment portion (23) comprises an arcuate segment (231), the conduction portion (22) being disposed on the arcuate segment (231); the blocking portion (24) is provided with an avoidance concave portion (241).
9. A cooking appliance comprising a steaming rack, characterized in that the steaming rack is according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
10. The cooking appliance according to claim 9, characterized in that it comprises a box (30), said steam rack being mounted inside said box (30), said box (30) being provided with a steam inlet, said steam inlet being arranged in correspondence of said air diffusing structure (20).
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