CN213786754U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil, including organism, a kind of deep pot body and defeated material subassembly. The organism includes base and storage silo. The cooker body can be arranged on the base in a putting and taking way and comprises a cooking space with an interface. The material conveying component is provided with a material conveying channel which is communicated with the storage bin and can be communicated with the cooking space. The interface is provided with an opening and closing assembly comprising an enclosure, a biasing member, a solenoid and a control module. The closure is movable between a closed position and an open position and includes a magnetic portion. The biasing member biases the closure member in the closed position. The solenoid is configured to apply a magnetic force to the closure to drive the closure to move to the open position in response to a control signal from the control module. According to the utility model discloses, through the switching of the interface of switching subassembly control culinary art space, just open the interface when only inputting the material to seal the interface when the non-is defeated material, thereby control from the outside transported substance material more nimble and make the culinary art space keep the relation between the closure.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a cooking utensil's technical field.

Background

The split cooking appliance has the advantages that the split cooking appliance is arranged on the base, the cooker body can be placed on the base and can be taken down from the base, and therefore the split cooking appliance is convenient for a user to use. There is also a cooking appliance in which a material storage device is provided on a part other than a pot body to reduce the weight and volume of the pot body, and this cooking appliance can automatically convey food materials and the like in the storage device into the pot body, which inevitably leads to the communication of a cooking space in the pot body with the outside. Generally, the cooking space in the pot body is kept in a relatively closed state during the cooking process, so that the cooking can be smoothly performed. Therefore, it is a problem to be solved how to coordinate the relationship between the material transportation and the relative close of the cooking space, and to facilitate the use of the cooking space by the user.

To this end, the present invention provides a cooking appliance to at least partially solve the problems of the prior art.

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 in part, the present invention provides a cooking appliance, comprising:

the machine body comprises a base and a storage bin;

the cooker body is arranged on the base in a removable and seated manner, a cooking space is formed in the cooker body, and the cooking space is provided with an interface communicated with the outside;

the material conveying component is provided with a material conveying channel, the material conveying component is connected to the machine body and can move between an initial position and a material conveying position, one end of the material conveying channel is communicated with the storage bin, and when the material conveying component is located at the material conveying position, the other end of the material conveying channel can be communicated with the cooking space through the interface;

wherein, the interface is provided with the switching subassembly, the switching subassembly includes:

a closure movable between a closed position closing the mouthpiece and an open position opening the mouthpiece, the closure comprising a magnetic portion;

a biasing member biasing the closure member toward a closed position;

an electromagnetic coil configured to apply a magnetic force to the closure in response to a control signal to drive the closure to move to the open position; and

and the control module is electrically connected with the electromagnetic coil and is used for sending the control signal.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil will a kind of deep pot body and organism components of a whole that can function independently setting to with setting such as storage silo on the organism, can reduce the weight and the volume of a kind of deep pot body, convenience of customers uses. On this basis, carry the material from the storage silo to the culinary art space through mobilizable defeated material subassembly, the mode of carrying the material is more nimble controllable. And through the switching state of the interface of switching control culinary art space and defeated material passageway butt joint, make only open the interface when defeated material subassembly removes to defeated material position, and close the interface when defeated material subassembly is located other positions, thereby control the relation of carrying the material from the outside and making the culinary art space keep the closure more nimble. In addition, the closing piece is driven to move by the electromagnetic coil, the control mode is reliable, the abrasion of parts is small, and the service life is long.

Optionally, the control module is configured to send the control signal when the feeding assembly moves to the feeding position. The closure member is thereby located in the closed position when the assembly is in a position other than the feeding position, thereby closing the cooking space from the environment.

Optionally, the opening and closing assembly further comprises a detection module, the control module is electrically connected with the detection module, the detection module is configured to send an in-place signal to the control module when the material conveying assembly is located at the material conveying position, and the control module is configured to send the control signal when the in-place signal is received. Thus, the control mode of the opening and closing assembly can be automated.

Optionally, the detection module includes a detection piece and a trigger piece, the detection piece can be triggered by the trigger piece to send the in-place signal, one of the detection piece and the trigger piece is disposed on the pot body, and the other of the detection piece and the trigger piece is disposed on the feeding assembly. Therefore, the position of the material conveying assembly can be accurately judged through the detection piece and the trigger piece.

Optionally, the detection element is configured as a microswitch, a reed switch or a hall switch. Thus, the specific form of the detecting member can be selected as desired.

Optionally, the closure comprises a blocking portion for blocking the interface and a force receiving portion configured as a cylinder and at least partially made of a magnetic material, the electromagnetic coil being arranged around the force receiving portion. Thereby, the closure may only partly consist of magnetic material.

Optionally, the force-bearing portion is closer to the interior of the cooking space than the blocking portion, and the closure is arranged to move to the open position in a direction towards the interior of the cooking space. This makes it possible to always keep the closing member within the range of the biasing force of the electromagnetic coil, and thus to improve the reliability of the driving.

Optionally, the storage silo includes solid material storage silo and liquid material storage silo, defeated material passageway includes the defeated passageway of solid material and the defeated passageway of liquid material, the defeated passageway of solid material with the solid material storage silo intercommunication, and the defeated passageway of liquid material with the liquid material storage silo intercommunication. Therefore, the storage bins are used for storing materials with different properties so as to meet cooking requirements.

Optionally, in a state that the pot body is seated on the base, the solid material storage bin is located above the pot body, and the solid material conveying channel is communicated with the bottom of the solid material storage bin. Therefore, gravity can be used as power for conveying solid materials.

Optionally, the feeding assembly includes a feeding arm, the feeding channel being disposed within the feeding arm, the feeding arm being connected to the bottom of the solid material storage bin and configured to pivotally move about a horizontally extending pivot axis between the initial position and the feeding position. Therefore, the moving mode of the material conveying arm is flexible and the reliability is good.

Drawings

The following drawings of the present invention are used herein as part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings, embodiments and descriptions of the invention, which are used to explain the principles of the invention.

In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a vertical cut-away view of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a feed arm of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1 in vertical section; and

fig. 5 is another enlarged, vertically cut-away, partial view of the cooking appliance of fig. 1, with the feed arm in a feeding position.

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 according to the utility model discloses a 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, fried dish. The preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1, a cooking appliance 1 according to the present invention includes a body 10 and a pot body 20. Wherein the body 10 is used to form a main frame structure of the cooking appliance 1, which is provided with a base 11. The pot body 20 can be placed on the base 11 and can be removed from the base 11. That is, wherein the pot body 20 is provided in a separable manner from the machine body 10 to facilitate the movement of the pot body 20. Therefore, the cooking appliance according to the present invention is constructed as a split type cooking appliance. In addition, the machine body 10 is provided with a storage bin 12. The storage bin 12 may comprise a solid material storage bin that may be used to contain solid food materials that store rice, beans, etc. required for cooking. Further, the storage bin 12 may also include a liquid material storage bin for containing liquid such as water.

As shown in fig. 2, the pot body 20 includes a pot body seat 21, a pot body cover 22, and an inner pot 23 provided in the pot body seat 21. The pot body seat 21 is detachably seated on the base 11 of the machine body 10. The inner pot 23 is removably placed in the pot body seat 21, and when the pot body cover 22 is closed to the pot body seat 21, a cooking space 24 is formed between the pot body cover 22 and the inner pot 23.

Further, the cooking appliance 1 further includes a feeding assembly 30. The delivery assembly 30 is used to deliver the ingredients and/or water in the storage bin 12 to the cooking space 24 of the pot body 20. For example, the feeding assembly 30 can automatically feed a predetermined amount of food and/or water into the cooking space 24 according to the operation instruction of the user, so as to automate the whole cooking process.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in the present embodiment, the feeding assembly 30 may include a feeding arm 31 having a feeding passage 32 extending along its length. It will be appreciated that the feed passage 32 may include a solid material feed passage 33 for conveying food material and a liquid material feed passage 34 for conveying water. The feeding arm 31 is connected to the machine body 10, and the solid material feeding passage 33 is communicated with the solid material storage bin, and the liquid material feeding passage 34 is communicated with the liquid material storage bin.

Preferably, the end of delivery arm 31 for interfacing with interface 25 is provided with a recess 35. The end of the delivery passage 32 abutting against the cooking space 24 is disposed in the cavity 35. Therefore, the butt joint of the two can be conveniently and accurately realized, and the concave cavity 35 can provide a material buffering space.

According to the utility model discloses, defeated material arm 31 is movably to be set up. For example, as shown in fig. 5, the material transfer arm 31 may be moved to a position to interface with the pot body 20 to transfer material into the cooking space 24. This position may be referred to as a delivery position. The pot body 20 is provided with a mouthpiece 25 communicating with the cooking space 24. When the feeding arm 31 is moved to the feeding position, the feeding passage 32 can communicate with the cooking space 24 of the pot body 20 through the port 25 to feed the food and/or water as desired.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, when it is not necessary to feed the material into the cooking space 24, the feed arm 31 may be moved from the feed position to a position away from the pot body 20. Thereby, a large taking and placing space is provided around the pot body 20. The user can conveniently take the pot body 20 off the base 11 or place the pot body 20 on the base 11. The position of the feeding arm 31 away from the pot body 20 can be referred to as an initial position.

In the present embodiment, when the pot body 20 is positioned on the base 11, the storage bin 12, particularly a solid material storage bin, is preferably positioned above the pot body 20. When the feeding assembly 30 is in the feeding position, the feeding passage 32 communicates the storage bin 12 with the cooking space 24 in a substantially inclined posture. The conveying of the material can thus be effected automatically by means of gravity. Preferably, at least the solid material delivery channel 33 may be angled from 15 to 90 degrees relative to the horizontal when the delivery assembly 30 is in the delivery position. The angle may be 30 °, 45 °, 60 °, 75 ° or any value within the above range, depending on the specific conditions of the size of the cooking appliance, the kind of the material to be conveyed, and the like.

The material conveying arm 31 is preferably arranged to be pivotally movable about a substantially horizontally extending pivot axis. In other words, the feeding arm 31 moves between the storage position and the feeding position in a vertically swinging manner. Therefore, it is preferable that the mouthpiece 25 of the cooking space 24 is provided at the top of the pot body 20 so as to be butted with the feeding passage 32. In other words, the mouthpiece 25 is preferably provided on the pot body cover 22. Further preferably, the pivot axis is located at one end of the feeding arm 31. Therefore, the swing radius of the feeding arm 31 is large, and the moving range is large, so that the initial position can be set to a position farther from the pot body 20, and the pick-and-place space around the pot body 20 is further increased.

Further, as shown in fig. 4, the pot body 20 further includes a position opening and closing assembly 40 provided to the mouthpiece 25, which includes a closing member 41 and a biasing member 42. The closure 41 is arranged to be movable between a closed position (see fig. 4) closing the mouthpiece 25 and an open position (see fig. 5) opening the mouthpiece 25. The biasing member 42 is for applying a biasing force to the closing member 41 so that the closing member 41 is located at the closing position. That is, in the free state, the closing member 41 is located at the closing position. The cooking space 24 is now closed off from the environment. Wherein the biasing member 42 may be configured as a spring.

Further, the opening and closing assembly 40 further includes an electromagnetic coil 43 and a control module (not shown). The closure 41 includes a magnetic portion, and the electromagnetic coil 43 surrounds the magnetic portion of the closure 41. When the electromagnetic coil 43 is energised it generates an electromagnetic field which produces a driving force on the magnetic part of the closure 41 under the action of electromagnetic induction, moving the closure 41 towards the open position against the biasing force of the biasing member 42.

The control module is electrically connected to the solenoid 43. The control module may issue a control signal and the solenoid 43 is energized in response to the control signal. Wherein, the control module can send out a control signal before the feeding assembly 30 moves to the feeding position; or the control module can send out a control signal when the material conveying assembly 30 just moves to the material conveying position; alternatively, the control module may send a control signal after a predetermined time period after the feeding assembly 30 is moved to the feeding position. Therefore, the solenoid 43 can be driven to operate by selecting an appropriate time to send out the control signal according to different requirements of the closed state of the cooking space 24.

It is understood that the control module of the opening and closing assembly 40 may be a separately provided control element, also provided as part of the control means of the cooking appliance 1.

Preferably, although not shown in the drawings, the opening and closing assembly 40 may further include a detection module for detecting a position state of the feeding assembly 30. The detection module is electrically connected with the control module. When the feeding assembly 30 is located at the feeding position, the detection module sends an in-place signal to the control module, and the control module sends a control signal according to the in-place signal to control the electromagnetic coil 43 to be electrified and operated. When the feeding assembly 30 is moved away from the feeding position, the control module no longer receives the in-position signal, and thus stops sending the control signal, and the solenoid 43 is de-energized.

The detection module may include a detection member and a trigger member. Wherein the detecting piece can send out a position in signal when the triggering piece is triggered. Therefore, it is possible to provide one of the detecting member and the triggering member on the pot body 20, for example, at the mouthpiece 25 or the like, and the other on the feed delivery member 30, for example, at the tip end of the feed delivery arm 31 or the like. The detection means may in particular comprise detection elements such as micro switches, photoelectric switches and/or hall switches. The trigger piece can be changed correspondingly according to the specific form of the detection piece.

As shown in fig. 4, the closure member 41 preferably includes a blocking portion 411 and a force receiving portion 412. The blocking portion 411 has a large flat surface to block the interface 25. The force receiving portion 412 is configured as a columnar structure extending from the blocking portion 411 toward the inside of the cooking space 24. And at least a portion of the force receiving portion 412 may be made of a magnetic material such as iron, cobalt, and nickel. The electromagnetic coil 43 is provided around the force receiving portion 412 to apply a force to the force receiving portion 412 when energized. Further, a spring is fitted over an end of the force receiving portion 412 to apply a biasing force to the closing member 41.

In the present embodiment, the electromagnetic coil 43 is closer to the inside of the cooking space 24 than the closing member 41. That is, the force receiving portion 412 is closer to the inside of the cooking space 24 than the blocking portion 411. Preferably, the closure 41 is arranged to move to the open position in a direction moving towards the interior of the cooking space 24. As a result, the closure 41 can be always positioned within the range of the force generated by the solenoid 43, so that the mouthpiece 25 can be kept in the open state when energized.

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 (10)

1. A cooking appliance, characterized in that it comprises:

the machine body (10), the machine body (10) comprises a base (11) and a storage bin (12);

the cooker body (20) is arranged on the base (11) in a seat manner that the cooker body (20) can be taken out and put in, a cooking space (24) is formed in the cooker body (20), and the cooking space (24) is provided with an interface (25) communicated with the outside;

the material conveying assembly (30), the material conveying assembly (30) is provided with a material conveying channel (32), the material conveying assembly (30) is connected to the machine body (10) and can move between an initial position and a material conveying position, one end of the material conveying channel (32) is communicated with the storage bin (12), and when the material conveying assembly (30) is located at the material conveying position, the other end of the material conveying channel (32) can be communicated with the cooking space (24) through the interface (25);

wherein the interface (25) is provided with an opening and closing assembly (40), the opening and closing assembly (40) comprising:

a closure (41), said closure (41) being movable between a closed position closing said interface (25) and an open position opening said interface (25), said closure (41) comprising a magnetic portion;

a biasing member (42), the biasing member (42) biasing the closure member (41) towards a closed position;

an electromagnetic coil (43), said electromagnetic coil (43) being configured to exert a magnetic force on said closure (41) in response to a control signal to drive said closure (41) to move to said open position; and

a control module electrically connected to the solenoid (43) and configured to issue the control signal.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the control module is configured to issue the control signal when the delivery assembly (30) is moved to the delivery position.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein said opening and closing assembly further comprises a detection module, said control module being electrically connected to said detection module, said detection module being configured to send an in-position signal to said control module when said delivery assembly (30) is in said delivery position, said control module being configured to send said control signal when said in-position signal is received.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 3, wherein said detection module comprises a detection member and a trigger member, said detection member being capable of being triggered by said trigger member to emit said in-position signal, one of said detection member and said trigger member being disposed on said pot body, and the other of said detection member and said trigger member being disposed on said wick assembly.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 4, wherein the detection member is configured as a micro switch, a reed switch, or a Hall switch.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the closure (41) comprises a blocking portion (411) and a force-receiving portion (412), the blocking portion (411) being used to block the interface (25), the force-receiving portion (412) being configured as a cylinder and being at least partially made of a magnetic material, the electromagnetic coil (43) being arranged around the force-receiving portion (412).

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 6, wherein the force-bearing portion (412) is closer to the interior of the cooking space (24) than the blocking portion (411), and the closure (41) is arranged to move to the open position in a direction towards the interior of the cooking space (24).

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the storage bin (12) comprises a solid material storage bin and a liquid material storage bin, the delivery channel (32) comprises a solid material delivery channel (33) and a liquid material delivery channel (34), the solid material delivery channel (33) is in communication with the solid material storage bin, and the liquid material delivery channel (34) is in communication with the liquid material storage bin.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 8, wherein the solid material storage bin is located above the pot body (20) in a state where the pot body (20) is seated on the base (11), and the solid material transfer passage (33) communicates with a bottom of the solid material storage bin.

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 9, wherein the feed assembly (30) comprises a feed arm (31), the feed channel (32) being disposed within the feed arm (31), the feed arm (31) being connected to a bottom of the solid material storage bin and being configured to be pivotally movable about a horizontally extending pivot axis between the initial position and the feed position.

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