CN213909676U - 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 taking and placing mode and is provided with a cooking space, and the cooking space is provided 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 which comprises a magnetic sealing plate, a biasing piece and an electromagnet. The closure plate is movable in a horizontal direction between a position closing the access opening and a position leaving the access opening open. The biasing member biases the closure plate toward the closed position. The electromagnet can apply magnetic force to the closing plate to enable the closing plate to move to the opening position. According to the utility model discloses, can open the interface when carrying the material to seal the interface when need not carrying the material, thereby control in a flexible way and keep confined relation from outside transported substance material and messenger's culinary art space. The horizontal movement of the closure plate may at least partially avoid the influence of gravity. The movement of the closing plate is controlled by magnetic force, and the control mode is simple.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

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

Background

At present, split cooking appliances exist in the market, and a cooker body of the split cooking appliance can be placed on a base of the split cooking appliance and can be taken down from the base, so that the split cooking appliance is convenient for users to use. And the weight and volume of the pot body can be reduced by disposing such as the storage means, the heating means, etc. on the parts other than the pot body. The cooking appliance can automatically convey the food materials and the like in the storage device into the cooker body, and the cooking space in the cooker body is necessarily communicated with the outside in the process. However, it is generally desirable that the cooking space within the pot be maintained in a relatively closed state to facilitate smooth cooking. Therefore, the coordination of the delivery of the materials and the relative close of the cooking space is a problem to be solved.

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 an opening and closing component, the opening and closing component comprises

A closure plate including a magnetic portion, the closure plate being movably disposed between a closed position closing the port and an open position opening the port;

a biasing member biasing the sealing plate towards a closed position; and

an electromagnet arranged to apply a magnetic force to the sealing plate, the sealing plate being movable in a horizontal direction to the open position in response to the magnetic force.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil carries the material from the storage silo to the culinary art space through mobilizable defeated material subassembly, and the mode of carrying the material is nimble controllable more. And through the switching state of the interface of switching subassembly control culinary art space and defeated material passageway butt joint, can open the interface when the state of carrying the material to seal the interface when not needing other states of carrying the material, thereby control the relation of carrying the material from the outside and making the culinary art space keep sealed more nimble. The closing plate is moved in a horizontal direction to open or close the interface, and the influence of the self-gravity on the opening and closing state of the closing part can be at least partially avoided. The movement of the sealing plate is controlled through magnetic force, the control mode is simple, and the response sensitivity is high.

Optionally, the cooking utensil further comprises a detection module and a control module, the control module is respectively electrically connected with the detection module and the electromagnet, the detection module is arranged 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 arranged to control the electromagnet to be electrified to work when the in-place signal is received. Therefore, the position states of the material conveying assembly and the sealing plate can be set to be linked, and the automation of the control mode of the opening and closing assembly is further improved.

Optionally, the opening and closing assembly further comprises a bracket, one of the bracket and the sealing plate is provided with a sliding groove, and the other is provided with a projection, and the sealing plate is movably connected to the bracket by sliding along the sliding groove through the projection. Therefore, the sealing plate can be conveniently arranged through the bracket.

Optionally, the support is provided with a limiting frame surrounding a moving path of the sealing plate, and the sealing plate at least partially penetrates through the limiting frame. Therefore, the limit frame can limit the moving path of the sealing plate and prevent the sealing plate from being separated from the support.

Optionally, the electromagnet is fixed to the bracket. Therefore, the sealing plate can be conveniently arranged through the bracket.

Optionally, the magnetic portion is configured as a magnet secured to the closure plate. Therefore, the other parts of the sealing plate can be made of non-magnetic materials, so that the materials are easy to obtain.

Optionally, the biasing member is a spring. Therefore, the biasing member is simple in structure and easy to obtain.

Optionally, the interface comprises at least two of the opening and closing assemblies, and the at least two opening and closing assemblies are symmetrically arranged around a central axis of the interface. Therefore, the opening and closing speed and flexibility of the interface can be improved.

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, the pot body is seated on the base, the solid material storage bin is located above the pot body, the feeding assembly includes a feeding arm, the feeding channel is disposed in the feeding arm, and the feeding arm is connected to the bottom of the solid material storage bin and is configured to pivotally move between the initial position and the feeding position around a horizontally extending pivot axis. Therefore, the moving mode of the material conveying arm is flexible, and the material can be conveyed by utilizing gravity.

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;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the opening and closing assembly of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1; and

fig. 6 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 (e.g., a water tank, etc.).

According to the utility model discloses, defeated material arm 31 is movably to be set up. For example, as shown in fig. 6, 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, when the feeding assembly 30 is at the feeding position, the angle between the feeding channel 32 and the horizontal plane may be 15-90 °. 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 an opening and closing assembly 40 provided at a position of the mouthpiece 25 for controlling opening and closing of the mouthpiece 25. Specifically, the opening and closing assembly 40 includes a closing plate 41 and a biasing member 42. Wherein the closure plate 41 is arranged to be movable in a horizontal direction between a closed position (see fig. 4) closing the interface 25 and an open position (see fig. 6) opening the interface 25. It can be understood that the horizontal movement can avoid the influence of the gravity of the sealing plate 41 on the position of the sealing plate 41, thereby improving the accuracy of the position control of the sealing plate 41 and avoiding misoperation. Biasing member 42 is adapted to apply a biasing force to closure plate 41 such that closure plate 41 is in the closed position. That is, in the free state, the closing plate 41 is located at the closing position. The cooking space 24 is now closed off from the environment.

Further, the opening and closing assembly 40 further includes an electromagnet 43. And the cover plate 41 includes a magnetic portion made of a magnetic material. The electromagnet 43 may be configured to apply a magnetic force to the closure plate 41 from the closed position toward the open position. Thus, when the electromagnet 43 is energized, it applies a magnetic force to the sealing plate 41. The magnetic force may overcome the biasing force of biasing member 42 to move closure plate 41 to the open position. The cooking space 24 may communicate with the outside through the mouthpiece 25 at this time.

The electromagnet 43 may be configured to be energized when the feeding assembly 30 (or the feeding arm 31) is in the feeding position. Thus, the opening of the mouthpiece 25 and the movement of the feeding assembly 30 to the feeding position are linked. When the feeding assembly 30 is located at a position other than the feeding position, for example, the initial position, when it is not necessary to feed the material into the cooking space 24, the closing plate 41 is biased only by the biasing member 42 and thus located at the closed position. When it is desired to feed material into the cooking space 24, the feed assembly 30 is moved to the feed position, the electromagnet 43 is energized, and the closure plate 41 is magnetically biased against the biasing force of the biasing member 42, and is thus moved to the open position.

Although not shown in the drawings, the cooking appliance 1 is further provided with a detection module for detecting the position state of the feed delivery assembly 30. And the cooking appliance 1 further comprises a control module electrically connected to the detection module and the electromagnet 43, respectively. When the material conveying assembly 30 is located at the material conveying position, the detection module sends an in-place signal to the control module, and the control module controls the electromagnet 43 to be electrified and operated according to the in-place signal. When the feeding assembly 30 is removed from the feeding position, the control module no longer receives the in-position signal, and thus controls the electromagnet 43 to be de-energized. The detection module may in particular comprise detection elements such as micro switches, photoelectric switches and/or hall switches and corresponding triggering elements.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 5, the opening and closing assembly 40 further includes a bracket 44 for supporting the above components. The bracket 44 may be provided with a slide groove 441. Accordingly, the closing plate 41 is provided with a projection 412. The protrusion 412 may be located within the sliding groove 441 and slide along the length of the sliding groove 441. Thereby effecting movement of closure plate 41 between the closed and open positions. Further, the bracket 44 further includes a limit frame 442 surrounding the moving path of the closing plate 41. And the closing plate 41 is disposed through the position limiting frame 442. Thus, the limit frame 442 can limit the movement of the closing plate 41 in the direction other than the movement path.

The electromagnet 43 is also fixed to the bracket 44. Preferably, a magnet 45 is fixedly provided on the closing plate 41. The magnet 45 constitutes the magnetic part of the cover plate 41. The electromagnet 43 applies a magnetic force to the sealing plate 41 via the magnet 45. As shown in fig. 5, the closing plate 41 has a catch 413. The magnet 45 is fixed to the cover plate 41 by means of a snap 413.

Turning again to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the biasing member 42 is configured as a spring and is further from the center of the interface 25 than the electromagnet 43. The spring therefore biases the closure plate 41 towards the closed position in a manner which urges it. When the electromagnet 43 is energized, it applies a repulsive magnetic force to the sealing plate 41, so that the sealing plate 41 moves in a direction away from the electromagnet 43. That is, the magnet 45 and the electromagnet 43 are arranged so that the same poles face each other.

However, as an alternative embodiment, it is also possible to arrange the electromagnet 43 further away from the center of the interface 25 than the spring. The spring now biases the closure plate 41 towards the closed position in a manner which pulls it. When the electromagnet 43 is energized, it applies an attractive magnetic force to the sealing plate 41, so that the sealing plate 41 moves in a direction approaching the electromagnet 43. That is, the magnet 45 and the electromagnet 43 are arranged so that opposite poles face each other. In this case, the electromagnet 43 may be omitted, and the sealing plate 41 may be made of a magnetic material such as iron, cobalt, and nickel.

With continued reference to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the interface 25 is provided with two opening and closing assemblies 40 at locations. Both are arranged substantially symmetrically with respect to the central axis of the mouthpiece 25 and the closure plates 41 of both effect the closing and opening of the mouthpiece 25 in an opposing push-pull manner. However, it is understood that, as an alternative embodiment, three, four or the like opening and closing assemblies 40 may be provided and symmetrically arranged with respect to the central axis of the interface 25 to more flexibly control the opening and closing of the interface 25.

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 plate (41), said closure plate (41) including a magnetic portion, said closure plate (41) being movably arranged between a closed position closing said interface (25) and an open position opening said interface (25);

a biasing member (42), said biasing member (42) biasing said closure plate (41) towards a closed position; and

an electromagnet (43), the electromagnet (43) being arranged to exert a magnetic force on the closure plate (41), the closure plate (41) being movable in a horizontal direction to the open position in response to the magnetic force.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, further comprising a detection module and a control module, wherein the control module is electrically connected to the detection module and the electromagnet (43), respectively, the detection module is configured to send an in-position signal to the control module when the feeding assembly (30) is located at the feeding position, and the control module is configured to control the electromagnet (43) to be powered on when receiving the in-position signal.

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the opening and closing assembly (40) further comprises a bracket (44), one of the bracket (44) and the closing plate (41) is provided with a sliding slot (441), and the other is provided with a projection (412), the closing plate (41) being movably connected to the bracket (44) by means of the projection (412) sliding along the sliding slot (441).

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein the support (44) is provided with a limit frame (442) surrounding the movement path of the closing plate (41), the closing plate (41) passing at least partially through the limit frame (442).

5. Cooking appliance according to claim 3, characterized in that the electromagnet (43) is fixed to the bracket (44).

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein said magnetic portion is configured as a magnet fixed to said closing plate (41).

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the biasing member (42) is a spring.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the interface (25) comprises at least two of said opening and closing assemblies (40), said at least two opening and closing assemblies (40) being symmetrically arranged around a central axis of the interface (25).

9. 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.

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 9, wherein the solid material storage bin is located above the pot body (20) in a state in which the pot body (20) is seated on the base (11), the feeding assembly (30) includes a feeding arm (31), the feeding passage (32) is provided in the feeding arm (31), and the feeding arm (31) is connected to a bottom of the solid material storage bin and is configured to be pivotally movable between the initial position and the feeding position about a horizontally extending pivot axis.

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