CN214180045U

CN214180045U - Cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN214180045U
Application number: CN202021703491.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邓强; 李泽涌; 谢仙福
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-08-14
Filing date: 2020-08-14
Publication date: 2021-09-14
Anticipated expiration: 2030-08-14

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, which comprises a bracket, a storage bin, an elastic component and a slide rheostat; the storage bin is used for storing food materials, and is arranged on the bracket and is spaced from the bracket; the elastic assembly is arranged between the bracket and the storage bin and is mounted to the bracket, the elastic assembly comprises a bearing piece which can move relative to the bracket, the bearing piece is connected with the storage bin and applies elastic force to the storage bin; the slide rheostat is fixed to the bracket and comprises a sliding piece, and the sliding piece is connected with the bearing piece; the receiving piece can move along the vertical direction along with the change of the weight of the food materials in the storage bin, and the sliding piece can move along with the movement of the receiving piece, so that the resistance of the sliding rheostat changes. According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, when the weight of the edible material in the storage silo changes, the slider can remove along with the vertical direction of accepting for the resistance of slide rheostat changes, with the weight change that can accurately detect edible material in the storage silo.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

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

Background

The known intelligent cooking appliance has the functions of a rice storage bin, automatic rice adding identification, automatic water adding, ordered cooking and the like, can distribute rice and water proportion according to rice types, tastes and the like, and meets the diversified requirements of different users, but the functions need to be accurately detected and fed back based on the rice quantity.

Therefore, there is a need to provide a cooking appliance to at least partially solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content does not imply any attempt to define the essential features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it implied to be intended to define the scope of the claimed solution.

In order to solve the above problem at least partially, the utility model discloses a cooking utensil, it includes:

a support;

a storage bin for storing foodstuff, the storage bin disposed on and spaced apart from the support;

a resilient assembly disposed between and mounted to the bracket and the bracket, the resilient assembly comprising a receiver movable relative to the bracket, the receiver being connected to the bin and applying a resilient force to the bin; and

a slide rheostat fixed to the bracket and including a slider connected with the socket;

wherein the receptacle is movable in a vertical direction with a change in weight of the foodstuff in the bin, and the slider is movable with the movement of the receptacle such that the resistance of the slide rheostat changes.

According to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil through setting up elastic component and slide rheostat for elastic component's receiving piece links to each other with slide rheostat's slider, and when the weight of edible material in the storage silo changes, the slider can move along with receiving piece along vertical direction, makes slide rheostat's resistance change, with can detect the weight change of edible material in the storage silo accurately.

Optionally, the minimum clearance between the support and the storage bin is equal to or greater than 0.02 mm.

According to the scheme, when the amount of the food materials in the storage bin reaches the maximum position, a gap still exists between the support and the storage bin, so that the weight of all the food materials in the storage bin can be detected.

Optionally, the elastic assembly further comprises an elastic member, and one end of the elastic member is connected with the adapting member so as to apply elastic force to the adapting member.

According to this scheme, the elastic component can exert elastic force to the accepting to can movably install the storage silo.

Optionally, the elastic assembly includes a support fixed to the bracket, the elastic member is disposed between the bearing member and the support in a vertical direction, and the other end of the elastic member is fixed to the support.

According to this scheme, elastic component fixes on the support, can avoid taking place lateral shifting to in the accuracy that improves the weight detection of the edible material in the storage silo.

Optionally, the bracket is provided with an upper limiting rib and a lower limiting rib arranged on the lower side of the upper limiting rib, and the sliding member is limited between the upper limiting rib and the lower limiting rib along the vertical direction.

According to the scheme, the sliding piece can be prevented from exceeding the stroke along the vertical direction, and the sliding rheostat is prevented from being damaged.

Optionally, the storage bin is arranged on the upper side of the bracket, and the elastic member is a compression spring.

Optionally, the storage bin is arranged at the lower side of the bracket, and the elastic member is a tension spring.

According to above-mentioned scheme, can set up the position of storage silo and support according to actual need, be convenient for optimize cooking utensil's structure, reduction in production cost.

Optionally, the bracket is disposed outside the sidewall of the storage bin, the elastic assembly further comprises a conversion member, the conversion member is connected with the sliding member, the elastic member is a compression spring and is disposed between the receiving member and the conversion member in the horizontal direction, and the other end of the elastic member is connected with the conversion member, so that the sliding member is connected with the receiving member via the conversion member and the elastic member.

According to the scheme, the storage bin can be converted into the sliding piece to move along the horizontal direction along the vertical direction, and the structure of the cooking appliance is optimized and designed conveniently.

Optionally, the bracket is provided with an abutment surface against which a bottom surface of the receptacle is parallel and slidable along as the weight of the foodstuff in the bin varies.

According to this scheme, when the storage silo moved along vertical direction, the receiving piece can be followed and supported the face and slide, and the effect of the elastic force through the elastic component can drive the converting part along the horizontal direction motion, and then makes the slider along the horizontal direction motion.

Optionally, the cooking appliance comprises a plurality of the elastic assemblies and a plurality of the sliding rheostats, and the positions and the number of the plurality of the elastic assemblies correspond to the positions and the number of the sliding rheostats respectively.

According to this scheme, through setting up a plurality of elastic component and a plurality of slide rheostat to further detect the weight change of eating the material in the storage silo accurately.

Optionally, the cooking appliance further comprises a control device electrically connected with the slide rheostat for receiving a resistance signal of the slide rheostat and converting the resistance signal into a weight change of the food material in the storage bin.

According to the scheme, the control device can convert the change of the resistance of the sliding rheostat into the change of the weight of the food material in the storage bin, so that the weight change of the food material in the storage bin can be accurately detected.

Drawings

The following drawings of the embodiments of the present invention are provided as a part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings, embodiments and descriptions thereof, which are used to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional schematic view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a portion of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1 showing the storage bin, the resilient assembly, the slide rheostat and the bracket;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at A;

fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing a partial structure of the cooking appliance of fig. 1.

Description of reference numerals:

100: the cooking appliance 110: machine body

111: bracket mounting portion 112: pot body mounting part

120: the pot body 130: support frame

131: upper limit rib 132: lower limit rib

133: mounting hole 140: storage bin

150: elastic component 151: support base

152: the receiving member 153: elastic piece

160: the slide rheostat 161: varistor body

162: the sliding part 170: conveying assembly

180: upper cover

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 electric rice cooker, electric pressure cooker or other cooking utensil. The cooking utensil has various functions of rice storage, automatic rice adding, ordered cooking, porridge cooking, soup cooking and the like.

First embodiment

A cooking appliance 100 according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 5.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the cooking appliance 100 mainly includes a body 110, a pot body 120, a support 130, a storage bin 140, an elastic member 150, a slide rheostat 160, a conveying member 170, an upper cover 180, and a control device (not shown).

The body 110 may serve as a main body frame of the cooking appliance 100, and the body 110 mainly includes a rack mount 111 and a pot body mount 112 disposed at a lower side of the rack mount 111. The rack mount 111 has an accommodation chamber with an opening opened upward, and the rack 130 is disposed in the accommodation chamber. The pot body 120 has a cooking space and is detachably mounted to the pot body mounting part 112. In a state where the pot body 120 is mounted to the pot body mount section 112, the pot body 120 is disposed at a lower side of the rack mount section 111. The pot body mount 112 is generally configured in a circular disk shape and matches the bottom structure of the pot body 120 so that the pot body 120 can be seated at the top of the pot body mount 112. The inside of the pot body mounting part 112 may be provided with a heating means for heating the food material in the pot body 120. It should be noted that, in the present invention, the directional terms "upper" and "lower" are those determined based on the cooking appliance 100 being placed upright.

The storage bin 140 is disposed in the receiving chamber of the rack mounting part 111 and is disposed at an upper side of the rack 130. The storage bin 140 is used to store ingredients such as rice, and the ingredients in the storage bin 140 can be automatically conveyed into the cooking space of the pot body 120. The upper cover 180 is disposed at an upper side of the storage bin 140, and is mounted to the storage bin 140 for closing the storage bin 140.

The elastomeric assembly 150 is disposed between the bracket 130 and the storage bin 140 and is mounted to the bracket 130. The elastic assembly 150 is used to support the storage bin 140 such that the storage bin 140 is spaced apart from the bracket 130. Preferably, the minimum clearance between the support 130 and the storage bin 140 is equal to or greater than 0.02 mm. That is, when the amount of foodstuff in the bin 140 reaches a maximum position, there is still a gap between the bracket 130 and the bin 140.

The cooking appliance 100 may include a plurality of elastic members 150 and a plurality of slide varistors 160, and the positions and the number of the plurality of elastic members 150 correspond to the positions and the number of the slide varistors 160, respectively. Three spaced apart resilient members 150 and three sliding varistors 160 corresponding to the three resilient members 150 are exemplarily shown in fig. 3.

As shown in fig. 4, the elastic assembly 150 mainly includes a support 151, a socket 152, and an elastic member 153 disposed between the support 151 and the socket 152 in a vertical direction, the socket 152 being disposed on an upper side of the support 151. One end of the elastic member 153 is fixed to the holder 151, and the other end of the elastic member 153 is fixed to the socket 152, and the elastic member 153 can apply an elastic force to the holder 151 and the socket 152. The support 151 is fixed to the bracket 130, the receiver 152 is movable in the vertical direction with respect to the bracket 130 by the elastic force of the elastic member 153, the receiver 152 abuts against the storage bin 140 and applies the elastic force to the storage bin 140. Specifically, the bracket 130 is provided with a mounting hole 133, the mounting hole 133 may be a stepped through-hole, and the mount 151 is at least partially disposed in the mounting hole 133.

In the present embodiment, the elastic member 150 is subjected to the gravity of the whole storage bin 140, and is considered to be subjected to a unidirectional stress, and the stress and strain thereof are in a proportional relationship in the elastic deformation stage of the elastic member 150. In the present embodiment, the elastic member 153 is a compression spring, and the elastic member 153 can apply pressure to the support 151 and the socket 152 so as to press the socket 152 against the storage bin 140. In one embodiment, not shown, the elastic member may be a tension spring, for example, the magazine may be mounted to the underside of the bracket by an elastic assembly, the elastic member being capable of exerting a pulling force on the magazine.

The sliding varistor 160 mainly includes a varistor body 161 and a slider 162 movable relative to the varistor body 161. The varistor body 161 is fixed to the bracket 130, and the slider 162 is connected to the socket 152 to be movable in the vertical direction with the movement of the socket 152. For example, the slide 162 may be secured to the bolster 152 by a snap or fastener.

Since the total weight of the storage bin 140 and the ingredients in the storage bin 140 acts on the elastic assembly 150, when the weight of the ingredients in the storage bin 140 changes, the displacement of the receiving member 152 of the elastic assembly 150 changes under the elastic force of the elastic assembly 150, so that the storage bin 140 moves in the vertical direction relative to the bracket 130. In this embodiment, the adaptor 152 is movable in the vertical direction as the weight of the foodstuff in the bin 140 changes, and the slider 162 is movable in synchronism with the movement of the adaptor 152 such that the resistance of the slide rheostat 160 changes. The control device is electrically connected to the slide rheostat 160 for receiving the resistance signal of the slide rheostat 160 and converting the resistance signal into the weight change of the food material in the storage bin 140, so as to accurately detect the weight change of the food material in the storage bin 140.

As shown in fig. 5, the bracket 130 is provided with an upper stopper rib 131 and a lower stopper rib 132 disposed on a lower side of the upper stopper rib 131, and the slider 162 is disposed between the upper stopper rib 131 and the lower stopper rib 132 in a vertical direction. The upper and lower limiting

ribs

131 and 132 are used to limit the operating stroke of the sliding member 162, so as to prevent the sliding member 162 from moving beyond its maximum stroke in the vertical direction, and to prevent damage to the sliding resistor 160.

Referring back to fig. 2, the cooking appliance 100 may further include a transfer assembly 170 and a feeding arm (not shown), both of which are disposed at a lower side of the bin 140 and may be mounted to the rack mount 111. The conveyor assembly 170 is capable of communicating the storage bin 140 with a delivery arm. The conveying assembly 170 may include a motor and a screw connected to the motor, wherein the motor can drive the screw to rotate, so as to convey the food materials in the storage bin 140 to the conveying arm. The feed delivery arm is rotatably mounted to the storage bin 140 and can communicate with the pot body 120.

Second embodiment

A cooking appliance according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below.

The cooking appliance according to the second embodiment has substantially the same structure as the cooking appliance according to the first embodiment, and for the sake of simplicity, only the differences will be described.

In this embodiment, the support is arranged outside the side wall of the magazine, the spring assembly comprises a receiving element, a conversion element and a spring element arranged in the horizontal direction between the receiving element and the conversion element, the conversion element being connected to the slider of the slide varistor. The elastic piece is a compression spring and is arranged between the bearing piece and the conversion piece along the horizontal direction. The elastic element is connected with the adapting element at one end and with the converting element at the other end, so that the sliding element is connected with the adapting element via the converting element and the elastic element, and the elastic element can convert the movement of the storage bin along the vertical direction into the movement of the sliding element along the horizontal direction.

Specifically, the top end of the adapting piece is connected with the storage bin, and the bottom end of the adapting piece is inserted into the elastic piece. The support is provided with and supports the face, and the bottom surface of accepting the piece supports and support the face. The bottom surface and the abutting surface of the bearing piece are both planes inclined relative to the horizontal direction, and the bottom surface of the bearing piece is parallel to the abutting surface. When the storage bin moves along the vertical direction, the bottom surface of the bearing piece slides along the abutting surface, and under the action of the elastic force of the elastic piece, the conversion piece can be driven to move along the horizontal direction, so that the sliding piece moves along the horizontal direction.

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

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a support;

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the minimum clearance between the rack and the bin is equal to or greater than 0.02 mm.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the resilient assembly further comprises a resilient member connected at one end to the adapter to enable a resilient force to be applied to the adapter.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 3, wherein the spring assembly further comprises a stand fixed to the bracket, the spring member is disposed between the susceptor and the stand in a vertical direction, and the other end of the spring member is fixed to the stand.

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 4, wherein the bracket is provided with an upper limit rib and a lower limit rib provided at a lower side of the upper limit rib, and the slider is limited between the upper limit rib and the lower limit rib in a vertical direction.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the storage bin is disposed on an upper side of the support, and the elastic member is a compression spring.

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the storage bin is disposed at a lower side of the support, and the elastic member is a tension spring.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein the bracket is disposed outside the sidewall of the storage bin, the elastic assembly further comprises a switching member coupled to the sliding member, the elastic member is a compression spring and is disposed between the adapting member and the switching member in a horizontal direction, and the other end of the elastic member is coupled to the switching member such that the sliding member is coupled to the adapting member via the switching member and the elastic member.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein the stand is provided with an abutment surface, the bottom surface of the susceptor being parallel to and abutting the abutment surface, the susceptor being slidable along the abutment surface as the weight of the foodstuff in the bin varies.

10. The cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the cooking appliance comprises a plurality of the elastic members and a plurality of the slide rheostats, the positions and the number of the plurality of elastic members corresponding to the positions and the number of the slide rheostats, respectively.

11. The cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a control device electrically connected to the slide rheostat for receiving a resistance signal of the slide rheostat and converting the resistance signal into a weight change of the food material in the storage bin.