CN215304947U

CN215304947U - Steam cooking utensil and butt joint coupling structure thereof

Info

Publication number: CN215304947U
Application number: CN202121122945.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱泽春; 钱神华; 张根森
Original assignee: Hangzhou Joyoung Household Electrical Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Joyoung Household Electrical Appliances Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-24
Filing date: 2021-05-24
Publication date: 2021-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-24

Abstract

The utility model discloses a steam cooking utensil and a butt-joint coupling structure thereof, belongs to the technical field of food processing, and aims to overcome the defect of low assembly efficiency of the conventional steam rice cooker. The butt-joint coupling structure of the steam cooking appliance comprises a shell, wherein an integrated joint seat is fixed on the shell, a raw water joint and a purified water joint are arranged on the joint seat, and the purified water joint comprises a purified water inlet and a purified water outlet; the raw water joint comprises a first flow passage and a second flow passage, and a valve core is arranged in the raw water joint to control the opening of the first flow passage or the second flow passage. Because raw water connects and the water purification connects all to be located integrative joint seat, forms integrative structure, only need assemble the joint seat to the casing during the installation, raw water connects and water purification connects just to install on the casing jointly, and the installation that raw water connects and water purification connects only needs once to counterpoint, and assembly efficiency is higher.

Description

Steam cooking utensil and butt joint coupling structure thereof

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of food processing, and relates to a steam cooking appliance and a butt-joint coupling structure thereof.

Background

Among the prior art there is a steam rice cooker including RO water purification unit and organism, RO water purification unit has into water passageway, water purification export, waste water export and first electric coupler, sets up former water seat, water purification seat, waste water seat and second electric coupler on the organism, and wherein former water seat, water purification seat and waste water seat all have corresponding interface respectively with water passageway, water purification export and waste water export connection, and second electric coupler and first electric coupler are connected. The existing raw water seat, the water purification seat and the waste water seat are mutually independent, the three are required to be fixed on a machine body one by one, and the assembly efficiency is low.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a steam cooking utensil and a butt-joint coupling structure thereof aiming at solving the problems in the prior art and aiming at overcoming the defect of low assembly efficiency of the existing steam rice cooker.

The utility model is realized by the following steps:

a butt-joint coupling structure of a steam cooking appliance comprises a shell, wherein an integrated joint seat is fixed on the shell, a raw water joint and a purified water joint are arranged on the joint seat, and the purified water joint comprises a purified water inlet and a purified water outlet;

the raw water joint comprises a first flow passage and a second flow passage, and a valve core is arranged in the raw water joint to control the opening of the first flow passage or the second flow passage.

Because raw water connects and the water purification connects all to be located integrative joint seat, forms integrative structure, only need assemble the joint seat to the casing during the installation, raw water connects and water purification connects just to install on the casing jointly, and the installation that raw water connects and water purification connects only needs once to counterpoint, and assembly efficiency is higher.

Preferably, the joint seat is also provided with a waste water joint, and the waste water joint comprises a waste water inlet and a waste water outlet. This enables the docking coupling structure to dock with the RO water purification unit and to guide the wastewater generated from the RO water purification unit into the water tank of the steam cooking appliance.

Preferably, a check valve is arranged in the waste water joint. Under the condition of detaching the water purification unit, the one-way valve can control the waste water joint to be closed, so that the water in the water tank is prevented from flowing out from the waste water joint.

Preferably, a check valve is arranged in the water purifying joint. Under the condition of detaching the water purification unit, the one-way valve can control the water purification joint to be closed, so that the external air is prevented from entering the steam generator, or the steam of the steam generator is prevented from flowing out from the water purification joint.

Preferably, the joint base comprises a fixing plate, and the raw water joint and the purified water joint are connected into a whole through the fixing plate. The fixed plate makes raw water joint and water purification joint even as an organic whole, and the fixed plate still is used for joint seat and casing to be connected, avoids additionally setting up the fixed knot who is used for fixing the joint seat to the casing to construct, simplifies the structure of joint seat.

Preferably, the inner side of the shell is provided with a raised fixing column, and the fixing plate is fixed on the fixing column through a screw. The fixed column can increase the interlock length of casing and screw, improves the fixed stability of joint seat.

Preferably, an electric coupler is arranged on the butt-joint coupling structure. Therefore, the booster pump in the water purification unit is coupled and connected with the power panel in the steam cooking appliance through the electric coupler, and an additional power supply and a controller are not required to be arranged in the water purification unit.

Preferably, the periphery of the second flow passage and/or the purified water inlet is provided with an insertion groove, a sealing ring is arranged in the insertion groove, and the inner wall of the shell is pressed on the sealing ring. Therefore, the sealing performance of the water purification unit and the raw water joint or the water purification joint after insertion can be improved. The upper end of the inner wall of the insertion groove is provided with a limiting groove, the outer side of the sealing ring is provided with a limiting ring, the limiting ring is embedded in the limiting groove, and the shell presses the sealing ring.

A steam cooking appliance comprising the above butt coupling structure; the steam cooking appliance also comprises a machine body, wherein a steam generator and a water tank for supplying water to the steam generator are arranged on the machine body, the butt joint coupling structure is arranged on the machine body, and a water purifying unit is detachably arranged on the butt joint coupling structure;

the raw water joint is connected between the water tank and the steam generator, the water purification unit is connected between the second flow passage and the water purification inlet in series, and the valve core controls the water tank to be communicated with the steam generator through the first flow passage or the second flow passage.

When the water purification unit butt joint on butt joint coupling structure, the water purification unit can filter the water that gets into steam generator, avoids steam generator scale deposit, also can improve the taste of food. When water in the water tank need not to get into steam generator through filtering, can dismantle the save with water purification unit, perhaps be used for other products that can pass through water purification unit with water purification unit on, also improved the convenience that water purification unit maintained, maintained. For example, a user may have installed a separate water purifier, and the water filled in the water tank has been filtered, at which time the water purification unit may be removed.

Preferably, the butt-joint coupling structure is slidably or rotatably mounted on the machine body, the machine body is provided with an accommodating cavity corresponding to the butt-joint coupling structure, and when the water purification unit is separated from the butt-joint coupling structure, the butt-joint coupling structure is accommodated in the accommodating cavity. Like this when not using the water purification unit, just can accomodate butt joint coupling structure in holding the chamber after dismantling the water purification unit, reduce the outside irregular shape of organism, promote the aesthetic property, reduce steam cooking utensil occupation space, avoid corresponding joint to be polluted.

According to the steam cooking appliance and the butt-joint coupling structure thereof, the raw water joint and the water purification joint are positioned on the integrated joint seats to form an integrated structure, the joint seats are only required to be assembled on the shell during installation, the raw water joint and the water purification joint are jointly installed on the shell, the raw water joint and the water purification joint are only required to be aligned once during installation, and the assembling efficiency is high.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a steam rice cooker;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a butt-coupling structure;

FIG. 3 is an exploded view of a butt-coupled structure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the water tank communicating with the steam generator through the first flow passage;

fig. 5 is a schematic view illustrating the water tank communicating with the steam generator through the second flow passage.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which: 100. a body; 110. an accommodating chamber; 200. a water tank; 300. a butt coupling structure; 310. a housing; 311. fixing a column; 320. a joint base; 321. a raw water joint; 322. a water purification joint; 323. a purified water outlet; 324. a wastewater joint; 325. a waste water outlet; 326. a fixing plate; 327. a water inlet channel; 328. a water outlet channel; 330. a seal ring; 331. a limiting ring; 340. an electric coupler; 350. a first flow passage; 360. a second flow passage; 370. a valve core; 400. a water purification unit; 500. a steam generator.

Detailed Description

The following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided in connection with the accompanying drawings for the purpose of facilitating understanding and understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and are not intended to limit the utility model.

The embodiment provides a steam rice cooker, which is a specific application of the innovative scheme of the utility model on the steam rice cooker, and the innovative scheme of the utility model can also be applied to other cooking appliances adopting steam for heating.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the steam rice cooker includes a body 100, a butt coupling structure 300, a steam generator 500, and a water tank 200 for supplying water to the steam generator 500 are disposed on the body 100, and a water purifying unit 400 is detachably disposed on the butt coupling structure 300.

The butt-joint coupling structure 300 is provided with a raw water joint 321 and a purified water joint 322. As shown in fig. 4 to 5, the raw water joint 321 includes a first flow passage 350 and a first flow passage 360, and a valve core 370 is disposed in the raw water joint 321 to control the opening of the first flow passage 350 or the first flow passage 360. The clean water joint 322 includes a clean water inlet and a clean water outlet 323. The raw water connector 321 is connected between the water tank 200 and the steam generator 500, the water purification unit 400 is connected in series between the first flow passage 360 and a purified water inlet, and the valve core 370 controls the water tank 200 to communicate with the steam generator 500 through the first flow passage 350 or the first flow passage 360.

As shown in fig. 4, when the water in the water tank 200 does not need to be filtered and enters the steam generator 500, the water purification unit 400 may be disassembled for storage, or the water purification unit 400 may be used for other products that may pass through the water purification unit 400, which also improves the convenience of maintenance and repair of the water purification unit 400. For example, the user has already installed a separate water purifier, and the water filled in the water tank 200 has been filtered, at which time the water purifying unit 400 can be removed. At this time, the spool 370 controls the first flow passage 350 to be opened and the first flow passage 360 to be closed.

In addition, water purification unit 400 life-span is limited, and can not guarantee that the user can in time change new water purification unit 400, and rice is as the not too big demand of foundation again in daily life, should guarantee to accomplish the culinary art of rice under the emergency, sets up the double-flow-passage and selectively opens, when water purification unit 400 life-span expires, also can accomplish basic culinary art, improves user's experience.

As shown in fig. 5, when the water purifying unit 400 is docked on the docking structure 300, the valve core 370 controls the first flow channel 360 to be opened, the first flow channel 350 is closed, the water tank 200 is communicated with the steam generator 500 through the first flow channel 360, and the water purifying unit 400 can filter water entering the steam generator, thereby preventing the steam generator from scaling and improving the taste of food.

Furthermore, the amount of water for cooking in the steam cooker is strictly limited, and the first flow passage 350 and the first flow passage 360 are supplied with water from the same water tank 200, so that the risk of insufficient water supply for a user can be reduced, and water resources are saved. If the first flow channel 350 and the second flow channel supply water through different water tanks, for example, the first flow channel is supplied water by the water tank 200 on the steam rice cooker, the second flow channel is supplied water by the water purification unit 400 itself with another water tank, and the water purification unit through the second flow channel is used for cooking when cooking is started, the situation that the water purification unit 400 cannot be used may occur in the cooking process, at this time, the cooking is switched to the raw water through the first flow channel, if the water tank corresponding to the first flow channel is not enough to add water, the steam rice cooker cannot finish the cooking, if the water tank corresponding to the first flow channel is enough to add water, when the water purification unit 400 can be normally used all the time, the waste of water resources in the water tank is caused. It is thus clear that first runner and second runner are supplied water by same water tank, can avoid the user to add water at a certain water tank not enough and lead to the problem of unable completion rice culinary art, need not the water that the user guaranteed a plurality of water tanks simultaneously and all have basic water yield, avoid the user to add water trouble on a plurality of water tanks, avoid water waste.

When the water purification unit 400 is detachably connected to the machine body 100, the first flow passage and the second flow passage supply water through the same water tank 200, and an additional water tank is not required to be arranged on the water purification unit 400, so that the structure of the detachable water purification unit 400 can be simplified, and the butt joint is convenient.

Further, a cooking cavity for holding food is provided on the body 100, and the steam rice cooker includes a steam supply mode and a water adding mode. The steam generator is in a steam supply mode when supplying steam to the cooking cavity. When the steam generator does not work or works with low power, the steam generator delivers liquid water to the cooking cavity to be in a water adding mode. When the water purifying unit 400 is detachably coupled to the body 100, it is convenient to realize the multi-function of the steam rice cooker. For example, a sensor is provided on the body 100 to detect whether the water purification unit 400 is mounted. When the installation of the water purification unit 400 is detected, the controller in the machine body 100 can complete the water adding mode or the steam supplying mode by controlling whether the steam generator works; when the water purification unit 400 is not installed, the controller controls the steam generator to be out of operation or to be operated only in low power, so that the steam rice cooker is limited to be in a water adding mode only, or when the current cooking program is completed preferentially and the steam rice cooker is required to enter a steam supply mode in the next cooking program, a user is prompted to install the water purification unit 400.

As shown in fig. 2-3, the butt-joint coupling structure 300 includes a housing 310, an integrated connector holder 320 is fixed on the housing 310, a raw water connector 321 and a purified water connector 322 are located on the connector holder 320, and since the raw water connector 321 and the purified water connector 322 are both located on the integrated connector holder 320, an integrated structure is formed, when in installation, only the connector holder 320 needs to be assembled on the housing 310, the raw water connector 321 and the purified water connector 322 are jointly installed on the housing 310, and the installation of the raw water connector 321 and the purified water connector 322 only needs to be aligned once, so that the assembly efficiency is high.

The connector housing 320 also has a waste connector 324 thereon, wherein the waste connector 324 includes a waste inlet and a waste outlet 325. This enables the docking coupling structure 300 to dock with the water purifying unit 400 having the RO cartridge and to guide the wastewater generated from the water purifying unit 400 into the water tank 200 of the steam rice cooker. An electrical coupler 340 is disposed on the butt-coupling structure 300. This facilitates the coupling of the booster pump in the water purification unit 400 with the power board in the steam rice cooker through the electric coupler 340 without providing an additional power supply and controller in the water purification unit 400.

A one-way valve is provided in the waste water connection 324. In case of disassembling the water purifying unit 400, the one-way valve may control the waste water joint 324 to be closed, preventing the water in the water tank 200 from flowing out of the waste water joint 324.

A check valve is arranged in the water purifying joint 322. In case of disassembling the water purifying unit 400, the check valve may control the water purifying joint 322 to be closed, thereby preventing external air from entering the steam generator, or preventing water vapor of the steam generator from flowing out of the water purifying joint 322.

As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the joint holder 320 includes a fixing plate 326, and the raw water joint 321 and the purified water joint 322 are integrally connected by the fixing plate 326. The fixing plate 326 integrates the raw water connector 321 and the purified water connector 322, and the fixing plate 326 is also used for connecting the connector holder 320 and the housing 310, so that an additional fixing structure for fixing the connector holder 320 to the housing 310 is avoided, and the structure of the connector holder 320 is simplified.

The inner side of the housing 310 has a protruding fixing post 311, and the fixing plate 326 is fixed to the fixing post 311 by a screw. The fixing post 311 can increase the engagement length between the housing 310 and the screw, thereby improving the stability of the fixing of the socket 320.

The raw water joint 321 includes a water inlet channel 327 and a water outlet channel 328, and the purified water outlet 323 and the water outlet channel 328 are connected to the steam generator together through a tee joint.

In other alternative embodiments, the tee joint may be omitted, and the purified water outlet 323 may be connected to the raw water connection 321. Specifically, the raw water joint 321 includes a water inlet channel 327, a water purifying channel and a water outlet channel 328, and the water purifying channel is communicated with the water outlet channel 328, so that water in the water purifying channel is introduced into the steam generator through the water outlet channel 328. The purified water channel is connected with the purified water outlet 323 through a water pipe. After the water purifying unit 400 is installed, water in the water tank 200 sequentially flows through the water inlet channel 327, the second flow channel, the water purifying unit 400, the water purifying inlet, the water purifying outlet 323, the water purifying channel and the water outlet channel 328 to enter the steam generator. After the water purifying unit 400 is disassembled, the water in the water tank 200 flows through the water inlet channel 327, the first flow channel and the water outlet channel 328 to enter the steam generator. The water purification channel is integrated on the raw water joint 321, the first flow channel and the second flow channel share the second water outlet channel 328 on the raw water joint 321, and the two communication paths are not required to be connected to the steam generator together through an additional tee joint, so that the number of parts for pipeline installation is reduced, the number of connection steps is reduced, the pipeline connection is simplified, the assembly efficiency is improved, and the production cost is reduced.

Plug-in connection grooves are formed in the peripheries of the second flow passage, the purified water inlet and the waste water inlet, a sealing ring 330 is arranged in each plug-in connection groove, and the inner wall of the shell 310 is in press connection with the sealing ring 330. Thus, the sealing performance of the water purification unit 400, the raw water joint 321, the water purification joint 322, and the waste water joint 324 after insertion can be improved. The upper end of the inner wall of the insertion groove is provided with a limiting groove, the outer side of the sealing ring 330 is provided with a limiting ring 331, the limiting ring 331 is embedded in the limiting groove, and the shell 310 presses the sealing ring 330.

The docking coupling structure 300 is slidably or rotatably installed on the machine body 100, the machine body 100 is provided with a receiving cavity 110 corresponding to the docking coupling structure 300, and when the water purifying unit 400 is detached from the docking coupling structure 300, the docking coupling structure 300 is received in the receiving cavity 110. When not using water purification unit 400 like this, just can accomodate butt joint coupling structure 300 in holding chamber 110 after dismantling water purification unit 400, reduce the outside irregular shape of organism 100, promote the aesthetic property, reduce steam rice cooker occupation space, avoid corresponding joint to be contaminated.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "lateral," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the indicated orientations and positional relationships based on the figures, merely to facilitate the description of the utility model and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered limiting of the utility model.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise. In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present invention are described above, but the descriptions are only for the purpose of facilitating understanding of the embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the utility model as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A butt-joint coupling structure of a steam cooking appliance comprises a shell and is characterized in that,

an integrated joint seat is fixed on the shell, a raw water joint and a purified water joint are arranged on the joint seat, and the purified water joint comprises a purified water inlet and a purified water outlet;

2. The butt coupling structure of a steam cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the socket further has a waste water joint thereon, the waste water joint including a waste water inlet and a waste water outlet.

3. The butt coupling structure of a steam cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein a check valve is provided in the waste water joint.

4. The butt coupling structure of a steam cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein a check valve is provided in the water purifying joint.

5. The butt coupling structure of a steam cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the joint base includes a fixing plate through which the raw water joint and the purified water joint are integrally connected.

6. The butt coupling structure of a steam cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the inner side of the housing has a protruding fixing post, and the fixing plate is fixed to the fixing post by a screw.

7. The steam cooking appliance as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an electric coupler is provided on the butt coupling structure.

8. The steam cooking appliance as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an insertion groove is formed at the periphery of the second flow passage and/or the clean water inlet, a sealing ring is arranged in the insertion groove, and the inner wall of the housing is pressed against the sealing ring.

9. A steam cooking appliance comprising the butt-coupling structure of any one of claims 1 to 8;

the steam cooking appliance also comprises a machine body, wherein a steam generator and a water tank for supplying water to the steam generator are arranged on the machine body, the butt joint coupling structure is arranged on the machine body, and a water purifying unit is detachably arranged on the butt joint coupling structure;

10. The steam cooking appliance of claim 9, wherein the docking coupling structure is slidably or rotatably mounted on the body, the body is provided with a receiving cavity corresponding to the docking coupling structure, and the docking coupling structure is received in the receiving cavity when the water purifying unit is detached from the docking coupling structure.