CN215304963U

CN215304963U - Steam cooking container and cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN215304963U
Application number: CN202121668908.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周忠宝; 杨保民; 邢胜华; 刘小凯; 张倩; 瞿月红; 潘典国; 周亚
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-07-21
Filing date: 2021-07-21
Publication date: 2021-12-28
Anticipated expiration: 2031-07-21

Abstract

The utility model discloses a steam cooking container and a cooking appliance, wherein a cooking cavity is defined in the steam cooking container, the steam cooking container is also provided with an air inlet channel communicated with the cooking cavity, the inlet of the air inlet channel is positioned at the bottom of the steam cooking container, and the outlet of the air inlet channel is higher than the highest water level of the cooking cavity. According to the steam cooking container, the inlet of the air inlet channel is arranged at the bottom of the steam cooking container, and the outlet of the air inlet channel is arranged to be higher than the highest water level line of the cooking cavity, so that the cooking effect of the cooking appliance is ensured, water is prevented from leaking from the bottom of the steam cooking container in the cooking process, and the steam cooking container is beneficial to cleaning.

Description

Steam cooking container and cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a steam cooking container and a cooking appliance.

Background

The cooking utensil that adopts bottom to admit air among the prior art, its overall structure is comparatively complicated, and difficult dismantlement washs to there is the risk of bottom water leakage, long-term the use can lead to the bottom of cooking utensil to go mildy, smelly, thereby influences the culinary art effect of eating the material, can reduce cooking utensil's life simultaneously.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. To this end, an object of the present invention is to provide a steam cooking container which is simple in structure and prevents water from leaking out of the bottom of the steam cooking container during cooking.

The utility model also provides a cooking appliance with the steam cooking container.

According to the steam cooking container in the embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model, the cooking cavity is defined in the steam cooking container, the steam cooking container is further provided with an air inlet channel communicated with the cooking cavity, an inlet of the air inlet channel is positioned at the bottom of the steam cooking container, and an outlet of the air inlet channel is higher than the highest water level of the cooking cavity.

According to the steam cooking container, the inlet of the air inlet channel is arranged at the bottom of the steam cooking container, and the outlet of the air inlet channel is arranged to be higher than the highest water level line of the cooking cavity, so that the cooking effect of the cooking appliance is ensured, water is prevented from leaking from the bottom of the steam cooking container in the cooking process, and the steam cooking container is beneficial to cleaning.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the air intake passage is located in a middle portion inside the cooking cavity, and the air intake passage extends in a height direction of the cooking cavity.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the steam cooking container comprises: a housing defining the cooking chamber therein, a bottom of the housing having a mounting opening; one end of the air inlet valve is installed at the mounting opening, the other end of the air inlet valve extends into the cooking cavity, and the air inlet valve defines the air inlet channel.

In some embodiments, a seal is provided at the mounting opening, the air inlet valve and the housing being in sealing engagement by the seal.

In some specific examples, the intake valve includes: one end of the inner cover is installed at the installation opening, the other end of the inner cover extends into the cooking cavity, and the inner cover limits the air inlet channel; the outer cover is arranged in the cooking cavity and detachably sleeved on the outer side of the inner cover, a gap is formed between the outer cover and the inner cover, and the gap is communicated with the outlet of the air inlet channel and the cooking cavity.

In some embodiments, the lower end of the inner cover has an opening to form an inlet of the intake passage, and the upper end of the inner cover has an opening to form an outlet of the intake passage.

In some specific examples, an upper end of the outer cover is closed to cover an upper end of the inner cover, a lower end of the outer cover extends to an inner bottom wall of the cooking cavity and the lower end of the outer cover is spaced apart from the inner bottom wall of the cooking cavity.

In some specific examples, the peripheral wall of the inner cover and/or the outer cover extends gradually in a direction away from the center line of the intake passage from the top to the bottom.

In some specific examples, the housing includes: a housing defining a receiving cavity; the inner bag, the inner bag is located hold the intracavity and inject the culinary art chamber, the installing port link up the diapire of shell with the diapire of inner bag, the shell with at least one in the inner bag with admission valve sealing fit.

In some embodiments, the outer surface of the housing has a mounting recess, and the intake valve has an outwardly extending mounting flange that is mounted within the mounting recess by fasteners.

A cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention includes the steam cooking container according to the above-described embodiment.

In some embodiments, the cooking appliance further comprises: the base, the base includes first supporting seat, second supporting seat and connecting portion, first supporting seat with the second supporting seat is interval arrangement on the upper and lower direction, connecting portion connect first supporting seat with between the second supporting seat, wherein, steam cooking container supports on the first supporting seat, just steam cooking container is located first supporting seat with between the second supporting seat.

Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a plan view of a steam cooking container according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a sectional view of a steam cooking container according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion B shown in fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of section C shown in FIG. 2;

fig. 5 is a bottom view of a steam cooking container according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

the cooking appliance 100 is provided with a cooking unit,

the steam cooking container 10 is used for cooking,

the housing 101 is provided with a plurality of openings,

a housing 1011, a mounting recess 10111, a mounting post 10112, a first mounting hole 10113, a handle 10114,

an inner container 1012, an installation opening 1013, a sealing 10131,

cover 1014, inner cap 10141, outer cap 10142, sealing ring 10143, grip 10144,

an intake valve (102) is provided,

an inner cover 1021, an outlet 10211, an inlet 10212, an air inlet passage 10213, a limit projection 10214,

outer cover 1022, mounting flange 10221, second mounting hole 10222, retaining groove 10223, gap 10224,

the support comprises a base 20, a first support seat 201, a second support seat 202 and a connecting part 203.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

A steam cooking container 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 5.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, a steam cooking container 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a cooking cavity defined therein for placing food materials to be processed. The steam cooking container 10 further has an air inlet passage 10213, and the air inlet passage 10213 communicates with the cooking cavity so that steam can be introduced into the cooking cavity through the air inlet passage 10213 to treat the food material.

Specifically, air inlet channel 10213 has an inlet 10212 and an outlet 10211, inlet 10212 of air inlet channel 10213 is located at the bottom of steam cooking container 10, and outlet 10211 of air inlet channel 10213 is higher than the highest water level of the cooking cavity, i.e., inlet 10212 of air inlet channel 10213 is lower than outlet 10211 of air inlet channel 10213, so as to avoid water from leaking out of the bottom of steam cooking container 10 during cooking, affecting cooking effect and dirtying the contact surface on which cooking utensil 100 is placed.

According to steam cooking container 10 of the embodiment of the present invention, by disposing inlet 10212 of air inlet 10213 at the bottom of steam cooking container 10 and disposing outlet 10211 of air inlet 10213 higher than the highest water level of the cooking cavity, while ensuring the cooking effect of cooking utensil 100, it is possible to prevent water from leaking out of the bottom of steam cooking container 10 during cooking and to facilitate cleaning of steam cooking container 10.

As shown in fig. 2-4, air inlet passage 10213 is located in the middle of the cooking chamber. For example, an orthographic projection of the air intake passage 10213 on a plane of the bottom of the steam cooking container 10 is located at the midpoint of the bottom of the steam cooking container 10; alternatively, the orthographic projection of the air intake passage 10213 on the plane of the bottom of the steam cooking container 10 may be deviated from the midpoint position. Further, the air intake passage 10213 extends in a height direction of the cooking chamber, which may be an up-down direction as shown in fig. 2.

During cooking, steam enters the air intake passage 10213 from the bottom of the steam cooking container 10, flows along the extending direction of the air intake passage 10213, and is then discharged from the outlet 10211 of the air intake passage 10213 and enters the cooking cavity. Because air inlet 10213 is arranged in the middle of the cooking cavity, steam discharged from an outlet 10211 of air inlet 10213 can be uniformly diffused to other positions in the cooking cavity, so that food in the cooking cavity is uniformly heated, and the cooking effect is ensured.

As shown in fig. 2, the steam cooking container 10 includes a housing 101 and an air inlet valve 102. Housing 101 defines a cooking chamber therein and air inlet valve 102 defines an air inlet passage 10213. Wherein, the bottom of the housing 101 has a mounting hole 1013, one end of the air intake valve 102 is mounted at the mounting hole 1013, so that the air intake valve 102 is mounted with the housing 101, and the other end of the air intake valve 102 protrudes into the cooking cavity, so that the steam is guided into the cooking cavity through the air intake passage 10213.

In order to ensure the tightness of the fit between the intake valve 102 and the housing 101, as shown in fig. 3, in some embodiments, a seal 10131 is provided at the mounting port 1013, and the intake valve 102 and the housing 101 are in sealing fit by the seal 10131.

Wherein, sealing member 10131 can be the elastic component, and when admission valve 102 and casing 101 assembled, sealing member 10131 took place elastic deformation to being squeezed in the joint gap between admission valve 102 and casing 101, making admission valve 102 and casing 101 realize seamless connection, and then avoiding steam to spill from the junction of admission valve 102 and casing 101, guarantee the culinary art effect.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, in this embodiment, the sealing element 10131 is wrapped at the edge of the installation opening 1013, the sealing element 10131 includes a sealing body, a first sealing flange and a second sealing flange, the sealing body, the first sealing flange and the second sealing flange form a ring respectively, and the first sealing flange and the second sealing flange are connected to the edges of the sealing body respectively, so that the cross-sectional shape of the sealing element 10131 forms a U shape, that is, the sealing element 10131 defines an annular groove, the outer ring of the sealing body is in abutting fit with the edge of the installation opening 1013, and the inner ring of the sealing body is in abutting fit with the air intake valve 102.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some specific examples, the air intake valve 102 includes an inner cover 1021 and an outer cover 1022, one end of the inner cover 1021 is installed at the installation port 1013, the other end of the inner cover 1021 extends into the cooking cavity, the inner cover 1021 defines an air intake passage 10213, the outer cover 1022 is disposed in the cooking cavity, the outer cover 1022 is detachably sleeved outside the inner cover 1021, so that the outer cover 1022 is conveniently installed and detached, and simultaneously, the outer cover 1022 is conveniently cleaned, so that the front and back sides of the steam cooking vessel 10 can be washed, thereby cleaning the inner cover 1021.

Wherein, there is clearance 10224 between outer cover 1022 and inner cover 1021, and clearance 10224 communicates outlet 10211 and the cooking chamber of air inlet 10213, and in the cooking process, the steam that is discharged from outlet 10211 of air inlet 10213 can get into the cooking chamber through clearance 10224 to the heating food material.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some embodiments, the inner cover 1021 has an opening at a lower end thereof, the lower end opening of the inner cover 1021 forms an inlet 10212 of the intake passage 10213, the upper end of the inner cover 1021 has an opening, and the upper end opening of the inner cover 1021 forms an outlet 10211 of the intake passage 10213.

Wherein, the size of inlet 10212 of air inlet 10213 can be larger than the size of outlet 10211 of air inlet 10213, air inlet 10213 gradually decreases from bottom to top along the height direction of the cooking cavity, that is, air inlet 10213 forms a channel with a small top and a large bottom, and the cross-sectional area of gap 10224 gradually increases from top to bottom, that is, gap 10224 forms a ring channel with a small top and a bottom, which not only can ensure that steam can rapidly enter the cooking cavity during cooking, but also can prevent water and steam from leaking out of air inlet 10213 through gap 10224.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, in some specific examples, the upper end of the outer cover 1022 is closed such that the cover is provided at the upper end of the inner cover 1021 to ensure that steam in the air inlet passage 10213 enters the cooking chamber from the gap 10224 between the outer cover 1022 and the inner cover 1021.

Wherein, the inner surface of the outer cover 1022 close to the outlet 10211 is provided with a limit groove 10223 extending away from the direction far away from the center line of the air inlet passage 10213, the upper end of the inner cover 1021 is provided with a limit projection 10214 extending outwards, and the limit projection 10214 is embedded in the limit groove 10223, so that the relative position between the inner cover 1021 and the outer cover 1022 is limited, the outer cover 1022 is prevented from shaking under steam impact, and the installation stability of the outer cover 1022 is ensured.

As shown in fig. 2, in some specific examples, peripheral walls of the inner cover 1021 and the outer cover 1022 gradually extend in a direction away from a center line of the intake passage 10213 in an up-down direction, so that the intake passage 10213 small in top and large in bottom and the gap 10224 small in top and large in bottom can be formed. For example, the inner cover 1021 and the outer cover 1022 may be tapered with the same taper, respectively, so that the width of the gap 10224 is equal at any position.

By providing the peripheral walls of the inner cover 1021 and the outer cover 1022 to extend gradually in the direction from the top to the bottom toward the direction away from the center line of the air intake passage 10213, not only the effect of air intake from the bottom of the steam cooking container 10 can be achieved, but also the leakage of water from the bottom of the steam cooking container 10 during cooking can be avoided, and the outer cover 1022 can support other components, facilitating the arrangement of other components in the cooking cavity, thereby expanding the function of the steam cooking container 10. Other parts can be structures such as a food steamer.

In addition, during the cooking process, steam entering the air inlet channel 10213 from the inlet 10212 flows from bottom to top along the extending direction of the air inlet channel 10213, is then discharged from the outlet 10211, flows from top to bottom along the extending direction of the gap 10224, and finally enters the cooking cavity from the bottom, so that the food can be heated, the food can be stirred from the bottom in the cooking cavity, and the cooking effect is improved.

In other embodiments, the peripheral wall of the outer cover 1022 or the inner cover 1021 gradually extends in a direction from top to bottom toward a direction away from the center line of the intake passage 10213.

Of course, the peripheral walls of the outer cover 1022 and the inner cover 1021 may also form vertical walls extending in the up-down direction, i.e., the cross-sectional shapes of the intake passages 10213 at different positions in the up-down direction are all the same and equal in size, and the cross-sectional shapes of the gaps 10224 at different positions in the up-down direction are all the same and equal in size. In addition, the cross-sectional shapes of the outer cover 1022 and the inner cover 1021 may be circular rings, square rings, or other shapes.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in some specific examples, the housing 101 includes a housing 1011 and a liner 1012, the housing 1011 defines a receiving cavity and the receiving cavity has a top opening, the liner 1012 is disposed in the receiving cavity, the liner 1012 defines a cooking cavity and the cooking cavity has a top opening, the mounting port 1013 is disposed at the bottom of the housing 101, and the mounting port 1013 penetrates through the bottom wall of the housing 1011 and the bottom wall of the liner 1012.

Wherein, the outer shell 1011 is matched with the air inlet valve 102 in a sealing way; alternatively, the bladder 1012 is in sealing engagement with the inlet valve 102; alternatively, the housing 1011 and the liner 1012 are sealingly engaged with the air inlet valve 102, thereby assembling the air inlet valve 102 with the housing 101 as a single unit.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the sealing member 10131 is installed at the bottom of the outer shell 1011, the sealing member 10131 is located below the bottom of the inner container 1012, an outer ring of a sealing body of the sealing member 10131 is in abutting engagement with the outer shell 1011, an inner ring of the sealing body is in abutting engagement with the intake valve 102, and a first sealing flange of the sealing member 10131 is interposed between the bottom of the outer shell 1011 and the bottom of the inner container 1012.

In some embodiments, the outer surface of the housing 1011 has a mounting recess 10111, the air intake valve 102 has an outwardly extending mounting flange 10221, and the mounting flange 10221 is mounted within the mounting recess 10111 by fasteners.

Referring to fig. 4, the bottom wall of the mounting recess 10111 has a mounting post 10112 extending downwards, a first mounting hole 10113 is provided on the mounting post 10112, the first mounting hole 10113 extends axially along the mounting post 10112, a second mounting hole 10222 is provided on the mounting flange 10221, and a fastener penetrates through the first mounting hole 10113 and the second mounting hole 10222, so as to fix the air intake valve 102 on the housing 1011.

It should be noted that the number of the first mounting holes 10113 and the second mounting holes 10222 may be two or more, and the number of the first mounting holes 10113 and the second mounting holes 10222 is equal and the positions thereof are in one-to-one correspondence.

Specifically, the installation flange 10221 is located at the lower end of the inner cover 1021, and during the installation process, the installation flange 10221 and the bottom of the outer shell 1011 can be connected together by a fastener, so that the inner cover 1021 is firmly fixed on the outer shell 1011, and then the outer cover 1022 is covered outside the inner cover 1021, thereby facilitating the cleaning and maintenance of the inner cover 1021 and the outer cover 1022.

Of course, the air intake valve 102 may be disposed in the mounting recess 10111 by a snap structure or a screw structure.

In order to facilitate the taking and putting of the steam cooking container 10, a handle 10114 is provided on a side peripheral wall of the outer case 1011.

In some embodiments, the handles 10114 may include two, and the two handles 10114 are oppositely disposed at the side peripheral wall of the housing 1011, so that the user can conveniently access the steam cooking container 10 with both hands. In other embodiments, the grip 10114 may include one, and in particular, the grip 10114 includes a longitudinal grip portion and a lateral connection portion connected between an upper end of the longitudinal grip portion and a side circumferential wall of the housing 1011, a lower end of the longitudinal grip portion forming a free end.

Wherein, can set up the connecting hole on shell 1011 and the handle 10114 respectively, handle 10114 is connected through the fastener of wearing to locate the connecting hole with the lateral wall of shell 1011. Of course, the handle 10114 and the housing 1011 can be detachably engaged by a snap structure or a thread structure, so as to facilitate replacement and maintenance.

It should be noted that, the connection position between the handle 10114 and the outer casing 1011 can be made of a high temperature resistant material or a heat insulating material, so as to reduce the heat transferred from the outer casing 1011 to the handle 10114, and facilitate the user to lift the outer casing 1011 out of the cooking appliance 100 or put it into the cooking appliance 100 through the handle 10114.

In still other embodiments, the handle 10114 and the outer housing 1011 can be integrally formed, thereby forming a smooth surface on the outer surface of the steam cooking vessel 10, which is not only convenient for cleaning, but also does not trap dirt.

As shown in fig. 1-2 and 5, the housing 101 of the steam cooking container 10 further includes a cover body 1014, the cover body 1014 being used to open and close the top opening of the inner container 1012, and a grip 10144 being provided at a middle portion of an outer surface of the cover body 1014 to facilitate a user to open and close the cover body 1014.

Wherein, the lid 1014 includes an inner lid 10141 and an outer lid 10142, the outer lid 10142 is installed on the outside of the inner lid 10141, the holding portion 10144 is arranged in the middle of the upper surface of the outer lid 10142, and the lid 1014 is provided with a sealing ring 10143, thereby ensuring the sealing between the lid 1014 and the inner container 1012.

As shown in fig. 1, in the present embodiment, the grip portion 10144 may be fixed to the inner cover 10141 and the outer cover 10142 by fasteners, which facilitates replacement and maintenance of the grip portion 10144. Of course, the holding portion 10144 can be formed integrally with the outer cover 10142, so that the outer surface of the cover 1014 has no groove structure, which is not only convenient for cleaning, but also can not store dirt.

In order to effectively reduce the thickness of the cover body 1014 and thus reduce the overall height of the steam cooking container 10, in some embodiments, the middle portion of the outer surface of the cover body 1014 has a recess portion concavely provided downward, the grip portion 10144 is provided in the recess portion, and the grip portion 10144 protrudes from the outer surface of the cover body 1014, thereby facilitating the grip of the user.

A cooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a cooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a steam cooking container 10 according to the above-described embodiment. Wherein the steam cooking container 10 has an air inlet passage 10213, the air inlet passage 10213 communicates with the cooking cavity, an inlet 10212 of the air inlet passage 10213 is positioned at the bottom of the steam cooking container 10, and an outlet 10211 of the air inlet passage 10213 is higher than the highest water level of the cooking cavity.

According to cooking utensil 100 of the embodiment of the utility model, by adopting steam cooking container 10, the cooking effect of cooking utensil 100 is ensured, meanwhile, water is prevented from leaking from the bottom of steam cooking container 10 during cooking, the cleaning of steam cooking container 10 is facilitated, and the service life of cooking utensil 100 is prolonged.

As shown in fig. 6, in some embodiments, the cooking appliance 100 further includes a base 20, the base 20 includes a first support seat 201, a second support seat 202, and a connecting portion 203, the first support seat 201 and the second support seat 202 are arranged at intervals in an up-down direction, the second support seat 202 is located above the first support seat 201, and the connecting portion 203 is connected between the first support seat 201 and the second support seat 202, wherein the steam cooking container 10 is supported on the first support seat 201, and the steam cooking container 10 is located between the first support seat 201 and the second support seat 202.

Therefore, by providing the base 20 including the first support seat 201, the second support seat 202 and the connection portion 203, the layout of the steam cooking container 10 is facilitated, the taking and placing of the steam cooking container 10 are facilitated, and the overall structure of the cooking appliance 100 is simplified.

In some embodiments, the cooking appliance 100 further includes a steam generator (not shown), the steam generator may be disposed in the first supporting seat 201, the steam cooking container 10 may be detachably disposed between the first supporting seat 201 and the second supporting seat 202, and the steam generator is communicated with the air inlet valve 102 through an air inlet pipe (not shown) in a state that the steam cooking container 10 is placed in place, so as to conveniently introduce steam into the steam cooking container 10, thereby implementing steam heating. Through establishing steam generator in first supporting seat 201, be favorable to reducing the length of intake pipe, reduce cost. Of course, the steam generator may be disposed in the second support base 202 or the connection portion 203.

An embodiment of a cooking appliance 100 according to the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 6.

As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a cooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a steam cooking container 10 and a base 20. The steam cooking container 10 is detachably provided to the base 20.

As shown in fig. 6, the base 20 includes a first support seat 201, a second support seat 202, and a connecting portion 203. The first support seat 201 and the second support seat 202 are arranged at an interval in the up-down direction, the first support seat 201 is located below the second support seat 202, and the connection portion 203 is connected between the first support seat 201 and the second support seat 202, wherein the steam cooking container 10 is detachably placed on the first support seat 201, and the steam cooking container 10 is located between the first support seat 201 and the second support seat 202.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the steam cooking container 10 includes a housing 101 and an air inlet valve 102.

The housing 101 includes an outer shell 1011, an inner container 1012, and a cover 1014.

The housing 1011 is injectd and is held the chamber, it has the open-top to hold the chamber, the diapire middle part of housing 1011 has installing port 1013, the annular border cladding of installing port 1013 has sealing member 10131, specifically, sealing member 10131 includes sealed body, the sealed turn-ups of first sealed turn-ups and second, sealed body, the sealed turn-ups of first sealed turn-ups and second form the ring respectively, the sealed both sides border at sealed body is connected respectively to the sealed turn-ups of first sealed turn-ups and second, thereby make the cross sectional shape of sealing member 10131 form the U-shaped, the outer lane of sealed body ends with the border of installing port 1013 and supports the cooperation. The outer surface of the diapire of shell 1011 has the sunken installation recess 10111 that sets up inwards, and the diapire of installation recess 10111 has the mounting post 10112 of three interval arrangements, and every mounting post 10112 extends down to be equipped with first mounting hole 10113 on every mounting post 10112, first mounting hole 10113 extends along mounting post 10112 axial, and the diapire of installation recess 10111 is equipped with the first mounting hole 10113 of three interval arrangements promptly.

The inner container 1012 defines a cooking chamber having an open top for receiving food material to be treated. The bottom wall middle part of inner bag 1012 has the opening, and inner bag 1012 locates and holds the intracavity and the opening and the position of installing port 1013 are relative, and the upper end border of inner bag 1012 has the support turn-ups of outwards extending, supports on the brace table at shell 1011 top.

The cover 1014 is detachably provided on the top of the inner container 1012 to open and close the top opening of the cooking chamber. Wherein, the lid 1014 includes inner cup 10141 and enclosing cover 10142, the outside at the inner cup 10141 is installed to the enclosing cover 10142, the middle part of the upper surface of enclosing cover 10142 is equipped with the portion of gripping 10144, convenience of customers holds, be equipped with sealing washer 10143 on the lid 1014, and at least a part of sealing washer 10143 is located one side of the inside cup 10141 that dorsad covers 10142, under the state that the lid 1014 is in the top opening who closes the culinary art chamber, the leakproofness between lid 1014 and inner bag 1012 can be guaranteed to sealing washer 10143.

It should be noted that a cavity can be formed between the outer shell 1011 and the inner container 1012, and a thermal insulation material is arranged in the cavity, so that the speed of transferring heat from the inner container 1012 to the outside of the outer shell 1011 is reduced, the temperature of the outer surface of the outer shell 1011 is effectively reduced, and the anti-scalding and thermal insulation effects are achieved. Similarly, a cavity can be formed between the inner cover 10141 and the outer cover 10142, and a heat insulation material is arranged in the cavity, so that the speed of heat transfer from the inner cover 10141 to the outer cover 10142 is reduced, the temperature of the outer surface of the outer cover 10142 is effectively reduced, and the anti-scalding and heat insulation effects are achieved.

The intake valve 102 includes an outer cover 1022 and an inner cover 1021.

The inner cover 1021 extends along the up-and-down direction, and the lower extreme of inner cover 1021 has the installation turn-ups 10221 of outwards extending, is equipped with three second mounting hole 10222 on the installation turn-ups 10221, and the position of three second mounting hole 10222 can with the position one-to-one of three first mounting hole 10113, and first mounting hole 10113 and second mounting hole 10222 are worn to locate by the fastener to fix the lower extreme of inner cover 1021 in the installation concave part 10111 of shell 1011. An upper end of the inner cover 1021 is protruded into the cooking cavity, the inner cover 1021 defines an air inlet passage 10213, a lower end of the inner cover 1021 has an opening to form an inlet 10212 of the air inlet passage 10213, an upper end of the inner cover 1021 has an opening to form an outlet 10211 of the air inlet passage 10213, the inlet 10212 of the air inlet passage 10213 is positioned at the bottom of the steam cooking container 10, and the outlet 10211 of the air inlet passage 10213 is higher than the highest water level line of the cooking cavity. After the inner cover 1021 is installed in place, the outer peripheral wall of the inner cover 1021 is in abutting fit with the inner ring of the sealing member 10131, so that the inner cover 1021 and the outer shell 1011 are in sealing fit.

The outer cover 1022 extends along the up-down direction, the outer cover 1022 is arranged in the cooking cavity, the outer cover 1022 is detachably sleeved on the outer side of the inner cover 1021, the upper end of the outer cover 1022 forms a closed end, the lower end of the outer cover 1022 is arranged at a distance from the bottom wall of the inner container 1012, a gap 10224 is arranged between the outer cover 1022 and the inner cover 1021, and the gap 10224 is communicated with an outlet 10211 of the air inlet passage 10213 and the cooking cavity.

In the installation, can link together through the fastener with the bottom of shell 1011 with installation turn-ups 10221 earlier, thereby firmly fix inner cover 1021 on shell 1011, when installing inner cover 1021, elastic deformation takes place for sealing member 10131, thereby extruded in the joint gap between inner cover 1021 and shell 1011, make inner cover 1021 and shell 1011 realize seamless connection, then establish the outside at inner cover 1021 with outer cover 1022 cover, install and remove the convenience, and be convenient for the washing and the maintenance of inner cover 1021 and outer cover 1022. Also, when the cover 1014 is in a state of closing the top opening of the cooking cavity, the upper end of the outer cover 1022 is spaced apart from the inner cover 10141, preventing the outer cover 1022 from interfering with the cover 1014, ensuring that the steam cooking container 10 can be normally used.

During cooking, steam enters the air inlet passage 10213 from the bottom of the steam cooking container 10, flows along the extending direction of the air inlet passage 10213, and is then discharged from the outlet 10211 of the air inlet passage 10213 and enters the cooking cavity to heat the food in the cooking cavity.

Because air inlet 10213 is arranged in the middle of the cooking cavity, steam discharged from an outlet 10211 of air inlet 10213 can be uniformly diffused to other positions in the cooking cavity, so that food in the cooking cavity is uniformly heated, and the cooking effect is ensured. And by setting the outlet 10211 of the air inlet passage 10213 higher than the highest water level of the cooking chamber, water can be prevented from leaking out of the bottom of the steam cooking container 10.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "length", "width", "up", "down", "front", "back", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

Other and operational aspects of the cooking appliance 100 according to embodiments of the present invention will be known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A steam cooking vessel defining a cooking chamber therein, the steam cooking vessel further having an air inlet passage communicating with the cooking chamber, the air inlet passage having an inlet at the bottom of the steam cooking vessel and an outlet above the highest water level of the cooking chamber.

2. The steam cooking container of claim 1, wherein the air inlet passage is located at a middle portion in the cooking cavity, and the air inlet passage extends in a height direction of the cooking cavity.

3. The steam cooking container of claim 1, wherein the steam cooking container comprises:

a housing defining the cooking chamber therein, a bottom of the housing having a mounting opening;

one end of the air inlet valve is installed at the mounting opening, the other end of the air inlet valve extends into the cooking cavity, and the air inlet valve defines the air inlet channel.

4. Steam cooking container according to claim 3, wherein a seal is provided at the mounting opening, by means of which seal the air inlet valve and the housing are in sealing engagement.

5. Steam cooking container according to claim 3, characterized in that said air intake valve comprises:

one end of the inner cover is installed at the installation opening, the other end of the inner cover extends into the cooking cavity, and the inner cover limits the air inlet channel;

the outer cover is arranged in the cooking cavity and detachably sleeved on the outer side of the inner cover, a gap is formed between the outer cover and the inner cover, and the gap is communicated with the outlet of the air inlet channel and the cooking cavity.

6. The steam cooking container as claimed in claim 5, wherein the inner cover has an inlet opened at a lower end thereof to form the air inlet passage, and an outlet opened at an upper end thereof to form the air inlet passage.

7. The steam cooking container as claimed in claim 5, wherein an upper end of the outer cover is closed to cover an upper end of the inner cover, a lower end of the outer cover extends to an inner bottom wall of the cooking cavity and the lower end of the outer cover is spaced apart from the inner bottom wall of the cooking cavity.

8. The steam cooking container as claimed in claim 5, wherein a peripheral wall of the inner cover and/or the outer cover is extended in a direction gradually away from a center line of the air intake passage from a top to a bottom direction.

9. The steam cooking container of claim 3, wherein the housing comprises:

a housing defining a receiving cavity;

the inner bag, the inner bag is located hold the intracavity and inject the culinary art chamber, the installing port link up the diapire of shell with the diapire of inner bag, the shell with at least one in the inner bag with admission valve sealing fit.

10. The steam cooking vessel of claim 9, wherein the outer surface of the outer shell has a mounting recess, and the air intake valve has an outwardly extending mounting flange that is mounted within the mounting recess by a fastener.

11. Cooking appliance, characterized in that it comprises a steam cooking container according to any one of claims 1-10.

12. The cooking appliance of claim 11, further comprising:

a base, the base comprising a first support seat, a second support seat and a connecting portion, the first support seat and the second support seat being arranged at an interval in the up-down direction, the connecting portion being connected between the first support seat and the second support seat,

wherein the steam cooking container is supported on the first support seat, and the steam cooking container is located between the first support seat and the second support seat.