SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the utility model provides a cooking appliance which has the advantages of uniform heating, good cooking and defrosting effects and the like.
To achieve the above object, a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention is proposed, the cooking appliance including: the cooking box comprises a box body, wherein a cooking cavity is arranged in the box body; the cooking device comprises a first hot air assembly and a second hot air assembly, wherein the first hot air assembly and the second hot air assembly are used for conveying hot air into the cooking cavity, and the first hot air assembly and the second hot air assembly are respectively positioned on two opposite side walls of the cooking cavity.
The cooking utensil provided by the embodiment of the utility model has the advantages of uniform heating, good cooking and defrosting effects and the like.
In addition, the cooking appliance according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:
according to one embodiment of the utility model, the first hot air assembly is located on a top wall of the cooking chamber and the second hot air assembly is located on a bottom wall of the cooking chamber.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first air heater assembly includes an upper heating element and an upper fan, and the second air heater assembly includes a lower heating element and a lower fan.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the upper and lower fans are located outside the cooking chamber, the upper and lower heating members are provided in the cooking chamber, and the top wall of the cooking chamber is provided with upper meshes and the bottom wall is provided with lower meshes.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cooking appliance further includes an upper hood covering the upper fan and the upper mesh, and a lower hood covering the lower fan and the lower mesh.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the upper heating member and the lower heating member are heating pipes and are each plural.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the lower heating members is equal to or less than the number of the upper heating members.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the downhood is provided with a water outlet.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the drain opening is provided with a downward flanging.
According to one embodiment of the utility model the height of the turndown is 1-3 mm.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the diameter of said upper and lower meshes is 4-8 mm.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the cooking appliance further comprises a turntable, an upper motor and a lower motor, the upper motor is in transmission connection with the upper fan, and the lower motor is in transmission connection with the turntable and the lower fan.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the cooking appliance is a microwave cooking appliance.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the cooking appliance further comprises a microwave generating device arranged above the cooking cavity.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cooking appliance further includes a waveguide, and the microwave generating device guides the microwaves into the cooking cavity through the waveguide.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the cooking appliance further comprises a cooling fan and a cooling air duct, the cooling fan is arranged above the cooking cavity, the cooling air duct is connected with the cooling fan, and the microwave generating device is connected to the cooling air duct.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the cooking appliance further comprises a frequency converter, and the frequency converter is connected to the cooling air duct.
According to one embodiment of the utility model, the cooling air duct extends from the cooling fan to below the cooking chamber.
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.
Detailed Description
The present application is based on the discovery and recognition by the inventors of the following facts and problems:
in the related art, a cooking appliance such as a microwave oven has poor heating uniformity of a hot air function, food is heated unevenly, coloring is uneven when the food is baked, the appearance and the taste of the food are affected on one hand, thawing is difficult to be evenly thawed when the food is thawed, and the situation that one part is not thawed and the other part is overheated occurs.
Specifically, in the related art, the cooking device such as a microwave oven has a hot air system disposed above or behind the cooking cavity, and hot air is blown to the food in one direction, so that the food can be heated only in one direction, which affects the heating uniformity.
Furthermore, in some cooking appliances in the related art, the heating pipes are arranged on the upper portion and the lower portion of the cooking cavity, and meanwhile, the heating effect on food can be improved to a certain extent by heating the upper portion and the lower portion of the food, but hot air in the cooking cavity keeps static, the air temperature at a position close to the heating device is higher, the air temperature at a position far away from the heating device is lower, the heat of the heating pipes is still difficult to be fully utilized to heat the food, and the problem of uneven heating still exists.
In addition, in some cooking appliances in the related art, hot air devices are disposed at the top and the rear of the cooking cavity, so that hot air in the cooking cavity can be moved to deliver hot air to food at the upper part and the rear part, but when the hot air at the upper part and the rear part act together, an area with poor heating effect is still generated at the front and the lower part of the food, which affects the heating uniformity and the cooking effect.
In addition, in the related art, the hot air assembly of the cooking appliance such as a microwave oven having a hot air function is disposed at the top and/or the rear of the box, but devices such as a microwave device are disposed at the right side of the box, which results in a large amount of space being wasted at the top of the box and affects the space utilization rate of the cooking appliance.
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.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the utility model and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements 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, 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 otherwise specified.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
A cooking appliance 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, a cooking appliance 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cabinet 100, a first hot air assembly, and a second hot air assembly.
A cooking chamber 101 is provided in the cabinet 100. The first hot air assembly and the second hot air assembly are used for conveying hot air into the cooking cavity 101, and the first hot air assembly and the second hot air assembly are respectively located on two opposite side walls of the cooking cavity 101.
According to the cooking appliance 1 provided by the embodiment of the utility model, by arranging the first hot air component and the second hot air component, hot air can be conveyed into the cooking cavity 101 by utilizing the first hot air component and the second hot air component together, food is heated by utilizing the hot air, a hot air heating function is realized, and the hot air system can fully transfer air in the cooking cavity 101, so that the hot air in the cooking cavity 101 can fully flow and the heating uniformity is improved compared with a cooking appliance only provided with a heating pipe in the related art.
And, through with first hot-blast subassembly with the hot-blast subassembly of second is located the relative both sides wall of culinary art chamber 101 respectively, can make first hot-blast subassembly with the hot-blast subassembly of second carries hot-blastly relatively, compares single hot air system's among the correlation technique cooking utensil, can follow two relative directions and carry hot-blastly simultaneously and heat food, can make two relative surfaces homoenergetic of food receive abundant heating, avoids among the correlation technique single direction hot-blastly to lead to the problem that the food folk prescription is to being heated and influence the heating homogeneity to can improve the homogeneity to food heating, guarantee to color homogeneity and food taste, improve the homogeneity that melts to freeze, improve the culinary art effect.
In addition, because first hot-blast subassembly with the hot-blast subassembly of second is located the relative both sides wall of culinary art chamber 101 respectively, first hot-blast subassembly with the hot-blast subassembly of second carries hot-blastly relatively, compares in the correlation technique from top and rear simultaneously carry hot-blast cooking utensil, can make the air abundant convection current in two relative directions, fully mobilizes the air current in the culinary art chamber 101, avoids establishing the relatively poor region of production heating effect that the scheme on adjacent lateral wall leads to, further improves the heating homogeneity, improves the culinary art and melts the effect of freezing.
Therefore, the cooking appliance 1 according to the embodiment of the utility model has the advantages of uniform heating, good cooking and defrosting effects and the like.
A cooking appliance 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, a cooking appliance 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cabinet 100, a first hot air assembly, and a second hot air assembly.
Advantageously, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first hot air assembly is located at the top wall of the cooking chamber 101, and the second hot air assembly is located at the bottom wall of the cooking chamber 101 (the up-down and left-right directions are shown by arrows in the figures and are only for convenience of description, and are not a limitation on the actual arrangement direction). Can carry hot-blastly in follow top and the lower direction cooking chamber 101 like this, carry out hot-blastly heating to food from two upper and lower relative directions, can be convenient for control cooking utensil 1 size on the horizontal direction moreover, be convenient for reduce cooking utensil 1 area in the horizontal direction.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first air heater assembly includes an upper heating member 210 and an upper fan 220, and the second air heater assembly includes a lower heating member 310 and a lower fan 320. Thus, the heat generated by the heating element can be blown into the cooking cavity 101 by the fan, and the function of conveying hot air can be realized.
More specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the upper fan 220 and the lower fan 320 are located outside the cooking chamber 101, the upper heating member 210 and the lower heating member 310 are provided inside the cooking chamber 101, the top wall of the cooking chamber 101 is provided with upper mesh holes 102 and the bottom wall is provided with lower mesh holes 103. Specifically, upper fan 220 delivers air flow into cooking chamber 101 through upper mesh 102, and lower fan 320 delivers air flow into cooking chamber 101 through lower mesh 103. Thus, the heat loss of the heating element can be avoided, the heating effect of the heating element is improved, and the arrangement of the fan can be facilitated.
More advantageously, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cooking appliance 1 further comprises an upper hood 230 and a lower hood 330, the upper hood 230 covering the upper fan 220 and the upper mesh 102, and the lower hood 330 covering the lower fan 320 and the lower mesh 103. As will be understood by those skilled in the art, "mesh" refers to a plurality of holes arranged in a mesh-like configuration. Therefore, the fan cover can be used for guiding the airflow generated by the fan, the airflow generated by the fan is covered in the fan cover, the airflow is promoted to enter the cooking cavity 101 through meshes, and the conveying effect of the fan on the airflow is improved.
Fig. 1 to 5 show a cooking appliance 1 according to one specific example of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the upper heating member 210 and the lower heating member 310 are heating pipes and are each provided in plurality. This facilitates the manufacture and installation of the heating element. The heating effect and the heating uniformity can be improved by jointly heating the heating pipes.
Specifically, the heating pipes are each oriented in a lengthwise direction of the casing 100, for example, a left-right direction.
Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the number of the lower heating members 310 is equal to or less than the number of the upper heating members 210. Thereby, it may be convenient to arrange other structures, such as a turntable, at the lower portion of the cooking chamber 101.
Advantageously, as shown in fig. 5, the lower hood 330 is provided with a drain 331. Because the lower fan cover 330 is arranged below the lower mesh 103, water vapor generated during cooking can be gathered into water drops and then drops into the lower fan cover 330 through the lower mesh 103, and the water gathered in the lower fan cover 330 can be discharged through the water outlet 331 by arranging the water outlet 331, so that water accumulation in the lower fan cover 330 is avoided, and the reliability of the cooking appliance 1 is improved.
More advantageously, as shown in fig. 5, a lower flange 332 is provided on the drain port 331. Therefore, the lower flanging 332 can be used for guiding the discharged water, the water flow is prevented from flowing randomly, and the reliability of the water discharge is improved.
Further, the height of the lower flange 332 is 1-3 mm. Therefore, the height of the lower fan cover 330 can be controlled under the condition of ensuring the guiding effect of the lower flanging 332 on water flow, and the lower fan cover is convenient to manufacture and reduces the cost.
Specifically, the diameter of the upper mesh 102 and the lower mesh 103 is 4-8 mm. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the "diameter of the upper and lower mesh openings 102 and 103" refers to the diameter of each of the holes that make up the "mesh". Therefore, the air volume of the overfire air can be improved under the condition that the meshes can play a certain function of blocking sundries.
More specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cooking appliance 1 further includes a turntable 400, an upper motor 240 and a lower motor 340, the upper motor 240 is in transmission connection with the upper fan 220, and the lower motor 340 is in transmission connection with the turntable 400 and the lower fan 320. The turntable 400 can carry food and rotate, so that the food is heated more uniformly. The motor 340 under carousel 400 and the sharing of lower fan 320 can need not to set up the motor alone respectively, can reduce cost on the one hand, and on the other hand can further save space, improves the utilization ratio in space, is convenient for control cooking utensil 1's size.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the upper motor 240 is provided on the upper hood 230 above the upper hood 230, and the lower motor 340 is provided on the lower hood 330 below the lower hood 330. This may facilitate the mounting of the motor.
Fig. 1 to 4 show a cooking appliance 1 according to one specific example of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the cooking appliance 1 is a microwave cooking appliance. This enables the cooking appliance 1 to heat food using the microwave and hot air functions, improving the functionality of the cooking appliance 1.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the cooking appliance 1 further includes a microwave generating device 500, and the microwave generating device 500 is disposed above the cooking cavity 101. Thus, the space above the box body 100 can be fully utilized, the space utilization rate of the cooking appliance 1 is further improved, and the horizontal occupied area of the cooking appliance 1 is convenient to control.
Specifically, the microwave generator 500 is a magnetron.
More specifically, as shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the cooking appliance 1 further includes a waveguide 510, and the microwave generating device 500 guides the microwaves into the cooking cavity 101 through the waveguide 510. Specifically, the waveguide 510 guides the microwaves into the cooking chamber 101 through the left or right side of the cooking chamber 101. This may facilitate the introduction of the microwaves generated by the microwave generating device 500 into the cooking chamber 101 from above the cooking chamber 101.
Advantageously, as shown in fig. 1-4, the cooking appliance 1 further includes a cooling fan 600 and a cooling air duct 620, the cooling fan 600 is disposed above the cooking cavity 101, the cooling air duct 620 is connected to the cooling fan 600, and the microwave generating device 500 is connected to the cooling air duct 620. This allows the microwave generating device 500 to be cooled by the cooling fan 600.
More advantageously, as shown in fig. 1-4, the cooking appliance 1 further comprises a frequency converter 610, and the frequency converter 610 is connected to the cooling air duct 620. This allows the frequency converter 610 to be cooled by the cooling fan 600.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the cooling air duct 620 extends from the cooling fan 600 to below the cooking chamber 101. Therefore, the heat generated by the microwave generating device 500 and the frequency converter 610 can be conveyed to the lower part of the cooking cavity 101 through the cooling air channel 620 by utilizing the airflow generated by the cooling fan 600, and the lower part of the cooking cavity 101 is dried, so that water accumulation is further avoided.
Specifically, the cooling air duct 620 may have a plurality of subsections connected in sequence, and the microwave generating device 500 and the frequency converter 610 may be respectively disposed on different subsections. This may facilitate assembly of the cooking appliance 1.
Alternatively, the cooling air duct 620 and the waveguide 510 may pass through the same side of the cooking chamber 101, such as both passing through the right side of the cooking chamber 101. This can further improve the utilization of the space in the cooking appliance 1.
Specifically, the cooking appliance 1 further includes a door 800 and a control box 700, and the door 800 is provided on the cabinet 100 in a reversible manner to open or close the cooking chamber 101. The control box 700 is disposed on the box body 100 and above the door body 800.
Specifically, the cooking appliance 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention may further include an annular water storage container and an annular heating member. The annular water storage container is arranged in the cooking cavity 101, and an annular water storage groove is formed in the annular water storage container. Annular heating member establishes in culinary art chamber 101 and is located outside the annular aqua storage tank, annular heating member is suitable for to culinary art chamber 101 with annular water container heats.
It should be understood that the phrase "the heating ring is located outside of the annular water reservoir" means that the heating ring is not located within the annular water reservoir. For example, the annular heating member may be disposed radially inside or outside the annular water reservoir, or the annular heating member may be disposed above or below the annular water reservoir.
The annular water storage tank is not particularly limited to a circular ring shape, and can be in other shapes, such as a square ring shape.
According to the cooking utensil 1 provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the annular water storage container is arranged, water can be filled into the annular water storage container, the annular heating element is used for heating the annular water storage container to accelerate the evaporation speed of water in the annular water storage container, so that steam is generated, and the steam function of the cooking utensil 1 is realized. Compared with the technical scheme of independently installing a finished steam generator in the related art, the steam function structure is simpler by utilizing the annular water storage container, the cost is lower, the occupied space is smaller, the space utilization rate is higher, and the whole size of the cooking appliance 1 can be conveniently controlled.
And, because set up the annular aqua storage tank on the annular water storage container, compare rectangular basin, can make the production of steam more even, the culinary art chamber 101 is filled fast evenly to the steam of being convenient for to can improve the effect of steam function, can be convenient for improve the utilization ratio in space moreover.
In addition, because the annular heating member sets up outside annular water storage container and is suitable for simultaneously and heats culinary art chamber 101 and annular water storage container, the annular heating member both can regard as the heating device who heats culinary art chamber 101, can utilize the annular heating member to realize the heating to annular water storage container again, compares the technical scheme that the heating member was established in water storage container, and the heat of annular heating member can make full use of avoids the heat waste, reduces cooking utensil 1's energy consumption.
Further, because annular water storage container and annular heating member establish in culinary art chamber 101, can utilize annular water storage container direct production steam in culinary art chamber 101, compare the technical scheme that water storage container set up outside the culinary art chamber, need not the leading-in culinary art chamber of steam, the direct diffusion in culinary art chamber 101 of steam of being convenient for on the one hand is filled, improve the speed and the homogeneity that steam was filled, on the other hand can avoid leading-in steam's in-process to cause steam and thermal loss, guarantee the effect of steam function.
Therefore, the cooking appliance 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can realize a steam function, and has the advantages of low cost, high space utilization rate, good steam filling effect, and the like.
Specifically, the upper surface of the annular water storage tank is open. Therefore, the contact area between the annular water storage tank and the cooking cavity 101 can be increased, steam can be diffused rapidly and uniformly, and the steam function is improved.
Advantageously, the annular heating element is arranged radially inside the annular water reservoir. Like this not only can make full use of annular water storage container radial inboard space, further improve the utilization ratio in space, the annular heating member that can be convenient for moreover heats annular water storage container, improves the heating effect of annular heating member to annular water storage container, improves the speed that steam produced.
More advantageously, the radial inner edge of the annular water storage container is provided with an inward flange. Can increase the area of contact of annular water storage container and annular heating member like this, improve the heating effect of annular heating member to annular water storage container.
In particular, the annular heating element may be an annular heating tube.
Further, a ring-shaped water storage container is detachably provided in the cooking chamber 101. Therefore, when the annular water storage container needs to be filled, the annular water storage container can be detached from the cooking cavity 101, and the user can fill the annular water storage container conveniently.
Optionally, the annular water storage container is a metal piece. For example, it may be a ferrous part. Can improve annular water storage container's heat conduction effect like this, the annular heating member of further being convenient for heats the water in the annular water storage container, further improves the heating effect to the water in the annular water storage container.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that when the cooking appliance 1 is a microwave cooking appliance, the processing of the annular water reservoir is required to ensure that no burrs are formed on the surface to avoid affecting the microwave function, and that a processing technique that does not form burrs may be selected, or a process for removing burrs may be performed after the processing.
Specifically, the annular water storage tank is annular. The annular water storage container is annular, and the annular heating member is annular substantially. Therefore, the heating uniformity of the annular water storage container can be further improved, and the steam is further generated more uniformly.
Optionally, the outer diameter of the annular water storage groove is 180-260 mm and the inner diameter is 130-210 mm. Therefore, the annular water storage container has reasonable volume and size, and the space occupied by the annular water storage container is reduced under the condition of ensuring the volume.
Further, the minimum distance between the annular water storage container and the annular heating element is less than 20 millimeters. Therefore, the heating effect of the annular heating element on the annular water storage container can be further ensured.
Specifically, the annular water storage container and the annular heating member are arranged at intervals. This ensures the heating effect of the annular heating element on the cooking chamber 101.
Specifically, the lower motor 340 is located inside the annular water storage container in the radial direction of the annular water storage container. This makes it possible to more fully utilize the space on the radially inner side of the water storage container 200.
Specifically, a transmission member is provided on a motor shaft of the lower motor 340, and the turntable 400 is detachably fitted on the transmission member.
An annular water storage container is installed on the bottom wall of the cooking chamber 101. Like this steam from the open annular aqua storage tank of upper surface after producing, can directly upwards get into culinary art chamber 101, the diffusion is filled in culinary art chamber 101 fast to the steam of being convenient for.
Other constructions and operations of the cooking appliance 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those skilled 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.