CN215959496U - Discharge valve subassembly, stirring cup device and food processor - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a discharge valve assembly, a stirring cup device and a food processor, wherein the discharge valve device comprises a valve shell, a discharge pipe, a driving assembly and a valve core, the valve shell is provided with a first installation part and can integrally install the discharge valve assembly to the food processor through the first installation part, the discharge pipe is installed on the valve shell, the discharge pipe is provided with a discharge channel and is provided with a feed inlet, a discharge outlet and an insertion opening which are communicated with the discharge channel, the driving assembly is installed on the valve shell, the valve core is detachably connected with the driving assembly and is detachably arranged with the discharge pipe, and the valve core is driven by the driving assembly to enter and exit the discharge pipe through the insertion opening so as to open or close the discharge channel. The utility model improves the cleaning convenience and food sanitation safety of the food processor.

Description

Discharge valve subassembly, stirring cup device and food processor

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a discharge valve assembly, a stirring cup device using the discharge valve assembly and a food processor using the stirring cup device.

Background

The food processor can be used for performing food material stirring, mixing, crushing and other operations for people, provides a great deal of convenience for the life of people, and plays an increasingly important role in the life of people. Install the food processor of valve body structure at present and be prepared for favouring by the user, through the setting of valve body structure, can realize eating the material processing back, the edible material after the processing can discharge the stirring cup outside through valve body structure, need not to empty the stirring cup, and current valve body structure is together fixed with the machine usually, and the user just can't disassemble after the machine dispatches from the factory promptly. Because there is the movement clearance between each part in the passageway of putting thick liquid in its valve body structure, along with the user is to the use number of times of machine constantly increase, some food residue that viscidity is strong will be amasss more thickly in this clearance more, has not only been difficult for the washing and very easily rotten breed bacterium for a long time, influences the food hygiene safety of the drink of making.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly aims to provide a discharge valve assembly, which aims to facilitate the cleaning of a food processor and improve the food sanitation and safety of the food processor.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides a discharge valve assembly comprising:

a valve housing formed with a first mounting portion and capable of integrally mounting the discharge valve assembly to a food processor through the first mounting portion;

a discharge pipe installed to the valve housing, the discharge pipe being formed with a discharge channel and provided with a feed port, a discharge port, and an insertion port communicating with the discharge channel;

a drive assembly mounted to the valve housing; and

and the valve core is connected with the driving assembly and is arranged separately from the discharge pipe, and the valve core enters and exits the discharge pipe through the insertion hole under the driving of the driving assembly so as to open or block the discharge channel.

According to the technical scheme, the drain pipe in the drain valve component is provided with the insertion hole, the valve core is connected with the driving component and is detachably arranged with the drain pipe, the valve core can enter and exit the drain pipe through the insertion hole under the driving of the driving component to open or close the drain channel, and the whole drain valve component can be integrally and detachably mounted on the food processor through the first mounting part, so that the whole drain valve component can be dismounted for cleaning on one hand, and the valve core can be dismounted for the drain valve component to conveniently flush the drain pipe, therefore, the whole drain valve component has the characteristic of convenience in cleaning, and the food sanitation and safety of the food processor can be improved.

Optionally, the driving assembly comprises a driving piece and a transmission piece connected with a driving shaft of the driving piece, and the driving piece drives the valve core to linearly reciprocate through the transmission piece;

the valve housing includes a valve seat and a valve cover, the driving member is mounted to the valve cover, and the discharge pipe is disposed at the valve seat.

Optionally, the driving part is a driving motor, the transmission part is a driving screw connected with a motor shaft of the driving motor, and the driving screw is in threaded connection with the valve core.

Optionally, an accommodating cavity with an opening at one end is formed inside the valve core, an internal thread is formed on the inner wall of the accommodating cavity, and the driving screw is in threaded connection with the internal thread.

Optionally, the driving screw is formed with a mounting hole, a motor shaft of the driving motor is formed with a connecting hole, and the driving screw is detachably connected to the motor shaft through cooperation of a connecting piece with the mounting hole and the connecting hole.

Optionally, a sealing ring sleeve is further sleeved outside the driving motor.

Optionally, the valve element includes a valve element main body, the valve element main body is connected with a mounting bracket, the discharge valve assembly further includes a position detection piece for detecting a position of the valve element, the valve seat has an avoidance port corresponding to the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket extends out of the valve seat through the avoidance port, and the position detection piece is located outside the valve seat and mounted on the mounting bracket.

Optionally, the discharge pipe includes a main pipe body and a mouthpiece which are communicated with each other, the main pipe body forms the discharge channel, and both ends of the main pipe body respectively form the feed port and the discharge port, the mouthpiece forms the insertion opening, the valve seat is hollow and provided with a first opening and a second opening which are communicated with an inner cavity of the valve seat, the mouthpiece is accommodated in the valve seat, one end of the main pipe body, which is formed with the feed port, extends out of the valve seat from the first opening, and the other end of the main pipe body, which is formed with the discharge port, extends out of the valve seat from the second opening.

Optionally, a clamping groove is formed on the main pipe body, and a side wall of the valve seat located at the first opening is clamped into the clamping groove; and/or a first sealing rib is arranged on the inner wall of the interface tube, and/or a first sealing rib is arranged on the inner wall of the main tube body corresponding to the interface tube; and/or one end of the main pipe body forming the feed inlet is provided with a water retaining rib arranged around the feed inlet.

Optionally, a first locking hole is formed in the valve seat, a second locking hole is formed in the valve cover, and the valve seat and the valve cover are detachably connected with the first locking hole and the second locking hole through matching of a connecting piece; and/or, one of the valve seat and the valve cover is provided with a buckle, the other of the valve seat and the valve cover is provided with a buckling position, and the valve seat and the valve cover are clamped through the matching of the buckle and the buckling position.

The utility model also provides a stirring cup device, which comprises a stirring cup and the discharge valve assembly, wherein the bottom of the stirring cup is provided with a discharge port, the discharge valve assembly is integrally installed on the stirring cup through the installation part, and the discharge port is communicated with the feed port.

Optionally, a center line of the valve core is collinear with a center line of the driving assembly, and the center line of the valve core is arranged at an included angle with the vertical direction.

Optionally, the center line of the valve core forms an angle with the vertical direction in the range of 20 ° to 60 °.

Alternatively, a center line of a discharge passage in the discharge pipe is a straight line, and the valve element is inserted into the discharge passage at an angle perpendicular to the center line of the discharge passage.

The utility model further provides a food processor, which comprises a host and the stirring cup device arranged on the host, wherein the stirring cup device is the stirring cup device.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view taken at A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the blender cup assembly of the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of FIG. 5 at B;

FIG. 7 is a side view of the cup holder of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the cup of FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 is a bottom view of a portion of the structure of FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged view at C of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional structural schematic view of the discharge valve assembly of FIG. 4;

fig. 12 is a perspective view of the discharge valve assembly of fig. 11.

The reference numbers illustrate:

the implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are 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 at least one such feature. In addition, "and/or" in the whole text includes three schemes, taking a and/or B as an example, including a technical scheme, and a technical scheme that a and B meet simultaneously; in addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

In real life, people process food materials by using a food processor to obtain fluid food materials, the fluid food materials are discharged through a discharge valve assembly 60 arranged on a stirring cup device in the food processor, or cleaning liquid is discharged from the discharge valve assembly in an automatic cleaning process, in an actual use process, the situation often exists that, on one hand, in the discharge process of the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid, a user directly lifts up the stirring cup device due to chatting or other distractions, so that misoperation causes the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid to fall on a use environment or clothes of the user to cause dirt, on the other hand, the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid can be adhered to the inner wall of a stirring cup of the stirring cup device, the user mistakenly takes the fluid food materials or the cleaning liquid to be completely discharged, and in the process of lifting up the stirring cup device, due to shaking, causing the fluid food material or cleaning liquid to drain from the drain valve assembly, which may also cause the environment of use or the user's clothing to become soiled, and the above process, in the case where the fluid food material or cleaning liquid is heated, may also cause the user to become scalded.

In order to solve the problems existing in the use process of the food processor, please refer to fig. 1 to 3 in combination, the present application provides a food processor, which includes a main machine 10 and a stirring cup device 20, wherein the stirring cup device 20 is detachably mounted on the main machine 10, the stirring cup device 20 includes a stirring cup main body 30 and a discharge valve assembly 60 mounted on the stirring cup main body 30, the stirring cup main body 30 is provided with a discharge port 511, and the discharge valve assembly 60 is mounted on the stirring cup main body 30 and is in butt joint with the discharge port 511. A locking structure S is further disposed between the main body 10 and the blending cup device 20, and the locking structure S is used for locking the blending cup device 20 to the main body 10 when the discharge valve assembly 60 is in a conducting state, and for enabling the blending cup device 20 to be separated from the main body 10 when the discharge valve assembly 60 is in a closing state.

The main body 10 includes a housing 110, a rotating electrical machine 120 installed in the housing 110, a main control board, a power board, a heat dissipation fan, a control panel installed on the housing 110, and other components. The power board, the rotating electrical machine 120, the control panel are electrically connected with the main control board, the power board is connected with an external commercial power through a plug to provide a power supply for the whole host 10, a user can input a control command through the control panel, and the main control board controls the working states of the rotating electrical machine 120 and other components through the control command to realize different working modes. In an embodiment, a receiving groove 111 is formed on the housing 110, a lower portion of the blending cup device 20 is placed in the receiving groove 111, a rotating shaft is disposed upward on the rotating motor 120, a lower connector is disposed on a portion of the rotating shaft located in the receiving groove 111, and a lower connector is disposed on a lower portion of the blending cup device 20, after the blending cup device 20 is installed in the receiving groove 111, the upper connector and the lower connector are in transmission coupling, so that power of the rotating motor 120 can be transmitted to the blending cup device 20 to achieve a blending process of the food material in the blending cup device 20. In an embodiment, the food processor further has a water tank 910 mounted on the main body 10, and a water pump, a water pipe connecting the water pump and the water tank 910, and a nozzle connected to the water pipe are further disposed in the housing 110, so that during the use of the food processor, water in the water tank 910 is pumped by the water pump and is delivered to the stirring cup device 20, and the stirring cup device 20 is provided with a liquid for stirring the food material or for automatic cleaning. In order to avoid the backflow phenomenon in the food material processing process, a one-way valve may be disposed on the water pipe, and the one-way valve is communicated in the direction from the water tank 910 to the stirring cup device 20. The stirring cup device 20 can be separated from the main machine 10, so that the nozzle can be arranged on the stirring cup device 20, the shell 110 is further provided with a joint, and when the stirring cup device 20 is arranged in the accommodating groove 111 of the main machine 10, the joint is in butt joint communication with the nozzle. In one arrangement, the water tank 910 and the housing 110 are separately arranged, the water tank 910 is detachably mounted on the housing 110, and the detachable connection between the water tank 910 and the housing 110 may include, but is not limited to, clamping, magnetic connection, insertion, and the like, which is beneficial to detaching the water tank 910 for cleaning and water adding operations. In another arrangement, the water tank 910 may also be fixedly connected to the housing 110 or non-detachably connected thereto, or the water tank 910 is formed on the housing 110 and the housing 110 as an integral structure, which is favorable for structural stability and easy transportation. In other arrangements, the water tank 910 may not be provided, and the water source may be added directly from above the blender cup assembly 20.

The present application may also be formed with a carrier platform 112 on the housing 110 below the discharge valve assembly 60, and a container such as a receiving cup 920 may be placed on the carrier platform 112 to receive the slurry discharged by the discharge valve assembly 60 during use by a user.

That is, the food processor of this application realizes eating material preparation and cleaning in-process convenience through above setting. In order to avoid the dangerous situation that the user lifts the stirring cup device 20 during the opening process of the discharge valve assembly 60 mentioned in the above, the locking structure S is arranged, so that the food processor of the present application is ensured to be convenient to use, and meanwhile, the safety performance of the food processor is improved.

Referring to fig. 2 to 4, 11 and 12, in an embodiment, the discharge valve assembly 60 includes a valve main body 70, the valve main body 70 includes a discharge pipe 750 and a switch assembly 710, the discharge pipe 750 is connected to the discharge port 511, the switch assembly 710 includes a valve core 730 for controlling the on/off of the discharge pipe 750, the locking structure S includes a limiting portion 733 connected to the valve core 730 and a stopper 113 connected to the housing 110, the limiting portion 733 is driven to contact the stopper 113 when the valve core 730 opens the discharge pipe 750, the stopper 113 stops the limiting portion 733 in a direction in which the blender cup device 20 is separated from the main body 10, the limiting portion 733 and the stopper 113 are driven to separate when the valve core 730 closes the discharge pipe 750, and the blender cup device 20 is unlocked from the main body 10, so that the blender cup device 20 can be separated from the main body 10. In some embodiments, the valve element 730 may close or open the discharge pipe 750 manually, that is, the valve element 730 is partially exposed or is connected with an operating portion to be exposed, so that a user can drive the valve element 730 to open or close the discharge pipe 750. In other embodiments, the power for closing or opening the drain pipe 750 by the valve core 730 can also be from other power components, and the main control board of the main machine 10 controls the power components to realize that the valve core 730 automatically closes or opens the drain pipe 750, and the present application prefers that the valve core 730 is automatically driven by the power components to close or open the drain pipe 750, so that the whole food processor has the advantage of convenient use. The following is also further described in terms of closing or opening the drain 750 by the power element automatically driving the valve cartridge 730.

Because the valve core 730 can generate corresponding actions when the valve core 730 switches on or off the drain pipe 750, and the limiting portion 733 is disposed on the valve core 730 and linked therewith, the limiting portion 733 can move until contacting with the stopping portion 113 in the process that the valve core 730 opens the drain pipe 750, and the stopping portion 113 stops the limiting portion 733 in the direction that the stirring cup device 20 is separated from the main machine 10, so that the phenomenon that the fluid food material or the cleaning liquid is spilled when a user lifts the stirring cup device 20 when the drain valve assembly 60 is in a switched-on state can be effectively avoided, and the use safety of the food processor can be effectively improved. In the above solution, the valve element 730 performs the operation of opening and closing the discharge pipe 750, the valve element 730 may act on the outside of the discharge pipe 750, the discharge pipe 750 is pressed to deform, the inner wall of the discharge pipe 750 is tightly attached to close the discharge pipe, and then the external pressing force is removed, the discharge pipe 750 is deformed and restored to be opened, or the valve element 730 acts on the inside of the discharge pipe 750 to directly block the internal channel of the discharge pipe 750, and the valve element 730 acts on the inside of the discharge pipe 750, and the valve element 730 extends into and extends out of the discharge pipe 750 in a linear movement manner, or the valve element 730 rotates in the discharge pipe 750, and the specific manner adopted in the present application will be described below. That is, the action of contacting and separating the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113 according to the present application may be a way in which the valve body 730 drives the limiting portion 733 to rotate and contact the stopping portion 113, or a way in which the valve body 730 drives the limiting portion 733 to linearly move and contact the stopping portion 113, and the following contents are also specifically provided. In conclusion, this application utilizes the spacing portion 733 of case 730 drive motion through above design, can be through utilizing the structure that has of the food processor of automatic thick liquid function itself, and the effectual contact and the separation that realizes spacing portion 733 and backstop portion 113 realize that stirring cup device 20 locks at host computer 10 and can follow host computer 10 and separate two kinds of states and switch, so promote food processor's safety in utilization.

It should be understood that, in the teaching provided by the present application, it is also conceivable that the position-limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113 in the locking structure S can be disposed at other positions of the food processor, rather than on the valve core 730 and the housing 110 as mentioned in the above embodiments, and at the same time, the stopping portion 113 can be an action member that is actively close to the position-limiting portion 733 to make contact, on the basis of which, a power element is disposed on the main machine 10 and connected to the stopping portion 113, and a control program is written in the main control board, when the blending cup device 20 is mounted to the main machine 10 and the discharge valve assembly 60 is in the open state, the main control board controls the power element to drive the stopping portion 113 to close to and contact the position-limiting portion 733, so as to stop the blending cup device 20 in the direction of being drawn out of the main machine 10, and when the valve core 730 closes the discharge pipe 750, the main control board simultaneously controls the power element to control the stopping portion 113 to separate from the position-limiting portion 733, the blending cup device 20 can be separated from the main body 10, that is, the valve core 730 is linked with the power element, and the contact and separation of the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113 are realized in an electric control manner. The power element for driving the stopping portion 113 may include, but is not limited to, a motor, an air cylinder, an electromagnet, etc., and the power element may be located on the stirring cup device 20 to drive the limiting portion 733 to operate, or one power element may be provided in each of the stirring cup device 20 and the main body 10 to drive the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113 to operate and to contact and separate. Due to the scheme that the valve core 730 drives the limiting part 733 to move to contact with and separate from the stopping part 113, the existing food processor is not required to be modified too much, and the food processor with the slurry discharge valve component has the advantages of reliable structure and lower cost. Next, a description will be given of a case where the stopper portion 733 is connected to the valve body 730 to operate together with the valve body 730.

In an embodiment, the limiting portion 733 is a limiting hook connected to the valve plug 730, the stopping portion 113 is a stopping rib formed by inward protrusion of a groove wall of the receiving groove 111, or the stopping portion 113 is a buckling groove formed on the groove wall of the receiving groove 111. The discharge valve assembly 60 of the present application further includes a valve housing 80, the valve housing 80 is connected to the mixing cup main body 30, the discharge pipe 750 and the switch assembly 710 are both installed on the valve housing 80, and the position-limiting portion 733 extends out of the valve housing 80 and can be exposed from the mixing cup main body 30. Wherein the discharge pipe 750 is formed with a discharge channel 761 and provided with a feed port 762, a discharge port 763, and an insertion port 771 communicating with the discharge channel 761, the feed port 762 being butted against the discharge port 511. The switch assembly 710 includes a driving assembly 720, the driving assembly 720 is detachably mounted to the valve housing 80, a valve plug 730 is connected to the driving assembly 720, and the valve plug 730 moves into and out of the discharge tube 750 through an insertion port 771 to open or close the discharge channel 761 under the driving of the driving assembly 720. The valve core 730 includes a valve core main body 731, the limiting portion 733 is connected to the outside of the valve core main body 731, the limiting portion 733 and the valve core main body 731 can be an integral structure or a separate structure, and when the two are an integral structure, the material of the valve core main body 731 and the material of the limiting portion 733 can be different, because the valve core main body 731 needs to be able to directly block the discharge channel 761, the valve core main body 731 can be made of a material with certain elasticity, such as silica gel, rubber, etc., and the limiting portion 733 needs to be in contact fit with the stopping portion 113 to prevent the stirring cup device 20 from separating, the limiting portion 733 can be made of a hard material, such as a hard plastic, a metal, etc., and the valve core main body 731 and the limiting portion 733 can be welded or formed into an integral structure by secondary injection molding.

The driving assembly 720 is in transmission connection with the valve core main body 731, and in the present application, the driving assembly 720 drives the valve core 730 to extend into the discharge pipe 750 in a linear motion manner so as to close or conduct the discharge channel 761 in the discharge pipe 750, wherein after the discharge valve assembly 60 is mounted to the mixing cup main body 30 through the valve housing 80, a center line of the valve core 730 is collinear with a center line of the driving assembly 721, and a center line of the driving assembly 721 is inclined at an angle with the vertical direction, and a center line of the valve core 730 is inclined at an acute angle with the vertical direction, in one embodiment, an angle between the center line of the valve core 730 and the vertical direction is in a range of 20 ° to 60 °, specifically, after the mixing cup device 20 is mounted to the receiving groove 111 of the main body 10, the center line of the valve core 730 is gradually close to a groove wall of the receiving groove 111 from bottom to top, and during the linear reciprocating motion of the limiting portion 733 along with the valve core 730, the limiting part 733 moves obliquely upward to contact with the stopping part 113, the limiting part 733 moves obliquely downward to separate from the stopping part 113, the limiting part 733 is provided as a limiting hook, the stopping part 113 is a structure protruding out of the stopping rib of the groove wall of the accommodating groove 111 or a buckling groove formed with the groove wall of the accommodating groove 111, the valve core 730 drives the limiting hook to insert below the stopping rib or extend into the buckling groove to contact with the stopping rib under the driving of the driving component 720, and the reverse movement is only needed during the separation. It is understood that the discharge valve assembly 60 may not be provided with the valve housing 80, and the discharge pipe 750 and the switch assembly 710 in the valve body 70 may be fixed by the structure in the blending cup device 20, so that the center line of the valve core 730 forms an acute angle with the vertical direction. In addition, as for the structural forms of the limiting portion 733 and the stopping portion 113, besides the structural forms mentioned in the above, other structural forms for forming blocking and separation may be adopted, and the present application is not limited thereto.

The above description describes the food processor of the present application with the advantage of safe use by providing the locking structure S, however, the food processor of the present application has the advantage of compact structure while realizing the above safe use function, which is reflected from the specific structure of the stirring cup device 20 in one aspect, and the following description will specifically describe the structure of the new stirring cup device 20 proposed in the present application.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the stirring cup apparatus 20 of the present application includes a stirring cup main body 30, the stirring cup main body 30 includes a stirring cup assembly 40 and a cup base assembly 50, the stirring cup assembly 40 includes a stirring cup 410 and a handle 420 installed on the stirring cup 410, the cup base assembly 50 is installed at the bottom of the stirring cup 410 to cooperate with the stirring cup 410 to form a stirring chamber, the cup base assembly 50 is opened with a discharge port 511 communicating with the stirring chamber, the cup base assembly 50 cooperates with the handle 420 to form an installation space communicating the discharge port 511 with the outside, the discharge valve assembly 60 is located in the installation space, the valve housing 80 of the discharge valve assembly 60 is detachably connected with the cup base assembly 50 and abuts against the discharge port 511, in an arrangement mode, the discharge pipe 750 and the limiting portion 733 can be exposed from the cup base assembly 50, that is, in the present application, important parts in the discharge valve assembly 60 are all covered and hidden by the cup base assembly 50 and the handle 420, and only show the discharge pipe 750 in order to realize the basic discharge function and the spacing part 733 in order to realize the safety function, therefore, in the use process, when the user repeatedly places or lifts the stirring cup device 20, because the discharge valve assembly 60 is protected, its main structure can not be collided by external foreign matters, therefore, in the use process of the stirring cup device 20, the structural stability and safety are better, and the structural integrity of the stirring cup device 20 observed externally is higher, it is more compact, give aesthetic feeling, meanwhile, because of the design that the main parts of the discharge valve assembly 60 are hidden, foreign matters such as external dust are not easy to fall on the discharge valve assembly 60, it is also favorable to promoting the hygiene, it is difficult to breed the bacterium, improve the food safety performance. It will be appreciated that in other arrangements, both the drain tube 750 and the stop 733 may be hidden, or one may be exposed and the other hidden. Here, exposed means visible from the outside.

The cup holder assembly 50 comprises a cutter head 510 and an encloser structure 540, the cutter head 510 is provided with a discharge port 511, the encloser structure 540 is connected with the stirring cup 410 and fixes the cutter head 510 at the bottom of the stirring cup 410, the valve housing 80 is detachably connected with the cutter head 510, and both the discharge pipe 750 and the limiting part 733 can be exposed by the encloser structure 540. The utility model provides a stirring cup 410 can be the glass material, the metal material (for example, stainless steel) etc., stirring cup 410 is upper and lower opening setting, the centre gripping has the sealing washer between stirring cup 410 and the blade disc 510, shell structure 540 presss from both sides blade disc 510 tightly in stirring cup 410 bottom after being connected with stirring cup 410 bottom, and stirring cup 410 and blade disc 510 also press from both sides the sealing washer and press from both sides the leakage condition in order to prevent to beat the edible material in-process, specifically speaking, can be that the wall is provided with the spiral arch outside the bottom of stirring cup 410, and also be formed with on shell structure 540 and connect the lug structure, through spiral arch and connect the lug joint together. This embodiment is accommodated discharge valve subassembly 60 through the cooperation of housing structure 540 and handle 420, can prevent effectively that discharge valve subassembly 60 from being carried at stirring cup device 20 and taking the in-process and being collided by the foreign object, and so the overall arrangement is comparatively reasonable, and structural stability is high.

Specifically, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 4 and fig. 6, the upper portion of the housing structure 540 is spliced with the lower portion of the handle 420, the cutter head 510, the housing structure 540 and the handle 420 together define an installation space, the housing structure 540 is provided with an abdication port communicated with the outside, and the discharge pipe 750 and the limiting portion 733 can be exposed through the abdication port. By splicing the upper part of the cover structure 540 with the lower part of the handle 420, the gap exposed by the stirring cup device 20 is smaller, and external foreign matters are more difficult to enter the interior of the stirring cup device 20 and fall onto the discharge valve assembly 60, so that the compactness, the safety and the sanitation of the whole structure of the stirring cup device 20 are further improved.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 4, 5 and 7, the housing structure 540 includes a cup 550 and a cover assembly 560, the cup 550 covers the impeller 510 and is connected to the mixing cup 410 to lock the impeller 510 relative to the mixing cup 410, the relief opening includes a first relief opening 551 formed in the cup 550 at a position corresponding to the discharge opening 511 and a second relief opening 573 and a third relief opening 574 formed in the cover assembly 560, the valve housing 80 partially extends into the first relief opening 551 to be detachably connected to the impeller 510, and the drain pipe 750 extends toward the second relief opening 573, wherein when the drain pipe 750 is exposed from the second relief opening 573, the drain pipe 750 is not prone to splashing and remaining on the cover assembly 560 during the draining process. The limiting portion 733 can extend out of the third relief opening 574. This application cup 550 mainly plays the effect of fixed blade disc 510, and shroud subassembly 560 is connected with cup 550, with the outside cladding of cup 550 to the realization is accomodate discharge valve subassembly 60's primary structure, and the design is guaranteeing to stir under the circumstances that stirring cup device 20 overall structure is stable, compactness is high like this, still is favorable to the modularization equipment, improves production efficiency. The cup holder 550 of the present application is provided with the structure of the connection protrusion, the cover assembly 560 has a structure with an upper opening and a lower closed portion, the cover assembly 560 and the cup holder 550 can be connected to the screw posts provided on the two through screws, the second and third relief holes 573 and 574 are respectively provided on the bottom wall and the side wall of the cover assembly 560, so that basically, external foreign objects are difficult to collide with the discharge valve assembly 60, and the external foreign objects are difficult to enter the inside of the blender cup assembly 20, causing dust to attach to the discharge valve assembly 60, and the overall structure is more compact, and the cup holder is presented to consumers with a simple and beautiful outer contour.

Further, the cover cap assembly 560 includes a cup 570 and a bottom cap 580, the bottom cap 580 is fixedly connected to the cup 550 and locks the cup 570 to the cup 550, wherein the cup 570 is a cylinder with two ends penetrating through, the bottom cap 580 covers the bottom of the cup 570, the cup 570 and the cup 550 are detachably connected, specifically, the bottom cap 580 may be provided with a threaded post, and the cup 550 is provided with a threaded hole, so that a connector such as a screw or a bolt may pass through the threaded post and then connect to the threaded hole, the bottom cap 580 covers the bottom of the cup 570, and the cup 570 is relatively locked to the cup 550, and the cover housing structure 540 is configured as described above, so that the blender cup 20 is convenient for modular assembly in case of compact overall structure. The specific assembly process may be: after the handle 420 is mounted to the mixing cup 410, the mixing cup 410 can be turned over so that the bottom opening faces upwards, after the sealing ring is fixed to the cutter disc 510, the cutter disc 510 and the sealing ring are buckled and covered on the opening at the bottom of the mixing cup 410, then the cup seat 550 is mounted and fixed to the bottom of the mixing cup 410 so as to fix the cutter disc 510 to the mixing cup 410 together and enable the sealing ring to be clamped and sealed, in this process, when the cup seat 550 is mounted, the first relief opening 551 on the cup seat 550 should be aligned with the discharge opening 511 of the cutter disc 510, so that after the cup seat 550 is mounted, the discharge valve assembly 60 is mounted to the outside of the cutter disc 510 through the first relief opening 551 so that the discharge valve assembly 60 is preliminarily fixed, then corresponding wiring operation is performed, and then the cup cover 570 in the cover assembly 560 covers the outside of the cup seat 550 so as to accommodate and hide the main structure of the discharge valve assembly 60, in this process, the second relief 573 and the third relief 574 of the cup 570 are respectively exposed to expose the drain 750 and the stopper 733, and finally the bottom cover 580 is snapped onto the port of the cup 570, and the bottom cover 580 is fastened to the cutter head 510 via a connector to axially lock the cup 570 to the cup holder 550, thereby forming an assembly of an integral structure. From the above demonstration, we can see that the stirring cup device 20 of the present application can be well adapted to the modular assembly in the automatic production process in the production process, and is also more convenient in the later-stage dismounting maintenance process, and only needs to perform the reverse operation, and the bottom cover 580 and other parts are opened in sequence.

The stirring cup device 20 has the advantages of being high in assembly efficiency and compact in structure due to the modular design, and further having the characteristic of stable installation structure, particularly for the discharge valve assembly 60, after the valve housing 80 of the discharge valve assembly 60 is fixed to the cutter head 510, the following design is further made, so that the discharge valve assembly 60 can be ensured to realize the locking function in the above content in a stable installation mode. Referring to fig. 5 and fig. 6, in an embodiment, the valve housing 80 is formed with a housing positioning portion 830, the cup 550 is provided with a cup positioning portion 552, and the housing positioning portion 830 is engaged with the cup positioning portion 552. The cup positioning portion 552 is disposed near the first relief opening 551, in one arrangement, the cup positioning portion 552 may be a groove structure formed on the cup 550, the valve housing positioning portion 830 is a columnar structure formed on the valve housing 80, the valve housing positioning portion 830 of the columnar structure is snapped into the groove structure, positioning may be provided for the process that the bleed valve assembly 60 passes through the first relief opening 551 to be connected with the cutter disc 510, thereby providing an automatic alignment connection reference for the valve housing 80 and the cutter disc 510 of the bleed valve assembly 60 in the installation process, such assembly is more convenient, and the installation structure of the bleed valve assembly 60 is also more stable, it can be understood that the structural forms of the valve housing positioning portion 830 and the cup positioning portion 552 may be interchanged therebetween, or other structural forms capable of achieving preliminary positioning.

Further, referring to fig. 8, the cup cover 570 includes a cylinder 571 and a bridge 572 protruding outward relative to the cylinder 571, the cylinder 571 is sleeved outside the cup holder 550, an upper portion of the bridge 572 is spliced with a lower portion of the handle 420, the bridge 572 is provided with the second relief port 573 and the third relief port 574, wherein the second relief port 573 is disposed at a bottom of the bridge 572, the third relief port 574 is disposed at a side portion of the bridge 572, a support 575 is further disposed on an inner wall of the bridge 572, and the valve housing 80 abuts against the support 575. From the above, we know that the cup 570 covers the outside of the cup 550 and partially accommodates the discharge valve assembly 60, then the scheme of the application further sets up the supporting portion 575 on the overlapping portion 572 of the cup 570, the supporting portion 575 abuts against one side of the valve housing 80 departing from the first giving position opening 551, and then the cup 550 and the cup 570 realize the clamping and positioning effects on the two opposite sides of the valve housing 80, so that the stability of the installation structure of the discharge valve assembly 60 can be well ensured, and in the motion process of the valve core 730, the shaking condition is not easily generated.

Referring to fig. 2, 4 and 5, the discharge pipe 750 of the present application is a flexible pipe, and may be made of, for example, a silicone material or other materials with certain deformation characteristics, so that the discharge pipe 750 is easy to manufacture on one hand, and on the other hand, the valve element 730 can form a better extrusion seal when entering or exiting the discharge pipe 750, and is also easy to assemble. In order to ensure that the discharge pipe 750 is not deformed after long-term use, and the position of the second relief opening 573 is changed, so that the solution is scattered on the cup cover 570 when the liquid is discharged, the present application further forms a positioning slot 746 at one end of the discharge pipe 750 close to the discharge opening 763, and a cup cover positioning portion 576 is further provided on the inner wall of the cup cover 570 close to the bottom of the overlapping portion 572, the cup cover positioning portion 576 is in a convex rib shape, and the cup cover positioning portion 576 is snapped into the positioning slot 746. In this way, the positioning slot 746 and the cup positioning portion 576 cooperate to define the position of the discharge pipe 750 at the second relief port 573, so as to ensure that the slurry is smoothly discharged from the second relief port 573 during use.

The content of introducing above has explained food processor from stirring cup device 20 aspect has compact structure, convenient assembling and safe in utilization's characteristic, however the food processor's of this application advantage still not only so, the food processor of this application still has the convenient advantage of wasing, and on the convenient aspect of wasing, stirring cup device 20 embodies for detachably installs to host computer 10 on the one hand, still embodies in order to realize convenient abluent the coming through carrying out optimal design to arranging thick liquid valve module.

It was first mentioned above that the discharge valve assembly 60 of the present application is removably attachable to the impeller 510, thereby facilitating the separate removal of the discharge valve assembly 60 for cleaning. Specifically, referring to fig. 9 to 12 in combination, the valve housing 80 is provided with a first mounting portion 821, the cutter disc 510 is provided with a second mounting portion, and the discharge valve assembly 60 is detachably connected to the cutter disc 510 by fitting of a connector with the first mounting portion 821 and the second mounting portion. The cutter head 510 of the present application is a metal piece with a die-casting structure, a cutter seat for stirring the cutter 520 and fixing the stirring cutter 520 is installed on the cutter head 510, and when the food material disposer has a heating function, a heating element 530 is further installed on the cutter head 510, wherein the heating element 530 can be but is not limited to a heating tube, a heating wire, a heating film, and the like. In an embodiment, the second mounting portion is a connection column integrally formed with the cutter head 510, a threaded hole is formed in the connection column, the first mounting portion 821 can be a mounting hole formed in the valve housing 80, the mounting hole can be a through hole or a threaded hole, and in the mounting process, the first mounting portion is locked to the second mounting portion after a connecting piece such as a screw or a bolt penetrates through the first mounting hole, and the structure is also convenient to assemble and disassemble. However, the number of the first mounting portions 821 and the second mounting portions may be three for the stability of the connection structure, and the first mounting portions 821 and the second mounting portions may be disposed around the discharge port 511 at intervals.

As will be understood from the above, the discharge pipe 750 of the present application is formed with a discharge passage 761 and is provided with a feed port 762, a discharge port 763, and an insertion port 771 communicating with the discharge passage 761, the feed port 762 being in abutment with the discharge port 511. The driving assembly 720 is detachably mounted to the valve housing 80, the valve spool 730 is connected to the driving assembly 720, and the valve spool 730 moves into and out of the discharge tube 750 through the insertion port 771 to open or close the discharge channel 761 under the driving of the driving assembly 720. Wherein, the driving assembly 720 comprises a driving member 721 and a transmission member 722 detachably connected to a driving shaft of the driving member 721, the driving member 721 drives the valve plug 730 to linearly reciprocate through the transmission member 722, the valve housing 80 comprises a valve seat 820 and a valve cover 810 detachably connected, the driving member 721 is detachably mounted on the valve seat 820, and the transmission member 722, the valve plug 730 and the discharge pipe 750 are all disposed on the valve seat 820. That is, the valve housing 80 is divided into two parts, namely, the valve cover 810 and the valve seat 820 are detachably connected, the driving member 721 is mounted on the valve cover 810, the valve core 730 and the discharge pipe 750 are all arranged on the valve seat 820, therefore, after the whole discharge valve assembly 60 is removed, the valve cover 810 and the driving member 721 can be removed from the valve seat 820 together, and the rest structure in the valve seat 820 is directly washed by water, so that the cleaning is convenient under the condition that the driving member 721 can be well protected.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12 again, in some embodiments, the valve seat 820 is provided with a first locking hole, the valve cover 810 is provided with a second locking hole 812, and the valve seat 820 and the valve cover 810 are detachably connected to the first locking hole and the second locking hole 812 through the connection member; and/or, one of the valve seat 820 and the valve cover 810 is provided with a buckle 811, the other of the valve seat 820 and the valve cover 810 is provided with a buckle position, the valve seat 820 and the valve cover 810 are clamped through the matching of the buckle 811 and the buckle position, namely, the valve cover 810 and the valve seat 820 are connected through one screw, and the other part is clamped, so that the assembly is more convenient and the efficiency is higher.

In an embodiment, the driving member 721 is a driving motor, the driving member 722 is a driving screw connected to a motor shaft of the driving motor, the driving screw is in threaded connection with the valve plug 730, in an embodiment, the driving screw is detachably connected to the motor shaft of the driving motor, in some configurations, the driving screw is formed with a mounting hole, the motor shaft of the driving motor is formed with a connecting hole, and the driving screw is detachably connected to the motor shaft through a connecting member in cooperation with the mounting hole and the connecting hole. The valve body 731 of the valve body 730 is hollow, a receiving cavity with an opening at one end is formed in the valve body 730, an internal thread is formed on the inner wall of the receiving cavity, a driving screw rod extends into the receiving cavity to be in threaded connection with the internal thread, furthermore, the valve seat 820 is also provided with a guide groove 824 in the inner cavity, the guide groove 824 extends in the length direction of the valve seat 820, and the outer part of the valve core 730 is also connected with a guide projection 734, the guide projection 734 is clamped into the guide groove 824, when the drive motor drives the drive screw to rotate through the rotation of the motor shaft, because of the mating of the internal threads inside the valve cartridge 730, the valve cartridge 730 also has a tendency to rotate, and due to the limitation of the guide projection 734 and the guide slot 824, the valve core 730 can only move along the guide slot 824 to perform reciprocating linear motion, in this manner, the entire discharge valve assembly 60 is relatively compact and requires relatively little space to install, particularly in conjunction with the compact nature of the blender cup assembly 20 described above. It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the combination of the drive member 721 and the transmission member 722 may also be: the driving member 721 is a cylinder and the transmission member 722 is a piston rod of the cylinder, or the driving member 721 is a motor and the transmission member 722 is a rack and pinion engaged with each other, or other combinations capable of converting into linear motion. For reasons of volume and economic cost, it is preferred that the drive member 721 be in the form of a drive motor and the drive member 722 be in the form of a drive screw.

In one embodiment, in order to ensure the safety of the driving motor during use, a sealing collar 780 is further sleeved outside the driving motor, wherein the sealing collar 780 is clamped between the valve cover 810 and the driving motor, and the sealing collar 780 can ensure that the driving motor is prevented from being corroded by moisture during use, and on the other hand, can also play a role in shock absorption and noise reduction.

In one embodiment, the discharge valve assembly 60 further includes a position detector 740 for detecting a position of the valve member 730, the valve member main body 731 is connected to a mounting bracket 732, a second relief port 573 of the valve seat 820 forms a relief port 823 corresponding to the mounting bracket 732, the mounting bracket 732 extends from the relief port 823 to the outside of the valve seat 820, and the position detector 740 is located outside the valve seat 820 and mounted to the mounting bracket 732, in which the stopper 733 is formed on the mounting bracket 732. The position detector 740 can be a magnet, and a sensor corresponding to the position detector 740 can be further disposed on the stirring cup device 20 or the main machine 10 to form a hall sensor detection principle, and through the disposition of the position detector 740, a control signal can be effectively provided to the main control board to control the driving motor driven valve plug 730 to extend into the discharging pipe 750 from the insertion port 771 by a proper depth, so that under the condition of ensuring the stability of the structure, the valve plug 730 can be ensured to be more reliable in the process of closing and conducting. It is understood that the position of the valve element 730 may be detected by other forms, such as forming a micro switch, adopting a photoelectric sensor, and the like, which is not limited in the present application.

Referring to fig. 11 and 12 again, in an embodiment, the discharge tube 750 includes a main tube 760 and a mouthpiece 770 which are communicated with each other, a discharge channel 761 is formed in the main tube 760, and a feed inlet 762 and a discharge outlet 763 are respectively formed at two ends of the main tube, an insertion port 771 is formed in the mouthpiece 770, a first opening and a second opening which are communicated with an inner cavity of the valve seat 820 are hollow in the valve seat 820, the mouthpiece 770 is accommodated in the valve seat 820, one end of the main tube 760 where the feed inlet 762 is formed extends out of the valve seat 820 from the first opening, and the other end of the main tube 760 where the discharge outlet 763 is formed extends out of the valve seat 820 from the second opening. As will be understood from the above, the discharge tube 750 of the present application has a certain deformation capability, and thus, by forming the valve seat 820 into a hollow structure, during installation, the drain tube 750 may be pressed through the first and second openings, and such that an end of the discharge pipe 750 having the feed port 762 is exposed to a side of the valve seat 820 having the first opening and an end having the discharge port 763 is exposed to a side of the valve seat 820 having the second opening, so that the discharge pipe 750 is mounted on the valve seat 820, the mouthpiece 770 is located in the valve seat 820, and the valve cartridge 730 can be inserted into the mouthpiece to open and close the exhaust pipe 750, so that the installation is convenient, the structure is compact, and at the same time, since the valve body 730 is provided separately from the drain pipe 750, the valve body 730 and the drain pipe 750 can be removed separately during the cleaning process, thereby facilitating direct flushing of the drain pipe 750. In order to further improve the stability of the installation structure of the discharge pipe 750, a locking groove 764 is further formed on the main pipe body 760, and a side wall of the valve seat 820 at the first opening is locked into the locking groove 764. Wherein the slot 764 is configured to further limit the discharge tube 750 by the valve seat 820, such that the discharge tube 750 is not easily loosened when the quick snap-fit to the valve seat 820 is achieved as described above.

To improve the sealing, in one aspect, the inner wall of the main tube body 760 corresponding to the mouthpiece 770 is provided with a first sealing rib 765. And/or, the inner wall of the interface tube 770 is provided with a second sealing rib 772, and/or the end surface of the main tube body 760 forming the end of the feed port 762 is provided with a water retaining rib 767 arranged around the feed port 762.

Further, for the convenience of washing, after the discharge valve assembly 60 is installed, the center line of the discharge channel 761 in the discharge pipe 750 of the present application is straight and inclined downward, and the center line of the discharge channel 761 forms an angle a (refer to fig. 2) with the vertical direction, wherein a is 20 ° ≦ 60 °. When the included angle is too small, the main pipe 760 of the discharge pipe 750 and the position of the feed port 762 thereof need to be bent at too large an angle, which is not beneficial to cleaning, and when the included angle is too large, the lateral distance of the discharge valve assembly 60 is too large, which affects the installation space of other parts at the bottom of the stirring cup device 20, so that the structure is not compact. The present application, through this arrangement of the discharge pipe 750 in cooperation with the above-described state in which the center line of the spool 730 is at an acute angle to the vertical direction, the entire discharge valve assembly 60 is in an inclined installation state, and in one arrangement, the spool 730 is inserted into the discharge passage 761 at an angle perpendicular to the center line of the discharge passage 761. Then through the design of the valve core 730 installed obliquely, the discharge pipe 750 can be well butted with the discharge port 511, and the discharge pipe 750 is inclined relatively vertically, thereby being beneficial to discharging slurry, and no additional inclined pipeline is needed to be arranged to promote smooth discharge of slurry, therefore, the 'slurry discharge valve is inclined' and arranged on the stirring cup device 20, the size of the discharge pipe 750 can be shortened, thereby reducing the whole volume of the discharge valve assembly 60, further reducing the whole volume of the stirring cup device 20, and because the discharge pipe 750 can be made into a straight pipe, and the length of the discharge pipe 750 can be shortened, liquid in the stirring cup 410 can be smoothly discharged, and is not easy to block or remain, and the discharge pipe 750 is relatively clean and convenient to clean.

The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (14)

1. A discharge valve assembly, comprising:

a valve housing formed with a first mounting portion and capable of integrally mounting the discharge valve assembly to a food processor through the first mounting portion;

a discharge pipe installed to the valve housing, the discharge pipe being formed with a discharge channel and provided with a feed port, a discharge port, and an insertion port communicating with the discharge channel;

a drive assembly mounted to the valve housing; and

and the valve core is connected with the driving assembly and is arranged separately from the discharge pipe, and the valve core enters and exits the discharge pipe through the insertion hole under the driving of the driving assembly so as to open or block the discharge channel.

2. The discharge valve assembly of claim 1, wherein said drive assembly includes a driver and a transmission coupled to a drive shaft of said driver, said driver driving said spool in linear reciprocation via said transmission;

the valve housing includes a valve seat and a valve cover, the driving member is mounted to the valve cover, and the discharge pipe is disposed at the valve seat.

3. The discharge valve assembly of claim 2, wherein said drive member is a drive motor and said drive member is a drive screw coupled to a motor shaft of said drive motor, said drive screw being threadably coupled to said valve spool.

4. The discharge valve assembly as recited in claim 3, wherein the valve core is internally formed with a receiving chamber having an opening at one end, an inner wall of the receiving chamber is formed with an internal thread, and the driving screw is screw-coupled with the internal thread.

5. The discharge valve assembly of claim 4, wherein said drive screw is formed with a mounting hole, a motor shaft of said drive motor is formed with a coupling hole, and said drive screw is detachably coupled to said motor shaft by engagement of a coupling member with said mounting hole and said coupling hole.

6. The discharge valve assembly of claim 3, wherein said drive motor is further externally sleeved with a sealing collar.

7. The discharge valve assembly of claim 2, wherein the valve core includes a valve core body, a mounting bracket is connected to the valve core body, the discharge valve assembly further includes a position detecting member for detecting a position of the valve core, the valve seat has an avoiding opening corresponding to the mounting bracket, the mounting bracket extends out of the valve seat through the avoiding opening, and the position detecting member is located outside the valve seat and mounted on the mounting bracket.

8. The discharge valve assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein said discharge tube includes a main tube body and a mouthpiece tube communicating with each other, said main tube body having said discharge passage formed therein and having said inlet and said outlet formed at both ends thereof, said mouthpiece tube having said insertion opening formed therein, said valve seat having a hollow structure and a first opening and a second opening communicating with an inner cavity thereof, said mouthpiece tube being received in said valve seat, one end of said main tube body having said inlet formed therein extending from said first opening out of said valve seat, the other end of said main tube body having said outlet formed therein extending from said second opening out of said valve seat.

9. The discharge valve assembly of claim 8, wherein said main tube body defines a slot, and wherein a sidewall of said valve seat at said first opening is received in said slot; and/or a first sealing rib is arranged on the inner wall of the interface tube, and/or a first sealing rib is arranged on the inner wall of the main tube body corresponding to the interface tube; and/or one end of the main pipe body forming the feed inlet is provided with a water retaining rib arranged around the feed inlet.

10. The drain valve assembly of claim 2, wherein said valve seat has a first locking hole and said valve cover has a second locking hole, said valve seat and said valve cover being removably connected to said first locking hole and said second locking hole by a connector; and/or, one of the valve seat and the valve cover is provided with a buckle, the other of the valve seat and the valve cover is provided with a buckling position, and the valve seat and the valve cover are clamped through the matching of the buckle and the buckling position.

11. A blender cup apparatus comprising a blender cup and a discharge valve assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein a discharge opening is provided in the bottom of the blender cup, the discharge valve assembly is integrally mounted to the blender cup by the first mounting means, and the discharge opening communicates with the feed opening.

12. The blender cup apparatus of claim 11, wherein a centerline of said valve core is collinear with a centerline of said drive assembly, and wherein said valve core centerline is disposed at an angle to vertical.

13. The blender cup apparatus of claim 12, wherein a centerline of a discharge passage in said discharge tube is straight and said valve core is inserted into said discharge passage at an angle perpendicular to said centerline of said discharge passage; and/or the included angle between the central line of the valve core and the vertical direction ranges from 20 degrees to 60 degrees.

14. A food processor, characterized in that the food processor comprises a main machine and a stirring cup device installed on the main machine, wherein the stirring cup device is the stirring cup device as claimed in any one of claims 11 to 13.

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