CN216166858U

CN216166858U - Cooking utensil with pot in variable volume

Info

Publication number: CN216166858U
Application number: CN202122354804.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱泽春; 李扬
Original assignee: Joyoung Co Ltd
Current assignee: Joyoung Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-09-27
Filing date: 2021-09-27
Publication date: 2022-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-27

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil with a variable-volume inner pot, belongs to the technical field of food processing, and aims to overcome the defect that a drain valve is easy to block when the rice water of the existing electric cooker is separated. The cooking utensil comprises a base, a pot body arranged on the base and a pot cover covered on the pot body, wherein an inner pot is arranged in the pot body to contain liquid, the inner pot comprises an upper part, a bottom part and a deformation part connected between the upper part and the bottom part, a bearing part is arranged on the upper part, and a draining hole is formed in the bearing part; be equipped with drive arrangement in the cooking utensil with drive deformation portion deformation, the bottom is fixed for the base. The water in the pot is for holding the position of carrier in the deformation change inner pot volume mode through deformation portion is controlled, and the water in the interior pot is stayed throughout in the pot, and need not to discharge interior pot, and the water in the interior pot can be recycled, is convenient for realize abundanter culinary art effect. The cooking utensil does not need to be provided with a drain valve, and the situation that the drain valve is blocked does not exist certainly.

Description

Cooking utensil with pot in variable volume

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of food processing, and relates to a cooking appliance with a variable-volume inner pot.

Background

In the prior art, a rice draining electric cooker has the advantages that more water is added into a cooker liner during cooking, and rice and water are separated at the later stage of cooking, so that the purpose of reducing blood sugar is achieved. The existing rice-water separation mode is mainly characterized in that a drainage valve is installed on a pot body in a drainage mode, and the drainage valve is opened in the later stage of cooking to discharge water in a pot container to a preset position, so that water and rice are separated.

Above-mentioned rice water separation mode leads to the valve way of drain valve to block up easily, and water just can not flow back to the pot courage in once discharging in addition, can not further cook rice, and the drainage can only be gone on in the culinary art later stage, and the flexibility of culinary art is relatively poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides a cooking utensil with a variable-volume inner pot aiming at solving the problems in the prior art and aims to overcome the defect that a drain valve is easy to block when the rice water of the existing electric cooker is separated.

The utility model is realized by the following steps:

a cooking utensil with a variable-volume inner pot comprises a base, a pot body arranged on the base and a pot cover arranged on the pot body in a covering manner,

an inner pot is arranged in the pot body to contain liquid, the inner pot comprises an upper part, a bottom part and a deformation part connected between the upper part and the bottom part, a bearing part is arranged on the upper part, and a draining hole is formed in the bearing part;

a driving device is arranged in the cooking appliance to drive the deformation part to deform, and the bottom part is fixed relative to the base.

When used for cooking rice, water is placed in the inner pot and rice grains are placed on the carrier. The driving device can drive the deformation part to deform, so that the volume of the inner pot is changed, and the height of the water level in the inner pot can be changed. Particularly, when deformation portion takes place deformation and makes the volume of interior pot reduce, the water level in the interior pot rises for bearing the carrier for the water level in the interior pot can contact the rice grain that bears on the carrier, realizes that rice and water mixes in order to cook. When the deformation part deforms, the volume of the inner pot is increased, the water level in the inner pot is lowered relative to the bearing part, the water level in the inner pot is separated from the contact with the rice grains, and the water can take away the sugar in the rice grains, so that the blood sugar reducing effect is achieved. During the cooking process, the deformation part can be changed for many times, so that water and rice grains are switched between two contact states and separation states for many times, rice is cooked in a steaming and boiling combined mode, and richer rice taste is realized.

The water in the pot is for holding the position of carrier in the deformation change inner pot volume mode through deformation portion is controlled, and the water in the interior pot is stayed throughout in the pot, and need not to discharge interior pot, and the water in the interior pot can be recycled, is convenient for realize abundanter culinary art effect. The cooking utensil does not need to be provided with a drain valve, and the situation that the drain valve is blocked does not exist certainly.

The heating part is usually fixed at the bottom of the inner pot, and the bottom of the heating part is fixed relative to the base, so that the space below the heating part is relatively fixed, the heating part cannot be changed due to the lifting of the base, and the heat loss of the heating plate caused by the increase of the space below the heating plate when the base rises is avoided. In addition, the bottom is fixed relative to the base, so that the upper coupler is conveniently arranged at the bottom, and the inner pot or the whole pot body can be conveniently and detachably arranged relative to the base.

Preferably, the lower surface of bottom is fixed with the piece that generates heat, be equipped with on the pot body with generate heat the last coupler that the piece electricity is connected, be equipped with down the coupler on the base with go up coupler coupling, the pot body demountable installation be in on the base. The bottom is fixed for the position of base, and during the culinary art process, when interior pot volume changed, the bottom still remained unchanged for the position of base, and last coupler on the bottom and the lower coupler on the base can keep the coupled connection's state at the culinary art in-process to the detachable mounting who crosses low and base is crossed in the realization, the independent clearance and the maintenance of interior pot and base of being convenient for like this.

Preferably, the driving device is in transmission connection with the upper part to drive the upper part to move up and down. When the upper part moves downwards, the deformation part is folded and deformed, so that the volume of the inner pot is reduced; when the upper part moves upwards, the deformation part expands and deforms, so that the volume of the inner pot is increased.

Preferably, the pot body comprises a lifting shell and a transmission cylinder, the inner wall of the lifting shell is in threaded connection with the outer wall of the transmission cylinder, the upper part of the lifting shell is fixedly connected with the lifting shell, and the driving device is connected with the transmission cylinder to drive the transmission cylinder to rotate; the drive arrangement during operation drives and comes the transmission section of thick bamboo to rotate, and the transmission section of thick bamboo drives the lift shell based on threaded connection and goes up and down, and the lift of lift shell drives upper portion again and reciprocates for deformation portion takes place to expand or folding deformation, and then changes the volume of interior pot.

Or the pot body comprises a lifting shell and a rack fixed on the lifting shell, the upper part of the pot body is fixedly connected with the lifting shell, and the driving device is connected with the rack to drive the rack to move up and down. The driving device drives the rack to move up and down to drive the lifting shell to lift, and the lifting shell drives the upper part to move up and down again to enable the deformation part to deform in an unfolding or folding mode, so that the volume of the inner pot is changed.

Preferably, the driving device comprises a motor and a driving gear connected to the motor, and the lower end of the transmission cylinder is provided with transmission teeth meshed with the driving gear. Therefore, the motor can drive the driving gear to rotate, and further drive the transmission cylinder to rotate.

Preferably, the pot body comprises a fixed shell, the transmission cylinder is rotatably connected to the fixed shell, and the driving device is fixed to the fixed shell. The fixed shell supports and limits the transmission cylinder, and the rotating stability of the transmission cylinder is improved.

Preferably, the outside of deformation portion is equipped with sealed chamber, drive arrangement with sealed chamber intercommunication is in order to the sealed chamber pressure boost. When the sealing cavity is pressurized, the acting force of the gas in the sealing cavity on the deformation part is gradually increased, and the deformation part is deformed towards the inner side of the inner pot, so that the volume of the inner pot is reduced, and the water level in the inner pot is raised; when the driving device releases the gas in the sealed cavity, the gas pressure in the sealed cavity is gradually reduced, the acting force of the gas in the sealed cavity on the deformation part is gradually reduced, and the deformation part is deformed towards the outer side of the inner pot, so that the water level of the inner pot is reduced by increasing the volume of the inner pot.

Preferably, the pan body comprises an outer shell and a bottom shell hermetically connected with the outer shell, the upper part of the pan body is hermetically connected with the outer shell, and the upper coupler is hermetically fixed on the bottom shell.

Preferably, the driving device is arranged on the base, the lower coupler is provided with a first interface communicated with the driving device, the upper coupler is provided with a second interface communicated with the sealing cavity, and the first interface is in sealing butt joint with the second interface; therefore, the driving device can be installed on the base to reduce the weight of the pot body, and the pot body is convenient to disassemble and clean. Set up first interface and second interface respectively on coupler and last coupler down, the electric connection between the pot body and the base is connected through same last coupler and coupler down with ventilating the connection, need not additionally to set up the connection structure of ventilating for overall connection structure is compacter, promotes the convenience of dismouting between the pot body and the base.

Or the driving device is arranged on the pot body and is directly communicated with the sealing cavity.

Preferably, the driving means comprises an air pump and an air discharge valve. The air pump works, the exhaust valve is closed, and air can be conveyed into the sealed cavity to increase the air pressure of the sealed cavity; the air pump stops working, the exhaust valve is opened, and the air in the sealed cavity can be released to reduce the air pressure in the sealed cavity.

According to the cooking utensil with the variable-volume inner pot, the position of water in the inner pot relative to the bearing piece is controlled in a mode that the volume of the inner pot is changed through the deformation of the deformation part, the water in the inner pot is always reserved in the inner pot without being discharged, the water in the inner pot can be recycled, and the richer cooking effect is convenient to achieve. The cooking utensil does not need to be provided with a drain valve, and the situation that the drain valve is blocked does not exist certainly.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an electric rice cooker according to an embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a carrier according to an embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the electric cooker according to the second embodiment.

Reference is made to the accompanying drawings in which: 100. a base; 110. a lower coupler; 111. a first interface; 200. a pan body; 210. an inner pot; 211. an upper portion; 212. a bottom; 213. a deformation section; 214. a heat generating member; 220. a carrier; 221. draining holes; 230. an upper coupler; 231. a second interface; 240. a lifting shell; 250. a transmission cylinder; 260. a stationary case; 270. sealing the cavity; 280. a housing; 290. a bottom case; 300. a pot cover; 400. a drive device; 410. a motor; 420. a drive gear; 430. an air pump; 440. and (4) exhausting the valve.

Detailed Description

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

Example one

The embodiment provides an electric cooker, which is a specific application of the innovative scheme of the utility model on the electric cooker, and the innovative scheme of the utility model can also be applied to the electric cooker such as a pressure cooker.

As shown in fig. 1-2, the electric rice cooker comprises a base 100, a pot body 200 disposed on the base 100, and a pot cover 300 covering the pot body 200, wherein an inner pot 210 is disposed in the pot body 200 to contain liquid, the inner pot 210 comprises an upper portion 211, a bottom portion 212, and a deformation portion 213 connected between the upper portion 211 and the bottom portion 212, a bearing member 220 is disposed on the upper portion 211, and a drainage hole 221 is disposed on the bearing member 220; a driving device 400 is arranged in the electric cooker to drive the deformation part 213 to deform, and the bottom part 212 is fixed relative to the base 100.

When used to cook rice, water is placed in the inner pot 210 and rice grains are placed on the carrier 220. The driving device 400 can drive the deformation part 213 to deform, so as to change the volume of the inner pot 210, and thus the water level in the inner pot 210 can be changed. Specifically, when the deformation part 213 is deformed to reduce the volume of the inner pot 210, the water level in the inner pot 210 rises relative to the bearing member 220, so that the water level in the inner pot 210 can contact rice grains on the bearing member 220, and rice and water are mixed to cook rice. When the deformation part 213 deforms to increase the volume of the inner pot 210, the water level in the inner pot 210 is lowered relative to the bearing part 220, so that the water level in the inner pot 210 is separated from the contact with the rice grains, and the water can take away the sugar in the rice grains, thereby reducing the blood sugar. During the cooking process, the deformation part 213 can be changed for many times, so that water and rice grains are switched between two contact states and separation states for many times, rice is cooked in a steaming and boiling combined mode, and richer rice taste is realized.

The position of water in the pot 210 relative to the carrier 220 in pot 210 is controlled in the mode of pot 210 volume in the deformation change through deformation portion 213, and the water in the pot 210 is left in the pot 210 all the time, and pot 210 in need not the discharge, and the water in the pot 210 can be recycled, is convenient for realize abundanter culinary art effect. The electric cooker does not need to be provided with a drain valve, and the situation of the blockage of the drain valve does not exist.

The heating element 214 is usually fixed at the bottom 212 of the inner pan 210, and the bottom 212 is fixed relative to the base 100, so that the space below the heating element 214 is relatively fixed and cannot be changed due to the lifting of the base 100, and the heat loss of the heating plate due to the increase of the space below the heating plate when the base 100 is lifted is avoided. In addition, base 212 is fixed relative to base 100, and upper coupler 230 is also conveniently disposed on base 212, which facilitates detachable disposition of inner pot 210 or entire pot body 200 relative to base 100.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, a heating element 214 is fixed on the lower surface of the bottom 212, an upper coupler 230 electrically connected to the heating element 214 is disposed on the pot body 200, a lower coupler 110 coupled to the upper coupler 230 is disposed on the base 100, and the pot body 200 is detachably mounted on the base 100. The position of the bottom 212 is fixed relative to the base 100, and when the volume of the inner pot 210 changes during cooking, the position of the bottom 212 relative to the base 100 remains unchanged, and the upper coupler 230 on the bottom 212 and the lower coupler 110 on the base 100 can maintain a coupling connection state during cooking, so that the underlow and detachable installation of the base 100 is realized, and thus, the separate cleaning and maintenance of the inner pot 210 and the base 100 are facilitated. In other alternative embodiments, the pan body 200 and the base 100 can be fixedly connected, and the base 100 directly supplies power to the heating element 214 through a wire without passing through a coupler.

As shown in fig. 1, the driving device 400 is drivingly connected to the upper portion 211 to drive the upper portion 211 to move up and down. When the upper part 211 moves downwards, the deformation part 213 is folded and deformed, so that the volume of the inner pot 210 is reduced; when the upper part 211 moves upwards, the deformation part 213 is expanded and deformed, so that the volume of the inner pot 210 is increased.

Specifically, the pan body 200 comprises a lifting shell 240 and a transmission cylinder 250, wherein the inner wall of the lifting shell 240 is in threaded connection with the outer wall of the transmission cylinder 250, the upper part 211 is fixedly connected with the lifting shell 240, and the driving device 400 is connected with the transmission cylinder 250 to drive the transmission cylinder 250 to rotate; when the driving device 400 works, the driving cylinder 250 is driven to rotate, the driving cylinder 250 drives the lifting shell 240 to lift based on the threaded connection, and the lifting shell 240 drives the upper portion 211 to move up and down again, so that the deformation portion 213 is expanded or folded to change the volume of the inner pot 210.

In other alternative embodiments, the lifting shell 240 may also be driven by a rack, specifically, the pan body 200 includes the lifting shell 240 and a rack fixed on the lifting shell 240, the upper portion 211 is fixedly connected to the lifting shell 240, and the driving device 400 is connected to the rack to drive the rack to move up and down. The driving device 400 drives the rack to move up and down to drive the lifting shell 240 to lift, and the lifting shell 240 drives the upper part 211 to move up and down again, so that the deformation part 213 is deformed by unfolding or folding, and the volume of the inner pot 210 is changed.

As shown in fig. 1, the driving device 400 includes a motor 410 and a driving gear 420 connected to the motor 410, and the lower end of the transmission cylinder 250 is provided with transmission teeth to engage with the driving gear 420. Thus, the operation of the motor 410 can drive the driving gear 420 to rotate, and further drive the transmission cylinder 250 to rotate. In other optional embodiments, the motor 410 and the transmission cylinder 250 can also realize reversing transmission through a bevel gear, a worm gear and the like, so that the motor 410 is transversely arranged, and the vertical space occupied by the motor 410 in the pot body 200 is reduced.

As shown in fig. 1, the pot body 200 includes a fixed shell 260, the transmission cylinder 250 is rotatably connected to the fixed shell 260, and the driving device 400 is fixed to the fixed shell 260. The fixing case 260 provides support and limit for the transmission cylinder 250, and improves the stability of the rotation of the transmission cylinder 250.

Example two

The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment mainly in the deformation manner of the deformation portion 213 and the driving principle of the driving device 400. In the embodiment, the rotation of the motor 410 is converted into the up-and-down movement of the upper part 211, so that the deformation part 213 is unfolded or folded to cause the change of the volume of the inner pot 210; in the present embodiment, the sealing chamber 270 is provided, and the air pressure in the sealing chamber 270 is changed to cause the deformation portion 213 to deform inwardly or outwardly, thereby causing the change in the volume of the inner pot 210.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, a seal cavity 270 is disposed outside the deformation portion 213, and the driving device 400 is communicated with the seal cavity 270 to pressurize the seal cavity 270. When the sealed cavity 270 is pressurized, the acting force of the gas in the sealed cavity 270 on the deformation part 213 is gradually increased, and the deformation part 213 deforms towards the inner side of the inner pot 210, so that the volume of the inner pot 210 is reduced, and the water level in the inner pot 210 rises; when the driving device 400 releases the gas in the sealed cavity 270, the gas pressure of the sealed cavity 270 gradually decreases, the acting force of the gas in the sealed cavity 270 on the deformation part 213 gradually decreases, and the deformation part 213 deforms towards the outer side of the inner pot 210, so that the volume of the inner pot 210 is increased, and the water level of the inner pot 210 is lowered.

Further, the pan body 200 includes a housing 280 and a bottom case 290 hermetically connected to the housing 280, the upper portion 211 is hermetically connected to the housing 280, and the upper coupler 230 is hermetically fixed to the bottom case 290. The driving device 400 is disposed on the base 100, the lower coupler 110 is provided with a first interface 111 communicated with the driving device 400, the upper coupler 230 is provided with a second interface 231 communicated with the sealed cavity 270, and the first interface 111 and the second interface 231 are in sealed butt joint; thus, the driving device 400 can be installed on the base 100 to reduce the weight of the pot body 200, and the pot body 200 can be conveniently detached and cleaned. The first connector 111 and the second connector 231 are respectively arranged on the lower coupler 110 and the upper coupler 230, the electric connection and the ventilation connection between the pot body 200 and the base 100 are connected through the same upper coupler 230 and the lower coupler 110, and a ventilation connection structure is not required to be additionally arranged, so that the whole connection structure is more compact, and the convenience of dismounting and mounting between the pot body 200 and the base 100 is improved.

In other alternative embodiments, the driving device 400 may be mounted on the pot 200 to directly communicate with the sealed cavity 270.

Further, the driving device 400 includes an air pump 430 and an exhaust valve 440. The air pump 430 is operated, the exhaust valve 440 is closed, and air can be delivered into the sealed cavity 270 to increase the air pressure of the sealed cavity 270; the air pump 430 is deactivated and the air release valve 440 is opened to release air from the sealed chamber 270 to reduce the pressure of the sealed chamber 270. In other alternative embodiments, the driving device 400 may be an air cylinder.

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

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

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

Claims

1. A cooking utensil with a variable volume inner pot comprises a base, a pot body arranged on the base and a pot cover arranged on the pot body in a covering manner, and is characterized in that,

2. The cooking utensil with a variable-volume inner pot as claimed in claim 1, wherein a heating element is fixed on the lower surface of the bottom, an upper coupler electrically connected with the heating element is arranged on the pot body, a lower coupler is arranged on the base and is coupled with the upper coupler, and the pot body is detachably mounted on the base.

3. The cooking appliance with a variable volume inner pot of claim 1, wherein the driving means is drivingly connected to the upper portion to drive the upper portion up and down.

4. The cooking utensil with the variable-volume inner pot as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the pot body comprises a lifting shell and a transmission cylinder, the inner wall of the lifting shell is in threaded connection with the outer wall of the transmission cylinder, the upper part is fixedly connected with the lifting shell, and the driving device is connected with the transmission cylinder to drive the transmission cylinder to rotate;

or the pot body comprises a lifting shell and a rack fixed on the lifting shell, the upper part of the pot body is fixedly connected with the lifting shell, and the driving device is connected with the rack to drive the rack to move up and down.

5. The cooking appliance with the variable-volume inner pot as claimed in claim 4, wherein the driving device comprises a motor and a driving gear connected to the motor, and the lower end of the transmission cylinder is provided with transmission teeth to be meshed with the driving gear.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 4, wherein the body includes a stationary housing, the drive shaft is rotatably coupled to the stationary housing, and the drive mechanism is secured to the stationary housing.

7. A cooking appliance with a variable volume inner pot according to claim 2, wherein a sealed cavity is provided outside the deformation, and the driving means communicates with the sealed cavity to pressurize the sealed cavity.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 7, wherein the body includes an outer shell and a bottom shell sealingly connected to the outer shell, the upper portion sealingly connected to the outer shell, and the upper coupler sealingly secured to the bottom shell.

9. The cooking appliance with a variable-volume inner pot according to claim 7, wherein the driving device is arranged on the base, a first port communicated with the driving device is arranged on the lower coupler, a second port communicated with the sealed cavity is arranged on the upper coupler, and the first port and the second port are in sealed butt joint;

10. A cooking appliance with a variable-volume inner pot according to any one of claims 7 to 9, characterised in that the drive means comprise an air pump and an air outlet valve.