CN216317077U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cooking appliance, comprising: a base having a steam port; the first cooking container is detachably arranged on the base and is provided with a first cooking cavity and a steam inlet communicated with the first cooking cavity; the first sealing element is used for sealing the connection part of the steam inlet and the steam port. According to the cooking appliance provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the sealing effect of the steam interface between the first cooking container and the base is improved, a smooth steam passage can be formed, and the like.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, in particular to a cooking appliance.

Background

In a related art cooking appliance, such as a steamer with steam cooking function, the steam generator can introduce steam into the inner pot through the steam channel to cook food in the inner pot. However, during operation, the steam channel may leak, especially at the inlet end of the inner pot. Therefore, the cooking effect of the cooking appliance is influenced, and the user is easily scalded.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. To this end, it is an object of the present invention to provide a cooking appliance having advantages of facilitating an improvement in a sealing effect of a steam interface between a first cooking container and a base, enabling a smooth steam passage, and the like.

A cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a base having a steam port; the first cooking container is detachably arranged on the base and is provided with a first cooking cavity and a steam inlet communicated with the first cooking cavity; the first sealing element is used for sealing the connection part of the steam inlet and the steam port.

According to the cooking appliance provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the sealing effect of the steam interface between the first cooking container and the base is improved, a smooth steam passage can be formed, and the like.

In addition, the cooking appliance according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

according to some embodiments of the utility model, the first seal comprises: a first connecting body provided to one of the base and the first cooking container; a first sealing flange connected to the first connecting body, the first sealing flange extending obliquely from the first connecting body toward the other of the base and the first cooking container.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the first sealing cuff is formed as a closed annular cuff and is at least partially deformable.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, one of the base and the first cooking container is provided with a fitting protrusion and the other is provided with a fitting recess, the steam port is formed at one of the fitting protrusion and the fitting recess, and the steam inlet is formed at the other of the fitting protrusion and the fitting recess, wherein the fitting protrusion and the fitting recess are in a plug-in fit in a state that the first cooking container is mounted in place on the base.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, at least a portion of the first seal is sandwiched between the mating protrusion and the mating recess.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the first seal comprises an inner sealing bead and an outer sealing bead, the outer sealing bead being disposed around the inner sealing bead, wherein the inner sealing bead is disposed between an outer circumferential surface of the mating protrusion and an inner circumferential surface of the mating recess; the outer sealing flanging is sleeved on the outer side of the matching convex part and abuts against the outer surface of the other one of the base and the first cooking container.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the dimensions of the outer circumferential surface of the mating protrusion decrease progressively along the plugging direction of the mating protrusion; and/or, the size of at least one part of the inner circumferential surface of the matching concave part is gradually reduced along the insertion direction of the matching convex part.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the mating convex portion is disposed on a side wall or a bottom wall of the base, and the mating concave portion is correspondingly disposed on a side wall or a bottom wall of the first cooking container.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the base has an exhaust port, the first cooking container has a steam outlet communicating with the first cooking chamber, the cooking appliance further comprises a second sealing member, the steam outlet is fittingly connected with the exhaust port in a state that the first cooking container is mounted in place on the base, and the second sealing member is used for sealing a connection part of the steam outlet and the exhaust port.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the second seal comprises: a second coupling body provided to one of the base and the first cooking container; and the second sealing flange is connected with the second connecting main body, and extends towards the other one of the base and the first cooking container from the outer edge of the second connecting main body and inclines inwards.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the second sealing cuff is formed as a closed annular cuff and is at least partially deformable.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, one of the first cooking vessel and the base is provided with the second seal and the other is provided with a movable connector which is press-fitted with the second seal in a state in which the first cooking vessel is mounted in place on the base.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the steam inlet is provided at a lower portion of the first cooking container, and the steam outlet is provided at an upper portion of the first cooking container.

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

Drawings

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

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a sectional view of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a sectional view of a first cooking container of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 2 at circle A;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a fitting convex part and a fitting concave part of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a partial sectional view of a cooking appliance according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a sectional view of a cooking appliance according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 7 at circle C;

fig. 9 is a sectional view of a first cooking container of a cooking appliance according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is an enlarged view of the structure of fig. 7 at circle D.

Reference numerals:

a cooking appliance 100;

a base 10; a mounting cavity 11; a mounting hole 111; a fitting convex portion 12; a steam port 121; a first support base 17; a second support seat 18; a connecting seat 19; a connecting member 120; an exhaust port 102;

a first cooking container 20; a cooking chamber 201; a steam inlet 202; a steam outlet 203; a fitting recess 21; a housing 25; a thermally insulating chamber 251; an inner container 26; a mounting portion 27; an upper cover 29;

a first seal member 30; the first connecting body 31; a first sealing cuff 32; an inner sealing flange 321; an outer sealing flange 322;

a second seal member 40; a second connecting body 41; a second sealing cuff 42;

an intake valve 50; a steam generator 60; and a second cooking container 70.

Detailed Description

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

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the utility model and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are not to be considered limiting of the utility model.

In the description of the present invention, "a first feature" or "a second feature" may include one or more of the features, and "a plurality" means two or more, and the first feature may be "on" or "under" the second feature, and may include the first and second features being in direct contact, or may include the first and second features being not in direct contact but being in contact with another feature therebetween, and the first feature being "on", "above" and "above" the second feature may include the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature.

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

As shown in fig. 1 to 10, a cooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a base 10, a first cooking container 20, and a first sealing member 30.

For example, the cooking appliance 100 of the present application may include the first cooking container 20 and the second cooking container 70, and the cooking appliance 100 can simultaneously cook different kinds of food by providing two cooking containers. For example, the first cooking container 20 is a steamer, and may be used to cook rice. The second cooking container 70 may be a food steamer and may be used to heat cooled food or steam steamed products such as steamed bread, steamed stuffed bun, etc.

It should be understood that the base 10 can output water vapor through the vapor port 121, and the device for preparing the vapor can be disposed inside the base 10, for example, the vapor generator 60 is disposed inside the base 10. Of course, the apparatus for preparing steam may be disposed outside the susceptor 10, i.e., the steam port 121 of the susceptor 10 may be connected to an external apparatus for preparing steam. The first cooking container 20 and the second cooking container 70 may be both cooked using the steam output from the steam port 121, or a heating device for heating the second cooking container 70 may be separately provided.

The first cooking container 20 is adapted to be detachably provided to the base 10, for example, by being drawn out, to form a drawer-like structure. For example, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1-3, base 10 defines a mounting cavity 11, mounting cavity 11 may have a side opening, and first cooking container 20 may be mounted into mounting cavity 11 from the side opening. Specifically, the base 10 may include a first supporting seat 17, a second supporting seat 18, and a connecting seat 19, the first supporting seat 17 and the second supporting seat 18 are arranged at an interval in the up-down direction, the second supporting seat 18 is located above the first supporting seat 17, the connecting seat 19 is connected between the first supporting seat 17 and the second supporting seat 18 to define the mounting cavity 11, and the base 10 generally forms a C-shaped structure. The first cooking container 20 may be supported by the first supporting seat 17, and the steam generator 60 may be mounted on the connecting seat 19, the first supporting seat 17 or the second supporting seat 18. The first cooking container 20 can be installed between the first supporting seat 17 and the second supporting seat 18 from the side of the base 10, and the first cooking container 20 can be supported on the first supporting seat 17 to move, so that the movement is smoother and labor-saving, the food in the first cooking container 20 can be conveniently taken and placed, and the attractiveness and compactness of the structure are improved. The first cooking container 20 is not limited to a height space, and the cooking appliance 100 can be placed in a space with a smaller height to meet the requirement of placing a smaller kitchen space.

In some related technologies, a heating mode that an electric heating plate or a coil plate is used for heating the bottom of the inner container 26 is adopted, so that rice cooking is completed, when the electric heating plate or the IH is used for heating, the rice which is in direct contact with the inner container 26 is heated by a large amount, and the rice at the bottom of the inner container 26 is easy to be scorched and unstable in taste due to insufficient heating at a place far away from the inner container 26, so that the gelatinization degree of the cooked rice is inconsistent, and the effect of the cooked rice is difficult to optimize through the adjustment of an electric control program.

In the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 to 9, the base 10 may have the steam port 121, and the first cooking container 20 may have the cooking cavity 201 and the steam inlets 202 respectively communicating with the cooking cavity 201. In a state where the first cooking container 20 is mounted in place on the base 10, the steam inlet 202 is adapted to be coupled with the steam port 121, and the first sealing member 30 may be used to seal the connection of the steam inlet 202 and the steam port 121.

According to the cooking appliance 100 of the embodiment of the utility model, by arranging the steam port 121 and the exhaust port 102 on the base 10, a steam channel can be formed among the steam port 121, the cooking cavity 201 and the exhaust port 102, so that food in the cooking cavity 201 can be heated by steam, and thus food in the cooking cavity 201 can be cooked by steam cooking. The heat does not completely rely on the pan conduction, and hot steam can directly carry out abundant contact with eating the material, and the material surface is eaten to the directness, makes the even unanimity of edible material temperature in each region in the first culinary art container 20, and the edible material taste that the steam culinary art obtained is even stable, can not appear scorching. Compare the mode of direct heating culinary art chamber 201, can cook the food material more pertinence ground, be convenient for shorten cooking utensil 100's culinary art time, realize the extremely fast heating, improve cooking utensil 100's culinary art effect.

Also, by providing the first seal 30 at the junction of the steam inlet 202 and the steam port 121, a reliable sealing connection between the steam inlet 202 and the steam port 121 is facilitated. From this, can improve the reliability of admitting air of steam in first cooking container 20, be convenient for carry out steam cooking to the food in the culinary art chamber 201 better, not only can improve first cooking container 20's culinary art effect, improve cooking utensil 100's work efficiency, can avoid taking place steam leakage moreover, can prevent to scald the user, damage cooking utensil 100's inner structure, be convenient for improve cooking utensil 100's safety in utilization and reliability.

Therefore, the cooking appliance 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention has advantages of facilitating the sealing effect of the steam interface between the first cooking container 20 and the base 10, enabling a smooth steam passage, and the like.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, 6 and 8, the first sealing member 30 may include a first connecting body 31 and a first sealing flange 32, the first connecting body 31 being adapted to be provided at one of the base 10 and the first cooking container 20. The first sealing flange 32 is connected to the first connecting body 31, and the first sealing flange 32 is inclined (inwardly or outwardly inclined) from the first connecting body 31 toward the other one of the base 10 and the first cooking container 20. This not only facilitates the installation of the first sealing member 30, but also increases the elastic deformation capability of the first sealing flange 32, thereby increasing the sealing effect of the first sealing member 30 and achieving reliable sealing of the steam port 121 and the steam inlet 202.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 4, 6 and 8, the base 10 may be provided with a mounting hole 111, the fitting protrusion 12 is disposed through the mounting hole 111, and the fitting protrusion 12 defines the steam port 121. The first connecting body 31 is connected to the edge of the mounting hole 111, and at least a portion of the first connecting body 31 is sandwiched between the hole wall of the mounting hole 111 and the engaging protrusion 12 to seal a gap between the engaging protrusion 12 and the hole wall of the mounting hole 111, so as to prevent external dust, moisture, and the like from entering the interior of the base 10 to cause the interior of the base 10 to be dirty or moldy.

For example, in the example shown in fig. 4, 6 and 8, the outer circumferential surface of the first connecting body 31 is provided with an insertion groove into which the edge of the mounting hole 111 is inserted, the outer circumferential surface of the fitting projection 12 is provided with a boss, the outer circumferential surface of the fitting projection 12 is in sealing contact with the inner circumferential surface of the first connecting body 31, and the boss of the fitting projection 12 is in sealing contact with the end surface of the first connecting body 31 facing away from the first cooking container 20.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, 6 and 8, the first connecting body 31 is adapted to be disposed on the base 10. The first sealing flange 32 may be formed as a closed annular flange, one end of the first sealing flange 32 in the axial direction being adapted to be connected with the first connecting body 31 and the other end being able to be formed as a free end extending toward the first cooking container 20. Wherein one end of the first sealing flange 32 is connected to the outer edge of the first connecting body 31, and the first sealing flange 32 is inclined in the axial direction from the connecting end to the free end toward the middle of the first sealing flange 32. This not only facilitates the installation of the first sealing member 30, but also increases the elastic deformation capability of the first sealing flange 32, thereby increasing the sealing effect of the first sealing member 30 and achieving reliable sealing of the steam port 121 and the steam inlet 202.

In particular, the first sealing bead 32 is adapted to be formed as a closed annular bead and is at least partially deformable. This ensures that the first sealing bead 32 has a certain elastic deformability to ensure the sealing performance of the first sealing element 30.

For example, the first seal 30 is an integrally formed silicone member and the first sealing bead 32 is suitably formed as a closed annular bead. This not only facilitates the manufacture of the first sealing member 30, but also ensures that the first sealing flange 32 has a certain elastic deformation capability to ensure the sealing performance of the first sealing member 30.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, 6 and 8, one of the base 10 and the first cooking container 20 is adapted to be provided with a fitting protrusion 12 and the other is adapted to be provided with a fitting recess 21, the steam port 121 may be formed at one of the fitting protrusion 12 and the fitting recess 21, and the steam inlet 202 may be formed at the other of the fitting protrusion 12 and the fitting recess 21. Wherein, under the state that the first cooking container 20 is installed on the base 10 in place, the matching convex part 12 and the matching concave part 21 are inserted and matched, so as to improve the positioning stability of the base 10 and the first cooking container 20.

In some embodiments, at least a portion of the first seal 30 is adapted to be clamped between the mating protrusion 12 and the mating recess 21. So be convenient for realize the grafting cooperation of base 10 and first culinary art container 20, not only be convenient for improve the assembly accuracy and the connection structure intensity of base 10 and first culinary art container 20, be convenient for moreover utilize first sealing member 30 to seal the junction between them, improve sealed reliability.

In embodiments of the present invention, the first sealing flange 32 may be one (as shown in fig. 8) or more. For example, as shown in fig. 4 and 6, the first sealing flanges 32 may be two, i.e., an inner sealing flange 321 and an outer sealing flange 322, respectively, i.e., the first sealing member 30 includes the inner sealing flange 321 and the outer sealing flange 322, and the inner sealing flange 321 and the outer sealing flange 322 may be connected to the first connecting body 31, respectively. The outer sealing bead 322 is disposed around the inner sealing bead 321.

As shown in fig. 4 and 6, the inner sealing flange 321 is disposed between the outer circumferential surface of the mating protrusion 12 and the inner circumferential surface of the mating recess 21, in other words, the inner sealing flange 321 extends into the steam inlet 202 or the steam port 121 to directly seal the insertion gap of the insertion portion of the mating protrusion 12 and the mating recess 21, thereby improving the sealing effect.

With continued reference to fig. 4 and 6, the outer sealing flange 322 is disposed over the mating protrusion 12 and abuts against an outer surface of the other of the base 10 and the first cooking container 20 (e.g., an outer surface of a bottom wall or a side wall of the first cooking container 20 shown in fig. 4 and 6). The outer sealing flange 322 and the inner sealing flange 321 are matched to play a double sealing role, and the sealing is more reliable.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 6, the size of the outer peripheral surface of the mating protrusion 12 decreases along the plugging direction of the mating protrusion 12 (e.g., from bottom to top as shown in fig. 6, or from left to right as shown in fig. 4) so that the mating protrusion 12 is tapered or stepped to facilitate the insertion of the mating protrusion 12 into the mating recess 21. In the embodiment including the inner sealing flange 321, the inner sealing flange 321 may be sleeved on the tapered portion and contact and cooperate with the outer circumferential surface of the mating protrusion 12, so as to realize the assembly of the inner sealing flange 321 and the mating protrusion 12, and avoid the influence of the misalignment of the inner sealing flange 321 on the sealing effect during the process of inserting the mating protrusion 12 into the mating recess 21.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, 6 and 8, at least a portion of the inner circumferential surface of the fitting concave portion 21 is tapered in size along the insertion direction of the fitting convex portion 12, so that the space in the fitting concave portion 21 is tapered or stepped to facilitate the insertion of the fitting convex portion 12 into the fitting concave portion 21.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 6, the outer circumferential surface of the mating protrusion 12 includes an annular sealing slope at 45 ° with respect to the plugging direction, the inner circumferential surface of the mating recess 21 includes an annular mating slope at 45 ° with respect to the plugging direction, and the inner sealing flange 321 is inclined at 45 ° and abuts against the sealing slope to seal a gap between the sealing slope and the mating slope.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the base 10 is adapted to be provided with a fitting protrusion 12, and the first cooking container 20 is adapted to be provided with a fitting recess 21, the fitting protrusion 12 being capable of being inserted into the fitting recess 21. The steam port 121 is formed into a circular port and is located in the middle of the matching convex portion 12, the steam inlet 202 is formed into a circular port and is located in the middle of the matching concave portion 21, the steam port 121 and the steam inlet 202 are arranged in an opposite mode, and the caliber of the steam port 121 is smaller than that of the steam inlet 202. The mating protrusion 12 is formed as a cylindrical joint and the mating recess 21 is formed as a stepped groove comprising a first groove position and a second groove provided at the bottom of the first groove, i.e. the second groove is concavely formed by the bottom of the first groove. The first seal 30 is fitted over the outside of the cylindrical fitting. In the state in which the first cooking container 20 is mounted in place, the cylindrical adapter is adapted to be inserted into the second groove, the first sealing member 30 is adapted to be clamped between the mating protrusion 12 and the mating recess 21, and the first sealing flange 32 of the first sealing member 30 is stopped against the groove bottom surface of the first groove. So be convenient for realize the grafting cooperation of base 10 and first culinary art container 20, not only be convenient for improve the assembly accuracy and the connection structure intensity of base 10 and first culinary art container 20, be convenient for moreover utilize first sealing member 30 to seal the junction between them, improve sealed reliability.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 8, the mating recess 21 communicates with the bottom wall or side wall of the cooking chamber 201 through a duct assembly, for example, an air inlet valve 40 provided on the bottom wall or side wall of the cooking chamber 201. This enables steam to be smoothly introduced into the cooking chamber 201 from the bottom wall or the side wall of the cooking chamber 201.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, the fitting protrusion 12 is provided on the bottom wall of the base 10, and the fitting recess 21 is correspondingly provided on the bottom wall of the first cooking container 20, so as to enhance the sealing property between the fitting protrusion 12 and the fitting recess 21 by the gravity of the first cooking container 20.

In other embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 8, the mating protrusion 12 may be disposed on the base 10, the mating recess 21 may be disposed on the first cooking container 20, and the first sealing member 30 is adapted to be sleeved on the outer side of the mating protrusion 12. This facilitates the installation and disposition of the first sealing member 30, and the first sealing member 30 is disposed on the base 10, which can prevent the first sealing member 30 from being removed and attached together with the first cooking container 20, thereby facilitating the reduction of the abrasion of the first sealing member 30.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 4 and 8, the fitting protrusion 12 may be provided on a side wall of the base 10 (e.g., an inner side wall of the connection seat 19), and the fitting recess 21 may be correspondingly provided on an outer side wall of the first cooking container 20. Therefore, the matching convex part 12 and the matching concave part 21 can be inserted and connected along the horizontal direction, and the user can simultaneously realize the insertion and connection or separation of the matching convex part 12 and the matching concave part 21 in the process of pushing, pulling and assembling the first cooking container 20 along the horizontal direction, so that the operation process of the user is simplified, and the operation convenience of the user is improved. Meanwhile, compared with the scheme that the matching convex part 12 is arranged on the bottom wall of the base 10, the height dimension in the vertical direction is convenient to control, and the matching convex part 12 and the matching concave part 21 can be prevented from being abraded when the first cooking container 20 is installed in a push-pull mode, so that the sealing connection between the matching convex part 12 and the matching concave part 21 is influenced.

In some specific examples, as shown in fig. 3 and 9, the first cooking container 20 may be provided with an air inlet valve 40, and the air inlet valve 40 is used for controlling the on/off states of the cooking cavity 201 and the steam inlet 202. The air inlet valve 40 can communicate the steam inlet 202 with the cooking cavity 201 in a state that the first cooking container 20 is mounted in place on the base 10, and the air inlet valve 40 can block the steam inlet 202 from the cooking cavity 201 in a state that the first cooking container 20 is not mounted in place on the base 10 and/or the first cooking container 20 is separated from the base 10. Therefore, when the first cooking container 20 is installed in place, steam can be smoothly introduced into the cooking cavity 201 through the steam inlet 202, and when the first cooking container 20 is not installed in place, the steam inlet 202 can be closed, so that liquid in the cooking cavity 201 is prevented from flowing out of the steam inlet 202.

For example, the first cooking container 20 may include an inner container 26, an upper cover 29 and a housing 25, the inner container 26 may define a cooking cavity 201, and an access opening is formed at an upper end of the cooking cavity 201. The upper cover 29 is detachably provided to the inner container 26 to open or close the access opening. The outer shell 25 is disposed outside the inner container 26, and an insulating cavity 251 can be defined between the outer shell 25 and the inner container 26. Therefore, the heat insulation performance of the first cooking container 20 can be improved, the phenomenon that the user is scalded due to overheating of the first cooking container 20 is avoided, and the user can conveniently take and place the first cooking container 20. Further, an air inlet hole is formed in the middle of the bottom wall of the inner container 26, the air inlet valve 40 is arranged at the air inlet hole to open or close the air inlet hole, and the air inlet hole is connected with the steam inlet 202 through a pipeline. The cooking cavity 201 can contain liquid such as water, and when the air inlet hole is closed, food in the cooking cavity 201 cannot leak from the air inlet hole. In some embodiments, air admittance valve 40 may open the air admittance hole under the influence of steam pressure.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7 and 10, the base 10 has the exhaust port 102, and the first cooking container 20 has the steam outlet 203 communicating with the cooking cavity 201. The cooking appliance 100 further includes a second sealing member 40, the steam outlet 203 is fittingly connected to the exhaust port 102 in a state that the first cooking container 20 is mounted in place on the base 10, and the second sealing member 40 is used for sealing a connection portion of the steam outlet 203 and the exhaust port 102. The steam inside the cooking cavity 201 may be discharged through the steam outlet 203 and the exhaust port 102 to define a discharge path, and the second sealing member 40 improves the exhaust reliability of the steam inside the first cooking container 20, can reduce the risk of the steam scalding a user, prevents the steam from leaking to damage the internal structure of the cooking appliance 100, and facilitates improving the safety and reliability of the cooking appliance 100.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10, the second sealing member 40 may include a second connecting body 41 and a second sealing flange 42, and the second connecting body 41 may be provided to one of the base 10 and the first cooking container 20. The second sealing flange 42 may be connected to the second connecting body 41, and the second sealing flange 42 may be inclined inwardly from an outer edge of the second connecting body 41 toward the other one of the base 10 and the first cooking container 20. This not only facilitates the installation of the second sealing member 40, but also facilitates the increase of the elastic deformation capability of the second sealing flange 42, thereby increasing the sealing effect of the second sealing member 40 and achieving reliable sealing of the steam outlet 121 and the steam outlet 203.

For example, as shown in fig. 7 and 9-10, the second sealing member 40 is adapted to be disposed at the upper end of the first cooking container 20, and the second sealing member 40 may include a second connecting body 41 and a second sealing flange 42. The second sealing flange 42 may be formed as a closed annular flange, and the lower end of the second sealing flange 42 is connected to the second connecting body 41 and the upper end thereof is formed as a free end extending obliquely upward toward the middle of the second sealing flange 42. This facilitates not only the installation of the first sealing member 30 but also the increase of the elastic deformation capability of the second sealing flange 42, thereby increasing the sealing effect of the second sealing member 40 and achieving reliable sealing of the exhaust port 102 and the steam outlet 203.

In particular, the second sealing bead 42 can be formed as a closed annular bead and be at least partially deformable. This ensures that the second sealing flange 42 has a certain elastic deformability to ensure the sealing performance of the second sealing member 40.

For example, the second sealing member 40 may be a silicone member formed in one piece, and the middle portion of the second connecting body 41 is formed with an air passing channel, the lower end of which is communicated with the cooking cavity 201, and the upper end of which is formed with a steam outlet 203 adapted to be communicated with the air outlet 102. The second sealing flange 42 is adapted to be formed as a closed annular flange, the second sealing flange 42 being adapted to be press-fitted with the base 10. This facilitates the manufacture of the second sealing member 40, and also ensures that the second sealing flange 42 has a certain elastic deformation capability to ensure the sealing performance of the second sealing member 40.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 10, one of the first cooking container 20 and the base 10 may be provided with the second sealing member 40 and the other may be provided with a movable connector 120, and the air outlet 102 is suitably formed at the connector 120. In a state where the first cooking container 20 is mounted in place on the base 10, the connection member 120 may be press-fitted with the second sealing member 40. This enables reliable connection of the exhaust port 102 and the steam outlet 203 when the first cooking container 20 is mounted in place, facilitating the formation of a sealed exhaust path. At the same time, the detachment and installation of the first cooking container 20 is facilitated.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 10, the upper end of the first cooking container 20 may be provided with a mounting portion 27, the second sealing member 40 is adapted to be provided on the mounting portion 27, the connecting member 120 is movably provided on the base 10 in the up-down direction, and the connecting member 120 is located above the mounting portion 27. The link 120 is movably provided to the base 10 between a first position and a second position in the up-down direction. Wherein the connecting member 120 can avoid the first cooking receptacle 20 in a state of being in the first position, the connecting member 120 can be press-fitted with the second sealing member 40 in a state of being in the second position or being in an intermediate position between the first position and the second position, the connecting member 120 is adapted to have a guide surface adapted to drive the connecting member 120 to move from the second position to the first position during the installation of the cooking receptacle. Therefore, in the process of installing or detaching the first cooking container 20, the connecting member 120 is pushed to move so that the connecting member 120 can automatically avoid the first cooking container 20, the first cooking container 20 can be conveniently and smoothly installed or detached, the operation process of a user is simplified, and the operation convenience is improved.

Further, the base 10 may further include an elastic member adapted to be coupled between the mounting portion 27 and the link member 120, the elastic member being adapted to normally drive the link member 120 to move from the first position to the second position. In particular, the elastic member may be a spring.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, the steam inlet 202 may be provided at a lower portion of the first cooking container 20, and the steam outlet 203 may be provided at an upper portion of the first cooking container 20. Therefore, when the steam is introduced, the steam can be gradually diffused to the upper part from the bottom of the cooking cavity 201, so that the cooking effect of the steam is improved. That is, the steam directly heats the food at the bottom of the first cooking container 20, avoiding energy loss caused by the steam being introduced from the upper portion through the metal guide duct, and maximizing the use of the high temperature characteristic of the steam.

Other constructions and operations of the cooking appliance 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

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

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

Claims (13)

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a base having a steam port;

the first cooking container is detachably arranged on the base and is provided with a first cooking cavity and a steam inlet communicated with the first cooking cavity;

the first sealing element is used for sealing the connection part of the steam inlet and the steam port.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the first seal comprises:

a first connecting body provided to one of the base and the first cooking container;

a first sealing flange connected to the first connecting body, the first sealing flange extending obliquely from the first connecting body toward the other of the base and the first cooking container.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the first sealing bead is formed as a closed annular bead and is at least partially deformable.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein one of the base and the first cooking container is provided with a fitting convex portion and the other is provided with a fitting concave portion, the steam port is formed in one of the fitting convex portion and the fitting concave portion, the steam inlet is formed in the other of the fitting convex portion and the fitting concave portion,

wherein, under the state that the first cooking container is installed in place on the base, the matching convex part and the matching concave part are in plug-in fit.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 4, wherein at least a portion of the first seal is sandwiched between the mating protrusion and the mating recess.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 4, wherein the first seal includes an inner sealing bead and an outer sealing bead disposed about the inner sealing bead, wherein,

the inner sealing flanging is arranged between the outer circumferential surface of the matching convex part and the inner circumferential surface of the matching concave part;

the outer sealing flanging is sleeved on the outer side of the matching convex part and abuts against the outer surface of the other one of the base and the first cooking container.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 4,

the size of the peripheral surface of the matching convex part is gradually reduced along the inserting direction of the matching convex part; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

the dimension of at least a part of the inner peripheral surface of the fitting concave portion decreases in the insertion direction of the fitting convex portion.

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 4, wherein the engaging protrusion is disposed on a side wall or a bottom wall of the base, and the engaging recess is disposed on a side wall or a bottom wall of the first cooking container.

9. The cooking appliance of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the base has a vent, the first cooking container has a steam outlet in communication with the first cooking chamber, the cooking appliance further comprises a second seal,

when the first cooking container is installed in place on the base, the steam outlet is matched and connected with the exhaust port, and the second sealing element is used for sealing the connection position of the steam outlet and the exhaust port.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 9, wherein the second seal comprises:

a second coupling body provided to one of the base and the first cooking container;

and the second sealing flange is connected with the second connecting main body, and extends towards the other one of the base and the first cooking container from the outer edge of the second connecting main body and inclines inwards.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 10, wherein the second sealing flange is formed as a closed annular flange and is at least partially deformable.

12. The cooking appliance of claim 9, wherein one of the first cooking container and the base is provided with the second seal and the other is provided with a removable connector which is press fit with the second seal in the installed position of the first cooking container on the base.

13. The cooking appliance according to claim 9, wherein the steam inlet is provided at a lower portion of the first cooking container, and the steam outlet is provided at an upper portion of the first cooking container.

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