CN216535009U - Cooking equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooking apparatus comprising: a heating assembly adapted to heat food; and the heat preservation container is arranged below the heating assembly and is suitable for preserving heat of food. The cooked or baked food can be put into the heat-insulating container and is heat-insulated by the heat-insulating container, so that the influence of continuous heating on the taste of the food is avoided, or the food is cooled to be not beneficial to the physical health of a user. Simultaneously, heating element can preheat the insulated container when heating food to promote thermal utilization ratio, make the user need not to wait and just can use the insulated container to keep warm food, help promoting user experience. Therefore, the cooking equipment can preserve heat of the heated food, overcomes the defect that the food heated by the cooking equipment in the prior art is easy to age or cool, and avoids the problem that the food is not eaten in time after being continuously heated or taken out, so that the taste of the food is reduced or the body health of a user is damaged.

Description

Cooking equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to cooking equipment.

Background

Cooking equipment is the common domestic appliance who is used for cooking food, along with the improvement of people's standard of living, also provides more diversified demand to cooking equipment's function. In the prior art, cooking devices such as electric chafing dishes or electric baking trays are mainly used for cooking or baking food, but the cooked food is aged or scorched if not taken out in time, and the food is cooled if not taken out in time, so that the taste is affected, and even the health of a user is damaged.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the defect that the food heated by the cooking device in the prior art is prone to be aged or cooled, so as to provide a cooking device capable of storing the heated food.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a cooking apparatus including: a heating assembly adapted to heat food; the heat preservation container is arranged below the heating assembly and is suitable for preserving heat of food.

Further, the heat preservation container still includes:

the shell is arranged below the heating assembly;

the heat preservation tray is arranged on the shell and has an open state and a storage state, and when the heat preservation tray is in the open state, the heat preservation tray is parallel to the heating assembly.

Furthermore, a plurality of first through holes are formed in the side wall of the shell, and the heat preservation tray is suitable for horizontally extending out through the first through holes.

Furthermore, a driving mechanism is arranged in the shell and is suitable for driving the heat preservation tray to extend out of or retract into the shell through the first through hole.

Further, the first end of heat preservation tray is articulated with the pore wall of first through-hole, and actuating mechanism includes:

rotating the source;

the adapter comprises a main body and an adapter part arranged on the main body along the circumferential direction, and the main body is fixedly connected with an output shaft of a rotation source;

the first end of the transmission piece is hinged with the switching part of the switching piece, and the second end of the transmission piece is hinged with the second end of the heat preservation tray.

Further, the heat preservation tray includes tray body and the fixed second heating member that sets up in tray body bottom.

Further, the cooking apparatus further includes:

the temperature sensor is arranged on the heating assembly and is suitable for detecting the temperature of the heating assembly;

and the control module is in communication connection with the temperature sensor, the rotation source and the second heating element, and can control the rotation source to work to enable the heat preservation tray to stretch out and the second heating element to work when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the heating assembly is greater than or equal to a preset value.

Further, the heating component is a heating plate.

Further, the cooking equipment is an electric chafing dish and baking tray integrated machine.

The utility model has the following advantages:

1. according to the technical scheme, the cooking equipment comprises the heat preservation container arranged below the heating assembly. The heat-insulating container is suitable for insulating food. The user can put into the heat preservation container with the food that is cooked or roast, keeps warm through the heat preservation container to food, avoids the food after the ripe food continues to be heated and influences food taste, or is taken out and leads to cooling to be unfavorable for user's health. The heat preservation container is arranged below the heating assembly, so that the space below the heating assembly can be fully utilized, and the structure of the cooking equipment is more compact. Simultaneously, heating element can preheat the insulated container when heating food to promote thermal utilization ratio, make the user need not to wait and just can use the insulated container to keep warm food, help promoting user experience. Therefore, the cooking equipment can preserve heat of the heated food, overcomes the defect that the food heated by the cooking equipment in the prior art is easy to age or cool, and avoids the problem that the food is not eaten in time after being continuously heated or taken out, so that the taste of the food is reduced or the body health of a user is damaged.

2. A driving mechanism is arranged in the shell. The driving mechanism is suitable for driving the heat preservation tray to extend out of or retract into the shell through the first through hole. The first end of the heat preservation tray is hinged with the hole wall of the first through hole. The driving mechanism comprises a rotating source, an adapter piece and a transmission piece. Wherein, the adaptor includes the main part and sets up the switching portion on the main part along circumference. The main body is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the rotation source. The first end of driving medium is articulated with the switching portion of adaptor. The second end of the transmission piece is hinged with the second end of the heat preservation tray. The transmission member can output circumferential rotation under the drive of the rotation source. The adapter piece can be driven by the transmission piece to cause the heat preservation tray to rotate around a hinge point of the heat preservation tray and the first through hole, so that the heat preservation tray is driven to extend out of or retract back from the shell.

3. The cooking apparatus includes a temperature sensor and a control module. Wherein, temperature sensor sets up on heating element, is suitable for the temperature that detects heating element. The control module is in communication connection with the temperature sensor, the rotation source and the second heating element. The control module can control the rotation source to work when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the heating assembly is greater than or equal to a preset value, so that the heat preservation tray extends out and the second heating element works. The control module who sets up like this can control the second heating member when food will be cooked thoroughly and heat the tray body, and heat preservation container has not wasted the electric energy through the preheating of a period of time when the user need use the heat preservation function like this, makes the user need not to wait again before using the heat preservation process. The preset value is chosen to be 100 degrees celsius. The second heating element is arranged to heat the tray body to 50-60 ℃, so that the food is not cooled and the taste of the food is not damaged. The temperature sensor is preferably, but not limited to, a thermal resistance sensor or a thermocouple sensor.

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, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a baking tray of the cooking apparatus is in a storage state;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the cooking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, wherein a baking tray of the cooking apparatus is in a horizontal state;

fig. 3 is an exploded view of a thermal container of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a top view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a side view of the cooking apparatus of fig. 1.

Description of reference numerals:

100. a cooking device; 1. a heating assembly; 2. baking trays; 5. a heat preservation container; 51. a housing; 52. a heat-preserving tray; 53. a first through hole; 6. a drive mechanism; 61. rotating the source; 621. a main body; 622. a switching part; 63. a transmission member.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. 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.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

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 by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a baking tray of the cooking apparatus is in a storage state. Fig. 2 is a top view of the cooking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the baking tray of the cooking apparatus is in a horizontal state. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cooking apparatus 100 of the present embodiment includes a heating assembly 1 and a thermal container 5. The heating assembly 1 is adapted to heat food. The thermal insulation container 5 is arranged below the heating assembly 1. The thermal container 5 is adapted to thermally insulate the food. The heating assembly 1 is preferably, but not limited to, a baking pan, an electric chafing dish, etc. For example, in the present embodiment, the cooking apparatus 100 is an electric hotpot and grill, and the heating element 1 is a heating plate. A plurality of baking trays 2 are arranged around the heating plate along the circumferential direction. The baking tray 2 is rotatably arranged on the heating plate, and has a horizontal state and a storage state which forms a cooking cavity with the heating plate in an enclosing manner. When cooking apparatus 100 is switched to the horizontal state, both grill pan 2 and heating plate can heat food, and cooking apparatus 100 can function as an electric grill pan (see fig. 4 and 5), which enables grill pan 2 and heating plate to jointly enclose a cooking cavity and heat food by the heating plate when grill pan 2 of cooking apparatus 100 is switched to the storage state, and at this time cooking apparatus 100 can function as an electric chafing dish (see fig. 1). When cooking device 100 is not in use, grill pan 2 can be switched to the storage state, thereby reducing the volume occupied by cooking device 100 and facilitating storage of cooking device 100. Therefore, the cooking apparatus 100 of the present invention occupies a small volume while having various functions, is convenient to store, and neither the heating plate nor the electric grill 2 is left unused in a use state.

As can be seen from the above technical solutions, the cooking apparatus 100 of the present embodiment includes the thermal container 5 disposed below the heating assembly 1. The thermal container 5 is adapted to thermally insulate the food. The user can put the food that is cooked or toasted into heat preservation container 5, keeps warm through heat preservation container 5 to food, avoids the food after the ripe food continues to be heated and influences food taste, or is taken out and leads to cooling to be unfavorable for user's health. In addition, the heat-insulating container 5 is disposed under the heating assembly 1 to make full use of the space under the heating assembly 1, so that the cooking apparatus 100 is more compact in structure. Simultaneously, heating element among the heating element 1 can preheat heat preservation container 5 when heating food to promote thermal utilization ratio, make the user need not to wait and just can use heat preservation container 5 to keep warm food, help promoting user experience.

In the present embodiment, the thermal container 5 preferably further includes a housing 51 and a thermal tray 52. Wherein the housing 51 is provided below the heating assembly 1. The thermal insulation tray 52 is provided on the housing 51. The thermal insulating tray 52 has an open state and a housed state. When the warming tray 52 is in the open state, the warming tray 52 is parallel to the heating module 1. The open state can facilitate a user to put food into the warming tray 52, and the storage state can reduce the volume of the cooking apparatus 100 when the warming tray 52 is not used, and prevent the warming tray 52 from interfering with other devices.

The warming tray 52 may be optionally folded to be attached to a side wall of the housing 51 or may be optionally housed in the housing 51 when the warming tray 52 is in the housed state. When the insulating tray 52 is arranged to be hinged with the outer shell 51, the insulating tray 52 can be folded to lie against the outer shell 51. In this embodiment, the side wall of the housing 51 is provided with a plurality of first through holes 53. The warming tray 52 is adapted to horizontally protrude through the first through hole 53. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, a drive mechanism 6 may be optionally provided in the housing 51. The driving mechanism 6 is adapted to drive the thermal insulating tray 52 to extend out of or retract into the housing 51 through the first through hole 53. The first end of the insulating tray 52 is hinged with the hole wall of the first through hole 53. The drive mechanism 6 comprises a rotation source 61, an adapter and a transmission 63. Wherein, the adaptor includes a main body 621 and an adaptor portion 622 circumferentially disposed on the main body 621. The main body 621 is fixedly coupled to an output shaft of the rotation source 61. The first end of the transmission member 63 is hinged to the adapter portion 622 of the adapter member. The second end of the transmission member 63 is hinged with the second end of the thermal insulation tray 52. The transmission member 63 is capable of outputting a circumferential rotation upon actuation of the rotation source 61. The adaptor member can be driven by the transmission member 63 to cause the thermal insulation tray 52 to rotate around the hinge point with the first through hole 53, so as to drive the thermal insulation tray 52 to extend or retract from the outer shell 51. The number of the heat-retaining trays 52 is not limited to a large amount, but is preferably set in one-to-one correspondence with the grill pan 2, so that a user can easily use the grill pan 2 to cook food and then retain the heat of the food by using the heat-retaining trays 52. Preferably, the outer side of the thermal insulation tray 52 is provided in a curved surface shape having the same curvature as that of the outer case 51. When the thermal insulation tray 52 is in the storage state, the outer surface of the thermal insulation tray 52 can be engaged with the surface of the housing 51, which helps to improve the aesthetic property of the cooking apparatus 100.

The thermal tray 52 preferably includes a tray body and a second heating element. The second heating member is optionally embedded in the tray body, and since there is enough space at the bottom of the tray body to accommodate the second heating member, in order to reduce the production cost of the heat-insulating tray 52, in this embodiment, the second heating member is fixedly disposed at the bottom of the tray body. The second heating member is preferably, but not limited to, a heating wire, a solenoid coil, or a blower and a PTC heater, etc. The insulating tray 52 is preferably made of, but not limited to, iron, aluminum or medical stone.

In the present embodiment, the cooking apparatus 100 further includes a temperature sensor and a control module. Wherein, the temperature sensor is arranged on the heating component 1 and is suitable for detecting the temperature of the heating component 1. The control module is in communication connection with the temperature sensor and the rotation source 61 and the second heating element. The control module can control the operation of the rotating source 61 to extend the thermal insulation tray 52 and operate the second heating element when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the heating assembly 1 is greater than or equal to a preset value. The control module may include a programmable logic control unit (such as a PLC or a CPU), a memory, an electronic component connected to the programmable logic control unit, etc., which are well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein. The control module who sets up like this can control the second heating member when food will be cooked thoroughly and heat the tray body, and heat preservation container 5 has not wasted the electric energy through the preheating of a period of time when the user need use the heat preservation function like this, makes the user need not to wait again before using the heat preservation process. The preset value can be adjusted according to the eating habits of the user, for example, in the embodiment, the preset value is selected to be 100 ℃. The second heating element is preferably arranged to heat the tray body to a temperature of 50-60 degrees centigrade without cooling the food and without spoiling the taste of the food. The temperature sensor is preferably, but not limited to, a thermal resistance sensor or a thermocouple sensor.

In summary, the cooking apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the utility model can overcome the defects of large occupied space and low utilization rate of the multifunctional cooking apparatus 100 in the prior art, so as to provide a multifunctional and space-saving cooking apparatus 100.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications therefrom are within the scope of the utility model.

Claims (9)

1. A cooking apparatus, characterized by comprising:

a heating assembly (1) adapted to heat food;

the heat preservation container (5), the heat preservation container (5) set up in heating element (1)'s below is suitable for keeping warm to food.

2. Cooking apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said thermal container (5) comprises:

a housing (51) provided below the heating assembly (1);

the heat preservation tray (52) is arranged on the shell (51) and has an open state and a storage state, and when the heat preservation tray (52) is in the open state, the heat preservation tray (52) is parallel to the heating assembly (1).

3. The cooking apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the housing (51) is provided with a plurality of first through holes (53) on a side wall thereof, the warming tray (52) being adapted to horizontally protrude through the first through holes (53).

4. The cooking apparatus according to claim 3, wherein a drive mechanism (6) is provided inside the housing (51), said drive mechanism (6) being adapted to drive said thermal tray (52) to extend or retract into said housing (51) through said first through hole (53).

5. The cooking apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the first end of the thermal tray (52) is hinged to the wall of the first through hole (53), the drive mechanism (6) comprising:

a rotation source (61);

the adapter comprises a main body (621) and an adapter part (622) arranged on the main body (621) along the circumferential direction, wherein the main body (621) is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the rotating source (61);

the first end of the transmission piece (63) is hinged to the switching part (622) of the switching piece, and the second end of the transmission piece (63) is hinged to the second end of the heat preservation tray (52).

6. Cooking apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that the thermal tray (52) comprises a tray body and a second heating element fixedly arranged at the bottom of the tray body.

7. The cooking apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the cooking apparatus (100) further comprises:

a temperature sensor, arranged on the heating assembly (1), adapted to detect the temperature of the heating assembly (1);

the control module is in communication connection with the temperature sensor, the rotating source (61) and the second heating element and can control the rotating source (61) to work to enable the heat preservation tray (52) to extend out and enable the second heating element to work when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the heating assembly (1) is larger than or equal to a preset value.

8. Cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the heating assembly (1) is a hotplate.

9. The cooking device according to any of the claims 1 to 7, wherein the cooking device (100) is an all-in-one electric hotplate machine.

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