CN216724322U - Food material supply device, rice bucket and cooking appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a food material supply device, a rice bucket and a cooking appliance. The food material supplying device is used for supplying food materials to the food material receiving device and comprises a storage bin, a bin bottom wall and a blanking assembly. The bottom wall of the bin is connected to the bottom of the storage bin, the storage bin and the bottom wall of the bin enclose a storage space, and a blanking port is formed in the bottom wall of the bin. The blanking assembly is arranged at the blanking opening, the top of the blanking assembly is provided with a cover body, the blanking assembly is further provided with a driving device, the driving device is at least partially positioned in the cover body, the top of the cover body is provided with a first guiding portion, and the first guiding portion is constructed to guide food materials in the storage space to leave the top of the blanking assembly. According to the food material supply device, the food materials cannot be accumulated at the top of the blanking assembly, so that the food materials in the storage space can be completely updated, and the phenomenon of mildew caused by the accumulation of the food materials can be avoided.

Description

Food material supply device, rice bucket and cooking appliance

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of kitchen utensils, in particular to a food material supply device, a rice bucket and a cooking appliance.

Background

In daily life, food materials such as rice are often used to buy a large amount at a time and stored using rice buckets such as plastic rice buckets, metal rice buckets, ceramic rice buckets, and the like. In order to protect from the external temperature, humidity, etc., these rice buckets mostly store rice in a separate space isolated from the outside. The stored rice can be retained by a rice-dropping device.

However, the top of the rice falling device is easy to accumulate materials, so that the food materials are retained for a long time and are easy to mildew.

Therefore, there is a need for an edible material supplying apparatus, a rice bucket and a cooking appliance to at least partially solve the above problems.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content of the present invention is not intended to define key features or essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it intended to be used to limit the scope of the claimed solution.

To at least partially solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention provides a food material supplying apparatus for supplying a food material to a food material receiving apparatus, the food material supplying apparatus comprising:

a storage bin;

the bin bottom wall is connected to the bottom of the storage bin, the storage bin and the bin bottom wall enclose a storage space, and a blanking port is formed in the bin bottom wall; and

the blanking assembly is arranged at the blanking opening, a cover body is arranged at the top of the blanking assembly, the blanking assembly is further provided with a driving device, the driving device is at least partially located in the cover body, a first guide portion is arranged at the top of the cover body, and the first guide portion is configured to guide food materials in the storage space to leave the top of the blanking assembly.

According to the food material supply device, the food materials cannot be accumulated at the top of the blanking assembly, so that the food materials in the storage space can be completely updated, and the phenomenon of mildew caused by the accumulation of the food materials can be avoided.

Further, the cover body includes a main cover portion, the first guide portion is provided on an upper side of the main cover portion, and the first guide portion is configured in a conical shape or a pyramid shape. From this, can further improve the probability of eating the landing of material from the top of blanking subassembly, further prevent to eat the material and pile up.

Further, the blanking assembly further comprises a fixing frame, the fixing frame is connected to the bottom wall of the bin, the driving device is connected to the fixing frame, and the cover body is located on the upper side of the fixing frame and arranged on the fixing frame. According to the arrangement, the cover body can simultaneously protect the fixing frame and the driving device.

Further, surround on the storehouse diapire the blanking mouth is provided with at least one blanking support, the mount includes:

a main frame part provided with a mounting part, the driving device being provided to the mounting part;

at least one connecting portion, at least one the connecting portion set up the side of main frame portion, at least one the connecting portion with at least one the blanking support corresponds, just the connecting portion with correspond blanking support connects. According to the scheme, the fixing frame can be firmly installed, and then the driving device is firmly installed.

Further, the cover body further comprises at least one second guide portion, the at least one second guide portion is arranged on the side surface of the main frame portion and corresponds to the at least one connecting portion, the second guide portion is connected to the upper side of the corresponding connecting portion, and the second guide portion is in a slope shape with a high middle and two low sides. According to this scheme, can further prevent to eat the material and pile up at the top of blanking subassembly.

Further, the height dimension of the second guide portion gradually decreases in a direction away from the main frame portion. According to the arrangement, the food materials can slide along a plurality of directions, and the food materials are further prevented from being stacked.

Further, the bottom side of the second guide portion is provided with a clamping portion, and the connecting portion is correspondingly provided with a matching portion which can be clamped with the clamping portion, so that the cover body can be mounted on the fixing frame. According to the scheme, the cover body can be conveniently installed.

Further, the bin bottom wall is provided with a pair of blanking brackets, two sides of the main frame portion are provided with a pair of connecting portions in an opposite manner, two sides of the main cover portion are provided with a pair of second guide portions in an opposite manner, and the pair of blanking brackets and the pair of connecting portions are arranged along the width direction of the food material supply device. Therefore, the food materials can be distributed when falling down, so that most food materials can be concentrated on two sides along the length direction of the blanking assembly.

Further, the blanking subassembly still includes:

the blanking bin is arranged at the blanking port in a liftable manner, a material collecting port and a material discharging port are arranged on the side surface of the blanking bin, the material discharging port is positioned below the material collecting port, a bottom plate of the blanking bin is adapted to the blanking port, and a driving end of the driving device is connected with the blanking bin so that the blanking bin can move between a first position and a second position in a liftable manner;

when the blanking bin is located at the first position, the discharge hole is located on the upper side of the bin bottom wall;

when the blanking bin is at the second position, the discharge hole is positioned at the lower side of the bin bottom wall. According to the arrangement, the blanking control can be carried out by utilizing the lifting of the blanking bin.

Further, the blanking subassembly still includes:

the limiting frame is positioned on the lower side of the fixing frame and connected to the bottom wall of the bin, and the blanking bin is arranged on the lower side of the limiting frame; and

the material blocking part is connected to the limiting frame and extends downwards;

when the blanking bin is located at the first position, the material blocking part blocks the material collecting port;

when the blanking bin is at the second position, the material blocking part releases the material collecting port; and is

And a sealing ring is arranged on the periphery of the bottom plate of the blanking bin and/or the periphery of the blanking port. According to the setting, the material dropping bin can be firmly installed, the material blocking part can block the material collecting opening, and the sealing performance of the storage space is improved when materials are not taken.

Further, the driving device is configured as a motor, and the motor is connected to the blanking bin through a screw;

the side of the blanking bin is provided with a guide block, the limiting frame is provided with a guide groove extending vertically, and the guide block is embedded in the guide groove to limit the blanking bin to move vertically. According to this scheme, can make the blanking storehouse carry out the lift removal along spacing.

Further, it is characterized in that the material is,

the storage bin is constructed in one piece with the bin bottom wall; or

The storage bin is constructed as a detachable component, and no charged component is arranged on the storage bin. Therefore, the whole storage space can be conveniently disassembled and assembled integrally, or the storage bin can be conveniently disassembled to be cleaned without danger.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a rice bucket comprising:

the food material supplying apparatus of the first aspect, wherein the food material supplying apparatus comprises a storage bin and a bin bottom wall; and

the food storage device comprises a machine body, wherein the storage bin is arranged on the machine body, and a food receiving device is arranged in the machine body.

According to the rice bucket of the present invention, similar technical effects as those of the food material supplying device of the first aspect can be achieved.

Further, the storage bin comprises an upper side wall, a lower side wall and an inner wall extending inwards and downwards from the bottom of the lower side wall, an opening is formed at the bottom of the inner wall, the opening is in butt joint with the bin bottom wall, and the bin bottom wall, the inner wall and the upper side wall enclose a storage space;

the body includes:

a housing, a bottom end of the lower sidewall of the storage bin being connected to a top end of the housing;

a base connected to a bottom end of the housing; and

the connecting cover is arranged along the circumferential direction, the periphery of the connecting cover abuts against the joint of the shell and the lower side wall, and the bin bottom wall is arranged on the inner side of the connecting cover. According to this scheme, when can making whole rice bucket appearance regular, have the storage space of back taper, improved user's use and experienced.

Further, the connecting cover and the bin bottom wall are integrally formed to form a machine cover of the machine body;

wherein the cover is integrally formed with the housing, or the cover and the housing are constructed as separate parts. According to the arrangement, the structure is simple and easy to implement, and the production efficiency is improved.

Further, the food material receiving device is located at a lower side of the bottom wall of the bin, and comprises:

the material taking seat is arranged on the base, a through hole is formed in the top surface of the material taking seat, and the through hole is located below the blanking port;

get the magazine, get the magazine through get material mouthful on the casing can set up in with extracting in getting the material seat, so that get the magazine can pass through the through-hole with blanking component and storage space intercommunication. According to the arrangement, the material can be conveniently received, the internal space of the machine body is saved, and the volume of the machine body can be reduced.

Furthermore, a first butt joint piece extending downwards is arranged on the bottom side of the connecting cover, a second butt joint piece extending upwards is arranged on the top side of the material taking seat, and the first butt joint piece is in butt joint with the second butt joint piece and is fixed to fix the cover and the material taking seat together. This can improve the stability of mounting.

Furthermore, the bottom side of the bin bottom wall is provided with a blanking barrel extending downwards around the blanking port, the top side of the material taking seat is provided with a butt-joint barrel extending upwards around the through hole, and the butt-joint barrel is in butt joint with the blanking barrel. Therefore, stable material receiving can be easily realized without spilling and leaking.

Further, the seat of getting material includes:

a first plate disposed on the base;

a second plate positioned at an upper side of the first plate and spaced apart from the first plate, the second plate being provided with the through-hole; and

the supporting wall is connected between the first plate and the second plate, the first plate, the second plate and the supporting wall are enclosed to form a material taking groove facing the material taking opening, and the material taking box can be arranged in the material taking groove in a removable mode. According to the arrangement, the space in the machine body is saved.

Further, the upside of getting the material seat is provided with the pump bracket, the organism still includes the vacuum pump, the vacuum pump set up in the pump bracket, just the vacuum pump structure is able to pass through the blanking subassembly with the storage space intercommunication. Therefore, the structure is simple and easy to implement, and the installation stability of the vacuum pump is improved.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a cooking appliance comprising:

a machine base;

the pan body is arranged on the base in a sitting mode and provided with a food material receiving device; and

in the food material supply device according to the first aspect, the food material supply device is disposed on the base and located above the pot body.

According to the cooking appliance disclosed by the utility model, the technical effects similar to those of the food material supply device in the first aspect can be achieved, the food material supply device can automatically supply food materials to the inner pot, and the user experience is improved.

Drawings

The following drawings of the utility model are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the utility model and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the utility model.

In the drawings:

fig. 1 is an exploded schematic view of a rice bucket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded view illustrating a body of a rice bucket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating an assembled state of a body of a rice bucket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of a partially assembled state of a machine body of a rice bucket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the housing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the fixing frame of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the mask of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the fixing frame of FIG. 6 from another perspective;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the stop block of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the blanking bin of FIG. 1;

fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the canopy of fig. 1;

FIG. 12 is a schematic structural view of the take-out stand in FIG. 1;

fig. 13 is a schematic sectional view of a rice bucket according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 14 is a schematic view of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention

Description of reference numerals:

100: a rice bucket 101: main cover portion 102: main frame part

104: second guide portion 105: the clamping portion 106: mating part

110: the storage bin 111: storage space 117: opening(s)

118: upper side wall 119: lower side wall 120: inner wall

132: mounting portion 133: connecting portion 134: perforation

136: first butt piece 137: the blanking barrel 138: second butt joint piece

139: material taking port 140: body 141: casing (CN)

142: the cover 143: base 144: connecting cover

146: blanking port 155: bin bottom wall 156: blanking support

157: key groove 160: the blanking assembly 161: cover body

162: the blanking bin 163: material blocking part 164: fixing frame

165: the limiting frame 166: material collecting port 167: discharge port

168: sleeve portion 169: gap 170: guide block

171: the sensing member 172: position sensor 174: driving device

175: sealing ring 176: first support portion 177: second supporting part

178: guide groove 179: guide portion 180: food material receiving device

181: the material taking seat 182: the material taking box 183: first plate

184: second plate 185: support wall 186: material taking groove

187: pump mount 188: through-hole 189: butt joint barrel

191: the vacuum pump 10: the cooking appliance 11: engine base

12: a pot body 13: food material supply device 14: base body

15: column 16: receiving port

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the utility model.

In the following description, a detailed description will be given in order to thoroughly understand the present invention. It is to be understood that these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of these exemplary embodiments to those skilled in the art. It is apparent that the implementation of the embodiments of the utility model is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art. The following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model, however, the utility model is capable of other embodiments in addition to those detailed.

It should be noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of exemplary embodiments according to the utility model. As used herein, the singular is intended to include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

Ordinal words such as "first" and "second" are referred to herein merely as labels, and do not have any other meaning, such as a particular order, etc. Also, for example, the term "first component" does not itself imply the presence of "second component", and the term "second component" does not itself imply the presence of "first component". It is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", and the like are used herein for purposes of illustration only and are not limiting.

An exemplary embodiment according to the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to fig. 1 to 14.

The present invention firstly provides a food material supplying apparatus which can be used for storing granular food materials such as rice, beans and the like and for supplying the above-mentioned food materials to a food material receiving apparatus. The food material supply device can be applied to rice barrels, cooking utensils and other equipment. The food material supplying apparatus and the rice bucket 100 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 13.

The food material supplying apparatus includes a storage bin 110, a bin bottom wall 155 and a blanking assembly 160. The bottom wall 155 is connected to the bottom of the storage bin 110, so that the storage bin and the bottom wall enclose a storage space 111 for storing granular food materials such as rice and beans. The storage bin 110 is substantially configured in the shape of a rounded rectangular parallelepiped, the top of which forms a feed inlet communicating with the storage space 111. The feed inlet may be provided with a bin cover to allow a user to conveniently feed the food material into the storage bin 110 without any shielding. As an alternative embodiment, the bin cover may be pivotably connected to the storage bin 110 by a pivot shaft, or connected to the storage bin 110 in a push-pull manner by a slide groove.

A blanking opening 146 is formed in the bin bottom wall 155, and the blanking assembly 160 is arranged at the blanking opening 146. Therefore, the food material in the storage space 111 can leave the storage space 111 through the blanking assembly 160 and enter the food material receiving device below the food material supplying device.

In an alternative embodiment, the storage bin 110 is constructed as one piece with the bin bottom wall 155. In a preferred embodiment, the storage bin 110 is removable with respect to the bin bottom wall 155. The detachable arrangement mode allows the user to detach and clean the storage bin 110, so that the interior of the storage bin is kept in a clean and sanitary environment, and long-time storage of food materials is facilitated. Moreover, the charged blanking assembly 160 is disposed on the bottom wall 155, and preferably no charged part is disposed on the storage bin 110, so that the storage bin 110 can be conveniently cleaned without danger.

Preferably, the silo bottom wall 155 sinks to form an inverted trapezoid or truncated cone, or the silo bottom wall 155 extends obliquely downward and inward. The blanking port 146 is disposed at the top of the trapezoid or truncated cone, or the blanking port 146 is disposed at the bottom of the bottom wall 155 of the bin. In this way, gravity can be used to automatically collect the food material to the location of the blanking assembly 160.

The top of the blanking assembly 160 is provided with a housing 161 and a drive 174, the drive 174 being at least partially located within the underside or inside of the housing 161. The cover 161 includes a main cover 101 and a first guide 179, and the first guide 179 is provided on the upper side of the main cover 101. Alternatively, the first guide portion 179 is located at the top of the cover 161.

Wherein, the first guiding portion 179 can guide the food material in the storage space 111 to leave the top of the blanking assembly 160. For example, the first guide portion 179 may be configured in a conical shape or a pyramid shape.

According to the food material supply device provided by the utility model, the food materials cannot be accumulated on the top of the blanking assembly 160, so that the food materials in the storage space 111 can be completely updated, and the mildew phenomenon caused by accumulation of the food materials can be avoided.

Refer to fig. 4 to 8. Specifically, the blanking assembly 160 further includes a fixing frame 164, the fixing frame 164 is disposed on the bin bottom wall 155, and the driving device 174 is disposed on the fixing frame 164. The cover 161 is located above the fixing frame 164 and connected to the fixing frame 164, and the cover 161 also covers the fixing frame 164. Thus, the cover 161 can protect the holder 164 and the driving unit 174 at the same time.

To facilitate the securing of the blanking assembly 160, the bottom wall 155 of the bin is preferably provided with a blanking bracket 156. The mount 164 can thereby be fixedly coupled to the blanking bracket 156 to enable the blanking assembly 160 to be fixedly mounted on the bottom bin wall 155. Preferably, a pair of blanking brackets 156 is disposed on the bottom wall 155 of the bin, and the pair of blanking brackets 156 are oppositely disposed around the blanking opening 146.

Mount 164 includes main frame portion 102 and a pair of coupling portions 133 provided on both sides of main frame portion 102, and a mounting portion 132 provided on the top of main frame portion 102. The mounting portion 132 projects from the main frame portion 102, and is used for mounting the driving device 174.

The pair of mounting portions 132 are disposed opposite to each other, and correspond to the pair of blanking brackets 156, respectively. Thereby facilitating mounting and securing between the mount 164 and the drop support 156. Illustratively, the blanking bracket 156 is provided with a screw hole, the corresponding position of the mounting portion 132 of the fixing frame 164 is provided with a through hole 134, and the screw hole is abutted with the through hole 134, so that the fixing frame 164 can be fixed on the blanking bracket 156 by using a screw.

Correspondingly, the cover 161 is further provided with second guide portions 179 on both sides of the main cover 101. The two second guide portions 179 are disposed opposite to each other and correspond to the pair of connection portions 133, respectively. Thereby, the cover 161 can entirely cover the holder 164. Preferably, the second guide portion 179 is configured in a slope shape with a high middle and two low sides to guide the food material to slide down to the two sides. Further preferably, the height dimension of the second guiding portion 179 is gradually reduced in a direction away from the main frame portion 102, so that the food material above the second guiding portion 179 can slide down in multiple directions.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, to facilitate mounting of the cover 161 to the mount 164, it is preferable that both be configured as a snap-fit connection. Specifically, the bottom side of the second guiding portion 179 is provided with a clamping portion 105, the corresponding connecting portion 133 is provided with a matching portion 106, and the clamping portion 105 can be engaged with the matching portion 106.

The blanking assembly 160 will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 1 to 11. The blanking assembly 160 further includes a blanking bin 162, a limiting frame 165 and a material blocking part 163. A retention frame 165 is located on the underside of the mount 164, which is also disposed on the bin bottom wall 155. Specifically, the stopper 165 includes a sleeve portion 168 and a support portion. The support portion extends downwardly from an edge portion of the sleeve portion 168 and abuts to the cartridge bottom wall 155.

Preferably, the bin bottom wall 155 is further provided with a key groove 157 adapted to the bottom end of the support portion, so that the bottom end of the support portion can be inserted into the key groove 157. The keyway 157 is disposed between the blanking port 146 and the blanking bracket 156. Therefore, the retainer 165 can be inserted into the key groove 157, and then the fixing frame 164 is fixedly connected to the blanking bracket 156 to press the retainer 165 downward, so that the retainer 165 is also fixed on the bottom wall 155 of the storage bin.

The blanking bin 162 is arranged at the blanking port 146 in a liftable manner and is located below the limiting frame 165. The blanking chamber 162 is substantially hollow and has a collecting opening 166 and a discharge opening 167, wherein the discharge opening 167 is preferably arranged on the side of the blanking chamber 162. In the present embodiment, the material discharge port 166 is also provided at the side of the drop bin 162. The discharge port 167 is located below the collecting port 166. Illustratively, the blanking opening 146 is configured as a downwardly extending cylinder, and the blanking bin 162 extends at least partially into the cylinder. The floor of the blanking bin 162 is adapted to the blanking opening 146 or the floor of the blanking bin 162 is adapted to the bottom periphery of the cylindrical structure. The bottom periphery of the hopper 162 is provided with a seal ring 175 to form a seal with the bottom periphery of the cylindrical structure. In an alternative embodiment, the sealing ring 175 may also be disposed at the periphery of the blanking opening 146, i.e. the sealing ring 175 is disposed at the bottom inner periphery of the cylindrical structure.

The driving end of the driving device 174 is connected with the blanking bin 162. Illustratively, a screw of the driving device 174 passes through the fixing frame 164 and the limiting frame 165 to be connected with the blanking bin 162. The screw forms a threaded engagement with the drop bin 162 that enables the drop bin 162 to move liftably between a first position and a second position.

When the blanking bin 162 is at the first position, the blanking bin 162 is located at the lower side of the sleeve portion 168, the blanking bin 162 extends at least partially into the sleeve portion 168, and the discharge port 167 is located at the upper side of the bin bottom wall 155, or the sealing ring 175 at the bottom periphery of the blanking bin 162 is sealed with the discharge port 146. At this time, the discharge port 167 is located in the cylindrical structure, and is closed by the wall surface of the substantially cylindrical discharge port 146, so that discharge is impossible and the food material does not fall.

When the blanking bin 162 is in the second position, the discharge port 167 is located at the lower side of the bin bottom wall 155. At this point, the outlet 167 has already left the tubular structure or the discharge opening 146, which is no longer blocked by the wall of the discharge opening 146, which is substantially cylindrical in shape. In other words, at this time, the material outlet 167 is connected or opened, and the material can be discharged outwards, so that the food material can enter from the material outlet 166 and fall from the material outlet 167.

In order to restrict the up-and-down movement of the hopper 162, a guide groove 178 is preferably provided on the supporting portion of the stopper frame 165, the guide groove 178 extending vertically. A guide block 170 is provided on a side surface of the hopper 162, and the guide block 170 is fitted into the guide groove 178. The cooperation of the guide block 170 and the guide groove 178 can prevent the circumferential rotation of the discharging bin 162 during the process of screw-engaging the screw of the driving device 174 with the discharging bin 162, so that the discharging bin 162 can move up and down.

In the present embodiment, the support portion includes a first support portion 176 and a second support portion 177 to correspond to the pair of key grooves 157. The first support 176 is provided with the guide groove 178. The second support portion 177 is provided with a gap 169, and the gap 169 is also configured to extend in the vertical direction. Correspondingly, a sensing member 171 is disposed on a side surface of the blanking bin 162, and the sensing member 171 is fitted into the gap 169 to move along with the vertical movement of the blanking bin 162. Preferably, a position sensor 172 corresponding to the sensing member 171 is provided outside the gap 169 to sense the vertical position of the drop bin 162. The position sensor 172 is electrically connected to the control device, thereby facilitating precise control of the blanking by the control device.

The material blocking part 163 extends downward from the limiting frame 165 to block the material collecting port 166 when the blanking bin 162 is in the first position, and to release the material collecting port 166 when the blanking bin 162 is in the second position. Specifically, the upper part of the blocking portion 163 is clamped between the fixing frame 164 and the limiting frame 165. The blocking portion 163 is preferably configured as an arc-shaped sheet to accommodate the shape of the drop bin 162. Preferably, the dam 163 is made of a soft material.

In a preferred embodiment, the pair of blanking brackets 156, the pair of connecting portions 133 and the pair of second guiding portions 179 are disposed along the width direction of the food material supplying apparatus, and the collecting port 166 of the blanking bin 162 is located in the length direction of the food material supplying apparatus. Alternatively, the direction of the material collection port 166 is offset from the direction in which the pair of second guide portions 179 are provided, and is preferably perpendicular thereto. Therefore, the food materials in the storage space 111 can slide down to the two sides of the blanking bin 162 along the width direction of the food material supply device under the shunting action of the cover body 161, that is, the cover body 161 can shunt and concentrate the food materials to the material collecting opening 166 of the blanking bin 162, which is beneficial to smooth supply of the food materials.

The second aspect of the present invention provides a rice bucket 100, which comprises the food material supplying device and a machine body 140. The body 140 is provided therein with a food material receiving device 180.

Specifically, refer to fig. 1 to 4 and fig. 11 to 13. The body 140 includes a case 141, a base 143, and a coupling cover 144. Wherein the base 143 is connected to the bottom end of the case 141. The connection cover 144 is circumferentially disposed and abuts to an inner side of the top of the cabinet 141. The food material supplying apparatus is connected to the top of the housing 141 and the connecting cover 144.

Specifically, the bin bottom wall 155 is disposed inside the connection cover 144. In the present embodiment, the bottom wall 155 and the connecting cover 144 are integrally formed as the cover 142 of the body 140. In a preferred embodiment, the cover 142 may also be integrally constructed with the housing 141 as a single piece.

The storage bin 110 is connected to a cabinet 141 and a cover 142. Wherein the storage compartment 110 comprises an upper sidewall 118, a lower sidewall 119, and an inner wall 120 extending inwardly and downwardly from the bottom of the lower sidewall 119, such that the lower portion of the storage compartment 110 is configured as an inverted trapezoid or a truncated cone. The bottom of the inner wall 120 forms an opening 117 or the top of the inverted trapezoid or truncated cone is provided with an opening 117, the opening 117 abutting, preferably sealingly abutting, the bin bottom wall 155, whereby the bin bottom wall 155, the inner wall 120 and the upper side wall 118 enclose the above-mentioned storage space 111. Also, the lower side wall 119 and the inner wall 120 are preferably made of a transparent or translucent material so that a user can visually observe the inside of the storage space 111, for example, the user can observe the remaining amount of the food material to decide whether or not the filling is required.

The bottom end of the lower sidewall 119 of the storage bin 110 is connected to the top end of the cabinet 141, and the outer circumference of the connection cover 144 abuts against the connection between the cabinet 141 and the lower sidewall 119. Therefore, the whole rice bucket 100 has a regular shape and an inverted cone-shaped storage space 111. Also, this way, the storage compartment 110 is detachable with respect to the body 140, facilitating the cleaning of the user.

The food receiving device 180 is located at the lower side of the bin bottom wall 155 and comprises a material taking seat 181 and a material taking box 182. Wherein, get material seat 181 and set up on base 143, its top surface is seted up and is located the through-hole 188 of blanking mouth 146 below. The front or side of the housing 141 is provided with a material taking port 139, and the material taking box 182 can be removably arranged in the material taking seat 181 through the material taking port 139. When the material taking box 182 is disposed on the material taking seat 181, the material taking box 182 is located below the through hole 188, so that the food material falling from the discharge port 167 of the blanking bin 162 can enter the material taking box 182 through the blanking port 146 and the through hole 188.

Specifically, the take-out seat 181 includes a first plate 183, a second plate 184, and a support wall 185. Wherein the second plate 184 is spaced above the first plate 183. The support wall 185 is disposed between the first plate 183 and the second plate 184. In this embodiment, the support wall 185 is connected at the edges of the first plate 183 and the second plate 184, thereby forming a substantially trough-like shape with the mouth on the side, or the three may together form a chute 186 with the mouth facing the material outlet 139. The material taking box 182 is removably disposed in the material taking groove 186.

In order to improve stability of the installation of the components in the body 140, the bottom side of the coupling cover 144 is provided with a first docking member 136 extending downward. The top side of the material taking seat 181 is provided with a second docking piece 138 extending upwards, or the second plate 184 is provided with the second docking piece 138 extending upwards. The first docking member 136 can be configured to dock with the second docking member 138 so that both can be used to secure the lid 142 and the take out seat 181 together during installation.

Preferably, the bottom side of the bin bottom wall 155 is provided with a blanking barrel 137, the blanking barrel 137 being disposed around the blanking opening 146 and extending downward. The top of the material taking seat 181, or the second plate 184, is provided with a docking cylinder 189. The docking sleeve 189 is disposed around the through hole 188 and extends upward. The butt joint cylinder 189 corresponds to the blanking cylinder 137 and forms a butt joint with the blanking cylinder 137, so that a blanking path is surrounded, and food materials are prevented from scattering into the machine body 140.

Reference is now made to fig. 1, 12 and 13. The material taking seat 181 is provided with a pump support 187, or the pump support 187 is provided on the second plate 184. Also disposed within the housing 140 is a vacuum pump 191, which is preferably disposed on the pump support 187. And the vacuum pump 191 can be communicated with the storage space 111 through the blanking assembly 160 to vacuumize the storage space 111, so that the time length of food material storage is prolonged. For example, the vacuum pump 191 may be connected to a pumping port via a tube, hose, or conduit, which may be in communication with a pumping channel within the drop assembly 160.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a cooking apparatus 10, which comprises a base 11, a pot 12 and the food material supplying device 13. Wherein the frame 11 is constructed in a vertical frame structure. The pan body 12 can be removably arranged on the base 11. A cooking space for cooking is provided in the pot 12, and the cooking space may be configured as the food receiving device, or the whole pot 12 may be referred to as the food receiving device. In an alternative embodiment, an inner pot may be arranged inside the pot body 12, in which case the inner pot is configured as the food receiving device.

A food material supply device 13 is also provided on the base 11, which is located on the upper side of the pot 12, so that it can supply food material into the food material receiving device or the pot 12.

Specifically, the food supplying device 13 includes a storage bin 110 and a bin bottom wall 155, the bin bottom wall 155 is located at the bottom side of the storage bin 110, and the storage bin 110 and the bin bottom wall together enclose the storage space 111. The storage space 111 is used to accommodate food materials such as rice, millet, beans, and the like. In the present embodiment, the storage bin 110 and the bin bottom wall 155 are preferably constructed as one piece.

The food material supplying device 13 is arranged at the upper part of the machine base 11, and the pan body 12 is arranged at the lower part of the machine base 11. Illustratively, the housing 11 may include a housing 14 and a vertically disposed column 15 connected to the housing 14. The pot body 12 can be placed on the base 14 or taken down from the base 14, so that the pot body 12 can be conveniently placed at a required position to contain food, and the pot body 12 can be cleaned, maintained and the like. Base 14 has a shape that matches the bottom structure of pan body 12, for example, base 14 may be configured in a generally disc shape. Base 14 may be provided with heating means for heating the contents of pan body 12. The food material supplying device 13 may be provided at an upper portion of the pillar 15. Both the storage silo 110 and the silo bottom wall 155 may be configured in a funnel-like configuration or such that the storage space 111 is configured as an inverted trapezoid or truncated cone, such that the material in the storage space 111 can move downwards under the influence of gravity.

In the present embodiment, a control device is further disposed in the base 11, and is electrically connected to both the food material supply device 13 and the heating device to control the charging and cooking. The pan body 12 is provided with a material receiving port 16, and the material dropping port 146 on the bin bottom wall 155 is correspondingly positioned above the material receiving port 16. Optionally, the blanking opening 146 may also interface with the receiving opening 16.

A pivotable cover (not shown) is provided at the receiving opening 16, which can be opened or closed under the control of the control device. Alternatively, it may be ejected when the blanking bin 162 of the blanking assembly 160 of the food material supplying device 13 descends, and automatically closed when the blanking bin 162 ascends.

In another alternative embodiment, the cooking appliance 10 may be an electric cooker (not shown), which may have the structure of a general electric cooker, such as a cooker body in which an inner pot is disposed and a cover openably disposed on the cooker body, wherein when the cover covers the cooker body, a cooking space is formed between the cover and the inner pot. The cooker body is also internally provided with a heating device for heating the inner pot for cooking. The food material supplying device 13 is provided above the pot body, and is capable of supplying food material to the inner pot. At this time, the inner pot is constructed as a food receiving device.

In addition, a control device can be arranged in the cooker body and is electrically connected with the heating device, the cover body and the food material supply device 13. When cooking is needed, the control device controls the cover body to be opened, and controls the food material supply device 13 to feed materials into the inner pot. After the feeding is finished, the control device controls the cover body to be closed, and then the heating device is controlled to cook.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been illustrated by the above embodiments, but it should be understood that the above embodiments are for illustrative and descriptive purposes only and are not intended to limit the utility model to the scope of the described embodiments. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that many variations and modifications may be made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, which variations and modifications are within the scope of the present invention as claimed. The scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. An food material supplying apparatus for supplying a food material to a food material receiving apparatus, the food material supplying apparatus comprising:

a storage bin (110);

the bin bottom wall (155) is connected to the bottom of the storage bin (110), the storage bin (110) and the bin bottom wall (155) enclose a storage space (111), and a blanking port (146) is formed in the bin bottom wall (155); and

the blanking assembly (160) is arranged at the blanking opening (146), a cover body (161) is arranged at the top of the blanking assembly (160), the blanking assembly (160) is further provided with a driving device (174), the driving device (174) is at least partially located in the cover body (161), a first guide portion (179) is arranged at the top of the cover body (161), and the first guide portion (179) is configured to guide the food materials in the storage space (111) to leave the top of the blanking assembly (160).

2. Food material supplying apparatus according to claim 1,

the cover body (161) includes a main cover portion (101), and the first guide portion (179) is provided on an upper side of the main cover portion (101); and/or

The first guide section (179) is conical or pyramidal.

3. The food material supplying apparatus as recited in claim 2, wherein the blanking assembly (160) further comprises a fixing frame (164), the fixing frame (164) is connected to the bin bottom wall (155), the driving device (174) is connected to the fixing frame (164), and the cover (161) is located on an upper side of the fixing frame (164) and disposed on the fixing frame (164).

4. Food material supply arrangement as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that at least one blanking bracket (156) is arranged on the bin bottom wall (155) around the blanking opening (146), the holder (164) comprising:

a main frame part (102), wherein a mounting part (132) is arranged on the main frame part (102), and the driving device (174) is arranged on the mounting part (132);

the connecting portion (133) is arranged on the side face of the main frame portion (102), the connecting portion (133) corresponds to the blanking support (156), and the connecting portion (133) is connected with the corresponding blanking support (156).

5. The food material supplying apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the cover (161) further comprises at least one second guide portion (104), the at least one second guide portion (104) is disposed at a side of the main frame portion (102), and the at least one second guide portion (104) corresponds to the at least one connecting portion (133), the second guide portion (104) is connected to an upper side of the corresponding connecting portion (133), and the second guide portion (104) is configured in a slope shape with a high middle and low sides.

6. Food material supplying apparatus according to claim 5,

the height dimension of the second guide part (104) is gradually reduced along the direction far away from the main frame part (102);

the bottom side of the second guide part (104) is provided with a clamping part (105), and the corresponding connecting part (133) is provided with a matching part (106) which can be clamped with the clamping part (105), so that the cover body (161) can be installed on the fixing frame (164).

7. The food material supplying apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a pair of the blanking brackets (156) is provided on the bottom wall (155), a pair of the connecting portions (133) is provided on both sides of the main frame portion (102) in an opposed manner, a pair of the second guide portions (104) is provided on both sides of the main cover portion (101) in an opposed manner, and a pair of the blanking brackets (156) and a pair of the connecting portions (133) are provided in a width direction of the food material supplying apparatus.

8. The food material supplying apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the blanking assembly (160) further comprises:

the blanking device comprises a blanking bin (162), wherein the blanking bin (162) is arranged at the blanking port (146) in a liftable manner, a material collecting port (166) and a material discharging port (167) are arranged on the side surface of the blanking bin (162), the material discharging port (167) is positioned below the material collecting port (166), a bottom plate of the blanking bin (162) is adapted to the blanking port (146), and the driving end of the driving device (174) is connected with the blanking bin (162) so that the blanking bin (162) can move between a first position and a second position in a liftable manner;

wherein the discharge opening (167) is located at an upper side of the bin bottom wall (155) when the blanking bin (162) is in a first position;

when the blanking bin (162) is in a second position, the discharge port (167) is located on a lower side of the bin bottom wall (155).

9. The food material supplying apparatus as defined in claim 8, wherein the blanking assembly (160) further comprises:

the limiting frame (165) is positioned on the lower side of the fixing frame (164) and connected to the bin bottom wall (155), and the blanking bin (162) is arranged on the lower side of the limiting frame (165); and

the material blocking part (163) is connected to the limiting frame (165) and extends downwards;

when the blanking bin (162) is located at a first position, the material blocking part (163) blocks the material collecting opening (166);

when the blanking bin (162) is at the second position, the material blocking part (163) releases the material collecting opening (166); and is

The periphery of the bottom plate of the blanking bin (162) and/or the periphery of the blanking port (146) are/is provided with a sealing ring (175).

10. Food material supplying apparatus according to claim 9,

the drive (174) is designed as an electric motor, which is connected to the blanking bin (162) by means of a screw;

the side surface of the blanking bin (162) is provided with a guide block (170), the limiting frame (165) is provided with a guide groove (178) extending vertically, and the guide block (170) is embedded in the guide groove (178) so as to limit the blanking bin (162) to move vertically.

11. The food material supplying apparatus as defined in any one of claims 1-10,

the storage bin (110) is constructed in one piece with the bin bottom wall (155); or

The storage bin (110) is constructed as a detachable component, and no charged component is arranged on the storage bin (110).

12. A rice bucket, comprising:

the food material supplying apparatus of any of claims 1-11, comprising a storage bin (110) and a bin bottom wall (155); and

the food storage device comprises a machine body (140), wherein the storage bin (110) is arranged on the machine body (140), and a food receiving device (180) is arranged in the machine body (140).

13. The rice bucket of claim 12, wherein said storage bin (110) comprises an upper side wall (118), a lower side wall (119), and an inner wall (120) extending inwardly and downwardly from a bottom of said lower side wall (119), a bottom of said inner wall (120) forming an opening (117) that interfaces with said bin bottom wall (155), said inner wall (120), and said upper side wall (118) enclosing a storage space (111);

the body (140) comprises:

a cabinet (141), a bottom end of the lower sidewall (119) of the storage bin (110) being connected to a top end of the cabinet (141);

a base (143), the base (143) being connected to a bottom end of the case (141); and

the connecting cover (144), the connecting cover (144) sets up along circumference, the periphery of connecting cover (144) butt joint to casing (141) and the junction of lower lateral wall (119), storehouse diapire (155) sets up in the inboard of connecting cover (144).

14. Rice bucket according to claim 13, wherein said connecting cover (144) and said bottom bin wall (155) are integrally formed, forming a cover (142) of said body (140);

wherein the cover (142) is integrally formed with the case (141), or the cover (142) and the case (141) are constructed as separate parts.

15. Rice bucket according to claim 14, wherein said food material receiving means (180) are located on the lower side of said bottom bin wall (155), said food material receiving means (180) comprising:

the material taking seat (181) is arranged on the base (143), a through hole (188) is formed in the top surface of the material taking seat (181), and the through hole (188) is located below the blanking port (146);

the material taking box (182) is arranged in the material taking seat (181) in a drawing mode through a material taking opening (139) in the machine shell (141), so that the material taking box (182) can be communicated with the blanking component (160) and the storage space (111) through the through hole (188).

16. The rice bucket according to claim 15, wherein a first butt joint piece (136) extending downwards is arranged at the bottom side of the connecting cover (144), a second butt joint piece (138) extending upwards is arranged at the top side of the material taking seat (181), and the first butt joint piece (136) is butted and fixed with the second butt joint piece (138) so as to fix the cover (142) and the material taking seat (181) together; and/or

The bottom side of the bin bottom wall (155) is provided with a blanking barrel (137) extending downwards around the blanking port (146), the top side of the material taking seat (181) is provided with a butt-joint barrel (189) extending upwards around the through hole (188), and the butt-joint barrel (189) is in butt joint with the blanking barrel (137).

17. Rice bucket according to claim 15 or 16, wherein said take-off seat (181) comprises:

a first plate (183), the first plate (183) being disposed on the base (143);

a second plate (184), the second plate (184) being located on an upper side of the first plate (183) and spaced apart from the first plate (183), the second plate (184) being provided with the through-hole (188); and

a support wall (185), wherein the support wall (185) is connected between the first plate (183) and the second plate (184), the first plate (183), the second plate (184) and the support wall (185) enclose a material taking groove (186) which is open towards the material taking opening (139), and the material taking box (182) is removably arranged in the material taking groove (186);

and/or the upside of getting material seat (181) is provided with pump support (187), organism (140) still includes vacuum pump (191), vacuum pump (191) set up in the pump support, and vacuum pump (191) are constructed to be able to pass through blanking subassembly (160) with storage space (111) intercommunication.

18. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a frame (11);

the pan body (12), the said pan body (12) is seated in the said base (11), the said pan body (12) has receiving devices of food material; and

the food material supplying device (13) of any one of claims 1-11, said food material supplying device (13) being arranged at said housing (11) and at an upper side of said pan body (12).

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