CN217408515U - Steam valve, anti-overflow apron subassembly and cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

A steam valve, a spill-proof cover plate assembly and a cooking appliance are provided herein. This steam valve includes: the steam exhaust device comprises a shell, a steam inlet cavity, a steam exhaust cavity, a steam outlet cavity and a steam exhaust cavity, wherein one end of the steam inlet cavity is communicated with the outside; and the sealing element is provided with a swinging part and is arranged on the shell, and the swinging part is positioned outside the exhaust cavity and arranged corresponding to the communication port and used for opening and closing the communication port. The steam valve is applied to cooking appliances, and the development period of the cooking appliances can be effectively shortened.

Description

Steam valve, anti-overflow apron subassembly and cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electrical equipment field, concretely relates to steam valve, an anti-overflow apron subassembly and cooking utensil.

Background

A cooking utensil comprises a pot body and a cover body, wherein the cover body is provided with an anti-overflow cover plate assembly, the anti-overflow cover plate assembly comprises an anti-overflow cover plate and a steam valve fixed on the anti-overflow cover plate, and the steam valve is provided with a steam outlet. In order to satisfy the effect that prevents the thick liquid and spill over, guarantee culinary art efficiency simultaneously, the technical means who takes at present is: the volume of the cooking cavity in the cooking utensil and the area of the steam outlet are reasonably equipped. However, this technical means has the following problems:

in the design process of the cooking utensil, the size of the steam outlet is required to be adjusted repeatedly, so that the product development period is longer.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model mainly aims at providing a steam valve is applied to cooking utensil, can effectively shorten cooking utensil's development cycle.

The utility model discloses a main objective still provides an anti-overflow apron subassembly and a cooking utensil.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a steam valve, including: the steam exhaust device comprises a shell, a steam inlet cavity and a steam exhaust cavity, wherein one end of the steam inlet cavity is communicated with the outside; and the sealing element is provided with a swinging part and is arranged on the shell, and the swinging part is positioned outside the exhaust cavity, arranged corresponding to the communication port and used for opening and closing the communication port.

In an exemplary embodiment, the exhaust cavity is located inside the casing, the steam inlet cavity is a groove, the groove is located on the first end wall of the casing and sinks into the exhaust cavity, and a notch of the groove is communicated with the outside.

In an exemplary embodiment, the seal member is provided at the first end wall, and the communication port is located at a position where an inner peripheral surface and an outer end surface of the groove meet.

In an exemplary embodiment, the exhaust port is located at the second end wall of the housing on a side of the intake chamber remote from the communication port.

In an exemplary embodiment, the swing portion is a swing piece, and a free end of the swing piece is arranged corresponding to the communication port.

In an exemplary embodiment, a width of the free end of the swing piece is greater than a width of the connection end of the swing piece.

In an exemplary embodiment, the sealing member is further provided with a first connecting portion, and the housing is further provided with a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion being fixed to the second connecting portion.

In an exemplary embodiment, the sealing member is a sealing ring, the swing portion, the steam inlet chamber and the communication port are all located on an inner side of the sealing ring, and the first connecting portion, the second connecting portion and the swing portion each include two sets that are arranged in a central symmetry with respect to the sealing ring.

In an exemplary embodiment, the housing includes: the air inlet cavity and the communication port are positioned on the valve seat; and the valve cover is assembled with the valve seat and is encircled into the steam exhaust cavity, and the steam exhaust port is positioned on the valve cover.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an anti-overflow apron subassembly, including the anti-overflow apron that is equipped with the steam inlet and above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment the steam valve, the casing is located the anti-overflow apron, the steam inlet chamber one end is passed through steam inlet and external intercommunication.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a cooking utensil, including above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment steam valve.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a cooking utensil, including above-mentioned arbitrary embodiment anti-overflow apron subassembly.

The utility model discloses among the technical scheme, this steam valve is applied to cooking utensil: when the steam pressure in the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance does not reach a set value and food in the cooking cavity does not have overflow hidden danger, the force of the steam in the cooking cavity acting on the swinging part is small, the swinging part cannot be driven to bend towards the communicating port, the communicating port is released by the swinging part in the process, the communicating port is opened, and the steam valve discharges steam normally; when the steam pressure in the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance reaches a set value and food in the cooking cavity has overflow hidden trouble, the force of the steam in the cooking cavity acting on the swinging part is large, the swinging part can be driven to bend towards the communicating port, the swinging part bends to cover the communicating port in the process, the communicating port is closed, the steam valve stops discharging the steam, and the anti-overflow purpose is achieved; the scheme can effectively shorten the development period of the cooking appliance.

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

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an anti-overflow cover plate assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view A-A of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic sectional view showing a state in which the communication port is covered by the swing portion in fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of the spill cap plate assembly shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the housing of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of the housing of FIG. 1 from another perspective;

fig. 7 is a perspective view of the sealing member of fig. 1.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 7 is:

100 casing, 110 valve seat, 111 steam inlet cavity, 112 communication port, 120 valve cover, 121 steam outlet, 130 steam outlet cavity, 140 first end wall, 150 second end wall, 160 peripheral wall, 170 second connecting part, 200 sealing element, 210 swinging part, 220 first connecting part, 300 sealing cap, 400 anti-overflow cover plate, 410 steam inlet port, 500 rivet.

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

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

In addition, descriptions in the present application as to "first", "second", and the like are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit to the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected" and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., "fixed" may be fixedly connected or detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; "coupled" may be direct or indirect through an intermediary, and may be internal to two elements or an interaction of two elements unless otherwise specifically limited. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

In addition, the technical solutions between the embodiments of the present invention can be combined with each other, but it is necessary to be able to be realized by a person having ordinary skill in the art as a basis, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of such technical solutions should be considered to be absent, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

An embodiment of the utility model provides a steam valve, include as 5 to fig. 7: the steam exhaust device comprises a shell 100, wherein the shell 100 is provided with a steam inlet cavity 111 and a steam exhaust cavity 130, one end of the steam inlet cavity 111 is communicated with the outside, the cavity wall of the steam inlet cavity 111 is provided with a communication port 112, the communication port 112 is communicated with the steam inlet cavity 111 and the steam exhaust cavity 130, the cavity wall of the steam exhaust cavity 130 is provided with a steam exhaust port 121, and the steam exhaust port 121 is communicated with the outside, namely the steam exhaust cavity 130 is communicated with the outside through the steam exhaust port 121; a seal member 200 provided with a swing portion 210 is provided on the casing 100, the swing portion 210 being located outside the exhaust chamber 130 and being arranged corresponding to the communication port 112 for opening and closing the communication port 112.

This steam valve is applied to cooking utensil: as shown in fig. 2, when the steam pressure in the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance does not reach the set value and food in the cooking cavity does not have a potential overflow, the force applied to the swing portion 210 by the steam in the cooking cavity is small, and the swing portion 210 cannot be driven to bend towards the communication port 112, in this process, the swing portion 210 releases the communication port 112, so that the communication port 112 is opened, and the steam valve discharges steam normally; as shown in fig. 3, when the steam pressure in the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance reaches a set value and food in the cooking cavity has a hidden danger of overflowing, the force applied to the swing portion 210 by the steam in the cooking cavity is large, and the swing portion 210 can be driven to bend towards the communication port 112, in the process, the swing portion 210 bends to cover the communication port 112, so that the communication port 112 is closed, and the steam valve stops exhausting steam, thereby achieving the purpose of preventing overflowing; the scheme can effectively shorten the development period of the cooking appliance.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the exhaust cavity 130 is located inside the housing 100. As shown in fig. 2 and fig. the casing 100 comprises a first end wall 140, a second end wall 150, and a peripheral wall 160 between the first end wall 140 and the second end wall 150, the first end wall 140 and the second end wall 150 being connected by the peripheral wall 160 and enclosing the steam exhaust chamber 130. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the steam inlet cavity 111 is a groove which is located on the first end wall 140 of the casing 100 and is sunk into the steam outlet cavity 130, and a notch of the groove faces away from the second end wall 150 and is communicated with the outside. This steam valve is applied to cooking utensil, and intercommunication mouth 112 is located swing portion 210 directly over basically, and second end wall 150 is located the top of first end wall 140, and when the steam valve normally discharged steam, the steam in the cooking chamber gets into the recess from the notch of recess, again in proper order through intercommunication mouth 112 and steam discharge chamber 130, finally discharges to external world from steam discharge mouth 121.

Of course, the steam inlet cavity 111 may also be located at one side of the circumference of the steam outlet cavity 130, for example, the steam inlet cavity 111 is located at the left side of the steam outlet cavity 130, the steam inlet cavity 111 is located at the right side of the steam outlet cavity 130, the steam inlet cavity 111 is located at the front side of the steam outlet cavity 130, the steam inlet cavity 111 is located at the rear side of the steam outlet cavity 130, and the like; the purpose of this application can all be realized, its purpose does not break away from the design thought of the utility model, and no longer give unnecessary details here, all should belong to the scope of protection of this application.

In one example, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the bottom wall of the groove is provided with a mounting hole, a sealing cap 300 is arranged in the steam exhaust cavity 130, the sealing cap 300 includes a sealing sheet and a mounting column, a connecting end of the mounting column is connected to the center of the side surface of the sealing sheet, a free end of the mounting column is provided with an anti-falling portion, the sealing sheet is located in the steam exhaust cavity 130 and is arranged on the outer bottom surface of the groove, the mounting column penetrates through the mounting hole, and the anti-falling portion penetrates through the mounting hole and is used for preventing the mounting column from falling out of the mounting hole. And a gap through which steam can pass is formed between the mounting column and the wall of the mounting hole.

In one example, as shown in fig. 2, 3, 5 to 7, the sealing member 200 is fixedly mounted on the first end wall 140, the communication port 112 is located at a position where the inner circumferential surface and the outer end surface of the groove meet, and the swinging portion 210 is bent upward by the steam, which is more beneficial to realize that the swinging portion 210 covers the communication port 112.

In an example, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the steam outlet 121 is located at the second end wall 150 of the casing 100 and at a side of the steam inlet cavity 111 far from the communication port 112, and the moving path of the steam in the steam outlet cavity 130 is larger, so that the temperature of the steam when the steam is discharged from the steam outlet 121 is lower, and the user is less prone to be scalded.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the swing portion 210 is a swing piece, a free end of which is disposed corresponding to the communication port 112, and which covers the communication port 112 through the free end thereof.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 7, the width of the free end of the swing piece is greater than the width of the connecting end of the swing piece, so that the swing piece is more easily bent at the connecting end thereof, and the free end of the swing piece is more easily covered on the communication opening 112.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, 3, and 5 to 7, the sealing member 200 is further provided with a first connecting portion 220, the housing 100 is further provided with a second connecting portion 170, and the first connecting portion 220 is fixed to the second connecting portion 170, so that the sealing member 200 is fixed to the housing 100.

In an example, as shown in fig. 5 to 7, the first connecting portion 220 is a horizontally extending clamping column, the second connecting portion 170 is a clamping groove, and the clamping column is clamped into the clamping groove, so that the sealing element 200 is fixed on the casing 100, the structure of the clamping column and the structure of the clamping groove are both relatively simple and relatively easy to manufacture, and therefore, the manufactured steam valve has a relatively low cost.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, 3, 5 to 7, the sealing member 200 is a sealing ring, the swinging pieces, the steam inlet cavity 111 and the communication port 112 are all located inside the sealing ring, the clamping column, the clamping groove and the swinging pieces all include two sets that are arranged in central symmetry about the center of the sealing ring, one of the two swinging pieces is selected to correspond to the communication port 112, and no matter how the sealing member 200 is clamped on the housing 100, the structure can ensure that one of the swinging pieces corresponds to the communication port 112, thereby effectively improving the assembly convenience of the sealing member 200 and the housing 100, and no longer requiring a fool-proof structure.

In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, 3, 5 and 6, the housing 100 includes: the valve seat 110, the steam inlet cavity 111 and the communication port 112 are positioned on the valve seat 110; and the valve cover 120 is assembled with the valve seat 110 and is encircled to form the steam exhaust cavity 130, the steam exhaust port 121 is positioned on the valve cover 120, the interior of the steam exhaust cavity 130 can be cleaned by opening the valve cover 120, and the problems that the interior of the steam exhaust cavity 130 is easy to collect dirt and breed bacteria are solved. Wherein the valve seat 110 includes a first end wall 140 and a peripheral wall 160 and the valve cover 120 includes a second end wall 150.

The embodiment of the utility model provides an anti-overflow apron subassembly, as shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3, including anti-overflow apron 400 and the arbitrary embodiment of above-mentioned that is provided with steam inlet 410 steam valve, casing 100 sets up on anti-overflow apron 400, steam inlet 410 and external intercommunication are passed through to steam inlet 111's one end, this anti-overflow apron subassembly is applied to cooking utensil, then steam inlet 410 and cooking utensil's culinary art chamber intercommunication (also be exactly the notch of recess through steam inlet 410 and culinary art chamber intercommunication) is passed through to steam inlet 111's one end.

The spill-proof cover plate assembly has all the advantages of the steam valve provided by any of the above embodiments, and will not be described herein.

In one example, as shown in FIG. 4, the housing 100 is secured to the spill plate 400 by rivets 500 in a simple manner, and also solves the problem of the steam valve being easily lost on the spill plate 400.

An embodiment of the utility model provides a cooking utensil (not shown in the figure), including the steam valve of any one of the above-mentioned embodiments.

The cooking appliance has all the advantages of the steam valve provided by any one of the above embodiments, and the description thereof is omitted.

In one example, the cooking appliance is an electric pressure cooker and the steam valve is disposed on a lid of the electric pressure cooker.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a cooking utensil (not shown in the figure) is still provided, including any one of the above-mentioned embodiment anti-overflow apron subassembly.

The cooking appliance has all the advantages of the anti-overflow cover plate assembly provided by any one of the above embodiments, and the description is omitted.

In one example, the cooking appliance is an electric rice cooker, and the spill-proof cover plate assembly is arranged on a cooker cover of the electric rice cooker.

To sum up, the embodiment of the utility model provides a cooking utensil is applied to the steam valve: when the steam pressure in the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance does not reach a set value and food in the cooking cavity does not have overflow hidden trouble, the force of the steam in the cooking cavity acting on the swinging part is small, the swinging part cannot be driven to bend towards the communication port, the communication port is released by the swinging part in the process, the communication port is opened, and the steam valve discharges steam normally; when the steam pressure in the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance reaches a set value and food in the cooking cavity has overflow hidden trouble, the force of the steam in the cooking cavity acting on the swinging part is large, the swinging part can be driven to bend towards the communicating port, the swinging part bends to cover the communicating port in the process, the communicating port is closed, the steam valve stops discharging the steam, and the anti-overflow purpose is achieved; the scheme can effectively shorten the development period of the cooking appliance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "one side", "the other side", "one end", "the other end", "side", "opposite", "four corners", "periphery", "mouth" word structure "and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of the description, but do not indicate or imply that the structure referred to has a specific orientation, is constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, is not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "connected," "directly connected," "indirectly connected," "fixedly connected," "mounted," and "assembled" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixedly connected" may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be connected through two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood as a specific case by those skilled in the art.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the description is only for the convenience of understanding the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

The above only is the preferred embodiment of the present invention, not so limiting the patent scope of the present invention, all under the concept of the present invention, the equivalent structure transformation made by the contents of the specification and the drawings is utilized, or the direct/indirect application is included in other related technical fields in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A steam valve, comprising:

the steam exhaust device comprises a shell, a steam inlet cavity and a steam exhaust cavity, wherein one end of the steam inlet cavity is communicated with the outside; and

the sealing piece is provided with a swinging part and arranged on the shell, and the swinging part is positioned outside the exhaust cavity and arranged corresponding to the communication port and used for opening and closing the communication port.

2. The steam valve of claim 1, wherein the exhaust cavity is located inside the housing, the intake cavity is a groove located in the first end wall of the housing and sinking into the exhaust cavity, and a notch of the groove communicates with the outside.

3. The steam valve of claim 2, wherein the seal is provided at the first end wall, and the communication port is located at a position where an inner peripheral surface and an outer end surface of the groove meet.

4. The steam valve of claim 2 wherein the exhaust port is located in the second end wall of the housing on a side of the steam inlet chamber remote from the communication port.

5. The steam valve of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the oscillating portion is an oscillating piece, a free end of which is arranged in correspondence to the communication port.

6. The steam valve of claim 5, wherein a width of the free end of the flap is greater than a width of the connected end of the flap.

7. A steam valve according to any of claims 1-4, characterized in that the seal is further provided with a first connection portion, and the housing is further provided with a second connection portion, the first connection portion being fixed to the second connection portion.

8. The steam valve of claim 7, wherein the sealing member is a sealing ring, the oscillating portion, the steam inlet chamber, and the communication port are all located inside the sealing ring, and the first connecting portion, the second connecting portion, and the oscillating portion each include two sets that are arranged in central symmetry with respect to the sealing ring.

9. The steam valve of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein the housing comprises:

the air inlet cavity and the communication port are positioned on the valve seat; and

the valve cover is assembled with the valve seat and encloses the exhaust cavity, and the exhaust port is positioned on the valve cover.

10. A spill-proof cover plate assembly comprising a spill-proof cover plate provided with a steam inlet and a steam valve as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, said housing being provided in said spill-proof cover plate, said one end of said steam inlet chamber being in communication with the outside via said steam inlet.

11. A cooking appliance comprising a steam valve as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9 or a spill-proof lid plate assembly as claimed in claim 10.

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