CN217959745U - Cooking apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cooking equipment belongs to domestic appliance technical field. The cooking apparatus includes. A cabinet having a cooking cavity; the box door is rotationally connected to the box body through a rotating assembly and is used for sealing the cooking cavity; the water storage tank is arranged on one side of the box body close to the box door and used for storing condensed water generated in the cooking process of the cooking equipment; and the detection device is arranged on the water storage tank and used for detecting the water level of the accumulated water in the water storage tank. This application can detect the condensate water level in the aqua storage tank in real time through set up detection device in the aqua storage tank, when detection device detected the water level of aqua storage tank too high, just can remind the user in time to clear up the aqua storage tank, prevents to cause cooking equipment to damage owing to leaking.

Description

Cooking apparatus

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, especially, relate to a cooking equipment.

Background

In daily life, after food is cooked by using the cooking device, some condensed water is generated and stored in a water storage tank of the cooking device. With the lapse of time, the condensate water in the water storage tank can be more and more, and the condensate water can overflow when being excessive, and the cooking equipment is easily damaged in the past.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a cooking device on the one hand and informs a user that accumulated water is full and needs to be cleaned in time.

In one aspect, the embodiment of the present application provides a cooking apparatus, which includes a box body having a cooking cavity; the box door is rotationally connected to the box body through a rotating assembly and is used for sealing the cooking cavity; the water storage tank is arranged on one side of the box body close to the box door and used for storing condensed water generated in the cooking process of the cooking equipment; and the detection device is arranged on the water storage tank and used for detecting the water level of the accumulated water in the water storage tank.

In some embodiments, the water storage groove extends along an extending direction of a rotation shaft of the door.

In some embodiments, the water storage tank has a water leakage hole penetrating through a wall of the water storage tank, and the water leakage hole is provided with a cover for blocking the water leakage hole.

In some embodiments, the cooking apparatus further includes an accommodating groove, the accommodating groove is disposed on one side of the box body close to the box door, the accommodating groove is an avoiding space for avoiding the bottom of the box door and/or the rotating assembly, and the accommodating groove is fixedly connected to or integrally formed with the water storage groove.

In some embodiments, the receiving tank includes a first sub-tank and a second sub-tank, and the water storage tank is located between the first sub-tank and the second sub-tank.

In some embodiments, the detection device includes an installation portion and a detection portion, the detection portion is disposed in the installation portion, the installation portion is located on an inner surface of a groove wall of the water storage tank, or the groove wall of the water storage tank has a through hole, the installation portion is located on an outer surface of the groove wall of the water storage tank, and the detection portion extends into the water storage tank from the through hole.

In some embodiments, the detection portion is a circuit board or a copper sheet.

In some embodiments, the reservoir has a plurality of threaded holes for mounting the reservoir to the housing by screws.

In some embodiments, the box body is provided with a main board, the main board is electrically connected with the detection device, and the main board is used for receiving the signal transmitted by the detection device and generating broadcast information according to the signal.

In some embodiments, the cooking cavity has a water chute therein for guiding the condensed water to flow to the water reservoir.

The application provides a cooking equipment through set up detection device in the aqua storage tank, can detect the condensate water level in the aqua storage tank in real time, when detection device detected the water level of aqua storage tank when too high, just can remind the user in time to clear up the aqua storage tank, prevents to cause cooking equipment to damage because leak.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present application 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, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts, wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of another perspective view of the cooking apparatus in the embodiment of FIG. 1 of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus from another perspective according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the tank and the water storage tank according to the embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the tank and the reservoir from another perspective of the embodiment of FIG. 4 of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a partially exploded structure of the tank and the water storage tank according to the embodiment of FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a partially exploded view of the tank, the reservoir and the detection device of the embodiment of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a water storage tank according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 9 is an exploded view of the reservoir and detection device of the embodiment of fig. 8 from another perspective.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It is to be noted that the following examples are only for illustrating the present invention, but do not limit the scope of the present invention. Similarly, the following embodiments are only some but not all embodiments of the present invention, and all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without any inventive work are within the scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of another perspective of the cooking apparatus of the embodiment of FIG. 1 of the present application; fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a cooking apparatus from another perspective in the embodiment of fig. 1. The present application illustrates a cooking apparatus 10 that may be used to cook food. Currently, when food is cooked by the cooking apparatus 10, since most of the food contains water, the water is evaporated into water vapor during the cooking process, and the water vapor is liquefied when contacting the inner wall of the cooking apparatus 10, so that the water vapor remains on the inner wall of the cooking apparatus 10. When the door of the cooking apparatus 10 is opened, the liquefied water may slowly fall down along the door or the inner wall of the cooking apparatus 10. Generally, cooking device 10 all has the aqua storage tank or other device of storing ponding, and after the ponding in the aqua storage tank or other device of storing ponding was full, the user did not in time handle it, and ponding just can spill over, and ponding causes the damage to cooking device 10 easily. In an embodiment, the cooking apparatus 10 may be a cooking household appliance such as a built-in steam box, a steam oven, an oven or a microwave oven, which is not limited herein.

Referring to fig. 4-6, fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the tank and the water storage tank according to the embodiment of fig. 1 of the present application; FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the tank and the reservoir from another perspective of the embodiment of FIG. 4 of the present application; fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of a partially exploded structure of the tank and the water storage tank according to the embodiment of fig. 4. The cooking apparatus 10 provided by the present application may include: the cooking device comprises a box body 100, a box door 200 rotatably connected to the box body 100 through a rotating component, a water storage tank 300 arranged on one side of the box body 100 close to the box door 200 and used for storing condensed water generated in the cooking process of the cooking device 10, and a detection device 400 arranged in the water storage tank 300 and used for detecting the water level of accumulated water in the water storage tank. Wherein, the cabinet 100 has a cooking cavity, and the door 200 can seal the cooking cavity, so that the cooking apparatus 10 is in a sealed state during operation. It should be noted that the terms "comprises" and "comprising," and any variations thereof, in the embodiments of the present application, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. For example, a process, method, system, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of steps or elements is not limited to only those steps or elements listed, but may alternatively include other steps or elements not listed, or may alternatively include other steps or elements inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

In one embodiment, the box 100 may be square, circular, or other suitable shape. The housing 100 may be made of stainless steel or other metal material, such as aluminum, iron, etc.

In an embodiment, the case 100 may include a first sidewall 101, a second sidewall 102, a third sidewall 103, a fourth sidewall 104, a top wall 105, and a bottom wall 106. The first side wall 101, the second side wall 102, the third side wall 103 and the fourth side wall 104 are connected in sequence. The top wall 105 and the bottom wall 106 are connected to the first side wall 101, the second side wall 102, the third side wall 103 and the fourth side wall 104. The first side wall 101, the second side wall 102, the third side wall 103, the fourth side wall 104, the top wall 105 and the bottom wall 106 may be integrally formed, or may be connected by welding or other connection methods, such as screw connection, adhesion, and the like. It should be noted that at least one of the first, second, third and fourth sidewalls 101, 102, 103 and 104 has an opening for placing the object to be cooked in the cabinet 100.

It should be noted that the terms "first", "second" and "third" in the embodiments of the present application are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," or "third" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the feature.

The second side wall 102 and the fourth side wall 104 may be provided with a plurality of sliding portions 107 arranged up and down. An article shelf 108 can be slidably connected between the two sliding parts 107 for placing a container containing food to be cooked. In one embodiment, the sliding part 107 may be a sliding groove, or may be other suitable members such as a sliding rail. The shelf 108 has a square structure. It is understood that the shelf 108 can be inserted between the two opposite sliding portions 107. Since there are a plurality of sliding parts 107, if there is a lot of food to be cooked and it is necessary to occupy a large volume, the rack 108 can be placed between the sliding parts 107 on the lower side. If the amount of food to be cooked is small, the rack 108 can be placed between the upper sliding parts 107.

In another embodiment, the sliding part 107 can be omitted, and in this case, the object placing shelf 108 is integrated with the box 100.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise. In the embodiment of the present application, all the directional indicators (such as upper, lower, left, right, front, and rear … …) are used only to explain the relative positional relationship between the components, the movement, and the like in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

Please refer to fig. 1, fig. 2 and fig. 3. The door 200 may be coupled to one side of the first sidewall 101 by a rotating assembly. In an embodiment, the rotating assembly may be a hinge assembly, or may be other suitable components such as a rotating shaft assembly or a hinge, and is not limited herein. Specifically, the door 200 may rotate about the rotation assembly. When the door 200 is in the closed state, the door 200 is rotated to be attached to the first sidewall 101 by the rotating assembly, so that the entire cabinet 100 is in the sealed state, and the cooking device 10 is convenient to cook food. When the door 200 is in the open state, the door 200 may rotate around the rotation component by a certain angle and be fixed, and at this time, the door 200 is in the inclined state, and an acute angle may be formed between the door 200 and the first side wall 101. When the steam in the cooking cavity contacts with the inner wall of the door 200 during cooking, the steam is liquefied and forms water drops to be attached to the inner wall of the door 200. After the door 200 is opened, the water drops slowly drop along the door 200 into the water storage 300 because the door 200 is in the inclined state.

In an embodiment, the cooking cavity may have a water chute 109 inside. The water guide groove 109 serves to guide the condensed water inside the cooking cavity to flow to the water storage groove 300. A gutter 109 may be provided on the bottom wall 106. It is understood that the water vapor in the cooking cavity may be liquefied while contacting the inner wall of the cabinet 100 during the cooking. The liquefied condensed water flows to the bottom wall 106 and then flows to the water storage tank 300 along the water guiding trough 109. Therefore, the condensed water in the cooking cavity can be better collected.

In another embodiment, the water chute 109 may be provided in plurality. The water chute 109 may be disposed on at least one of the second side wall 102, the third side wall 103, the fourth side wall 104, the top wall 105 and the bottom wall 106, which is not particularly limited herein. The condensed water in the cooking cavity may flow into the water storage 300 through the plurality of water guide grooves 109.

The door 200 may be provided with an observation window 201 to facilitate a user to observe the state of food during the cooking process. The observation window 201 may be made of a transparent material, such as glass, acrylic plate, or resin.

Please refer to fig. 2. The sump 300 may extend in an extending direction of the rotational axis of the door 200. It is understood that the sump 300 needs to be disposed below the rotational axis of the door 200 so that the condensed water on the door 200 can be dropped into the sump 300. Specifically, the reservoir 300 is located below the rotating assembly of the door 200.

The water storage 300 is detachably disposed on the first sidewall 101 at a side close to the rotation axis of the door 200. The water storage tank 300 may be installed on the door 200 by screws, or may be installed on the door 200 by means of insertion, fastening, adhesion, or the like. The reservoir 300 may be made of stainless steel or other suitable materials, such as plastics, alloys, ceramics, etc. In one embodiment, the reservoir 300 has a plurality of screw holes 301 for mounting the reservoir 300 to the cabinet 100 by means of screws.

The reservoir 300 may have a water leakage hole 302. The water leakage holes 302 penetrate the wall of the sump 300 so that the condensed water in the sump 300 flows out through the water leakage holes 302. The water leakage hole 302 is provided with a cover 303 for blocking the water leakage hole 302. It can be understood that, under the normal condition, the hole 302 that leaks is stopped up to lid 303 for the condensate water in the aqua storage tank 300 can not flow out, when needing to clear up the condensate water in the aqua storage tank 300, pulls out lid 303, and the condensate water just can flow out automatically, and it can to cover back lid 303 after the clearance finishes. In one embodiment, the weep holes 302 may be disposed in the bottom wall 106 of the reservoir 300. Of course, the water leakage hole 302 may be formed on the sidewall of the sump 300. In another embodiment, the drain hole 302 and the lid 303 may be omitted, and the user may remove the entire reservoir 300 for cleaning, or may remove accumulated water directly with a rag or sponge without removing the reservoir 300, so as to maintain the integrity of the reservoir 300 to the maximum extent and avoid leakage.

Referring to fig. 7, 8 and 9, fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a partial explosion structure of the tank, the water storage tank and the detection device according to the embodiment of fig. 4 of the present application; fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a water storage tank according to an embodiment of the present application, and fig. 9 is an exploded structural view of the water storage tank and a detection device according to another view angle of the embodiment of the present application shown in fig. 8. The cooking apparatus 10 may further include a receiving groove 304. The accommodating groove 304 is disposed on a side of the cabinet 100 close to the door 200. The receiving groove 304 is an evacuation space for evacuating the bottom of the door 200 and/or the pivot assembly. In one embodiment, the receiving groove 304 is fixedly connected to or integrally formed with the water storage tank 300. Of course, the receiving groove 304 and the water storage groove 300 may be connected by welding, screwing, or plugging, and the like, and is not limited in particular. In another embodiment, the receiving groove 304 may be omitted.

The receiving groove 304 may include a first sub-groove 3041 and a second sub-groove 3042, and the water storage groove 300 is located between the first sub-groove 3041 and the second sub-groove 3042. The first sub-groove 3041 and the second sub-groove 3042 may be square, circular, or other shapes as long as the first sub-groove 3041 and the second sub-groove 3042 can avoid the bottom of the door 200 or the two ends of the rotating component.

It will be appreciated that when the door 200 is rotated open, the bottom of the door 200 or the rotating assembly may rotate to the position of the reservoir 300. In order to avoid the bottom of the door 200 or the rotating member, the length of the reservoir 300 cannot be excessively long, and a first sub-groove 3041 and a second sub-groove 3042 are provided at both sides of the reservoir 300. When the bottom of the door 200 or the rotating member rotates, both ends of the door are located in the first sub-groove 3041 and the second sub-groove 3042, and will not contact with the water storage groove 300. Thus, the water storage tank 300 can be well protected.

Referring to fig. 6, the detecting device 400 may include a mounting portion 401 and a detecting portion 402 disposed on the mounting portion 401. The mounting portion 401 may be used for fixing the detection portion 402. The detector 402 may detect the water level in the reservoir 300. In one embodiment, the mounting portion 401 may be located on an inner surface of a wall of the reservoir 300. The mounting portion 401 may be a mounting groove such that the detection portion 402 is inserted into the mounting groove. Of course, the detecting portion 402 may be fixed in the mounting groove by glue, screw connection, or silicone, and is not limited herein.

It is understood that the detector 402 is fixed to the inside of the sump 300. The sensing part 402 may directly contact the accumulated water in the reservoir 300, thereby more precisely measuring the level of the accumulated water in the reservoir 300.

In another embodiment, the walls of the reservoir 300 may have through holes (not shown). The detection part 402 extends into the reservoir 300 from the through hole. The mounting portion 401 may be located on an outer surface of a wall of the reservoir 300. It is understood that, when the detection part 402 is normally installed, the storage tank 300 may need to be taken out, or the door 200 may need to be opened and then installed, which is inconvenient. In this embodiment, the detecting part 402 is mounted in the mounting part 401 from the bottom thereof, since the detecting part 402 is mounted in the mounting part 401 from the through hole which penetrates the wall of the water storage tank 300. Such an installation may eliminate the need to remove the reservoir 300, facilitating maintenance and servicing of the cooking apparatus 10.

In one embodiment, the detecting portion 402 is a circuit board or a copper sheet. The detector 402 detects the capacitance in the reservoir 300 to determine the water level of the water stored in the reservoir 300.

Referring to fig. 6, a main board 500 may be further disposed in the box 100. The main board 500 is electrically connected to the detection unit 402 of the detection device 400. Mainboard 500 is used for receiving the signal that detection device 400 transmitted and according to signal generation broadcast information. In an embodiment, the main board 500 may be disposed inside the first sidewall 101, or may be disposed inside the second sidewall 102, the third sidewall 103, the fourth sidewall 104, the top wall 105, or the bottom wall 106, which is not limited herein.

It is understood that the detection part 402 detects an initial capacitance when there is no water in the reservoir 300. The detection unit 402 transmits a low-frequency signal to the main board 500. When water is gradually accumulated in the water storage tank 300, the detection part 402 can sense the change of the capacitance, and when the capacitance reaches a set threshold value, the detection part 402 can transmit a high-frequency signal to the main board 500. When mainboard 500 received high-frequency signal, it has close full state to explain the water level in the aqua storage tank 300, and mainboard 500 can generate and report information, reminds the user to clear up it. The user may also adjust the level of the liquid that informs the user of the cleaning by adjusting the threshold value set by the capacitance.

In an embodiment, the manner that the main board 500 generates the broadcast message to remind the user may be to remind the user through the display panel or the mobile phone APP, or may be to remind the user through a prompting lamp, a prompting bell, or the like.

This application can detect the condensate water level in the aqua storage tank 300 in real time by setting up detection device 400 in aqua storage tank 300, and when detection device 400 detected the water level of aqua storage tank 300 too high, just can remind the user in time to clear up aqua storage tank 300, prevents to cause cooking equipment 10 to damage because leak.

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

The above are only embodiments of the present application, and not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes performed by the present application and the contents of the attached drawings, which are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are also included in the scope of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A cooking apparatus, comprising:

a cabinet having a cooking cavity;

the box door is rotationally connected to the box body through a rotating assembly and is used for sealing the cooking cavity;

the water storage tank is arranged on one side of the box body close to the box door and used for storing condensed water generated in the cooking process of the cooking equipment;

and the detection device is arranged on the water storage tank and used for detecting the water level of the accumulated water in the water storage tank.

2. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the water storage tank extends in an extending direction of a rotation shaft of the door.

3. The cooking apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the water storage tank has a water leakage hole penetrating through a wall of the water storage tank, the water leakage hole being provided with a cover for blocking the water leakage hole.

4. The cooking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a receiving groove disposed at a side of the box body close to the box door, wherein the receiving groove is an avoiding space for avoiding a bottom of the box door and/or the rotating component, and the receiving groove is fixedly connected to or integrally formed with the water storage groove.

5. The cooking apparatus of claim 4, wherein the receiving tank includes a first sub-tank and a second sub-tank, and the water storage tank is located between the first sub-tank and the second sub-tank.

6. The cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the detecting device comprises an installation portion and a detecting portion, the detecting portion is disposed on the installation portion, the installation portion is located on an inner surface of a groove wall of the water storage tank, or the groove wall of the water storage tank is provided with a through hole, the installation portion is located on an outer surface of the groove wall of the water storage tank, and the detecting portion extends into the water storage tank from the through hole.

7. The cooking apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the detection part is a circuit board or a copper sheet.

8. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the water storage tank has a plurality of screw holes for mounting the water storage tank to the cabinet by screws.

9. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the box body is provided with a main board, the main board is electrically connected with the detection device, and the main board is used for receiving signals transmitted by the detection device and generating broadcast information according to the signals.

10. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the cooking cavity has a water guide groove therein for guiding the condensed water to flow to the water storage groove.

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