CN217987324U

CN217987324U - Feeding assembly and cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN217987324U
Application number: CN202222427522.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 秦伟伟; 周毅; 周忠宝; 潘典国; 李家孔; 江小勇; 何国达; 罗小晨; 吴育权; 赵策
Original assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-09-14
Filing date: 2022-09-14
Publication date: 2022-12-09
Anticipated expiration: 2032-09-14

Abstract

The utility model provides a feeding assembly and a cooking utensil, wherein the feeding assembly comprises a box body, an impeller and a supporting part; the box body is provided with a storage cavity and a feeding channel, and the feeding channel is communicated with the storage cavity; the impeller is arranged in the feeding channel and can drive materials stored in the material storage cavity to be fed through the feeding channel; the supporting component is arranged on one side of the impeller close to the material storage cavity. The utility model provides a feeding subassembly is provided with the supporting component in one side that the impeller is close to the storage cavity, and the supporting component can bear the weight of material in the storage cavity, and then shares the gravity that comes from material in the storage cavity that the impeller received through the supporting component for the gravity of the material in the storage cavity can not concentrate on the impeller, reduces the resistance that the impeller received when starting, makes the impeller required starting torque when the feeding begins less, and the impeller starts more smoothly.

Description

Feeding assembly and cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a cooking utensil technical field particularly, relates to a feeding component and cooking utensil.

Background

Currently, in the related art, an automatic feeding cooking appliance realizes automatic feeding by rotating an impeller provided at a feeding port. However, when the materials are fed through the impeller, the materials are accumulated above the impeller, most of gravity of the materials can be applied to the impeller, so that the received resistance is large, the starting is difficult, the impeller cannot rotate even, and the cooking utensil cannot feed the materials normally.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The present invention aims at least solving one of the technical problems existing in the prior art or the related art.

To this end, the utility model discloses a first aspect provides a feeding subassembly.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a cooking appliance.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a feeding assembly, which includes a box body, an impeller and a supporting component; the box body is provided with a storage cavity and a feeding channel, and the feeding channel is communicated with the storage cavity; the impeller is arranged in the feeding channel and can drive materials stored in the material storage cavity to be fed through the feeding channel; the supporting component is arranged on one side of the impeller close to the material storage cavity.

The utility model provides a feeding subassembly, including the box, be provided with the storage cavity in the box, the material can be stored in the storage cavity to when using cooking utensil, can provide the material for the culinary art. Still be provided with feedstock channel in the box, feedstock channel and storage cavity intercommunication, the material of storing in the discharging cavity can enter into feedstock channel. An impeller is arranged in the feeding channel and can drive materials in the feeding channel to move in a cooking cavity of the cooking appliance. After the materials in the feeding channel enter the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance, the materials in the storage cavity enter the feeding channel, then the materials in the feeding channel enter the cooking cavity under the driving of the impeller, and the materials are circulated according to the operation, so that the materials are fed into the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance. One side that is close to the storage cavity at the impeller is provided with supporting component, and supporting component can bear the weight of material in the storage cavity, and then shares the gravity that comes from the material in the storage cavity that the impeller received through supporting component for the gravity of the material in the storage cavity can not concentrate on the impeller, reduces the resistance that the impeller received when starting, makes the required starting torque of impeller when the feeding begins less, and the impeller starts more smoothly.

Because the gravity that comes from the material in the storage cavity that the supporting component can share the impeller and receive, can also reduce the resistance that the impeller received when moving, and then reduce the impeller because of the too big unable pivoted probability of resistance, ensure that the feeding subassembly can be more stable to cooking utensil's cooking intracavity pay-off, ensured cooking utensil's normal feeding, promote cooking utensil stability in the course of the work.

Specifically, when cooking utensil forward was put, the upper portion of box was the storage cavity, and the lower part of box is provided with feedstock channel, feedstock channel's first end and the lower part intercommunication in storage cavity, and the material in the storage cavity can enter into feedstock channel under the effect of gravity in, also can enter into feedstock channel under the effect of external power in, for example enter into feedstock channel through the material of fan drive storage intracavity. Feed channel's second end and cooking utensil's culinary art chamber intercommunication, and then make the impeller can carry the material in the feed channel to the culinary art intracavity, realize to the automatic feed of culinary art intracavity.

The supporting component sets up in the top of impeller, and is relative with feedstock channel, and the supporting component is located the position that the storage cavity is close to feedstock channel, and the gravity of the material self that is located the supporting component top can be exerted on the supporting component, and can not directly be exerted on the impeller, and then has reduced the resistance that comes from the material that the impeller received for the impeller rotates more smoothly.

In particular, the material may be rice, such as rice, millet. The material may also be other types of foodstuffs, such as corn, sorghum, and the like. The material can also be fruit and vegetable material, such as fruit or vegetable cut into pieces.

The storage cavity can be the storage cavity of storing the edible material for a long time, for example can advance the electric rice cooker of rice automatically, and materials such as rice can be deposited for a long time in the storage cavity. The storage chamber may also be a storage chamber for short-term storage of food material or for only passage of food material, such as a feed bin of a food processor or the like.

Further, the support member is fixed to the case.

Additionally, the utility model provides a feeding subassembly among the above-mentioned technical scheme can also have following additional technical characterstic:

in a technical solution of the present invention, the support member is inclined from the middle portion to the edge toward the direction close to the feed passage.

In this technical scheme, the supporting component is by middle part to the edge to the direction slope that is close to feedstock channel, and the material that is located the storage intracavity is after contacting the supporting component, and is moving to the edge of supporting component along the incline direction of supporting component, and then crosses in the supporting component enters into feedstock channel, realizes the guide to the material, avoids the material to stop on the supporting component, reduces the influence of supporting component to the feeding for the feeding process of material is more smooth.

Specifically, the supporting component is located the top of feedstock channel, and the supporting component has the middle part to the edge slope downwardly extending, and the material can be under the effect of gravity from arbitrary position on the supporting component to the marginal motion of supporting component, and then makes the material cross the supporting component and enter into the feedstock channel.

In a technical solution of the present invention, a cross-section of the supporting member in the vertical direction is V-shaped, arc-shaped or triangular.

In this technical scheme, the cross-section of support component on vertical direction is V-arrangement, arc or triangle-shaped for support component can lead the material that is located the support component top more steadily, further promotes the smoothness nature of the motion of material on support component.

Specifically, under the condition that the cross-section of the supporting component in the vertical direction is V-shaped, the tip of the V-shaped supporting part faces the material storage cavity, the opening of the V-shaped supporting part faces the feeding channel, namely the tip of the V-shaped supporting part faces upwards, and the opening of the V-shaped supporting part faces downwards.

In the case that the cross-section of the support member in the vertical direction is triangular, one corner of the triangular support portion faces the material storage chamber, the opposite side of the triangular support portion facing the corner of the material storage chamber faces the feed channel, i.e. one corner of the triangular support portion faces upwards, and the opposite side of the triangular support portion facing the corner of the material storage chamber faces downwards.

Under the circumstances that the cross-section of support component on the vertical direction is curved, the tip of curved supporting part is towards the storage cavity, and the opening of curved supporting part is towards feedstock channel, and the tip of curved supporting part is up promptly, and the opening of curved supporting part is down.

The utility model discloses an among the technical scheme, the contained angle more than or equal to 36 degrees of support component and horizontal direction, and be less than 90 degrees.

In this technical scheme, be 36 degrees to 90 degrees with the contained angle of supporting component and horizontal direction for the supporting component can bear certain coming from material pressure promptly, also can ensure that the material can enter into feedstock channel through the supporting component smoothly, and then makes the feeding process of feeding subassembly more smooth and easy.

Specifically, the included angle between the surface of the supporting component facing one side of the material storage cavity and the horizontal plane is greater than or equal to 36 degrees and smaller than 90 degrees.

Under the condition that the cooking utensil is placed in the positive direction, the surface of one side of the supporting component, which faces the storage cavity, is the upper surface of the supporting component.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the supporting member is opposite to one side of the feeding channel facing the material storage chamber.

In this technical scheme, the supporting component is relative with one side of feedstock channel orientation storage cavity for the supporting component can bear the gravity of the material that is located the impeller top more, further promotes the effect that the supporting component shared material gravity.

Specifically, the supporting component is relative with one side of feedstock channel orientation storage cavity, avoids feedstock channel's feed inlet and impeller to expose completely under the material of storage cavity, and the material enters into the feed inlet from supporting component edge and storage cavity side, under not influencing the feeding circumstances, shares feed inlet material gravity through the supporting component, alleviates impeller turning moment to avoid the impeller to lead to the impeller card material condition to appear because of moment is not enough.

In one technical proposal of the utility model, the box body comprises a body, a material guiding part and a material feeding part; the body is provided with a material storage cavity; the material guiding part is annular and is connected with the body; the feeding part is cylindrical and is provided with a feeding channel which is connected with the material guiding part.

In this technical scheme, the box includes the body, and the body is provided with the storage cavity, and then realizes the storage to the material. The box still includes guide portion and feeding portion, and guide portion is the annular, can realize the transport to the material with the material direction of storage intracavity to setting up in the feedstock channel of feeding portion.

Furthermore, the feeding assembly further comprises a cover body, and the cover body is buckled at the top of the storage cavity to open or close the storage cavity.

The utility model discloses an among the technical scheme, the outer lane edge and this body coupling of guide portion, the inner circle edge and the feeding portion of guide portion are connected.

In this technical scheme, the body is the tube-shape, and guide portion sets up in this body, and the inside space that is located guide portion top of cup forms the storage cavity. The material guiding part is annular, the outer ring of the material guiding part is connected with the inner wall of the body, and a feed inlet is formed in the middle of the material guiding part. The feeding part is internally provided with a feeding channel and is connected with the edge of the inner ring of the material guiding part. The material in the material storage cavity passes through the gap between the supporting part and the inner wall of the body and then enters the feeding channel through the feeding hole.

The utility model discloses an among the technical scheme, guide portion is by outer lane to inner circle to feedstock channel slope.

In this technical scheme, guide portion is by outer lane to inner circle to feedstock channel slope for the material in the guide portion can assemble to feedstock channel under the effect of gravity, and then carries the material to feedstock channel in, avoids the material to stop in guide portion, further promotes the smooth and easy nature among the material transportation process.

The utility model discloses an among the technical scheme, the biggest outline size of the material of distance more than or equal to twice between guide portion and support component's the edge.

In this technical scheme, the distance between the edge of guide portion and supporting component is more than or equal to the biggest outline size of the material of twice for the material can not stop because of two materials extrude each other and can't enter into the feedstock channel between guide portion and the supporting component at the in-process of feeding, and then reduces the probability that material blocking phenomenon appears in the feeding subassembly.

Specifically, at the in-process that the material entered into feedstock channel by the storage cavity, if the distance between the edge of guide portion and supporting component is less than the two times the biggest outline size of material, when two materials moved to the clearance department between the edge of guide portion and supporting component simultaneously, the first side of the first material in two materials supported in the edge of supporting component, the second side of first material supported in the first side of the second material in two materials, the second side of the second material supported in guide portion, under this kind of condition, two materials all can't continue to move to feedstock channel, and then material blocking phenomenon can appear.

Under the condition of the maximum outer contour dimension of the material of distance more than or equal to two times between the edge of guide portion and supporting component, then the both sides that can not appear two materials all can receive the condition of support, and then make two materials can not appear both sides and all receive the condition of support, and then make the material can not stop because of two materials extrude each other and in the unable feedstock channel that enters into between guide portion and the supporting component at the in-process of feeding, reduce the probability that material blocking phenomenon appears in the feeding subassembly.

Specifically, the maximum outer contour dimension of the material refers to the dimension between two points with the largest distance on the contour of the material. For example, if the material is rice, the maximum outer contour dimension of the material is the diameter of rice, and if the material is fruit, the maximum outer contour dimension of the material is the maximum length dimension of the cut fruit.

Specifically, the distance between the material guiding portion and the edge of the supporting member may be determined according to the type of the cooking appliance, and may also be determined according to the largest size food material that can be cooked by the cooking appliance.

Further, the distance between the inner wall of the body and the edge of the supporting component is larger than or equal to two times of the maximum outer contour dimension of the material.

The utility model discloses an among the technical scheme, the box still includes the cooperation portion, and the cooperation portion sets up in one side that storage cavity was kept away from to feedstock channel along the circumference extension of impeller.

In this technical scheme, the box still includes cooperation portion, and cooperation portion cooperatees with the impeller, can seal feedstock channel when not needing the feeding, and then avoids the material to enter into the culinary art intracavity under the non-driven circumstances. And the feeding channel is sealed by the impeller and the matching part, so that the opening and the sealing of the feeding channel are not required to be controlled independently, the feeding can be realized by driving the impeller to rotate, the sealing of the feeding channel can be realized by stopping driving the impeller to rotate, the feeding process is simplified, and the control difficulty of the feeding channel is reduced.

And the feeding channel is sealed by the impeller and the matching part, so that an independent plugging part is not required to be arranged in the feeding channel, the structure of the feeding assembly is simplified, and the cost of the feeding assembly is reduced.

Further, the length of the matching part in the circumferential direction of the impeller is larger than the distance between two adjacent blades on the impeller and the outer ring of the impeller.

The utility model discloses an among the technical scheme, the clearance between impeller and the cooperation portion is less than the minimum outline size of material.

In this technical scheme, the clearance between impeller and the cooperation portion is less than the minimum outline size of material, when guaranteeing that the impeller can not scrape with the cooperation portion, further avoids the material to enter into the cooking chamber under the circumstances of no drive.

In one technical scheme of the utility model, the feeding assembly further comprises a driving part and a connecting shaft; the connecting shaft is connected with the power output end of the driving part, and the impeller is arranged on the connecting shaft.

In this technical scheme, drive unit passes through the connecting axle drive impeller and rotates, and then carries the material through the impeller, realizes cooking utensil's automatic feed.

The storage cavity is in the connected state with feedstock channel all the time, so the material is piled up on the impeller all the time, so the impeller is in the area year state constantly, and the impeller receives the resistance that comes from the material all the time promptly. When the impeller is in a loaded state at any moment, the starting torque required by the impeller to start is far larger than the torque required by the impeller in the rotating process. Through the resistance that reduces the impeller and received, reduced the load of impeller promptly, and then reduced the impeller to starting torque's requirement when starting for the demand of impeller can be satisfied to the drive unit of less power, and then reduces drive unit's cost, reduces drive unit's volume, reduces the occupation of drive unit to the space.

The driving part drives the impeller to rotate through the connecting shaft, and the connecting shaft can support the impeller while transmitting power, so that the rotating process of the impeller is more stable.

In particular, the drive member is a motor.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a cooking appliance, comprising a feeding assembly according to any one of the above-mentioned technical solutions. Therefore, the cooking appliance has the full beneficial effects of the feeding assembly of any one of the technical schemes.

In one technical solution of the present invention, the cooking appliance further includes an appliance main body and a lid assembly; the appliance main body is provided with a cooking cavity with at least one open end; the cover component is connected with the appliance main body and covers the opening; the feeding assembly is arranged on the appliance main body, and the feeding channel is communicated with the cooking cavity.

In this technical scheme, cooking utensil still includes utensil main part and lid subassembly, and the utensil main part is provided with at least one end open-ended culinary art chamber, and the culinary art intracavity can cook the edible material. The opening in culinary art chamber is located to the lid subassembly lid, can seal or open the culinary art chamber, and then ensures the normal culinary art in culinary art chamber. The feeding assembly is arranged in the appliance main body, the feeding assembly is communicated with the cooking cavity, and before the cooking appliance cooks the materials, the impeller can be driven to rotate, so that the materials in the storage cavity are driven into the cooking cavity, and the automatic feeding of the cooking appliance is realized. The cooking utensil can cook the materials after the materials enter the cooking cavity.

In a technical solution of the present invention, the cooking appliance includes an electric cooker, an electric pressure cooker or a food processor.

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

Drawings

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

fig. 1 shows one of the structural schematics of a feeding assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 shows a second schematic structural view of a feeding assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 shows a third schematic structural view of a feeding assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 shows a schematic structural diagram of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the component names in fig. 1 to fig. 4 is:

100 feeding components, 110 boxes, 112 storage cavities, 114 feeding channels, 116 bodies, 117 guide parts, 118 feeding parts, 119 matching parts, 120 impellers, 130 supporting parts, 140 connecting shafts, 150 cover bodies, 200 appliance bodies, 300 cover components and 400 materials.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and detailed description. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

A feeding assembly 100 and a cooking appliance according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 4.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, there is provided a feeding assembly 100 comprising a case 110, an impeller 120 and a support member 130; the box body 110 is provided with a storage cavity 112 and a feed channel 114, and the feed channel 114 is communicated with the storage cavity 112; the impeller 120 is arranged in the feeding channel 114 and can drive the material 400 stored in the material storage cavity 112 to be fed through the feeding channel 114; the support member 130 is disposed on a side of the impeller 120 adjacent to the accumulator chamber 112.

In this embodiment, the feeding assembly 100 comprises a box body 110, wherein a storage cavity 112 is arranged in the box body 110, and the storage cavity 112 can store the material 400, so that the material 400 can be provided for cooking when the cooking appliance is used. The box body 110 is further provided with a feeding channel 114, the feeding channel 114 is communicated with the material storage cavity 112, and the material 400 stored in the material storage cavity can enter the feeding channel 114. An impeller 120 is disposed in the feeding channel 114, and the impeller 120 can drive the material 400 in the feeding channel 114 to move towards the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance. After the material 400 in the feeding channel 114 enters the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance, the material 400 in the material storage cavity 112 enters the feeding channel 114, and then the material 400 in the feeding channel 114 enters the cooking cavity under the driving of the impeller 120, and the cycle is repeated, so that the feeding into the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance is realized. The supporting member 130 is arranged on one side of the impeller 120 close to the storage cavity 112, the supporting member 130 can bear the weight of the material 400 in the storage cavity 112, and then the supporting member 130 shares the gravity of the material 400 in the storage cavity 112 borne by the impeller 120, so that the gravity of the material 400 in the storage cavity 112 is not concentrated on the impeller 120, the resistance borne by the impeller 120 when the impeller is started is reduced, the starting torque required when the feeding of the impeller 120 is started is smaller, and the starting of the impeller 120 is smoother.

Because the supporting component 130 can share the gravity of the impeller 120 from the material 400 in the storage cavity 112, the resistance of the impeller 120 during operation can be reduced, the probability that the impeller 120 cannot rotate due to excessive resistance is reduced, the feeding component 100 can feed materials into the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance more stably, normal feeding of the cooking appliance is ensured, and the stability of the cooking appliance in the working process is improved.

Specifically, when the cooking utensil is placed in the forward direction, the upper portion of the box body 110 is the storage cavity 112, the lower portion of the box body 110 is provided with the feeding channel 114, the first end of the feeding channel 114 is communicated with the lower portion of the storage cavity 112, the material 400 in the storage cavity 112 can enter the feeding channel 114 under the action of gravity, and can also enter the feeding channel 114 under the action of external power, for example, the material 400 in the storage cavity 112 is driven by the fan to enter the feeding channel 114. The second end of the feeding channel 114 is communicated with the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance, so that the impeller 120 can convey the material 400 in the feeding channel 114 to the cooking cavity, and automatic feeding to the cooking cavity is realized.

The supporting member 130 is disposed above the impeller 120, opposite to the feeding channel 114, and the supporting member 130 is located in the material storage cavity 112 and close to the feeding channel 114, so that the gravity of the material 400 located above the supporting member 130 is applied to the supporting member 130 and is not directly applied to the impeller 120, and thus the resistance of the impeller 120 from the material 400 is reduced, and the impeller 120 rotates more smoothly.

In particular, the material 400 may be rice, such as rice, millet. Material 400 may also be other types of foodstuffs, such as corn, sorghum, and the like. The material 400 may also be a fruit and vegetable material, such as fruit or vegetable cut into pieces.

The storage cavity 112 may be a storage cavity 112 for storing food materials for a long time, such as an electric rice cooker capable of automatically feeding rice, and the storage cavity 112 may store materials 400 such as rice for a long time. The storage chamber 112 may also be a storage chamber 112 for short-term storage of food material or for only passage of food material, such as a feed bin of a food processor or the like.

Further, the support member 130 is fixed to the case 110.

The present embodiment provides a feeding assembly 100, and in addition to the technical features of the above embodiments, the present embodiment further includes the following technical features.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the support member 130 is inclined from the middle to the edge in a direction close to the feed passage 114.

In this embodiment, the supporting member 130 inclines from the middle to the edge toward the direction close to the feeding channel 114, and after contacting the supporting member 130, the material 400 in the material storage chamber 112 moves toward the edge of the supporting member 130 along the inclination direction of the supporting member 130, and then enters the feeding channel 114 through the supporting member 130, so as to guide the material 400, prevent the material 400 from staying on the supporting member 130, reduce the influence of the supporting member 130 on the feeding, and make the feeding process of the material 400 smoother.

Specifically, the support member 130 is located above the feed channel 114, the support member 130 extends obliquely downward from the middle to the edge, and the material 400 can move from any position on the support member 130 to the edge of the support member 130 under the action of gravity, so that the material 400 passes through the support member 130 and enters the feed channel 114.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the cross-section of the support member 130 in the vertical direction is V-shaped, arc-shaped, or triangular.

In this embodiment, the cross section of the supporting member 130 in the vertical direction is V-shaped, arc-shaped or triangular, so that the supporting member 130 can guide the material 400 located above the supporting member 130 more stably, and the smoothness of the movement of the material 400 on the supporting member 130 is further improved.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, in the case that the cross section of the support member 130 in the vertical direction is V-shaped, the tip of the V-shaped support is facing the magazine 112, the opening of the V-shaped support is facing the feed channel 114, i.e., the tip of the V-shaped support is facing upward, and the opening of the V-shaped support is facing downward.

As shown in fig. 2, in the case where the cross section of the support member 130 in the vertical direction is triangular, one corner of the triangular support portion faces the hopper 112, the opposite side of the triangular support portion facing the corner of the hopper 112 faces the feed channel 114, i.e., one corner of the triangular support portion faces upward, and the opposite side of the triangular support portion facing the corner of the hopper 112 faces downward.

As shown in fig. 3, in the case that the cross section of the supporting member 130 in the vertical direction is arc-shaped, the tip of the arc-shaped supporting portion faces the material storage chamber 112, the opening of the arc-shaped supporting portion faces the material feeding channel 114, that is, the tip of the arc-shaped supporting portion faces upward, and the opening of the arc-shaped supporting portion faces downward.

As shown in fig. 1, an angle a between the supporting member 130 and the horizontal direction is greater than or equal to 36 degrees and smaller than 90 degrees.

In this embodiment, the included angle a between the supporting member 130 and the horizontal direction is 36 to 90 degrees, so that the supporting member 130 can bear a certain pressure from the material 400, and the material 400 can enter the feeding channel 114 through the supporting member 130 smoothly, thereby making the feeding process of the feeding assembly 100 smoother.

Specifically, the included angle between the surface of the support member 130 facing the storage chamber 112 and the horizontal plane is greater than or equal to 36 degrees and smaller than 90 degrees.

In the case of the cooking appliance being placed in a forward orientation, the surface of the support member 130 facing the side of the storage chamber 112 is the upper surface of the support member 130.

As shown in fig. 1-3, the support member 130 is opposite the side of the feed channel 114 facing the accumulator chamber 112.

In this embodiment, the support member 130 is opposite to the side of the feeding channel 114 facing the storage chamber 112, so that the support member 130 can bear more of the gravity of the material 400 above the impeller 120, and the effect of the support member 130 on sharing the gravity of the material 400 is further improved.

Specifically, the supporting member 130 is opposite to the side of the feeding channel 114 facing the storage cavity 112, so that the feeding hole of the feeding channel 114 and the impeller 120 are prevented from being completely exposed under the material 400 in the storage cavity 112, the material 400 enters the feeding hole from the edge of the supporting member 130 and the side of the storage cavity 112, under the condition that feeding is not affected, the supporting member 130 shares the gravity of the material 400 at the feeding hole, the rotation torque of the impeller 120 is reduced, and the phenomenon that the impeller 120 is jammed due to insufficient torque is avoided.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the case 110 includes a body 116, a material guide portion 117, and a material feeding portion 118; the body 116 is provided with a storage cavity 112; the material guiding part 117 is annular and is connected with the body 116; the feeding portion 118 is cylindrical, has a feeding passage 114, and is connected to the material guide portion 117.

In this embodiment, the box 110 includes a body 116, and the body 116 is provided with a material storage chamber 112, so as to store the material 400. The box body 110 further comprises a material guiding portion 117 and a feeding portion 118, wherein the material guiding portion 117 is annular, and can guide the material 400 in the material storage cavity 112 to the feeding channel 114 arranged in the feeding portion 118, so as to convey the material 400.

Further, the feeding assembly 100 further includes a cover 150, and the cover 150 is fastened to the top of the storage cavity 112 to open or close the storage cavity 112.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, an outer circumferential edge of the material guide portion 117 is connected to the body 116, and an inner circumferential edge of the material guide portion 117 is connected to the feeding portion 118.

In this embodiment, the main body 116 is cylindrical, the material guiding portion 117 is disposed in the main body 116, and the space inside the cup above the material guiding portion 117 forms the material storage chamber 112. The material guiding part 117 is annular, the outer ring of the material guiding part 117 is connected with the inner wall of the body 116, and a feeding hole is formed in the middle of the material guiding part 117. The feeding portion 118 has a feeding passage 114 therein, and the feeding portion 118 is connected to an inner circumferential edge of the material guide portion 117. The material 400 in the material storage chamber 112 passes through the gap between the supporting portion and the inner wall of the body 116 and then enters the feeding channel 114 through the feeding hole.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the material guide portion 117 is inclined from the outer circumference to the inner circumference toward the feeding passage 114.

In this embodiment, the material guiding portion 117 is inclined towards the feeding channel 114 from the outer ring to the inner ring, so that the material 400 on the material guiding portion 117 can be gathered towards the feeding channel 114 under the action of gravity, and then the material 400 is conveyed into the feeding channel 114, so that the material 400 is prevented from staying on the material guiding portion 117, and the smoothness of the material 400 in the conveying process is further improved.

As shown in fig. 1, a distance L between the material guide portion 117 and the edge of the support member 130 is equal to or greater than twice the maximum outer contour dimension of the material 400.

In this embodiment, the distance L between the material guiding portion 117 and the edge of the supporting member 130 is greater than or equal to two times of the maximum outer contour dimension of the material 400, so that the material 400 does not stay between the material guiding portion 117 and the supporting member 130 and cannot enter the feeding channel 114 because the two materials 400 are pressed against each other in the feeding process, thereby reducing the probability of the material 400 being blocked in the feeding assembly 100.

Specifically, in the process that the materials 400 enter the feeding channel 114 from the material storage cavity 112, if the distance between the material guiding portion 117 and the edge of the supporting member 130 is smaller than twice the maximum outer contour dimension of the materials 400, when the two materials 400 move to the gap between the material guiding portion 117 and the edge of the supporting member 130 at the same time, the first side of the first material 400 of the two materials 400 abuts against the edge of the supporting member 130, the second side of the first material 400 abuts against the first side of the second material 400 of the two materials 400, and the second side of the second material 400 abuts against the material guiding portion 117, in this case, neither of the two materials 400 can move to the feeding channel 114, and the blockage phenomenon of the materials 400 can occur.

Under the condition of the maximum outer contour dimension of the material 400 that the distance between the edges of the material guiding portion 117 and the supporting member 130 is more than or equal to two times, the two sides of the two materials 400 can not be supported, and then the material 400 can not stay between the material guiding portion 117 and the supporting member 130 and can not enter the feeding channel 114 because the two materials 400 extrude each other in the feeding process, so that the probability of the material 400 blocking phenomenon of the feeding assembly 100 is reduced.

Specifically, the maximum outer dimension of the material 400 refers to the distance between two points of the material 400 that are the largest in distance on the contour. For example, if the material 400 is rice, the maximum outer dimension of the material 400 is the diameter of rice, and if the material 400 is fruit, the maximum outer dimension of the material 400 is the maximum length of the cut fruit.

Specifically, the distance between the material guiding portion 117 and the edge of the supporting member 130 may be determined according to the type of the cooking appliance, and may also be determined according to the maximum size of the food material that can be cooked by the cooking appliance.

Further, the distance between the inner wall of the body 116 and the edge of the support member 130 is greater than or equal to two times the maximum outer contour dimension of the material 400.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the box body 110 further includes a fitting portion 119, and the fitting portion 119 extends along a circumferential direction of the impeller 120 and is disposed on a side of the feeding channel 114 away from the storage cavity 112.

In this embodiment, the housing 110 further includes a fitting portion 119, and the fitting portion 119 is fitted with the impeller 120 to close the feeding passage 114 when feeding is not required, so as to prevent the material 400 from entering the cooking cavity without driving. The impeller 120 and the matching part 119 are used for sealing the feeding channel 114, so that the opening and the sealing of the feeding channel 114 are not required to be controlled independently, the feeding can be realized by driving the impeller 120 to rotate, the sealing of the feeding channel 114 can be realized by stopping driving the impeller 120 to rotate, the feeding process is simplified, and the control difficulty of the feeding channel 114 is reduced.

And the impeller 120 and the matching part 119 are used for closing the feeding channel 114, so that a separate blocking part is not required to be arranged in the feeding channel 114, the structure of the feeding assembly 100 is simplified, and the cost of the feeding assembly 100 is reduced.

Further, the length of the fitting portion 119 in the circumferential direction of the impeller 120 is greater than the distance between two adjacent blades of the impeller 120 on the outer ring of the impeller 120.

The clearance between the impeller 120 and the mating portion 119 is less than the minimum outer profile dimension of the material 400.

In this embodiment, the clearance between the impeller 120 and the fitting portion 119 is smaller than the minimum outer size of the material 400, so as to further prevent the material 400 from entering the cooking cavity without driving while ensuring that the impeller 120 does not scrape against the fitting portion 119.

Specifically, the minimum outer contour dimension of the material 400 refers to the distance between two points on the contour of the material 400 that are the smallest in distance. For example, if the material 400 is rice, the minimum outer dimension of the material 400 is the diameter of rice, and if the material 400 is fruit, the minimum outer dimension of the material 400 is the minimum length of the fruit after cutting.

As shown in fig. 1-3, the feeding assembly 100 further includes a driving member and a connecting shaft 140; the connecting shaft 140 is connected to a power output end of the driving member, and the impeller 120 is disposed on the connecting shaft 140.

In this embodiment, the driving member drives the impeller 120 to rotate through the connecting shaft 140, so that the material 400 is conveyed by the impeller 120, and the automatic feeding of the cooking appliance is realized.

The material storage chamber 112 and the feeding channel 114 are always in a communication state, so the material 400 is always accumulated on the impeller 120, and the impeller 120 is always in a loading state, that is, the impeller 120 is always subjected to resistance from the material 400. When the impeller 120 is in the loaded state at a moment, the starting torque required for starting the impeller 120 is much larger than the torque required during the rotation of the impeller 120. The resistance borne by the impeller 120 is reduced, namely, the load of the impeller 120 is reduced, so that the requirement of the impeller 120 on starting torque is reduced when the impeller is started, the requirement of the impeller 120 can be met by a driving part with smaller power, the cost of the driving part is reduced, the volume of the driving part is reduced, and the occupation of the driving part on the space is reduced.

The driving part drives the impeller 120 to rotate through the connecting shaft 140, and the connecting shaft 140 can support the impeller 120 while transmitting power, so that the rotating process of the impeller 120 is more stable.

In particular, the drive member is a motor.

In an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, there is provided a cooking appliance including the feeding set 100 of any of the above embodiments. The cooking appliance thus has all the benefits of the feeding assembly 100 according to any of the embodiments described above.

The present embodiment provides a cooking appliance, and in addition to the technical features of the above-described embodiments, the present embodiment further includes the following technical features.

As shown in fig. 4, the cooking appliance further includes an appliance main body 200 and a lid assembly 300; the appliance main body 200 is provided with a cooking cavity having at least one end opened; the cover assembly 300 is connected with the appliance main body 200 and covers the opening; the feeding assembly 100 is provided to the appliance main body 200, and the feeding passage 114 communicates with the cooking chamber.

In this embodiment, the cooking appliance further includes an appliance main body 200 and a lid assembly 300, the appliance main body 200 is provided with a cooking cavity having at least one end opened, and food can be cooked in the cooking cavity. The cover assembly 300 covers an opening of the cooking chamber, and can close or open the cooking chamber, thereby ensuring normal cooking of the cooking chamber. Feed assembly 100 sets up in utensil main part 200, and the feeding is through communicating with the cooking chamber, and before cooking utensil cooks material 400, can drive impeller 120 and rotate, and then drive the material 400 in the storage cavity 112 to the cooking chamber to realize cooking utensil's automatic feed. The cooking appliance may cook the item 400 after the item 400 enters the cooking cavity.

The present embodiment provides a cooking appliance, and in addition to the technical features of the above-described embodiments, further includes the following technical features.

The cooking appliance includes an electric cooker, an electric pressure cooker or a food processor.

In the claims, the specification and the drawings attached hereto, the term "plurality" means two or more, unless there is an additional explicit limitation, and the terms "upper", "lower", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings only for the purpose of describing the present invention more conveniently and simplifying the description process, but not for the purpose of indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have the described specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, such description should not be construed as limiting the present invention; the terms "connect," "install," "fix," and the like are to be understood broadly, for example, "connect" may be a fixed connection between a plurality of objects, a detachable connection between a plurality of objects, or an integral connection; the multiple objects may be directly connected to each other or indirectly connected to each other through an intermediate. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific situation of the above data.

In the claims, the specification and drawings of the specification, the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," 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 invention. In the claims, the description and the drawings of the present application, schematic representations of the above terms 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 is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A feed assembly, comprising:

the box body is provided with a material storage cavity and a feeding channel, and the feeding channel is communicated with the material storage cavity;

the impeller is arranged in the feeding channel and can drive the material stored in the material storage cavity to be fed through the feeding channel;

the support component is arranged on one side, close to the material storage cavity, of the impeller.

2. The feed assembly of claim 1, wherein the support member is inclined from center to edge in a direction proximate the feed channel.

3. The feeding assembly of claim 1, wherein the support member has a V-shaped, arcuate or triangular cross-section in a vertical direction.

4. The feed assembly of claim 1, wherein the support member is angled from horizontal by an angle greater than or equal to 36 degrees and less than 90 degrees.

5. The feeding assembly of claim 1, wherein the support member is opposite a side of the feed channel facing the storage chamber.

6. The feed assembly of claim 1, wherein the tank comprises:

the body is provided with the material storage cavity;

the material guiding part is annular and is connected with the body;

the feeding part is cylindrical and is provided with the feeding channel, and the feeding channel is connected with the material guiding part.

7. The feeding assembly as set forth in claim 6, wherein an outer circumferential edge of the material guiding portion is connected to the body, and an inner circumferential edge of the material guiding portion is connected to the feeding portion.

8. The feeding assembly as set forth in claim 6, wherein said material guiding portion is inclined toward said feeding passage from an outer ring to an inner ring.

9. The feeding assembly according to claim 6, wherein the distance between the material guiding portion and the edge of the supporting member is greater than or equal to two times the maximum outer contour dimension of the material.

10. The feed assembly of claim 6, wherein the box further comprises:

the matching part extends along the circumferential direction of the impeller and is arranged on one side, away from the material storage cavity, of the feeding channel.

11. The feed assembly of claim 10, wherein a clearance between the impeller and the mating portion is less than a minimum outer profile dimension of the material.

12. The feed assembly of any one of claims 1 to 11, further comprising:

a drive member;

the connecting shaft is connected with the power output end of the driving part, and the impeller is arranged on the connecting shaft.

13. A cooking appliance comprising the intake assembly of any one of claims 1 to 12.

14. The cooking appliance of claim 13, further comprising:

an appliance main body provided with a cooking cavity having at least one open end;

the cover assembly is connected with the appliance main body and covers the opening;

the feeding assembly is arranged on the appliance main body, and the feeding channel is communicated with the cooking cavity.

15. The cooking appliance of claim 13 or 14, wherein the cooking appliance comprises an electric rice cooker, an electric pressure cooker or a food processor.