CN218683919U

CN218683919U - Food preparation machine with optimized drain valve

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Publication number: CN218683919U
Application number: CN202222761742.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王旭宁; 王国华
Original assignee: Joyoung Co Ltd
Current assignee: Joyoung Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-17
Filing date: 2022-10-17
Publication date: 2023-03-24
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-17

Abstract

The utility model relates to a kitchen electric appliance technical field, concretely relates to optimize food preparation machine of flowing back valve, including the crushing cup that is equipped with the flowing back hole and the flowing back valve that is located flowing back hole department, the flowing back valve includes valve body and the cylindrical case of rotatable setting in the valve body, and the case is equipped with the thick liquid passageway of wasting discharge, and the case still is equipped with the passageway of wasting discharge, and the entry of wasting discharge passageway sets up the filtration pore, and the intercommunication has the linkage segment between the export of wasting discharge passageway and the low reaches of wasting discharge passageway. Through the filtering holes arranged at the waste discharge channel, when the food in the food processor is cleaned and waste water is discharged, the food in the food processor can be blocked, so that the food is prevented from flowing out to a great extent; and a connecting section is communicated between the outlet of the waste discharge channel and the downstream of the slurry discharge channel, so that the low liquid discharge efficiency caused by the filter holes is improved, the flow of waste discharge water is ensured, and the liquid discharge speed of the food processor is accelerated.

Description

Food preparation machine with optimized drain valve

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a kitchen electric appliance technical field, concretely relates to optimize food preparation machine of flowing back valve.

Background

At present, most of food processing machines on the market have a stirring system, can crush food materials through stirring or crushing, and then discharge the food materials through a liquid discharge valve to achieve the effect of food material processing. Most of food processing machines in the prior art lack a method for separating food materials from water, namely, the food materials put into the processing machine are difficult to be cleaned in advance, and particularly when beverages such as soybean milk and the like are made, the food materials need to be cleaned and then added into the food processing machine, so that the operation is troublesome, and great influence is brought to the use experience of the food processing machine; in addition, there is also the food processing machine that some was provided with the filtration hole among the prior art, comes the separation of separation edible material in the cleaning process, realizes eating the separation of material and water, but, the setting of filtration hole can influence the flowing back flow unavoidably, leads to the discharge efficiency low to wasing water, slows down the holistic machining efficiency of food processing machine.

Thus, the prior art is subject to further improvements and enhancements.

Disclosure of Invention

An object of the utility model is to provide an optimize food preparation machine of flowing back valve for solve food preparation machine and be difficult to wash edible material in advance, the wastewater discharge flow is low, the problem of flowing back inefficiency.

In order to realize the above purpose, the utility model provides a optimize food preparation machine of flowing back valve, including the crushing cup that is equipped with the flowing back hole and the flowing back valve that is located flowing back hole department, the flowing back valve includes valve body and the cylindrical case of rotatable setting in the valve body, and the case is equipped with the thick liquid passageway of row, and the case still is equipped with the passageway of wasting discharge, and the entry of wasting discharge passageway sets up the filtration pore, and the intercommunication has the linkage segment between the export of wasting discharge passageway and the low reaches of wasting discharge passageway.

According to the food material pre-cleaning device, the slurry discharge channel and the waste discharge channel which are arranged on the valve core enable the food processing machine to respectively discharge finished products and waste water for cleaning after the food processing machine is made into slurry, and the filtering holes arranged at the waste discharge channel can be used for separating food materials in the food processing machine when the food materials in the food processing machine are cleaned and the waste water is discharged, so that the food materials are prevented from flowing out to a great extent, and the food materials are pre-cleaned; and a connecting section is communicated between the outlet of the waste discharge channel and the downstream of the slurry discharge channel, so that the low liquid discharge efficiency caused by the filter holes is improved, the flow of waste discharge water is ensured, and the liquid discharge speed of the food processor is accelerated.

Preferably, the valve body is provided with a water inlet, the filtering hole is positioned on the cylindrical surface of the valve core, and the water inlet faces the cylindrical surface of the valve core and can be communicated with the waste discharge channel.

This application is through setting up the water inlet to set up the water inlet orientation and be located the filtration pore of crossing of case face of cylinder, make clear water can cross filtration pore and case department and wash, to a great extent prevents that impurity from causing the jam to crossing the filtration pore, and the cleanness of guarantee case, and, the water inlet is linked together with the channel of wasting discharge, not only can make the sparge water discharge fast, can also wash cleanly to the channel of wasting discharge.

Preferably, the water inlet is oriented to correspond to the filter aperture to flush the filter aperture.

Preferably, the water inlet overlaps with a transverse projection of the filter aperture.

Preferably, the water inlet is inclined to face the filtering hole.

This application is through setting up the water inlet and crossing the horizontal projection overlap of filtration pore for the inlet opening and the projected area of crossing between the filtration pore can to a great extent overlap, improve the water inlet to the effect of washing of filtration pore, can erode remaining tiny particle in crossing the filtration pore, prevent to eat the material jam, guarantee that the flowing back is smooth and easy, improve clean effect.

Preferably, the inlet opening overlaps the outlet transverse projection of the waste channel for back flushing the waste channel.

This application can promote the water inlet to the washing effect of the passageway of wasting discharge through setting up the water inlet and the horizontal projection overlap of the export of the passageway of wasting discharge, can give after the pulping, wash remaining residue and granule in the passageway of wasting discharge, and to a great extent prevents to take place the scale deposit phenomenon in the passageway of wasting discharge, ensures food preparation machine's normal work.

Preferably, the connecting section comprises a first connecting groove formed in the inner side surface of the valve body; and/or the connecting section comprises a second connecting groove arranged on the outer side surface of the valve core.

According to the food material cleaning device, the first connecting groove is formed in the inner side face of the valve body, the waste discharge channel and the pulp discharge channel are communicated, waste water for cleaning food materials can flow out along the liquid discharge channel, the first connecting groove and the waste discharge channel, the flowing efficiency of the waste water can be guaranteed while the food materials are filtered by the filtering holes, and smooth liquid discharge is guaranteed; set up the second spread groove at the lateral surface of case, not only can ensure going on smoothly of flowing back, can also set up in the outside of case through the second spread groove, can avoid waste water to flow through to a certain extent and produce the dirt in the valve body to can come to wash the case surface, prevent the jam of case. Further, in order to further improve the flowing efficiency of the waste water, the first connecting groove and the second connecting groove can be arranged at the same time, and the flow of the discharged liquid can be enlarged.

Preferably, the inlet of the waste channel extends vertically, the height H2 of the inlet being greater than the circumferential width H3 of the inlet.

This application is through the vertical extension of entry that sets up the exhaust passage, can lengthen the length of entry in the axial to a certain extent, and the high H2 that sets up the entry is greater than the circumference width H3 of entry, can be in the flow of increase entry drainage, to a great extent does not influence the turned angle of case, avoid too big because of the circumference width H3 of entry, the influence is to the stopping of eating the material, perhaps the high H2 undersize of entry, lead to the case turned angle scope to reduce, the influence is to the discharge efficiency of liquid.

Preferably, the filtering holes are arranged in the middle of the inlet, and a strip-shaped water passing groove extending transversely is arranged at the upper end and/or the lower end of the inlet.

Preferably, the height H1 of the water passing groove is less than or equal to 2mm.

By arranging the transversely extending strip-shaped water passing grooves, the flow of liquid can be increased through the strip-shaped water passing grooves while the food materials are blocked by the filtering holes, and the liquid drainage efficiency is improved; in addition, the height of the water passing groove is limited by considering the size of the small food materials which can be processed by the food processing machine, the H1 is set to be less than or equal to 2mm, the food materials can be prevented from flowing out of the filtering holes through the water passing groove to a great extent, and the food materials can be reserved to the maximum extent.

Preferably, the drain valve further comprises a valve nozzle communicated with the outlet of the slurry discharge channel, the valve nozzle rotates along with the valve core to have an initial position corresponding to the closed drain hole and a waste discharge position corresponding to the communication between the filter hole and the drain hole, the valve nozzle is aligned to the residual water box at the initial position and the waste discharge position, and a circumferential buffer distance is reserved between the valve nozzle and the liquid receiving edge of the residual water box at the waste discharge position.

The valve nozzle is arranged at the outlet of the slurry discharge channel and can rotate along with the valve core, so that the food processor is provided with an initial position at which a liquid discharge hole is closed and a waste discharge position at which a filter hole is communicated with the liquid discharge hole, and the position of the valve nozzle is always aligned to the residual water box, so that the waste liquid can enter the valve nozzle through the filter hole and the liquid discharge hole and flow into the residual water box when the valve core is driven by the liquid discharge position; further, when the position of wasting discharge, through setting up the valve mouth and the liquid edge that connects of surplus water box have circumference buffer distance, can make the valve mouth rotate when the position of wasting discharge, during to a great extent guarantee valve mouth discharges waste water into surplus water box, prevent that the valve mouth from protruding surplus water box after rotating and leading to the outside phenomenon of liquid outflow surplus water box to take place.

Preferably, the valve body comprises a valve housing and a valve housing, the valve housing being sealingly arranged between the valve housing and the valve core.

This application is protected case and valve barrel through setting up the valve casing to come to carry out spacing and fixed to a certain extent to the case through the valve barrel.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are described herein, serve to provide a further understanding of the invention and constitute a part of this specification, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof are provided for explaining the invention without unduly limiting it. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the general architecture of a food processor provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of a food processor in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a connection segment provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a connection segment provided in a second embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of another connecting segment provided in a second embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a drain valve and filter aperture provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a waste water discharge stage of a food processor according to one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of another food processor waste water stage provided in one embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a portion of a drain valve provided in an embodiment of the present application.

Description of reference numerals:

1-crushing cup and 11-liquid discharge hole;

2-a liquid discharge valve, 21-a valve body, 211-a water inlet, 212-a valve housing, 213-a valve housing, 214-a motor, 22-a valve core, 221-a slurry discharge channel, 222-a waste discharge channel, 23-a filter hole, 24-a connecting section, 241-a first connecting groove, 242-a second connecting groove, 25-a water passing groove, 26-a valve nozzle and 27-a liquid receiving edge;

3-a residual water box;

4-slurry receiving cup.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly explain the overall concept of the present invention, the following detailed description is given by way of example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that 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 thus the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

As shown in fig. 1 to 9, the present application provides a food processor with an optimized drain valve 2, comprising a grinding cup 1 with a drain hole 11 and a drain valve 2 located at the drain hole 11, wherein the drain valve 2 comprises a valve body 21 and a cylindrical valve core 22 rotatably arranged in the valve body 21, the valve core 22 is provided with a slurry discharge channel 221, the valve core 22 is further provided with a waste discharge channel 222, an inlet of the waste discharge channel 222 is provided with a filter hole 23, and a connecting section 24 is communicated between an outlet of the waste discharge channel 222 and a downstream of the slurry discharge channel 221.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the food processor further comprises a residual water box 3 and a slurry receiving cup 4, wherein the slurry receiving cup 4 and the residual water box 3 are arranged below the rotary valve assembly.

Further, an arrow in fig. 2 indicates a flow direction of inlet water, the valve body 21 is provided with an inlet 211, the filtering hole 23 is located on the cylindrical surface of the valve core 22, and the inlet 211 faces the cylindrical surface of the valve core 22 and can be communicated with the waste discharge channel 222.

It will be appreciated that the water inlet 211 overlaps the transverse projection of the filter aperture 23 to flush the filter aperture 23; also, the water inlet 211 may also overlap the outlet lateral projection of the waste channel 222 to back flush the waste channel 222.

In addition, to the position relation between water inlet 211 and the filtration pore 23, can also set up to water inlet 211 slope towards filtration pore 23, be used for making rivers follow water inlet 211 flow to filtration pore 23 equally to wash the residual particle of filtering pore 23 department, to a great extent prevents that food material from blockking up, ensures the unobstructed of flowing back.

As to the manner of arrangement of the connecting segments 24, the present application will be described from the following different embodiments:

the first implementation mode comprises the following steps:

as shown in fig. 3, the connection section 24 includes a first connection groove 241 provided on the inner side surface of the valve body 21 to connect the waste discharge channel 222 and the slurry discharge channel 221 through the first connection groove 241, so that waste liquid generated by washing the food material can be discharged out of the drain valve 2 through the liquid discharge hole 11, the filter hole 23, the waste discharge channel 222, the first connection groove 241 and the slurry discharge channel 221, and flow into the residual water box 3 for collection, and the food material can be blocked and separated through the filter hole 23, and meanwhile, the flow efficiency and flow rate of the waste liquid can be guaranteed, and it can be understood that the connection section 3 in fig. 2 is located on the inner side surface of the valve body 21.

Further, in the process of draining, the drain valve 2 of the food processor may be blocked by fine particles, and due to the arrangement of the water inlet 211, after the draining process is finished, the waste discharge channel 222 and the first connecting groove 241 can be flushed, so that the subsequent draining can be performed smoothly to a great extent, and the blocking of the drain valve 2 can be prevented, wherein the arrows in fig. 3 indicate the flowing direction of the washing water.

The second embodiment:

as shown in fig. 4, the connection section 24 includes a second connection groove 242 provided on the outer side surface of the valve core 22 to connect the waste discharge channel 222 and the slurry discharge channel 221 through the second connection groove 242, so that waste liquid for cleaning food materials can be discharged from the waste discharge valve 2 through the waste discharge hole 11, the filter hole 23, the waste discharge channel 222, the second connection groove 242 and the slurry discharge channel 221, and flow into the residual water box 3 for collection, which not only can improve the flow efficiency of the waste liquid, but also can clean residues and dirt on the outer surface of the valve core 22 during the flowing process of the liquid and clean the valve core 22 when clean water is pumped in the water inlet 211 because the second connection groove 242 is provided on the outer side surface of the valve core 22, wherein the arrow in fig. 4 indicates the flowing direction of the clean water.

It can be understood that, as for the arrangement mode of the second connection groove 242, it may also be the arrangement mode as shown in fig. 5, the arrow in fig. 5 indicates the flow direction of the washing water, and the dimension of the inner diameter portion of the valve core 22 is reduced to make the second connection groove 242 be the open structure, which not only reduces the processing cost, but also further improves the cleaning effect, and is difficult to cause the material jam.

The third embodiment is as follows:

in order to further improve the flowing efficiency of the waste water and further accelerate the overall working efficiency of the food processor, the second embodiment may be combined with the first embodiment, that is, the connecting section 24 may include a first connecting groove 241 opened on the inner side surface of the valve body 21 and a second connecting groove 242 opened on the outer side surface of the valve core 22, and the first connecting groove 241 and the second connecting groove 242 are simultaneously disposed, so that the flowing efficiency is further improved, and the cleaning efficiency of the drain valve 2 can be improved.

It should be noted that, in the first embodiment, the second embodiment or the third embodiment, after the liquid discharge is finished, the cleaning water pumped in from the water inlet 211 can effectively clean the liquid discharge channel, the connecting section 24 and the waste discharge channel 222, so as to ensure the smoothness of the liquid discharge valve 2.

As a preferred embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 6, the inlet of the waste channel 222 extends vertically, and the height H2 of the inlet is greater than the circumferential width H3 of the inlet.

Wherein the filtering holes 23 are arranged in the middle of the inlet, and the strip-shaped water passing grooves 25 extending transversely are provided at the upper and lower ends of the inlet, it is understood that the strip-shaped water passing grooves 25 extending transversely may be provided at one of the upper and lower ends of the inlet for saving the processing cost. Considering the food material with the minimum size that can be processed by the food processing machine, the height H1 of the water tank 25 is set to be less than or equal to 2mm, so that the food material is prevented from flowing out through the water tank 25 to a great extent, the blocking effect of the filter holes 23 is improved, and as a specific implementation mode of the food processing machine, the size of H1 is generally 1mm.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, as a preferred embodiment of the present application, the drain valve 2 further includes a valve nozzle 26 communicating with the outlet of the slurry discharge passage 221, the valve nozzle 26 rotates with the valve core 22 to have an initial position corresponding to when the drain hole 11 is closed and a drain position corresponding to when the filter hole 23 communicates with the drain hole 11, the valve nozzle 26 is aligned with the residual water tank 3 at both the initial position and the drain position, and an edge of the valve nozzle 26 has a circumferential buffer distance with the liquid receiving edge 27 of the residual water tank 3 at the drain position, that is, a circumferential buffer distance H4>0.

As shown in fig. 2, in the initial position, the valve nozzle 26 is in the horizontal position, i.e., the drain hole 11 is not communicated with the drain passage and the waste passage 222, and the drain hole 11 is blocked by the sealing surface of the valve core 22. It can be understood that, in the initial position, after the user adds the food material into the crushing cup 1, the food is prepared by the selection function of the food processor, and the water pump can automatically add water into the cavity and clean the food by stirring the blades in the crushing cup 1 at a low speed.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the valve nozzle 26 at the initial position rotates clockwise under the rotation of the valve core 22 until the valve nozzle rotates to the waste discharge position, at this time, the valve nozzle 26 has a circumferential buffer distance with the liquid receiving edge 27 of the residual water cartridge 3, the end of the valve nozzle 26 specifically referred to by the liquid receiving edge 27 of the residual water cartridge 3 in this application is ensured not to exceed the limit position of the edge of the residual water cartridge 3, that is, within the circumferential buffer distance, the liquid in the valve nozzle 26 is ensured to be always aligned to the residual water cartridge 3 at the waste discharge position, and the liquid is prevented from flowing out of the residual water cartridge 3 to a great extent.

It should be noted that, in addition to the initial position and the waste discharge position, the food processor has a processing position, that is, after the waste cleaning liquid is discharged, the valve nozzle 26 is driven by the valve core 22 to rotate clockwise until the valve nozzle returns to the initial position, at this time, the water pump adds water into the grinding cup 1 again, and after the water adding is finished, the food material is processed by the high-speed stirring of the blades in the grinding cup 1, and the obtained finished product is placed into the pulp receiving cup.

In addition, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, after the food processing is finished, the valve core 22 and the valve nozzle 26 can rotate to the waste discharge position again, and clean water is delivered to the interior of the discharge valve 2 through the water inlet 211, so that the structures of the discharge valve 2, such as the filter hole 23, the discharge hole 11, the waste discharge channel 222, the connecting section 24 and the discharge channel, are cleaned, and fine particles attached to the discharge valve 2 are washed, so that the follow-up normal work is guaranteed.

As a preferred embodiment of the present application, the valve body 21 includes a valve housing 212 and a valve housing 213, and the valve housing 213 is sealingly disposed between the valve housing 212 and the valve spool 22. It will be appreciated that the food processor also includes a drive motor 214, and the drive motor 214 may be coupled to the valve cartridge 22 to rotate the valve cartridge 22.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The description in this application as relating to "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying any relative importance or implicit indication of the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature.

The technical solution protected by the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it should be noted that the technical solution of any one embodiment is combined with the technical solution of one or more other embodiments in the protection scope of the present invention. Although the invention has been described in detail with respect to the general description and the specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and improvements can be made based on the invention. Therefore, such modifications and improvements are intended to be within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims

1. A food processor for optimizing a drain valve comprises a grinding cup with a drain hole and the drain valve arranged at the drain hole, wherein the drain valve comprises a valve body and a cylindrical valve core which is rotatably arranged in the valve body, the valve core is provided with a slurry discharge channel, and the food processor is characterized in that the valve core is also provided with a waste discharge channel, the inlet of the waste discharge channel is provided with a filter hole, and the outlet of the waste discharge channel is communicated with the downstream of the slurry discharge channel by a connecting section.

2. The food processor with the optimized drain valve according to claim 1, wherein the valve body is provided with a water inlet, the filtering hole is located on the cylindrical surface of the valve core, and the water inlet faces the cylindrical surface of the valve core and can be communicated with the waste discharge channel.

3. The food processor with optimized drain valve according to claim 2, wherein the water inlet is oriented to correspond to the filter hole for flushing the filter hole.

4. The food processor with optimized drain valve according to claim 3, characterized in that the water inlet overlaps the transversal projection of the filtering hole; alternatively, the water inlet port is inclined to face the filtering hole.

5. The food processor with optimized drain valve according to claim 2, wherein the water inlet overlaps the outlet lateral projection of the waste channel to back flush the waste channel.

6. The food processor with optimized drain valve according to claim 1, wherein the connection section comprises a first connection groove formed on an inner side surface of the valve body; and/or the connecting section comprises a second connecting groove arranged on the outer side surface of the valve core.

7. The food processor with optimized drain valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the inlet of the waste channel extends vertically, the height H2 of the inlet being greater than the circumferential width H3 of the inlet.

8. The food processor with optimized drain valve according to claim 7, characterized in that the filtering hole is arranged in the middle of the inlet, and a strip-shaped water passing groove extending transversely is arranged at the upper end and/or the lower end of the inlet; or the height H1 of the water passing groove is less than or equal to 2mm.

9. The food processor with the optimized drain valve according to claim 1, wherein the drain valve further comprises a valve nozzle communicated with the outlet of the slurry discharge channel, the valve nozzle rotates along with the valve core to have an initial position corresponding to the closed drain hole and a waste position corresponding to the communication between the filter hole and the drain hole, the valve nozzle is aligned with the residual water box at the initial position and the waste position, and the valve nozzle has a circumferential buffer distance with the liquid receiving edge of the residual water box at the waste position.

10. The food processor with optimized drain valve according to claim 1, wherein the valve body comprises a valve housing and a valve sleeve, the valve sleeve being sealingly disposed between the valve housing and the valve core.