CN219289248U

CN219289248U - Easy-to-clean steam valve for cooking utensil, pot cover assembly and cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN219289248U
Application number: CN202223375965.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 晏红刚; 李福惠; 张冒军
Original assignee: Hangzhou Yongyao Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Yongyao Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-12-13
Filing date: 2022-12-13
Publication date: 2023-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 2032-12-13

Abstract

The application relates to an easy-to-clean steam valve for a cooking utensil, a pot cover assembly and the cooking utensil, wherein the cooking utensil comprises a cover body and a pot body, a cooking chamber is formed between the pot body and the cover body, an inner cover is detachably attached to the cover body, and a steam outlet communicated with the cooking chamber is formed in the inner cover; comprising the following steps: a steam discharging chamber formed on the cover body, the steam discharging chamber having an opening formed at a lower portion thereof; and an air guide assembly removably inserted into the opening, the air guide assembly including a sealing element and a support bracket for supporting the sealing element such that the sealing element is held at the opening; wherein the sealing member is disposed above the inner cap, and defines a steam discharge passage therein for communicating with the steam outlet and capable of guiding steam into the steam discharge chamber. The easy-to-clean steam valve, the pot cover assembly and the cooking utensil are used for the cooking utensil, and the cooking utensil is simple in structure and smooth in steam exhaust.

Description

Easy-to-clean steam valve for cooking utensil, pot cover assembly and cooking utensil

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of small household appliances, in particular to an easy-to-clean steam valve for a cooking utensil, a pot cover assembly and the cooking utensil.

Background

The electric cooker is a cooker which converts electric energy into heat energy, has various operation functions of steaming, boiling, stewing and the like on food, and is convenient to use, safe and reliable.

The steam valve is an important accessory of the electric cooker, and plays a role in exhausting and breaking bubbles in the cooking process of the electric cooker. The existing steam valve is used as an accessory of the electric cooker and generally comprises a valve cover, a valve seat sleeved in the valve cover and a backflow piece arranged at the bottom of the valve seat, and the steam valve with the structure is complex in structure and high in cost.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the technical problems, the application provides an easy-to-clean steam valve for a cooking utensil, a pot cover assembly and the cooking utensil, and the easy-to-clean steam valve is small in size, simple in structure and low in cost

In a first aspect, the present application provides an easy-to-clean steam valve for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance including a cover and a pot, a cooking chamber being formed between the pot and the cover, an inner cover being detachably attached to the cover, a steam outlet being formed in the inner cover to communicate with the cooking chamber; the steam valve includes:

a steam discharging chamber formed on the cover body, the steam discharging chamber having an opening formed at a lower portion thereof; and

an air guide assembly detachably inserted into the opening, the air guide assembly including a sealing member and a supporting frame for supporting the sealing member such that the sealing member is held at the opening;

wherein the sealing member is disposed above the inner cap, and defines a steam discharge passage therein for communicating with the steam outlet and capable of guiding steam into the steam discharge chamber.

By adopting the technical scheme, the steam valve has few parts and low material cost and assembly processing cost. Simple structure, the design is nimble, can place the steam valve in electric rice cooker inside, can make electric rice cooker's design more diversified, can not influence electric rice cooker's outward appearance's wholeness because of the structure external of steam valve. The air suction component is used for discharging steam in the inner container of the electric cooker, and has simple structure and convenient disassembly and assembly.

Further technical scheme, sealing element include the upper seal portion and with the lower seal portion of upper seal portion body coupling, enclose towards central direction between upper seal portion and the lower seal portion and close the annular, the annular encloses and closes there is the annular space, lower seal portion to deviating from upper seal portion direction extension has the seal lip, the seal lip encloses and closes there is the lower space, the lower seal portion middle part is equipped with the exhaust post that deviates from the lower seal portion extension, the exhaust post be equipped with the intercommunication lower space with the exhaust hole in annular space to form the steam discharge channel that the steam of guide steam outlet gets into the steam discharge chamber.

The support frame is used for supporting the sealing element, guarantees the intensity of the upper sealing part of the assembly part of the sealing element, and limits the radial deformation of the upper sealing part and guarantees the reliability of the assembly when the upper sealing part is fixed with the cover body through interference assembly.

Further, the support frame comprises a side wall and a bottom wall integrally connected with the side wall, the side wall is abutted to the upper sealing portion, and the bottom wall is abutted to the lower sealing portion.

By adopting the technical scheme, the radial strength of the upper sealing part can be increased, the plane strength of the lower sealing part can be improved, the assembly reliability of the upper sealing part can be ensured, and the deformation of the lower sealing part can be prevented from affecting the performance.

Further, the lower sealing part is also provided with a drain hole which is communicated with the lower space and the ring groove space.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when steam in lower part space enters into the space that upper seal portion encloses through the exhaust hole, partial steam forms the comdenstion water, can flow back to electric rice cooker inner bag through the wash port, effectively avoids breeding the bacterium because of the accumulation of too much comdenstion water does not clear up for a long time. Under the condition of overflowing, the exhaust hole can be matched with the exhaust hole to form pressure difference for breaking bubbles, so that the probability of overflowing soup to the outside of the electric cooker is reduced.

Further, the bottom wall is provided with an avoidance hole, and the exhaust column and the drain hole are located in an area inside the avoidance hole.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, dodge the hole and can leave the space of dodging exhaust column and wash port, make the support frame both can promote sealing element's intensity, can not influence the exhaust and the comdenstion water backward flow function of steam valve again.

In a further aspect, the upper seal portion and the lower seal portion are both solid of revolution and the central axes of the upper seal portion and the lower seal portion coincide.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, upper seal portion and lower seal portion design are coaxial solid of revolution, simple structure, and the processing of being convenient for easily clear up.

Further, the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the exhaust hole to the cross-sectional area of the drain hole is 1.5-2.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, both can guarantee that steam can follow the exhaust hole and effectively discharge can not be influenced by the wash port, can avoid the too big comdenstion water backward flow that leads to too much of wash port again influences the taste of culinary art. Therefore, the reasonable proportion of the steam discharge amount and the condensate water reflux amount can be ensured, the influence of excessive steam discharge from the drain hole on condensate water reflux is reduced, and the functions of the drain hole and the drain hole are not influenced by each other.

In a second aspect, the application provides a kind of deep pot lid assembly, including the lid, with lid fixed connection's face lid, with lid demountable connection's inner cup and steam valve, be formed with the intercommunication in the inner cup the steam outlet of cooking chamber, be formed with the steam discharge chamber on the lid, the lower part of steam discharge chamber is formed with uncovered, steam valve detachably inserts and establishes in uncovered and be located the lid with between the inner cup, the steam valve is the steam valve according to the first aspect.

By adopting the technical scheme, steam enters the steam discharge chamber from the exhaust hole, a small part of steam flows back from the drain hole after being condensed, and most of the steam is gathered in the steam discharge chamber, and when the steam quantity is gathered to a certain quantity, the steam is discharged upwards through the steam outlet. The cooker cover component has simple structure, smooth exhaust and convenient disassembly and assembly of the steam valve.

In combination with the second aspect, further aspects, the cover is provided with a steam outlet communicated with the steam exhaust chamber, a steam outlet pressing plate is arranged between the cover body and the cover, the steam outlet pressing plate is provided with a steam outlet channel, and the steam outlet channel is communicated with the steam exhaust chamber and the steam outlet.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, because the steam outlet passageway and the steam outlet intercommunication of steam outlet clamp plate are located the product outside, on the product that appearance and performance requirement are relatively high, the steam outlet clamp plate can adopt the plastics that heat resistance and outward appearance are good that the price is high, designs steam outlet clamp plate and lid into component structure, both can guarantee performance and outward appearance, can also reduce material cost.

With reference to the second aspect, further aspect, the cover body is provided with a steam hole communicated with the steam discharge chamber, and the steam hole is communicated with the steam outlet.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, to the product that appearance quality is not required high, can be with the steam hole direct and the steam outlet intercommunication of lid, the lid adopts the plastics that heat resistance is high but appearance quality is slightly poor, for example PP, can further reduce cost.

In a third aspect, the present application provides a cooking appliance, in particular an electric cooker, comprising a cooker body and a cooker cover assembly in cover connection with the cooker body, wherein the cooker cover assembly is the cooker cover assembly according to the second aspect.

Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, electric rice cooker exhaust is smooth and easy, and the culinary art performance is good, can carry out different design schemes to the product of different price, can more satisfy different consumer demands.

In summary, the present application has at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:

1. the steam valve has the advantages of simple and reliable structure, small size and low cost, and can meet the diversified design of the electric cooker.

2. This application steam valve, it is smooth and easy to exhaust, easy dismounting, the processing of being convenient for, easily clearance.

3. The cooker cover assembly is simple in structure, smooth in exhaust, convenient to assemble and disassemble, and high in cost performance.

4. The cooking utensil has good cooking performance, can carry out different design schemes aiming at products with different price, and can meet different consumer demands.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the following brief description of the drawings of the embodiments will make it apparent that the drawings in the following description relate only to some embodiments of the present utility model and are not limiting of the present utility model.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a steam valve air guide assembly of the present application.

FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of an exploded construction of a steam valve air guide assembly of the present application.

FIG. 3 is an exploded cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of the pot lid assembly of the present application.

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of an exploded view of the lid and face cover of a first embodiment of the cooker lid assembly of the application.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of a pot lid assembly of the present application.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of the area a in fig. 5.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of a pot lid assembly of the present application.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of the mechanism of fig. 7 at the area B.

Reference numerals:

1. a sealing member; 11. an upper sealing part; 111. a ring groove; 112. the ring groove space; 12. a lower sealing part; 121. a lower space; 122. a sealing lip; 13. an exhaust column; 131. an exhaust hole; 14. a drain hole; 2. a support frame; 21. a sidewall; 22. a bottom wall; 23. avoidance holes; 3. a cover body; 31. a steam discharge chamber; 32. a through hole; 4. a face cover; 41. a steam outlet; 5. an inner cover; 6. a pressing plate; 61. a steam channel; 7. a seal ring; 100. a steam valve; 200. a pot cover assembly.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more apparent, the present utility model will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The components of the embodiments of the present utility model generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used in this patent document should be given the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model belongs. The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and in the claims, do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. Likewise, the terms "a," "an," or "the" and similar terms do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. The words "curved surface screen fitting tool includes" or "curved surface screen fitting tool contains" and the like mean that the elements or objects appearing in front of "curved surface screen fitting tool includes" or "curved surface screen fitting tool contains" are covered by the elements or objects listed in back of "curved surface screen fitting tool includes" or "curved surface screen fitting tool contains" and equivalents thereof, and do not exclude other elements or objects. "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are used merely to denote relative positional relationships, which may be changed accordingly when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, merely to facilitate description of the present utility model and to simplify description, and not to indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements 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 utility model.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

Some embodiments of the present utility model are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Features of the embodiments described below may be combined with each other without conflict.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a structure of an embodiment of a suction assembly of a steam valve 100 is shown, the suction assembly of the steam valve 100 comprising a sealing member 1 and a supporting frame 2. The sealing element 1 is made of a silicone material and comprises an upper sealing part 11 and a lower sealing part 12 which is integrally formed with the upper sealing part 11. A ring groove 111 is enclosed in the center direction between the upper seal part 11 and the lower seal part 12, a ring groove space 112 is enclosed in the ring groove 111, a seal lip 122 extends in the direction away from the upper seal part 11 in the lower seal part 12, and a lower space 121 is enclosed in the seal lip 122. The middle part of the lower sealing part 12 is provided with an exhaust column 13 which extends away from the lower sealing part 12, the free end of the exhaust column 13 is higher than the upper sealing part 11, the center of the exhaust column 13 is provided with an exhaust hole 131, and the exhaust hole 131 is communicated with the annular groove space 112 and the lower space 121. The lower seal portion 12 is further provided with a drain hole 14 communicating the lower space 121 and the annular groove space 112, and the drain hole 14 can introduce the accumulated water in the annular groove space 112 into the lower space 121. In order to achieve the best effect of the exhaust and drainage, the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the exhaust hole 131 to the cross-sectional area of the drainage hole 14 is 1.5 to 2. The upper seal portion 11 and the lower seal portion 12 are both solid of revolution and the central axes of the upper seal portion 11 and the lower seal portion 12 coincide.

The support frame 2 is disposed in the ring groove 111, the support frame 2 is a revolution body with an L-shaped cross section, the support frame 2 comprises a side wall 21 and a bottom wall 22 integrally connected with the side wall 21, the side wall 21 and the bottom wall 22 form an L shape, the side wall 21 is abutted with the upper sealing part 11, and the bottom wall 22 is abutted with the lower sealing part 12. The bottom wall 22 is provided with a relief hole 23, and the exhaust column 13 and the drain hole 14 are located inside the region of the relief hole 23. The supporting frame 2 can be placed in the annular groove 111 to be detachably connected with the sealing element 1, and can also be embedded in the sealing element 1 through an injection molding process to be integrally formed. The supporting frame 2 can be made of high-temperature-resistant plastic which is not easy to deform, such as PC (polycarbonate), and the like, and can also be made of metal materials by stamping.

Example two

Referring to fig. 3 to 6, the present embodiment provides a cooker cover assembly 200, which comprises a cover 3 and a cover 4 adhered to the cover 3, wherein an air guide assembly of a steam valve 100 as in the first embodiment is assembled in the cover 3, a steam discharge chamber 31 is arranged on the cover, an opening is formed at the lower part of the steam discharge chamber 31, and the air guide assembly is detachably inserted into the opening to form the steam valve 100. The pot cover assembly 200 is further provided with an inner cover 5 detachably connected to the cover 3, and the steam valve 100 is disposed between the cover 3 and the inner cover 5.

Referring to fig. 3, the cover 4 is provided with a steam outlet 41, the cover 3 is provided with a steam outlet chamber 31 communicating with the steam outlet 41, and the steam valve 100 is detachably disposed in the steam outlet chamber 31.

Referring to fig. 4, a pressing plate 6 and a sealing ring 7 are further disposed between the cover 3 and the inner cover 5, the sealing ring 7 is disposed between the cover 3 and the pressing plate 6, and is used for sealing between the pressing plate 6 and the cover 3, and the pressing plate 6 is connected with the steam outlet 41.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, the upper sealing portion 11 of the sealing element 1 is in interference fit with the inner wall of the steam exhaust chamber 31, so that the steam valve 100 and the steam exhaust chamber 31 can be sealed, and the steam valve 100 and the cover 3 can be fixed relatively firmly and stably. The cover 3 is further provided with a through hole 32, the pressing plate 6 is provided with a steam channel 61, and the steam channel 61 passes through the steam outlet 41 to be communicated with the outside air. In order to ensure tightness between the pressing plate 6 and the cover 3, a sealing ring 7 is also arranged between the pressing plate 6 and the cover 3. The steam in the lower space 121 enters the steam discharge chamber 31 through the vent hole 131, a part of the steam in the steam discharge chamber 31 is condensed and then flows back to the lower space 121 through the drain hole 14, and most of the steam enters the steam channel 61 through the through hole 32 and is discharged from the steam channel 61.

Example III

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, there is shown a second embodiment of the pot cover assembly 200, which is different from the second embodiment in that the pot cover assembly 200 of the present embodiment is free of the pressing plate 6 and the sealing ring 7, and the through hole 32 of the cover 3 is directly communicated with the outside air through the steam outlet 41.

Example IV

The embodiment discloses a cooking utensil, in particular an electric cooker, which comprises a cooker body and a cooker cover assembly 200 connected with the cooker body in a covering way, wherein an inner container and a heating device for cooking food are arranged in the cooker body, and the cooker cover assembly 200 is the cooker cover assembly 200 in the second embodiment or the third embodiment. A steam valve 100 is provided above the inner lid 5, and the steam valve 100 is capable of guiding steam into the steam discharge chamber 31 and discharging from the steam outlet 41.

The working process and principle of the electric cooker are as follows: the heating device heats the inner container, steam in the inner container enters the steam discharge chamber 31 of the cover body 3 through the steam valve 100, the steam in the steam discharge chamber 31 is condensed and then flows back to the inner container through the drain hole 14, and most of the steam is discharged from the steam outlet 41 through the through hole 32 of the cover body 3.

The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present utility model, and the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions easily contemplated by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present utility model should be included in the present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the utility model is subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims

1. The easy-to-clean steam valve for the cooking appliance comprises a cover body and a pot body, wherein a cooking chamber is formed between the pot body and the cover body, an inner cover is detachably attached to the cover body, and a steam outlet communicated with the cooking chamber is formed in the inner cover; characterized by comprising the following steps:

2. The steam valve according to claim 1, wherein the sealing member comprises an upper sealing part and a lower sealing part integrally connected with the upper sealing part, a ring groove is enclosed between the upper sealing part and the lower sealing part towards the central direction, a ring groove space is enclosed in the ring groove, a sealing lip is extended towards the direction away from the upper sealing part, the sealing lip encloses a lower space, an exhaust column extending away from the lower sealing part is arranged in the middle of the lower sealing part, and an exhaust hole communicated with the lower space and the ring groove space is arranged on the exhaust column so as to form a steam exhaust channel for guiding steam of the steam outlet to enter the steam exhaust chamber.

3. The steam valve of claim 2, wherein the support bracket includes a side wall and a bottom wall integrally connected to the side wall, the side wall abutting the upper seal, the bottom wall abutting the lower seal.

4. A steam valve as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the lower sealing part is further provided with a drain hole communicating the lower space and the ring groove space.

5. The steam valve of claim 4, wherein the bottom wall is provided with a relief hole, and the exhaust column and the drain hole are located in an area inside the relief hole.

6. The steam valve of claim 4, wherein a ratio of a cross-sectional area of the exhaust hole to a cross-sectional area of the drain hole is 1.5 to 2.

7. The utility model provides a kind of deep pot lid subassembly, its characterized in that includes the lid, with lid fixed connection's face lid, with lid detachable connection's inner cup and steam valve, be formed with the intercommunication on the inner cup the steam outlet of cooking chamber, be formed with the steam discharge chamber on the lid, the lower part of steam discharge chamber is formed with uncovered, steam valve detachably inserts and establishes in uncovered and be located the lid with between the inner cup, the steam valve is the steam valve of any one of claims 1 to 6.

8. The pot lid assembly of claim 7, wherein the lid has a steam outlet in communication with the steam outlet chamber, a steam outlet pressure plate is disposed between the lid and the lid, and a steam outlet channel is disposed in the steam outlet pressure plate and communicates with the steam outlet chamber and the steam outlet.

9. The pot lid assembly of claim 8, wherein the lid body is provided with a steam hole in communication with the steam discharge chamber, the steam hole in communication with the steam outlet.

10. A cooking appliance comprising a pot body and a pot cover assembly in closing connection with the pot body, wherein the pot cover assembly is a pot cover assembly according to any one of claims 8 to 9.