CN219629396U

CN219629396U - Exhaust nozzle assembly and cooking utensil with same

Info

Publication number: CN219629396U
Application number: CN202320171850.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彭磊; 孟鹏飞; 梁叶锋; 张涛; 刘锦森; 刘福波; 张建勇; 张伟良; 张文康; 朱毅; 章明
Original assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd; Chunmi Technology Shanghai Co Ltd
Current assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co Ltd; Chunmi Technology Shanghai Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-02-03
Filing date: 2023-02-03
Publication date: 2023-09-05
Anticipated expiration: 2033-02-03

Abstract

The utility model provides an exhaust nozzle assembly and a cooking utensil with the same. Wherein, exhaust nozzle assembly includes: the exhaust box is provided with a cavity, the top of the exhaust box is of a closed structure, the bottom of the exhaust box is provided with an air inlet, one side of the exhaust box is provided with an air outlet, and the air inlet and the air outlet are respectively communicated with the cavity; the air inlet nozzle is arranged at the bottom of the exhaust box and is communicated with the air inlet. The technical scheme of the utility model effectively solves the problems that the upward arrangement of the exhaust hole of the cooking utensil in the prior art is easy to be blocked, and the upward discharged hot air is easy to scald a user.

Description

Exhaust nozzle assembly and cooking utensil with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, in particular to an exhaust nozzle assembly and a cooking appliance with the same.

Background

Currently, there are some electric cooking appliances on the market, such as a steam box, an oven, a steaming and baking integrated machine, a micro steaming and baking integrated machine, etc., and for the purposes of heat dissipation and temperature reduction or balancing the air pressure of a cooking cavity, etc., hot air needs to be discharged outwards in the cooking process. A common design in these cooking appliances is to simply provide a vent hole at the top of the cooking appliance to allow hot air to be exhausted upward. Therefore, a user can easily place other objects on the top of the cooking utensil to shield the exhaust holes in the using process, and the normal work of the cooking utensil is affected, so that potential safety hazards are easily generated. Meanwhile, in the process of heating food by the cooking utensil, if limbs of a user pass through the upper part of the cooking utensil, scalding is easy to occur, and user experience is affected.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides an exhaust nozzle assembly and a cooking appliance with the same, and aims to solve the problems that in the prior art, an exhaust hole of the cooking appliance is upwards arranged and is easy to be blocked, and hot air discharged upwards is easy to scald a user. To achieve one or a part or all of the above and other objects, in one aspect, the present utility model provides an exhaust nozzle assembly, comprising: the exhaust box is provided with a cavity, the top of the exhaust box is of a closed structure, the bottom of the exhaust box is provided with an air inlet, one side of the exhaust box is provided with an air outlet, and the air inlet and the air outlet are respectively communicated with the cavity; the air inlet nozzle is arranged at the bottom of the exhaust box and is communicated with the air inlet.

In some preferred embodiments, the exhaust box has a bottom plate therein, the air inlet being disposed on the bottom plate, the bottom plate being disposed obliquely from a circumferential side wall of the exhaust box toward the air inlet.

In some preferred embodiments, the vent box comprises an upper box body and a lower box body, wherein the upper box body is buckled on the lower box body, the air outlet is arranged on the upper box body, and the air inlet and the bottom plate are arranged on the lower box body.

In some preferred embodiments, the end face of the upper box body facing the lower box body is provided with a first protruding structure, the end face of the lower box body facing the upper box body is provided with a first groove, and the first protruding structure can extend into the first groove.

In some preferred embodiments, the end face of the lower case facing the upper case is provided with a second protrusion structure, and the end face of the upper case facing the lower case is provided with a second groove, into which the second protrusion structure can extend.

In some preferred embodiments, the upper case is provided with a fixing column, and the fixing column is arranged from the upper case towards the lower case, and is used for fixing a fastener, the lower case is provided with a fixing hole, the fixing column can extend into the fixing hole, and the fastener can pass through the fixing hole and be fixedly connected in the fixing column.

In some preferred embodiments, the exhaust nozzle assembly further includes a connection tube connected to the intake nozzle for communicating the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance with the cavity of the exhaust box.

On the other hand, the cooking utensil provided by the utility model comprises a machine body and an exhaust nozzle assembly, wherein the exhaust nozzle assembly is arranged on the machine body, the exhaust nozzle assembly is provided with all or part of the technical content, and an air outlet of the exhaust nozzle assembly is arranged towards the rear side of the machine body.

In some preferred embodiments, the body main body includes a rear back plate and a body case, the rear back plate is disposed at a rear side of the body case, and the exhaust box of the exhaust nozzle assembly is disposed on the rear back plate.

In some preferred embodiments, the rear back plate is provided with a fixing groove, the exhaust box is embedded in the fixing groove, part of the exhaust box extends out of the fixing groove, and the air outlet is arranged on the part of the exhaust box exposed out of the fixing groove.

By implementing the technical scheme of the utility model, the method has the following beneficial effects:

after the exhaust nozzle assembly is adopted, the air inlet nozzle is arranged at the bottom of the exhaust box, and hot air to be discharged can enter the cavity of the exhaust box from the bottom through the air inlet nozzle, change the flowing direction and be discharged from the air outlet on the side face of the exhaust box. After the cooking appliance is applied to the exhaust nozzle assembly, the air outlet of the exhaust box can be arranged towards the side surface of the cooking appliance, so that hot air to be exhausted is released from the side surface, such as the rear side, of the cooking appliance. The object above the cooking utensil is prevented from shielding the air outlet, so that the object above the cooking utensil can be stacked, and the space above the cooking utensil is fully utilized. Meanwhile, when a user operates or acts above the cooking utensil, the user cannot contact with hot air released by the cooking utensil, and scalding is avoided.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Wherein:

fig. 1 illustrates a schematic structural view of an embodiment of a cooking appliance according to the present utility model;

fig. 2 shows a schematic structural view of the cooking appliance of fig. 1 at another view angle;

fig. 3 shows a partially enlarged structural schematic view of a cooking appliance of fig. 2;

FIG. 4 shows a schematic cross-sectional structural view of a back plate of the cooking appliance of FIG. 2;

fig. 5 illustrates a partially enlarged structural schematic view of a portion B of the cooking appliance of fig. 4; and

fig. 6 illustrates an internal structure schematic view of the cooking appliance of fig. 1.

The above figures contain the following reference numerals:

1. a housing; 2. a furnace door assembly; 3. a rear back plate; 4. an exhaust nozzle assembly; 5. an exhaust hood; 6. a cooking cavity; 10. an exhaust box; 11. an upper case; 12. a lower case; 13. an air outlet; 14. an air inlet; 15. a bottom plate; 16. a first bump structure; 17. a first groove; 18. a second groove; 19. a second bump structure; 20. fixing the column; 21. a fixing hole; 22. a flange; 23. an air inlet nozzle; 31. a fixing groove; 40. a connecting pipe; 50. a fastener.

Detailed Description

The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. 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 all directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiments of the present utility model are merely used to explain the relative positional relationship, movement, etc. between the components in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicators are correspondingly changed.

Furthermore, the description of "first," "second," etc. in this disclosure is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions of the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it is necessary to base that the technical solutions can be realized by those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should be considered to be absent and not within the scope of protection claimed in the present utility model.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 6, the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 of the present embodiment can be disposed on a main body of a cooking appliance, the main body mainly including a cooking cavity 6, and a cooking cavity for placing and heating food materials is disposed in the cooking cavity 6. The front side of the cooking cavity 6 is provided with a furnace door assembly 2 for opening and closing the cooking cavity. The rear side of the cooking cavity 6 is provided with a back plate 3, and the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 is arranged on the back plate 3 and is connected with an exhaust hood 5 on the cooking cavity 6. The cooking cavity 6 is covered with the machine body shell 1, the machine body shell 1 is connected with the back plate 3 and is in smooth transition with the oven door component 2, so that the appearance of the cooking utensil is neat.

As shown in fig. 3 to 5, the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 of the present embodiment includes an exhaust box 10 and an intake nozzle 23, wherein the exhaust box 10 has a cavity, the top of the exhaust box 10 is a closed structure, the bottom of the exhaust box 10 is provided with an air inlet 14, and the sidewall of the exhaust box 10 is provided with an air outlet 13. An air inlet nozzle 23 is provided at the bottom of the exhaust box 10 and communicates with the air inlet 14.

After the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 is adopted, the air inlet nozzle 23 is arranged at the bottom of the exhaust box 10, and hot air to be discharged can enter the cavity of the exhaust box 10 from the bottom through the air inlet nozzle 23 and change the flowing direction, and is discharged from the air outlet 13 on the side surface of the exhaust box 10. After the cooking appliance has applied the above-described exhaust nozzle assembly 4, the air outlet 13 of the exhaust box 10 may be disposed toward the side of the cooking appliance, so that the hot air to be discharged is released from the side, e.g., the rear side, of the cooking appliance. The object above the cooking utensil is prevented from shielding the air outlet 13, so that the object above the cooking utensil can be stacked, and the space above the cooking utensil is fully utilized. Meanwhile, when a user operates or acts above the cooking utensil, the user cannot contact with hot air released by the cooking utensil, and scalding is avoided.

As shown in fig. 5, the exhaust box 10 of the present embodiment further has a bottom plate 15, the air inlet 14 is provided on the bottom plate 15, and the bottom plate 15 is provided obliquely from the circumferential side wall of the exhaust box 10 toward the air inlet 14. The hot gas, if condensed and liquefied into liquid water in the exhaust box 10, can adhere to the inner wall of the exhaust box 10 and gather at the bottom of the exhaust box 10 by gravity. The inclined bottom plate 15 can guide the liquid water to flow to the air inlet 14 and the air inlet nozzle 23 and discharge the liquid water out of the exhaust box 10, thereby preventing the condensed and liquefied liquid water from deteriorating in the exhaust box 10 to generate peculiar smell.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, the exhaust box 10 of the present embodiment includes an upper box 11 and a lower box 12 that are oppositely disposed, and the upper box 11 is fastened to the lower box 12. The air outlet 13 is arranged on the side wall of the upper box body 11, and the bottom plate 15 is arranged at the bottom of the lower box body 12.

The exhaust box 10 of this embodiment may be made of an organic polymer plastic with a certain heat resistance, and the upper box 11 and the lower box 12 that are separately arranged are easy to form and demold, which is beneficial to reducing the difficulty and cost of the production process of the exhaust box 10.

As shown in fig. 5, the end face of the upper case 11 facing the lower case 12 in this embodiment is provided with a first protrusion 16, the end face of the lower case 12 facing the upper case 11 is provided with a first groove 17, and the first protrusion 16 can extend into the first groove 17. The first protruding structure 16 is embedded in the first groove 17, and can position the upper box body 11 and the lower box body 12, so that the upper box body 11 and the lower box body 12 are preliminarily connected together and combined to form a cavity.

Further, the end face of the lower case 12 facing the upper case 11 in this embodiment is provided with a second protrusion structure 19, the end face of the upper case 11 facing the lower case 12 is provided with a second groove 18, and the second protrusion structure 19 can extend into the second groove 18. The first bump structure 16 is disposed at the periphery of the second groove 18, and accordingly, the first groove 17 is disposed at the periphery of the second bump structure 19 such that the first bump structure 16 is opposite to the first groove 17 and the second bump structure 19 is opposite to the second groove 18. The second protruding structure 19 is embedded in the second groove 18, so that the upper box body 11 and the lower box body 12 can be positioned, and the upper box body and the lower box body are firmly and accurately connected.

A sealing ring can be additionally arranged in the first groove 17 or the second groove 18 so as to improve the tightness of the joint of the upper box body 11 and the lower box body 12.

As shown in fig. 5, a fixing post 20 is provided on the top wall of the upper case 11 of the present embodiment, the fixing post 20 is provided from the top wall of the upper case 11 toward the bottom wall of the lower case 12, and a slot hole is provided in the fixing post 20 for fixing the fastener 50. The lower box body 12 is provided with a fixing hole 21, the fixing column 20 can extend into the corresponding fixing hole 21, and the fastener 50 can pass through the fixing hole 21 and the slot hole and is fixedly connected with the fixing column 20, so that the upper box body 11 and the lower box body 12 are fixedly connected together.

The rim of the fixing hole 21 is provided with a flange 22, and the flange 22 protrudes from the surface of the bottom plate 15 toward the upper case 11 to form a protruding structure. The flange 22 can increase the contact area between the fixing hole 21 and the fixing column 20 on one hand, so that the structure is more stable; on the other hand, the shielding effect can be achieved, and the shielding effect can be achieved when the liquid water flows along the surface of the bottom plate 15, so that the liquid water is prevented from seeping out of the exhaust box 10 from the gap between the fixing column 20 and the fixing hole 21.

As shown in fig. 4 and 6, the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 of the present embodiment further includes a connection pipe 40, and the connection pipe 40 is sleeved on the air inlet nozzle 23 and is hermetically disposed. The connection pipe 40 may be used to communicate the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance and the cavity of the exhaust box 10.

The present utility model also provides a cooking appliance, including a main body and an exhaust nozzle assembly 4, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the cooking appliance of this embodiment, the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 is disposed on the main body, the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 is the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 including all or part of the technical content described above, and an air outlet 13 of the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 is disposed towards the rear side of the main body.

With the cooking appliance of the present embodiment, the air outlet 13 of the air discharge box 10 can be disposed toward the side of the cooking appliance, so that the hot air to be discharged is released from the rear side of the cooking appliance. The object above the cooking utensil is prevented from shielding the air outlet 13, so that the object above the cooking utensil can be stacked, and the space above the cooking utensil is fully utilized. Meanwhile, when a user operates or acts above the cooking utensil, the user cannot contact with hot air released by the cooking utensil, and scalding is avoided.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 6, the main body of the cooking appliance of the present embodiment mainly includes a cooking cavity 6, and a cooking cavity for placing and heating food materials is provided in the cooking cavity 6. The front side of the cooking cavity 6 is provided with a door assembly 2 for opening or closing the cooking cavity. The rear side of the cooking cavity 6 is provided with a rear backplate 3, and an exhaust box 10 of the exhaust nozzle assembly 4 is provided on the rear backplate 3 and is located at a middle position of the rear backplate 3. The exhaust box 10 is connected to the exhaust hood 5 on the cooking cavity 6 through a connection pipe 40. The cooking cavity 6 is covered with the machine body shell 1, the machine body shell 1 is connected with the back plate 3 and is in smooth transition with the oven door component 2, so that the appearance of the cooking utensil is neat.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, the back plate 3 of the cooking apparatus of the present embodiment is provided with a fixing groove 31, the lower case 12 of the exhaust case 10 is embedded in the fixing groove 31, and the upper case 11 of the exhaust case 10 is located outside the fixing groove 31, so that the excessive hot air generated in the cooking cavity 6 can be discharged to the outside of the cooking apparatus through the air inlet nozzle 23, the air inlet 14, the cavity and the air outlet 13. The air pressure in the cooking cavity may be stabilized or maintained within a safe range.

In the cooking appliance of the present embodiment, the fixing groove 31 on the back plate 3 is formed by punching and recessing the upper surface downward, and the lower case 12 of the exhaust case 10 is embedded in the fixing groove 31 from top to bottom. The fastening member 50 can penetrate through the bottom wall of the fixing groove 31 and the fixing hole 21 of the lower case 12 to be connected and fixed with the fixing post 20 of the upper case 11, so that the exhaust case 10 is integrally fixed on the rear back plate 3. One part of the exhaust box 10 is embedded in the fixing groove 31, the other part extends out of the fixing groove 31, and the air outlet 13 is arranged on the part of the exhaust box 10 exposed out of the fixing groove 31, and the fixing groove 31 positions the exhaust box 10, so that the exhaust box 10 is firmly connected with the back plate 3. While not affecting the outward discharge of hot gas from the exhaust nozzle assembly 4.

In other embodiments not shown in the drawings, the fixing groove 31 may be provided on the rear end surface of the rear back plate 3 and disposed forward from the rear direction of the cooking appliance, i.e., concavely disposed from the rear end surface of the rear back plate 3 toward the oven door assembly 2. The upper box body 11 and the lower box body 12 are embedded in the fixed groove 31, and a part of the upper box body 11 can be protruded out of the end face of the back plate 3, so that the air outlet 13 on the upper box body 11 is positioned outside the end face of the back plate 3; the upper case 11 may be completely disposed in the rear panel 3, so that the air outlet 13 on the upper case 11 is flush with the end surface of the rear panel 3.

The foregoing disclosure is illustrative of the present utility model and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the utility model, which is defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. An exhaust nozzle assembly, comprising:

the exhaust box is provided with a cavity, the top of the exhaust box is of a closed structure, the bottom of the exhaust box is provided with an air inlet, one side of the exhaust box is provided with an air outlet, and the air inlet and the air outlet are respectively communicated with the cavity;

the air inlet nozzle is arranged at the bottom of the exhaust box and is communicated with the air inlet.

2. The exhaust nozzle assembly of claim 1, wherein the exhaust box has a floor therein, the air inlet being disposed on the floor, the floor being disposed obliquely from a circumferential sidewall of the exhaust box toward the air inlet.

3. The exhaust nozzle assembly according to claim 2, wherein the exhaust box comprises an upper box body and a lower box body, the upper box body is buckled on the lower box body, the air outlet is arranged on the upper box body, and the air inlet and the bottom plate are arranged on the lower box body.

4. A vent nozzle assembly according to claim 3, wherein the end face of the upper case facing the lower case is provided with a first projection arrangement, the end face of the lower case facing the upper case is provided with a first recess, and the first projection arrangement is capable of extending into the first recess.

5. A vent nozzle assembly according to claim 3, wherein the end face of the lower casing facing the upper casing is provided with a second projection arrangement, the end face of the upper casing facing the lower casing is provided with a second recess, and the second projection arrangement is capable of extending into the second recess.

6. A vent nozzle assembly according to claim 3, wherein the upper case is provided with a fixing post disposed from the upper case toward the lower case for fixing a fastener, the lower case is provided with a fixing hole into which the fixing post can extend, and the fastener can pass through the fixing hole and be fixedly connected in the fixing post.

7. The exhaust nozzle assembly of claim 1, further comprising a connecting tube connected to the intake nozzle for communicating a cooking cavity of a cooking appliance with a cavity of the exhaust box.

8. A cooking appliance characterized by comprising a main body and an exhaust nozzle assembly, wherein the exhaust nozzle assembly is arranged on the main body, the exhaust nozzle assembly is any one of claims 1 to 7, and an air outlet of the exhaust nozzle assembly is arranged towards the rear side of the main body.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein the body includes a back plate and a body housing, the back plate being disposed at a rear side of the body housing, and the exhaust box of the exhaust nozzle assembly being disposed on the back plate.

10. The cooking apparatus according to claim 9, wherein a fixing groove is provided on the back plate, the air discharge box is embedded in the fixing groove, a part of the air discharge box extends out of the fixing groove, and the air outlet is provided on a part of the air discharge box exposed out of the fixing groove.