CN220045626U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil, which comprises a cooker body and a socket, wherein the cooker body comprises a base and a cover: the cooker body comprises a cooker body side wall extending along the circumferential direction and a water retaining part protruding outwards from the cooker body side wall, the cooker body side wall is provided with a side opening, the water retaining part is at least positioned at the top of the side opening, a water storage tank is formed between the water retaining part and the cooker body side wall in a surrounding manner, the water storage tank is provided with an upper opening, and the upper opening spans the whole width of the side opening from the upper part of the side opening; the socket is arranged at the side opening and positioned at the inner side of the side opening; the manger plate portion includes the diapire and two first side walls of outwards extending from a kind of deep pot body lateral wall respectively, and two first side walls set up in the both sides of diapire and are connected with the diapire, and the upper surface of at least one first side wall is higher than the upper surface of diapire, and the catch basin still has the outlet, and the outlet is not higher than upper portion opening. According to the cooking utensil provided by the utility model, water flowing downwards from the side wall of the pot body can flow into the water storage tank and flow downwards through the water outlet, so that the water is prevented from flowing to the socket, and the potential safety hazard is reduced.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, in particular to a cooking appliance.

Background

In a known cooking appliance such as an electric cooker, a socket is generally arranged at the bottom of a cooker body, and water on a cover body easily overflows to the outer surface of the cooker body in the use process of the cooking appliance, the water possibly flows further to the socket along the outer surface of the cooker body, so that socket terminals are ignited, potential safety hazards exist, and normal use is even affected.

To this end, the present utility model provides a cooking appliance to at least partially solve the problems in the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

In the summary, a series of concepts in a simplified form are introduced, which will be further described in detail in the detailed description. The summary of the utility model is not intended to define the key features and essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

In order to solve the above problems at least in part, the present utility model discloses a cooking appliance including:

the cooker comprises a cooker body, a cover and a cover, wherein the cooker body comprises a cooker body side wall extending along the circumferential direction and a water blocking part protruding outwards from the cooker body side wall, the cooker body side wall is provided with a side opening, the water blocking part is at least positioned at the top of the side opening, a water storage tank is formed between the water blocking part and the cooker body side wall in a surrounding mode, the water storage tank is provided with an upper opening, and the upper opening spans the whole width of the side opening from the upper side of the side opening; and

a socket provided at the side opening and located inside the side opening,

wherein the water blocking part comprises a bottom wall and two first side walls which extend outwards from the side wall of the pot body, the two first side walls are arranged on two sides of the bottom wall and are connected with the bottom wall, the upper surface of at least one first side wall is higher than the upper surface of the bottom wall, and

the reservoir also has a drain opening that is no higher than the upper opening.

According to the cooking utensil provided by the utility model, the water retaining part is arranged above the side opening, the upper surface of at least one first side wall of the water retaining part is not higher than the upper surface of the bottom wall, the water retaining part and the side wall of the cooker body surround to form the water storage groove, the water storage groove is provided with the water outlet, and the water outlet is not higher than the upper opening, so that water flowing downwards from the side wall of the cooker body can flow into the water storage groove and flow downwards through the water outlet, the possibility that water on the outer surface of the cooking utensil flows to the socket is reduced, potential safety hazards can be reduced, and user experience is improved.

Optionally, the bottom surface of the reservoir is configured as a plane inclined with respect to the horizontal direction.

According to this scheme to the water in the catch basin flows downwards through the outlet that corresponds the bottom surface department of setting up at the catch basin, and the bottom surface of catch basin simple structure, the processing of being convenient for.

Optionally, an included angle a between the bottom surface of the water storage tank and the horizontal direction satisfies: a is more than or equal to 2 degrees and less than or equal to 4 degrees.

According to this scheme, when the contained angle between the bottom surface of catch basin and the horizontal direction satisfies above-mentioned relation, not only be convenient for through the machine-shaping, the water in the catch basin of being convenient for simultaneously flows downwards through the outlet that corresponds the lower position department of setting up in the bottom surface of catch basin.

Optionally, the drain is provided at the bottom of the water reservoir and is configured as a through hole communicating with the water reservoir, and/or

The height dimension H of the water storage groove meets the following conditions: h is more than or equal to 10mm and less than or equal to 20mm, the length dimension L is more than or equal to 35mm and less than or equal to 50mm, and the width dimension W is more than or equal to 4mm and less than or equal to 8mm.

According to the scheme, the water outlet is arranged at the bottom of the water storage tank, so that water in the water storage tank flows downwards through the water outlet; when the height, length and width dimensions of the water reservoir meet the above ranges, the water storage capacity of the water reservoir is made better to further reduce the likelihood of water flowing to the receptacle from the outer surface of the low cooking appliance.

Optionally, the water blocking part further comprises a second side wall extending upwards from the bottom wall, the second side wall is arranged at intervals from the side wall of the pot body, the two first side walls are respectively arranged on two sides of the second side wall, and the first side wall is connected between the second side wall and the side wall of the pot body.

According to this scheme, the structure of manger plate portion is simple, and the manufacturing of being convenient for easily realizes.

Optionally, the two first side walls and the second side wall are each higher than the bottom wall, and the drain opening is provided in the bottom wall and is configured as a through hole communicating with the water reservoir.

According to this scheme, the outlet sets up in the diapire to the water in the catch basin flows downwards through the outlet.

Optionally, the drain opening is provided at a lowest position of the bottom wall, and the number of drain openings is at least one.

According to the scheme, the number of the water outlets can be set according to actual needs, so that water in the water storage tank can be discharged in time.

Optionally, the two first side walls are respectively disposed on two sides of the side opening, the water blocking portion further includes a third side wall extending outwards from the side wall of the pot body, the third side wall is configured to extend downwards from the bottom wall beyond the side opening or is flush with the bottom end of the side opening, and the water outlet is disposed between the adjacent first side wall and third side wall along the transverse direction.

According to the scheme, through setting up the third lateral wall, flow into the catch basin downwards from a kind of a pot body lateral wall and flow down the desktop after flowing out through the outlet, with the water flow to the socket's of the surface of a kind of a pot body lateral wall possibility is reduced to the guide effect of reducing a kind of a pot body lateral wall, and the water flow to the socket's of reducing from the outlet possibility.

At least one of the two first side walls extends downwardly beyond the side opening or is flush with the bottom end of the side opening.

According to the scheme, the possibility that water flowing downwards from the water outlet flows to the socket is reduced.

Optionally, one of the first side wall and the second side wall is higher than the bottom wall, the upper surface of the other first side wall is flush with the upper surface of the bottom wall, and the other first side wall, the bottom wall and the side wall of the cooker body form the water outlet, and the water outlet is arranged on the side surface of the water storage tank.

According to this scheme, be convenient for set up the outlet in the lowest position department of diapire for the water in the catch basin flows downwards through the outlet.

Optionally, the two first side walls are disposed on two sides of the side opening, respectively, and each of the two first side walls extends downward beyond the side opening or is flush with a bottom end of the side opening.

According to the scheme, the possibility that water flowing downwards from the water outlet flows to the socket is reduced.

Drawings

The following drawings are included to provide an understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the utility model and their description to explain the principles of the utility model.

In the accompanying drawings:

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cooking appliance according to a first preferred embodiment of the present utility model; and

FIG. 2 is a partially exploded perspective view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a partial structure of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a partial structure of the cooking appliance of fig. 1;

FIG. 5 is another cross-sectional schematic view of a partial structure of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

fig. 6 is a perspective view of a base of the cooking appliance of fig. 1;

fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a base of a cooking appliance according to a second preferred embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 8 is a perspective view showing a partial structure of the base of fig. 7.

Reference numerals illustrate:

100: cooking utensil

110: pot body

111: side wall of cooker body

112/212: water retaining part

113/213: bottom wall

114/214: a second side wall

115/215: first side wall

116/216: side opening

117/217: water storage tank

118: upper opening

119/219: water outlet

120: cover body

130: pot body outer shell

131: side wall of shell

140/240: base seat

141: base side wall

142: a third side wall

150: socket

160: socket cover

170: power line

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present utility model. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art that embodiments of the utility model may be practiced without one or more of these details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the embodiments of the utility model.

In the following description, a detailed structure will be presented for a thorough understanding of embodiments of the present utility model. It will be apparent that embodiments of the utility model may be practiced without limitation to the specific details that are set forth by those skilled in the art. It should be noted that ordinal words such as "first" and "second" cited in the present utility model are merely identifiers and do not have any other meaning, such as a particular order or the like. Also, for example, the term "first component" does not itself connote the presence of "second component" and the term "second component" does not itself connote the presence of "first component". The terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right" and the like are used herein for illustrative purposes only and are not limiting.

The utility model provides a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance according to the present utility model may be an electric rice cooker, an electric pressure cooker or other cooking appliances, and the cooking appliance may have various functions such as porridge cooking and soup cooking in addition to the function of cooking rice.

A cooking appliance 100 according to a first embodiment of the present utility model will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1 to 6.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cooking appliance 100 mainly includes a pot body 110 and a cover body 120, and the cover body 120 is openably and closably provided above the pot body 110. An inner pot (not shown) is provided in the pot body 110, and a cooking space can be formed between the cover body 120 and the inner pot when the cover body 120 is covered on the pot body 110. The pot 110 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape with rounded corners, and has a cylindrical receiving portion. The inner pot may be configured to be freely placed in or taken out from the receiving portion to facilitate cleaning of the inner pot, or may be configured to be fixed in the cooker body 110 so as not to be taken out from the cooker body 110. The inner pot is usually made of a metallic material for holding the material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. In addition, an inner pot heating device and a control device are further provided in the pot body 110, and the inner pot heating device may be provided at a side portion and/or a bottom portion of the inner pot to heat food in the inner pot, and a user can control a cooking operation of the cooking appliance through the control device.

Cooking utensil 100 also includes a receptacle 150 and a power cord 170. The receptacle 150 is provided at a side of the pot 110 and at a lower position, for example, at a bottom of the pot. One end of the power cord 170 is connected to the socket 150 and the other end is connected to an external power source so that the cooking appliance 100 can be energized. In the present utility model, the directional terms "upper" and "lower" are those directions determined based on the cooking appliance 100 in a state where the cover 120 is placed upright and the cover is covered on the pot 110.

The pot body 110 includes a pot body side wall 111 extending in a circumferential direction and a water blocking part 112 protruding outwardly from the pot body side wall 111, and the inner pot is disposed inside the pot body case 130. As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the side wall 111 of the pot body is provided with a side opening 116, and the side opening 116 is provided at a position below the side wall 111 of the pot body. The receptacle 150 is disposed at the side opening 116 and is located inside the side opening 116. The water blocking part 112 is at least positioned at the top of the side opening 116, and a water storage groove 117 is formed between the water blocking part 112 and the side wall 111 of the pot body in a surrounding manner. The reservoir 117 has an upper opening 118, the upper opening 118 spanning the entire width of the side opening 116 from above the side opening 116. Thereby, water flowing down from the outer surface of the cooking appliance 100 can enter the water storage groove 117 through the upper opening 118 to reduce the possibility of water flowing toward the socket 150 from the outer surface of the cooking appliance 100. The "entire width of the side opening 116" herein refers to a length of the side opening 116 extending in the horizontal direction.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the water reservoir 117 further has a water discharge port 119. The number of the water discharge ports 119 is one, the water discharge ports 119 are provided at one side of the water storage tank 117 and not higher than the upper opening 118, and the water discharge ports 119 are provided at the lowest position corresponding to the bottom surface of the water storage tank 117, so that water flowing downward from the side wall 111 of the pot body can flow into the water storage tank 117 and flow downward via the water discharge ports 119, to reduce the possibility of water flowing to the socket 150 from the outer surface of the cooking appliance 100, to reduce potential safety hazards, and to improve the user experience.

As shown in fig. 3 to 6, the pot 110 mainly includes a pot housing 130 and a base 140 disposed under the pot housing 130. The inner pot is disposed inside the pot body housing 130 and above the base 140. The pot body housing 130 includes a circumferentially extending housing sidewall 131. The pot body case 130 may be made of a metal material or a resin material.

The base 140 includes a circumferentially extending base sidewall 141, and in this embodiment, the side opening 116 (see fig. 3 and 5) is provided on the base sidewall 141. The bottom peripheral edge of the housing sidewall 131 is connected (e.g., plugged) to the top peripheral edge of the base sidewall 141. The housing sidewall 131 and the base sidewall 141 together form the pot sidewall 111. It will be appreciated that the side openings 116 may be provided on the housing side walls 131, as desired.

It will be appreciated that the greater the length, width and height dimensions of the reservoir 117, the better its water storage and drainage capabilities, the better the ability to prevent water from the outer surface of the cooking appliance 100 from flowing to the receptacle 150. For a comprehensive consideration of structure, cost and appearance, it is preferable that the height dimension H of the water reservoir 117 satisfies: h is more than or equal to 10mm and less than or equal to 20mm, the length dimension L is more than or equal to 35mm and less than or equal to 50mm, and the width dimension W is more than or equal to 4mm and less than or equal to 8mm. Further preferably, the height dimension H of the water reservoir 117 is 17 mm.+ -.1 mm, the length dimension L is 41 mm.+ -.1 mm, and the width dimension is 5 mm.+ -.1 mm. Preferably, the bottom surface of the water reservoir 117 is configured as a plane inclined with respect to the horizontal direction so that the water discharge port 119 is provided at the lowest position corresponding to the bottom surface of the water reservoir 117. Further preferably, the angle a between the bottom surface of the water reservoir 117 and the horizontal direction satisfies: a is more than or equal to 2 degrees and less than or equal to 4 degrees, which is convenient for draining water and processing and forming by injection molding process. Still more preferably, a=3° ±0.2°. In the present embodiment, the drain port 119 is provided at the bottom of the water reservoir 117, and is configured as a through hole communicating with the water reservoir 117.

As shown in fig. 4 to 6, the water blocking portion 112 includes a bottom wall 113 extending outwardly from the side wall 111 of the pot body, and a first side wall 115 and two second side walls 114 respectively connected to the bottom wall 113. The two first side walls 115 are configured to extend outwardly from the pot side wall 111 and each extend in a vertical direction, and the two first side walls 115 are disposed on both sides of the second side wall 114, respectively. The second side wall 114 extends in the vertical direction and is disposed spaced apart from the pot side wall 111. Each first side wall 115 is connected between the second side wall 114 and the pot side wall 111 (specifically, the base side wall 141) such that a water reservoir 117 is formed around between the bottom wall 113, the second side wall 114, the two first side walls 115 and the pot side wall 111 (specifically, the base side wall 141).

In the present embodiment, both the first side wall 115 and the second side wall 114 are higher than the bottom wall 113 (see fig. 6). A drain port 119 is provided in the bottom wall 113 and is provided near one of the first side walls 115 (see fig. 4) so as to be located at the lowest position of the bottom wall 113. It will be appreciated that in this embodiment, the bottom surface of the reservoir 117 is the upper surface of the bottom wall 113. The drain port 119 is configured as a through hole communicating with the water reservoir 117. For example, the drain port 119 is configured as a through hole having a rectangular cross section. The larger the cross-sectional area of the drain port 119, the better its drainage capacity. The cross section of the drain port 119 preferably has a length dimension of 5mm 1mm and a width dimension of 4.3mm 1mm for a combination of structural, cost and appearance considerations. It will be appreciated that the drain 119 may be a through hole of any suitable shape, as desired.

Although in the present embodiment, a drain port 119 is provided in the bottom wall 113. In a not shown embodiment, two drain openings are provided in the bottom wall. Specifically, the upper surface of the bottom wall is configured as an arc-shaped surface with a high middle and low ends, and the two drain openings are provided at both ends of the bottom wall and at the lowest position of the bottom wall.

As shown in fig. 4 and 6, the two first side walls 115 are disposed on both sides of the side opening 116, respectively, and at least one of the two first side walls 115 extends downward beyond the side opening 116 or is flush with the bottom end of the side opening 116. One of the first side walls 115 is shown schematically in fig. 6 extending downwardly beyond the side opening 116, with the lower end of the other first side wall 115 being connected to the bottom wall 113.

The water deflector 112 also includes a third side wall 142 extending outwardly from the pot side wall 111. The third side wall 142 is configured to extend downwardly from the bottom wall 113 beyond the side opening 116 or flush with the bottom end of the side opening 116. The drain port 119 is disposed between adjacent first and third sidewalls 115 and 142 in a lateral direction. Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the third sidewall 142 is disposed between the two first sidewalls 115 in the lateral direction, and the third sidewall 142 is disposed near the first sidewall 115 on the left side, with the drain port 119 disposed between the first sidewall 115 on the left side and the third sidewall 142 in the lateral direction. Thus, water flowing downward from the pot side wall 111 can flow into the water storage groove 117 and downward flow out through the water discharge opening 119, then flows downward toward the table top under the guide of the third side wall 142, and the third side wall 142 can block the water from flowing into the side opening 116, to further reduce the possibility of water flowing to the socket 150 from the outer surface of the cooking appliance 100.

A cooking appliance according to a second embodiment of the present utility model will be described in detail with reference to fig. 7 to 8.

The cooking appliance according to the second embodiment has substantially the same structure as the cooking appliance 100 according to the first embodiment, and only the differences will be described herein for the sake of simplicity.

In the second embodiment, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the water blocking portion 212 is also provided on the base 240, and is configured to protrude outward from the base side wall 241. The water blocking portion 212 also includes a bottom wall 213, two first side walls 215 and a second side wall 214, and a water storage tank 217 is formed around between the bottom wall 213, the second side wall 214, the two first side walls 215 and the side wall of the pot body (specifically, the base side wall 241). It will be appreciated that the greater the length, width and height dimensions of the reservoir 217, the better its water storage and drainage capabilities, and for a combination of structural, cost and appearance considerations, the reservoir 217 preferably has a length dimension of 37mm 1mm, a width dimension of 3.5mm 1mm, and a height dimension of 3mm 1mm.

In the present embodiment, one of the first side wall 215 (the first side wall 215 on the right in fig. 7) and the second side wall 214 is higher than the bottom wall 213. The upper surface of the other first side wall 215 (the first side wall 215 on the left in fig. 7) is flush with the upper surface of the bottom wall 113, and the other first side wall 215 (the first side wall 215 on the left in fig. 7), the bottom wall 213, and the pot side wall (specifically, the base side wall 241) form a drain 219. That is, in the present embodiment, the drain opening 219 is provided at the side surface of the water reservoir 217 and communicates with the upper opening. The two first side walls 215 are disposed on either side of the side opening 216, respectively, and both of the first side walls 215 extend downwardly beyond the side opening 216 or are flush with the bottom end of the side opening 216 to further reduce the likelihood of water flowing from the outer surface of the side wall of the pot to the receptacle and to reduce the likelihood of water flowing downwardly from the drain 219 to the receptacle.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this utility model pertains. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular implementations only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. Terms such as "disposed" or the like as used herein may refer to either one element being directly attached to another element or one element being attached to another element through an intermediate member. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment alone or in combination with other features unless the features are not applicable or otherwise indicated in the other embodiment.

The present utility model has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it should be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the utility model to the embodiments described. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that many variations and modifications are possible in light of the teachings of the utility model, which variations and modifications are within the scope of the utility model as claimed.

Claims (11)

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

the cooker comprises a cooker body, a cover and a cover, wherein the cooker body comprises a cooker body side wall extending along the circumferential direction and a water blocking part protruding outwards from the cooker body side wall, the cooker body side wall is provided with a side opening, the water blocking part is at least positioned at the top of the side opening, a water storage tank is formed between the water blocking part and the cooker body side wall in a surrounding mode, the water storage tank is provided with an upper opening, and the upper opening spans the whole width of the side opening from the upper side of the side opening; and

a socket provided at the side opening and located inside the side opening,

wherein the water blocking part comprises a bottom wall and two first side walls which extend outwards from the side wall of the pot body, the two first side walls are arranged on two sides of the bottom wall and are connected with the bottom wall, the upper surface of at least one first side wall is higher than the upper surface of the bottom wall, and

the reservoir also has a drain opening that is no higher than the upper opening.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the water reservoir is configured as a plane inclined with respect to a horizontal direction.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein an included angle a between a bottom surface of the water storage tank and a horizontal direction satisfies: a is more than or equal to 2 degrees and less than or equal to 4 degrees.

4. A cooking appliance according to any one of claim 1 to 3, wherein,

the water outlet is arranged at the bottom of the water storage tank and is configured as a through hole communicated with the water storage tank, and/or

The height dimension H of the water storage groove meets the following conditions: h is more than or equal to 10mm and less than or equal to 20mm, the length dimension L is more than or equal to 35mm and less than or equal to 50mm, and the width dimension W is more than or equal to 4mm and less than or equal to 8mm.

5. A cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the water blocking portion further comprises a second side wall extending upward from the bottom wall, the second side wall being disposed spaced apart from the pot side wall, the two first side walls being disposed on both sides of the second side wall, respectively, and the first side wall being connected between the second side wall and the pot side wall.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 5, wherein the two first side walls and the second side wall are each higher than the bottom wall, and the drain opening is provided in the bottom wall and is configured as a through hole communicating with the water reservoir.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 6, wherein the drain opening is provided at a lowest position of the bottom wall, and the number of drain openings is at least one.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 5, wherein the two first side walls are disposed on either side of the side opening, respectively, the water blocking portion further comprising a third side wall extending outwardly from the pot side wall, the third side wall configured to extend downwardly from the bottom wall beyond the side opening or flush with a bottom end of the side opening, the drain opening being disposed laterally between adjacent first and third side walls.

9. The cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein at least one of the two first side walls extends downwardly beyond or is flush with a bottom end of the side opening.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 5 wherein one of said first side wall and said second side wall is higher than said bottom wall, an upper surface of the other of said first side wall is flush with an upper surface of said bottom wall, and the other of said first side wall, said bottom wall and said pot side wall form said drain opening, said drain opening being disposed to a side of said reservoir.

11. The cooking appliance of claim 10, wherein the two first side walls are disposed on either side of the side opening, respectively, and wherein the two first side walls each extend downwardly beyond the side opening or are flush with a bottom end of the side opening.