JP2020523166A - Cookware steam valve and cookware with cookware steam valve - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steam valve for a cookware capable of crushing steam bubbles and preventing the soup mixture from overflowing from the steam valve. Kind Code: A1 A cooking appliance steam valve (100) and a cooking appliance including a cooking appliance steam valve, wherein the cooking appliance steam valve (100) includes a valve seat (10), a valve lid (20), and A blocking portion (30) is provided, and a mounting cavity (a) is provided between the valve lid (20) and the valve seat (10), and the mounting cavity (a) is a steam inlet (11) and a steam outlet (11). 21), the steam inlet (11) is provided in the valve seat (10), and the steam outlet (21) is provided in at least one of the valve lid (20) and the valve seat (10), The blocking part (30) is connected to an inner peripheral wall of the mounting cavity (a), the blocking part (30) is close to the steam inlet (11), and at least a part of the steam blocks the blocking part (30). It escapes and flows out from the steam outlet (21). [Selection diagram] Figure 2

Description

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The present application is submitted by the Aesthetic Electric Heat and Electric Appliance Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in Shunde District, Foshan City on Sep. 21, 2017, entitled “Cooking Appliance Steam Valve and Cooking Equipment with Cooking Appliance Steam Valve”, and Chinese Patent Application No. Claim the priority right of "201721220573.0".

The present invention relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, and more particularly to a steam valve for a cooking appliance and a cooking appliance including a steam valve for a cooking appliance.

Cooking utensils such as electric rice cookers and electric pressure cookers that are often used in daily life have a steam valve for discharging steam in the cooking utensil during use of the cooking utensil. However, the related art steam valve not only causes the soup in the cooking utensil to overflow from the steam valve in the process of discharging the steam in the cooking utensil, thereby reducing the texture of the food, but also the soup mixture and the food residue. Adheres to cooking utensils and is difficult to clean.

The present invention seeks to solve, at least to some extent, one of the technical problems of the related art.

Therefore, one object of the present invention is to provide a steam valve for a cookware that can collapse steam bubbles and prevent the soup mixture from overflowing the steam valve.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cookware provided with the above steam valve.

A steam valve for cookware, comprising a valve seat, a valve lid and a blocking portion, having a mounting cavity between the valve lid and the valve seat, the mounting cavity having a steam inlet and a steam outlet, The steam inlet is provided in the valve seat, the steam outlet is provided in at least one of the valve lid and the valve seat, the blocking portion is connected to an inner peripheral wall of the mounting cavity, and the blocking portion is the steam inlet. , And at least part of the steam escapes the blocking portion and flows out of the steam outlet.

Accordingly, by installing the blocking portion in the mounting cavity defined between the valve seat and the valve lid, steam bubbles are crushed by the blocking portion, and in the process of discharging steam from the steam valve, the soup mixture is Does not overflow from the steam valve. This makes the surface of the cookware more clean after use, provided that the cookware has a good cooking effect.

In some embodiments according to the invention, the free end of the blocking portion has at least one notch.

In some embodiments, the vapor outlet is located on one side of the block.

In some embodiments according to the invention, the block is annular and the steam outlet is located in the inner ring of the block.

In one specific embodiment, the blocking portion and the valve lid are integrally molded members.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the steam valve further comprises a partition plate, the partition plate is located in the mounting cavity, and the mounting cavity is partitioned into a first cavity and a second cavity, and A vapor inlet is located in the first cavity, the vapor outlet and the blocking portion are located in the second cavity, and the partition plate is provided with a plurality of communicating the first cavity and the second cavity. The through holes are provided separately.

Preferably, a support portion is provided on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity, the support portion is located on one side of the partition plate to support the partition plate, and the blocking portion is located on the other side of the partition plate. In addition, the free end of the blocking portion is in contact with the partition plate.

Preferably, the support part is a boss formed on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity.

Further, there are a plurality of bosses, and the plurality of bosses are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the partition plate.

Preferably, the support portion is a step formed on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity, and the step extends in the circumferential direction of the partition plate.

Further, the partition plate is engaged with the valve seat.

A cookware comprising the steam valve of the cookware described in the above embodiment.

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

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a steam valve according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a steam valve according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a blocking portion and a valve lid of a steam valve according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, examples of the present invention will be described in detail. Examples of the above-described embodiments are shown in the drawings, and the same or similar reference numerals always denote the same or similar parts or parts having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary, and are intended to be construed as limiting the invention and should not be understood as limiting the invention.

Hereinafter, a steam valve 100 of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The steam valve 100 of the cooking appliance according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a valve seat 10, a valve lid 20, and a blocking portion 30, and has a mounting cavity a between the valve lid 20 and the valve seat 10, The cavity a has a steam inlet 11 and a steam outlet 21, and the steam inlet 11 is provided in the valve seat 10. The steam outlet 21 is provided in at least one of the valve lid 20 and the valve seat 10, that is, the steam outlet 21 may be located in the valve lid 20 and the steam outlet 21 may be located in the valve seat 10. The blocking portion 30 is connected to the inner peripheral wall of the mounting cavity a, the blocking portion 30 is close to the steam inlet 11, and at least a part of the steam avoids the blocking portion 30 and flows out from the steam outlet 21.

In the steam valve 100 of the cooking appliance according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the mounting cavity a is defined between the valve seat 10 and the valve lid 20, and the blocking portion 30 is installed in the mounting cavity a. In the process in which steam flows from the steam inlet 11 into the steam valve 100 and flows out of the steam valve 100 through the steam outlet 21, the steam bubbles can be crushed by the blocking unit 30, and the steam is further discharged from the steam valve 100. The likelihood that the soup mixture will overflow the steam valve 100 can be reduced. Thereby, the surface of the cookware after use is cleaner, provided that the cookware has a good cooking effect.

In some embodiments according to the present invention, the free end of the blocking portion 30 has at least one notch 31 as shown in FIGS.

Specifically, the blocking unit 30 is installed below the steam outlet 21 to prevent steam bubbles from being directly discharged from the steam valve 100, and one end of the blocking unit 30 is fixed to the valve lid 20. Connected, the other end is formed as a free end, the free end having at least one notch 31. Thereby, by providing at least one notch 31, not only the blocking portion 30 can easily collapse the steam bubbles, but also the steam can be discharged to one side of the steam outlet 21 through the notch 31.

Obviously, the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. 2, there may be a plurality of notches 31. Thereby, by installing the plurality of notches 31, the steam on one side of the steam outlet 21 is more evenly distributed, the steam can be smoothly discharged from the steam valve 100, and the steam discharge of the steam valve 100 is high. Have an effect.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the steam outlet 21 is located on one side of the blocking portion 30, as shown in FIG. It is necessary that the strip-shaped blocking portion 30 is located in the mounting cavity a, separates the steam outlet 21 from at least a part of the mounting cavity a, and steam further flows through the blocking portion 30 to reach the steam outlet 21. As a result, the blocking unit 30 can effectively collapse the vapor bubbles, thereby achieving the purpose of improving the vapor discharge effect.

Also, as can be appreciated, in some specific embodiments, the steam inlet 11 may be located below the steam valve 100 and the steam outlet 21 may be located above the steam valve 100. Often (eg, as shown in FIG. 2), in some other embodiments, the steam inlet 11 is located below and behind the steam valve 100, and the steam outlet 21 is located above and above the steam valve 100. That is, the steam inlet 11 and the steam outlet 21 are installed on the two opposing side walls of the steam valve 100, and are separated in the front-rear, left-right, or up-down directions, so that the steam valve 100 sufficiently crushes the steam bubbles.

In some embodiments of the invention, the block 30 is annular and the steam outlet 21 is located within the inner ring of the block 30.

Specifically, a notch 31 is formed on one side of the annular blocking portion 30 adjacent to the steam inlet 11 in the front-rear direction, and the annular region of the annular blocking portion 30 communicates with the steam outlet 21. By separating the mounting cavity a and the steam outlet 21 from each other, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment is realized, and the description thereof is omitted here.

Obviously, the arrangement of the notches 31 is not limited to this, and for example, in some examples of the present invention, the notches 31 are plural, and the plural notches 31 are annular in the circumferential direction of the steam outlet 21. The air bubbles in the steam flowing to the steam outlet 21 can be crushed by being distributed on the outer periphery of the blocking portion 30 of, so that food and foreign matter can be prevented from flowing out from the steam outlet 21, and food and foreign matter can be prevented. The probability of clogging the steam outlet 21 is reduced.

In the specific embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the blocking portion 30 and the valve lid 20 are integrally formed. Thereby, the process of the steam valve 100 can be simplified. Specifically, the blocking portion 30 can be formed in the valve lid 20, and a part of the peripheral wall of the valve lid 20 located in front of the steam outlet 21 (in front of FIG. 2) goes into the mounting cavity a. The blocking portion 30 is formed by projecting. In this way, the processing of the blocking unit 30 is simplified and the production cost of the steam valve 100 is reduced.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the steam valve 100 further includes a partition plate 40, which is located in the mounting cavity a and partitions the mounting cavity a into a first cavity a1 and a second cavity a2. , The steam inlet 11 is located in the first cavity a1, the steam outlet 21 and the blocking unit 30 are located in the second cavity a2, and the partition plate 40 is provided with a plurality of communicating spaces for the first cavity a1 and the second cavity a2. The through holes 41 are provided separately.

The partition plate 40 is attached to the valve seat 10 to partition the mounting cavity a into the first cavity a1 and the second cavity a2, and to connect the first cavity a1 and the second cavity a2 to the partition plate 40. A plurality of through holes 41 that are spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction and are evenly distributed are provided. Thereby, by disposing the partition plate 40 and the through holes 41 in the partition plate 40, the through holes 41 in the partition plate 40 crush some vapor bubbles in the process in which steam flows from the first cavity a1 to the second cavity a2. In addition, the steam valve 100 has a high bubble crushing effect, and on the other hand, the steam is more evenly distributed in the mounting cavity a, so that the steam valve 100 has high operation stability and the steam valve 100 operates. The noise inside can be reduced.

In some embodiments, the support portion 12 is provided on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity a1 (see FIG. 1), and the support portion 12 is positioned on one side of the partition plate 40 to support the partition plate 40, The blocking portion 30 is located on the other side of the partition plate 40, and the free end of the blocking portion 30 is in contact with the partition plate 40 (see FIG. 2 ).

Specifically, the support portion 12 in the first cavity a1 supports the partition plate 40 below the partition plate 40, and the blocking portion 30 is in contact with the partition plate 40 above the partition plate 40. In this way, since the support portion 12 supports the partition plate 40 at the lower side, a predetermined space that defines the first cavity a1 is provided between the partition plate 40 and the bottom wall of the valve seat 10, and the support portion 12 is also supported. By installing the portion 12, the partition plate 40 and the valve seat 10 are tightly connected.

Further, the free end of the blocking portion 30 limits the partition plate 40 and is in contact with the upper surface of the partition plate 40. Thereby, by limiting the partition plate 40, the partition plate 40 cannot move upward with respect to the support portion 12, thereby giving the steam valve 100 a high operational stability, and on the other hand, installing it above the partition plate 40. The blocking unit 30 can crush the steam bubbles again, further improving the bubble crushing effect of the steam valve 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the support portion 12 is a boss formed on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity a1, and there are a plurality of bosses, and the plurality of bosses are separated in the circumferential direction of the partition plate 40. As described above, by installing the plurality of bosses, not only the structural strength and the structural rigidity of the valve seat 10 are increased, but also the receiving force of the plurality of support portions 12 is made uniform, and the connection between the support portions 12 and the partition plate 40 is strong. , And become trustworthy.

Obviously, the present invention is not limited to this, and the support portion 12 may be a step formed on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity a1 and extending in the circumferential direction of the partition plate 40. The obtained effect is the same as that of the above-mentioned embodiment, and the explanation is omitted here.

Further, the partition plate 40 is engaged with the valve seat 10. Accordingly, when the partition plate 40 is attached to the valve seat 10, the fitting between the partition plate 40 and the valve seat 10 becomes stronger, the partition plate 40 is easily attached to and detached from the steam valve 100, and the partition plate 40 is replaced. In addition, the steam valve 100 can be easily cleaned and the practicality of the steam valve 100 is improved.

Obviously, the present invention is not limited to this, and the partition plate 40 and the valve seat 10 may be a screw connection, or the partition plate 40 and the valve seat 10 may be a plug connection. That is, all connection methods that can realize the connection between the partition plate 40 and the valve seat 10 and allow easy attachment/detachment of the partition plate 40 in the valve seat 10 are suitable for connection between the partition plate 40 and the valve seat 10 according to the present invention. It is a form.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the steam valve 100 further includes a reflux valve 50 that is mounted below the valve seat 10 and closes an outlet below the valve seat 10. The condensed water can be returned to the cooking utensil so that the cooking utensil cooks the food sufficiently and further improves the cooking effect of the cooking utensil.

As shown in FIG. 1, the steam valve 100 further includes a seal ring 60, and the seal ring 60 is attached between the valve seat 10 and the valve lid 20 to tightly connect the valve seat 10 and the valve lid 20. Therefore, the airtightness of the connection between the valve seat 10 and the valve lid 20 is increased, and the operational stability of the steam valve 100 is improved.

The cookware according to the second embodiment of the present invention includes a steam valve 100, and the steam valve 100 is the steam valve 100 of the cookware according to the above-described embodiment.

Specifically, the steam valve 100 can be applied to a cooking appliance, and is attached to the cooking appliance to discharge steam in the cooking appliance, maintain a stable pressure inside the cooking appliance, and operate the cooking appliance. Improves stability.

Further, the steam valve 100, on the premise that the internal pressure of the cookware is maintained stable, does not overflow the steam bubbles outside the cookware but condenses into water and then flows back into the cookware for further cooking. Not only can the vessel have a good cooking effect, the texture of the food will be good, but the surface of the cookware will be clean even after it is used, making it easy to wash the cookware.

In the description of the present invention, “center”, “vertical direction”, “horizontal direction”, “length”, “width”, “thickness”, “top”, “bottom”, “front”, “rear”. , "Left", "Right", "Vertical", "Horizontal", "Top", "Bottom", "Inside", "Outside", "Clockwise", "Counterclockwise", "Axial", " The azimuth or positional relationship indicated by the terms "radial direction", "circumferential direction", etc. is for the purpose of conveniently or simply explaining the present invention based on the azimuth or positional relationship shown in the drawings. It should not be understood as a limitation of the present invention as the parts are in a particular orientation and are not intended to imply or imply that they are constructed and operated in a particular orientation.

It should be noted that the terms "first" and "second" are merely for explaining the purpose and indicate or imply relative importance or implicitly indicate the number of technical features shown. Then don't understand. Thus, a "first" or "second" limited feature is an explicit or implied statement of including one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, “plurality” means two or more, unless expressly specified otherwise.

In the present invention, unless clearly defined and limited, the meanings of terms such as “attach”, “connect to each other”, “connect”, “fix”, etc. should be understood in a broad sense. For example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integrated connection is possible. Mechanical and electrical connections are also possible. It is possible to make a direct connection, an indirect connection via a medium between them, a communication between the two components, or an interaction between the two components. is there. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention depending on the specific case.

In the present invention, the first feature being “above” or “below” the second feature includes direct contact between the first feature and the second feature, unless otherwise specified and limited. Alternatively, the first feature and the second feature may include indirect contact therebetween via the medium. The fact that the first feature is “above”, “above”, or “above” the second feature includes that the first feature is directly above or diagonally above the second feature, or is simply the first feature. Only the horizontal height of one feature is higher than the second feature. The fact that the first feature is “below”, “below” or “below” the second feature includes that the first feature is directly below or diagonally below the second feature, or simply that of the first feature. It only represents that the horizontal height is lower than the second feature.

In the description of the present specification, the description with reference to terms such as "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "examples", "specific examples" or "some examples" means the implementation. It is meant that the specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics described in connection with the examples or examples are included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the exemplary description of the above terms does not necessarily indicate the same embodiment or example. Also, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. It should be noted that, if they do not contradict each other, those skilled in the art can combine or combine different embodiments or examples in the present specification and features in the different embodiments or examples.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it should be understood that the above embodiments are illustrative and should not be understood as limiting the present invention. Those skilled in the art can make changes, modifications, replacements and variations to the above-described embodiments within the scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

Equipped with a valve seat, a valve lid and a blocking part,
There is a mounting cavity between the valve lid and the valve seat, the mounting cavity has a steam inlet and a steam outlet, the steam inlet is provided in the valve seat, the steam outlet is the valve lid and the Provided on at least one of the valve seats,
The blocking portion is connected to an inner peripheral wall of the mounting cavity, the blocking portion is close to the steam inlet, and at least a part of the steam escapes from the blocking portion and flows out from the steam outlet.
A steam valve for cookware, which is characterized in that The free end of the blocking portion has at least one notch,
The steam valve according to claim 1, wherein the steam valve is a cookware. The blocking portion is located between the steam inlet and the steam outlet,
The steam valve of the cooking appliance according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that. The blocking portion is annular, the steam outlet is located in the inner ring of the blocking portion,
The steam valve for a cookware according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the steam valve is a cookware. The blocking portion and the valve lid are integrally formed members,
The steam valve of the cookware according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that Further equipped with a partition board,
The partition plate is located in the mounting cavity, partitions the mounting cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, the steam inlet is located in the first cavity, and the steam outlet and the blocking unit are A plurality of through holes that are located in the second cavity and that communicate with the first cavity and the second cavity are provided in the partition plate at a distance from each other.
The steam valve of the cooking utensil according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that. A support portion is provided on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity, the support portion is located on one side of the partition plate to support the partition plate, and the blocking portion is located on the other side of the partition plate, and The free end of the blocking portion is in contact with the partition plate,
The steam valve of the cooking appliance according to claim 6, wherein. The support portion is a boss formed on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity,
The steam valve of the cooking utensil according to claim 7, characterized in that. The boss is a plurality, the plurality of bosses are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the partition plate,
The steam valve of the cooking appliance according to claim 8, wherein The support portion is a step formed on the inner peripheral wall of the first cavity, and the step extends in the circumferential direction of the partition plate.
The steam valve of the cooking appliance according to claim 8, wherein The partition plate is engaged with the valve seat,
The steam valve of the cookware according to any one of claims 6 to 10, wherein the steam valve is a cookware. Cookware,
A steam valve of the cooking utensil according to claim 1.
Cooking equipment characterized by the above.

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