JP5078162B2 - Electric kettle - Google Patents

Description

The present invention comprises a heating mechanism for heating the water in the main body, a start switch for starting the heating mechanism, a detection-side steam passage for guiding steam generated from boiling water generated by heating by the heating mechanism to the steam detection mechanism, With a stop mechanism that stops heating by the heating mechanism along with steam detection by the steam detection mechanism,
The present invention relates to an electric kettle that includes a main body having an opening on the upper side and a lid that closes the opening of the main body, and includes a spout and a steam port in the lid and a handle in the main body.

  This type of electric kettle is currently being sold under the catchphrase of “when you want, just as much as you want”, and it receives power from the power plate and the power plate to the kettle body. A heating mechanism is provided for heating the water that has been removed. Hot water obtained by heating can be taken out from the spout by lifting the kettle body from the power supply plate and tilting the kettle body.

  The detection of the completion of heating is configured such that the steam generated from the hot water is guided to the steam detection mechanism via the detection-side steam path, and the steam is detected by this steam detection mechanism, thereby detecting the completion of the heating and stopping the heating. Has been. Therefore, it is possible to accurately and surely detect the boiling state where steam is actually generated with a simple configuration, and supply hot water “as much as you want when you want”. Although this type of electric kettle is widely sold today, there are still few published examples of specific applications, and the prior art cannot be shown in the literature.

FIG. 14 is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional electric kettle according to the present applicant.
The electric kettle 100 includes a heating mechanism 101 that heats the water in the main body 103 and a start switch (heating operation switch 115) that starts the heating mechanism 101, and also detects heating completion and heats the heating mechanism 101. A stop mechanism 118 for stopping is provided. In this electric kettle, a steam detection mechanism 119 is provided below the main body body 103, and a detection-side steam path 140 that guides steam to the steam detection mechanism 119 is provided inside the heating operation switch 115. Further, the electric kettle 100 is configured to include a main body body 103 having an opening on the upper side, and a lid body 108 that closes the opening of the main body body 103, and a closing posture in which the lid body 108 closes the opening, The lid 108 is configured to be swingable around a swing shaft provided in the main body body 103 between the open posture and the open posture.
The lid body 108 is provided with a spout 109 and a steam port 112, and the main body body 103 is provided with a handle 110.
Further, conventionally, a hot water operation button 114 for opening and closing a valve body 113 provided in the vicinity of the spout 109 is provided in the upper center of the electric kettle 100, and a heating operation switch 115 is provided on the upper side of the handle 110. It was.
In this structure, the heating start operation can be performed with the handle 110 held, but the hot water operation button 114 cannot be operated with one hand while holding the handle 110 during hot water supply. Therefore, conventionally, the hot water supply operation button 114 is an open / close operation type that can be operated selectively in either the open / close state. After the hot water supply operation button 114 is opened, the kettle body is tilted or the kettle body is tilted. Therefore, it is necessary to open the hot water supply operation button 114 with the other hand, and there is room for improvement in operability.
Furthermore, in this type of electric kettle 100, the time required for boiling of water needs to be set to an appropriate time, but the relationship with the detection-side steam path 140 through which the steam reaching the steam detection mechanism 119 flows. Thus, no technology has been established for appropriately setting the boiling time.

  An object of the present invention is to obtain an electric kettle that can be easily operated with one hand during hot water supply in which the kettle body is tilted and poured, and the boiling time that is the time required for boiling of water is set appropriately. is there.

In order to achieve the above object, a heating mechanism for heating the water in the main body, a start switch for starting the heating mechanism, and detection-side steam for guiding steam generated from boiling water generated by heating by the heating mechanism to the steam detection mechanism Provided with a path, provided with a stop mechanism for stopping heating by the heating mechanism in accordance with the steam detection by the steam detection mechanism,
A main body having an opening on the upper side and a lid for closing the opening of the main body, the first of an electric kettle having a spout and a steam port in the lid and a handle in the body. The feature configuration is
A valve mechanism capable of preventing outflow from the main body of hot water through the spout is provided,
An opening / closing operation part of the valve mechanism is provided at a position on the opposite side of the spout with respect to the spout,
Providing a common steam chamber for receiving steam generated from the boiling water;
A detection-side steam path is provided from the common steam chamber toward the steam detection mechanism, and a discharge-side steam path that communicates the space outside the kettle and the common steam chamber via the steam port is provided.
A throttle part for limiting the amount of steam flowing into the space outside the kettle is provided at the entrance or inside of the discharge side steam path, and the throttle part determines the amount of steam flowing into the detection side steam path from the common steam chamber. It is in.

In this type of electric kettle, the steam port is generally provided in the upper part of the kettle body (specifically, the top surface of the lid). On the other hand, the handle used for hot water supply is located on the opposite side of the pouring spout from the pouring spout in a top view. Therefore, when the opening / closing operation portion of the valve mechanism is provided at a position on the opposite side of the steam port with respect to the spout, this opening / closing operation portion can be provided in the vicinity of the handle. In the embodiment described later, it is provided on the upper part of the handle.
As a result, hot water can be supplied with good operability by tilting the kettle body and opening / closing the valve mechanism via the opening / closing operation section.
Furthermore, when arranging the opening / closing operation portion of the spout, the steam port, and the valve mechanism side by side, a steam flow path from the inside of the kettle body to the steam port is provided in the lid. Therefore, in the electric kettle according to the present application, a common steam chamber that receives steam generated from boiling water is provided, and from this common steam chamber, the detection-side steam path is directed toward the steam detection mechanism side, and the discharge-side steam is directed toward the steam port. Establish a road.
Then, a constriction part that restricts the amount of steam flowing into the space outside the kettle is provided at the entrance or inside of the discharge-side steam passage, and this constriction part is the minimum cross-sectional area with respect to the cross-sectional area of the steam passage that flows out from the common steam chamber. Adopt a structure that is a part.
Accordingly, the ratio of the steam flowing from the common steam chamber to the detection side and discharge side steam passages is set by the throttle part, and the amount of steam flowing out from the common steam chamber can be set, resulting in the boiling time of water. Can be set appropriately.

Further, in the above configuration, a moving member that is movable in the front-rear direction of the body body according to the position of the opening / closing operation unit is provided between the valve mechanism and the opening / closing operation unit, and the opening / closing operation unit side of the moving member is provided. Provided with a bifurcated portion, and the bifurcated portion can be brought into contact with the opening / closing operation portion via a side portion of the common steam chamber.
A pair of clamping members that clamp the bifurcated portion from above and below are provided,
Preferably, the common steam chamber is formed in the pair of sandwiching members in an assembled state, the discharge steam path is provided in one sandwiching member, and a part of the detection steam path is provided in the other sandwiching member. . This configuration is the second characteristic configuration of the present application.

In this configuration, in the top view, the spout, the valve mechanism, the common steam chamber and the moving member, and the opening / closing operation unit are arranged in the order of description from the spout side. Here, the moving member transmits the operation amount of the opening / closing operation part to the valve mechanism side, but the common steam chamber is arranged on the center side in the lateral direction of the main body perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the main body, and on both sides thereof. By disposing the bifurcated portion of the moving member, in the electric kettle that distributes and supplies steam to the steam port and the steam detection mechanism via the common steam chamber, transmission of the operation state from the opening / closing operation unit to the valve mechanism is stabilized. it can.
Furthermore, a pair of clamping members that clamp the bifurcated portion from above and below are provided, a common steam chamber is formed in the pair of clamping members in the assembled state, and the discharge-side steam path is held in one clamping member, By providing a part of the detection-side steam path on the member, it is possible to realize steam distribution and boiling time adjustment / setting functions with a small number of parts such as a pair of clamping members.

Furthermore, it is also a preferable configuration that the fall stop water valves are arranged in a straight line between the spout and the opening / closing operation unit below the common steam chamber described above. This configuration is the third characteristic configuration of the present application.
As a function required for an electric kettle, when the kettle body falls down, there is a case of preventing water leakage in that posture. For this purpose, a tip-over prevention valve has been provided so far, but the tip-off water stop valve is provided below the common steam chamber between the spout and the opening / closing operation unit. Necessary functions can be arranged in a compact manner across the lid in the direction toward the opening / closing operation unit. In the case of adopting this configuration, when viewed from above, the tipping water stop valve can be provided in a straight line between the spout and the opening / closing operation section below the common steam chamber.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view of an electric kettle 1 according to the present application, FIG. 2 is a view showing a use state thereof, and FIGS. 3, 4, and 5 are views showing an internal structure thereof. Here, FIG. 3 shows a state where the hot water supply operation button 14 (an example of the opening / closing operation unit) is not pressed, and hot water supply operation button 14 is pressed even if the kettle body 3 is tilted, and FIG. It shows a state where hot water can be supplied. 6 to 11 are detailed views for explaining the characteristic configuration of the electric kettle 1 according to the present application.

The electric kettle 1 is composed of a power supply plate 2 and a kettle body 3.
The power supply plate 2 is configured as an outer circular plate, and includes a power feeding mechanism 4 on the center side of the upper surface thereof. The lower surface serves as a housing portion for the power cable 5. At the time of use, the power cable 5 is pulled out from the lower surface of the power plate 2 and connected to an outlet (not shown), so that power can be supplied to the kettle body 3 through the power supply mechanism 4.
The power supply mechanism 4 is formed at the center side position of the power supply plate 2 so as to protrude from the upper surface thereof, and the external appearance of the power supply mechanism 4 is substantially cylindrical. The power feeding mechanism 4 includes a center hole 4 a and an annular hole 4 b provided concentrically with the center hole 4 a, an electrode portion (for power feeding) provided in the holes 4 a and 4 b, and a cylindrical outer peripheral portion of the power feeding mechanism 4. And a detection electrode 4c provided in a part in the circumferential direction. The detection electrode 4c detects that the power supply plate 2 and the kettle body 3 are in the power feeding posture.
In a power supply state (power supply posture) in which the kettle main body 3 is placed on the power supply plate 2, the power supply mechanism 4 is fitted into the kettle main body 3 and power can be supplied via the power receiving mechanism 17 provided in the kettle main body 3. Become.

The kettle body 3 includes a main body 7 configured in a substantially container shape with an open top and a lid body 8 that covers the opening as main members. The lid body 8 is configured to be swingable around a swing shaft 8a provided at an upper portion of the kettle body 3 and at one end in the front-rear direction of the body. The lid body 8 is swung upward to open the lid. Water can be poured into the main body body 7 in the state (open posture). On the other hand, hot water can be heated with the lid 8 closing the opening of the main body 7 (closed posture).
In this example, as shown in FIG. 3, the main body 7 is provided with a separate stainless steel inner container 70 separate from the resin main body 7. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 7, the lid body 8 is configured in a substantially cylindrical shape, and has a very complicated configuration of the lid body 80, a lid cover 81 that covers the lid body 80 from above, and the lid body 80. The lower plate 83 includes a container packing 82 that is coupled to the lower side and seals the inner container 70 in a closed state. The lid cover 81 is provided with a steam port 12, and the lower plate 83 is provided with a hot water flow hole 83a and a steam flow hole 83b.
As will be described in detail later, in the electric kettle 1 of the present application, a movable member that is movable in the longitudinal direction of the main body according to the position of the hot water operation button 14 between the valve mechanism 20 for the spout 9 and the hot water operation button 14. 25 is provided. And the upper and lower clamping members 84a and 84b are provided by the structure which clamps the moving member 25 from the up-down direction. The steam port 12 is provided in the upper clamping member 84a.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the kettle body 3 is provided with a spout 9 on the upper side thereof and a handle 10 on the opposite side of the spout 9 in the front-rear direction of the kettle body. Further, a lid body opening / closing operation part 11 for opening and closing the lid body 8 is provided from the spout 9 side between the spout 9 located on the front side and the handle 10 located on the rear side, and the steam port 12 is provided. I have.

  A hot water control valve body 13 is provided on the inner side of the spout 9, and the valve body 13 is controlled to move in the vertical direction in accordance with the operation status of the hot water operation button 14, whereby the kettle body Even if 3 is tilted, hot water does not come out from the spout 9 as long as the hot water operation button 14 is not in the pushed-in position. In the protruding posture (standby position) of the hot water supply operation button 14 shown in FIG. 3, hot water does not come out. On the other hand, hot water can be supplied in the retracted posture (operating position) of the hot water operation button 14 shown in FIG.

A heating operation switch 15 (an example of a start switch) is provided at the bottom of the kettle body 3 and below the handle 10, and heating by the heating mechanism 16 is started by pressing the heating operation switch 15 downward. can do. As shown in FIG. 3, the heating operation switch 15 waits for the heating start operation in a standby posture in which the upper position is taken. On the other hand, the heating operation switch 15 continues the heating in the heating maintenance posture that takes the lower position.
The heating mechanism 16 is composed of an electric heater that receives supply of electricity from the power receiving mechanism 17, and the electric heater is arranged in a circular shape at the lower part of the kettle body 3.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the power receiving mechanism 17 is formed at the center side position of the kettle main body 3 by retreating from the bottom surface. The power receiving mechanism 17 also has an approximately cylindrical appearance. Yes. The power receiving mechanism 17 includes a center guide pin 17a, an inner diameter side annular electrode 17b provided concentrically with the center guide pin 17a, and an outer diameter side annular electrode 17c provided on the outer diameter side. These three electrodes 17a, 17b, and 17c are a pair of electrodes for power reception and an electrode for power reception posture detection.
As described above, in the power feeding state (power feeding posture) in which the kettle body 3 is placed on the power supply plate 2, the power feeding mechanism 4 is fitted into the kettle body 3 and the electrodes are electrically connected to each other. Power can be received.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the power receiving mechanism 17 and the heating operation switch 15 are connected by an interlocking unit 18 widely used in the electric kettle 1. The structure of the interlocking unit 18 will be described. The power receiving mechanism 17 is provided on the kettle main body 3 side, and the unit main body 18a including a fixed arm portion 18b extending integrally with the power receiving mechanism 17 in the outer peripheral direction, and the fixed arm portion 18b. And a swing arm portion 18c that is swingable in the vertical direction with respect to the unit main body 18a.

A steam detector 19 (specifically, a steam sensitive plate that deforms in response to steam) is provided at the outer peripheral side end of the fixed arm 18b. The above-described heating operation switch 15 is connected to the tip of the swing arm portion 18c.
The heating operation switch 15 is in a state in which the power receiving mechanism 17 provided in the kettle body 3 is supplied with electricity from the power feeding mechanism 4 provided in the power supply plate 2 and the steam detector 19 is not detecting steam. Is kept in its standby position shown by the solid line. When the heating operation switch 15 is pushed down, the swing arm portion 18c swings downward and is maintained in the heating maintenance posture, and supplies power to the heating mechanism 16. Therefore, heating of water is started.
When the water in the kettle body 3 boils by heating, the steam generated from the hot water reaches the steam detector 19 via the detection-side steam path 40 provided in the inner part of the kettle body, and the steam detection of the steam detector 19 Along with this, the posture holding of the swinging arm portion 18c held in the downward swinging posture is released, the swinging is returned upward, and the power supply to the heating mechanism 16 is stopped. At the same time, the heating operation switch 15 returns from the heating maintenance posture to the standby posture.

  Therefore, the interlocking unit 18 operates as a stop mechanism that detects steam generated from the generated hot water in conjunction with the power receiving mechanism 17 and stops heating by the heating mechanism 16.

Although the above is the structure of the electric kettle 1 which concerns on this application, below, the characteristic structure employ | adopted as this electric kettle 1 is demonstrated.
The electric kettle 1 according to the present application is provided with a valve mechanism 20 that can prevent outflow of the hot water from the main body body 7 through the spout 9, and a hot water supply operation button 14 that is an opening / closing operation part of the valve mechanism 20 is provided. It is provided at a position on the lower side in the vertical direction with respect to the steam port 12 and at a position on the opposite side of the steam port 12 with respect to the spout 9.

As shown in FIG. 5, the valve mechanism 20 is provided with a valve seat 22 provided in the lid main body 80, a valve body 13 that prevents outflow of hot water while being in contact with the valve seat 22, and the valve body 13. Is provided with a valve body urging mechanism 23 that urges the valve to the closed state side. The valve body urging mechanism 23 includes a spring 23 a and a support member 23 b that is positioned on the upper side of the lower plate 83 and connected to the lid body 80 as can be seen from the drawing.
The hot-water supply operation button 14 is movable between a standby position (position shown in FIG. 3) for maintaining the closed state of the valve mechanism 20 and an operation position (position shown in FIG. 5) where the valve mechanism is opened. And an opening / closing operation unit urging mechanism 24 that urges the hot water supply operation button 14 to the standby position. The opening / closing operation unit urging mechanism 24 includes a spring 24 a and a seat 24 b provided on the lid body 80 as can be seen from the drawing. Then, the valve mechanism 20 is opened in the operated state in which the hot water supply operation button 14 is operated to the operation position side shown in FIG. 5 against the urging force of the opening / closing operation unit urging mechanism 24.

The electric kettle 1 according to the present application employs a configuration in which the opening degree of the valve mechanism 20 changes according to the operation amount of the hot water supply operation button 14 from the standby position.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a moving member 25 is provided between the valve mechanism 20 and the hot water supply operation button 14 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction of the main body in accordance with the position of the hot water operation button 14. In addition, an operated portion 13a that is movable in the vertical direction is provided, and an operating portion 25a that can be operated to move the valve body 13 in the valve opening direction by contacting the operated portion 13a on the valve body side of the moving member 25 is provided. ing.
Then, as can be seen from FIGS. 3, 5, 6, and 7, the valve opening is maintained at a predetermined opening as the operation portion 25a in the contact state where the operated portion 13a is in contact with the operation portion 25a. And an opening degree changing unit 27 that increases or decreases the valve opening degree. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the opening degree maintaining unit 26 is configured as a horizontal abutting surface extending in a substantially horizontal direction with the lid body 8 being closed, and the opening degree changing unit 27 is: In accordance with the pushing operation of the hot water supply operation button 14, it is an inclined contact surface that works in a direction to push down the operated portion 13 a.

In the electric kettle 1 which concerns on this application, as FIG. 3, FIG. 6 shows. The overturn stop water valve 28 is provided between the spout 9 and the hot water supply operation button 14. This overturn stop water valve 28 is a valve that prevents hot water from leaking from the inside through the steam port 12 provided on the upper surface of the lid 8 from the inside when the kettle body 3 falls. It is provided in the body 8 and is provided in a steam flow path 29 connected to the steam port 12 from the inside of the kettle body 3 in which hot and cold water is stored.
The overturn stop water valve 28 includes a weight body 28a having a substantially triangular frustum shape and a weight housing space 28b provided in a lid body 80 for housing the weight body 28a. The pyramid storage space 28b is also configured in a generally triangular frustum shape, but the cone 28a is configured to be movable at least in the vertical direction in the space 28b, and in a normal state in which the cone 28a has not fallen down, the cone 28a. Is located in the lower part of the cone storage space 28b, so that steam is allowed to flow. In the overturned water-stopped state, the cone 28a is positioned above the cone housing space 28b, so that the steam channel 29 provided on the top surface 28c is blocked, thereby preventing leakage of hot water.

A common steam chamber 29a, a discharge-side steam passage 29b, and the detection-side steam passage 40 described above are provided in the steam passage 29 on the downstream side of the overturn stop valve 28. More specifically, a common steam chamber 29a is formed in the assembled state in the pair of sandwiching members 84a and 84b described above, and the discharge-side steam passage 29b connected to the steam port 12 is connected to one sandwiching member 84a. A configuration in which a part of the detection-side steam passage 40 is provided in the other sandwiching member 84b is employed.
The common steam chamber 29a is provided in a state where a part of the common steam chamber 29a overlaps with the overturn stop valve 28 in the vertical direction. In addition, a throttle portion 29c that restricts the amount of steam flowing in the space outside the kettle is provided inside the discharge-side steam passage 29b. The throttle portion 29c is the minimum cross-sectional area with respect to the cross-sectional area of the steam flow path that flows out from the common steam chamber 29a.

As shown in FIG. 5, in the electric kettle 1 according to the present application, as the overturn stop water valve 28, a pair of fall stop water valves 28 having different water stop speeds are linearly formed between the spout 9 and the hot water supply operation button 14. Are arranged side by side. Further, as can be seen from FIG. 6, a moving member 25 is provided between the valve mechanism 20 and the hot water supply operation button 14, which is movable in the longitudinal direction of the main body according to the position of the hot water operation button 14. A bifurcated portion 25b is provided on the hot water operation button 14 side of the moving member 25, and the bifurcated portion 25b can be brought into contact with the hot water supply operation button 14 through the side portions of the overturn stop water valve 28 and the common steam chamber 29a. .
The steam port 12 is provided between the overturn stop water valve 28 (cone housing space 28 b) and the hot water supply operation button 14.

  A configuration is adopted in which the bifurcated portion 25b is mainly sandwiched from above and below by the upper and lower clamping members 84a and 84b described above. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, rattling of the moving member 25 is avoided as much as possible by sandwiching the bifurcated portion 25b between the upper and lower clamping members 84a and 84b.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the lid body 80 is configured so as to surround the pair of fall-off water valves 28 (cone housing space 28 b) between the lid body 80 and the lower clamping member 84 b. An oblong auxiliary rib 85 is provided on the side, and a water stop valve packing 86 is provided on the outer periphery thereof. The water stop valve packing 86 is formed larger than the auxiliary rib 85, and the water stop valve packing 86 does not contact the auxiliary rib 85 and is not forcibly deformed.

  Now, as shown in FIG. 6, the hot water supply operation button 14 is configured to be bifurcated on the moving member 25 side. The bifurcated portion 14a enters a pair of intrusion holes 80a provided in the lid body 80. The intrusion hole 80a is configured as a long hole that is long in the vertical direction. The reason why the long hole is configured as described above is that, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the bifurcated portion 14a of the hot water supply operation button 14 is not limited to the opening / closing operation of the lid body 8 even when the lid 8 is fully pushed. This is to avoid interference with the lid body 80.

[Another embodiment]
(A) In the above embodiment, the constricted portion 29c is provided inside the discharge side steam passage, but may be provided at the inlet of the discharge side steam passage 29b.
(B) In the above embodiment, the constricted portion 29c is provided integrally with the clamping member 84a provided with the steam port 12. However, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, a separate member is used for adjusting and setting the boiling time. 29d and 29e may be provided.

  As described above, when supplying hot water by tilting the kettle body, it can be easily operated with one hand, and an electric kettle with a properly set boiling time, which is the time required for boiling water, can be obtained. it can.

Figure showing the appearance of an electric kettle Diagram showing electric kettle in use Vertical section of the electric kettle when the hot water operation button is not pressed Lower vertical section of electric kettle Upper vertical section of the electric kettle with the hot water operation button pressed Exploded perspective view showing main members of lid The figure which shows the relationship between the cover body in a closed state, and a hot-water supply operation button The figure which shows the relationship between the cover body and hot-water supply operation button in an open state Top view showing form and position of seal for water stop valve Main part longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the form and position of the seal for water stop valve Main part longitudinal cross-sectional view showing the rattling structure of the moving member The figure which shows another embodiment The figure which shows another embodiment Longitudinal sectional view of a conventional electric kettle

Explanation of symbols

1 Electric Kettle 7 Body Body 8 Lid 9 Spout 10 Handle 13 Valve 14 Hot Water Operation Button (Open / Close Operation Unit)
15 Heating operation switch (start switch)
16 Heating mechanism 19 Sensitive plate (steam detection mechanism)
20 valve mechanism 25 moving member 29 steam flow path 29a common steam chamber 29b discharge side steam path 29c throttle part 40 detection side steam path

Claims (3)

A heating mechanism for heating water in the body, a start switch for starting the heating mechanism, and a detection-side steam passage for guiding steam generated from boiling water generated by heating by the heating mechanism to the steam detection mechanism, the steam detection mechanism With a stop mechanism that stops heating by the heating mechanism along with steam detection by
An electric kettle comprising a main body having an opening on the upper side and a lid that closes the opening of the main body, the lid having a spout and a steam port, and the main body having a handle.
A valve mechanism capable of preventing outflow of hot water from the main body through the spout is provided,
An opening / closing operation part of the valve mechanism is provided at a position on the opposite side of the spout with respect to the spout,
Providing a common steam chamber for receiving steam generated from the boiling water;
Providing the detection-side steam path from the common steam chamber toward the steam detection mechanism, and providing a discharge-side steam path that communicates the space outside the kettle and the common steam chamber via the steam port;
There is a throttle part that restricts the amount of steam flowing into the space outside the kettle at the entrance or inside of the discharge side steam path, and the throttle part determines the amount of steam that flows from the common steam chamber into the detection side steam path. kettle. Between the valve mechanism and the opening / closing operation unit, a moving member that is movable in the front-rear direction of the body body according to the position of the opening / closing operation unit is provided, and a bifurcated portion is provided on the opening / closing operation unit side of the moving member, The bifurcated portion is configured to be able to contact the opening / closing operation portion via a side portion of the common steam chamber.
A pair of clamping members that clamp the bifurcated portion from above and below are provided,
The common steam chamber is formed in the pair of sandwiching members in an assembled state, the discharge steam path is provided in one sandwiching member, and a part of the detection steam path is provided in the other sandwiching member. The electric kettle according to 1.   The electric kettle according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a tip-over water stop valve is arranged in a straight line between the spout and the opening / closing operation section below the common steam chamber.

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