KR101462838B1 - A cooker lid having the vacuum function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooking utensil lid wherein the lid of the cooking utensil is installed in the upper part of the body of the cooking utensil and blocks the inflow of external air after cooking making the inside of the body a vacuum. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cooking utensil lid to make a vacuum state whereby a new structure is allowed to prevent the exposure of a vacuum releasing checking valve, blocking the inflow of foreign materials, and an operation to release the vacuum state conveniently and safely, and improve a user′s convenience. According to the present invention, the new structure prevents the vacuum releasing checking valve from being exposed by having a rotatable cover and accordingly blocks the inflow of foreign materials, and the rotation operating of the cover lifts the vacuum releasing checking valve, releasing the vacuum state. Therefore, the operation to release the vacuum state is convenient and safe, improving a user′s convenience.

Description

[0001] DESCRIPTION [0002] A cooker lid having the vacuum function,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a vacuum-capable cooking container lid which is placed on an upper surface of a container body of a cooking container, To a vacuum-ready cooking vessel lid capable of preventing foreign matter from entering due to a new structure of the vacuum vessel,

Generally, the vacuum-ready cooking container comprises a container body and a lid for sealing the upper surface of the container body. When the container body is heated, air is discharged through a check valve provided in the lid. Is used. However, after the boil-off is completed, the inside of the cooking chamber of the container body is contracted while pulling the check valve to block the inflow of outside air, and the cooking chamber is brought into close contact with the container body to evacuate the cooking chamber.

Such vacuum cooking vessels are disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-open Publication No. 10-2013-0113140 and Patent Registration No. 10-1117219, as well as a number of patent applications.

The lid of the vacuum-enabled cooking container is attached to the lid to discharge the inside air to the outside during cooking, to block the inflow of outside air after cooking, And the latter is characterized in that the handle and the check valve are separated from each other, and the packing structure provided at the edge of the lid is mainly characterized by In order to release the vacuum, it is necessary to grasp the handle and lift the check valve located close to the upper side. In this process, since the handle and the check valve are separated, the vacuum release operation is inconvenient.

In addition, in the case of the former patent, the check valve is integrally provided in the handle, which can overcome the above disadvantage. However, since the handle body is opened upward to operate the check valve, And there was also a risk of burns in the process of lifting the check valve to release the vacuum.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been conceived to solve the problems described above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a vacuum clean-up check valve which can prevent foreign substances from entering due to a new structure for preventing external exposure of the vacuum release check valve, To provide an improved vacuumable cooking vessel lid.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lid comprising: a lid body having a mounting hole formed at a center thereof and sealing an upper surface of the container body; A packing provided at an edge portion of the lid body and closely contacting the container body to block external air inflow; A coupling part provided on a bottom surface of the mounting hole of the lid body, the coupling part having a through hole; A body provided on an upper surface of the mounting hole of the lid body and coupled to the coupling and the fixing bolt through a hollow portion penetrating the upper and lower portions and having an exhaust hole communicating with the hollow portion on the upper side to discharge pressure, A handle including a grip portion protruding from one side in the direction of an edge of the lid body; A cover coupled to the handle so as to be rotatable up and down about an axis of the hinge to seal the upper surface of the hollow portion of the body; And a check valve coupled to a lower surface of the lid within the hollow portion of the body, wherein when the lid is rotated to pull up the check valve, the vacuum state of the container body is released.

Preferably, the inner wall of the hollow portion formed in the body of the handle is formed with an inward protruding protruding portion so that the check valve is closely contacted.

Preferably, an operation lever is provided on one side of the upper surface of the lid so that the rotation operation can be smoothly performed.

Preferably, the cover is provided with a coupling portion for coupling the check valve. The coupling portion is coupled with the check valve movably in the up-and-down direction so that the check valve alone can ascend and descend in the hollow portion without opening the lid. And the like.

According to the present invention, foreign material can be prevented from flowing due to a new structure for preventing external exposure of the vacuum release check valve by providing a cover to be rotated, and the vacuum is released by raising the check valve due to the rotation operation of the cover The vacuum releasing operation is convenient and safe, and the convenience of use is greatly improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vacuumable cooking vessel lid according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged exploded perspective view showing a vacuumable cooking lid according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; FIG.
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of Fig. 2 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view showing a coupling relation of a vacuumable cooking lid according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
5 is a schematic side cross-sectional view showing the state of use of the cooking container lid according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
6A and 6B are enlarged cross-sectional views of a handle portion showing an operating relationship in which a pressure inside the container body is discharged to the outside according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a handle portion showing a vacuum state and a vacuum release state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the vacuumable cooking lid of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Prior to this, terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms, and the inventor should appropriately interpret the concepts of terms in order to describe their invention in the best way. It should be interpreted in accordance with the meaning and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention based on the principle that it can be defined.

Therefore, the embodiments described in this specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are described. Therefore, It should be understood that various equivalents and modifications may be present.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a vacuumable cooking vessel lid according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged and separated perspective view showing a vacuumable cooking vessel lid according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view showing a coupling relation of a vacuumable cooking lid according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

The vacuumable cooking lid 100 of the present invention includes a lid body 110, a packing 120, a coupling 130, a handle 140, a lid 150, And a valve (160).

1 and 2, the lid body 110 has a disk shape as a whole, and a mounting hole 112 is formed at the center thereof. Of course, it is obvious that the shape of the lid body 110 is not limited to the disc, and that the position of the mounting hole 112 may also deviate to one side in the center.

1, the packing 120 is attached along the shape of the edge of the lid body 110 to closely adhere to a container body (not shown) to block the inflow of external air. The packing 120 may have various shapes and is described in the related art, so that another detailed description will be omitted.

2 and 3, the coupling member 130 is provided below the mounting hole 112 of the lid body 110, has a through hole 132 formed along the edge thereof, A fastening hole 134 is formed.

2 and 3, the handle 140 is provided on the mounting hole 112 of the lid body 110, and a hollow portion 143 is formed through the inside of the lid body 110, A body 142 having an exhaust hole 144 for communicating with the inner hollow portion 143 and discharging a pressure or allowing external air to flow in the upper portion of the lid body 110; And a grip portion 148 protruding in the edge direction.

At this time, a hollow portion 143 penetrating up and down is formed in the body 142, but a coupling hole 145 formed on the same vertical line as the coupling hole 134 of the coupling hole 130 is formed As shown in FIG. 4, is coupled to the upper part of the lid body 110 through a fitting hole 130 located below the lid body 110 and a fixing bolt B, as shown in FIG.

The bottom surface of the body 142 is closely attached to the upper surface of the lid body 110 along the shape of the bottom surface of the body 142 to provide a hermetic packing (Not shown). An inner protrusion 146 protruding inward is formed on the inner wall of the hollow portion 143 of the body 142. Here, it is understood that the discharge hole 144 formed in the body 142 is formed on the upper side of the positioning jaw 146.

2 and 3, the lid 150 is provided to close the hollow portion 143 on the upper side of the handle body 142, and as shown in FIG. 4, The hinge P is engaged in the receiving groove 149 formed at the distal end of the grip portion 148 so that the hollow portion 143 of the body 142 is closed or opened while being rotated up and down do. At this time, it is preferable that a lever 154 is provided on one side of the cover 150 so that the user can conveniently rotate the lever. A coupling portion 152 is provided on a lower surface of the lid 150 so that a check valve 160 to be described later is mounted.

Since the cover 150 hermetically seals the hollow portion 143 opened on the upper surface of the body 142, the foreign matter can be prevented from flowing into the hollow portion 143, So that a cleaner appearance can be provided. However, it is also possible to make the body 142 and the cover 150 based on a transparent material so that the hollow portion 143 can be seen through.

2 and 3, the check valve 160 is coupled to the lower surface of the cover 150, and is coupled to the coupling portion 152 of the cover 150 on the upper side, A protrusion rod 162 having a flange 164 is formed to prevent separation. It is preferable that the check valve 160 is formed of a silicone material which is elastic and harmless to the human body and is inserted by inserting the protrusion rod 162 into the engaging portion 152 by using the elastic force.

4, the check valve 160 is coupled to the engaging portion 152 formed on the lower surface of the cover 150 via the protrusion rod 162, and the flange 162 formed on the protrusion rod 162 It is not separated by unauthorized means via the air blower 164. The check valve 160 coupled to the check valve 160 is positioned in the hollow portion 143 formed in the body 142 of the handle 140 so as to be brought into close contact with the holding jaw 146 formed on the inner wall of the hollow portion 143, The hollow portion 143 is partitioned and sealed through the discharge hole 144 formed in the body 142 so as not to communicate with the outside.

At this time, the coupling part 152 of the lid 150 forms a clearance space on the upper side, and the check valve 160 coupled to the lid 150 through the protruding rod 162 can be moved up and down by a certain distance desirable.

The vacuumable cooking lid 100 of the present invention constructed as described above is used and operated as follows.

FIG. 5 is a schematic side cross-sectional view showing the state of use of the cooking container lid according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, wherein "a" and "b" in FIG. 6 are the pressures in the container body according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a grip portion showing a vacuum state and a vacuum release state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5, the cooking lid 100 of the present invention is used to seal the inner cooking chamber by being placed on the upper surface of the container body 200. The packing lid 100 provided at the edge of the lid body 110 120 are tightly adhered to the upper surface of the container body 200, the inflow of external air is reliably blocked to improve the airtightness.

At this time, when the food is put into the cooking chamber of the container body 200 and heated, the internal pressure expands and the inside of the hollow body 142 of the handle body 142, which is attached to the lid body 110, And is discharged to the outside through the discharge hole 144 while raising the check valve 160 provided in the discharge pipe 143. At this time, since the check valve 160 is coupled to the lid 150 so as to be movable up and down within a predetermined distance, only the check valve 160 may be raised by pressure, The check valve 160 may lift the lid 150 to release the pressure.

When the cooking is completed and the container body 200 is no longer heated, the pressure inside the container body 200 shrinks and the lid body 110 and the check valve (not shown) The lid body 110 is brought into close contact with the upper surface of the container body 200 and the check valve 160 is brought into close contact with the protrusion 146 formed on the hollow portion 143, So that the cooking chamber of the container body 200 is formed in a vacuum state. Such operation relationship is fully described in the prior art, and therefore, a detailed description thereof will be omitted in the present invention.

7, the user grasps the grip portion 148 of the handle 140 and releases the lever 154 of the lid 150, as shown in Fig. 7B, to release the vacuum state of the container body 200. [ The lid 150 is rotated and lifted. Then, the check valve 160 coupled to the lid 150 is also raised, and immediately outside air is introduced into the lid body 110 through the discharge hole 144, ).

As a result, since the lid 150 provided on the upper side of the handle 140 covers the hollow portion 143, foreign substances can be prevented from flowing into the hollow portion 143, leading to a more hygienic and clean kitchen culture In particular, since the check valve 160 coupled to the cap 150 is rotated due to the rotation operation of the cap 150 during the vacuum release, it is safe and easy to use, . Also, the lid 150 can be easily separated from the handle 140 and the check valve 160 can be easily separated from the lid 150. Therefore, the lid 150 is easy to clean and is advantageous in maintenance.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the claims of the invention to be described below may be better understood. Additional features and advantages that constitute the claims of the present invention will be described in detail below. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the disclosed concepts and specific embodiments of the invention can be used immediately as a basis for designing or modifying other structures to accomplish the invention and similar purposes.

It is also to be understood that such modified or altered equivalent structures by those skilled in the art as a basis for modifying or designing the invention to the other structures for carrying out the same purpose of the invention disclosed in the present invention, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

100: Cooking vessel lid 110: Lid body
112: mounting ball 120: packing
130: Coupling port 132: Through hole
134: fastening hole 140: handle
142: body 143: hollow
144: Exhaust hole 145: Coupling hole
146: Anchovy chin 147: Confidential packing
148: grip part 149: receiving groove
150: cover 152:
154: lever 160: check valve
162: projecting rod 164: flange
P: Hinge B: Fixing bolt
200: container body

Claims (4)

A lid main body having a mounting hole formed at its center and sealing the upper surface of the container main body;
A packing provided at an edge portion of the lid body and closely contacting the container body to block external air inflow;
A coupling part provided on a bottom surface of the mounting hole of the lid body, the coupling part having a through hole;
A body provided on an upper surface of the mounting hole of the lid body and coupled to the coupling and the fixing bolt through a hollow portion penetrating the upper and lower portions and having an exhaust hole communicating with the hollow portion on the upper side to discharge pressure, A handle including a grip portion protruding from one side in the direction of an edge of the lid body;
A cover coupled to the handle so as to be rotatable up and down about an axis of the hinge to seal the upper surface of the hollow portion of the body; And
A check valve coupled to a lower surface of the lid within a hollow portion of the body,
Wherein the vacuum state of the container body is released when the cover is rotated to pull up the check valve. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the inner wall of the hollow part formed in the body of the handle is formed with an inward protruding protrusion so that the check valve is closely contacted. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein an operation lever is provided on one side of the upper surface of the lid so that the rotary operation can be smoothly performed. The method according to claim 1,
A coupling portion for coupling the check valve is formed on a lower surface of the cover,
Wherein the coupling part is configured such that the check valve can be moved up and down in the hollow part independently of the check valve even if the check valve is vertically movable so that the lid is not opened.

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