WO2019056972A1

WO2019056972A1 - Steam valve of cooking appliance and cooking appliance having same

Info

Publication number: WO2019056972A1
Application number: PCT/CN2018/105179
Authority: WO
Inventors: 王小鹰; 李勇; 郭雄伟; 王力; 瞿月红
Original assignee: 佛山市顺德区美的电热电器制造有限公司
Priority date: 2017-09-21
Filing date: 2018-09-12
Publication date: 2019-03-28
Also published as: CN208573485U; JP6890690B2; JP2020523166A

Abstract

A steam valve (100) of a cooking appliance and a cooking appliance having the same, the steam valve (100) of the cooking appliance comprising: a valve seat (10), a valve cover (20) and a blocking portion (30); a mounting cavity (a) is provided between the valve cover (20) and the valve seat (10), and the mounting cavity (a) is provided with a steam inlet (11) and a steam outlet (21); the steam inlet (11) is disposed at the valve seat (10), and the steam outlet (21) is disposed on at least one from among the valve cover (20) and the valve seat (10); the blocking portion (30) is connected to an inner peripheral wall of the mounting cavity (a), and the blocking portion (30) is close to the steam outlet (21), at least part of the steam bypassing the blocking portion (30) and then flowing out from the steam outlet (21).

Description

Steam valve for cooking appliance and cooking appliance having the same

Cross-reference to related applications

This application claims that the Chinese patent application number “201721220573.0”, which was submitted on September 21, 2017, and was named “Steam Valve for Cooking Appliances and Cooking Appliances with It”, submitted by Shunde District, Foshan City, is the priority of the Chinese patent application number “201721220573.0”. right.

Technical field

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

Background technique

Steam cookers, such as rice cookers and electric pressure cookers, which are often used in daily life, have steam valves for discharging steam in the cooking utensils during use of the cooking utensils. However, in the steam valve of the related art, in the process of discharging the steam in the cooking appliance, the soup water in the cooking appliance overflows from the steam valve, which not only causes the taste of the food to drop, but also the soup mixture and the food residue adhere to it. Cleaning is very inconvenient on cooking utensils.

Summary of the invention

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

To this end, it is an object of the present invention to provide a steam valve for a cooking appliance that can vaporize a vapor bubble and prevent the soup water mixture from overflowing the steam valve.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cooking appliance having the above steam valve.

A steam valve of a cooking appliance includes: a valve seat, a valve cover, a blocking portion, and a mounting cavity between the valve cover and the valve seat, the mounting cavity has a steam inlet and a steam outlet, and the steam inlet is disposed at The valve seat, the steam outlet is disposed on at least one of the valve cover and the valve seat, the blocking portion is connected to an inner peripheral wall of the mounting cavity, and the blocking portion is adjacent to the steam inlet, at least A portion of the steam exits the steam outlet after bypassing the barrier.

Thereby, by providing a blocking portion in the mounting cavity defined between the valve seat and the valve cover, the steam bubbles are crushed by the blocking portion, and the soup mixture does not overflow the steam valve during the steam exhausting of the steam valve. Thereby, the surface of the cooking appliance after use is more clean on the premise that the cooking appliance has a better cooking effect.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the free end of the barrier has at least one notch.

In some embodiments, the steam outlet is located on one side of the barrier.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the barrier is annular and the vapor outlet is located within the inner ring of the barrier.

In a specific embodiment, the barrier is integrally formed with the valve cover.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the steam valve further includes a partition, the partition is located in the mounting cavity, and the partition divides the mounting cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber The steam inlet is located in the first chamber, the steam outlet and the blocking portion are located in the second chamber, and the partition plate is provided with a plurality of spaced through holes to make the first The chamber is in communication with the second chamber.

Optionally, the inner peripheral wall of the first chamber is provided with a support portion, the support portion is located at one side of the partition to support the partition, and the blocking portion is located at the other side of the partition And the free end of the blocking portion abuts the partition.

Optionally, the support portion is a boss formed on a peripheral wall of the first chamber.

Further, the plurality of bosses are plural, and the plurality of the bosses are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the partition plate.

Optionally, the support portion is a step formed on a peripheral wall of the first chamber, and the step extends in a circumferential direction of the partition.

Further, the partition is engaged with the valve seat.

A cooking appliance comprising: a steam valve, the steam valve being a steam valve of the cooking appliance described in the above embodiments.

The additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows.

DRAWINGS

1 is an exploded view of a steam valve in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a cross-sectional view of a steam valve in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and

3 is a schematic illustration of a barrier and a valve cover of a steam valve in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, and the examples of the embodiments are illustrated in the drawings, wherein the same or similar reference numerals are used to refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting.

The steam valve 100 of the cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The steam valve 100 of the cooking appliance according to the first aspect of the present invention includes: a valve seat 10, a valve cover 20, and a blocking portion 30. The valve cover 20 and the valve seat 10 have a mounting cavity a, and the mounting cavity a has a steam inlet. 11 and a steam outlet 21, the steam inlet 11 is provided at the valve seat 10. The steam outlet 21 is provided on at least one of the valve cover 20 and the valve seat 10, that is, the steam outlet 21 may be located on the valve cover 20, and the steam outlet 21 may also be located on 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 adjacent to the steam inlet 11, and at least part of the steam bypasses the blocking portion 30 and then flows out from the steam outlet 21.

The steam valve 100 of the cooking appliance according to the first aspect of the present invention, through the mounting cavity a defined between the valve seat 10 and the valve cover 20, and the blocking portion 30 is provided in the mounting cavity a, so that the steam is During the flow of the steam inlet 11 into the steam valve 100 and out of the steam valve 100, the steam bubbles can be squeezed by the blocking portion 30, thereby reducing the overflow of the soup mixture from the steam valve 100 while the steam exits the steam valve 100. possibility. Thereby, the surface of the cooking appliance after use is more clean on the premise that the cooking appliance has a better cooking effect.

According to some embodiments of the invention, as shown in Figures 2 and 3, the free end of the barrier portion 30 has at least one indentation 31.

Specifically, the blocking portion 30 is disposed below the steam outlet 21 to prevent the steam bubbles from directly discharging the steam valve 100, one end of the blocking portion 30 is fixedly connected to the valve cover 20, the other end is formed as a free end, and the free end has at least one notch. 31. Thus, by the arrangement of the at least one opening 31, it is possible not only to facilitate the squeezing of the steam bubbles by the blocking portion 30, but also to allow steam to be discharged to one side of the steam outlet 21 via the notch 31.

Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, and as shown in FIG. 2, the notches 31 may be plural. Thereby, the arrangement of the plurality of notches 31 allows the steam distribution on the steam outlet 21 side to be more uniform, and the steam can be smoothly discharged from the steam valve 100, thereby providing the steam valve 100 with a better steam discharge effect.

In some embodiments of the invention, as shown in FIG. 2, the steam outlet 21 is located on one side of the barrier 30. Wherein, the strip-shaped blocking portion 30 is located in the mounting cavity a, and the steam outlet 21 is spaced apart from at least a portion of the mounting cavity a, so that steam needs to flow through the blocking portion 30 to reach the steam outlet 21, so that the blocking portion 30 can be effectively Squeeze the steam bubbles to achieve the purpose of improving the steam discharge effect.

In addition, it will be appreciated that in some specific embodiments, the steam inlet 11 may be disposed below the steam valve 100 and the steam outlet 21 is disposed above the steam valve 100 (eg, as shown in Figure 2), in other In the embodiment, the steam inlet 11 is disposed below the steam valve 100, and the steam outlet 21 is disposed above the steam valve 100. That is, the steam inlet 11 and the steam outlet 21 are disposed on the opposite side walls of the steam valve 100, and are spaced apart in the front, rear, left and right or up and down directions to make the steam valve 100 more complete in breaking the steam.

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

Specifically, the annular blocking portion 30 is formed with a notch 31 on the side close to the steam inlet 11 in the front-rear direction, and the annular portion of the annular blocking portion 30 communicates with the steam outlet 21, thereby causing the mounting cavity a and the steam outlet 21 is spaced apart to achieve the same effect as the above embodiment, and will not be described here.

Of course, the arrangement of the notches 31 is not limited thereto. For example, in some examples of the present invention, the notches 31 are plural, and the plurality of notches 31 are distributed in the circumferential direction of the steam outlet 21 at the annular blocking portion 30. The outer circumference can thereby punct the air bubbles flowing into the steam outlet 21, thereby preventing food and foreign matter from flowing out of the steam outlet 21, and reducing the probability that food and foreign matter block the steam outlet 21.

In the particular embodiment illustrated in FIG. 3, the barrier portion 30 is integrally formed with the valve cover 20. Thereby, the process of the steam valve 100 can be simplified. Specifically, the blocking portion 30 may be formed on the valve cover 20, and a portion of the peripheral wall of the valve cover 20 that is located in front of the steam outlet 21 (in front of FIG. 2) is convex toward the inside of the mounting cavity a to form the blocking portion 30. Thus, not only the processing of the blocking portion 30 is made simpler, but also 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 40 in which the partition 40 is located, and the partition 40 divides the mounting cavity a into a first chamber a1 and a second chamber a2, steam The inlet 11 is located in the first chamber a1, the steam outlet 21 and the blocking portion 30 are located in the second chamber a2, and the partition 40 is provided with a plurality of spaced apart through holes 41 for the first chamber a1 and the second chamber Room a2 is connected.

Wherein, the partition plate 40 is mounted on the valve seat 10, and divides the mounting cavity a into the first chamber a1 and the second chamber a2, and the partition plate 40 is provided with a plurality of portions in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. The spaced, evenly distributed through holes 41 communicate between the first chamber a1 and the second chamber a2. Thus, the arrangement of the through holes 41 in the partition 40 and the partition 40 allows the steam to flow from the first chamber a1 to the second chamber a2 on the one hand, and can be squeezed by the through holes 41 in the partition 40. Breaking a part of the steam bubbles, so that the steam valve 100 has better foam breaking effect; on the other hand, the distribution of steam in the installation cavity a is more uniform, so that the steam valve 100 has higher working stability and can reduce steam. The noise during the working of valve 100.

In some embodiments, the inner peripheral wall of the first chamber a1 is provided with a support portion 12 (see FIG. 1), the support portion 12 is located at one side of the partition 40 to support the partition 40, and the blocking portion 30 is located at the partition 40. One side, and the free end of the blocking portion 30 abuts against the partition 40 (see Fig. 2).

Specifically, the support portion 12 in the first chamber a1 supports the partition plate 40 below the partition plate 40, and the blocking portion 30 blocks the partition plate 40 above the partition plate 40. Thus, not only the support portion 12 supports the partition plate 40 at the lower side, but also a space between the partition plate 40 and the bottom wall of the valve seat 10 to define the first chamber a1, and by the arrangement of the support portion 12, The connection of the partition 40 to the valve seat 10 is closer.

Further, the free end of the blocking portion 30 limits the partition 40 and stops against the upper surface of the partition 40. Thus, on the one hand, the partition 40 can be restrained so that the partition 40 cannot move upward relative to the support portion 12, so that the steam valve 100 has higher working stability; on the other hand, it is disposed above the partition 40 The barrier portion 30 can again defoam the steam to further increase the bubble breaking 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 chamber a1, and a plurality of bosses are provided, and a plurality of bosses are spaced apart in the circumferential direction of the partition plate 40. Thus, the arrangement of the plurality of bosses not only makes the structural strength and structural rigidity of the valve seat 10 higher, but also makes the force of the plurality of support portions 12 more uniform, and the connection between the support portion 12 and the partition plate 40 is more tight. reliable.

Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the support portion 12 may be a step formed on the inner peripheral wall of the first chamber a1, and the step extends in the circumferential direction of the partition plate 40. The effect that can be reached is the same as that of the above embodiment, and will not be described here.

Further, the partition 40 is engaged with the valve seat 10. Therefore, not only the fit between the partition 40 and the valve seat 10 when the partition 40 is mounted on the valve seat 10 is more tight, but also the disassembly and assembly of the partition 40 on the steam valve 100 is facilitated, thereby facilitating the replacement and cleaning of the partition 40. The utility of the steam valve 100 is improved.

Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the partition between the partition 40 and the valve seat 10 can also be screwed, and the partition 40 and the valve seat 10 can also be connected by plugging. That is to say, the connection between the partition 40 and the valve seat 10 can be realized, and the connection manner of the partition 40 on the valve seat 10 is facilitated, and the partition 40 and the valve seat 10 are connected in the utility model. Implementation method.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the steam valve 100 further includes a return valve 50 mounted below the valve seat 10 to block the outlet below the valve seat 10. The return valve 50 is arranged to allow the water formed by condensation of the steam to be recirculated. Into the cooking appliance, the cooking appliance is more fully cooked to the food, thereby improving the cooking effect of the cooking appliance.

As shown in FIG. 1, the steam valve 100 further includes a sealing ring 60 that is installed between the valve seat 10 and the valve cover 20 to make the connection between the valve seat 10 and the valve cover 20 more tight, the valve seat 10 and the valve cover. The airtightness of the connection between 20 is better to improve the operational stability of the steam valve 100.

The cooking appliance according to the embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention includes a steam valve 100 which is the steam valve 100 of the cooking appliance in the above embodiment.

Specifically, the steam valve 100 is suitable for use in a cooking appliance and is mounted on the cooking appliance to discharge steam in the cooking appliance, thereby maintaining the pressure inside the cooking appliance stable to improve the operational stability of the cooking appliance.

In addition, under the premise that the internal pressure of the cooking appliance is kept stable, the steam valve 100 can prevent the steam bubbles from overflowing out of the cooking utensils, and condense into a water flow and then return to the cooking utensils, thereby not only making the cooking utensils better. The cooking effect, the food tastes better, and the surface of the cooking utensil is still clean after use, which is convenient for cleaning the cooking utensils.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", " After, "Left", "Right", "Vertical", "Horizontal", "Top", "Bottom", "Inside", "Outside", "Clockwise", "Counterclockwise", "Axial", The orientation or positional relationship of the "radial", "circumferential" and the like is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for the convenience of describing the present invention and the simplified description, and does not indicate or imply the indicated device or component. It must be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and is not to be construed as limiting the invention.

Moreover, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, features defining "first" and "second" may include one or more of the features either explicitly or implicitly. In the description of the present invention, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more unless specifically and specifically defined.

In the present invention, the terms "installation", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like shall be understood broadly, and may be either a fixed connection or a detachable connection, unless explicitly stated and defined otherwise. , or integrated; can be mechanical connection, or can be electrical connection; can be directly connected, or can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction of two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood on a case-by-case basis.

In the present invention, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be a direct contact of the first and second features, or the first and second features may be indirectly through an intermediate medium, unless otherwise explicitly stated and defined. contact. Moreover, the first feature "above", "above" and "above" the second feature may be that the first feature is directly above or above the second feature, or merely that the first feature level is higher than the second feature. The first feature "below", "below" and "below" the second feature may be that the first feature is directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or merely that the first feature level is less than the second feature.

In the description of the present specification, the description with reference to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" and the like means a specific feature described in connection with the embodiment or example. A structure, material or feature is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In the present specification, the schematic representation of the above terms is not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in a suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. In addition, various embodiments or examples described in the specification and features of various embodiments or examples may be combined and combined without departing from the scope of the invention.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. The embodiments are subject to variations, modifications, substitutions and variations.

Claims

A steam valve for a cooking appliance, comprising:

Valve seat

a valve cover having a mounting cavity between the valve cover and the valve seat, the mounting cavity having a steam inlet and a steam outlet, the steam inlet being disposed at the valve seat, and the steam outlet being disposed on the valve cover And at least one of the valve seats;

a blocking portion connected to an inner peripheral wall of the mounting cavity, the blocking portion being adjacent to the steam inlet, and at least a portion of the steam bypassing the blocking portion and flowing out of the steam outlet.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to claim 1 wherein the free end of the barrier has at least one notch.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the blocking portion is located between the steam inlet and the steam outlet.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the blocking portion is annular, and the steam outlet is located in an inner ring of the blocking portion.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the blocking portion is integrally formed with the valve cover.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

a partition, the partition being located in the mounting cavity, and the partition separating the mounting cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber, the steam inlet being located in the first chamber, A vapor outlet and the barrier are located in the second chamber, and the partition is provided with a plurality of spaced apart through holes to communicate the first chamber and the second chamber.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to claim 6, wherein an inner peripheral wall of said first chamber is provided with a support portion, said support portion being located at one side of said partition to support said partition, The blocking portion is located on the other side of the partition, and the free end of the blocking portion abuts the partition.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to claim 7, wherein said support portion is a boss formed on a peripheral wall of said first chamber.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to claim 8, wherein said plurality of projections are spaced apart, and said plurality of said projections are spaced apart in a circumferential direction of said partition.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to claim 8, wherein said support portion is a step formed on a peripheral wall of said first chamber, said step extending in a circumferential direction of said partition.
A steam valve for a cooking appliance according to any one of claims 6 to 10, wherein the partition is engaged with the valve seat.
A cooking appliance comprising:

A steam valve, the steam valve being a steam valve of the cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1-11.