CN108968668B - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a cooking appliance, comprising: the automatic exhaust device comprises a pot body, a pot cover, an exhaust valve and an automatic exhaust driving device, wherein the pot body comprises a pot shell and an inner pot arranged in the pot shell, the pot shell comprises an outer shell, a base and an outer shell cover, an accommodating groove with an open top is formed in the outer shell, the outer shell cover is arranged at the top of the outer shell and provided with an extending hole communicated with the accommodating groove, and the base is arranged at the bottom of the outer shell; automatic exhaust drive arrangement includes electromagnetic push rod, exhaust push rod and coupling assembling, electromagnetic push rod establishes in the holding tank, but exhaust push rod establishes in the pot cover with horizontal migration and exhaust push rod's one end is suitable for ending the periphery wall at discharge valve and removes in order to promote discharge valve, coupling assembling respectively with electromagnetic push rod and exhaust push rod cooperation, electromagnetic push rod contacts in order to drive the coupling assembling activity with coupling assembling when being triggered, coupling assembling is constructed into the horizontal migration who changes the vertical migration of electromagnetic push rod's actuating lever into exhaust push rod. According to the cooking appliance provided by the embodiment of the invention, the safety is high.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

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

Background

In the related art, a cooking appliance such as a split type electric pressure cooker is used as a product combining a traditional open fire heating pressure cooker and an electric rice cooker, integrates the advantages of high-pressure cooking and electric heating, and can quickly cook food materials which are difficult to cook. When cooking is finished or feeding is carried out in the middle, the pressure in the cooker is still in a high-pressure state for a long time, and if the cover is opened in advance, the pressure valve (or a steam valve, a pressure release valve, an exhaust valve and the like) can be used for assisting in exhausting by hand. However, during manual exhaust, high-temperature steam may scald operators, and safety hazards exist.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides a cooking appliance which has an automatic exhaust function and high safety.

A cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the pot comprises a pot body and a pot cover, wherein the pot body comprises a pot shell and an inner pot arranged in the pot shell, the pot shell comprises an outer shell, a base and an outer shell cover, an accommodating groove with an open top is formed in the outer shell, the outer shell cover is arranged at the top of the outer shell and provided with an extending hole communicated with the accommodating groove, and the base is arranged at the bottom of the outer shell; the cooker cover is detachably arranged on the cooker body to open or close the cooker body and comprises a face mask and an inner cover, an exhaust passage penetrating through the cooker cover in the vertical direction is arranged on the cooker cover, and the exhaust passage is provided with an exhaust port arranged on the inner cover; an exhaust valve movably provided in the exhaust passage to open or close the exhaust port; automatic exhaust drive arrangement, automatic exhaust drive arrangement includes electromagnetism push rod, exhaust push rod and coupling assembling, electromagnetism push rod establishes in the holding tank, but electromagnetism push rod includes reciprocating motion's actuating lever, the one end of actuating lever stretches out stretch out the hole, but exhaust push rod establishes with horizontal migration just in the pot cover exhaust push rod's one end is suitable for ending exhaust push rod's periphery wall is in order to promote exhaust valve removes, coupling assembling respectively with electromagnetism push rod with the cooperation of exhaust push rod, when electromagnetism push rod is triggered with the coupling assembling contact is in order to drive the coupling assembling activity, coupling assembling is constructed into with the vertical removal of electromagnetism push rod's actuating lever changes into exhaust push rod's horizontal migration.

According to the cooking utensil provided by the embodiment of the invention, the electromagnetic push rod is arranged in the accommodating groove in the pot body, so that the electromagnetic push rod can be conveniently electrically connected with the control circuit, the electromagnetic push rod in the pot body can drive the connecting assembly and the exhaust push rod in the pot cover to mechanically move, the automatic exhaust function of the split cooking utensil is realized, the electromagnetic push rod can be far away from a heat source of the cooking utensil, the reliability of the electromagnetic push rod is improved, and the service life of the electromagnetic push rod is prolonged. Simultaneously, the vertical movement of the electromagnetic push rod in the automatic exhaust driving device is converted into the horizontal movement of the exhaust push rod through the connecting assembly, and then the exhaust valve is pushed to move through the horizontal movement of the exhaust push rod, so that the movement stability of the exhaust push rod is improved, the reliability of exhaust action is improved, and the whole stroke of the automatic exhaust driving device can be reduced, so that the whole occupied space of the automatic exhaust driving device is reduced, and the whole volume of a cooking utensil is favorably reduced.

According to some embodiments of the invention, an electromagnetic ram is secured to one of the housing and the base. Therefore, the installation of the electromagnetic push rod is facilitated, the position of the electromagnetic push rod can be stable, and the performance of the electromagnetic push rod is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the connection assembly includes an automatic exhaust rod and an exhaust lever, the automatic exhaust rod and the exhaust lever are respectively rotatably disposed in the pot cover, a first end of the automatic exhaust rod is adapted to contact the driving rod, a second end of the automatic exhaust rod is adapted to contact the exhaust lever, and the exhaust lever is adapted to contact the exhaust push rod to push the exhaust push rod to move horizontally. Therefore, the linkage between the electromagnetic push rod and the exhaust push rod can be realized through the automatic exhaust rod and the exhaust lever, the vertical movement of the driving rod of the electromagnetic push rod is converted into the horizontal movement of the exhaust push rod 42, the structure is simple, and the design is ingenious.

Specifically, the second end of automatic exhaust rod is equipped with and is located the briquetting of exhaust lever top, automatic exhaust drive arrangement still includes reset spring, reset spring ends respectively to be in the pot cover with on the exhaust push rod with often promote the exhaust push rod orientation is kept away from the direction removal of gas vent.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, an end of the exhaust lever contacting the exhaust push rod is formed in a hook shape having an upward opening. Therefore, the contact end of the exhaust lever and the exhaust push rod can be formed into an arc shape, so that the friction force between the exhaust lever and the exhaust push rod can be reduced, the exhaust lever can conveniently push the exhaust push rod to move horizontally, the end face of the exhaust push rod can be prevented from being scratched in the rotation process of the exhaust lever, and the reliability of the automatic exhaust driving device is improved.

According to some further embodiments of the present invention, the inner cover is provided with a limiting device for limiting a rotation angle of the automatic exhaust rod.

Specifically, the limiting device comprises a limiting spring, two ends of the limiting spring are respectively abutted against the inner cover and the automatic exhaust rod.

According to some further embodiments of the present invention, the cooking appliance further comprises an elastic sealing structure facing the outer circumferential wall of the portion of the exhaust push rod protruding into the exhaust passage, the elastic sealing structure being fixed to the inner wall of the exhaust passage. Therefore, the direct contact between the water vapor in the exhaust channel and the exhaust push rod can be avoided, the sealing performance of the exhaust push rod is improved, the damage of hot gas to the exhaust push rod is effectively reduced, and the service life of the exhaust push rod is prolonged.

Specifically, the top of the driving rod is provided with a limiting part, and the area of the limiting part is larger than that of the extending hole.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a manual button matched with the electromagnetic push rod or the automatic exhaust rod is arranged on the pot cover or the pot body so as to control the electromagnetic push rod or the automatic exhaust rod to operate by triggering the manual button. Therefore, manual air exhaust can be realized through the manual key, so that a user can select an air exhaust mode according to actual conditions.

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

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a sectional view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a pot cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another cross-sectional view of a pot cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a pan body according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a front view of an automatic exhaust stem according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a top view of a pan body according to an embodiment of the invention.

Reference numerals:

the cooking appliance 100 is provided with a cooking unit,

the pot body 1, the pot shell 11, the outer shell 111, the outer shell cover 112, the base 113, the inner pot 12, the installation space 13, the extending hole 14,

a pot cover 2, a face mask 21, an inner cover 22, an exhaust passage 23,

the exhaust valve 3 is arranged at the lower part of the exhaust pipe,

an electromagnetic push rod 41, a driving rod 411, a limiting part 4111,

the exhaust push rod 42 is provided with a push rod,

an automatic exhaust rod 431, a first section 4311, a second section 4312, a pressing block 4313, a limiting device 4314, a limiting column 4315, a shaft hole 4316,

the exhaust lever 432 is provided with a lever for exhausting air,

the return spring 44 is arranged to be biased,

a resilient sealing structure 45.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc., indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

A cooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 6. Wherein, the cooking appliance 100 may be a split type electric pressure cooker (e.g., an elliptical electric pressure cooker, etc.). The cooking appliance 100 may be used for cooking congee, rice cooking plates, stew, and the like.

As shown in fig. 1, a cooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the cooker comprises a cooker body 1, a cooker cover 2, an exhaust valve 3 and an automatic exhaust driving device.

Specifically, the pot body 1 comprises a pot shell 11 and an inner pot 12 arranged in the pot shell 11. The pot shell 1 comprises an outer shell 111, a base 113 and an outer shell cover 112, wherein an accommodating groove with an open top is formed in the outer shell 111, the outer shell cover 112 is arranged at the top of the outer shell 111 and provided with a stretching hole 14 communicated with the accommodating groove, and the base 113 is arranged at the bottom of the outer shell 111. Specifically, referring to fig. 1 and 4, the housing 111 includes an outer wall and an inner wall disposed at a distance, a housing cover 112 is disposed on the top of the housing 111, and a base 113 is disposed on the bottom wall of the housing 111. The mounting space 13 is defined between the outer shell 111, the outer shell cover 112 and the base 113 of the pot body. A receiving groove is formed in the mounting space 13, and the receiving groove may extend in a vertical direction. The top of the housing cover 112 is provided with a protruding hole 14 communicating with the receiving groove. Wherein, the extension hole 14 may be formed as a circular hole, an elliptical hole, an oblong hole, or the like.

The pot cover 2 is arranged on the pot body 1 to open or close the pot body 1. Wherein, pot cover 2 links to each other with pot body 1 detachably, that is to say, pot cover 2 and pot body 1 are split type structure, when the pot cover is opened to needs, can dismantle pot cover 2 from pot body 1. For example, the pot cover 2 can be rotationally buckled on the pot body 1, the structure is simple, and the opening and closing are convenient.

Referring to fig. 1, the pot lid 2 includes a face shield 21 and an inner lid 22, and a receiving space is provided between the face shield 21 and the inner lid 22. The pot cover 2 is provided with an exhaust passage 23 which penetrates through the pot cover in the vertical direction, and the exhaust passage 23 is provided with an exhaust port arranged on the inner cover 22. The exhaust valve 3 is movably provided on the exhaust passage 23 to open or close the exhaust port. Wherein, when the exhaust valve 3 is blocked on the exhaust port, the exhaust port is closed; when the exhaust valve 3 is misaligned with the exhaust port, the exhaust port is opened, and the pressure in the cooker can be released through the exhaust passage 23.

Alternatively, the exhaust valve 3 is detachably provided in the pot lid 2. Like this, use a period after, the user can be with discharge valve 3 follow pot cover 2 dismantlement to can conveniently wash discharge valve 3, avoid discharge valve 3 to take place to block up, improve cooking utensil 100's security.

The automatic exhaust driving device includes an electromagnetic push rod 41, an exhaust push rod 42, and a connecting assembly, the electromagnetic push rod 41 is disposed in the accommodating groove, the electromagnetic push rod 41 includes a driving rod 411 capable of reciprocating, and one end (e.g., an upper end in fig. 1) of the driving rod 411 protrudes out of the protrusion hole 14. Specifically, the electromagnetic push rod 41 may be electrically connected with the control circuit, for example, when the electromagnetic push rod 41 is energized, the driving rod 411 of the electromagnetic push rod 41 may be triggered to reciprocate in the vertical direction. Therefore, the electromagnetic push rod 41 is arranged in the accommodating groove in the pot body 1, so that the electromagnetic push rod 41 can be conveniently electrically connected with the control circuit, the electromagnetic push rod 41 can be far away from a heat source of the cooking appliance 100, the reliability of the electromagnetic push rod 41 is improved, and the service life of the electromagnetic push rod 41 is prolonged.

The exhaust push rod 42 is horizontally movably provided in the pot cover 2 and one end (e.g., left end in fig. 3) of the exhaust push rod 42 is adapted to abut against the outer circumferential wall of the exhaust valve 3 to push the exhaust valve 3 to move. Specifically, the one end of the exhaust push rod 42 can always keep abutting against the outer peripheral wall of the exhaust valve 3, and therefore, when the exhaust push rod 42 moves horizontally, the one end of the exhaust push rod 42 can be ensured to act on the exhaust valve 3, so that when the exhaust push rod 42 moves horizontally, the exhaust push rod 42 can push the exhaust valve 3 to move to open the exhaust port, pressure in the cooking appliance 100 can be released, reliability of exhaust action is improved, the condition that exhaust function fails is effectively avoided, and safety of the cooking appliance 100 is improved. Meanwhile, when the exhaust push rod 42 moves horizontally and reversely, the exhaust push rod 42 can drive the exhaust valve 3 to move to close the exhaust port, so that the exhaust valve 3 is reset, and the sealing performance of the cooking utensil 100 is further ensured.

Meanwhile, the exhaust push rod 42 horizontally moves to push the exhaust valve 3 to move, so that the movement stability of the exhaust push rod 42 can be improved, the reliability of the exhaust action is further improved, and the whole stroke of the automatic exhaust driving device can be reduced, thereby reducing the whole occupied space of the automatic exhaust driving device and being beneficial to reducing the whole volume of the cooking utensil 100.

Of course, it is understood that the exhaust push rod 42 and the exhaust valve 3 may be spaced apart from each other, and when the exhaust push rod 42 moves in the horizontal direction, the one end of the exhaust push rod 42 may move toward the exhaust valve 3, so that the one end of the exhaust push rod 42 abuts against the outer circumferential wall of the exhaust valve 3. Thereby, the exhaust valve 3 can be pushed to move by the exhaust push rod 42 to open the exhaust port. At this time, a reset member may be provided on the exhaust valve 3 to always push the exhaust valve 3 to move toward the exhaust push rod 42. This also enables the resetting of the outlet valve 3. Alternatively, the return member may be a spring.

The connecting assembly is respectively matched with the electromagnetic push rod 41 and the exhaust push rod 42, when the electromagnetic push rod 41 is triggered, the electromagnetic push rod 41 is in contact with the connecting assembly to drive the connecting assembly to move, and the connecting assembly is constructed to convert the vertical movement of the driving rod 411 of the electromagnetic push rod 41 into the horizontal movement of the exhaust push rod 42. Specifically, when the electromagnetic push rod 41 is triggered, the driving rod 411 of the electromagnetic push rod 41 can move upwards and drive the connecting assembly to move, then the connecting assembly is matched with the exhaust push rod 42, the exhaust push rod 42 is driven to move horizontally through the connecting assembly, and the exhaust valve 3 is pushed to move through the exhaust push rod 42 to open the exhaust port.

From this, through setting up electromagnetic push rod 41 in the holding tank of pot body 1, can conveniently realize being connected electrically between electromagnetic push rod 41 and the control circuit, and then can drive coupling assembling and exhaust push rod 42 mechanical motion in the pot lid 2 through electromagnetic push rod 41 in the pot body 1, realize split type cooking utensil 100's automatic exhaust function, and can make electromagnetic push rod 41 keep away from cooking utensil 100's heat source, improve electromagnetic push rod 41's reliability, electromagnetic push rod 41's life has been prolonged.

For example, during or after cooking, the exhaust port can be opened by electrically controlling the electromagnetic push rod 41 to automatically exhaust, so that the waiting time of the user after cooking is finished is shortened, the safety of the user is ensured, and the safety and the practicability of the cooking appliance 100 are improved. In addition, when cooking special food (such as sticky food like porridge), frequent exhausting for many times can be realized by controlling the electromagnetic push rod 41 to be powered on and powered off for many times, or the exhausting speed can be controlled by controlling the opening amplitude of the exhaust port, so that splashing of soup and liquid during exhausting is effectively reduced, and the use safety of the cooking appliance 100 is further improved.

According to the cooking appliance 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the electromagnetic push rod 41 is arranged in the accommodating groove in the pot body 1, so that the electric connection between the electromagnetic push rod 41 and the control circuit can be conveniently realized, the electromagnetic push rod 41 in the pot body 1 drives the connecting component in the pot cover 2 and the exhaust push rod 42 to mechanically move, the automatic exhaust function of the split cooking appliance 100 is realized, the electromagnetic push rod 41 can be far away from a heat source of the cooking appliance 100, the reliability of the electromagnetic push rod 41 is improved, and the service life of the electromagnetic push rod 41 is prolonged. Meanwhile, the vertical movement of the electromagnetic push rod 41 in the automatic exhaust driving device is converted into the horizontal movement of the exhaust push rod 42 through the connecting assembly, and then the exhaust valve 3 is pushed to move through the horizontal movement of the exhaust push rod 42, so that the movement stability of the exhaust push rod 42 is improved, the reliability of the exhaust action is improved, and the whole stroke of the automatic exhaust driving device can be reduced, so that the whole occupied space of the automatic exhaust driving device is reduced, and the reduction of the whole volume of the cooking utensil 100 is facilitated.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the electromagnetic pushrod 41 is fixed to one of the housing 111 and the base 113. Wherein, when the electromagnetic push rod 41 is fixed on the housing 111, the electromagnetic push rod 41 can be fixed on the inner wall or the outer wall of the housing 111. Therefore, the installation of the electromagnetic push rod 41 is facilitated, the position of the electromagnetic push rod 41 can be stabilized, and the performance of the electromagnetic push rod 41 is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the connection assembly includes an automatic venting rod 431 and a venting lever 432, the automatic venting rod 431 and the venting lever 432 are respectively rotatably provided in the pot lid 2, a first end of the automatic venting rod 431 is adapted to contact the driving rod 411, a second end of the automatic venting rod 431 is adapted to contact the venting lever 432, and the venting lever 432 is adapted to contact the venting push rod 42 to push the venting push rod 42 to move horizontally.

Referring to fig. 3, the automatic exhaust rod 431 includes a first section 4311 and a second section 4312 connected to each other, wherein the first section 4311 may extend in a vertical direction, the second section 4312 may extend in a horizontal direction, and a first end of the automatic exhaust rod 431 is formed at a lower end of the first section 4311 and a second end is formed at an end (e.g., a right end in fig. 1) of the second section 4312 away from the first section 4311.

For example, when the driving lever 411 moves in the vertical direction, the driving lever 411 contacts with a first end of the automatic exhaust rod 431 and applies an upward force to the automatic exhaust rod 431, so that the automatic exhaust rod 431 rotates clockwise, during the rotation of the automatic exhaust rod 431, a second end of the automatic exhaust rod 431 contacts with the exhaust lever 432 and applies a downward force to the exhaust lever 432, so that the exhaust lever 432 rotates clockwise, during the rotation of the exhaust lever 432, the exhaust lever 432 contacts with the exhaust push rod 42 and applies a leftward force to the exhaust push rod 42, so that the exhaust push rod 42 is pushed to move leftward, and the exhaust valve 3 is pushed to move leftward to open the exhaust port. Therefore, the linkage between the electromagnetic push rod 41 and the exhaust push rod 42 can be realized through the automatic exhaust rod 431 and the exhaust lever 432, the vertical movement of the driving rod 411 of the electromagnetic push rod 41 is converted into the horizontal movement of the exhaust push rod 42, the structure is simple, and the design is ingenious.

In the initial state, that is, when the exhaust is not started, the upper end of the electromagnetic push rod 41, for example, the upper end of the driving rod 411 may contact the first end of the automatic exhaust rod 431, or may have a certain gap with the first end of the automatic exhaust rod 431; the second end of the automatic exhaust rod 431 may contact the exhaust lever 432, or may have a certain gap with the exhaust lever 432; the exhaust lever 432 may be in contact with the exhaust pushrod 42 or may have a certain gap with the exhaust pushrod 42.

Specifically, the second end of the automatic exhaust rod 431 is provided with a pressure block 4313 located above the exhaust lever 432. When the automatic exhaust rod 431 rotates, the pressing block 4313 may contact the exhaust lever 432 to rotate the exhaust lever 432 clockwise. Referring to fig. 1 to 3 and 5, the pressing piece 4313 may be formed in a hook shape, and the exhaust lever 432 may be located below a hook head of the hook. Therefore, the automatic exhaust rod 431 is convenient to contact with the exhaust lever 432, and when the automatic exhaust rod 431 rotates, the automatic exhaust rod 431 can drive the exhaust lever 432 to rotate, so that the reliability of the automatic exhaust driving device is improved.

Further, the automatic exhaust driving device further comprises a return spring 44, and the return spring 44 is respectively stopped on the pot cover 2 and the exhaust push rod 42 to normally push the exhaust push rod 42 to move away from the exhaust port. Referring to fig. 3, the return spring 44 may be sleeved outside the exhaust push rod 42. For example, in the initial state, the return spring 44 may be in a natural state, when the exhaust push rod 42 pushes the exhaust valve 3 to move in the horizontal direction, the return spring 44 is compressed to be in a compressed energy storage state, after the exhaust is finished, the electromagnetic push rod 41 is controlled to be powered off, the electromagnetic push rod 41 moves downwards to be disengaged from the automatic exhaust rod 431 to enable the automatic exhaust rod 431 to rotate anticlockwise to be reset, then the second end of the automatic exhaust rod 431 is disengaged from the exhaust lever 432 to enable the exhaust lever 432 to rotate anticlockwise to be reset, finally, the exhaust lever 432 is disengaged from the exhaust push rod 42, and the exhaust push rod 42 moves towards the direction away from the exhaust port under the action of the return spring 44 to be reset.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, an end of the exhaust lever 432 contacting the exhaust push rod 42 is formed in a hook shape with an opening facing upward. Therefore, the contact end of the exhaust lever 432 and the exhaust push rod 42 is formed into an arc shape, so that the friction force between the exhaust lever 432 and the exhaust push rod 42 can be reduced, the exhaust lever 432 can push the exhaust push rod 42 to move horizontally, the end face of the exhaust push rod 42 can be prevented from being scratched in the rotation process of the exhaust lever 432, and the reliability of the automatic exhaust driving device is improved.

According to some further embodiments of the present invention, a limiting means 4314 for limiting the rotation angle of the automatic exhaust rod 431 is provided on the inner lid 22. Specifically, the limiting means 4314 comprises a limiting spring having two ends respectively abutting against the inner cover 22 and the automatic exhaust rod 431. Therefore, the rotation angle of the automatic exhaust rod 431 can be limited by the limiting device 4314, the damage to the inner cover 22 caused by the fact that the second end of the automatic exhaust rod 431 collides with the inner cover 22 due to the fact that the rotation angle of the automatic exhaust rod 431 is too large is avoided, and after exhaust is finished, the automatic exhaust rod 431 can reset under the action of the limiting spring, so that the automatic exhaust rod 431 can reset smoothly.

Referring to fig. 2 and 5, a limiting column 4315 is disposed on a lower surface of the second section 4312 of the automatic exhaust rod 431, and the limiting spring may be sleeved on the limiting column 4315. Therefore, the position of the limiting spring can be stable, and the performance of the limiting spring is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a rotation shaft is disposed on the lid 2, and a shaft hole 4316 is disposed on the automatic exhaust rod 431 and is matched with the rotation shaft to rotate the automatic exhaust rod 431 around the central axis of the rotation shaft. Therefore, the rotation of the automatic exhaust rod 431 can be realized through the matching of the rotating shaft and the shaft hole 4316, and the automatic exhaust rod is simple in structure and convenient to mount.

According to some further embodiments of the present invention, the cooking appliance 100 further comprises an elastic sealing structure 45, the elastic sealing structure 45 is provided on the outer peripheral wall of the portion of the exhaust push rod 42 protruding into the exhaust passage 23, and the elastic sealing structure 45 is fixed on the inner wall of the exhaust passage 23. Therefore, the direct contact between the water vapor in the exhaust passage 23 and the exhaust push rod 42 can be avoided, the sealing performance of the exhaust push rod 42 is improved, the damage of hot gas to the exhaust push rod 42 is effectively reduced, and the service life of the exhaust push rod 42 is prolonged.

Specifically, the top of the driving rod 411 is provided with a limiting portion 4111, and the area of the limiting portion 4111 is larger than that of the extending hole 14. In an initial state (i.e., when not exhausting), the limiting portion 4111 can be plugged at the position of the protruding hole 14, so that condensed water is prevented from entering the electromagnetic push rod 41 from the protruding hole 14, the waterproof performance of the automatic exhaust driving device is improved, and the reliability of the automatic exhaust driving device is further improved. In addition, when the driving lever 411 moves in the vertical direction, the stopper 4111 may prevent the driving lever 411 from slipping out of the protrusion hole 14, so that the position of the driving lever 411 is stable.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the pot cover 2 or the pot body 1 is provided with a manual button cooperating with the electromagnetic push rod 41 or the automatic exhaust rod 431 to control the operation of the electromagnetic push rod 41 or the automatic exhaust rod 431 by triggering the manual button. For example, in an embodiment of the present invention, the manual button may be disposed on the pot body 1 and engaged with the electromagnetic push rod 41, after the manual button is triggered, the electromagnetic push rod 41 operates, the driving rod 411 of the electromagnetic push rod 41 moves upward and pushes the automatic exhaust rod 431 to rotate, the automatic exhaust rod 431 contacts the exhaust lever 432 during rotation to rotate the exhaust lever 432, the exhaust lever 432 contacts the exhaust push rod 42 during rotation to push the exhaust push rod 42 to move horizontally, and the exhaust push rod 42 pushes the exhaust valve 3 to move to open the exhaust port, so as to achieve exhaust.

For another example, in another embodiment of the present invention, a manual button may be provided on the lid 2 and engaged with the automatic venting lever 431. The manual key can be arranged above the automatic exhaust rod 431, after the manual key is triggered, for example, after the manual key is pressed downwards, the manual key moves downwards and is in contact with the automatic exhaust rod 431 to apply a downward acting force to the automatic exhaust rod 431, under the action of the manual key, the automatic exhaust rod 431 rotates, the automatic exhaust rod 431 is in contact with the exhaust lever 432 in the rotating process to enable the exhaust lever 432 to rotate, the exhaust lever 432 is in contact with the exhaust push rod 42 in the rotating process to push the exhaust push rod 42 to move horizontally, and then the exhaust push rod 42 pushes the exhaust valve 3 to move to open the exhaust port, so that exhaust is realized.

Therefore, manual air exhaust can be realized through the manual key, so that a user can select an air exhaust mode according to actual conditions. For example, during normal cooking (e.g., cooking rice, etc.), manual venting may be achieved through the manual button, and during cooking of special food (e.g., sticky food such as porridge), automatic venting may be achieved through the automatic venting driving device, which improves the practicality and safety of the cooking appliance 100.

Other constructions and operations of the cooking appliance 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

According to the cooking appliance 100 of the embodiment of the invention, the waiting time of the user after the cooking is finished is shortened, the safety of the user is ensured, and the safety and the practicability of the cooking appliance 100 are improved.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (10)

1. A cooking appliance (100), comprising:

the pot body (1), the pot body (1) includes pot shell (11) and establishes interior pot (12) in pot shell (11), pot shell (11) includes shell (111), base (113) and outer shell cover (112), be equipped with the open holding tank in top in shell (111), outer shell cover (112) establish the top of shell (111) and be equipped with the holding tank intercommunication stretch out the hole, base (113) establish the bottom in shell (111);

the pot cover (2), the pot cover (2) is detachably arranged on the pot body (1) to open or close the pot body (1), the pot cover (2) comprises a face shield (21) and an inner cover (22), an exhaust passage (23) penetrating through the pot cover (2) in the vertical direction is arranged on the pot cover, and the exhaust passage (23) is provided with an exhaust port arranged on the inner cover (22);

an exhaust valve (3), the exhaust valve (3) being movably provided in the exhaust passage (23) to open or close the exhaust port;

an automatic exhaust driving device, which comprises an electromagnetic push rod (41), an exhaust push rod (42) and a connecting component, the electromagnetic push rod (41) is arranged in the accommodating groove, the electromagnetic push rod (41) comprises a driving rod (411) capable of reciprocating, one end of the driving rod (411) extends out of the extending hole, the exhaust push rod (42) is horizontally movably arranged in the pot cover (2) and one end of the exhaust push rod (42) is suitable for being abutted against the peripheral wall of the exhaust valve (3) to push the exhaust valve (3) to move, the connecting component is respectively matched with the electromagnetic push rod (41) and the exhaust push rod (42), when the electromagnetic push rod (41) is triggered, the electromagnetic push rod is contacted with the connecting component to drive the connecting component to move, the connecting assembly is configured to convert a vertical movement of a driving rod (411) of the electromagnetic push rod (41) into a horizontal movement of the exhaust push rod (42).

2. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 1, wherein the electromagnetic push rod (41) is fixed to one of the housing (111) and the base (113).

3. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 2, wherein the connecting assembly comprises an automatic venting rod (431) and a venting lever (432), the automatic venting rod (431) and the venting lever (432) are respectively rotatably provided in the pot cover (2), a first end of the automatic venting rod (431) is adapted to contact with the driving rod (411), a second end of the automatic venting rod (431) is adapted to contact with the venting lever (432), and the venting lever (432) is adapted to contact with the venting push rod (42) to push the venting push rod (42) to move horizontally.

4. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 3, wherein the second end of the automatic venting rod (431) is provided with a pressing block (4313) located above the venting lever (432), and the automatic venting driving device further comprises a return spring (44), and the return spring (44) respectively abuts against the pot cover (2) and the venting push rod (42) to normally push the venting push rod (42) to move away from the venting port.

5. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 4, wherein an end of the exhaust lever (432) contacting the exhaust push rod (42) is formed in a hook shape with an opening facing upward.

6. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 3, wherein the inner lid (22) is provided with a limiting means (4314) for limiting the rotation angle of the automatic venting rod (431).

7. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 6, wherein the limiting means (4314) comprises a limiting spring having two ends respectively abutting against the inner lid (22) and the automatic venting lever (431).

8. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 1, further comprising an elastic sealing structure (45), wherein the elastic sealing structure (45) is provided on an outer peripheral wall of a portion of the exhaust push rod (42) protruding into the exhaust passage (23), and the elastic sealing structure (45) is fixed on an inner wall of the exhaust passage (23).

9. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 1, wherein the top of the driving rod (411) is provided with a limiting portion (4111), and the area of the limiting portion (4111) is larger than that of the extending hole.

10. The cooking appliance (100) according to any one of claims 2 to 9, wherein a manual button cooperating with the electromagnetic push rod (41) or the automatic exhaust rod (431) is provided on the pot cover (2) or the pot (1) to control the operation of the electromagnetic push rod (41) or the automatic exhaust rod (431) by triggering the manual button.

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