CN110419941B - Steam heating cooking utensil - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides a steam heating cooking appliance, which comprises a machine body and a pot body, wherein the machine body comprises a machine body and a machine head transversely protruding from one side of the machine body, a steam generating device is arranged in the machine body, a butt joint seat capable of ascending and descending up and down and a through hole for installing the butt joint seat are arranged on the machine head, and the butt joint seat can ascend and descend up and down in the through hole to realize butt joint or separation with the pot body. The steam heating cooking utensil provided by the invention has the advantages that the butt joint seat is arranged in the through hole, a user is allowed to manually drive the butt joint seat to be in butt joint with the pot body through the through hole, the butt joint structure is simple, the manufacturing cost is low, and the user experience is good.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of kitchen appliances, and particularly relates to a steam heating cooking appliance.
Background
Steam rice cooker is a novel cooking utensil, produces high-temperature steam through steam generator, leads to the culinary art chamber with high-temperature steam again in, evaporates the edible material of cooked cavity through high-temperature steam. Steam rice cooker generally includes organism and pot body, and the external organism of arranging in of pot, steam generator are located the organism, and the pot body needs and the steam delivery pipe butt joint in the organism before the culinary art begins to guarantee that steam can be complete to enter into pot body culinary art intracavity. The prior art generally adopts the butt joint structure of automatic formula, drives the gas outlet and the pot body of steam conduit through the motor promptly and docks, and motor drive's mode manufacturing cost is high, and the structure is complicated, is unfavorable for product lightweight, miniaturization.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problems in the prior art and provides a steam heating cooking appliance with a simpler butt joint structure.
The purpose of the invention can be realized by the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a steam heating cooking utensil, includes the organism and the pot body, the organism includes the fuselage and by the horizontal convex aircraft nose of fuselage one side, be provided with steam generating device in the fuselage, but be provided with the butt joint seat of oscilaltion on the aircraft nose and be used for the installation the through-hole of butt joint seat, the butt joint seat can oscilaltion is in order to realize butt joint or separation with the pot body in the through-hole.
Preferably, the docking cradle has a manual drive to allow the docking cradle to be manually driven down or/and up.
Preferably, an elastic piece is arranged in the machine head, one end of the elastic piece acts on the machine head, the other end of the elastic piece acts on the butt joint seat, and the elastic force of the elastic piece drives the butt joint seat to rise so that the butt joint seat is separated from the pot body.
Preferably, the manual driving part is positioned at the upper part of the butt joint seat, and the butt joint seat is descended by pressing the manual driving part so as to realize butt joint of the butt joint part and the pot body.
Preferably, a clamping portion is further arranged in the machine head, and when the butt joint seat descends to be in butt joint with the pot body, the clamping portion is clamped with the butt joint seat to enable the butt joint seat to be in butt joint with the pot body and enable the elastic piece to be in a compressed state.
Preferably, the handpiece is provided with a control part, and the control part is used for driving the clamping part to be disengaged from the butt joint seat so that the butt joint seat ascends under the elastic force of the elastic piece.
Preferably, the control part comprises a control button, and the control button is in transmission connection with the clamping part.
Preferably, the control button is located at the very front end of the handpiece.
Preferably, when the butt joint seat is in butt joint with the pot body, the upper surface of the butt joint seat is flush with the upper surface of the machine head; when the butt joint seat is separated from the pot body, the butt joint seat protrudes out of the upper surface of the machine head.
Preferably, when the butt joint seat is in butt joint with the pot body, the upper surface of the butt joint seat is lower than the upper surface of the machine head; when the butt joint seat is separated from the pot body, the upper surface of the butt joint seat is flush with the upper surface of the machine head.
Compared with the prior art, the invention at least has the following technical advantages:
the invention provides a steam heating cooking appliance, which comprises a machine body and a pot body, wherein the machine body comprises a machine body and a machine head transversely protruding from one side of the machine body, a steam generating device is arranged in the machine body, a butt joint seat capable of ascending and descending up and down and a through hole for installing the butt joint seat are arranged on the machine head, and the butt joint seat can ascend and descend up and down in the through hole to realize butt joint or separation with the pot body.
In the invention, the machine head is provided with a through hole, the butt joint seat is arranged in the through hole, and the butt joint seat is lifted in the through hole so as to realize butt joint or separation with the pot body. So set up, the through-hole can be partly stretched out to the aircraft nose when ascending, and the whole height of aircraft nose does not lead to the fact the influence to the lift of butt joint seat to can reduce the whole height of aircraft nose, make cooking utensil's whole molding more small and exquisite, lightweight. In addition, because the butt joint seat all removes in the through-hole when doing the lift action, the user can be by the lift action of through-hole direct observation butt joint seat to judge whether butt joint seat and pot body butt joint accomplish, the user is when the culinary art operation, uses and experiences well.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the pan body separated from the machine head in the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a front view of the first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is an exploded view of a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a body according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure, 100, the fuselage; 200. a machine head; 210. a docking station; 211. buckling; 212. a first return spring; 220. a control button; 221. a second return spring; 230. a through hole; 240. a display panel; 250. a clamp arm; 251. a third return spring; 300. a pan body; 310. a pot cover; 400. a base.
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The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and are further described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
The invention provides a steam heating cooking appliance, which comprises a machine body and a pot body, wherein the machine body comprises a machine body and a machine head transversely protruding from one side of the machine body, a steam generating device is arranged in the machine body, a butt joint seat capable of ascending and descending up and down and a through hole for installing the butt joint seat are arranged on the machine head, and the butt joint seat can ascend and descend up and down in the through hole to realize butt joint or separation with the pot body. According to the technical scheme, the cooking utensil is smaller in shape, low in manufacturing cost and good in user experience, and the technical scheme of the invention is further explained through a plurality of embodiments
Example one
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, fig. 1 to 5 show a first embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, steam heating cooking utensil is a steam rice cooker, including organism and pot body 300, the organism includes fuselage 100 and aircraft nose 200 and the base 400 that stretches out by both ends about fuselage 100 one side, placing that pot body 300 can take out is in the open space that base 400 and aircraft nose 200 enclose, the steam conduit that has steam generator and transport steam in the fuselage 100, steam that steam generator produced is carried to aircraft nose 200 by steam conduit, butt joint seat 210 has on the aircraft nose 200, steam conduit's gas outlet sets up on butt joint seat 210, thereby through butt joint seat 210 and pot body 300's butt joint with steam conduit's gas outlet and the sealed butt joint of air inlet on the pot body 300 in order to carry high temperature steam to pot body 300 culinary art chamber.
In this embodiment, the steam generator is a boiler type steam generator, and the body 100 is provided with a water tank for supplying water to the steam generator. Of course, in other embodiments, an external water source may be introduced into the steam generator through a water pipe to supply water to the steam generator.
The air inlet on the pan body 300 is arranged on the pan cover 310 to facilitate the air inlet to be in butt joint with the air outlet on the butt joint seat 210.
Specifically, the handpiece 200 is provided with a through hole 230, the docking seat 210 is arranged in the through hole 230, the docking seat 210 moves up and down along the axial direction of the through hole 230 when performing lifting action, the through hole 230 has a guiding and limiting effect on the lifting of the docking seat 210, and the docking seat 210 can be prevented from being deviated and dislocated and inclined in the lifting process. When the butt joint seat 210 rises, the butt joint seat 210 is separated from the pot body 300, the pot body 300 can be taken out from the machine body, when the butt joint seat 210 descends, the butt joint seat 210 is in butt joint with the pot body 300, the air outlet in the butt joint seat 210 is in sealed butt joint with the air inlet in the pot cover 310, and steam in the steam pipeline is smoothly introduced into the cooking cavity of the pot body 300 to heat food materials.
In the present embodiment, the docking seat 210 ascends by means of mechanical transmission to be separated from the pot body 300 and descends by means of manual pressing to be docked with the pot body 300. Compared with a mode of driving the docking seat 210 to ascend and descend by a motor, the structure of the docking seat is more simplified, the number of parts in the handpiece 200 is less, and the manufacturing cost is low.
Specifically, a first return spring 212 is disposed in the handpiece 200, one end of the first return spring 212 acts on the docking seat 210, and the other end of the first return spring 212 acts on the handpiece 200. When the docking seat 210 descends, the first return spring 212 is compressed by the descending pressure of the docking seat 210, that is, when the docking seat 210 is docked with the pot body 300, the first return spring 212 is in a compressed state. Still be provided with joint portion in the aircraft nose 200, butt joint seat 210 is last have with the buckle 211 that joint portion corresponds the setting, when butt joint seat 210 is in with the butt joint state of pot body 300, joint portion with the upward movement formation of butt joint portion is spacing to buckle 211 joint for butt joint seat 210 keeps with pot body 300 butt joint state.
Preferably, referring to fig. 5, the number of the first return springs 212 may be multiple, and the multiple first return springs 212 are uniformly distributed around the circumference of the docking seat 210, so that the force applied to the docking seat 210 by each first return spring 212 is uniformly distributed when the docking seat 210 ascends and descends, and the docking seat 210 does not tilt due to uneven force application during the moving process.
In other embodiments, the first return spring 212 may be a single return spring, and a single return spring is sleeved on the docking cradle 210, which also ensures that the docking cradle 210 does not tilt during movement.
Further, a control part is further provided on the machine head 200 to control the connecting part to be disengaged from the buckle 211 on the docking seat 210, so that the docking seat 210 can be lifted up under the action of the elastic force of the first return spring 212 to be separated from the pot body 300. The control part comprises a control button 220, the control button 220 is in transmission connection with the clamping part, and a user can drive the clamping part to be separated from a buckle 211 on the butt joint seat 210 by pressing the control button 220.
Preferably, control button 220 sets up at the aircraft nose 200 just front end, and the advantage that control button 220 set up at the aircraft nose 200 just front end lies in, and the user is when using the steam rice cooker, and control button 220 is towards the user, accords with user's operating habit, and the control button 220 is operated through very direct discovery of user ability, uses and experiences well.
A second return spring 221 is arranged between the control button 220 and the clamping portion, and after the control button 220 is loosened, the control button 220 can automatically return under the elastic force action of the second return spring 221.
In this embodiment, the latch portion includes latch arms 250 extending from two sides of the docking station 210, and a side of the latch arms 250 close to the docking station 210 has a local protrusion protruding along the direction of the docking station 210 corresponding to the latch 211 on the docking station 210. When the control button 220 is pressed, the forward movement of the clamping arm 250 is perpendicular to the movement direction of the docking seat 210, and after the clamping arm 250 moves forward, the protrusion on the clamping arm 250 is staggered with the buckle 211 on the docking seat 210, so that the docking seat 210 rises under the action of the elastic force of the first return spring 212, and the docking seat 210 and the pot body 300 are separated. A third return spring 251 is arranged between the clamping portion and the inner cavity wall of the handpiece 200, the telescopic direction of the third return spring 251 is the same as the moving direction of the clamping arm, when the clamping arm moves forwards under the pushing of the control button 220, the spring is in a stretching state under the driving of the clamping arm, and when the control button 220 returns, the clamping arm returns under the pulling force of the third return spring 251. Thus, when the user manually presses the docking seat 210 to make the docking descend to the docking with the pot body 300, the latch 211 on the docking seat 210 can be latched with the protrusion on the latch arm, so that the docking seat 210 is kept in docking with the pot body 300.
In this embodiment, when the docking seat 210 is separated from the pot body 300, the upper end of the docking seat 210 protrudes out of the upper surface of the head 200, and the docking seat 210 protrudes out of the upper surface of the head 200 to form a manual driving portion, so that a user can press the manual driving portion of the docking seat 210 protruding out of the upper surface of the head 200 to complete the docking of the docking seat 210 and the pot body 300. With the setting of manual drive portion protrusion aircraft nose 200 upper surface, the user is pressing when docking seat 210, and it is more convenient to operate, and simultaneously, manual drive portion's visual effect is showing more, and user's use is experienced. When the docking seat 210 is docked with the pot body 300, the upper surface of the docking seat 210 is flush with the upper surface of the machine head 200, so that in the cooking process, the whole upper surface of the whole machine head 200 is a flat surface, and when the operation display panel 240 is positioned on the upper surface of the machine head 200, a user can more clearly and intuitively observe the cooking condition of the steam rice cooker.
Further, in this embodiment, still be provided with on the butt joint seat 210 and detect the structure, detect the structure and be used for detecting whether butt joint seat 210 targets in place with the pot body 300, only when the pot body 300 targets in place with butt joint seat 210, the culinary art procedure can just be by normal starting, steam generator could be normal opening, so, can avoid when butt joint seat 210 and pot body 300 butt joint do not target in place, steam generator is by the mistake open, high temperature steam is by the gas outlet discharge scald user in the butt joint seat 210.
Specifically, in this embodiment, a micro switch (not shown in the figure) is used to detect whether the docking seat 210 and the pan body 300 are docked in place, when the docking seat 210 and the pan body 300 are docked in place, the pan body 300 touches the micro switch, and the micro switch unlocks the steam generator for the main control board in the steam rice cooker.
Example two
Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 shows a second embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, when the docking seat 210 is separated from the pan body 300, the upper surface of the docking seat 210 is flush with the upper surface of the head 200; when a user prepares for cooking, after the pot body 300 is placed in the open space of the machine body, the docking seat 210 is pressed, so that the docking seat 210 moves downwards and sinks into the through hole 230 of the machine head 200 to complete docking with the pot body 300. By adopting the scheme, when the steam rice cooker is in the uncooked state, the height of the upper surface of the butt joint seat 210 is consistent with that of the upper surface of the machine head 200, compared with the scheme of the first embodiment, the whole height of the steam rice cooker is lower, and meanwhile, when the steam rice cooker is in the idle state, the upper surface of the whole machine head 200 is flat and attractive in appearance. Other structures of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, and are not repeated here.
The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the invention. Various modifications or additions may be made to the described embodiments or alternatives may be employed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or ambit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
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1. The utility model provides a steam heating cooking utensil, includes the organism and the pot body, the organism includes the fuselage and by the horizontal convex aircraft nose in fuselage one side, be provided with steam generator in the fuselage, its characterized in that, but be provided with the butt joint seat of oscilaltion on the aircraft nose and be used for the installation the through-hole of butt joint seat, the butt joint seat can oscilaltion is in order to realize with the butt joint of pot body or separation in the through-hole, the butt joint seat has manual drive portion in order to allow manual drive the butt joint seat descends or rises.
2. The steam heating cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein an elastic member is provided in the head, one end of the elastic member acts on the head, the other end of the elastic member acts on the docking seat, and the elastic force of the elastic member drives the docking seat to rise so as to separate the docking seat from the pot body.
3. The steam heating cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the manual driving part is located at an upper portion of the docking seat, and the docking seat is lowered by pressing the manual driving part to enable the docking part to be docked with the pot body.
4. The steam heating cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein a clamping portion is further provided in the head, and when the docking seat descends to be docked with the pot body, the clamping portion is clamped with the docking seat so that the docking seat is kept in a docked state with the pot body and the elastic member is kept in a compressed state.
5. The steam heating cooking appliance according to claim 4, wherein the head is provided with a control portion for driving the clamping portion to be disengaged from the docking cradle so that the docking cradle ascends under the elastic force of the elastic member.
6. The steam heating cooking appliance of claim 5, wherein the control portion includes a control button in driving connection with the snap-in portion.
7. The steam heating cooking appliance of claim 6, wherein the control button is located at a forward end of the head.
8. The steam-heated cooking appliance of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein when the docking station is docked with the pan body, the upper surface of the docking station is flush with the upper surface of the head; when the butt joint seat is separated from the pot body, the butt joint seat protrudes out of the upper surface of the machine head.
9. The steam-heated cooking appliance of any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein when the docking station is docked with the pan body, the upper surface of the docking station is lower than the upper surface of the head; when the butt joint seat is separated from the pot body, the upper surface of the butt joint seat is flush with the upper surface of the machine head.
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