CN110960070A

CN110960070A - Interior pot subassembly and cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN110960070A
Application number: CN201911380854.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈亮; 康津; 卢正邦; 王宇金; 陈长英; 邓志宏; 吴学鹏; 曾国辉
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2019-12-27
Filing date: 2019-12-27
Publication date: 2020-04-07
Also published as: WO2021128906A1

Abstract

The invention relates to an inner pot assembly and a cooking utensil, wherein the inner pot assembly comprises: the inner pot comprises a pot body and a containing bin formed in the pot body; the food steamer is detachably sleeved in the inner pot; and at least part of the driving piece is hermetically connected in the accommodating bin and is controlled to drive the food steamer to lift relative to the inner pot. The inner pot assembly is sleeved in the outer pot and used for cooking, water in the inner pot can be heated in an electrified mode to cook rice, the driving piece can drive the food steamer to ascend relative to the bottom wall of the inner pot after the food steamer is cooked for a period of time, rice grains in the food steamer are separated from rice water in the inner pot, the starch content in the rice grains is reduced, and finally the desugared rice is obtained. Interior pot subassembly simple structure, and driving piece direct assembly in the pot go up and down in order to drive the food steamer, outer pot with traditional mode design can, need not make too big change, should interior pot subassembly assemble and also can produce the desugared meal in the outer pot of tradition, improved the convenience of preparation desugared meal greatly, pot subassembly's commonality in the improvement.

Description

Interior pot subassembly and cooking utensil

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to an inner pot assembly and a cooking appliance.

Background

The preparation method of the desugared rice comprises the steps of adding a proper amount of water into an inner pot of the electric cooker to enable the water to be fully contacted with rice in the inner pot in the process of cooking the rice by using the electric cooker, discharging rice soup in the inner pot after the electric cooker cooks the rice for a period of time to reduce the starch content in the rice, and steaming the rice in a steaming mode. However, the general desugaring rice cooker has a mode of separating rice and soup by arranging a drainage mechanism in the cooker body, and the structure change is larger than that of the common rice cooker, so that the general desugaring rice cooker cannot be used with the common rice cooker.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, there is a need for an inner pot assembly and a cooking utensil, which can be used with a common electric rice cooker to produce desugared rice.

An inner pot assembly comprising:

the inner pot comprises a pot body and a containing bin formed in the pot body;

the food steamer is detachably sleeved in the inner pot;

the driving piece is at least partially in sealing fit with the containing bin and is controlled to drive the food steamer to lift relative to the inner pot.

The inner pot assembly is sleeved in the outer pot and is used for being sleeved in the inner pot before cooking, a gap or a joint is formed between the inner pot and the inner pot, rice and water can be added into the food steamer, rice grains are accumulated in the food steamer, and water is accumulated in the inner pot after passing through the water filtering holes in the food steamer. Then, the water in the inner pot is heated by electrifying to cook rice, after the rice is cooked for a period of time, the driving piece can drive the food steamer to rise relative to the bottom wall of the inner pot, so that the gap between the food steamer and the inner pot is enlarged, the rice grains in the food steamer are separated from the rice water in the inner pot, the starch content in the rice grains is reduced, and finally, the desugared rice is obtained and is convenient for diabetics or obese people to eat. So, interior pot subassembly simple structure, and the driving piece directly assembles can drive the food steamer on interior pot and go up and down, outer pot with traditional mode design can, need not make too big change, should interior pot subassembly assemble and also can produce the desugared meal in traditional outer pot, improved the convenience of preparation desugared meal greatly, and improved the commonality of interior pot subassembly.

In one embodiment, at least a part of the top wall of the accommodating bin facing the steamer is configured to have deformation capacity, the driving member comprises a fixed end and a lifting end for providing driving force for lifting the steamer, and the part of the accommodating bin with deformation capacity is positioned on a lifting path of the lifting end.

In one embodiment, the accommodating bin comprises a bin body and a deformation part, wherein an opening is formed in the top wall of the bin body facing the steamer, the deformation part is hermetically assembled at the opening and has deformation capacity in the lifting direction of the steamer;

the driving piece comprises a fixed end and a lifting end for providing driving force for the lifting of the food steamer, and the deformation part is located on a lifting path of the lifting end.

In one embodiment, the cartridge body has a first sub-cavity, the deformation portion has a second sub-cavity with a variable volume, and the first sub-cavity and the second sub-cavity are communicated through the opening;

the fixed end is connected in the first sub-cavity in a matching mode, and the lifting end can stretch into the second sub-cavity in a lifting mode.

In one embodiment, the deformation part comprises an assembling end and a deformation end, the assembling end is hermetically assembled at the opening of the bin body, the deformation end is connected with the assembling end, and at least two layers of folding parts are arranged along the lifting direction of the food steamer.

In one embodiment, the deformation part further comprises a waterproof wall, the waterproof wall is arranged at the assembling end and forms a waterproof groove with the assembling end in an enclosing manner, and the edge of the opening on the bin body is sleeved in the waterproof groove;

and the assembling end is sleeved outside the fixed end and is fixedly abutted between the fixed end and the inner wall of the bin body.

In one embodiment, the containing bin is formed by the bottom wall of the pan body being recessed towards the inside of the pan body.

In some embodiments, the bottom wall of the food steamer is recessed towards the direction extending into the food steamer to form a matching bin, and the matching bin can be sleeved outside the accommodating bin.

In some embodiments, the device further comprises a limiting plate, the bin body is provided with an installation opening allowing the driving piece to pass through and communicate with the accommodating cavity, and the limiting plate is detachably blocked at the installation opening.

In some embodiments, the pot further comprises a sealing element which is in sealing abutment between the limiting plate and the bottom wall of the pot body.

In some embodiments, the limiting plate is provided with a through hole for allowing the conductive terminal to pass through, and the sealing element is provided with a movable sealing part corresponding to the through hole;

the movable sealing part has a first state for sealing the via hole and a second state for allowing the conductive terminal to pass through the via hole and then be in conductive butt joint with the driving part.

In some embodiments, a handle is formed on part of the edge of the food steamer in a protruding way in the direction far away from the bottom wall of the inner pot.

A cooking utensil comprises an outer pot and the inner pot component, wherein the inner pot component is detachably sleeved in the outer pot;

and the outer pot is internally provided with a conductive terminal which can be in conductive butt joint with the driving piece in the inner pot component.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a state of an inner pot assembly in the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the inner pot assembly of FIG. 2 in another state;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the docking of the driving member with the conductive terminals of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the inner pot assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of the inner pot assembly of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the inner pot assembly of FIG. 5 from one perspective;

FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the inner pot assembly of FIG. 5 from another perspective;

FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the inner pot assembly of FIG. 5 from yet another perspective.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

As shown in fig. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, a cooking appliance 200 is provided, which includes an outer pot 210 (only a portion of which is shown in fig. 1), an inner pot assembly 100 detachably sleeved in the outer pot 210, and a cover body (not shown) openably and closably disposed on the outer pot 210, wherein when the cover body is closed with respect to the outer pot 210, the inner pot assembly 100 is sealed to form a cooking space, and food materials are processed through the cooking space.

Specifically, the outer pot 210 includes a support ring 213, and the inner pot assembly 100 is sleeved on the support ring 213.

As shown in fig. 2-3, the inner pot assembly 100 includes an inner pot 10, a food steamer 30 and a driving member 50, the food steamer 30 is detachably sleeved in the inner pot 10, the driving member 50 is hermetically coupled to the inner pot 10, and the driving member 30 is controlled to move up and down relative to the inner pot 10.

And, interior pot 10 includes pot body 12 and the storehouse 14 that holds that forms at pot body 12, and driving piece 50 is at least partly sealed to be joined in marriage in holding storehouse 14 to through holding storehouse 14 installation driving piece 50, and sealing driving piece 50, prevent that water in pot body 12 or the water when wasing interior pot from getting into driving piece 50, guarantee the electric safety performance of driving piece 50.

Before cooking, the food steamer 30 is sleeved in the inner pot 10 and is in clearance fit with the inner pot 10, at the moment, rice and water can be added into the food steamer 30, rice grains are accumulated in the food steamer 30, and water is accumulated in the inner pot 10 after passing through the water filtering holes in the food steamer 30. Then, the water in the inner pot 10 is heated by electrifying to cook rice, after a period of cooking, the driving piece 50 can drive the food steamer 30 to ascend relative to the inner pot 10, so that the gap between the food steamer 30 and the inner pot 10 is enlarged, and further, rice grains in the food steamer 30 are separated from rice water in the inner pot 10, so that the content of starch in the rice grains is reduced, finally, desugared rice is obtained, and the rice is convenient for diabetics or obese people to eat. So, interior pot subassembly 100 simple structure, and driving piece 50 directly assembles can drive food steamer 30 lift in interior pot 10, outer pot 210 with traditional mode design can, need not make too big change, this interior pot subassembly 100 assembles also can produce the desugared meal in ordinary outer pot 210, has improved the convenience of preparation desugared meal greatly, and has improved interior pot subassembly 100's commonality.

In some embodiments, at least a portion of the top wall of the accommodating compartment 14 facing the food steamer 30 is configured to have a shape-changing capability, the driving member 50 includes a fixed end 52 and a lifting end 54 providing a driving force for lifting and lowering the food steamer 30, and the portion of the accommodating compartment 14 having the shape-changing capability is located on a lifting path of the lifting end 54, can be deformed and expanded under the pushing of the lifting end 54, and allows the driving member 50 to push the food steamer 30 to lift and lower.

Specifically, hold storehouse 14 and include storehouse body 11 and deformation portion 13, opening 17 has been seted up to the one side of storehouse body 11 towards food steamer 30, and deformation portion 13 seal assembly has deformability in opening 17 department and in the direction of lift of food steamer 30, and deformation portion 13 is located the lift route of lift end 54 simultaneously, and through the promotion of lift end 54, deformation portion 13 is driven and is produced deformation to allow lift end 54 to promote the lift of food steamer 30.

More specifically, the cartridge body 11 has a first sub-chamber 16, the deformation portion 13 has a second sub-chamber 18 with a variable volume, the first sub-chamber 16 and the second sub-chamber 18 are communicated through the opening 17, the fixing end 52 is coupled in the first sub-chamber 16, and the lifting end 54 can be lifted and lowered to extend into the second sub-chamber 18, which is equivalent to the deformation portion 13 surrounding the lifting end 54 and being deformable along with the lifting end 54, so as to allow the lifting end 54 to move while sealing the driving member 50. Thus, the deformation part 13 seals the opening 17 of the bin body 11, so as to prevent water flow in the pot body 12 or water flow from entering the driving part 50 from the opening 17 when the inner pot assembly 100 is cleaned, and prevent the driving part 50 from entering water.

As shown in fig. 6, in the embodiment, the deformation portion 13 includes a fitting end 132 and a deformation end 134, the fitting end 132 is hermetically fitted at the opening 17 of the bin body 11, the deformation end 134 is connected to the fitting end 132 and has at least two layers of folds along the lifting direction of the food steamer 30, and the at least two layers of folds can be compressed or pushed to extend, so as to allow the deformation end 134 to deform.

Further, deformation portion 13 still includes bulkhead 136, and bulkhead 136 locates assembly end 132, and with the assembly end 132 between enclose and close and form the water-proof tank, in the water-proof tank was located to the edge cover of opening 17 on the storehouse body 11, prevented that rivers from improving sealing performance by opening 17 department flow direction storehouse body 11 in. The fitting end 132 is sleeved outside the fixed end 52 and is fixedly abutted between the fixed end 52 and the inner wall of the bin 11, so that the fitting end 132 is fixed by the abutment of the driving member 50 and the bin 11.

Alternatively, the driving member 50 is an electric push rod, and the deformation portion 13 is a tower-shaped sealing ring. The telescopic rod of the electric push rod can extend into the tower-shaped sealing ring to push the tower-shaped sealing ring to extend, or the tower-shaped sealing ring contracts under the pushing of the gravity of the food steamer 30 when the telescopic rod of the electric push rod contracts.

As shown in fig. 2-3, in some embodiments, the accommodating chamber 14 is formed by the bottom wall of the pot body 12 being recessed inward from the pot body 12, which is equivalent to disposing the accommodating chamber 14 in the inner space of the inner pot 10, and does not occupy the space outside the inner pot 10, and does not need to change the structure of the outer pot 210 matched with the inner pot 10, thereby improving the versatility of the inner pot assembly 100. It is understood that in other embodiments, the accommodating chamber 14 can be disposed on the pot body 12 and outside the inner space of the pot body 12, and the outer pot 210 carrying the inner pot 10 needs to be adapted to accommodate the accommodating chamber 14 in the inner pot assembly 100, which is not limited herein.

Further, the bottom wall of the food steamer 30 is recessed to the direction extending into the interior of the food steamer 30 to form a matching bin 31, the matching bin 31 is detachably sleeved outside the containing bin 14, so that the food steamer 30 is reliably sleeved in the inner pot 10, the matching bin 31 can stably lift along the containing bin 14 under the action of the driving piece 50, and the structural reliability is improved. Preferably, when the matching bin 31 is supported on the accommodating bin 14, a certain gap is reserved between the bottom wall of the food steamer 30 and the bottom wall of the inner pot 10, so that the food steamer 30 can rise to a small extent and can be separated from the liquid level in the inner pot 10, and the quality and the taste of the cooked rice are ensured.

As shown in fig. 5-9, in some embodiments, the inner pot assembly 100 further includes a limiting plate 70, the bin 11 is provided with a mounting opening 112 allowing the driving member 50 to pass through and communicate with the accommodating cavity, and the driving member 50 can be assembled in the accommodating cavity through the mounting opening 112; the limit plate 70 is detachably disposed at the mounting opening 112 and supports the driving element 50 to block the mounting opening 112 and prevent the driving element 50 from being separated from the accommodating chamber 14 from the mounting opening 112.

Further, interior pot subassembly 100 still includes sealing member 90, and sealing member 90 is sealed the butt between the diapire of limiting plate 70 and pot body 12 to sealed installing port 112 prevents to wash in the in-process water stain of pot subassembly 100 and gets into driving piece 50 from installing port 112, prevents that driving piece 50 from intaking, guarantees driving piece 50 leakproofness, and pot subassembly 100 washs in the convenience. Optionally, the sealing member 90 is further sleeved between the driving member 50 and the inner wall of the bin 11 to further seal the driving member 50.

As shown in fig. 2-4, in some embodiments, the outer pot 210 has a conductive terminal 211 disposed therein, and when the inner pot assembly 100 is sleeved in the outer pot 210, the conductive terminal 211 is electrically connected to the driving member 50 of the inner pot assembly 100 to provide power to the driving member 50.

Optionally, the conductive terminal 211 is disposed on the heating plate of the outer pan 210, and an end of the conductive terminal 211 extends out of the outer pan 210 and into the accommodating chamber 14 to be abutted with the driving member 50. For example, the conductive terminal 211 has a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and the mating terminal at the bottom of the driving member 50 can be respectively conducted with the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the conductive terminal 211, so as to realize the conductive connection between the conductive terminal 211 and the driving member 50.

As shown in fig. 5 to 9, a through hole 72 allowing the conductive terminal 211 to pass through is formed on the position-limiting plate 70, a movable sealing portion 92 is disposed on the sealing member 90 corresponding to the through hole 72, and the movable sealing portion 92 has a first state of sealing the through hole 72 and a second state of allowing the conductive terminal 211 to pass through the through hole 72 and then electrically connected to the driving member 50. When the inner pot assembly 100 is not assembled in the outer pot 210, the movable sealing portion 92 of the sealing member 90 does not contact the conductive terminal 211 in the outer pot 210, and the sealing member 90 seals the through hole 72 in the first state, so that water is prevented from entering the driving member 50 through the through hole 72 when the inner pot assembly 100 is cleaned. When the inner pot assembly 100 is assembled in the outer pot 210, the movable sealing element 90 on the sealing contacts the conductive terminal 211 in the outer pot 210, the sealing element 90 is passed through by the conductive terminal 211 and then abutted against the driving element 50, and the sealing element 90 is switched to the second state, allowing the conductive terminal 211 to be conducted with the driving element 50.

It is understood that in other embodiments, a power source may be disposed in the accommodating chamber 14 of the inner pot 10 to supply power to the driving member 50, and the conductive terminals 211 are not required to be disposed on the outer pot 210, thereby further improving the versatility of the inner pot assembly 100.

As shown in fig. 2-3, in some embodiments, a handle 33 is formed at a portion of the edge of the food steamer 30 protruding away from the bottom of the inner pan 10, and the handle 33 provides a stress point, so that a tool or a human hand can conveniently hold the handle 33 to pick and place the food steamer 30, thereby improving the use experience.

Based on the same inventive concept, the invention also provides the inner pot assembly 100. The inner pot assembly 100 comprises an inner pot 10, a food steamer 30 and a driving member 50, wherein the food steamer 30 is detachably sleeved in the inner pot 10, and the driving member 50 is hermetically connected to the inner pot 10 and is controlled to drive the food steamer 30 to ascend and descend relative to the inner pot 10. Before cooking, the food steamer 30 is sleeved in the inner pot 10 and is in clearance fit with the inner pot 10, at the moment, rice and water can be added into the food steamer 30, rice grains are accumulated in the food steamer 30, and water is accumulated in the inner pot 10 after passing through the water filtering holes in the food steamer 30. Then, the water in the inner pot 10 is heated by electrifying to cook rice, after a period of cooking, the driving piece 50 can drive the food steamer 30 to ascend relative to the inner pot 10, so that the gap between the food steamer 30 and the inner pot 10 is enlarged, and further, rice grains in the food steamer 30 are separated from rice water in the inner pot 10, so that the content of starch in the rice grains is reduced, finally, desugared rice is obtained, and the rice is convenient for diabetics or obese people to eat. So, interior pot subassembly 100 simple structure, and driving piece 50 directly assembles can drive food steamer 30 lift in interior pot 10, outer pot 210 with traditional mode design can, need not make too big change, this interior pot subassembly 100 assembles also can produce the desugared meal in ordinary outer pot 210, has improved the convenience of preparation desugared meal greatly, and has improved interior pot subassembly 100's commonality.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. An inner pot assembly, comprising:

the inner pot (10), the inner pot (10) comprises a pot body (12) and a containing bin (14) formed on the pot body (12);

the food steamer (30), the said food steamer (30) is set in the said inner pan (10) removably;

the driving piece (50) is at least partially in sealing fit with the accommodating bin (14) and is used for controlling the food steamer (30) to lift relative to the inner pot (10).

2. Inner pot assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the top wall of the receiving compartment (14) facing the food steamer (30) is at least partially constructed with deformation capability, the driving member (50) comprises a fixed end (52) and a lifting end (54) providing a driving force for lifting the food steamer (30), and the deformation capability part of the receiving compartment (14) is located on the lifting path of the lifting end (54).

3. The inner pot assembly according to claim 2, wherein the accommodating bin (14) comprises a bin body (11) and a deformation part (13), an opening (17) is formed in the top wall of the bin body (11) facing the steamer (30), and the deformation part (13) is hermetically assembled at the opening (17) and has deformation capacity in the lifting direction of the steamer (30);

the driving piece (50) comprises a fixed end (52) and a lifting end (54) for providing driving force for the lifting of the steamer (30), and the deformation part (13) is located on a lifting path of the lifting end (54).

4. Inner pot assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that the cartridge body (11) has a first sub-cavity (16), the deformation (13) has a second sub-cavity (18) of variable volume, the first sub-cavity (16) and the second sub-cavity (18) communicating through the opening (17);

the fixed end (52) is connected in the first sub cavity (16) in a matching mode, and the lifting end (54) can extend into the second sub cavity (18) in a lifting mode.

5. The inner pan assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the deformation part (13) comprises a fitting end (132) and a deformation end (134), the fitting end (132) is hermetically fitted at the opening (17) of the cartridge body (11), and the deformation end (134) is connected with the fitting end (132) and has at least two layers of folds in the lifting direction of the steamer (30).

6. The inner pan assembly as claimed in claim 5, wherein the deformation part (13) further comprises a waterproof wall (136), the waterproof wall (136) is disposed on the mounting end (132) and forms a waterproof groove with the mounting end (132), and the edge of the opening (17) on the bin body (11) is sleeved in the waterproof groove;

the assembling end (132) is sleeved outside the fixed end (52) and is fixedly abutted between the fixed end (52) and the inner wall of the bin body (11).

7. Inner pot assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving compartment (14) is formed by a bottom wall of the pot (12) which is recessed inwardly into the pot (12).

8. The inner pot assembly according to claim 7, wherein the bottom wall of the food steamer (30) is concavely formed with a matching bin (31) towards the inner direction extending into the food steamer (30), and the matching bin (31) is detachably sleeved outside the accommodating bin (14).

9. The inner pan assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a limiting plate (70), wherein the bin body (11) is provided with a mounting opening (112) for allowing the driving member (50) to pass through, and the limiting plate (70) is detachably disposed at the mounting opening (112) and supports the driving member (50).

10. The inner pan assembly of claim 9, further comprising a seal (90), the seal (90) sealingly abutting between the stopper plate (70) and the bottom wall of the pan body (12).

11. The inner pan assembly as claimed in claim 10, wherein the limiting plate (70) is provided with a through hole (72) for allowing the conductive terminal (211) to pass through, and the sealing member (90) is provided with a movable sealing portion (92) corresponding to the through hole (72);

the movable sealing part (92) has a first state for sealing the through hole (72) and a second state for allowing the conductive terminal (211) to pass through the through hole (72) and then be in conductive butt joint with the driving part (50).

12. Inner pot assembly according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a handle (33) is formed by a part of the edge of the basket (30) projecting away from the bottom wall of the inner pot (10).

13. A cooking appliance comprising an outer pot (210) and the inner pot assembly (100) of any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the inner pot assembly (100) is removably nested within the outer pot (210);

and a conductive terminal (211) is arranged in the outer pot (210), and the conductive terminal (211) can be in conductive butt joint with a driving piece (50) in the inner pot component (100).