CN113729522A

CN113729522A - Food processor

Info

Publication number: CN113729522A
Application number: CN202010472103.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 招绍坤; 罗国华; 邱锐杰; 孙毅
Original assignee: Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Life Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-05-28
Filing date: 2020-05-28
Publication date: 2021-12-03

Abstract

The invention discloses a food processor, which comprises a host, a first processing cup assembly and a second processing cup assembly, wherein the first processing cup assembly is arranged on the host and comprises a first cup body and a first working part extending into the first cup body, the first working part comprises a driving shaft, the second processing cup assembly comprises a second working part, and the second working part comprises a rotating shaft; the second processing cup assembly and the first cup body can be arranged in a separated mode, the second processing cup assembly can be inserted into the first cup body, and the driving shaft and the rotating shaft can be in transmission coupling so that the first working part can drive the second working part to rotate together. The food processor is convenient to replace and use the cup body groups with different functions.

Description

Food processor

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a food processing machine.

Background

In the existing multifunctional stirring machines, when a host machine is provided with a plurality of different functional cups, when different functional cups are required to be used for food material treatment, different functional cups are required to be replaced from the host machine; alternatively, a plurality of different detachable work executing members may be disposed on the drive shaft, and the work executing members may be detached and replaced when necessary. In both modes, the cup needs to be replaced, or different work executing components need to be replaced, so that the use process is very inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a food processor, aiming at improving the convenience of the food processor when different functional cup groups are used.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a food processor comprising:

a host;

a first processing cup assembly installed in the host, the first processing cup assembly comprises a first cup body and a first working component extending into the first cup body, the first working component comprises a driving shaft, and

a second processing cup assembly comprising a second working member comprising a rotating shaft;

wherein the second processing cup assembly is separately provided from the first cup body, the second processing cup assembly is insertable into the first cup body, and the driving shaft and the rotating shaft are drivingly coupled to rotate the first working member and the second working member together.

According to the technical scheme, the second processing cup assembly is designed in the food processor and can be inserted into the first cup body, and the second working part in the second processing cup assembly can be in transmission coupling with the first working part in the first cup body, so that when different functions of the food processor are switched, the first processing cup assembly originally installed on the main machine does not need to be integrally or partially dismantled, and only the second processing cup assembly needs to be directly installed, and the convenience of the food processor in using different functional cup sets is greatly improved.

Alternatively, when the second processing cup assembly is inserted into the first cup and the driving shaft is coupled with the rotating shaft, the second processing cup assembly is relatively fixed with the first cup in a circumferential direction of the first cup.

In this embodiment, through with second processing cup subassembly and first cup relatively fixed in the circumference of first cup, then grind edible material in-process, second processing cup subassembly can not wholly autogyration, need not the control of people's hand, and it is more convenient to use.

Optionally, the protruding vortex muscle that is equipped with of inner wall of first cup, second processing cup subassembly still include the second cup and with the base subassembly that the rim of a cup lid of second cup closed, second workpiece install in base subassembly, the outer wall of second cup and/or base subassembly's outer wall is provided with the screens, the screens configuration into with the cooperation of vortex muscle joint.

In this embodiment, the cooperation through screens and vortex muscle realizes that the circumference of second processing cup subassembly is spacing fixed, has utilized the structure of first cup self, and connection structure is simple reliable.

Optionally, still install the shock pad in the screens, the shock pad is in the vortex muscle card is gone into during the screens, by the screens with the vortex muscle centre gripping.

In this embodiment, the shock impact energy between the second processing cup assembly and the first cup body is absorbed and buffered by the shock absorbing pad, so that the noise can be reduced.

Optionally, the first processing cup assembly further comprises a cup cover, and when the second processing cup assembly is inserted into the first cup body and the connecting element is coupled with the coupling element, the cup cover covers the rim of the first cup body and presses against the top of the second cup body.

In this embodiment, still suppress the top of second cup through the bowl cover, can prevent that second processing cup subassembly from going on drunkenness from top to bottom to can reduce manual intervention, structure safe and reliable and convenient to use.

Optionally, a trigger is arranged on the second cup body or the base assembly, an inductor is mounted on the first cup body, and the inductor is matched with the trigger to detect the mounting state of the second processing cup assembly.

In this embodiment, the cooperation of trigger and inductor can realize that food processor just starts grinding function after detecting to install the second processing cup subassembly, can avoid first working part idle running, improves the security performance.

Optionally, the opening of the first cup is narrowed from top to bottom.

In this embodiment, the opening of first cup from top to bottom reduces, then when the second of installation processing cup subassembly, pushes down and can carry out the chucking with second processing cup subassembly, and when upwards taking out, can realize the pine of second processing cup subassembly and take off to also can make things convenient for the staff to stretch into and operate, so promote the convenience of use.

Optionally, a connecting element is further disposed on the driving shaft, and a coupling element is further disposed on the rotating shaft, wherein the connecting element and the coupling element can be in transmission coupling when the second processing cup assembly is inserted into the first cup.

In this embodiment, the connecting element and the coupling element cooperate to achieve a reliable drive coupling connection.

Optionally, one of the connecting element and the coupling element is a one-way bearing, and the other of the connecting element and the coupling element is a connector sleeved with the one-way bearing.

In this embodiment, utilize one-way bearing can firmly hold the connector tightly when rotatory, with the characteristic that the connector pine takes off when the irrotational, make things convenient for the extraction of whole second processing cup subassembly.

Optionally, one of the driving shaft and the rotating shaft is further provided with a coupling structure, and the other of the driving shaft and the rotating shaft can be in transmission coupling with the coupling structure;

or, the first working part further comprises a working executing part arranged on the driving shaft, a connecting part is integrally formed on the working executing part, a coupling part is arranged on the rotating shaft, and the coupling part is in transmission coupling with the connecting part;

and the shaft holes of the driving shaft and the rotating shaft are matched for transmission coupling.

In the embodiment, the transmission connection is realized by arranging the coupling structure on one of the driving shaft and the rotating shaft, so that the structure is simple and the use is convenient.

Optionally, the first cup body is further connected with a slurry discharge valve device, the first cup body is provided with a discharge hole, the slurry discharge valve device comprises a valve body, the valve body comprises a valve body shell and a valve core, the valve body shell is provided with a feed hole, a slurry discharge hole and a liquid channel communicated with the feed hole and the slurry discharge hole, the feed hole can be in butt joint communication with the discharge hole, and the valve core is movably connected with the valve body shell to control the on-off of the liquid channel;

wherein the valve body housing of the valve body is at least partially detachably separable from the first cup and/or the valve cartridge is detachably separable from the valve body housing.

In this embodiment, the valve body shell that has valve body through the thick liquid valve gear of arranging at food preparation machine can at least partially be dismantled, valve body and case all can be dismantled, or the setting that the case can be dismantled for arrange the thick liquid valve gear and use the back for a long time, can conveniently wash arranging thick liquid valve gear, get rid of the edible material residue who arranges thick liquid valve gear, promote food hygiene safety.

Optionally, the slurry discharge valve device further comprises a driving motor, and the driving motor is in transmission connection with the valve core.

In the embodiment, the valve core is automatically controlled by the driving part, so that the food processing machine can realize various automatic control programs and is more convenient to use.

Optionally, the valve body is extractable laterally with respect to the first processing cup assembly.

In this embodiment, the valve body can be taken out from the side direction, and when needing to wash, the dismouting is comparatively convenient.

Optionally, the slurry discharge valve device further comprises a bracket assembly, the bracket assembly is connected with the outer wall of the first cup body, and the valve body is connected with the bracket assembly.

In this embodiment, the bracket assembly is arranged so that the whole structure is simplified and the assembly and disassembly are more convenient.

Optionally, the bracket assembly includes a first bracket adapted to be mounted to the first cup and a second bracket to which the valve body is coupled, wherein the second bracket is movable along the first bracket to bring the inlet opening and the outlet opening into close proximity and abutting communication; or the second bracket can move along the first bracket and drive the valve body to move out of the first bracket together.

In this embodiment, the valve body can be conveniently taken out and cleaned by means of the drawing manner formed by the sliding fit of the first bracket and the second bracket.

Optionally, a locking structure is arranged between the first support and the second support, and when the second support drives the valve body to be close to the discharge hole and enables the feed hole to be in butt joint communication with the discharge hole, the first support and the second support are relatively fixed together through the locking structure.

In this embodiment, after the valve bodies are butted through the locking structure, the connection at the connecting part of the feeding hole and the discharging hole is stable, and the valve bodies are not easy to loosen to generate leakage.

Optionally, the food processor further comprises a receiving cup assembly and a water supply device, the receiving cup assembly is located below the slurry discharge valve device, and the water supply device is installed on the main machine and can inject water into the first cup body.

In the embodiment, the food processor can automatically process and clean the food processor by arranging the water supply device and the receiving cup assembly, and is convenient to use.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1 at A;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the food processor of FIG. 1 in another state;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a partially exploded view of a second processing cup assembly of the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the second processing cup assembly of FIG. 4 in an overall exploded configuration;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of another embodiment of a link and coupling element in the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a drive coupling arrangement for one embodiment of a drive shaft and a rotatable shaft of the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a drive coupling arrangement of yet another embodiment of a drive shaft and a rotatable shaft of the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a drive coupling arrangement of yet another embodiment of a drive shaft and a rotatable shaft of the food processor of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the structure of the food processor of FIG. 1, with the discharge valve assembly of the first embodiment installed;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the structure of FIG. 10 with the valve body and second bracket in a removed condition;

FIG. 12 is a further perspective structural view of the structure of FIG. 10 with the valve body and second bracket in a removed condition;

FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional structural schematic of the structure of FIG. 12;

FIG. 14 is a schematic structural view of the structural valve body of FIG. 10 in a removed condition;

FIG. 15 is an exploded view of the valve body of FIG. 14;

FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the structure of the food processor of FIG. 1, the food processor being equipped with a discharge valve assembly of a second embodiment;

FIG. 17 is a schematic view of the arrangement of FIG. 16 with the valve body in a removed condition;

FIG. 18 is a sectional view of a portion of the structure of the food processor of FIG. 1, with the food processor being equipped with a discharge valve assembly of a third embodiment;

FIG. 19 is an exploded schematic view of a portion of the valve body assembly of FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the structure of the food processor of FIG. 1, the food processor being equipped with a discharge valve assembly of a fourth embodiment;

FIG. 21 is an exploded schematic view of a portion of the valve body assembly of FIG. 20;

FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the structure of the food processor of FIG. 1, the food processor being equipped with a discharge valve assembly of a fifth embodiment;

fig. 23 is an exploded view of a portion of the valve body assembly of fig. 22.

The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and for example, "secured" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral part; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are only for descriptive purposes and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides a food processor, wherein the food processor 1 includes a main body 10, a receiving cup assembly 20, a first processing cup assembly 30, a water supply device 40, a second processing cup assembly 50, and a slurry discharge valve device 90.

The host 10 comprises a host shell 11 and a bottom cover 12 covering the bottom of the host shell 11, a driving part is arranged in the host shell 11, the driving part comprises a driving motor 13, a first processing cup assembly 30 extends from the upper part of the host shell 11 and is connected with the driving part, the first processing cup assembly 30 comprises a first cup 31, a first working part 32 and a cup cover 34, the first working part 32 comprises a driving shaft 321 and a work executing part 322 arranged on the driving shaft 321, in a transmission mode, the driving part can be an electromagnetic driving structure, the electromagnetic driving structure can be a driving disk comprising a main driving magnet, the driving disk can be driven by the driving motor 13 and is positioned in the host 10, the auxiliary driving disk arranged on the first working part 32 is further included, the auxiliary driving disk is connected with the driving shaft 321 of the first working part 32, in this embodiment, the first working member 32 partially extends into the first processing cup assembly 30, and when the electromagnetic drive is used, the first working member 32 is disposed in the first processing cup assembly 30. In another transmission mode, the driving shaft 321 may also be directly driven by the driving motor 13, wherein a motor shaft of the driving motor 13 may be connected to the driving shaft 321 through a coupling, or the motor shaft of the driving motor 13 may be directly used as the driving shaft 321 of the first working component 32, and the present application adopts a mode that the motor shaft of the driving motor 13 is directly used as the driving shaft 321 of the first working component 32 for transmission. The main frame 10 further comprises a main frame covering the outside of the driving part 13, the bottom of the main frame is further connected with a heat radiation fan 14, an air guide cover structure is formed on the main frame, an air duct 15 flowing through the driving motor 13 is formed by matching the main frame shell and the main frame, wherein an air inlet and an air outlet communicated with the air duct 15 are formed in the bottom cover 12 or the main frame shell 11, and under the driving of the heat radiation fan 14, external air flow can enter the air duct 15 from the air inlet to exchange heat with the driving motor 13 so as to absorb heat generated in the operation process of the driving motor 13 and is discharged to the outside from the air outlet. The main frame 11 also has a control circuit board 16, and the driving motor 13 is electrically connected to the control circuit board 16. The upper portion of the host shell 11 is provided with a control panel 17, the control panel 17 is electrically connected with a control circuit board 16 in the host shell 11, and the control panel 17 is provided with a plurality of function buttons.

As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the second processing cup assembly 50 includes a second working member 52, and the second working member 52 includes a rotary shaft 521; wherein the second processing cup assembly 50 is separated from the first cup 31, the second processing cup assembly 50 can be inserted into the first cup 31, and the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521 can be coupled in a transmission manner to enable the first working member 32 and the second working member 52 to rotate together.

In the present application, the second processing cup assembly 50 includes a second cup body 51, a base assembly 54 covering the rim of the second cup body 51, and a second working member 52 mounted on the base assembly 54, in some embodiments, the first processing cup assembly 30 is a stirring cup assembly, i.e. the first cup body 31 is a stirring cup, the driving shaft 321 and the work executing member 322 in the first working member 32 are formed as stirring blades, the first processing cup assembly 30 is used for stirring food materials to produce fluid food materials such as soybean milk, fruit juice, vegetable juice, etc., and the second processing cup assembly 50 is a grinding cup assembly, i.e. the second cup body 51 is a grinding cup, and the second working member 54 is formed as a grinding blade, i.e. the second processing cup assembly 50 is used for producing food material powder or particles, the whole process of grinding food materials is performed in the second cup body 51, the second processing cup assembly 50 is separable from the first cup body 31, the second processing cup assembly 50 can be inserted into the first cup 31, and the connecting element 33 is coupled to the coupling element 53, so that the first working member 32 can rotate the second working member 52 together to grind the food material. So when food material powder is processed by the food processing machine, the processed food material powder can be taken out of the first cup body 31 together with the second processing cup assembly 50, the food material powder is taken out conveniently, and the powder food material is processed and manufactured more easily by the aid of the arrangement. In other embodiments, the first processing cup assembly 30 may not be used for manufacturing fluid food, but may also be used for functions such as grinding, cleaning, dough kneading, and the like, that is, the first working component 32 in the first processing cup assembly 30 may be a cutter, a screw, a grinding disc, a cleaning blade, and the like, and similarly, the second processing cup assembly 50 may also be used for functions such as grinding, cleaning, dough kneading, and the like, that is, the second working component 52 may also be a cutter, a screw, a grinding disc, a cleaning blade, and the like, and when in use, the functional structures of the first processing cup assembly 30 and the second processing cup assembly 50 may be combined by using the above functional structures.

According to the technical scheme, the second processing cup assembly 50 can be inserted into the first cup body 31, and the second working part 52 in the second processing cup assembly 50 can be in transmission coupling with the first working part 32 in the first cup body 31, so that when different functions of the food processor are switched, the first processing cup assembly 30 originally installed on the main machine 10 does not need to be integrally or partially disassembled, and only the second processing cup assembly 50 needs to be directly installed in the first processing cup assembly 30, so that the convenience of the food processor in using different functional cup sets is greatly improved.

For ease of description, the following description will be described with the first processing cup assembly 30 being a stirring cup assembly and the second processing cup assembly 50 being a grinding cup assembly. Further, when the second processing cup assembly 50 is inserted into the first cup 31 and the driving shaft 321 is coupled with the rotating shaft 521, the second processing cup assembly 50 is relatively fixed with the first cup 31 in the circumferential direction of the first cup 31. Through relatively fixing the second processing cup assembly 50 and the first cup 31 in the circumferential direction of the first cup 31, the second processing cup assembly 50 does not rotate integrally in the process of grinding food materials, manual control or external auxiliary equipment is not needed in the grinding process to fix the second processing cup assembly 50, and the process is more convenient to use.

Specifically, in some embodiments, referring to fig. 3 to 5, the inner wall of the first cup 31 is protruded with a disturbing rib 311, the outer wall of the second cup 51 and/or the outer wall of the base assembly 54 is provided with a detent 541, and the detent 541 is configured to be engaged with the disturbing rib 311. The second cup body 51 of the present application includes a barrel 511 and a connection ring 512, the barrel 511 and the connection ring 512 can be integrally formed and made of plastic, and the inner wall of the barrel 511 is further provided with grinding ribs 513 to improve the grinding and mixing effect. The outer wall of the connecting ring 512 is provided with connecting threads, the inner wall of the base assembly 54 is also provided with connecting threads, the second cup body 51 and the base assembly 54 are screwed, the base assembly 54 comprises a base body 57, an upper tool apron cover 58 and a lower tool apron cover 59, the upper tool apron cover 58 and the lower tool apron cover 59 are fixedly connected and relatively fixed on the base body 57, the upper tool apron cover 58 and the lower tool apron cover 59 are used for mounting the second working component 53, the second cup body 51 is screwed with the base body 57, the spoiler rib 311 on the inner wall of the first cup body 31 extends up and down in the height direction of the first cup body 31 and is provided with a plurality of the spoilers 541 at intervals in the circumferential direction of the first cup body 31, and the spoilers 541 are provided with a plurality of the spoilers at intervals on the outer wall surface of the base body 57, of course, in other embodiments, the spoilers 541 can also be provided on the outer wall surface of the second cup body 51 alone or on the outer wall surface of the second cup body 51 and the outer wall surface of the base assembly 54 at the same time, screens 541 disturbed flow ribs 311 and screens 541 are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, circumferential limiting fixation of the second processing cup component 50 is realized through the cooperation of the screens 541 and the disturbed flow ribs 311, the structure of the first cup body 31 is utilized, and the connection structure is simple and reliable.

Further, a damping pad 55 is further installed in the clamping portion 541 in the base assembly 54, and when the spoiler rib 311 is clamped in the clamping portion 541, the damping pad 55 is clamped by the clamping portion 541 and the spoiler rib 311. Wherein, screens 541 is groove structure, and shock pad 55 is rubber material or silica gel etc. and has elastic material, and shock pad 55 can be through gluing or joint mode fixed connection in base subassembly 54 and be located screens 541. Through the setting of shock pad 55 for the shock collision energy between second processing cup subassembly 50 and the first cup 31 is absorbed the buffering by shock pad 55, so can the noise reduction, and shock pad 55 provides elasticity pretightning force and frictional force for second processing cup subassembly 50 and base subassembly 54 at this in-process, and the two is more difficult for producing relative displacement and rocks.

In some embodiments, the first processing cup assembly 30 further includes a cap 34, and when the second processing cup assembly 50 is inserted into the first cup 31 and the connecting member 33 is coupled with the coupling member 53, the cap 34 covers the rim of the first cup 31 and presses against the top of the second cup 51. In this embodiment, the bowl cover can prevent that second processing cup subassembly from going on drunkenness from top to bottom to can reduce manual intervention, structure safe and reliable and convenient to use. Further, the opening of the first cup 31 is narrowed from top to bottom. The opening through first cup 31 from top to bottom reduces, then when the second of installation processing cup subassembly 50, pushes down and can carry out the chucking with second processing cup subassembly 50, and when upwards taking out, can realize that the second processing cup subassembly 50's pine takes off to also can make things convenient for the hand to stretch into and operate, so promote the convenience of use.

In some embodiments, a trigger 56 is provided on the second cup 51 or the base assembly 54, and the sensor 18 is mounted to the first cup 31, the sensor 18 cooperating with the trigger 56 to detect the mounting of the second processing cup assembly 50. In the embodiment where the trigger 56 is a magnet and the sensor 18 is a reed switch, when the trigger triggers the sensor, the food processor detects that the second processing cup assembly 50 is installed and then activates the grinding function, so as to prevent the first working member 32 from idling and improve safety, it is understood that the sensor 18 and the trigger 56 may be combined, which is not listed here.

Regarding the transmission coupling of the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, a connecting element 33 is further disposed on the driving shaft 321, and a coupling element 53 is further disposed on the rotating shaft 521, wherein when the second processing cup assembly 50 is inserted into the first cup 31, the connecting element 33 and the coupling element 53 can be transmission coupled. One of the connecting element 33 and the coupling element 53 is a one-way bearing, and the other one is a connector sleeved with the one-way bearing. In the structure shown in fig. 1 to 5, the connecting element 33 is a connecting head, the coupling element 53 is a one-way bearing, wherein the connecting head and the driving shaft 321 are separately arranged, the connecting head can be fixed with the driving shaft 321 by screwing or welding, the one-way bearing and the rotating shaft 521 are also separately arranged, the one-way bearing is fixed at the lower end of the rotating shaft 521, and the lower end of the rotating shaft 521 is provided with a clamping groove structure, the one-way bearing is clamped into the clamping groove structure, of course, in the above design of the transmission coupling of the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521, the positions of the one-way bearing and the connecting head can be interchanged, and by setting the coupling element 53 as the one-way bearing, the connecting head can be firmly clasped when the one-way bearing rotates, and the coupling head can be loosened when the one-way bearing does not rotate, so that the whole second processing cup assembly 50 can be conveniently extracted after the grinding is finished. Of course, the connecting element 33 and the coupling element 53 may have other configurations, for example, as shown in fig. 6, the connecting element 33 and the coupling element 53 have an axial hole matching configuration, and a regular pentagonal spline and keyhole configuration is shown.

Referring to fig. 7, in another embodiment of the transmission coupling between the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521, a coupling structure 522 may be further disposed on one of the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521, and the other of the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521 can be in transmission coupling with the coupling structure 522, where as shown in fig. 7, the coupling structure 522 is a one-way bearing, but the coupling structure 522 may also be a sleeve structure, for example, and the coupling structure 522 is located at the lower end of the rotating shaft 521, and the coupling structure 522 is directly sleeved and fixed with the upper end of the driving shaft 321, that is, only one of the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521 needs to be provided with the coupling structure 522, which is relatively simple in structure and can reduce cost.

Referring to fig. 8, in another embodiment of the transmission coupling between the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521, the connecting element 33 is integrally formed on the working executing element 322 in the first working element 32, the coupling element 53 is mounted on the rotating shaft 521, and the coupling element 53 is in transmission coupling with the connecting element 33, that is, in this embodiment, when the first working element 32 is in the structure of a stirring knife, the connecting element 33 is integrally formed with a blade in the stirring knife, and the coupling element 53 may adopt a structure such as a one-way bearing or a sleeve in any of the above embodiments, and by integrally forming the connecting element 33 and the working executing element 322, the purpose of simplifying the structure and reducing the cost can be achieved.

Referring to fig. 9, in a further embodiment of the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521, the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521 are in shaft hole fit to perform transmission coupling, specifically, the upper end of the driving shaft 321 extends upward to a certain length, and the upper end of the driving shaft 321 is processed to have a D-shaped cross-sectional shape, a polygonal cross-sectional shape, or a connecting thread, while the lower end of the rotating shaft 521 is processed to form a groove structure adapted to the upper end of the driving shaft 321, the groove structure may have a D-shaped cross-sectional shape, a polygonal cross-sectional shape, or an internal thread, during the assembly process, the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521 are directly inserted into the shaft hole to perform coupling transmission, it can be understood that the groove structure may also be formed at the upper end of the driving shaft 321, and the lower end of the rotating shaft 521 is directly inserted into the groove structure, the embodiment can realize the transmission coupling of the driving shaft 321 and the rotating shaft 521 without adding additional parts, and has simpler structure and lower cost.

In the above, the second processing cup assembly 50 capable of being detached from and coupled to the first processing cup assembly 30 of the food processor is provided, so that convenience in the process of preparing food powder in the food processor with an automatic cleaning function is realized.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 10 to 23, the first cup 31 is further connected to a slurry discharge valve device 90, the first cup 31 is provided with a discharge hole 312, the slurry discharge valve device 90 includes a valve body 91, the valve body 91 includes a valve body housing and a valve core 94, the valve body housing has a feed hole 921 and a slurry discharge hole 931 and a liquid channel communicating the feed hole 921 and the slurry discharge hole 931, the feed hole 921 can be in butt joint communication with the discharge hole 931, and the valve core 94 is movably connected with the valve body housing to control the on-off of the liquid channel;

wherein at least a portion of the valve body housing of the valve body 91 is removably separable from the first cup 31 and/or the valve cartridge 9 is removably separable from the valve body housing.

The slurry discharge valve assembly 90 is mounted to the side of the outer wall of the cup body 31 of the first processing cup assembly 30, and in order to achieve easy cleaning, the present embodiment is generally conceived in that the valve body 91 can be laterally withdrawn with respect to the first processing cup assembly 30. Wherein, the lateral direction not only includes the lateral direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the first processing cup assembly 30, but also includes the lateral direction which is inclined with the axial direction of the first processing cup assembly 30, and includes the lateral direction which is inclined with the axial direction of the first processing cup assembly 30 and is upward or downward and is far away from the first processing cup assembly 30 to be drawn away. According to the technical scheme, the slurry discharge valve device 90 is designed such that the valve body 91 can be laterally separated from the first processing cup assembly 30, so that the structure of the slurry discharge valve device 90 can be conveniently detached from the first processing cup assembly 30, the valve body 91 can be conveniently cleaned, residual food material residues are removed, bacteria are reduced, and the food sanitation and safety are improved.

In some embodiments, the slurry discharge valve assembly 90 further comprises a bracket assembly 96, the bracket assembly 96 comprising a first bracket 97 and a second bracket 98, the first bracket 97 adapted to be mounted to the first processing cup assembly 20 at the discharge aperture 312; the valve body 91 is connected to the second bracket 98. in some embodiments, the valve body 91 and the second bracket 98 may be provided separately, for example, the valve body 91 and the second bracket 98 may be detachably connected to enable separation. The detachable structure means that the detachable structure does not damage the structure of the slurry discharge valve device 90 when the food processor needs to be cleaned, and the detachable structure does not need to be detached by any tool or installed by any tool, so that the food processor is convenient to detach and clean for users, and the use sanitation of the food processor is kept; but also includes disassembly that can be easily accomplished using common tools without the need for specialized tools or the guidance of specialized personnel. The second support 98 is movable along the first support 97 to bring the feed aperture 921 and the discharge aperture 312 into close proximity and abutting communication; or the second bracket 98 can move along the first bracket 97 and drive the valve body 91 to move out of the first bracket 97 together, and in the process, the valve body 91 can be laterally withdrawn relative to the first processing cup assembly 20, the movable connection between the first bracket 97 and the second bracket 98 adopts a sliding mode, and of course, the first bracket 97 and the second bracket 98 can also adopt other moving modes to move out of the valve body 91. For example, a relative oscillation mode or a relative ejection mode can be adopted.

First support 97 and second support 98 are the sliding connection relation, first support 97 is as bearing the structure that supports slip second support 98, therefore first support 97 can be the form of two or many side by side guide rails, or be the frame construction form, or other can provide second support 98 and carry out the structure that slides the direction, and second support 98 is the instrument that carries fixed valve body 91, this application second support 98 is for having the frame construction of upwards opening, it has the polylith bounding wall to enclose and closes the upwards or side opening draw-in groove that forms and can fix and place valve body 91, consequently can be when second support 98 roll-off first support 97, take out valve body 91 in second support 98 and wash valve body 91. When the first bracket 97 is in the form of a plurality of parallel guide rails, the second bracket 98 should have a slide rail that is engaged with the guide rails, and when the first bracket 97 is in the form of a frame, both sides of the second bracket 98 in the advancing direction may be supported by the first bracket 97. The first bracket 97 may be mounted on an outer wall surface of the first cup 31, specifically, a screw post may be disposed on an outer wall surface of the first cup 31 near the discharge hole 312, and a screw hole is disposed on the first bracket 97, and the first bracket 97 and the heating plate are connected and fixed by screwing a screw into the screw post and the screw hole. Of course, the way of fixedly connecting the first bracket 97 to the first cup 31 is not limited to the screw connection way, but may be a pluggable clamping way, or a welding way, and in addition, the first bracket 97 may also be installed on the main frame housing 11 of the main frame 10 or other parts of the first processing cup assembly 20, such as the main frame 11.

The specific shape of the discharge hole 312, the feed hole 921 and the discharge hole 931 of this application does not do the restriction, can be round hole or square hole, and in this embodiment, the three is the round hole. The valve core 94 can be driven by non-contact external force to move the valve core 94, such as by magnetically driving the valve core 94 to rotate or linearly move to open or close the discharge passage, or by contact external force to drive the valve core 94 to move, such as by driving the valve core 94 to rotate or linearly move by a motor or an air cylinder.

This application technical scheme is through setting up first support 97 and the second support 98 that can slide each other at row thick liquid valve device 90, can drive valve body 91 along the gliding mode of first support 97 and be close to and dock relief hole 312, perhaps second support 98 slides and drives valve body 91 roll-off in the lump after leaving first support 97, and valve body 91 can be taken out in by second support 98, so can conveniently wash valve body 91, get rid of remaining edible material residue, reduce the production of bacterium, the food hygiene security has been improved.

Further, the first bracket 97 is formed with a sliding groove 971, the second bracket 98 is slidably inserted into the sliding groove 971, and during use, the second bracket 98 can be pulled out in a nearly horizontal manner along the direction indicated by the arrow in fig. 11 to 12, and the valve body 91 can be taken out upward to be separated from the second bracket 98, so as to facilitate cleaning of the valve body 91. The first support 97 of this embodiment is preferably a frame structure, and is enclosed by four consecutive baffles and constitutes spout 971, and the cross-sectional area of spout 971 is roughly square, and the shape and size of spout 971 and the overall dimension looks adaptation of second support 98, so set up, make in the sliding process of second support 98, first support 97 can form good spacing and support to the whole body of second support 98, so, the difficult swing that appears in the sliding process of second support 98, then the feed port 921 on the valve body 91 docks more accurately with the relief hole 312 on the first processing cup subassembly 30.

In order to achieve high sealing performance when the valve body 91 is butted against the discharge hole 312, in some embodiments of the present application, a locking structure is further installed between the first support 97 and the second support 98, and when the second support 98 drives the valve body 91 to be close to the discharge hole 312 and the feed hole 921 is communicated with the discharge hole 312 in a butting manner, the first support 97 and the second support 98 are relatively fixed together through the locking structure.

Specifically, referring to fig. 10 to 14, in some possible embodiments of the locking structure, the locking structure includes an elastic buckle 972 disposed on one of the first support 97 and the second support 98, and a buckle 983 disposed on the other of the first support 97 and the second support 98, and when the second support 98 drives the valve body 91 to be close to the discharge hole 312 and the feed hole 921 is in butt communication with the discharge hole 312, the buckle 983 is snapped into the elastic buckle 972.

The present application also provides a plurality of designs for the slurry discharge valve assembly 90 through structural changes to the bracket assembly 96, with the locking structure being the mating of the button head 983 and the resilient snap 972.

Specifically, with continuing reference to fig. 10 to 14, fig. 10 to 14 are schematic diagrams illustrating a first deformation structure of the slurry discharge valve device 90 according to the present application in a case of adopting a locking structure of the button head 983 and the elastic button 972; in this embodiment, the second bracket 98 includes a bracket body 981 and a pressure plate 982 movably connected to the bracket body 981, the pressure plate 982 is connected to one of the elastic fastener 972 and the button head 983, an elastic member 984 is disposed between the bracket body 981 and the pressure plate 982, and when the button head 983 is fastened to the elastic fastener 972, the elastic member 984 provides an elastic force to drive the valve body 91 to close the discharge hole 312. In this embodiment, the movable connection between the pressure plate 982 and the bracket body 981 may be a sliding rail and a sliding track structure formed at the end of the bracket body 981 and at one side of the pressure plate 982, the sliding rail and the sliding track structure being nested and slidably connected with each other, and a matching structure such as a rib and a bump is provided at the end of the sliding rail and the sliding track structure to prevent the pressure plate 982 from being separated from the bracket body 981, or the pressure plate 982 and the bracket body 981 may also be connected by a pivot at one side and a snap connection at the other side, and the elastic member 984 may be a spring or a resilient piece. The button head 983 and the elastic button 972 are arranged in pairs and located on two opposite outer wall surfaces of the first bracket 97. In the use, make the whole spout 971 along first support 97 of second support 98 slide through promoting clamp plate 982, after feed port 921 and relief hole 312 butt joint, further application of force makes elasticity buckle 972 and discount 983 combine, this moment because the elastic component 984 between clamp plate 982 and the support main part 981 can be compressed, and then elastic component 984 provides elastic force and orders about second support 98 to have the trend that is close to relief hole 312, so can further press valve body 91 to cover and paste tightly in first processing cup subassembly 20, so the laminating connection structure of feed port 921 and relief hole 312 is difficult for loosing and produces the leakage.

Fig. 16 and 17 are schematic views of a second variant of the slurry discharge valve device 90 according to the present application, in which the locking structure is a button head 983 and an elastic buckle 972, in this embodiment, the first bracket 97 is a frame structure and is formed with a sliding groove 971 for accommodating the whole second bracket 98, specifically, the first bracket 97 includes a barrel 974 with openings at two ends and a gland 975 movably connected with the barrel 974, one of the barrel 974 and the gland 975 is provided with the elastic buckle 972, and the other of the barrel 974 and the gland 975 is provided with a button head 976, wherein the movable connection of the barrel 974 and the gland 975 may be a rotational connection of one side of the gland 975 by a pivot, or a connection of the two by a flexible material, or a hinge connection, the other side of the gland 975 is provided with a button head 976, and the outer wall surface of the barrel 974 is correspondingly provided with the elastic buckle 972. When the second bracket 98 drives the valve body 91 to slide into the sliding slot 971, the pressing cover 975 covers the cylinder 974, and the fastening head 976 is fastened into the elastic fastener 972 to lock the second bracket 98 in the sliding slot 971. In this manner, the second bracket 98 and the valve body 91 are stably limited inside the first bracket 97, and the second bracket 98 can be further prevented from being loosened, so that leakage is not easily caused. Further, the surface of the gland 975 facing the chute 971 is also mounted with a resilient press member 977. In use, after the gland 975 is closed, the elastic pressing member 977 presses against the second support 98 in the sliding groove 971, so that the valve body 91 tends to move toward the discharge hole 312, the feed hole 921 and the discharge hole 312 are more closely attached, when cleaning is required, the gland 975 is opened in the direction indicated by the arrows in fig. 16 and 17, the second support 98 and the valve body 91 can be integrally drawn out, and the valve body 91 is taken off from the second support 98 for cleaning.

Fig. 18 to 23 show other possible solutions of the locking structure of the present application, wherein the locking structure includes a magnetic member 984 disposed on one of the first support 97 and the second support 98, and a magnetic member mounted on the other of the first support and the second support, the second support 98 drives the valve body 91 to be close to the discharge hole 312, and when the feed hole 921 is in butt-joint communication with the discharge hole 312, the magnetic member 984 and the magnetic member are magnetically attracted. Under the scheme that the locking structure is magnetic adsorption, the second support 98 comprises a support main body 981 and a pressing plate 982 connected with the support main body 981, the valve body 91 is embedded in the support main body 981, and the pressing plate 982 is provided with one of a magnetic part 984 and a magnetic part. In this embodiment, the pressing plate 982 is fixed at the end of the holder body 981, after the holder body 981 is slid into the sliding groove 971 in the first holder 97, and after the feeding hole 921 and the discharging hole 312 are butted, the pressing plate 982 will abut against the end surface of the first holder 97, and the magnetic member 984 and the magnetic member are arranged in pairs on the opposite wall surfaces of the first holder 97 and the pressing plate 982, wherein both the magnetic member 984 and the magnetic member can be magnets, or one of the magnets and the other magnet can be a soft magnetic material such as an iron material. The magnetic member and the magnetic member may be in a square block shape or a round cake shape, and may be adhered, embedded or pre-cast into the first bracket 97 or the pressure plate 982. This embodiment sets up through above-mentioned magnetism connection structure, can be after feed port 921 and relief hole 312 butt joint intercommunication, and the junction through preventing feed port 921 and relief hole 312 appears leaking to when dismantling the washing, the separation operation is also comparatively convenient.

Referring to fig. 19, in some embodiments, the valve body 91 includes a valve seat 92 and a valve cover 93 covering the valve seat 92, the valve seat 92 defines the feeding hole 921, the valve cover 93 defines the slurry discharging hole 931, and the valve seat 92 and the valve cover 93 cover to form a discharging channel;

the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 are detachably connected, and/or the valve core 94 can be separated from the valve cover 93 or the valve seat 92 or can be separated from the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 simultaneously, wherein the detachable mode means that the valve body 91 is detached without any tool or installed without any tool on the premise that the structure of the valve body is not damaged when the valve body needs to be cleaned, so that the user can detach and clean the valve body conveniently, and the use sanitation of the food processor is kept; but also includes disassembly that can be easily accomplished using common tools without the need for specialized tools or the guidance of specialized personnel. When the cleaning operation is needed, the valve cover 93 can be separated from the valve seat 92, at this time, the valve core 94 can be connected to the valve cover 93 and separated from the valve seat 92, or the valve core 94 is connected to the valve seat 92 and separated from the valve cover 93, or the valve core 94 is separated from the valve cover 93 or the valve seat 92 at the same time, the cleaning can be facilitated, in addition, the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 can not be separated, only the valve core 92 is pulled out of the discharge channel, and the cleaning can be achieved. In the present embodiment, the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 are detachably provided to further improve the convenience of cleaning, on the basis that the second bracket 98 and the first bracket 97 are slidably connected to form the valve body 91 so that the whole can be taken out and detached for cleaning. In the present application, the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 are both substantially in a box-shaped structure, and the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 are substantially in a box shape after being covered, but in other embodiments, the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 may also be in a cylindrical shape or a special shape. The feeding hole 921 and the discharging hole 931 are located on two opposite surfaces of the square box formed by the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92, wherein the valve core 94 is restrained by the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 together when the valve cover 93 is covered on the valve seat 92, and the valve core 94 can be separated from the restraint of the valve cover 93 and/or the valve seat 92 when the valve cover 93 is separated from the valve seat 92. Through the valve gap 93 design for the mode of being connected for dismantling with disk seat 92 for valve gap 93 can separate with disk seat 92, so can wash valve gap 93 and disk seat 92's inside in the use, and take out in valve core 94 can be by valve gap 93 and disk seat 92, and valve core 94 also can be dismantled and get off and wash, so can avoid food waste to stop, reduce the possibility of breeding the bacterium, improve the healthy security of food.

Further, the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 may be different parts from the second support 98, such as the structure shown in fig. 18 to 21, in other embodiments, the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 and the second support 98 may be an integral structure, and the second support 98 may be configured in such a way that the two parts are covered with each other and respectively form the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92, that is, the valve cover 93 and the valve seat 92 are configured to be matched with the first support 97, such as the structure of the other embodiment of the slurry outlet valve device 90 shown in fig. 22 and 23, wherein the support body 981 mentioned above is formed as the valve seat 92 and the valve cover 93. Further, no matter the valve body housing of the valve body 91 and the second support 98 are integrated or separated, in order to improve the sealing performance, a sealing ring surrounding the feeding hole 921 may be further embedded and installed on the surface of the valve seat 92 facing the food processor, and when the feeding hole 921 and the discharging hole 312 are in butt communication after the valve body 91 is installed in place, the sealing ring 924 is located between the first cup 31 and the valve seat 92 in the first processing cup assembly 30.

The embodiment preferably adopts a contact type electrically driven valve core 94 to rotate, wherein when the valve cover 93 is covered with the valve seat 92, the valve seat 92 and the valve cover 93 are also matched to form a mounting hole 922 communicated with the discharge channel, and the mounting hole 922 is positioned on the surface of the square box between the feed hole 921 and the slurry discharge hole 931; the slurry discharge valve device 90 further includes a driving motor 99 connected to the first bracket 97, the valve body 94 includes a valve body 942 and a driving section 943 connected to an end of the valve body 942, the valve body 942 is rotatable in the discharge passage, the valve body 942 has a valve hole 941 formed therein to communicate the feed hole 921 with the slurry discharge hole 931 when in the open position, and a driving shaft of the driving motor 99 is drivingly connected to the driving section 943. The driving motor 99 is electrically connected with the control circuit board 16, and the automatic control of the valve core 94 is realized through the arrangement of the driving motor 99, so that the automatic processing and automatic cleaning process of the food processor can be realized in a matching manner, and the use process is more convenient.

In order to facilitate the driving connection between the driving motor 99 and the valve core 94, the driving section 943 is provided with a slot 945 in the embodiment, the driving shaft of the driving motor 99 is inserted into the slot 945, wherein the slot 945 is an open slot penetrating through the driving section 943 in the radial direction, and the valve core 94 can be conveniently adjusted in posture to insert the driving shaft of the motor into the slot 945 during installation. In addition, through the design of the slot 945, when the valve body 91 is integrally taken out, the motor of the electrical appliance element is not affected, and the valve is more convenient to disassemble and assemble.

In order to accurately control the rotation angle of the valve element 94 when the discharge passage is closed or opened, a sensor 991 for detecting the rotation angle of the driving shaft is further mounted on the first support 97.

In this embodiment, the mounting hole 922 is formed in the surface of the square box formed by the valve seat 92 and the valve cover 93 in the vertical direction, the driving section 943 extends from the upper surface, the driving motor 99 is also mounted on the upper portion of the first bracket 97, the valve body section 942 is formed in a spherical or cylindrical shape to improve the sealing performance, and a sealing sleeve 923 is provided between the valve body section 942 and the valve seat 92 and between the valve body section 942 and the valve cover 93.

Further, the valve core 94 further comprises a handle section 944 connected with the lower end of the valve body section 942, the handle section 944 extends from the lower end opening of the mounting hole 922, and the handle section 944 is arranged, so that on one hand, in the installation process of the valve core 94, the opening orientation of the slot 945 on the driving section 943 can be adjusted by driving the handle section 944, so that in the approaching process of the valve body 91, the driving shaft can be clamped into the slot 945, and the butt joint installation is facilitated.

In the structure shown in fig. 21 to 23, when the valve cover 93 and the second support 98 are separate from each other, the valve cover 93 is further provided with the discharge pipe 95, and the discharge pipe 95 communicates with the slurry discharge hole 931, in order to facilitate the introduction of the fluid into the receiving cup assembly 20. The valve cover discharge pipe 95 can be integrally formed with the valve cover 93, or can be clamped or can be arranged in an adhesive structure, and the discharge pipe 95 extends downwards for a certain distance, so that fluid can be better guided into the receiving cup assembly 20. Further, in all of the above embodiments, to facilitate the drawing of the valve body 91, the bottom of the first bracket 97 may be formed with a relief opening 973 for the discharge pipe 95 to pass through.

Further, referring to fig. 18 to 23 again, the present application further improves the sealing structure based on the above-mentioned magnetic attraction connection scheme of the first bracket 97 and the second bracket 98, so as to obtain various slurry outlet valve device 90 variants with simplified structural design.

Fig. 19 shows a modified version of the slurry outlet valve device 90 with a simplified structural design, modified from the sealing structure, in which the sealing sleeve 95 in fig. 15 is modified by the sealing sleeve 95 to include a first tube 951 and a second tube 952 connected, the first tube 951 being located in the discharge channel and enclosing the valve body segment 942, and the second tube 952 extending from the slurry outlet hole 921 and forming the discharge tube.

Fig. 23 shows another variation of the slurry discharge valve device 90 according to the present application, in which the first support 97 and the second support 98 are connected by magnetic attraction, and the sealing structure is improved to have a simplified structure design, in this embodiment, the sealing sleeve 95 includes a first pipe 951, a second pipe 952, and a third pipe 953, the first pipe 951 is located in the discharge channel and encloses the valve body 942, the second pipe 952 extends from the slurry discharge hole 931 and forms a discharge pipe, and the third pipe 953 can be in sealing contact with the periphery of the discharge hole 312.

Also above-mentioned arrange thick liquid valve device 90 that improves and have simplified structural design on seal structure warp structural scheme, seal cover 95 will make an organic whole structure with row material pipe and/or sealing washer, wherein case 94 wear penetrate first body 951 can, such design makes the overall structure of valve body 91 simplified, and spare part is less in the dismantlement installation, and it is more convenient to use.

The food processor of the present application may have a heating function or not, which depends on the specific application of the food processor, for example, when the food processor is a juicer, a blender, etc., the food processor may not have a heating function, and when the food processor is a wall breaking machine, a soymilk maker, etc., the food processor may have a heating function. Under the condition of having the heating function, the first cup 31 can be made of metal, a heating device is further installed on the lower portion of the side wall of the first cup 31, the heating device can be a heating pipe, a heating film or an electromagnetic heating coil, and electronic components such as a temperature induction sensor are further installed on the bottom wall of the first cup 31. When the heating function is not provided, the bottom wall of the first cup 31 may also be referred to as a cutter head, that is, the heating plate is fixedly mounted on the first working member.

The slurry discharge valve device 90 is installed outside the first processing cup assembly 30 and located on the side wall of the lower portion of the cup body 31, so that the slurry discharge valve device 90 can be conveniently detached, can be butted and detached from the side portion of the first processing cup assembly 30, and meets the use habit of consumers without bending down or looking at the lower end to see whether the discharge hole 312 at the bottom of the first cup body 31 is butted with the feed hole 921 of the slurry discharge valve device 90.

The receiving cup assembly 20 is placed below the slurry discharging valve device 90, when the receiving cup assembly is used, the receiving cup assembly 30 receives fluid discharged through the slurry discharging valve device 90, a part of the bottom cover 12 and the main machine shell 11 extends towards one side to form a placing table 115, the placing table 115 is located below the slurry discharging valve device 90, the placing table 115 is provided with a groove matched with the bottom of the receiving cup assembly 20, and the receiving cup assembly 20 can be fixedly placed on the placing table 115 in a stable posture and receives the fluid discharged by the slurry discharging valve device 90.

The water supply device 40 comprises a water tank 41, a water pump 42, a pipeline, a one-way valve 43 and a nozzle, wherein the water tank 41, the water pump 42 and the one-way valve 43 are communicated by the pipeline, the water pump 42 is electrically connected with the control circuit board 16, and the one-way valve 43 is arranged between the water pump 42 and the nozzle to prevent liquid in the first cup 31 from flowing back. The host housing 11 is formed with a mounting platform 116 at the other side of the slurry discharge valve device 90 away from the host housing, the water tank 41 is mounted on the mounting platform 116, the water tank 41 is detachably connected with the host housing 11, the water pump 42 is mounted in the host housing 11, and the nozzle is mounted on the side wall of the first cup 31 and extends into the first cup 31 to spray water to the first cup 31, wherein the nozzle may be preferably mounted on the upper portion of the first cup 31.

When the food processor is used, the function button on the control panel 17 can be operated, the corresponding function is started by the control of the control circuit board 16, wherein the water supply device 40 can add water into the first cup 31 in the food processing process, in addition, the food processor 1 of the present application further has an automatic cleaning function, the water supply device 40 can also add water into the first cup 31 in the automatic cleaning process, and the slurry discharge valve device 90 can discharge the processed fluid food or the fluid residue for cleaning the first cup 31.

The above description is only an alternative embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the present invention, which are made by the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A food processor, comprising:

a host;

2. The food processor of claim 1, wherein the second processing cup assembly is relatively fixed with the first cup in a circumferential direction of the first cup when the second processing cup assembly is inserted into the first cup and the drive shaft is coupled to the rotatable shaft.

3. The food processor of claim 2, wherein the inner wall of the first cup body is provided with a turbulence rib in a protruding manner, the second processing cup assembly further comprises a second cup body and a base assembly covering the rim of the second cup body, the second working component is mounted on the base assembly, and a clamping position is arranged on the outer wall of the second cup body and/or the outer wall of the base assembly and is configured to be matched with the turbulence rib in a clamping manner.

4. The food processor of claim 3, wherein a shock pad is further mounted in the detent, the shock pad being retained by the detent and the turbulator rib when the turbulator rib is snapped into the detent.

5. The food processor of claim 3, wherein the first processing cup assembly further comprises a lid that fits over the mouth of the first cup and presses against the top of the second cup when the second processing cup assembly is inserted into the first cup and the drive shaft is coupled to the rotatable shaft.

6. The food processor of claim 3, wherein a trigger is provided on the second cup or the base assembly, and wherein the first cup mounts a sensor that cooperates with the trigger to detect the mounting of the second processing cup assembly.

7. The food processor of claim 1, wherein a coupling member is further disposed on the drive shaft and a coupling member is further disposed on the rotatable shaft, the coupling member and the coupling member being drivingly coupleable when the second processing cup assembly is inserted into the first cup.

8. The food processor as defined in claim 7, wherein one of the connecting member and the coupling member is a one-way bearing, and the other of the connecting member and the coupling member is a connecting head received in the one-way bearing.

9. The food processor as defined in claim 1, wherein one of said drive shaft and said rotatable shaft is further provided with a coupling structure, and the other of said drive shaft and said rotatable shaft is drivingly coupled to said coupling structure;

or the shaft holes of the driving shaft and the rotating shaft are matched for transmission coupling.

10. The food processor as defined in any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein a slurry discharge valve device is further connected to the first cup body, the first cup body is provided with a slurry discharge hole, the slurry discharge valve device comprises a valve body, the valve body comprises a valve body shell and a valve core, the valve body shell is provided with a feed hole and a slurry discharge hole and a liquid channel communicating the feed hole and the slurry discharge hole, the feed hole can be in butt joint communication with the slurry discharge hole, and the valve core is movably connected with the valve body shell to control the on-off of the liquid channel;

11. The food processor of claim 10, wherein the discharge valve assembly further comprises a drive motor drivingly connected to the valve core.

12. The food processor of claim 10, wherein the valve body is laterally withdrawable relative to the first processing cup assembly.

13. The food processor of claim 12, wherein the discharge valve assembly further comprises a bracket assembly coupled to an outer wall of the first cup, the valve body coupled to the bracket assembly.

14. The food processor of claim 13, wherein the bracket assembly includes a first bracket adapted to be mounted to the first cup and a second bracket to which the valve body is coupled, wherein the second bracket is movable along the first bracket to bring the feed opening and the discharge opening into close proximity and abutting communication; or the second bracket can move along the first bracket and drive the valve body to move out of the first bracket together.

15. The food processor of claim 14, wherein a locking structure is disposed between the first frame and the second frame, the first frame and the second frame being relatively secured together by the locking structure when the second frame moves the valve body adjacent the discharge opening and places the feed opening in abutting communication with the discharge opening.

16. The food processor of claim 10, further comprising a receiving cup assembly positioned below the discharge valve assembly and a water supply device mounted to the main body and adapted to fill the first cup.