CN116687215A

CN116687215A - Cooking apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN116687215A
Application number: CN202210182021.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘涛
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-02-25
Filing date: 2022-02-25
Publication date: 2023-09-05

Abstract

An embodiment of the present application provides a cooking apparatus including: the base is provided with at least one first heating element and at least one second heating element; the cover body is movably connected with the base; the cover body moves to a first position, the base and the cover body form a closed cooking cavity, the first heating piece operates, the cover body moves away from the first position, a variable opening exists between the cover body and the base, and the second heating piece operates. According to the technical scheme, the cooking space can be switched between the closed state and the open state only by moving the cover body, and different modes of cooking can be realized by using the same base, so that multiple cooking modes are realized on the premise that the occupied area of the whole equipment is not changed, and the space utilization rate is greatly improved.

Description

Cooking apparatus

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of cooking equipment, in particular to cooking equipment.

Background

At present, there are various functional cooking utensil in the kitchen, but current cooking utensil's function is comparatively single, to some kitchen spaces that the mesa is less, leads to the mesa to put comparatively disordered, and the culinary art food material is comparatively inconvenient. The existing multifunctional kitchen ware can provide some integrated equipment, but when in actual use, different functional accessories are required to be disassembled and assembled according to different functions, and the operation is very complicated.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art or related art.

In view of the above, embodiments of the present application provide a cooking apparatus.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present application provides a cooking apparatus including: the base is provided with at least one first heating element and at least one second heating element; the cover body is movably connected with the base; the cover body moves to a first position, the base and the cover body form a closed cooking cavity, the first heating piece operates, the cover body moves away from the first position, a variable opening exists between the cover body and the base, and the second heating piece operates.

According to the cooking equipment provided by the embodiment of the application, the cooking equipment mainly comprises the base and the cover body, and the heating parts with two different heating modes, namely the first heating part and the second heating part, are arranged on the base, and the cover body and the base are movably connected, namely the cover body can move relative to the base, so that when the cover body moves to different positions, the heating parts with different heating modes can be used for working, the functionality of the cooking equipment is increased without changing the volume of the whole cooking equipment, and the use experience of a user is greatly improved. Wherein, the base plays the supporting role to two casings, simultaneously, also can play certain bearing effect to food material or auxiliary appliance when cooking. Specifically, the lid can remove to the first position in the activity in-process, can form confined culinary art chamber between lid and the base this moment, but this moment control first heating member operation to realize closed culinary art, and after the lid removes from the first position, the culinary art chamber can produce an opening, can realize open culinary art through the operation of control second heating member this moment.

It is emphasized that the scheme of the application can realize the switching of the cooking space between the closed state and the open state only by the movement of the cover body, and can realize the cooking in different modes by using the same base, so that a plurality of cooking modes are realized on the premise of not changing the occupied area of the whole equipment, and the space utilization rate is greatly improved.

It should be added that the closing of the cooking cavity only illustrates that the cover covers the base, and does not represent a seal, and the heated hot air still needs to be discharged outwards through a channel.

The cover body moves relative to the base, the size of the base does not change, when the cover body is positioned at the first position, the cover body is closed with the base, closed cooking can be performed, part of the base is exposed after the cover body moves, and at the moment, open cooking can be performed on food materials placed on the base.

The cover body can be completely movable to realize folding and hiding, and can also be partially folded and overlapped with another part of structure to realize opening.

It is emphasized that the functions within the cooking apparatus include, but are not limited to, microwave, steaming, baking, electromagnetic, gas, etc. cooking of the food material.

In the above technical scheme, the lid specifically includes: the fixed cover is arranged on the base, and a part of cooking cavity is formed between the fixed cover and a part of base; the movable cover is movably connected with the fixed cover and can move relative to the fixed cover to adjust the size of the opening.

In the technical scheme, the cover body mainly comprises two cover bodies, wherein one cover body is a fixed cover, and the other cover body is a movable cover. The fixed cover is arranged on the base, the movable cover is connected with the fixed cover, a gap exists between the fixed cover and the base, and a part of cooking cavity can be formed. In addition, swing joint between movable cover and the fixed lid can adjust the open-ended size when the movable cover removes to realize the open culinary art of equidimension, satisfy different culinary art demands.

The movable cover and the fixed cover can be connected in a sliding mode or in a rotating mode.

In the above technical scheme, the first heating piece is steam generator, and cooking equipment still includes: the water box is arranged in the fixed cover, the steam generator is communicated with the water box, and steam generated by the steam generator flows into the cooking cavity.

In this technical scheme, through setting up steam generator, can produce steam, set up the water box in fixed lid to be linked together steam generator and water box, can make steam generator produced steam can be to cooking intracavity discharge, so that realize utilizing steam to make the cooking process that the food in the cooking chamber ripe.

In the above technical scheme, the lid rotates with the base to be connected, and cooking equipment still includes: and the driving motor is in transmission connection with the cover body and is used for driving the cover body to rotate relative to the base.

In the technical scheme, the cover body and the base are rotationally connected, so that the switching of two cooking modes of closed cooking and open cooking can be realized through the rotation operation of the cover body. Specifically, through setting up driving motor, can realize the rotation of lid under driving motor's effect.

Wherein the transmission connection between the drive motor and the cover includes, but is not limited to, a gear connection, a pulley connection, etc.

In the above technical scheme, the base specifically includes: the seat body, the opposite both sides of the seat body have spindle holes, the opposite both sides of the movable cover have spindles, one of two spindles stretches into the spindle hole, and connect with drive motor transmission, another stretches into another spindle hole; the bin body is detachably connected with the base body, and an electric appliance bin for accommodating electronic components is formed between the bin body and the base body; the plate body is detachably connected with the bin body.

In this technical scheme, the base mainly includes pedestal, storehouse body and plate body, and the relative both sides of pedestal are provided with the pivot hole, are provided with the pivot in the relative both sides of the movable cover that links to each other rather than, through the cooperation of pivot hole and pivot, can make the movable cover rotate to be connected to the pedestal on, and then can realize the rotation of movable cover under driving motor's effect. In addition, the storehouse body detachable is connected to the pedestal, and the electrical apparatus storehouse that forms between storehouse body and the pedestal can place circuit board or other electronic components inside to realize the normal use of function.

Further, through setting up the plate body of being connected with the storehouse body can be dismantled, under the effect of plate body for food material or auxiliary appliance when carrying the culinary art.

Of course, when the plate body is heated by different heating members, the material of the plate body needs to be changed, for example, the plate body can be glass ceramics in the electromagnetic heating cooking mode.

Wherein, the bin body and the seat body can be connected through the clamping connection.

Further, a bearing may be provided in the shaft hole, and the shaft may be coupled to the shaft hole through the bearing.

In the above technical solution, further includes: and the protection cover is detachably connected with the seat body, is connected with the seat body and covers the driving motor.

In this technical scheme, through setting up the safety cover of being connected with the pedestal can be dismantled, can protect driving motor when the safety cover is connected to the pedestal. It can be appreciated that in order to facilitate the control of the movement of the cover, the driving motor is usually disposed at the outer side, and at this time, under the action of the protection cover, a certain protection effect can be achieved on the driving motor.

In the above technical solution, further includes: and the position sensor is used for detecting the relative position between the cover body and the base.

In the technical scheme, the position of the cover body relative to the base can be confirmed by arranging the position sensor, specifically, the position sensor can be arranged on the cover body or the base, after the relative position is confirmed, the function of specific operation can be controlled according to the relative position conveniently, and the use experience of a user is improved.

The position sensor may include a touch sensor and a proximity sensor, among others.

In the above technical solution, further includes: and the controller is electrically connected with the first heating element, the second heating element and the position sensor and is used for controlling the first heating element or the second heating element to operate according to the relative position.

In the technical scheme, the controller is arranged and is electrically connected with the first heating element, the second heating element and the position sensor respectively, so that the specific heating element needing to be operated can be directly determined according to the relative position acquired by the position sensor, and the operation of the first heating element and the second heating element is controlled.

It should be emphasized that in the present solution, a fully automatic control manner is adopted, and when in use, the cover body can be controlled to move to different positions to directly associate different cooking functions, so as to meet different cooking requirements.

In the above technical solution, further includes: the interaction panel is arranged on the base and/or the cover body and is used for displaying at least one cooking function corresponding to the relative position between the cover body and the base; and the controller is electrically connected with the interactive panel, the first heating element and the second heating element and is used for controlling at least one of the first heating element or the second heating element to operate according to a selection instruction corresponding to the cooking function.

In this technical solution, by providing the interactive panel, a plurality of cooking functions may be displayed, specifically, contents displayed on the interactive panel correspond to relative positions, that is, according to different positions of the cover body relative to the base, the cooking function corresponding to the position may be directly displayed on the interactive panel. On this basis, through setting up the controller, can confirm corresponding culinary art function when the user passes through interactive panel operation selection instruction, and at this moment, the controller can be direct according to the relative position that the culinary art function corresponds, removes the lid, after removing in place, can be according to the heating piece that the selection instruction control corresponds, and then realize selecting different culinary art functions according to the difference of lid position, reduce user's study cost, improve user experience.

It should be noted that in this scheme, the semi-automatic control of the cooking device, that is, when the function is displayed, only the cooking function corresponding to the current moving position is displayed for the user to select, and after the user selects, the corresponding heating element is controlled to operate, so as to complete cooking of the food.

In the above technical solution, further includes: the interaction panel is arranged on the base and/or the cover body and is used for displaying a plurality of cooking functions; the controller is electrically connected with the interactive panel, the cover body, the first heating piece and the second heating piece, and is used for controlling the cover body to move to the relative position corresponding to the selection instruction according to the selection instruction corresponding to the cooking function, and the controller is used for controlling the first heating piece or the second heating piece to operate according to the selection instruction.

In the technical scheme, the interactive panel is arranged on one or both of the base and the cover body, so that a plurality of cooking functions can be displayed, specifically, different cooking functions corresponding to different relative positions can be displayed on the interactive panel, namely, a plurality of association relations can be displayed on the interactive panel. On the basis, through setting up the controller, can be when the user selects a certain culinary art function, can direct control lid removes for cooking equipment changes to corresponding form, and the heating spare of control corresponds simultaneously, in order to realize the culinary art.

In the scheme, the interactive panel displays the cooking functions which can be realized by the machine, and after a user selects one of the functions, the machine automatically moves the cover body to the corresponding position.

In the above technical solution, the second heating element is an electromagnetic heating device, and the electromagnetic heating device is used for generating a magnetic field to heat the cooker on the base; or the second heating piece is a resistance heating device which is used for generating heat to heat the cooker on the base; or the second heating element is a surface wave heating device which is used for generating microwaves to heat the food material on the base.

In this technical scheme, the second heating member can select electromagnetic heating device, adopts the principle of magnetic field induction vortex heating, utilizes the electric current to pass through the coil and can produce the magnetic field, and the magnetic force of magnetic field can produce a plurality of eddies through the pot bottom that contains iron to make the pot body self generate heat, and then realize the heating to the internal food of pot.

Or, the second heating element can be selected as a resistance heating device, and the resistance heating device can directly generate a large amount of heat after the resistance wire is electrified, so that the heat is transferred to the cooker, and the food materials in the cooker are heated.

Alternatively, the second heating element may be a surface wave heating device, and may directly heat the food material by means of near-field heating.

In the above technical scheme, the first heating element is an air heating device, and the air heating device is used for heating air.

In this technical scheme, first heating member can select as air heating device, heats the air, carries the back to the culinary art chamber with the air after the heating to the food in the cavity of cooking is cooked to the utilization hot air, thereby realizes the effect of air heating. In other words, the cooking device can have an air frying cooking function under the action of the air heating device.

The air heating device can adopt a heating pipe mode and is matched with a fan to heat air.

In the above technical scheme, the first heating element is a microwave heating device, and the microwave heating device is used for generating microwaves fed into the cooking cavity.

In the technical scheme, the first heating piece can be also selected as a microwave heating device, and microwaves can be generated by arranging the microwave heating device on the base so as to heat food in the cooking cavity by microwaves.

The microwave heating device can be a magnetron and a waveguide tube, so that microwaves can be generated and fed into the cooking cavity.

In the above technical scheme, the first heating element is an infrared heating device, and the infrared heating device is used for emitting infrared light to the cooking cavity.

In the technical scheme, the infrared heating device is arranged on the base, infrared light can be generated under the working state, so that food opposite to the infrared heating device is cooked, the food can be heated due to the energy of the infrared light, the cooking is realized, and further, the infrared heating device can be used for performing the cooking operation of baking the food.

In the above technical scheme, the first heating element is a gas heating device, and the gas heating device is used for generating open fire.

In the technical scheme, the base is further integrated with the gas heating device, so that the cooking utensil can be heated by using open fire generated by the gas heating device, and cooking of food materials can be conveniently realized.

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

Drawings

Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 illustrates a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 3 illustrates a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 4 illustrates a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 illustrates a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 6 illustrates a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 7 illustrates a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 illustrates a schematic structural view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application.

The correspondence between the reference numerals and the component names in fig. 1 to 8 is:

100: a cooking device; 1022: a first heating member; 1024: a second heating member; 104: a cover body; 1042: a fixed cover; 1044: a movable cover; 1045: a rotating shaft; 1062: a steam generator; 1064: a water box; 108: a driving motor; 110: a base; 1102: a base; 1103: a rotation shaft hole; 1104: a bin body; 1106: a plate body; 112: a protective cover; 114: an interactive panel; 115: a controller; 1162: an electromagnetic heating device; 1164: an air heating device; 1166: a microwave heating device; 1168: an infrared heating device; 1170: and a gas heating device.

Detailed Description

In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of embodiments of the present application can be more clearly understood, a further detailed description of embodiments of the present application will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and detailed description thereof. It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present application and features in the embodiments may be combined with each other.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present application, however, embodiments of the application may be practiced otherwise than as described herein, and therefore the scope of the application is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

Some embodiments according to the present application are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 8.

Example 1

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the cooking apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment mainly includes a base 110 and a cover 104, and by providing two heating elements with different heating modes on the base 110, namely, a first heating element 1022 and a second heating element 1024, the connection between the cover 104 and the base 110 is movable, that is, the cover 104 can move relative to the base 110, so that when moving to different positions, the heating elements with different heating modes can be utilized to perform work, thereby increasing the functionality of the cooking apparatus 100 without changing the volume of the entire cooking apparatus 100, and greatly improving the use experience of users. The base 110 supports the two shells, and also plays a role in supporting food or auxiliary appliances during cooking. Specifically, the cover 104 can be moved to the first position during movement, wherein a closed cooking cavity is formed between the cover 104 and the base 110, wherein the first heating member 1022 is controlled to operate to perform closed cooking, and the cooking cavity is opened after the cover 104 is moved from the first position, wherein the second heating member 1024 is controlled to perform open cooking.

It should be emphasized that the scheme of the present application can realize the switching between the closing and opening of the cooking space only by the movement of the cover 104, and can realize the cooking in different modes by using the same base 110, so that the space utilization is greatly improved by realizing multiple cooking modes on the premise that the occupied area of the whole equipment is not changed.

It should be added that the cooking cavity is closed only by the cover 104 covering the base 110, and does not represent a seal, and a channel is still required for the heated hot air to be discharged.

The movement of the cover 104 is relative to the base 110, the size of the base 110 is not changed, when the cover 104 is located at the first position, the cover is closed with the base 110, so that closed cooking can be performed, and after the cover 104 moves, a part of the base 110 is exposed, at this time, open cooking can be performed on food materials placed on the base 110.

The cover 104 can be folded and hidden in a whole movable manner, and can be folded and overlapped with another part of the structure to realize an opening.

It is emphasized that the functions within the cooking apparatus 100 include, but are not limited to, microwave, steaming, baking, electromagnetic, gas, etc. cooking of the food material.

In one particular embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the first heating element 1022 is a steam generator 1062 and the second heating element 1024 is an electromagnetic heating device 1162. The steam generator 1062 may generate steam, the water box 1064 is disposed in the fixed cover 1042, and the steam generator 1062 is communicated with the water box 1064, so that the steam generated by the steam generator 1062 may be discharged into the cooking cavity, so as to implement a cooking process of using the steam to ripen food in the cooking cavity. The electromagnetic heating device 1162 can adopt the principle of magnetic field induction eddy current heating, a magnetic field is generated by using a current passing through a coil, and a plurality of eddy currents are generated when the magnetic force of the magnetic field passes through the bottom of the pan containing iron, so that the pan body heats itself, and further the food in the pan body is heated.

Further, as shown in fig. 3, the cover 104 is rotatably connected to the base 110, so that the switching between the closed cooking mode and the open cooking mode can be achieved by the rotation operation of the cover 104. Specifically, by providing the driving motor 108, the rotation of the cover 104 can be achieved by the driving motor 108.

Wherein the drive connection between the drive motor 108 and the cover 104 includes, but is not limited to, a gear connection, a pulley connection, etc.

In order to improve the intelligence of the device, a position sensor may be disposed, and the position of the cover 104 relative to the base 110 may be confirmed, specifically, the position sensor may be disposed on the cover 104 or may be disposed on the base 110, after confirming the relative position, so as to control the specific running function according to the relative position, thereby improving the use experience of the user.

Further, a controller 115 may be provided and electrically connected to the first heating element 1022, the second heating element 1024, and the position sensor, so that the specific heating element to be operated can be directly determined according to the relative position obtained by the position sensor, and the operation of the first heating element 1022 and the second heating element 1024 can be controlled.

It should be emphasized that in the present solution, a fully automatic control manner is adopted, and when in use, the cavity can be directly associated with different cooking functions through transformation, so as to meet different cooking requirements.

In another specific embodiment, the interactive panel 114 is provided to display a plurality of cooking functions, and specifically, the content displayed on the interactive panel 114 corresponds to a relative position, that is, the cooking function corresponding to the position may be directly displayed on the interactive panel 114 according to the position of the cover 104 relative to the base 110. On this basis, through setting up controller 115, can confirm corresponding culinary art function when the user operates the selection instruction through interactive panel 114, at this moment, controller 115 can be direct according to the relative position that the culinary art function corresponds, remove lid 104, after moving in place, can control first heating spare 1022 or second heating spare 1024 operation according to the selection instruction, and then realize selecting different culinary art functions according to the difference of lid 104 position, reduce user's study cost, improve user's use experience.

Further, the first heating member 1022 may be a closed heating type heat source including, but not limited to, steam, microwaves, etc., and the second heating member 1024 may be an open heating type heat source including, but not limited to, electromagnetic heating, open flame heating, etc.

In another specific embodiment, the interactive panel 114 is disposed on one or both of the base 110 and the cover 104, so that a plurality of cooking functions can be displayed, and in particular, different cooking functions corresponding to different relative positions are displayed on the interactive panel 114, that is, a plurality of association relationships are displayed on the interactive panel 114. On this basis, by providing the controller 115, when a user selects a certain cooking function, the cover 104 can be directly controlled to move, so that the cooking apparatus is changed to a corresponding form, and at the same time, at least one of the corresponding heating members, i.e., the first heating member 1022 and the second heating member 1024, is controlled to operate, so that cooking is achieved.

In this scenario, the interactive panel 114 displays the machine's available cooking functions, and after a user selects one of them, the machine automatically changes the cavity to the corresponding form.

It should be emphasized that for the present solution, the heating elements of the heating assembly may be flexibly and selectively arranged in at least one of the base 110 and the cover 104 according to different design requirements and use requirements, so as to cook the food material at different positions. Further, when the cover 104 moves to the first range on the base 110, the heating element of the first portion may be a heating element disposed in the base 110, or may be a heating element disposed in the cover 104, or may even be a heating element disposed in the base 110 and a heating element disposed in the cover 104 together to cook the food. Similarly, when the cover 104 moves to the second range, the heating element of the second portion may be a heating element disposed in the base 110, or may be a heating element disposed in the cover 104, or may even be a heating element of the base 110 and a heating element of the cover 104 together to cook the food.

It should also be appreciated that the heating element in the first range of operation of the cover 104 and the heating element in the second range of operation may be completely different, or may overlap.

The cover 104 may be movable relative to the base 110, such as translational movement, rotational movement, and a specific movable structure may be a part of the cover 104 or all of the cover 104.

Example two

As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 5, the cooking apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment mainly includes a base 110 and a cover 104, and by providing two heating elements with different heating modes on the base 110, namely, a first heating element 1022 and a second heating element 1024, the connection between the cover 104 and the base 110 is movable, that is, the cover 104 can move relative to the base 110, so that when moving to different positions, the heating elements with different heating modes can be utilized to perform work, thereby increasing the functionality of the cooking apparatus 100 without changing the volume of the entire cooking apparatus 100, and greatly improving the use experience of users. The base 110 supports the two shells, and also plays a role in supporting food or auxiliary appliances during cooking. Specifically, the cover 104 can be moved to the first position during movement, wherein a closed cooking cavity is formed between the cover 104 and the base 110, wherein the first heating member 1022 is controlled to operate to perform closed cooking, and the cooking cavity is opened after the cover 104 is moved from the first position, wherein the second heating member 1024 is controlled to perform open cooking.

Further, the cover 104 mainly includes two covers 104, one is a fixed cover 1042 and the other is a movable cover 1044. The fixed cover 1042 is disposed on the base 110, the movable cover 1044 is connected to the fixed cover 1042, and a gap exists between the fixed cover 1042 and the base 110 to form a part of cooking cavity. In addition, the movable cover 1044 and the fixed cover 1042 are movably connected, and when the movable cover 1044 moves, the size of the opening can be adjusted, so that the open cooking with different sizes is realized, and different cooking requirements are met.

The connection between the movable cover 1044 and the fixed cover 1042 may be a sliding connection or a rotating connection.

In addition, the base 110 mainly includes a base 1102, a bin 1104 and a plate 1106, the opposite sides of the base 1102 are provided with rotating shaft holes 1103, the opposite sides of a movable cover 1044 connected with the base are provided with rotating shafts 1045, and the movable cover 1044 can be rotatably connected to the base 1102 through the cooperation of the rotating shaft holes 1103 and the rotating shafts 1045, so that the rotation of the movable cover 1044 can be realized under the action of the driving motor 108. In addition, the bin 1104 is detachably connected to the base 1102, and an electrical bin formed between the bin 1104 and the base 1102 can be used for placing a circuit board or other electronic components inside, so that normal use of functions is realized.

Further, by providing the plate 1106 detachably connected to the bin 1104, the plate 1106 is used for carrying food or auxiliary devices during cooking.

Of course, when the plate 1106 is heated by different heating elements, the material of the plate 1106 needs to be changed, for example, the plate 1106 may be glass ceramics for electromagnetic heating.

Wherein, the bin 1104 and the seat 1102 can be connected by clamping.

Further, a bearing may be provided in the rotation shaft hole 1103, and the rotation shaft 1045 may be connected to the rotation shaft hole 1103 through the bearing.

To improve the protection, a protective cover 112 is detachably connected to the base 1102, and the drive motor 108 is protected when the protective cover 112 is connected to the base 1102. It will be appreciated that, generally, in order to facilitate controlling the movement of the cover 104, the driving motor 108 is generally disposed outside, and the driving motor 108 is protected by the protecting cover 112.

Example III

In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the first heating member 1022 may be selected as an air heating device 1164 for heating air, and delivering the heated air to the cooking cavity, so as to facilitate cooking food materials in the cooking cavity by using hot air, thereby achieving an air heating effect. In other words, the cooking apparatus 100 may be provided with a cooking function of air frying by the air heating device 1164.

The air heating device 1164 may adopt a heating pipe mode, and is matched with a fan to realize air heating.

In this embodiment, the second heating element 1024 may be selected as an electromagnetic heating device 1162, and may also be selected as a surface wave heating device, where the surface wave heating device is a device that heats only a certain surface of the food material using the microwave heating principle.

In another specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the first heating member 1022 may be a microwave heating device 1166, and by providing the microwave heating device 1166 on the base 110, microwaves may be generated to facilitate microwave heating of the food in the cooking cavity. The microwave heating device 1166 may be a magnetron and a waveguide, among others, to generate microwaves and feed them into the cooking cavity.

In another specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 7, the first heating member 1022 is an infrared heating device 1168, and generates infrared light in an operating state, so that the food opposite to the infrared heating device 1168 is cooked, and the infrared light has energy to heat the food, so that cooking is achieved, and further, the infrared heating device 1168 is utilized to perform a cooking operation of baking the food.

In another specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, the first heating member 1022 is a gas heating device 1170, and the open fire generated by the gas heating device can be used to heat the cooking device, so as to cook the food material.

In one particular embodiment, a steam oven is provided that generally includes a base 110, an electrical cabinet (electromagnetic heating coil, i.e., an induction cooker heating system and steam generator 1062), a power plant (i.e., drive motor 108), a housing (i.e., cover 104), a water box 1064, and a display module (i.e., interactive panel 114), among others. The base 110 is divided into a circular plastic base and a circular metal base (i.e. the fixed cover 1042), wherein the center of the circular plastic base is hollow and is used as an electric appliance bin for placing electric devices such as the steam generator 1062, the water pump, the computer board, the electromagnetic heating ring and the like; the plastic base is fixed on the metal base; the display module is also on the plastic base.

The power device mainly comprises a motor, a gear shaft, a protective cover 112, a bearing support, a bearing and the like; the protective cover 112 is in a semi-closed shape, and the motor is fixed in the protective cover 112; the left and right bearings are supported and welded on the metal base; one end of the gear shaft is integrated with the arc door welding guard, and the gear is designed at one end and meshed with the motor gear, and the door body is driven to open and close by the rotation of the motor; one end of the other end rotating shaft 1045 is welded with the arc-shaped door into a whole, and the other end is installed on the bearing.

In addition, the base plate is made of microcrystalline glass; is fixed with the plastic base.

The plastic shell is of a semi-closed semicircular structure, and the inside of the plastic shell is hollow; the metal inner container (i.e. the fixed shell) is of a semicircular arc structure and is connected with the plastic shell through a screw; the plastic housing is connected with the plastic base 110 by screws; the water box 1064 is designed into a semicircular hollow structure, which is embedded in the plastic shell; the outer layer of the circular arc door is made of plastic material, the inner container is made of stainless steel metal material, and grooves are formed in two sides of the metal inner container and are used for installing rubber rings for preventing steam leakage.

Through the above embodiment, when the door is opened, the door is used as an electromagnetic oven, and when the door is closed, the door is used as a steam oven; the door opening and the door closing are automatically completed by one key, and the door opening does not need additional space, so that the use space can be effectively increased.

According to the embodiment of the application, the cooking space can be switched between closed and open only by moving the cover body, and different modes of cooking can be realized by using the same base, so that multiple cooking modes can be realized on the premise that the occupied area of the whole equipment is not changed, and the space utilization rate is greatly improved.

In the present application, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance; the term "plurality" means two or more, unless expressly defined otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; "coupled" may be directly coupled or indirectly coupled through intermediaries. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or units referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application.

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

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and is not intended to limit the present application, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present application by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A cooking apparatus, comprising:

the heating device comprises a base, wherein at least one first heating element and at least one second heating element are arranged on the base;

the cover body is movably connected with the base;

the cover body moves to a first position, the base and the cover body form a closed cooking cavity, the first heating piece operates, the cover body moves away from the first position, a variable opening exists between the cover body and the base, and the second heating piece operates.

2. Cooking apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said cover comprises in particular:

the fixed cover is arranged on the base, and a part of the cooking cavity is formed between the fixed cover and a part of the base;

the movable cover is movably connected with the fixed cover and can move relative to the fixed cover to adjust the size of the opening.

3. The cooking apparatus of claim 2, wherein the first heating element is a steam generator, the cooking apparatus further comprising:

the water box is arranged in the fixed cover, the steam generator is communicated with the water box, and steam generated by the steam generator flows into the cooking cavity.

4. The cooking apparatus of claim 2 wherein the cover is rotatably coupled to the base, the cooking apparatus further comprising:

the driving motor is in transmission connection with the cover body, and the driving motor is used for driving the cover body to rotate relative to the base.

5. Cooking apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that said base comprises in particular:

the seat body is provided with rotating shaft holes at two opposite sides, rotating shafts are arranged at two opposite sides of the movable cover, one of the two rotating shafts stretches into the rotating shaft holes and is in transmission connection with the driving motor, and the other rotating shaft stretches into the other rotating shaft hole;

the bin body is detachably connected with the base body, and an electric appliance bin for accommodating electronic components is formed between the bin body and the base body;

the plate body is detachably connected with the bin body.

6. The cooking apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

the protection cover is detachably connected with the base body, the protection cover is connected with the base body, and the protection cover covers the driving motor.

7. Cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising:

and the position sensor is used for detecting the relative position between the cover body and the base.

8. The cooking apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

and the controller is electrically connected with the first heating element, the second heating element and the position sensor and is used for controlling the first heating element or the second heating element to operate according to the relative position.

9. The cooking apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

the interaction panel is arranged on the base and/or the cover body and is used for displaying at least one cooking function corresponding to the relative position;

and the controller is electrically connected with the interactive panel, the first heating element and the second heating element and is used for controlling the first heating element or the second heating element to operate according to a selection instruction corresponding to the cooking function.

10. The cooking apparatus of claim 7, further comprising:

the interaction panel is arranged on the base and/or the cover body and is used for displaying a plurality of cooking functions;

the controller is electrically connected with the interactive panel, the cover body, the first heating element and the second heating element, and is used for controlling the cover body to move to the relative position corresponding to the selection instruction according to the selection instruction corresponding to the cooking function, and controlling the first heating element or the second heating element to operate according to the selection instruction.

11. The cooking apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second heating member is an electromagnetic heating device for generating a magnetic field to heat cookware on the base; or alternatively

The second heating element is a resistance heating device which is used for generating heat to heat the cooker on the base; or alternatively

The second heating element is a surface wave heating device which is used for generating microwaves to heat the food on the base.

12. Cooking apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first heating member is an air heating device for heating air; or alternatively

The first heating element is a microwave heating device which is used for generating microwaves fed into the cooking cavity; or alternatively

The first heating piece is an infrared heating device which is used for emitting infrared light to the cooking cavity; or alternatively

The first heating element is a gas heating device, and the gas heating device is used for generating open fire.