CN216534906U - Cooking equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a cooking device comprising: a heating plate adapted to heat food; the baking tray is rotatably arranged on the heating plate and has a horizontal state and a storage state which forms a cooking cavity with the heating plate in an enclosing manner. When the baking tray is switched to the horizontal state, the baking tray and the heating plate can heat food at the same time, and the cooking equipment can play a role of the baking tray; when the overware of the cooking equipment is switched to the storage state, the overware can enclose a cooking cavity together with the heating plate, food is heated by the heating plate, and the cooking equipment can play a role of an electric chafing dish at the moment. When the cooking equipment is not used, the baking tray can be switched to a storage state, so that the occupied volume of the cooking equipment is reduced, and the cooking equipment is convenient to store. Therefore, the cooking equipment has the advantages of multiple functions, small occupied volume, convenience in storage and high utilization rate.

Description

Cooking equipment

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to cooking equipment.

Background

Cooking equipment is the common domestic appliance who is used for cooking food, along with the improvement of people's standard of living, also provides more diversified demand to cooking equipment's function. Multifunctional cooking equipment in the prior art generally comprises an electric chafing dish capable of stewing food, and a baking tray capable of baking the food is arranged around the electric chafing dish in a surrounding mode. Although the cooking equipment can be used for stewing and baking food, the occupied volume is large (the volume of an electric chafing dish and an electric baking tray is required), the cooking equipment is not beneficial to storage, one of a heating tray and a baking tray is usually in an idle state in the using process, and the utilization rate is low.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to overcome the defects of large occupied space and low utilization rate of the multifunctional cooking device in the prior art, so as to provide a multifunctional and space-saving cooking device.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a cooking apparatus including: a heating plate adapted to heat food; the baking tray is rotatably arranged on the heating plate and has a horizontal state and a storage state which forms a cooking cavity with the heating plate in an enclosing manner.

Furthermore, the quantity of the baking trays is multiple, the baking trays are sequentially arranged on the edge of the heating tray along the circumferential direction, a plurality of elastic connecting pieces are further formed among the baking trays, and the elastic connecting pieces are suitable for plugging gaps between the adjacent baking trays in a one-to-one correspondence mode.

Further, the elastic connection member is made of heat-resistant rubber.

Further, the overware includes the heat-conducting plate and the embedded first heating member that sets up in the heat-conducting plate, and when the overware was in the horizontality, first heating member was in the heating state, and when the overware was in the state of accomodating, first heating member was in the outage state.

Further, a hinge switch is arranged between the heat conduction plate and the heating plate and is arranged in a circuit for supplying power to the heat conduction plate, the hinge switch is closed when the baking tray is in a horizontal state, and the hinge switch is disconnected when the baking tray is in a storage state.

Further, the cooking device also comprises a heat preservation container arranged below the heating plate, and the heat preservation container is suitable for preserving heat of food.

Further, the heat preservation container still includes: the shell is arranged below the heating plate; the heat preservation tray is arranged on the shell and has an open state and a storage state, and when the heat preservation tray is in the open state, the heat preservation tray is parallel to the heating plate.

Furthermore, a plurality of first through holes are formed in the side wall of the shell, and the heat preservation tray is suitable for horizontally extending out through the first through holes.

Furthermore, a driving mechanism is arranged in the shell and is suitable for driving the heat preservation tray to extend out of or retract into the shell through the first through hole.

Further, the first end of heat preservation tray is articulated with the pore wall of first through-hole, and actuating mechanism includes: rotating the source; the adapter comprises a main body and an adapter part arranged on the main body along the circumferential direction, and the main body is fixedly connected with an output shaft of a rotation source; the first end of the transmission piece is hinged with the switching part of the switching piece, and the second end of the transmission piece is hinged with the second end of the heat preservation tray.

Further, the heat preservation tray includes tray body and the fixed second heating member that sets up in tray body bottom.

Further, the cooking apparatus further includes: a temperature sensor, which is arranged on the heating plate and is suitable for detecting the temperature of the heating plate; and the control module is in communication connection with the temperature sensor, the rotating source and the second heating element, and can control the rotating source to work so as to stretch out the heat preservation tray and enable the second heating element to work when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the heating plate is greater than or equal to a preset value.

Further, the cooking equipment is an electric chafing dish and baking tray integrated machine.

The utility model has the following advantages:

1. according to the technical scheme, the cooking equipment mainly comprises the heating plate and the baking tray, when the baking tray is switched to the horizontal state, the baking tray and the heating plate can heat food at the same time, and the cooking equipment can play a role of the baking tray; when the overware of the cooking equipment is switched to the storage state, the overware can enclose a cooking cavity together with the heating plate, food is heated by the heating plate, and the cooking equipment can play a role of an electric chafing dish at the moment. When the cooking equipment is not used, the baking tray can be switched to a storage state, so that the occupied volume of the cooking equipment is reduced, and the cooking equipment is convenient to store. Therefore, the cooking equipment has multiple functions, occupies small volume, is convenient to store, and has high utilization rate because the heating plate and the electric baking plate cannot be idle in a use state.

2. The baking trays are multiple in number. The plurality of baking trays are sequentially arranged on the edge of the heating tray along the circumferential direction. A plurality of elastic connecting pieces are also formed among the baking trays. The elastic connecting pieces are suitable for correspondingly blocking gaps between the adjacent baking trays one by one. When the baking tray is in the storage state, the gaps among the baking trays can be blocked by the elastic connecting pieces, so that food is prevented from overflowing from the cooking cavity. When the baking tray rotates towards the horizontal direction under the action of external force, the elastic connecting pieces can be stretched by the baking trays to generate elastic deformation, so that the baking tray is allowed to be switched to the horizontal state.

3. The cooking apparatus includes a heat-insulating container disposed below the heating pan. The heat-insulating container is suitable for insulating food. The user can put into the heat preservation container with the food that is cooked or roast, keeps warm through the heat preservation container to food, avoids the food after the ripe food continues to be heated and influences food taste, or is taken out and leads to cooling to be unfavorable for user's health. The heat preservation container is arranged below the heating plate, so that the space below the heating plate can be fully utilized, and the structure of the cooking equipment is more compact. Simultaneously, heating element in the heating plate can preheat the heat preservation container when heating food to promote thermal utilization ratio, make the user need not to wait and just can use the heat preservation container to keep warm food, help promoting user experience.

4. A driving mechanism is arranged in the shell. The driving mechanism is suitable for driving the heat preservation tray to extend out of or retract into the shell through the first through hole. The first end of the heat preservation tray is hinged with the hole wall of the first through hole. The driving mechanism comprises a rotating source, an adapter piece and a transmission piece. Wherein, the adaptor includes the main part and sets up the switching portion on the main part along circumference. The main body is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the rotation source. The first end of driving medium is articulated with the switching portion of adaptor. The second end of the transmission piece is hinged with the second end of the heat preservation tray. The transmission member can output circumferential rotation under the drive of the rotation source. The adapter piece can be driven by the transmission piece to cause the heat preservation tray to rotate around a hinge point of the heat preservation tray and the first through hole, so that the heat preservation tray is driven to extend out of or retract back from the shell.

5. The cooking apparatus includes a temperature sensor and a control module. Wherein, temperature sensor sets up on the heating plate, is suitable for the temperature that detects the heating plate. The control module is in communication connection with the temperature sensor, the rotation source and the second heating element. The control module can control the rotation source to work to enable the heat preservation tray to stretch out and enable the second heating element to work when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the heating plate is larger than or equal to a preset value. The control module who sets up like this can control the second heating member when food will be cooked thoroughly and heat the tray body, and heat preservation container has not wasted the electric energy through the preheating of a period of time when the user need use the heat preservation function like this, makes the user need not to wait again before using the heat preservation process. The preset value is chosen to be 100 degrees celsius. The second heating element is arranged to heat the tray body to 50-60 ℃, so that the food is not cooled and the taste of the food is not damaged. The temperature sensor is preferably, but not limited to, a thermal resistance sensor or a thermocouple sensor.

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, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a top view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a baking tray of the cooking apparatus is in a horizontal state;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the cooking apparatus of FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cooking apparatus of fig. 1;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cooking apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, wherein a baking tray of the cooking apparatus is in a storage state;

fig. 5 is an exploded view of a thermal container of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100. a cooking device; 1. heating the plate; 2. baking trays; 3. a hinge switch; 4. an elastic connecting member; 5. a heat preservation container; 51. a housing; 52. a heat-preserving tray; 53. a first through hole; 6. a drive mechanism; 61. rotating the source; 621. a main body; 622. a switching part; 63. a transmission member.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. 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 description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

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

In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

Fig. 1 is a top view of a cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein a baking tray of the cooking apparatus is in a horizontal state. Fig. 2 is a side view of the cooking apparatus of fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cooking apparatus of fig. 1. As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, the present invention relates to a cooking device 100, preferably but not limited to an electric chafing dish and baking tray all-in-one machine. Cooking apparatus 100 includes heating plate 1 and grill plate 2. Wherein the hotplate 1 is suitable for heating food. Grill pan 2 is rotatably provided on heating pan 1. The baking tray 2 has a horizontal state and a storage state enclosing a cooking cavity with the heating tray 1. Among them, the heating plate 1 is preferably, but not limited to, heated by a heating element such as a heating wire, an electromagnetic coil, a fan, or a PTC heater.

It can be known from the above technical solutions that the cooking device 100 of the present embodiment mainly includes a heating pan 1 and a baking pan 2, when the baking pan 2 is switched to a horizontal state, the baking pan 2 and the heating pan 1 can heat food at the same time, and at this time, the cooking device 100 can play a role of the baking pan 2 (see fig. 1); when the grill pan 2 of the cooking apparatus 100 is switched to the storage state, the grill pan 2 and the heating pan 1 can enclose a cooking cavity together, and the heating pan 1 heats food, and at this time, the cooking apparatus 100 can function as an electric chafing dish (see fig. 4). When cooking device 100 is not in use, grill pan 2 can be switched to the storage state, thereby reducing the volume occupied by cooking device 100 and facilitating storage of cooking device 100. Therefore, the cooking apparatus 100 of the present invention occupies a small volume while having various functions, and is convenient for storage, and in a use state, neither the heating plate 1 nor the electric grill 2 is left unused, so that the cooking apparatus 100 of the present embodiment has a high utilization rate.

In the present embodiment, the number of grill pans 2 is plural. The plurality of baking trays 2 are sequentially arranged on the edge of the heating tray 1 along the circumferential direction. A plurality of elastic connecting pieces 4 are also formed among the baking trays 2. The plurality of elastic connecting pieces 4 are suitable for sealing gaps between the adjacent baking trays 2 in a one-to-one correspondence manner. When baking tray 2 is in the state of accomodating, a plurality of elastic connecting piece 4 can block off the clearance between a plurality of baking tray 2 to avoid food to spill over from the culinary art chamber. When grill pan 2 is rotated in the horizontal direction by an external force, plurality of elastic connecting pieces 4 can be stretched by plurality of grill pan 2 and elastically deformed, thereby allowing grill pan 2 to be switched to the horizontal state. Elastic connecting piece 4 can be selected to be bonded with baking tray 2, clamped or connected with baking tray 2 through a hot melting process. The elastic connecting member 4 is preferably made of heat-resistant rubber, such as silicone rubber. The number of grate plates 2 is not limited too much, for example, in the present exemplary embodiment, the number of grate plates 2 is selected to be four, and four grate plates 2 are distributed uniformly over the edge of heating plate 1. When overware 2 is in the horizontality, overware 2 and heating plate 1 homoenergetic are heated food, can supply a plurality of users to enclose and sit around the culinary art container, and every user homoenergetic uses overware 2 in front of oneself to roast food. The heating plate 1 in the middle can be used to roast food of a large volume, such as roast chicken, sheep legs, etc.

The baking tray 2 comprises a heat conducting plate and a first heating element. Wherein, the first heating member can be selected to be arranged under the heat-conducting plate or embedded in the heat-conducting plate. For example, in the present embodiment, the first heating member is embedded in the heat conducting plate, so that the first heating member can be prevented from interfering with other components in the process of rotating the baking tray 2. Preferably, the first heating member is set to be in a heating state when grill pan 2 is in a horizontal state, and grill pan 2 can bake food at this time. When baking tray 2 is in the storage state, first heating member is in the outage state. Can play the role of saving electricity. The first heating member is preferably, but not limited to, a heating wire, a solenoid coil, or a blower and a PTC heater, etc. The heat conducting plate is preferably made of, but not limited to, iron, aluminum or medical stone.

In order to enable the first heating element to be powered off when grill pan 2 is in the storage state and to generate heat when grill pan 2 is in the horizontal state, cooking device 100 may optionally include an angle sensor provided on grill pan 2 and a control module connected to the angle sensor. The control module can control the opening or the power-off of the first heating element according to the detection result of the angle sensor. In this embodiment, a hinge switch 3 is provided between the heat conducting plate and the heating plate 1. Hinge switch 3 is established in the circuit for the heat-conducting plate power supply, and hinge switch 3 closes when overware 2 is in the horizontality, and hinge switch 3 opens when overware 2 is in the state of accomodating. The automatic opening and closing of the first heating element is realized through the hinge switch 3, the response speed is high, the structure is simple, and the cost is low. The hinge switch 3 is preferably, but not limited to, a combination of a hinge and a micro switch, etc., which are well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the present embodiment, the cooking apparatus 100 further includes a heat insulating container 5 disposed below the heating pan 1. The thermal container 5 is adapted to thermally insulate the food. The user can put the food that is cooked or toasted into heat preservation container 5, keeps warm through heat preservation container 5 to food, avoids the food after the ripe food continues to be heated and influences food taste, or is taken out and leads to cooling to be unfavorable for user's health. The heat insulating container 5 is provided under the heating pan 1 to make full use of the space under the heating pan 1, so that the cooking apparatus 100 is more compact in structure. Simultaneously, heating element in heating plate 1 can preheat heat preservation container 5 when heating food to promote thermal utilization ratio, make the user need not to wait and just can use heat preservation container 5 to keep warm food, help promoting user experience.

In the present embodiment, the thermal container 5 preferably further includes a housing 51 and a thermal tray 52. Wherein the housing 51 is provided below the heating pan 1. The thermal insulation tray 52 is provided on the housing 51. The thermal insulation tray 52 has an open state and a housed state. When the warming tray 52 is in an open state, the warming tray 52 is parallel to the heating pan 1. The open state can facilitate a user to put food into the warming tray 52, and the storage state can reduce the volume of the cooking apparatus 100 when the warming tray 52 is not used, and prevent the warming tray 52 from interfering with other devices.

The warming tray 52 may be optionally folded to be attached to a side wall of the housing 51 or may be optionally housed in the housing 51 when the warming tray 52 is in the housed state. When the insulating tray 52 is arranged to be hinged with the outer shell 51, the insulating tray 52 can be folded to lie against the outer shell 51. In this embodiment, the side wall of the housing 51 is provided with a plurality of first through holes 53. The warming tray 52 is adapted to horizontally protrude through the first through hole 53. Specifically, as shown in fig. 5, a drive mechanism 6 may be optionally provided in the housing 51. The driving mechanism 6 is adapted to drive the thermal insulating tray 52 to extend out of or retract into the housing 51 through the first through hole 53. The first end of the insulating tray 52 is hinged with the hole wall of the first through hole 53. The drive mechanism 6 comprises a rotation source 61, an adapter and a transmission 63. Wherein, the adaptor includes a main body 621 and an adaptor portion 622 circumferentially disposed on the main body 621. The main body 621 is fixedly coupled to an output shaft of the rotation source 61. The first end of the transmission member 63 is hinged to the adapter portion 622 of the adapter member. The second end of the transmission member 63 is hinged with the second end of the thermal insulation tray 52. The transmission member 63 is capable of outputting a circumferential rotation upon actuation of the rotation source 61. The adaptor member can be driven by the transmission member 63 to rotate the thermal insulation tray 52 around the hinge point with the first through hole 53, so as to drive the thermal insulation tray 52 to extend or retract from the outer shell 51. The number of the heat-retaining trays 52 is not limited to a large amount, but is preferably set in one-to-one correspondence with the grill pan 2, so that a user can easily use the grill pan 2 to cook food and then retain the heat of the food by using the heat-retaining trays 52. Preferably, the outer side of the thermal insulation tray 52 is provided in a curved surface shape having the same curvature as that of the outer case 51. When the thermal insulation tray 52 is in the storage state, the outer surface of the thermal insulation tray 52 can be engaged with the surface of the housing 51, which helps to improve the aesthetic property of the cooking apparatus 100.

The thermal tray 52 preferably includes a tray body and a second heating element. The second heating member is optionally embedded in the tray body, and since there is enough space at the bottom of the tray body to accommodate the second heating member, in order to reduce the production cost of the heat-insulating tray 52, in this embodiment, the second heating member is fixedly disposed at the bottom of the tray body. The second heating member is preferably, but not limited to, a heating wire, a solenoid coil, or a blower and a PTC heater, etc. The insulating tray 52 is preferably made of, but not limited to, iron, aluminum or medical stone.

In the present embodiment, the cooking apparatus 100 further includes a temperature sensor and a control module. Wherein, temperature sensor sets up on heating plate 1, is suitable for the temperature that detects heating plate 1. The control module is in communication connection with the temperature sensor and the rotation source 61 and the second heating element. The control module can control the operation of the rotating source 61 to extend the thermal insulation tray 52 and operate the second heating element when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the heating pan 1 is greater than or equal to a preset value. The control module may include a programmable logic control unit (such as a PLC or CPU), a memory, and an electronic component connected to the programmable logic control unit, etc., which are well known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein. The control module who sets up like this can control the second heating member when food will be cooked thoroughly and heat the tray body, and heat preservation container 5 has not wasted the electric energy through the preheating of a period of time when the user need use the heat preservation function like this, makes the user need not to wait again before using the heat preservation process. The preset value can be adjusted according to the eating habits of the user, for example, in the embodiment, the preset value is selected to be 100 ℃. The second heating element is preferably arranged to heat the tray body to a temperature of 50-60 degrees centigrade without cooling the food and without spoiling the taste of the food. The temperature sensor is preferably, but not limited to, a thermal resistance sensor or a thermocouple sensor.

In summary, the cooking apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the utility model can overcome the defects of large occupied space and low utilization rate of the multifunctional cooking apparatus 100 in the prior art, so as to provide a multifunctional and space-saving cooking apparatus 100.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications therefrom are within the scope of the utility model.

Claims (13)

1. A cooking apparatus, characterized by comprising:

a heating plate (1) adapted to heat food;

the baking tray (2) is rotatably arranged on the heating tray (1) and has a horizontal state and a storage state which forms a cooking cavity with the heating tray (1) in an enclosing mode.

2. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the number of the baking trays (2) is multiple, the baking trays (2) are sequentially arranged on the edge of the heating tray (1) along the circumferential direction, a plurality of elastic connecting pieces (4) are further formed among the baking trays (2), and the elastic connecting pieces (4) are suitable for blocking gaps among the adjacent baking trays (2) in a one-to-one correspondence manner.

3. Cooking apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that the elastic connection (4) is made of heat-resistant rubber.

4. The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the baking tray (2) comprises a heat conducting plate and a first heating element embedded in the heat conducting plate, the first heating element is in a heating state when the baking tray (2) is in the horizontal state, and the first heating element is in a power-off state when the baking tray (2) is in the storage state.

5. The cooking device according to claim 4, characterized in that a hinge switch (3) is arranged between the heat conducting plate and the heating plate (1), the hinge switch (3) is arranged in a circuit for supplying power to the heat conducting plate, the hinge switch (3) is closed when the baking tray (2) is in a horizontal state, and the hinge switch (3) is open when the baking tray (2) is in the storage state.

6. The cooking apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a heat-retaining container (5) disposed below the heating plate (1), the heat-retaining container (5) being adapted to retain heat from food.

7. Cooking apparatus according to claim 6, characterised in that said thermal container (5) further comprises:

a housing (51) provided below the heating plate (1);

the heat preservation tray (52) is arranged on the shell (51), and is provided with an opening state and a storage state, wherein the heat preservation tray (52) is in the opening state, and the heat preservation tray (52) is parallel to the heating plate (1).

8. The cooking apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the housing (51) is provided with a plurality of first through holes (53) on a side wall thereof, and the warming tray (52) is adapted to horizontally protrude through the first through holes (53).

9. The cooking apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a drive mechanism (6) is provided inside the housing (51), said drive mechanism (6) being adapted to drive said thermal tray (52) to extend or retract into said housing (51) through said first through hole (53).

10. The cooking apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the first end of the warming tray (52) is hinged to the wall of the first through hole (53), the drive mechanism (6) comprising:

a rotation source (61);

the adapter comprises a main body (621) and an adapter part (622) arranged on the main body (621) along the circumferential direction, wherein the main body (621) is fixedly connected with an output shaft of the rotating source (61);

the first end of the transmission piece (63) is hinged to the switching part (622) of the switching piece, and the second end of the transmission piece (63) is hinged to the second end of the heat preservation tray (52).

11. The cooking apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the thermal tray (52) comprises a tray body and a second heating element fixedly disposed at a bottom of the tray body.

12. The cooking apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the cooking apparatus (100) further comprises:

a temperature sensor, provided on the heating plate (1), adapted to detect the temperature of the heating plate (1);

the control module is in communication connection with the temperature sensor, the rotating source (61) and the second heating element, and can control the rotating source (61) to work to enable the heat preservation tray (52) to stretch out and the second heating element to work when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature of the heating plate (1) is greater than or equal to a preset value.

13. Cooking device according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the cooking device (100) is an electric hotpot.

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