CN211355038U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, which comprises a cooker body, an inner pot and a cover body, wherein the cooker body is provided with an inner pot accommodating part; the inner pot is freely placed at the inner pot containing part; the cover body can be arranged on the cooker body in an opening and closing mode to form a cooking space between the cover body and the inner pot, the edge of the pot opening of the inner pot is provided with a sealing ring, and the sealing ring is abutted to the cover body when the cover body covers. The utility model provides a cooking utensil, sealing washer can directly set up on interior pot, can form a subassembly with interior pot, places in the a kind of deep pot body together. The inner pot and the cooker body are not fixedly arranged, so that the installation of the sealing ring is not influenced by the assembly efficiency of other parts, and the sealing ring cannot be scrapped due to poor assembly.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a cooking utensil.

Background

Known cooking appliances such as electric cookers generally include a lid body and a pot body, the lid body being openably and closably provided on the pot body to form a cooking space between the lid body and the pot body. The lid includes a liner and a removable lid, and the sealing ring for sealing the cooking space is typically fitted around the outer periphery of the removable lid and mounted to the liner with the removable lid. The assembling efficiency of the packing ring is affected by the assembling efficiency of the detachable cover.

The prior art removable covers are typically mounted by a removable cover base that is first fixedly mounted to the liner and then removably mounted to the removable cover base. This requires not only the removable cover base and the inner liner to be provided with mounting structures that mate with each other, but also the removable cover and the removable cover base to be provided with mounting structures that mate with each other, increasing the complexity of the assembly structure of the cover, and making the cost of manufacture somewhat high.

The removable cover is typically snap-fit to the removable cover holder, which requires that a plurality of pairs of snap features are provided at the circumferential edges of the two that mate with each other and that, when assembled, each corresponding pair of snap features be aligned. This can be because of the operator installation experience is not enough, and the assembly is not in place makes the assembly efficiency low, and poor assembly produces and scrap. The difficulty of assembling the detachable cover by a consumer is high, and the user experience is not high.

Both of the above aspects affect the efficiency of the sealing ring mounting onto the cover body.

Accordingly, there is a need for a cooking appliance that at least partially solves the problems of the prior art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content does not imply any attempt to define the essential features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it implied to be intended to define the scope of the claimed solution.

In order to at least partially solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance including:

a pot body having an inner pot receiving portion;

an inner pan freely placed at the inner pan receiving part; and

a cover body openably and closably arranged on the pot body to form a cooking space between the cover body and the inner pot,

the edge of the pot opening of the inner pot is provided with a sealing ring, and the sealing ring is abutted to the cover body when the cover body covers.

According to this scheme, the sealing washer can directly set up in on the pot, can form an subassembly with interior pot, places in the a kind of deep pot body together. The inner pot and the cooker body are not fixedly arranged, so that the installation of the sealing ring is not influenced by the assembly efficiency of other parts, and the sealing ring cannot be scrapped due to poor assembly. Because interior pot can freely put into interior pot portion of accomodating or take out from interior pot portion of accomodating, from this, when needs wash the sealing washer, can take out interior pot, wash with interior pot together, improved user experience and felt.

In addition, the user can be prevented from being scalded by the edge of the inner pot when the novel pot is used, the practicability is high, and the user experience is further improved.

Optionally, the inner pot is provided with a flange extending radially outwards at the edge of the pot opening, and the sealing ring is sleeved on the flange.

According to the scheme, the assembling structure of the sealing ring is simple, redundant parts are not needed, and the assembling mode is convenient and rapid. When the sealing ring needs to be cleaned independently, a consumer can easily disassemble and assemble the sealing ring.

Optionally, the seal ring comprises:

a mounting portion provided with a recess recessed radially outward, the burring being inserted into the recess; and

and the sealing part extends upwards from the mounting part, is used for abutting against the cover body, and is vertically provided with a bending structure.

According to the scheme, the cooking space can be better sealed.

Optionally, the seal ring is sleeved from the radial far end of the flange and sleeved to the radial near end of the flange.

According to this scheme, the sealing washer can cover most or whole turn-ups, and the assembly of the sealing member of being convenient for is more firm, and sealed effect is better.

The upper surface and the lower surface of the flange both extend in the horizontal direction.

According to the scheme, the sealing element can be assembled more conveniently and firmly.

Optionally, the lid includes a liner, the sealing ring abutting the liner when the lid is closed.

According to this scheme, can form sealed between sealing washer and inside lining.

Optionally, the lid comprises a liner and a removable lid on an underside of the liner, the sealing ring abutting the removable lid when the lid is closed.

According to this scheme, can form sealed between sealing washer and removable lid.

Optionally, the inside lining is provided with downwardly extending's erection column, removable lid be provided with corresponding to the mounting hole of erection column, mounting hole department cover is equipped with first sealing member, removable lid passes through first sealing member cover is established and the joint extremely the erection column.

According to this scheme, the assembly structure of removable lid is simple, need not unnecessary part, and the assembly mode is convenient, swift, and the consumer can easily dismantle and install removable lid, has improved user experience and has felt. And by means of the first seal, the removable lid is sealably connected to the inner liner, which not only prevents steam from entering the interior of the lid, but also does not get scrapped due to poor assembly.

Drawings

The following drawings of the present invention are used herein as part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings embodiments of the invention and the description thereof for the purpose of illustrating the devices and principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a part of a cooking appliance according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein a sealing ring is shown;

fig. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion a shown in fig. 1;

fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a part of a cooking appliance according to a second embodiment of the present invention, wherein a sealing ring is shown;

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion of the cooking appliance shown in fig. 3.

Description of the reference numerals

110: cover 111: inner lining

112: the exhaust hole 113: angular part

114: mounting portion 120: inner pot

121: pot opening edge 122: flanging

123: radial distal end 124: radial proximal end

125: bending part 130: sealing ring

131: mounting portion 132: sealing part

133: concave portion 210: cover body

215: mounting the column 216: head part

234: projection 240: detachable cover

241: outer peripheral edge 242: mounting hole

243: removable cover vent 250: first seal member

251: insertion hole 260: second seal

261: steam inlet

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.

In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It is apparent that the practice of the invention is not limited to the specific details known to those skilled in the art. The present invention is described in detail below with reference to the preferred embodiments, however, the present invention can have other embodiments in addition to the detailed description, and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

It is to be understood that the terms "a," "an," and "the" as used herein are intended to describe specific embodiments only and are not to be taken as limiting the invention, which is intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. When the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right" and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and are not limiting.

Ordinal words such as "first" and "second" are referred to in this application as labels only, and do not have any other meanings, such as a particular order, etc. Also, for example, the term "first component" does not itself imply the presence of "second component", and the term "second component" does not itself imply the presence of "first component".

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate representative embodiments of the present invention and do not limit the present invention.

First embodiment

Generally, a cooking appliance such as an electric rice cooker includes a pot body and a cover 110 (fig. 1). The pot body is substantially in a rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape and has a cylindrical inner pot accommodating portion. The inner pot 120 can be freely placed at the inner pot receiving part and taken out of the inner pot receiving part, so that the inner pot 120 can be conveniently cleaned. The inner pot 120 is generally made of a metal material and has a circular opening on an upper surface for containing a material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. The pot body includes therein a heating means for heating the inner pot 120 to heat the inner pot 120.

It can be understood that according to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil can be electric rice cooker, electric pressure cooker or other cooking utensil, and cooking utensil except having the function of cooking rice, can also have various functions such as cooking congee.

The cover 110 has a shape substantially corresponding to the pot body, substantially in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with rounded corners. The lid 110 is openably and closably provided on the pot body, and specifically, it is pivoted to the pot body by a pivot shaft, and can be freely pivoted between a closed position and an open position with respect to the pot body about the pivot axis where the pivot shaft is located, so as to facilitate the closing and opening of the pot body. When the cover 110 is covered on the cooker body, it covers the inner pot 120 and forms a cooking space with the inner pot 120.

It should be noted that directional terms used herein in describing the components in the cover 110 and their positional relationships, such as "above", "below", "underside", "upward", "downward", and the like, are relative to the cover 110 in a horizontal state. Directional terms "inner" and "outer," if not otherwise defined, it is understood that "inner" refers to a side near the center of the cooking appliance, "outer" refers to a side away from the center of the cooking appliance, "inner" refers to a side toward the center of the cooking appliance, and "outer" refers to a side away from the center of the cooking appliance. Directional terms "front end" and "rear end", if not otherwise defined, it is understood that "front end" refers to the end of the cooking appliance that is closer to the user and "rear end" refers to the end of the cooking appliance that is further from the user.

In order to seal the cooking space at the pot opening of the inner pot 120 when the cover body 110 is closed, a sealing ring 130 is generally provided between the inner pot 120 and the cover body 110. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the present embodiment, the sealing ring 130 is provided at the rim 121 of the inner pot 120, and the sealing ring 130 can abut against the lid body 110 when the lid body 110 is closed, specifically, an inner surface of the lid body 110 facing the cooking space. The sealing ring 130 is in interference fit with the cover body 110 at the covering position, so that a better sealing effect can be formed. That is, the seal ring 130 can be brought into contact with the cover body 110 by interference fit when the cover body 110 is closed.

The packing 130 may be directly provided on the inner pot 120, and can form an assembly with the inner pot 120 to be placed in the pot body together. There is no fixed installation between the inner pan 120 and the cooker body, which makes the installation of the sealing ring 130 not affected by the assembly efficiency of other components, and will not be scrapped due to poor assembly. Because interior pot 120 can freely put into interior pot receiving part or take out from interior pot receiving part, from this, when needs wash sealing washer 130, can take out interior pot 120, wash with interior pot 120 together, improved user experience and felt.

The inner pan 120 may be provided with a flange 122 extending radially outward at the pan opening edge 121, and the sealing ring 130 is directly sleeved on the flange 122. Such a mounting manner can be adapted to the structure of the existing inner pot 120, because the existing inner pot 120 is usually provided with the flange 122, the improvement of the inner pot 120 is avoided.

As shown in fig. 2, the packing 130 may include a mounting portion 131 and a sealing portion 132 extending upward from the mounting portion 131. The mounting portion 131 may be provided with a recess 133 recessed radially outward, with the recess 133 opening inward. The bead 122 may be inserted into the recess 133. The sealing portion 132 is used to abut against the lid body 110. Alternatively, the sealing part 132 may be formed with a bent structure in a vertical direction. In the illustrated embodiment, the sealing portion 132 is formed with a U-or V-shaped like bent structure that opens inward. When the cover 110 is closed, the sealing portion 132 can be vertically pressed to be deformed, and the deformation can improve the sealing effect.

The recess 133 is sized and shaped to fit the size and shape of the cuff 122. Also, the radial dimension of the recess 133 enables the sealing ring 130 to be nested from the radially distal end 123 of the flange 122 and to the radially proximal end 124 of the flange 122. In the illustrated embodiment, the cuff 122 extends in a horizontal direction. Both the upper and lower surfaces of the flange 122 extend in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the sealing element can be assembled more conveniently and firmly, and the sealing element is not easy to be separated from the flanging 122. The existing inner pan 120 having the flange 122 is usually formed by bending the edge of the inner pan 120 to form the flange 122. Bending portions 125 are formed after bending, and the sealing ring 130 can be partially sleeved on the bending portions 125, so that the installation stability of the sealing ring 130 is further improved.

In the present embodiment, further, the cover body 110 may include a face cover and an inner liner 111 on a lower side of the face cover, and the face cover is provided to and mounted to the inner liner 111. The seal ring 130 abuts against the liner 111, specifically, the outer peripheral edge of the liner 111 when the lid 110 is closed. The sealing ring 130 is in interference fit with the lining 111 in the closed position, which can form a better sealing effect. That is, the seal ring 130 can be brought into contact with the liner 111 by interference fit when the lid body 110 is closed.

Generally, the cover body 110 is generally provided with a steam passage to discharge steam inside the cooking space to the atmosphere. The inner liner 111 may be provided with a vent 112 to facilitate the formation of a steam channel.

In this embodiment, the removable cover 240 may not be provided, and a seal may be formed between the gasket 130 and the liner 111. The liner 111 may have an annular, inwardly open, angle 113 at the periphery, with the gasket 130 abutting a horizontal surface F1 of the angle 113 when the cover 110 is closed. However, the seal ring 130 may be spaced from the vertical surface F2 of the angle 113. When the cover 110 pivots between the closed position and the open position, the seal ring 130 does not obstruct the movement of the cover 110, and does not affect the opening of the cover.

Second embodiment

A cooking appliance according to a second embodiment will be described below with reference to fig. 3 and 4. The cooking appliance of the second embodiment has the same structure and/or configuration as the cooking appliance of the first embodiment except for the structure of the lid body and the packing. Accordingly, elements of the second embodiment that have the same function as elements of the first embodiment will be numbered identically herein and will not be described and/or illustrated in detail for the sake of brevity.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the cover body 210 of the present embodiment further includes a detachable cover 240 on the lower side of the liner 111, compared to the cover body 110 of the first embodiment. The removable cover 240 is removably mounted to the liner 111 from the underside. The seal ring 130 abuts against the detachable cover 240, specifically, a lower surface of the detachable cover 240 when the cover body 210 is closed. The sealing ring 130 is in interference fit with the detachable cover 240 in the closed position, which can provide a better sealing effect. That is, the seal ring 130 and the detachable cover 240 can abut against each other with an interference fit when the cover body 210 is closed.

In order to enable a tight and secure fit at the bent portion 125, the mounting portion 131 may be provided with a protruding portion 234 protruding upward from the inner surface of the recess 133, the protruding portion 234 abutting against the arc-shaped surface of the bent portion 125 of the inner pan 120. Specifically, the protruding portion 234 can abut against the arc-shaped lower surface of the bending portion 125 to prevent the sealing ring 130 from being removed from the flange 122.

In the illustrated embodiment, the projection 234 may be located at an opening of the recess 133. The protrusion 234 may be formed in a ring shape at the center of the sealing ring 130, so that the protrusion 234 can better fit with the bending part 125, and further prevent the sealing ring 130 from being removed from the flange 122.

The projecting portion 234 of the present embodiment can be applied to the seal ring in the first embodiment.

In this embodiment, the removable cover 240 may be removably mounted via mounting posts 215 provided on the liner 111. Specifically, the liner 111 may be provided with downwardly extending mounting posts 215. The removable cover 240 may be provided with mounting holes 242 corresponding to the mounting posts 215, and a first sealing member 250 may be sleeved at the mounting holes 242. The removable cover 240 may be sleeved to the mounting post 215 by a first seal 250. The first sealing element 250 is firstly sleeved on the mounting hole 242, and finally, the detachable cover 240 can be directly pressed towards the lining 111, so that the first sealing element 250 is sleeved on the upper portion of the detachable cover 240, and the detachable cover 240 is mounted. The removable cover 240 need not be in a fixed mounting relationship with the liner 111 at the peripheral edge 241, and is mounted by merely fitting over the mounting post 215.

The first seal 250 may be further provided with insertion holes 251 corresponding to the mounting posts 215, into which the mounting posts 215 can be inserted into the insertion holes 251. The head 216 can pass through the insertion hole 251, and the head 216 can be clamped with the edge of the insertion hole 251, so that the head 216 cannot fall out of the insertion hole 251 in the absence of external force.

The removable cover 240 may be provided with a removable cover vent 243 located below the vent 112. The detachable cover discharging hole 243 may be sleeved with a second sealing member 260 having a steam inlet 261, and the detachable cover 240 is detachably mounted at the discharging hole 112 through the second sealing member 260. The second sealing member 260 may be inserted into and retained in the discharge hole 112. The second seal 260 can form a bridge between the vent hole 112 and the removable cover vent hole 243. In this embodiment, the rotational movement of the detachable cover 240 in the horizontal direction can be blocked by the exhaust hole 112.

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, sealing washer can directly set up on interior pot, can form a subassembly with interior pot, places in the a kind of deep pot body together. The inner pot and the cooker body are not fixedly arranged, so that the installation of the sealing ring is not influenced by the assembly efficiency of other parts, and the sealing ring cannot be scrapped due to poor assembly. Because interior pot can freely put into interior pot portion of accomodating or take out from interior pot portion of accomodating, from this, when needs wash the sealing washer, can take out interior pot, wash with interior pot together, improved user experience and felt. In addition, the user can be prevented from being scalded by the edge of the inner pot when the novel pot is used, the practicability is high, and the user experience is further improved.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "part," "member," and the like, when used herein, can refer to either a single part or a combination of parts. Terms such as "mounted," "disposed," and the like, as used herein, may refer to one component as being directly attached to another component or one component as being attached to another component through intervening components. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it is to be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and that many more modifications and variations can be made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, all of which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (9)

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a pot body having an inner pot receiving portion;

an inner pan (120), the inner pan (120) being freely placed at the inner pan receiving part; and

a cover body openably and closably provided on the pot body to form a cooking space between the cover body and the inner pot (120),

the pot opening edge (121) of the inner pot (120) is provided with a sealing ring (130), and the sealing ring (130) is abutted to the cover body when the cover body is covered.

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the inner pan (120) is provided with a radially outwardly extending flange (122) at the pan mouth edge (121), the sealing ring (130) being sleeved to the flange (122).

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the sealing ring (130) comprises:

a mounting portion (131), the mounting portion (131) being provided with a recess (133) recessed radially outward, the burring (122) being inserted into the recess (133); and

and the sealing part (132) extends upwards from the mounting part (131), the sealing part (132) is used for being abutted against the cover body, and the sealing part (132) is vertically formed with a bending structure.

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the sealing ring (130) is nested from a radially distal end (123) of the rim (122) and is nested to a radially proximal end of the rim (122).

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the upper and lower surfaces of the flange (122) each extend in a horizontal direction.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the lid comprises an inner liner (111), the sealing ring (130) abutting the inner liner (111) when the lid is closed.

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 6, characterized in that the inner liner (111) has, at the periphery, an annular, inwardly open, angle (113), the sealing ring (130) abutting against a horizontal surface (F1) of the angle (113) when the lid is closed and being spaced from a vertical surface (F2) of the angle (113).

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the cover comprises an inner liner (111) and a removable cover (240) on the underside of the inner liner (111), the sealing ring (130) abutting the removable cover (240) when the cover is closed.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 8, wherein the inner liner (111) is provided with a downwardly extending mounting post (215), the detachable cover (240) is provided with a mounting hole (242) corresponding to the mounting post (215), a first sealing member (250) is sleeved at the mounting hole (242), and the detachable cover (240) is sleeved and clamped to the mounting post (215) through the first sealing member (250).

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