Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended at least to solve one of technical problem existed in prior art.For this reason, one object of the present invention is to propose a kind of cooking apparatus, and described cooking pot prodigiosin effectively ensures nutrition and the mouthfeel of food, and easy to operate, and a key just can complete whole cooking process.
Another object of the present invention is the control method proposing a kind of above-mentioned cooking apparatus.
Another object of the present invention is the control method proposing a kind of above-mentioned cooking apparatus.
Cooking apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention, comprising: pot body; Pot cover, described pot cover is located at the top of pot body and limits cooking cavity with described pot body; Heater, it is external that described heater is located at described pot; Air extractor, described air extractor is communicated with at least part of gas extracted out in described cooking cavity with described cooking cavity; Panel assembly, described panel assembly is located on described pot body or described pot cover, wherein said panel assembly is provided with sous switch, presses air extractor described in described sous switch control rule and described heater work to cook the food in described cooking cavity.
According to cooking apparatus of the present invention; by arranging sous switch on panel assembly; after food is put into cooking cavity by user; press sous switch and just can complete whole cooking process; other operation is carried out without the need to user in centre; thus be very easy to user's use; and; by arranging air extractor; at least part of gas in cooking cavity can be extracted out by air extractor; pressure in cooking cavity is reduced, and the boiling point step-down of water in cooking cavity, effectively the nutritional labeling of the food in cooking cavity is played a protective role.
Particularly, described panel assembly comprises: panel, and wherein said sous switch is established on the panel; And central processing unit, described central processing unit is electrically connected with described sous switch, described heater and described air extractor respectively.
Alternatively, described panel assembly comprises further: timer, described timer is connected with described central processing unit with described sous switch, wherein press timer described in described sous switch and start timing and described air extractor is started working, when the timing time of described timer is greater than the scheduled time, described air extractor quits work; Temperature sensor, described temperature sensor is connected with described central processing unit for detecting the temperature in described cooking cavity, wherein air extractor starts described heater after quitting work, and the temperature that described temperature sensor detects is higher than closing described heater during predetermined temperature.
Or alternatively, described panel assembly comprises further: pressure sensor, described pressure sensor is connected with described central processing unit, described pressure sensor is for detecting the pressure in described cooking cavity, wherein press air extractor described in described sous switch to start working, when the force value that described pressure sensor detects is less than the first predetermined pressure, described air extractor quits work, start described heater after described air extractor quits work, when the force value that described pressure sensor detects is greater than the second predetermined pressure, close described heater.
Particularly, described pot body or described pot cover are formed with the through hole run through, described air extractor is communicated with described cooking cavity by described through hole.
Further, described cooking apparatus comprises further: wireway, and described wireway is through described through hole, and wherein said air extractor is communicated with described cooking cavity by wireway.
Further, switch is provided with between described cooking cavity and described air extractor.
Alternatively, described switch is magnetic valve or check valve.
Alternatively, described air extractor is vavuum pump.
Alternatively, described cooking apparatus is electric cooker or electric pressure cooking saucepan.
The control method of cooking apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention, comprises the following steps: S1, press described sous switch, and described timer starts timing and described air extractor is started working; Time signal under meter is passed to described central processing unit by S2, described timer, and described central processing unit judges whether described time signal is greater than the described scheduled time; When judged result in S3, step S2 is for being, control described air extractor quit work and control described heater start heating, when the judged result in step S2 is no, get back in step S2 continue judge; The temperature signal detected is passed to described central processing unit by S4, described temperature sensor, and described central processing unit judges that whether described temperature signal is higher than described predetermined temperature; When judged result in S5, step S4 is for being, control the heating of described heater stop; And the judged result in S6, step S4 is when being no, gets back in step S4 and continue to judge.
The control method of cooking apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention, comprises the following steps: S1, press described sous switch, and described pressure sensor starts to detect pressure in described cooking cavity and described air extractor is started working; The pressure signal transmission that detects is given described central processing unit by S2, described pressure sensor, and described central processing unit judges whether described pressure signal is less than described first predetermined pressure; When judged result in S3, step S2 is for being, control described air extractor quit work and control described heater start heating, when the judged result in step S2 is no, get back in step S2 continue judge; The pressure signal transmission that detects is given described central processing unit by S4, described pressure sensor, and described central processing unit judges whether described pressure signal is greater than described second predetermined pressure; When judged result in S5, step S4 is for being, control the heating of described heater stop; And the judged result in S6, step S4 is when being no, gets back in step S4 and continue to judge.
Additional aspect of the present invention and advantage will part provide in the following description, and part will become obvious from the following description, or be recognized by practice of the present invention.
Detailed description of the invention
Be described below in detail embodiments of the invention, the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein same or similar label represents same or similar element or has element that is identical or similar functions from start to finish.Being exemplary below by the embodiment be described with reference to the drawings, only for explaining the present invention, and can not limitation of the present invention being interpreted as.
In describing the invention, it will be appreciated that, term " " center ", " transverse direction ", " length ", " width ", " on ", D score, " front ", " afterwards ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end ", " interior ", " outward ", " axis ", " radial direction ", orientation or the position relationship of the instruction such as " circumference " are based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, only the present invention for convenience of description and simplified characterization, instead of indicate or imply that the device of indication or element must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore limitation of the present invention can not be interpreted as.
In addition, term " first ", " second " only for describing object, and can not be interpreted as instruction or hint relative importance or imply the quantity indicating indicated technical characteristic.Thus, be limited with " first ", the feature of " second " can express or impliedly comprise one or more these features.In describing the invention, except as otherwise noted, the implication of " multiple " is two or more.
In describing the invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, term " installation ", " being connected ", " connection " should be interpreted broadly, and such as, can be fixedly connected with, also can be removably connect, or connect integratedly; Can be mechanical connection, also can be electrical connection; Can be directly be connected, also indirectly can be connected by intermediary, can be the connection of two element internals.For the ordinary skill in the art, concrete condition above-mentioned term concrete meaning in the present invention can be understood.
Describe the cooking apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention below with reference to Fig. 1-Fig. 8, cooking apparatus 100 can be electric pressure cooking saucepan.In description below the application, be described for electric pressure cooking saucepan for cooking apparatus 100.Certainly, the cooking apparatus 100 that those skilled in the art are appreciated that according to the embodiment of the present invention can also be the cooking equipment of other type, such as electric cooker etc.
As Figure 1-Figure 4, the cooking apparatus 100 of embodiment according to a first aspect of the present invention, comprises pot body 1, pot cover 2, heater 3, air extractor 4 and panel assembly.
Pot cover 2 is located at the top of pot body 1, and pot cover 2 and pot body 1 limit cooking cavity 11.Heater 3 is located at outside pot body 1.Such as in the example of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, cooking apparatus 100 such as electric pressure cooking saucepan also comprises outer pot 7, the top of outer pot 7 and pot body 1 is all unlimited, pot body 1 is located in outer pot 7, pot cover 2 is fastened on the top of pot body 1, pot cover 2 and pot body 1 limit cooking cavity 11, heater 3 can be located at the bottom of pot body 1 to cook the food etc. to be cooked in cooking cavity 11, further, pot cover 2 forms a seal chamber by sealing ring 6 and pot body 1, wherein, pot cover 2 can be connected on pot body 1 pivotly to open or close the top of pot body 1.Alternatively, heater 3 is heater or heating tube etc.Certainly, the present invention is not limited thereto, heater 3 can also be located on the sidewall of pot body 1 (schemes not shown) to cook the food etc. in cooking cavity 11.
Air extractor 4 is communicated with at least part of gas extracted out in cooking cavity 11 with cooking cavity 11.With reference to Fig. 1, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, it is outer and be positioned at the top of pot cover 2 that air extractor 4 is located at pot cover 2, air extractor 4 is communicated with the cooking cavity 11 of pot body 1 inside, when air extractor 4 works, at least part of gas in cooking cavity 11 can be extracted out to make to form negative pressure in cooking cavity 11, certainly, all gas in cooking cavity 11 can also all be extracted out to make to form vacuum in cooking cavity 11 by air extractor 4.Alternatively, air extractor 4 is vavuum pump.
Owing to being in the state of negative pressure or vacuum in cooking cavity 11, the boiling point of water, lower than 100 DEG C, can not damage the nutritional labeling of food.And, when cooked rice, by negative pressure or vacuum are pumped in cooking cavity 11 inside, decrease the air of rice periphery, water fully can be contacted with the outer surface of rice, the water absorbing properties of rice is promoted to some extent, thus improves the mouthfeel of rice.
As shown in Figure 2, panel assembly is located on pot body 1 or pot cover 2.In one of them example of the present invention, panel assembly is located on the outer surface of pot body 1 or pot cover 2, and with user-friendly, now panel assembly can be located on pot body 1, also can be located on pot cover 2.It is to be appreciated that panel assembly shape, size and the concrete setting position on pot body 1 or pot cover 2 can be arranged according to actual requirement, to meet actual requirement better.
Wherein, panel assembly is provided with sous switch 511, presses sous switch 511 and controls air extractor 4 and heater 3 works to cook the food in cooking cavity 11.Such as in the figure 2 example, panel assembly is provided with multiple switch, such as fragrant rice switch 512, Coarse cereals rice switch 513, long-boiled soup switch 514 and sous switch 511 etc., after user presses corresponding switch, cooking apparatus 100 such as electric pressure cooking saucepan can be cooked accordingly to the food in cooking cavity 11, until food cooking is complete, in other words, when user put in cooking cavity 11 need culinary art food and after pressing corresponding switch, cooking apparatus 100 can complete whole cooking process automatically, any operation is carried out without the need to user in centre, such as during cooked rice, user can add rice and appropriate water in cooking cavity 11, then sous switch 511 is pressed, just can control air extractor 4 such as vavuum pump and extract at least part of gas in cooking cavity 11 out to make to form vacuum or negative pressure in cooking cavity 11, then the rice in unlatching heater 3 pairs of cooking cavities 11 and water heat, until rice and water are cooked into rice.
Alternatively, sous switch 511 can adopt the form of the button shown in Fig. 2, also can adopt the form of knob (scheming not shown), or adopts the mode of button, or employing alternate manner, to improve the convenience that user uses further.
According to the cooking apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, by arranging sous switch 511 on panel assembly, after food is put into cooking cavity 11 by user, press sous switch 511 and just can complete whole cooking process, other operation is carried out without the need to user in centre, thus be very easy to user's use, and, by arranging air extractor 4, at least part of gas in cooking cavity 11 can be extracted out by air extractor 4, pressure in cooking cavity 11 is reduced, and the boiling point step-down of water in cooking cavity 11, effectively the nutritional labeling of the food in cooking cavity 11 is played a protective role.
In one embodiment of the invention, panel assembly comprises: panel 51 and central processing unit 52, and wherein, sous switch 511 is established on the panel 51.Such as in the figure 2 example, panel 51 is provided with various switch, such as start switch 515, culinary art mode switch 516, menu switch 517, switch 519 is set, heat-insulation switch 518, and fragrant rice switch 512 above-mentioned, Coarse cereals rice switch 513, long-boiled soup switch 514 and sous switch 511 etc., further, panel 51 can also be provided with display board 510, display board 510 can be formed as rectangular shape, display board 510 is roughly positioned at the centre of panel 51 for display cooking time, temperature etc., each switch is spaced apart from each other and arranges around display board 510.It is to be appreciated that the shape of display board 510, switch and arrangement etc. can be arranged according to actual requirement, to meet actual requirement better.
Central processing unit 52 is electrically connected with sous switch 511, heater 3 and air extractor 4 respectively.Such as in the example of Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, press sous switch 511 such as sous button, central processing unit 52 can control air extractor 4 such as vavuum pump and extract at least part of gas in cooking cavity 11 out, vacuum or negative pressure is formed to make cooking cavity 11 inside, open heater 3 such as heater to cook the food in cooking cavity 11, because the food in cooking cavity 11 is cooked under vacuum or negative pressure, the boiling point of water reduces, eating patterns not easily go bad, thus ensure that original delicate flavour, cook effective.
In an alternate embodiment of the present invention where, as shown in Figure 5-Figure 7, panel assembly comprises further: timer and temperature sensor, timer is connected with central processing unit 52 with sous switch 511, wherein press sous switch 511 timer and start timing and air extractor 4 is started working, when the timing time of timer is greater than the scheduled time, air extractor 4 quits work.Temperature sensor is connected for detecting the temperature in cooking cavity 11 with central processing unit 52, and wherein air extractor 4 starts heater 3 after quitting work, and the temperature that temperature sensor detects closes heater 3 higher than during predetermined temperature.
Particularly, with reference to Fig. 7, when user needs cooking food, first food etc. to be cooked can be put into cooking cavity 11, after buckling pot cover 2, by the such as sous button of the sous switch 511 on lower panel 51, after central processing unit 52 receives the next signal of sous button transmission, control timer and start timing, meanwhile, central processing unit 52 controls air extractor 4 such as vavuum pump and is evacuated or negative pressure by cooking cavity 11, when the timing time of timer is greater than the scheduled time (pumpdown time namely preset in panel assembly), central processing unit 52 controls vavuum pump to be stopped bleeding, then central processing unit 52 controls heater 3 such as heater and heats the food in cooking cavity 11, when temperature sensor detection heater is heated to predetermined temperature (cooking temp namely preset in panel assembly), central processing unit 52 control heater stops heating, now cooking process terminates, food cooking is complete.Alternatively, temperature sensor can be located in cooking cavity 11, or is located on the outer surface of pot body 1 and (schemes not shown).
It will be appreciated that, the length of the scheduled time can according to the concrete food setting in the pumping efficiency of vavuum pump and cooking cavity 11, the concrete numerical value of predetermined temperature according to the concrete food setting in cooking cavity 11, can cook effect to make the food in cooking cavity 11 reach better.
Certainly, the present invention is not limited thereto, in another alternative embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figure 8, panel assembly comprises further: pressure sensor, pressure sensor is connected with central processing unit 52, pressure sensor is for detecting the pressure in cooking cavity 11, wherein press sous switch 511 air extractor 4 to start working, when the force value that pressure sensor detects is less than the first predetermined pressure, air extractor 4 quits work, heater 3 is started after air extractor 4 quits work, heater 3 is closed when the force value that pressure sensor detects is greater than the second predetermined pressure.
Particularly, with reference to Fig. 8, when user needs cooking food, first food etc. to be cooked can be put into cooking cavity 11, after buckling pot cover 2, by the such as sous button of the sous switch 511 on lower panel 51, after central processing unit 52 receives the next signal of sous button transmission, central processing unit 52 controls air extractor 4 such as vavuum pump and is evacuated or negative pressure by cooking cavity 11, meanwhile, central processing unit 52 controlled pressure sensor starts to detect the pressure in cooking cavity 11, when the pressure that pressure sensor detects is less than the first predetermined pressure (force value namely preset in panel assembly), central processing unit 52 controls vavuum pump to be stopped bleeding, then central processing unit 52 controls heater 3 such as heater and heats the food in cooking cavity 11, when the pressure that pressure sensor detects is greater than the second predetermined pressure (force value namely preset in panel assembly), central processing unit 52 control heater stops heating, now cooking process terminates, food cooking is complete.Wherein, the first predetermined pressure is less than the second predetermined pressure.Alternatively, pressure sensor is located in cooking cavity 11.
In one particular embodiment of the present invention, pot body 1 or pot cover 2 are formed with the through hole 21 run through, and air extractor 4 is communicated with cooking cavity 11 by through hole 21.Such as in the example of fig. 1, through hole 21 is formed on pot cover 2, through hole 21 runs through pot cover 2 along the vertical direction, air extractor 4 such as vavuum pump is located at the top of pot cover 2 and is positioned at the top of through hole 21, vavuum pump is communicated with the inside of cooking cavity 11 by through hole 21, thus cooking cavity 11 can be evacuated or negative pressure.
Further, cooking apparatus 100 comprises further: wireway 8, and wireway 8 is through through hole 21, and wherein air extractor 4 is communicated with cooking cavity 11 by wireway 8.As shown in Figure 3, wireway 8 is located at air extractor 4 such as between vavuum pump and cooking cavity 11, in other words, the two ends of wireway 8 are connected with cooking cavity 11 with vavuum pump respectively, particularly, one end of wireway 8 (such as, left end in Fig. 3) can be communicated with cooking cavity 11 by through hole 21, the other end of wireway 8 (such as, right-hand member in Fig. 3) be connected with vavuum pump, thus the gas extracted out in cooking cavity 11 is expelled to cooking cavity 11 after can flowing through through hole 21, wireway 8 successively.Thus, by arranging wireway 8, air extractor 4 such as vavuum pump can be arranged in the optional position outside cooking cavity 11, flexible arrangement, and can space in Appropriate application cooking apparatus 100.
Further, switch 9 is provided with between cooking cavity 11 and air extractor 4.Such as in the example of fig. 3, switch 9 is located on the pipeline of wireway 8, with conducting or the two ends cutting off wireway 8, thus when opening switch 9, gas under the effect of vavuum pump in cooking cavity 11 can be drawn to outside cooking cavity 11, when closing switch 9, the gas in cooking cavity 11 can not continue to discharge and the gas of outside also can not enter in cooking cavity 11, effectively ensure that the stable of pressure in cooking cavity 11.Alternatively, switch 9 is magnetic valve or check valve etc.
As shown in Figure 7, the control method of the cooking apparatus 100 of embodiment according to a second aspect of the present invention, comprises the following steps:
S1, press sous switch 511, timer starts timing and air extractor 4 is started working;
Time signal under meter is passed to central processing unit 52 by S2, timer, and central processing unit 52 judges whether time signal is greater than the scheduled time;
When judged result in S3, step S2 is for being, control air extractor 4 quits work and controls heater 3 and starts heating, when the judged result in step S2 is no, gets back in step S2 and continues to judge;
The temperature signal detected is passed to central processing unit 52 by S4, temperature sensor, and central processing unit 52 judges that whether temperature signal is higher than predetermined temperature;
When judged result in S5, step S4 is for being, controls heater 3 and stopping heating; And
When judged result in S6, step S4 is no, gets back in step S4 and continue to judge.
In one embodiment of the invention, with reference to Fig. 7, when user needs cooking food, first food materials etc. can be put into cooking cavity 11, close after pot cover 2, press sous button, central processing unit 52 controls vavuum pump and starts working, meanwhile, timer starts timing, after spending the regular hour, the time signal collected just is passed to central processing unit 52 by timer, this time signal and the scheduled time compare by central processing unit 52, if this time signal is less than the scheduled time, so vavuum pump works on, until the time signal that timer collects is greater than the scheduled time, central processing unit 52 controls vavuum pump and quits work, and, central processing unit 52 control heater is started working, now temperature sensor detects the temperature in cooking cavity 11, and the temperature signal detected is passed to central processing unit 52, this temperature signal and predetermined temperature compare by central processing unit 52, if this temperature signal is less than predetermined temperature, so heater works on, until the temperature signal that temperature sensor detects is greater than predetermined temperature, central processing unit 52 control heater stops heating, food cooking now in cooking cavity 11 is complete.
According to the control method of the cooking apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, after user puts into food materials, only need press sous switch 511 just can complete whole cooking process, middle without the need to carrying out other any operation, more intelligent, and due in the culinary art incipient stage, can be evacuated in cooking cavity 11 or negative pressure, thus effectively ensure that nutrition and the mouthfeel of food.
As shown in Figure 8, the control method of the cooking apparatus 100 of embodiment according to a third aspect of the present invention, comprises the following steps:
S1, press sous switch 511, pressure sensor starts to detect pressure in cooking cavity 11 and air extractor 4 is started working; S2, pressure sensor are by the pressure signal transmission that detects to central processing unit 52, and central processing unit 52 judges whether pressure signal is less than the first predetermined pressure;
When judged result in S3, step S2 is for being, control air extractor 4 quits work and controls heater 3 and starts heating, when the judged result in step S2 is no, gets back in step S2 and continues to judge;
S4, pressure sensor are by the pressure signal transmission that detects to central processing unit 52, and central processing unit 52 judges whether pressure signal is greater than the second predetermined pressure;
When judged result in S5, step S4 is for being, controls heater 3 and stopping heating; And
When judged result in S6, step S4 is no, gets back in step S4 and continue to judge.
In one embodiment of the invention, with reference to Fig. 8, when user needs cooking food, first food materials etc. can be put into cooking cavity 11, close after pot cover 2, press sous button, central processing unit 52 controls vavuum pump and starts working, now pressure sensor detects the pressure in cooking cavity 11, and by the pressure signal transmission that detects to central processing unit 52, this pressure signal and the first predetermined pressure compare by central processing unit 52, if this pressure signal is greater than the first predetermined pressure, so vavuum pump works on, until the pressure signal that pressure sensor detects is less than the first predetermined pressure, central processing unit 52 controls vavuum pump and quits work, and, central processing unit 52 control heater is started working, now pressure sensor continues to detect the pressure in cooking cavity 11, and by the pressure signal transmission that detects to central processing unit 52, this pressure signal and the second predetermined pressure compare by central processing unit 52, if this pressure signal is less than the second predetermined pressure, so heater works on, until the pressure signal that pressure sensor detects is greater than the second predetermined pressure, central processing unit 52 control heater stops heating, food cooking now in cooking cavity 11 is complete.
According to the control method of the cooking apparatus 100 of the embodiment of the present invention, after user puts into food materials, only need press sous switch 511 just can complete whole cooking process, middle without the need to carrying out other any operation, more intelligent, and due in the culinary art incipient stage, can be evacuated in cooking cavity 11 or negative pressure, thus effectively ensure that nutrition and the mouthfeel of food.
In the description of this description, specific features, structure, material or feature that the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiments ", " illustrative examples ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means to describe in conjunction with this embodiment or example are contained at least one embodiment of the present invention or example.In this manual, identical embodiment or example are not necessarily referred to the schematic representation of above-mentioned term.And the specific features of description, structure, material or feature can combine in an appropriate manner in any one or more embodiment or example.
Although illustrate and describe embodiments of the invention, those having ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that: can carry out multiple change, amendment, replacement and modification to these embodiments when not departing from principle of the present invention and aim, scope of the present invention is by claim and equivalents thereof.