CN108968635B - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a cooking appliance, comprising: the automatic exhaust device comprises a pot body, a pot cover, an exhaust valve and an automatic exhaust driving device, wherein the pot body comprises a pot shell and an inner pot arranged in the pot shell; pot cover detachably establishes on the pot body, discharge valve is movably established in exhaust passage, automatic exhaust drive arrangement includes electric drive unit, exhaust push rod and coupling assembling, electric drive unit establishes on the pot body, but exhaust push rod establishes in the pot cover with horizontal migration and exhaust push rod's one end is suitable for ending the periphery wall in discharge valve and removes in order to promote discharge valve, coupling assembling respectively with electric drive unit and exhaust push rod cooperation, electric drive unit contacts in order to drive the coupling assembling activity with coupling assembling when being triggered, coupling assembling is constructed to change the vertical migration of electric drive unit's actuating lever into the horizontal migration of exhaust push rod. According to the cooking appliance provided by the embodiment of the invention, the waiting time of a user after cooking is finished is shortened, the safety of the user is ensured, and the safety and the practicability of the cooking appliance are improved.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, in particular to a cooking appliance.

Background

In the related art, a cooking appliance such as a split type electric pressure cooker is used as a product combining a traditional open fire heating pressure cooker and an electric rice cooker, integrates the advantages of high-pressure cooking and electric heating, and can quickly cook food materials which are difficult to cook. When cooking is finished or feeding is carried out in the middle, the pressure in the cooker is still in a high-pressure state for a long time, and if the cover is opened in advance, the pressure valve (or a steam valve, a pressure release valve, an exhaust valve and the like) can be used for assisting in exhausting by hand. However, during manual exhaust, high-temperature steam may scald operators, and safety hazards exist.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides a cooking appliance which has an automatic exhaust function and high safety.

A cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the pot body comprises a pot shell and an inner pot arranged in the pot shell; the cooker cover is detachably arranged on the cooker body to open or close the cooker body and comprises a face mask and an inner cover, an exhaust passage penetrating through the cooker cover in the vertical direction is arranged on the cooker cover, and the exhaust passage is provided with an exhaust port arranged on the inner cover; an exhaust valve movably provided in the exhaust passage to open or close the exhaust port; automatic exhaust drive arrangement, automatic exhaust drive arrangement includes electric drive unit, exhaust push rod and coupling assembling, the electric drive unit is established on the pot body, but exhaust push rod is established with horizontal migration in the pot cover just exhaust push rod's one end is suitable for ending and is in exhaust valve's periphery wall is in order to promote exhaust valve removes, coupling assembling respectively with the electric drive unit with the cooperation of exhaust push rod, when the electric drive unit is triggered with the coupling assembling contact is in order to drive coupling assembling activity, coupling assembling is constructed to be with the vertical movement of electric drive unit's actuating lever changes into exhaust push rod's horizontal migration.

According to the cooking appliance provided by the embodiment of the invention, the automatic exhaust driving device is arranged on the cooking appliance, and the exhaust port is opened through the automatic exhaust driving device to realize exhaust, so that the waiting time of a user after cooking is finished is shortened, the safety of the user is ensured, and the safety and the practicability of the cooking appliance are improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the connection assembly includes an automatic exhaust rod and an exhaust lever, the automatic exhaust rod and the exhaust lever are respectively rotatably disposed in the pot cover, a first end of the automatic exhaust rod is adapted to contact the driving rod, a second end of the automatic exhaust rod is adapted to contact the exhaust lever, and the exhaust lever is adapted to contact the exhaust push rod to push the exhaust push rod to move horizontally.

Specifically, the second end of automatic exhaust rod is equipped with and is located the briquetting of exhaust lever top, automatic exhaust drive arrangement still includes reset spring, reset spring ends respectively to be in the pot cover with on the exhaust push rod with often promote the exhaust push rod orientation is kept away from the direction removal of gas vent.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, an end of the exhaust lever contacting the exhaust push rod is formed in a hook shape having an upward opening.

According to some further embodiments of the present invention, the inner cover is provided with a limiting device for limiting a rotation angle of the automatic exhaust rod.

Specifically, the limiting device comprises a limiting spring, two ends of the limiting spring are respectively abutted against the inner cover and the automatic exhaust rod.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the pot cover is provided with a rotating shaft, and the automatic exhaust rod is provided with a shaft hole matched with the rotating shaft so as to rotate around the central axis of the rotating shaft.

According to some further embodiments of the present invention, the cooking appliance further comprises an elastic sealing structure facing the outer circumferential wall of the portion of the exhaust push rod protruding into the exhaust passage, the elastic sealing structure being fixed to the inner wall of the exhaust passage.

Specifically, the electric drive unit is arranged on the pot shell and the upper end of the drive rod extends out of the pot shell.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a manual button cooperating with the electric driving unit or the automatic exhaust rod is provided on the pot cover or the pot body to control the electric driving unit or the automatic exhaust rod to operate by triggering the manual button.

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

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a sectional view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a pot cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is another cross-sectional view of a pot cover according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a pan body according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a front view of an automatic exhaust stem according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

thecooking appliance 100 is provided with a cooking unit,

a pot body 1, apot shell 11, aninner pot 12,

a pot cover 2, aface mask 21, aninner cover 22, anexhaust passage 23,

theexhaust valve 3 is arranged at the lower part of the exhaust pipe,

theelectric drive unit 41, thedrive rod 411,

theexhaust push rod 42 is provided with a push rod,

anautomatic exhaust rod 431, afirst section 4311, asecond section 4312, apressing block 4313, alimiting device 4314, a limitingcolumn 4315, ashaft hole 4316,

theexhaust lever 432 is provided with a lever for exhausting air,

the return spring 44 is arranged to be biased,

aresilient sealing structure 45.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc., indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

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 in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Acooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 5. Wherein, thecooking appliance 100 may be a split type electric pressure cooker (e.g., an elliptical electric pressure cooker, etc.). Thecooking appliance 100 may be used for cooking congee, rice cooking plates, stew, and the like.

As shown in fig. 1, acooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: the cooker comprises a cooker body 1, a cooker cover 2, anexhaust valve 3 and an automatic exhaust driving device.

Specifically, the pot body 1 comprises apot shell 11 and aninner pot 12 arranged in thepot shell 11. The pot cover 2 is arranged on the pot body 1 to open or close the pot body 1. Wherein, pot cover 2 links to each other with pot body 1 detachably, that is to say, pot cover 2 and pot body 1 are split type structure, when the pot cover is opened to needs, can dismantle pot cover 2 from pot body 1. For example, the pot cover 2 can be rotationally buckled on the pot body 1, the structure is simple, and the opening and closing are convenient.

Referring to fig. 1, the pot lid 2 includes aface shield 21 and aninner lid 22, and a receiving space is provided between theface shield 21 and theinner lid 22. The pot cover 2 is provided with anexhaust passage 23 which penetrates through the pot cover in the vertical direction, and theexhaust passage 23 is provided with an exhaust port arranged on theinner cover 22. Theexhaust valve 3 is movably provided on theexhaust passage 23 to open or close the exhaust port. Wherein, when theexhaust valve 3 is blocked on the exhaust port, the exhaust port is closed; when theexhaust valve 3 is misaligned with the exhaust port, the exhaust port is opened, and the pressure in the cooker can be released through theexhaust passage 23.

Alternatively, theexhaust valve 3 is detachably provided in the pot lid 2. Like this, use a period after, the user can be withdischarge valve 3 follow pot cover 2 dismantlement to can conveniently washdischarge valve 3, avoiddischarge valve 3 to take place to block up, improvecooking utensil 100's security.

The automatic exhaust driving device comprises anelectric driving unit 41, anexhaust push rod 42 and a connecting assembly, wherein theelectric driving unit 41 is arranged on the pot body 1. In particular, theelectric drive unit 41 may be electrically connected to a control circuit, for example, when theelectric drive unit 41 is energized, theelectric drive unit 41 may be triggered to move, such that theelectric drive unit 41 may perform its action by electrical control. Alternatively, theelectric driving unit 41 may be an electromagnetic push rod, but is not limited thereto.

Theexhaust push rod 42 is horizontally movably provided in the pot cover 2 and one end (e.g., left end in fig. 3) of theexhaust push rod 42 is adapted to abut against the outer circumferential wall of theexhaust valve 3 to push theexhaust valve 3 to move. Specifically, the one end of theexhaust push rod 42 can always keep abutting against the outer peripheral wall of theexhaust valve 3, and therefore, when theexhaust push rod 42 moves horizontally, the one end of theexhaust push rod 42 can be ensured to act on theexhaust valve 3, so that when theexhaust push rod 42 moves horizontally, theexhaust push rod 42 can push theexhaust valve 3 to move to open the exhaust port, pressure in thecooking appliance 100 can be released, reliability of exhaust action is improved, the condition that exhaust function fails is effectively avoided, and safety of thecooking appliance 100 is improved. Meanwhile, when theexhaust push rod 42 moves horizontally and reversely, theexhaust push rod 42 can drive theexhaust valve 3 to move to close the exhaust port, so that theexhaust valve 3 is reset, and the sealing performance of thecooking utensil 100 is further ensured.

Meanwhile, theexhaust push rod 42 horizontally moves to push theexhaust valve 3 to move, so that the movement stability of theexhaust push rod 42 can be improved, the reliability of the exhaust action is further improved, and the whole stroke of the automatic exhaust driving device can be reduced, thereby reducing the whole occupied space of the automatic exhaust driving device and being beneficial to reducing the whole volume of thecooking utensil 100.

Of course, it is understood that theexhaust push rod 42 and theexhaust valve 3 may be spaced apart from each other, and when theexhaust push rod 42 moves in the horizontal direction, the one end of theexhaust push rod 42 may move toward theexhaust valve 3, so that the one end of theexhaust push rod 42 abuts against the outer circumferential wall of theexhaust valve 3. Thereby, theexhaust valve 3 can be pushed to move by theexhaust push rod 42 to open the exhaust port. At this time, a reset member may be provided on theexhaust valve 3 to always push theexhaust valve 3 to move toward theexhaust push rod 42. This also enables the resetting of theoutlet valve 3. Alternatively, the return member may be a spring.

The connecting assembly is respectively matched with theelectric drive unit 41 and theexhaust push rod 42, when theelectric drive unit 41 is triggered, theelectric drive unit 41 is in contact with the connecting assembly to drive the connecting assembly to move, and the connecting assembly is configured to convert the vertical movement of the drivingrod 411 of theelectric drive unit 41 into the horizontal movement of theexhaust push rod 42. Specifically, whenelectric drive unit 41 is triggered,drive rod 411 ofelectric drive unit 41 can move upward and drive coupling assembling activity, then makes coupling assembling andexhaust push rod 42 cooperate, drivesexhaust push rod 42 horizontal migration through coupling assembling, and the rethreadexhaust push rod 42 promotesdischarge valve 3 and removes and open the gas vent.

From this, can realize splittype cooking utensil 100's automatic exhaust function through coupling assembling andexhaust push rod 42 mechanical motion in theelectric drive unit 41 drive pot cover 2 of the interior of pot body 1 to can open the gas vent through electric controlelectric drive unit 41 at culinary art in-process or after culinary art is finished, realize automatic exhaust, shorten the user's latency and guaranteed user's safety after the culinary art is finished,improved cooking utensil 100's security and practicality. In addition, when cooking special food (such as sticky food like porridge), frequent exhausting for many times can be realized by controlling the power on/off of theelectric drive unit 41 for many times, or the exhausting speed can be controlled by controlling the opening amplitude of the exhaust port, so that the splashing of soup and liquid during exhausting is effectively reduced, and the use safety of thecooking appliance 100 is further improved.

According to thecooking appliance 100 provided by the embodiment of the invention, the automatic exhaust driving device is arranged on thecooking appliance 100, and the exhaust port is opened by the automatic exhaust driving device to realize exhaust, so that the waiting time of a user after cooking is finished is shortened, the safety of the user is ensured, and the safety and the practicability of thecooking appliance 100 are improved. Meanwhile, the vertical movement of theelectric drive unit 41 in the automatic exhaust drive device is converted into the horizontal movement of theexhaust push rod 42 through the connecting assembly, and then theexhaust push rod 42 horizontally moves to push theexhaust valve 3 to move, so that the movement stability of theexhaust push rod 42 is improved, the reliability of the exhaust action is improved, and the whole stroke of the automatic exhaust drive device can be reduced, thereby reducing the whole occupied space of the automatic exhaust drive device and being beneficial to reducing the whole volume of thecooking utensil 100.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the connection assembly includes anautomatic venting rod 431 and a ventinglever 432, theautomatic venting rod 431 and the ventinglever 432 are respectively rotatably provided in the pot lid 2, a first end of theautomatic venting rod 431 is adapted to contact the drivingrod 411, a second end of theautomatic venting rod 431 is adapted to contact the ventinglever 432, and the ventinglever 432 is adapted to contact the ventingpush rod 42 to push the ventingpush rod 42 to move horizontally.

Referring to fig. 3, theautomatic exhaust rod 431 includes afirst section 4311 and asecond section 4312 connected to each other, wherein thefirst section 4311 may extend in a vertical direction, thesecond section 4312 may extend in a horizontal direction, and a first end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 is formed at a lower end of thefirst section 4311 and a second end is formed at an end (e.g., a right end in fig. 1) of thesecond section 4312 away from thefirst section 4311.

For example, when the drivinglever 411 moves in the vertical direction, the drivinglever 411 contacts with a first end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 and applies an upward force to theautomatic exhaust rod 431, so that theautomatic exhaust rod 431 rotates clockwise, during the rotation of theautomatic exhaust rod 431, a second end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 contacts with theexhaust lever 432 and applies a downward force to theexhaust lever 432, so that theexhaust lever 432 rotates clockwise, during the rotation of theexhaust lever 432, theexhaust lever 432 contacts with theexhaust push rod 42 and applies a leftward force to theexhaust push rod 42, so that theexhaust push rod 42 is pushed to move leftward, and theexhaust valve 3 is pushed to move leftward to open the exhaust port. Therefore, the linkage between theelectric drive unit 41 and theexhaust push rod 42 can be realized through theautomatic exhaust rod 431 and theexhaust lever 432, the vertical movement of thedrive rod 411 of theelectric drive unit 41 is converted into the horizontal movement of theexhaust push rod 42, the structure is simple, and the design is ingenious.

In the initial state, that is, when the exhaust is not started, the upper end of theelectric drive unit 41, for example, the upper end of thedrive rod 411 may contact the first end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431, or may have a certain gap with the first end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431; the second end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 may contact theexhaust lever 432, or may have a certain gap with theexhaust lever 432; theexhaust lever 432 may be in contact with theexhaust pushrod 42 or may have a certain gap with theexhaust pushrod 42.

Specifically, the second end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 is provided with apressure block 4313 located above theexhaust lever 432. When theautomatic exhaust rod 431 rotates, thepressing block 4313 may contact theexhaust lever 432 to rotate theexhaust lever 432 clockwise. Referring to fig. 1 to 3 and 5, thepressing piece 4313 may be formed in a hook shape, and theexhaust lever 432 may be located below a hook head of the hook. Therefore, theautomatic exhaust rod 431 is convenient to contact with theexhaust lever 432, and when theautomatic exhaust rod 431 rotates, theautomatic exhaust rod 431 can drive theexhaust lever 432 to rotate, so that the reliability of the automatic exhaust driving device is improved.

Further, the automatic exhaust driving device further comprises a return spring 44, and the return spring 44 is respectively stopped on the pot cover 2 and theexhaust push rod 42 to normally push theexhaust push rod 42 to move away from the exhaust port. Referring to fig. 3, the return spring 44 may be sleeved outside theexhaust push rod 42. For example, in the initial state, the return spring 44 may be in a natural state, when theexhaust push rod 42 pushes theexhaust valve 3 to move in the horizontal direction, the return spring 44 is compressed to be in a compressed energy storage state, after the exhaust is finished, theelectric drive unit 41 is controlled to be powered off, theelectric drive unit 41 moves downwards to be disengaged from theautomatic exhaust rod 431 to enable theautomatic exhaust rod 431 to rotate anticlockwise to be reset, then the second end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 is disengaged from theexhaust lever 432 to enable theexhaust lever 432 to rotate anticlockwise to be reset, finally, theexhaust lever 432 is disengaged from theexhaust push rod 42, and theexhaust push rod 42 moves towards the direction far away from the exhaust port under the action of the return spring 44 to be reset.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, an end of theexhaust lever 432 contacting theexhaust push rod 42 is formed in a hook shape with an opening facing upward. Therefore, the contact end of theexhaust lever 432 and theexhaust push rod 42 is formed into an arc shape, so that the friction force between theexhaust lever 432 and theexhaust push rod 42 can be reduced, theexhaust lever 432 can push theexhaust push rod 42 to move horizontally, the end face of theexhaust push rod 42 can be prevented from being scratched in the rotation process of theexhaust lever 432, and the reliability of the automatic exhaust driving device is improved.

According to some further embodiments of the present invention, a limitingmeans 4314 for limiting the rotation angle of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 is provided on theinner lid 22. Specifically, the limitingmeans 4314 comprises a limiting spring having two ends respectively abutting against theinner cover 22 and theautomatic exhaust rod 431. Therefore, the rotation angle of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 can be limited by the limitingdevice 4314, the damage to theinner cover 22 caused by the fact that the second end of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 collides with theinner cover 22 due to the fact that the rotation angle of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 is too large is avoided, and after exhaust is finished, theautomatic exhaust rod 431 can reset under the action of the limiting spring, so that theautomatic exhaust rod 431 can reset smoothly.

Referring to fig. 2 and 5, a limitingcolumn 4315 is disposed on a lower surface of thesecond section 4312 of theautomatic exhaust rod 431, and the limiting spring may be sleeved on the limitingcolumn 4315. Therefore, the position of the limiting spring can be stable, and the performance of the limiting spring is improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a rotation shaft is disposed on the lid 2, and ashaft hole 4316 is disposed on theautomatic exhaust rod 431 and is matched with the rotation shaft to rotate theautomatic exhaust rod 431 around the central axis of the rotation shaft. Therefore, the rotation of theautomatic exhaust rod 431 can be realized through the matching of the rotating shaft and theshaft hole 4316, and the automatic exhaust rod is simple in structure and convenient to mount.

According to some further embodiments of the present invention, thecooking appliance 100 further comprises anelastic sealing structure 45, theelastic sealing structure 45 is provided on the outer peripheral wall of the portion of theexhaust push rod 42 protruding into theexhaust passage 23, and theelastic sealing structure 45 is fixed on the inner wall of theexhaust passage 23. Therefore, the direct contact between the water vapor in theexhaust passage 23 and theexhaust push rod 42 can be avoided, the sealing performance of theexhaust push rod 42 is improved, the damage of hot gas to theexhaust push rod 42 is effectively reduced, and the service life of theexhaust push rod 42 is prolonged.

Specifically, theelectric driving unit 41 is provided on thepot shell 11 and the upper end of the drivingrod 411 protrudes out of thepot shell 11. Referring to fig. 1 and 4, thepot shell 11 may be provided with a mounting hole extending in a vertical direction, and an upper end of the drivingrod 411 passes through the mounting hole and extends out of thepot shell 11. Alternatively, the upper end of the drivinglever 411 may be formed in a T shape. That is, the width of the upper end surface of the drivinglever 411 is larger than the width of the mounting hole. Therefore, the drivingrod 411 can be moved in the vertical direction, the drivingrod 411 can be prevented from sliding out of the mounting hole, the position of the drivingrod 411 is stable, meanwhile, theelectric driving unit 41 can be far away from the heat source of thecooking appliance 100, theelectric driving unit 41 is effectively protected, and the service life of theelectric driving unit 41 is prolonged. Meanwhile, under the non-exhaust state, theelectric drive unit 41 can be plugged at the mounting hole, so that condensed water is prevented from entering the electric drive unit from the mounting hole, the waterproof performance of the automatic exhaust drive device is improved, and the reliability of the automatic exhaust drive device is further improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the pot cover 2 or the pot 1 is provided with a manual button cooperating with theelectric driving unit 41 or the automaticair discharging rod 431 to control the operation of theelectric driving unit 41 or the automaticair discharging rod 431 by activating the manual button. For example, in an embodiment of the present invention, a manual button may be disposed on the pot 1 and engaged with theelectric driving unit 41, after the manual button is triggered, theelectric driving unit 41 operates, the drivingrod 411 of theelectric driving unit 41 moves upward and pushes theautomatic exhaust rod 431 to rotate, theautomatic exhaust rod 431 contacts theexhaust lever 432 during rotation to rotate theexhaust lever 432, theexhaust lever 432 contacts theexhaust push rod 42 during rotation to push theexhaust push rod 42 to move horizontally, and theexhaust push rod 42 pushes theexhaust valve 3 to move to open the exhaust port, so as to exhaust.

For another example, in another embodiment of the present invention, a manual button may be provided on the lid 2 and engaged with theautomatic venting lever 431. The manual key can be arranged above theautomatic exhaust rod 431, after the manual key is triggered, for example, after the manual key is pressed downwards, the manual key moves downwards and is in contact with theautomatic exhaust rod 431 to apply a downward acting force to theautomatic exhaust rod 431, under the action of the manual key, theautomatic exhaust rod 431 rotates, theautomatic exhaust rod 431 is in contact with theexhaust lever 432 in the rotating process to enable theexhaust lever 432 to rotate, theexhaust lever 432 is in contact with theexhaust push rod 42 in the rotating process to push theexhaust push rod 42 to move horizontally, and then theexhaust push rod 42 pushes theexhaust valve 3 to move to open the exhaust port, so that exhaust is realized.

Therefore, manual air exhaust can be realized through the manual key, so that a user can select an air exhaust mode according to actual conditions. For example, during normal cooking (e.g., cooking rice, etc.), manual venting may be achieved through the manual button, and during cooking of special food (e.g., sticky food such as porridge), automatic venting may be achieved through the automatic venting driving device, which improves the practicality and safety of thecooking appliance 100.

Other constructions and operations of thecooking appliance 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

According to thecooking appliance 100 of the embodiment of the invention, the waiting time of the user after the cooking is finished is shortened, the safety of the user is ensured, and the safety and the practicability of thecooking appliance 100 are improved.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or 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 invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above 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.

While embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (9)

1. A cooking appliance (100), comprising:

the pot body (1), the pot body (1) includes a pot shell (11) and an inner pot (12) arranged in the pot shell (11);

the pot cover (2), the pot cover (2) is detachably arranged on the pot body (1) to open or close the pot body (1), the pot cover (2) comprises a face shield (21) and an inner cover (22), an exhaust passage (23) penetrating through the pot cover (2) in the vertical direction is arranged on the pot cover, and the exhaust passage (23) is provided with an exhaust port arranged on the inner cover (22);

an exhaust valve (3), the exhaust valve (3) being movably provided in the exhaust passage (23) to open or close the exhaust port;

automatic exhaust driving device, automatic exhaust driving device includes electric drive unit (41), exhaust push rod (42) and coupling assembling, electric drive unit (41) is established on pot body (1), exhaust push rod (42) is established with horizontal migration in pot lid (2) and the one end of exhaust push rod (42) is suitable for stopping in the periphery wall of discharge valve (3) is in order to promote discharge valve (3) to move, coupling assembling respectively with electric drive unit (41) and exhaust push rod (42) cooperation, when electric drive unit (41) is triggered with the coupling assembling contact is in order to drive the coupling assembling activity, coupling assembling is configured to change the vertical movement of drive lever (411) of electric drive unit (41) into the horizontal movement of exhaust push rod (42), coupling assembling includes automatic exhaust pole (431) and exhaust lever (432), the automatic exhaust rod (431) and the exhaust lever (432) are respectively and rotatably arranged in the pot cover (2), a first end of the automatic exhaust rod (431) is suitable for being in contact with the driving rod (411), a second end of the automatic exhaust rod (431) is suitable for being in contact with the exhaust lever (432), and the exhaust lever (432) is suitable for being in contact with the exhaust push rod (42) to push the exhaust push rod (42) to move horizontally.

2. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 1, wherein the second end of the automatic venting rod (431) is provided with a pressing block (4313) located above the venting lever (432), and the automatic venting driving device further comprises a return spring (44), and the return spring (44) respectively abuts against the pot cover (2) and the venting push rod (42) to normally push the venting push rod (42) to move away from the venting port.

3. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 2, wherein an end of the exhaust lever (432) contacting the exhaust push rod (42) is formed in a hook shape with an opening facing upward.

4. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 1, wherein the inner lid (22) is provided with a limiting means (4314) for limiting a rotation angle of the automatic venting lever (431).

5. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 4, wherein the limiting means (4314) comprises a limiting spring having two ends respectively abutting against the inner lid (22) and the automatic venting lever (431).

6. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 1, wherein a rotating shaft is disposed on the pot cover (2), and a shaft hole (4316) matched with the rotating shaft is disposed on the automatic exhaust rod (431) so that the automatic exhaust rod (431) can rotate around the central axis of the rotating shaft.

7. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 1, further comprising an elastic sealing structure (45), wherein the elastic sealing structure (45) is provided on an outer peripheral wall of a portion of the exhaust push rod (42) protruding into the exhaust passage (23), and the elastic sealing structure (45) is fixed on an inner wall of the exhaust passage (23).

8. The cooking appliance (100) according to claim 1, wherein the electric drive unit (41) is provided on the pot shell (11) and an upper end of the drive rod (411) protrudes out of the pot shell (11).

9. The cooking appliance (100) according to any one of the claims 2 to 8, wherein the pot cover (2) or the pot (1) is provided with a manual button cooperating with the electric drive unit (41) or the automatic exhaust rod (431) to control the operation of the electric drive unit (41) or the automatic exhaust rod (431) by triggering the manual button.

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