Cooking equipment

Abstract

The cooking equipment comprises a machine body, a pot body, a pot covering assembly and a filling assembly, the machine body is provided with a pot containing area used for containing the pot body, the pot covering assembly is connected with the machine body and can do first movement and second movement so as to be close to and away from the pot containing area respectively, and the filling assembly comprises a temporary storage bin arranged on the pot covering assembly and connected with a storage device; the first movement is used for locking the pot body by the pot covering assembly and forming a food material feeding path between the temporary storage bin and the pot body, and the second movement is used for separating the pot covering assembly from the temporary storage bin so that the pot body can be moved away from the pot placing area.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of household electrical appliances, and in particular to a cooking device. Background Art

[0002] Existing integrated cooking equipment combines automatic food filling and basic cooking functions, saving users a lot of time by replacing manual filling and cooking. Traditional integrated cooking equipment has a complex structure and a cramped space. Users need to spend more time placing the cooking pot in a designated position and closing the cover before cooking, and unlocking and removing the cooking pot after cooking to pour out the food and clean the cooking pot. Performing the above operations is not easy and convenient and consumes physical strength. Summary of the invention

[0003] In view of this, the present invention provides a cooking device that is easier and more convenient to use, so as to reduce the time and physical effort of the pre-cooking preparation work and the post-cooking finishing work.

[0004] The cooking device of the present invention comprises a machine body, a pot body, a pot cover assembly and a filling assembly. The machine body has a pot placement area for placing the pot body. The pot cover assembly is connected to the machine body and can perform a first movement and a second movement to respectively approach and move away from the pot placement area. The filling assembly comprises a cache bin arranged on the pot cover assembly and connected to a storage device. The first movement is used for the pot cover assembly to lock the pot body and form a food material placement path between the cache bin and the pot body. The second movement is used for the pot cover assembly and the cache bin to separate from the pot body so that the pot body is moved away from the pot placement area.

[0005] The beneficial effects of the present invention are as follows: the cooking device integrates automatic filling of ingredients, automatic opening and locking of the pot body, and basic cooking functions, and can replace manual opening and locking of the pot body. At the moment when the pot cover assembly completes the first movement, the pot body in the pot placement area is locked by the pot cover assembly and the food delivery path is established. The contradiction between the pot body obtaining ingredients and the pot body being covered and locked in existing similar products is resolved, and the user does not need to manually cover and lock the pot body after the pot body obtains ingredients; at the moment when the pot cover assembly completes the second movement, the pot cover assembly unlocks and opens the pot body, and then drives the cache bin to leave the pot body together. Similarly, the user does not need to manually open and unlock the pot body, and the pot body can be directly moved away from the pot placement area, thereby reducing the time and physical effort of the user's pre-cooking preparation work and post-cooking finishing work.

[0006] In some embodiments, the pot cover assembly includes a pot cover driving member and a pot cover member, the pot cover driving member is installed on the body and connected to the pot cover member, the cache bin is provided on the pot cover member, and the pot cover member is driven by the pot cover driving member to perform a first movement and a second movement to lock and unlock the pot body.

[0007] In some embodiments, the cache bin is arranged on the side of the pot cover away from the pot placing area, the pot cover is provided with a first leakage port, and the other side of the pot cover is used to dock and lock the pot body, the inner cavity of the cache bin, the first leakage port and the cavity of the pot body are connected to form a path for placing food.

[0008] In some embodiments, the filling assembly further includes a clearing and blocking switching member movably disposed on the pot cover, and the clearing and blocking switching member is used to open and close the first leakage port so as to switch the food delivery path between a clearing state and a blocking state.

[0009] In some embodiments, the cache bin includes a cache funnel inserted into the first leakage port, the unblocking switching member includes an unblocking piston extending into the cache funnel, the food delivery path is blocked when the unblocking piston is in the leakage channel of the cache funnel, and is unblocked when the unblocking piston extends out of the leakage channel.

[0010] In some embodiments, the blocking piston includes a leakage slope. When the blocking piston extends out of the leakage channel, the leakage channel opening and the leakage slope are arranged opposite to each other with an increasing distance therebetween. The increasing distance increases along the radial direction of the leakage channel in an orientation away from the center line of the leakage channel.

[0011] In some embodiments, it also includes a detachable cover detachably mounted on the opening of the pot body, and the food input path also includes a food inlet opened in the detachable cover. When the pot cover performs a first movement until it abuts against the detachable cover, the pot cover locks the pot body and the food inlet is connected to the first leakage port.

[0012] In some embodiments, the cover pot is provided with a steam discharge port, and the removable cover is also provided with a steam outlet. The cooking device further comprises a steam pipe connected to the cover pot, and the pot body's cavity, steam outlet, and steam discharge port are connected to the steam pipe, and the steam pipe can be deformably connected to the outside of the machine body.

[0013] In some embodiments, the body includes a top plate and a bottom plate arranged at intervals in the vertical direction, and a pot placing area and a pick-and-place channel connected to the pot placing area are formed between the top plate and the bottom plate. The pick-and-place channel is for the pot body to pass through so that the pot body reaches and leaves the pot placing area, and the pot cover is driven by the pot cover driving member to perform a first movement and a second movement in the vertical direction.

[0014] In some embodiments, the body further includes a stove for carrying the pot, the stove is horizontally slidably disposed on the bottom plate, and the pot follows the stove to arrive at and leave the pot placement area.

[0015] In some embodiments, one of the top plate and the pot cover is provided with a guide column, and the other is provided with a guide sleeve for sleeve-mounting the guide column, and the guide column and the guide sleeve form a relatively slidable connection along the vertical direction.

[0016] In some embodiments, the filling assembly further includes a conveying member connecting the buffer bin and the storage device, wherein the conveying member is used to provide conveying power so that the food is conveyed from the storage device to the buffer bin.

[0017] In some embodiments, the conveying member includes a suction member provided on the cover pot assembly, and also includes a deformable food suction straw and an exhaust pipe, the food suction straw connects the storage device and the cache bin, the suction member connects the cache bin and the exhaust pipe, and the exhaust pipe is connected to the fuselage and communicates with the outside of the fuselage.

[0018] In some embodiments, the cooking device further includes a rice box and a water tank, the filling assembly further includes a deformable first straw and a second straw, the first straw connects the rice box and the cache bin, the cover pot is provided with a second leakage port, and the second straw connects the water tank and the second leakage port. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 2 A partial structural schematic diagram of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0021] Figure 3 A schematic structural diagram of a pot cover and a detachable cover of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0022] Figure 4 A cross-sectional view of a cooking device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 5 for Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the partial structure of the cooking device shown.

[0024] Explanation of reference numerals: 10, body; 11, top plate; 12, bottom plate; 13, stove; 131, electromagnetic heating unit; 14, guide rail; 15, guide sleeve; 20, pot body; 21, cavity; 22, opening end; 23, removable cover; 2311, first inlet; 2312, second inlet; 232, steam outlet; 30, pot cover assembly; 31, pot cover drive member; 32, pot cover member; 321, first leak ; 322, second leakage port; 323, steam discharge port; 33, guide column; 41, buffer bin; 411, buffer funnel; 412, leakage channel; 42, suction piece; 43, food straw; 431, first straw; 432, second straw; 44, exhaust pipe; 451, unblocking piston; 4511, leakage slope; 452, unblocking driving push rod; 51, rice box; 52, water tank; 61, steam pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0026] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art of the present invention. The terms used herein in the specification of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The term "or / and" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

[0027] The present invention provides a cooking device, specifically an integrated cooking device with functions of automatically adding ingredients, automatically unlocking and opening and closing the pot body 20, and basic cooking functions, which can replace manual cooking operations, pre-cooking preparations, and post-cooking finishing works, thereby saving a lot of time for users. The cooking operation includes heating ingredients to make them cooked, the pre-cooking preparations include quantitatively obtaining and temporarily storing ingredients to be cooked, adding ingredients to be cooked into the pot body 20, and also including closing the pot body 20 after the ingredients are filled, and the post-cooking finishing works include unlocking and opening the pot body 20.

[0028] See also Figure 1-2 The cooking device of the present invention comprises a body 10, a pot body 20, a pot cover assembly 30 and a filling assembly. The body 10 is a hollow box or cabinet, comprising a top plate 11 and a bottom plate 12 arranged at intervals in the vertical direction. A pot placement area and a take-and-place passage are formed between the top plate 11 and the bottom plate 12. The pot placement area is a designated area where the pot body 20 is heated and cooks food. The take-and-place passage runs through the body 10 so that the user can move the pot body 20 from the outside of the body 10 into the pot placement area, or take the pot body 20 out of the pot placement area. The pot cover assembly 30 is connected to the body 10 and can perform a first movement and a second movement. When the pot cover assembly 30 performs the first movement, it gradually approaches the pot placement area, and when the pot cover assembly 30 performs the second movement, it gradually moves away from the pot placement area. The filling component includes a conveying member and a cache bin 41. The conveying member connects the storage device and the cache bin 41. The cache bin 41 is arranged on the cover pot component 30. The storage device is used to store food for a long time and has the function of keeping food fresh. The conveying member is used to transport the food from the storage device to the cache bin 41. The cache bin 41 can obtain the food to be cooked in a quantitative manner according to the user's appetite and temporarily store these food.

[0029] Further, see Figure 1 and Figure 4The body 10 further includes a stove 13 for carrying the pot 20 and a guide rail 14 arranged inside the body 10. The stove 13 includes an electromagnetic heating unit 131 for heating the pot 20. In other embodiments, the electromagnetic heating unit 131 can also be replaced by other types of heating units. The guide rail 14 is slidably matched with the stove 13. The extension direction of the guide rail 14 is the same as the extension direction of the access channel, and both extend in the horizontal direction. Thus, the stove 13 and the top plate 11 and the bottom plate 12 of the body 10 form a drawer-like arrangement. The stove 13 can be taken out of the access channel along the guide rail 14 so that the pot 20 can be placed on the stove 13 outside the body 10, and then the stove 13 is pushed so that the stove 13 carries the pot 20 along the guide rail 14 into the access channel until the pot 20 is transported to the pot placement area by the stove 13. Such an arrangement greatly improves the convenience for the user to take the pot body 20 out of the pot placement area and put the pot body 20 into the pot placement area. It only needs to apply pulling force and pushing force to the stove 13, and pushing the stove 13 in and pulling out the stove 13 is more labor-saving and easy.

[0030] The buffer bin 41 can follow the pot cover assembly 30 to perform the first movement and the second movement. At the moment when the pot cover assembly 30 completes the first movement, the pot body 20 in the pot placement area is covered and locked by the pot cover assembly 30, and at the same time, a food material delivery path is established between the buffer bin 41 and the pot body 20, and the food material temporarily stored in the buffer bin 41 can be accurately and wastefully added to the cavity 21 of the pot body 20 through the food material delivery path; the pot cover assembly 30 is unlocked and leaves the pot body 20 in the pot placement area through the second movement, and at the same time, the buffer bin 41 is driven to detach from and move away from the pot body 20 in the pot placement area. After the pot body 20 is unlocked, it can be taken out by the user along the access channel. When the user takes out the pot body 20 after cooking, the pot body 20 will not be interfered by the pot cover assembly 30 and / or the buffer bin 41 to hinder the movement of the pot body 20.

[0031] See also Figure 2 and Figure 4The conveying member includes a suction member 42, a food straw 43 and an exhaust pipe 44. The food straw 43 is a deformable structure. The food straw 43 connects the storage device and the cache bin 41. The suction member 42 is used to provide the power required to transport the food from the storage device to the cache bin 41. The suction member 42 can be a vacuum pump. The vacuum pump sucks the food by sucking air and reducing the internal air pressure of the storage device, so that the food enters the cache bin 41 from the storage device through the food straw 43. The exhaust pipe 44 is responsible for discharging the air sucked from the storage device by the suction member 42 to the outside of the fuselage 10. The food straw 43 adapts to the cache bin 41 by deformation and follows the cover pot assembly 30 to synchronously approach or move away from the pot placement area. In the case where the suction member 42 is disposed in the cover pot assembly 30 and can synchronously perform the first movement and the second movement with the cover pot assembly 30, the end of the exhaust pipe 44 away from the suction member 42 is connected to the fuselage 10 and communicates with the outside of the fuselage 10, and the exhaust pipe 44 is a deformable structure to adapt the suction member 42 to synchronously approach or synchronously move away from the pot placement area with the cover pot assembly 30. It can be understood that in other embodiments, the suction member 42 can also be fixedly disposed in the fuselage 10, in which case the exhaust pipe 44 can also be a non-deformable structure, and the suction member 42 and the buffer chamber 41 are connected by another deformable hose.

[0032] In some embodiments, the cooking device is an embedded cooking device and includes the above storage device, and the user does not need to purchase an additional storage device. Figure 1-2 The storage device includes a rice box 51 and a water tank 52 for storing cereal food and drinking water respectively. The food straw 43 includes a first straw 431 and a second straw 432. The first straw 431 is a deformable structure. The first straw 431 connects the rice box 51 and the cache bin 41. The second straw 432 connects the water tank 52 and can connect the cavity 21 of the pot body 20. After the suction member 42 is activated, the food in the rice box 51 is sucked into the first straw 431, and then enters the cache bin 41 along the first straw 431. After the food in the cache bin 41 is added to the cavity 21 of the pot body 20 along the food delivery path, the second straw 432 adds the water in the water tank 52 to the cavity 21 of the pot body 20 to realize the automatic rice steaming function. In other embodiments, the rice box 51 can be retained and the water tank 52 can be omitted. The cooking device may not include the above-mentioned storage device. Users can purchase additional storage devices according to personal needs and use them in combination with the cooking device.

[0033] The pot area is formed in the body 10, and the pot body 20 is heated in the body 10 and cooks the food, making the cooking process quieter and avoiding the risk of the user being scalded by the pot body 20. Figure 1-2As shown, optionally, the pot cover assembly 30, the filling assembly and the storage device are all arranged in the fuselage 10, the exterior of the fuselage 10 is flatter, simpler and more beautiful, and the pot cover assembly 30 performs a first movement and a second movement in the fuselage 10, that is, the pot body 20 is covered and locked by the pot cover assembly 30 and the pot body 20 is unlocked and opened by the pot cover assembly 30, both of which are performed in the pot placement area in the fuselage 10. In contrast, existing similar products have obvious convenience defects when used. There is a contradiction between adding food into the pot body 20 and closing and locking the pot body 20. For example, after adding food into the pot body 20 placed in the machine body 10, the user can either choose to reach into the machine body 10 to manually close the pot lid on the pot body 20 and lock the pot lid and the pot body 20, or choose to take the pot body 20 out of the machine body 10 first, and then put the pot body 20 back into the machine body 10 after the pot lid is closed and locked. After cooking is finished, the user still needs to reach into the machine body 10 to unlock and separate the pot lid and the pot body 20 before taking out the pot body 20.

[0034] Specifically, the pot cover assembly 30 includes a pot cover driving member 31 and a pot cover member 32. The pot cover driving member 31 is installed on the machine body 10 and drives the pot cover member 32. The buffer chamber 41 is fixedly arranged on the pot cover member 32. The first movement and the second movement of the pot cover assembly 30 specifically refer to the movement of the pot cover member 32 in the machine body 10. The pot cover member 32 is relatively close to the pot placement area under the drive of the pot cover driving member 31, thereby performing the first movement, until the pot cover member 32 is connected to the pot body 20 in the pot placement area and the pot body 20 is covered and locked. The food delivery path is established at the moment when the pot cover member 32 is connected and locks the pot body 20. After cooking is completed, the pot cover driving member 31 drives the pot cover member 32 to be relatively away from the pot placement area to perform the second movement, thereby the pot body 20 in the pot placement area is unlocked and opened by the pot cover member 32, and at the same time the buffer chamber 41 follows the pot cover member 32 to detach and move away from the pot body 20. Figure 2 , Figure 4-5 The pot cover driving member 31 is a pot cover driving push rod installed on the side of the top plate 11 close to the bottom plate 12, the pot cover member 32 is a plate-shaped member connected to the end of the pot cover driving push rod, and moves toward and away from the bottom plate 12 in the vertical direction under the drive of the pot cover driving member 31, the buffer bin 41 and the suction member 42 are both installed on the side of the pot cover member 32 relatively close to the top plate 11, when the first movement of the pot cover member 32 ends, the distance between the pot placing area and the bottom plate 12 reaches the minimum, at this time the pot placing area is on the side of the pot cover member 32 facing away from the top plate 11, the pot body 20 includes an open end 22 with an opening, and the open end 22 is vertically arranged opposite to the top plate 11 when the pot body 20 is in the pot placing area, and the opening of the pot body 20 is facing the top plate 11 and the pot cover member 32 at this time.

[0035] In other embodiments, the pot cover driving component 31 may also be a driving component installed at other parts of the fuselage 10. The type of the pot cover driving component 31 is not limited to the driving push rod, and the first movement and the second movement do not have to be linear movements in the vertical direction. For example, the pot cover driving component 31 may be a rotating motor installed in the fuselage 10, and the pot cover component 32 may be driven by the pot cover driving component 31 to rotate in the fuselage 10. The rotation center of the pot cover component 32 may be a horizontally extending straight line, that is, the output shaft of the rotating motor extends in the horizontal direction, and the pot cover component 32 is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the rotating motor, and performs the first movement and the second movement in a rotational manner.

[0036] Further, see Figure 2-Figure 3 , Figure 5 In some embodiments, the cooking device further comprises a removable cover 23 detachably mounted on the open end 22 of the pot body 20 and a steam pipe 61 connected to the pot cover member 32, the removable cover 23 is provided with a food inlet and a steam outlet 232 connected to the cavity 21 of the pot body 20, the food inlet comprises a first opening and a second opening, the removable cover 23 is vertically arranged opposite to the top plate 11 and the pot cover member 32 when the pot body 20 is in the pot placement area, and the steam pipe 61 is a deformable structure; the buffer bin 41 and the suction member 42 are both arranged on the side of the pot cover member 32 facing away from the pot placement area and the bottom plate 12, the pot cover member 32 is provided with a first leak 321, a second leak 322 and a steam discharge port 323, and the pot cover member 32 performs a first movement under the drive of the pot cover driving member 31 and gradually approaches the removable cover 23 and the pot body 20 until The pot cover 32 is docked with the removable cover 23 on one side facing the pot placement area and the bottom plate 12. The first movement ends when the pot cover 32 and the removable cover 23 are docked. At this time, the inner cavity of the cache bin 41, the first leakage port 321, the first opening and the cavity 21 are arranged in sequence in the vertical direction and connected to form a food delivery path. Food can be efficiently and fully added to the cavity 21 in the vertical downward direction. At the same time, the cavity 21, the steam outlet 232, the steam exhaust port 323 and the steam pipe 61 are connected to form a steam exhaust path to the outside of the fuselage 10. Thereafter, the pot cover driving member 31 controls the pot cover member 32 to maintain the abutting pressure on the removable cover 23. The removable cover 23 closes the cavity 21 of the pot body 20 under the pressure of the pot cover member 32. At the same time, the pot body 20 is locked in the pot placement area by the pressure of the pot cover member 32.

[0037] The steam discharge path can be set to discharge the steam in the pot body 20 to the outside of the machine body 10 during cooking, so as to prevent the steam generated during cooking from accumulating in the machine body 10 and damaging the cooking equipment. Before formal cooking, the user first connects the removable cover 23 to the open end 22 of the pot body 20, and then sends the removable cover 23 and the pot body 20 to the pot placement area through the access channel. Then, the removable cover 23 waits to be pressed by the covered pot part 32 on the open end 22. At the moment when the covered pot part 32 is docked with the removable cover 23, the food delivery path and the steam discharge path are established. The removable cover 23 is set at the open end 22 and does not affect the filling of food into the cavity 21, nor does it affect the discharge of steam in the cavity 21.

[0038] Alternatively, if Figure 3 and Figure 4 As shown in the figure, the shapes of the detachable cover 23 and the pot cover member 32 are similar. When the pot body 20 is in the pot placement area, the open end 22 and the detachable cover 23 are arranged horizontally. The detachable cover 23 closes the opening of the pot body 20 to a certain extent. The cavity 21 is connected to the outside of the pot body 20 only through the first inlet 2311, the second inlet 2312 and the steam outlet 232. The pot cover member 32 performs a first movement and a second movement in a vertical straight line direction under the drive of the pot cover driving member 31. The pot cover member 32 always maintains a horizontal state in the machine body 10. When the first movement of the pot cover member 32 is completed, At this moment, the second suction pipe 432, the second inlet 2312, the second leakage port 322 and the cavity 21 are connected to form a water injection path, and the water in the water tank 52 can be injected into the pot body 20 along the water injection path. At the same time, the pot cover 32 and the removable cover 23 are stacked at the moment when the first movement ends, and the pot cover 32 further closes the opening of the pot body 20. The edge of the removable cover 23 is sealed with the edge of the opening of the pot body 20 under the supporting pressure of the pot cover 32. The horizontal arrangement of the pot cover 32 and the removable cover 23 helps to improve the sealing of the opening of the pot body 20.

[0039] Optionally, in order to better adapt to the movement of the cover pot member 32 relative to the body 10, the second suction tube 432 is a deformable structure.

[0040] Optionally, in order to facilitate the smooth filling of water from the water tank 52 into the cavity 21 along the water filling path, refer to Figure 1-2 The water tank 52 is placed on a side of the rice box 51 relatively far away from the bottom plate 12 and the ground. The height of the bottom of the water tank 52 in the vertical direction is not lower than the pot placing area. When the pot body 20 is in the pot placing area, the opening end 22 of the pot body 20 is not higher than the bottom of the water tank 52 in the vertical direction. With this arrangement, water can enter the water injection path through the action of water pressure.

[0041] The provision of the detachable cover 23 makes it easier for users to use and maintain the cooking device. After cooking is finished, the pot cover 32 performs a second movement to detach from and move away from the detachable cover 23, and the pressure exerted on the detachable cover 23 by the pot cover 32 is released. After the pot cover 32 detaches from the detachable cover 23, it no longer applies a locking pressure to the pot body 20 in the pot area, and the user can take out the detachable cover 23 and the pot body 20 together through the access passage. Since the detachable cover 23 is located between the pot cover 32 and the cavity 21 during cooking, the food residue will only adhere to the detachable cover 23. The detachable cover 23 can prevent the food residue from adhering to the pot cover 32, and can prevent oil droplets and soup from splashing in the machine body 10. The user only needs to remove the detachable cover 23 and clean it, and there is no need to remove the pot cover 32 from the pot cover driving member 31 and clean the pot cover 32. The pot cover 32 applies pressure to the removable cover 23 in a resisting manner, so that the removable cover 23 and the pot body 20 are firmly combined into a whole during the cooking process, and the air pressure inside the cavity 21 is prevented from pushing the removable cover 23 open. At the same time, it can also ensure that the pot body 20 and the stove 13 remain relatively fixed, and the pot body 20 is prevented from vibrating due to the boiling bubbles in the cavity 21. In other embodiments, the removable cover 23 can also be omitted, or the removable cover 23 can be replaced by an annular seal installed at the open end 22. When the first movement of the pot cover 32 is completed, the pot cover 32 and the open end 22 are sealed and connected by the annular seal.

[0042] Optionally, see Figure 1-2 Since the pot cover 32 is provided with a buffer bin 41 and a suction member 42, the pot cover 32 may change its posture. In order to ensure that the pot cover 32 can accurately perform the first movement and the second movement under the drive of the pot cover driving member 31, so that the pot cover 32 can accurately abut the removable cover 23 to cover and lock the pot body 20, and the pot cover 32 can effectively release the abutment and locking of the removable cover 23 and the pot body 20, one of the top plate 11 and the pot cover 32 is fixed with a guide column 33, and the other is fixed with a guide sleeve 15 on which the guide column 33 is sleeved. The guide column 33 and the guide sleeve 15 both extend in the vertical direction, and a relatively slidable connection is formed between the two. In this way, the sliding cooperation between the guide column 33 and the guide sleeve 15 can guide the pot cover 32 to accurately perform the first movement and the second movement in the vertical direction, so as to avoid the movement trajectory of the pot cover 32 being deflected and unable to effectively lock and unlock the pot body 20.

[0043] Furthermore, the filling assembly further includes a clearing and blocking switching member movably disposed on the pot cover 32, and the clearing and blocking switching member opens and closes the first leak 321 by moving relative to the pot cover 32, so that the food delivery path is switched to a clearing state when the first leak 321 is opened, and is switched to a blocking state when the first leak 321 is closed. Figure 2 , Figure 4-5The buffer bin 41 includes a buffer funnel 411 arranged on the pot cover 32, the buffer funnel 411 includes a leakage section inserted into the first leakage port 321, a leakage channel 412 is formed inside the leakage section, the opening of the leakage channel 412 faces away from the top plate 11 and toward the bottom of the cavity 21 of the pot body 20, the unblocking switching member includes a switching driving member and an unblocking piston 451 extending into the buffer funnel 411, the switching driving member can be arranged on the buffer bin 41 and / or the pot cover 32, the switching driving member drives the unblocking piston 451 to move relative to the buffer funnel 411, the unblocking piston 451 cooperates with the inner wall of the leakage channel 412 when in the leakage channel 412 to block the leakage channel 412, the first leakage port 321 is in a closed state, the unblocking piston 451 extends out of the leakage to form a gap with the inner wall of the leakage so that the leakage channel 412 is unblocked, and the first leakage port 321 is in an open state. The suction member 42 is connected to the buffer funnel 411. When the pot cover member 32 is driven by the pot cover driving member 31 to abut against the removable cover 23, the inner cavity of the buffer funnel 411, the material leakage channel 412, the first leakage port 321, the first inlet 2311 and the pot body 20 cavity 21 form a food delivery path.

[0044] Optionally, the switching drive member can be a plugging driving push rod 452 installed on the side of the buffer bin 41 close to the top plate 11, the plugging piston 451 is connected to the rod end of the plugging driving push rod 452, the leakage section and the leakage channel 412 extend in the vertical direction, and the plugging driving push rod 452 drives the plugging piston 451 to move in the vertical direction, so that the plugging piston 451 moves back and forth linearly relative to the leakage channel 412 at one end away from the plugging driving push rod 452. The inner cavity of the buffer funnel 411 is conical, and the distance from the inner wall surface of the buffer funnel 411 to the center of the buffer funnel 411 gradually decreases in the direction away from the top plate 11 and close to the bottom plate 12, and the bottom of the inner cavity of the buffer funnel 411 is connected to the leakage channel 412. When the blocking piston 451 moves vertically downward and extends out of the material leakage channel 412, the end of the blocking piston 451 relatively away from the blocking driving push rod 452 passes through the first inlet 2311 and the first leakage port 321 and enters the cavity 21, and a material leakage gap is formed between the portion of the blocking piston 451 located in the material leakage channel 412 and the inner wall of the material leakage channel 412, so that the food in the buffer funnel 411 can flow out of the material leakage channel 412 through the material leakage gap and fall into the cavity 21. The inner wall surface of the buffer funnel 411 can guide the food to flow and concentrate faster in the material leakage gap.

[0045] The volume of the cache funnel 411 can be adaptively designed according to the user's appetite. For example, the volume of the cache funnel 411 can be 90 ml. With such a configuration, after the cache funnel 411 is filled with food, these food ingredients can satisfy the needs of a normal adult for one meal. When the number of diners is greater than one, the conveyor can be controlled to draw food ingredients into the cache funnel 411 multiple times. Whenever food ingredients in the cache funnel 411 fall into the containing cavity 21, food ingredients are drawn into the cache funnel 411 again until the food ingredients in the containing cavity 21 satisfy the amount for consumption by multiple people.

[0046] When all the food in the buffer funnel 411 falls into the containing cavity 21, and the user no longer controls the filling component to obtain food from the storage device and is about to prepare to formally heat the pot body 20 to start the cooking process, the user can control the blocking driving push rod 452 to drive the blocking piston 451 to rise vertically so that the blocking piston 451 moves close to the top plate 11 until the blocking piston 451 is relatively far away from one end of the blocking driving push rod 452 and is adapted to be connected with the inner wall of the leakage channel 412, thereby completely blocking the leakage channel 412. During the subsequent formal cooking process, the end of the blocking piston 451 that is relatively away from the blocking driving push rod 452 continues to maintain a state of adapting connection with the inner wall of the leakage channel 412. This arrangement can prevent the high temperature and high humidity gas in the cavity 21 from flowing into the inner cavity of the buffer funnel 411 through the leakage channel 412, and prevent the high temperature and high humidity gas from entering the rice box 51. The high temperature and high humidity gas can only be discharged to the outside of the fuselage 10 along the steam discharge path. Therefore, the food in the rice box 51 is not easily affected by the gas during cooking and deteriorates and molds, which helps to keep the food fresh for a long time.

[0047] Optionally, see Figure 5 The end of the blocking piston 451 relatively far from the blocking driving push rod 452 has a material leakage slope 4511. When the end of the blocking piston 451 relatively far from the blocking driving push rod 452 extends out of the material leakage channel 412, the opening of the material leakage channel 412 faces the material leakage slope 4511 and is spaced apart. The gap between the two just connects the material leakage gap. At this time, there is an increasing spacing between the material leakage slope 4511 and the opening of the material leakage channel 412. The increasing spacing changes in an increasing direction along the radial direction of the leakage channel 412 away from the center line of the leakage channel 412. Preferably, when the end of the blocking piston 451 relatively far from the blocking driving push rod 452 extends out of the leakage channel 412, the material leakage slope 4511 enters the chamber 21. With such arrangement, the food in the buffer funnel 411 flows through the leakage gap to the leakage slope 4511, and the leakage slope 4511 can guide the food so that the food falls fully and quickly into the containing cavity 21, thereby preventing food from remaining on the blocking piston 451, and avoiding the residual food from adversely affecting the sealing adaptation connection formed between the blocking piston 451 and the inner wall of the leakage channel 412.

[0048] It should be noted that the unblocking driving push rod 452 and the unblocking piston 451 are not the only forms of unblocking switching parts. In other embodiments, a rotatable baffle can be used instead of the unblocking piston 451, and a rotary motor can be used instead of the unblocking driving push rod 452. The rotary motor connects the baffle and drives the baffle to rotate relative to the pot cover 32. The baffle can be rotated to open the first leak 321, so that the food delivery path is unblocked, and the baffle can also be rotated to close the first leak 321, so that the food delivery path is blocked. In the subsequent formal cooking process, the baffle continues to keep the first leak 321 closed, so that the food delivery path remains blocked, preventing the high temperature and high humidity gas in the cavity from flowing back to the cache 41 and the storage device.

[0049] The cooking device of the present invention greatly improves the convenience of use. Before cooking begins, the user does not need to put his hand into the pot placing area to manually cover and lock the pot body 20, nor does the user need to move the pot body 20 that has already obtained the food and is in the pot placing area out of the body 10 to cover and lock the pot body 20, and then return the pot body 20 to the pot placing area. The covering and locking of the pot body 20 is automatically completed by the cover-pot assembly 30, and the food can be automatically filled by the filling assembly after the pot body 20 is covered and locked; after cooking is finished, the user does not need to put his hand into the pot placing area to manually unlock and open the pot body 20, and the unlocking and opening of the pot body 20 is automatically completed by the cover-pot assembly 30. As the second movement of the cover-pot assembly 30 ends, the buffer bin 41 and the pot cover 32 leave the pot body 20, and when the user pulls the cooktop 13 and the pot body 20 toward the outside of the body 10 along the retrieval channel, the pot body 20 will not be interfered by the buffer bin 41 and the pot cover 32.

[0050] The technical features of the above-described embodiments may be arbitrarily combined. To make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above-described embodiments are described. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, they should be considered to be within the scope of this specification.

[0051] Those skilled in the art should recognize that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention. As long as they are within the spirit of the present invention, appropriate changes and modifications to the above embodiments are within the scope of protection claimed by the present invention.

Claims

1. A cooking device, characterized in that: The invention comprises a body (10), a pot body (20), a pot cover assembly (30) and a filling assembly, wherein the body (10) has a pot placement area for placing the pot body (20), the pot cover assembly (30) is connected to the body (10) and is capable of performing a first movement and a second movement to respectively approach and move away from the pot placement area, and the filling assembly comprises a buffering bin (41) arranged on the pot cover assembly (30) and connected to a storage device, the first movement being used for the pot cover assembly (30) to lock the pot body (20) and to form a food material delivery path between the buffering bin (41) and the pot body (20), and the second movement being used for the pot cover assembly (30) and the buffering bin (41) to separate from the pot body (20) so that the pot body (20) is moved away from the pot placement area.

2. The cooking device according to claim 1, characterized in that The pot cover assembly (30) comprises a pot cover driving component (31) and a pot cover component (32); the pot cover driving component (31) is mounted on the machine body (10) and connected to the pot cover component (32); the buffer bin (41) is arranged on the pot cover component (32); the pot cover driving component (31) drives the pot cover component (32) to perform the first movement and the second movement to lock and unlock the pot body (20).

3. The cooking device according to claim 2, characterized in that The buffer bin (41) is arranged on a side of the pot cover (32) away from the pot placement area, the pot cover (32) is provided with a first leak (321), and the other side of the pot cover (32) is used to dock with and lock the pot body (20), and the inner cavity of the buffer bin (41), the first leak (321) and the containing cavity (21) of the pot body (20) are connected to form the food material delivery path.

4. The cooking device according to claim 3, characterized in that The filling assembly further comprises a clearing / blocking switching member movably arranged on the pot cover (32), the clearing / blocking switching member being used to open and close the first leakage opening (321) so as to switch the food delivery path between a clearing state and a blocking state.

5. The cooking device according to claim 4, characterized in that The cache bin (41) includes a cache funnel (411) plugged into the first leakage port (321), the unblocking switching member includes an unblocking piston (451) extending into the cache funnel (411), the food delivery path is blocked when the unblocking piston (451) is in the leakage channel (412) of the cache funnel (411), and is unblocked when the unblocking piston (451) extends out of the leakage channel (412).

6. The cooking device according to claim 5, characterized in that The blocking piston (451) comprises a leakage inclined surface (4511). When the blocking piston (451) extends out of the leakage channel (412), the opening of the leakage channel (412) and the leakage inclined surface (4511) are arranged opposite to each other, and there is an increasing distance between the two. The increasing distance increases along the radial direction of the leakage channel (412) in a direction away from the center line of the leakage channel (412).

7. The cooking device according to claim 3, characterized in that It also includes a detachable cover (23) detachably mounted on the opening of the pot body (20), and the food introduction path also includes a food inlet opened on the detachable cover (23). When the pot cover (32) performs the first movement until it abuts against the detachable cover (23), the pot cover (32) locks the pot body (20) and the food inlet is connected to the first leakage port (321).

8. The cooking device according to claim 7, characterized in that The pot cover (32) is provided with a steam discharge port (323), and the detachable cover (23) is also provided with a steam outlet (232). The cooking device further comprises a steam pipe (61) connected to the pot cover (32); the volume cavity (21) of the pot body (20), the steam outlet (232), and the steam discharge port (323) are connected to the steam pipe (61); and the steam pipe (61) is deformably connected to the outside of the machine body (10).

9. The cooking device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The body (10) comprises a top plate (11) and a bottom plate (12) arranged at intervals in a vertical direction, the pot placement area and a taking-in and putting passage connected to the pot placement area are formed between the top plate (11) and the bottom plate (12), the taking-in and putting passage is used for the pot body (20) to pass through so that the pot body (20) reaches and leaves the pot placement area, and the pot cover member (32) is driven by the pot cover driving member (31) to perform the first movement and the second movement in the vertical direction.

10. The cooking device according to claim 9, characterized in that The machine body (10) further comprises a stove top (13) for carrying the pot body (20); the stove top (13) is horizontally slidably arranged on the bottom plate (12); the pot body (20) follows the stove top (13) to arrive at and leave the pot placement area.

11. The cooking device according to claim 9, characterized in that One of the top plate (11) and the pot cover (32) is provided with a guide column (33), and the other is provided with a guide sleeve (15) sleeved with the guide column (33), and the guide column (33) and the guide sleeve (15) form a relatively slidable connection along the vertical direction.

12. The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that: The filling assembly further comprises a conveying member connecting the buffering bin (41) and the storage device, wherein the conveying member is used to provide conveying power so that food materials are conveyed from the storage device to the buffering bin (41).

13. The cooking device according to claim 12, characterized in that The conveying member comprises a suction member (42) arranged on the cover pot assembly (30), and also comprises a deformable food material suction tube (43) and an exhaust pipe (44); the food material suction tube (43) connects the storage device and the buffer bin (41); the suction member (42) connects the buffer bin (41) and the exhaust pipe (44); and the exhaust pipe (44) is connected to the body (10) and communicates with the outside of the body (10).

14. The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that: The cooking device further comprises a rice box (51) and a water tank (52), the filling assembly further comprises a deformable first suction pipe (431) and a second suction pipe (432), the first suction pipe (431) connecting the rice box (51) and the buffer bin (41), the pot cover (32) is provided with a second leakage port (322), and the second suction pipe (432) connecting the water tank (52) and the second leakage port (322).

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