Food processor
Through the design of the flow guide and lid structure, the water inlet and exhaust of the food cooking machine are achieved simultaneously, and the food ingredients are cut off during the cooking process, solving the problem of blockage of the exhaust port and the water inlet, and keeping the cooking machine clean and hygienic.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202510595645.2
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-09
- Publication Date
- 2025-08-01
AI Technical Summary
The exhaust ports and water inlets of existing food processors are easily blocked by food slurry or ingredients, resulting in odor breeding and bacterial breeding.
The flow guide and cover structure are designed so that water inlet and exhaust can be connected, and can be separated during cooking to prevent food from touching the flow guide and achieve self-cleaning.
It effectively avoids blockage of the exhaust port and water inlet, keeps the cooking machine clean and hygienic, and prevents the growth of odors and bacteria.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present invention belongs to the technical field of kitchen appliances, and particularly relates to a food processor. Background Art
[0002] In existing food processors such as wall breakers and soymilk makers, the ingredients in the cooking pot are usually processed by the movement of cooking parts such as blades. And most existing food processors are provided with exhaust ports to discharge gases such as steam generated during the cooking process, and are provided with water inlets for external water sources to enter.
[0003] Existing food processors have the following problems:
[0004] 1. The design of the exhaust port is to discharge the gases generated during the wall-breaking process and balance the pressure inside and outside the pot. However, in fact, there are often a small amount of food slurries carried out in the discharged gases, and these slurries are easily adsorbed at the exhaust port. After a period of use, visible dry matter often accumulates at the exhaust port, resulting in the blockage of the exhaust port, and it is easy to breed bacteria and generate odors;
[0005] 2. Most of the water inlets of existing food processors are arranged on the inner wall of the pot body and are exposed at positions where the ingredients can come into contact. During the cooking process, the mixture of ingredients and water will continuously stir and may impact the water inlet, which may block the water inlet. Even if several water inlets are set, the probability of blockage is only reduced, and it is impossible to completely avoid the blockage of the water inlet. Summary of the Invention
[0006] The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a food processor that can ensure water inlet and exhaust while avoiding blockage of the exhaust port and the water inlet according to the current situation of the existing technology.
[0007] The technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the above technical problems is as follows: A food processor includes:
[0008] A cooking pot, the inside of which is hollow to form a chamber;
[0009] Cooking parts, arranged in the chamber and capable of moving under the drive of a drive mechanism to process the ingredients in the chamber;
[0010] It is characterized by further including:
[0011] A diversion member, arranged at the top of the chamber, and the inside of the diversion member has independent first and second cavities. The bottoms of the first and second cavities are open. At the same time, the first cavity has a water inlet for external water sources to enter, and the second cavity has an exhaust port for communicating with the outside;
[0012] A lid, arranged at the bottom of the diversion member, for blocking or communicating the open bottoms of the first and second cavities with the chamber.
[0013] By providing a flow guide and a lid, when water intake or exhaust is required, the lid can be opened to connect the bottom openings of the first and second cavities with the chamber. At this time, water can enter the chamber through the water inlet and the first chamber, and the gas in the chamber can be discharged from the exhaust port through the second chamber, thereby ensuring water intake and exhaust of the food processor; during the cooking process, the lid can be closed to isolate the bottom openings of the first and second cavities from the chamber, preventing food from contacting the first and second cavities, thereby preventing the water inlet and exhaust port of the food processor from being blocked.
[0014] The cooking element may be an existing blade, which rotates under the drive of a driving mechanism to break the food in the cavity; the cooking element may also be an existing stirring head, which moves under the drive of a driving mechanism to stir the food in the cavity.
[0015] Preferably, the lid entirely obstructs the flow guide and is capable of moving up and down relative to the flow guide to simultaneously block or connect the bottom openings of the first and second cavities with the chambers. The lid, when in the blocking state, is positioned above the lid when in the connecting state. Thus, the connecting and blocking states can be switched by controlling the up and down movement of the lid. Furthermore, the lid, when in the connecting state, is also positioned below the flow guide, acting as a baffle to prevent food from splashing upward and entering the flow guide during cooking.
[0016] Furthermore, in the blocked state, the bottom openings of the first and second cavities are connected through the gap between the lid and the bottom of the flow guide. In this case, when water enters the water inlet, it can pass through the first cavity and the gap into the second cavity and then out of the exhaust port, achieving self-cleaning of the gap, the second cavity, and the exhaust port, further preventing blockage of the exhaust port. In other words, the combination of the lid and the flow guide of the present invention not only ensures water inflow and exhaust, preventing blockage of the exhaust port and water inlet, but also achieves self-cleaning of the exhaust port and the lid, providing positive technical benefits.
[0017] Furthermore, the cover includes a bottom plate and side plates extending upward from the periphery of the bottom plate;
[0018] In the blocking state, the side plates are in contact with the bottom of the guide member, and the side plates, the bottom plate and the bottom of the guide member together form the above-mentioned gap;
[0019] In the connected state, the side plate is separated from the flow guide and is located below the flow guide.
[0020] Furthermore, the inner peripheral surface of the side plate is inclined outward from bottom to top; in the blocked state, the inner peripheral surface of the side plate is located outside the bottom of the flow guide member and in contact with it. The design of the inner peripheral surface of the side plate inclined outward from bottom to top is conducive to the inner peripheral surface of the side plate being sleeved on the outer periphery of the bottom of the flow guide member and contacting the flow guide member. At the same time, in the communication state, it is conducive to the water source flowing out along the inner peripheral surface of the side plate and spraying into the chamber.
[0021] In the above solution, preferably, the flow guide member is in the shape of a vertically arranged cylinder, and the first cavity and the second cavity are arranged circumferentially along the flow guide member.
[0022] Further, the power member for driving the lid to move is arranged at the central part inside the flow guide member, and the first cavity and the second cavity are located outside the power member. Thus, the positions of the first and second cavities and the power member can be reasonably arranged in a limited space, and the power member located in the center does not affect water inlet and exhaust. When the power member heats up during long-term operation, water can be introduced through the water inlet to cool the power member.
[0023] Further, both the first cavity and the second cavity are in the shape of arcs extending circumferentially; the water inlet and the exhaust port are both located on the side wall of the flow guide member and outside the chamber.
[0024] In each of the above solutions, preferably, the cooking pot includes a pot body with a hollow interior and an open top, and a pot lid covering the top of the pot body. The pot lid and the pot body jointly define the chamber; the flow guide member is arranged on the pot lid.
[0025] Preferably, it further includes a heating member acting on the cooking pot for heating the food ingredients in the chamber. The hot steam generated when the heating member works can be discharged from the exhaust port.
[0026] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present invention are as follows: By providing a flow guide member and a lid, when water needs to be introduced or exhausted, the lid can be opened to connect the bottom openings of the first and second cavities with the chamber. At this time, the water source can enter the chamber through the water inlet and the first cavity, and the gas in the chamber can be discharged from the exhaust port through the second cavity, thereby ensuring the water inlet and exhaust of the cooking machine; during the cooking process, the lid can be closed to isolate the bottom openings of the first and second cavities from the chamber, preventing the food ingredients from contacting the first and second cavities, and thus avoiding the blockage of the water inlet and exhaust port of the cooking machine. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0027] Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a part of the structure of an embodiment of the present invention (the lid is in the blocked state);
[0028] Figure 2 is another longitudinal sectional view of a part of the structure of an embodiment of the present invention (the lid is in the blocked state);
[0029] Figure 3 is Figure 2 An enlarged view of part A in
[0030] Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view of part of the structure of an embodiment of the present invention (the lid is in a blocking state);
[0031] Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of part of the structure of an embodiment of the present invention (the lid is in a communicating state);
[0032] Figure 6 is Figure 5 An enlarged view of part B in
[0033] Figure 7 is Figure 5 Another enlarged view of part B in Detailed implementation manners
[0034] The present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the embodiments with reference to the drawings.
[0035] As Figures 1 to 7 shown, it is a preferred embodiment of a food processor of the present invention. The food processor includes a cooking pot 1, a cooking member 2, a diversion member 3, a lid 4, a driving mechanism, a power member 5, and a heating member.
[0036] Among them, the cooking pot 1 includes a pot body 11 with a hollow interior and an open top, and a pot lid 12 covering the top of the pot body 11. A chamber 10 is jointly defined between the pot lid 12 and the pot body 11. When the pot lid 12 is opened, operations such as feeding and taking materials can be carried out. When the pot lid 12 is covered, the food materials are cooked. In this embodiment, the structures of the pot lid 12 and the pot body 11 refer to the prior art and will not be elaborated here.
[0037] The above-mentioned cooking member 2 is arranged at the lower part of the chamber 10 and can move under the drive of the driving mechanism to cook the food materials in the chamber 10. In this embodiment, as Figure 1 , 2 shown, the cooking member 2 is a blade arranged at the lower part of the chamber 10, and the driving mechanism is a motor arranged below the cooking pot 1. The motor rotating shaft extends upward and is constrained with the blade to drive the blade to rotate.
[0038] The above-mentioned heating member is the prior art and acts on the bottom of the cooking pot 1 to heat the food materials in the chamber 10.
[0039] The above-mentioned flow guide member 3 is in the shape of a vertically arranged cylinder and is provided at the center of the lower surface of the pot lid 12. The inside of the flow guide member 3 has independent first cavities 31 and second cavities 32 arranged circumferentially. The first cavities 31 and the second cavities 32 are both arc-shaped extending circumferentially, and the bottoms of the first and second cavities are open. The first cavity 31 has a water inlet 311 for the outside water source to enter, and the second cavity 32 has an exhaust port 321 for communicating with the outside. The water inlet 311 and the exhaust port 321 are arranged circumferentially at intervals on the side wall of the flow guide member 3 and are located outside the chamber 10. In this embodiment, the inside of the pot lid 12 is hollow to form a cavity, and the water inlet 311 and the exhaust port 321 are located in the cavity and are respectively connected to the outside water source and the sewer pipe through their corresponding pipelines. At the same time, in this embodiment, there are two first cavities 31 arranged circumferentially along the flow guide member, and each first cavity 31 is provided with a water inlet 311. For details, please refer to Figure 4 . And the two first cavities 31 as a whole are semicircular, and the second cavity is also semicircular.
[0040] The above-mentioned lid 4 entirely shields the lower part of the flow guide member 3 and can move up and down relative to the flow guide member 3 to block or connect the open bottoms of the first and second cavities with the chamber 10 at the same time, and the lid 4 in the blocking state is located above the lid 4 in the connecting state. Specifically, the lid 4 includes a bottom plate 41 and side plates 42 extending upward from the periphery of the bottom plate 41. The inner peripheral surface 421 of the side plates 42 is inclined outward from bottom to top. In the blocking state, the inner peripheral surface 421 of the side plates 42 is located outside the bottom of the flow guide member 3 and is in contact with it. A gap 40 is jointly formed between the side plates 42, the bottom plate 41 and the bottom of the flow guide member 3. The gap 40 communicates with the open bottoms of the first and second cavities, so that when water enters through the water inlet 311, the water source can enter the gap 40 through the first cavity 31 and then be discharged from the second cavity 32 and the exhaust port 321, realizing self-cleaning of the lid 4, the second cavity 32 and the exhaust port 321. The flow direction of the water flow in the blocking state is shown by the arrow in Figure 3 . In the connecting state, the side plates 42 are separated from the flow guide member 3 and are located below the flow guide member 3. An annular gap 30 is formed between the side plates 42 and the flow guide member 3 to connect the cavity in the flow guide member 3 with the chamber 10 in the cooking pot 1, so that when water enters through the water inlet 311, the water source can flow out through the annular gap 30 between the lid 4 and the flow guide member 3 from the first cavity 31 and enter the chamber 10 in a downward spraying manner. The flow direction of the incoming water is shown by the arrow in Figure 6 . When exhausting in the connecting state, the gas in the chamber 10 flows upward and enters the second cavity 32 through the annular gap 30, and then is discharged from the exhaust port 321. The flow direction of the gas is shown by the arrow in Figure 7 .
[0041] As shown in Figure 3As shown in the figure, in order to drive the lid 4 to move up and down, the above-mentioned power component is arranged at the central part inside the flow guide component 3, and the first cavity 31 and the second cavity 32 are located outside the power component 5. The output end of the power component is connected to the center of the bottom plate 41. In this embodiment, the power component can adopt existing telescopic components such as electric cylinders.
[0042] Moreover, in this embodiment, the lower surface of the bottom plate 41 of the lid 4 is designed as an inverted conical surface, which can play a role in guiding the flow. It is beneficial for the gas to flow upward along the inverted conical surface during exhaust, and at the same time, it is beneficial for the liquid to flow down along the inverted conical surface.
[0043] The working process of the food processor in this embodiment is as follows:
[0044] Open the lid 4 to the connected state → water inlet intakes water → the drive mechanism works to process the ingredients → after the ingredients are taken out after processing, the water inlet intakes water to clean the cooking pot → close the lid to the blocked state → the water inlet intakes water to achieve self-cleaning of the exhaust port 321.
[0045] In the description and claims of the present invention, terms indicating directions, such as "upper", "lower", "side", "top", "bottom", etc., are used to describe various example structural parts and elements of the present invention. However, these terms are used here only for the convenience of description and are determined based on the example orientations shown in the drawings. Since the embodiments disclosed in the present invention can be arranged in different directions, these terms indicating directions are only for illustration and should not be regarded as limitations. For example, "upper" and "lower" are not necessarily limited to the directions opposite to or consistent with the direction of gravity.
[0046] In the description and claims of the present invention, the term "vertical" is also used, which means basically along the up and down direction, not limited to just the vertical direction, and can also be slightly inclined relative to the vertical direction.
Claims
1. A food processor, comprising: A cooking pot (1) with a hollow interior forming a chamber (10); A cooking part (2) disposed within the chamber (10) and capable of moving under the drive of a drive mechanism to cook the food ingredients within the chamber (10); Characterized in that It further includes: A diversion member (3) disposed at the top of the chamber (10), and the diversion member (3) has an independent first cavity (31) and second cavity (32) inside. The bottoms of the first and second cavities are open. At the same time, the first cavity (31) has a water inlet (311) for the entry of external water source, and the second cavity (32) has an exhaust port (321) for communicating with the outside; A lid (4) disposed at the bottom of the diversion member (3) for blocking or communicating the open bottoms of the first and second cavities with the chamber (10).
2. The food processor according to claim 1, wherein: The lid (4) entirely shields below the diversion member (3) and can move up and down relative to the diversion member (3) to simultaneously block or communicate the open bottoms of the first and second cavities with the chamber (10), and the lid (4) in the blocking state is above the lid (4) in the communicating state.
3. The food processor according to claim 2, wherein: In the blocking state, the open bottoms of the first and second cavities are communicated through a gap (40) between the lid (4) and the bottom of the diversion member (3).
4. The food processor according to claim 3, wherein: The lid (4) includes a bottom plate (41) and side plates (42) extending upward from the periphery of the bottom plate (41); In the blocking state, the side plates (42) contact the bottom of the diversion member (3), and the gap (40) is jointly formed among the side plates (42), the bottom plate (41), and the bottom of the diversion member (3); In the communicating state, the side plates (42) are separated from the diversion member (3) and are located below the diversion member (3).
5. The food processor according to claim 4, wherein: The inner peripheral surface (421) of the side plates (42) is inclined outward from bottom to top; in the blocking state, the inner peripheral surface (421) of the side plates (42) is located outside the bottom of the diversion member (3) and the two are in contact.
6. The food processor according to claim 2, characterized in that: The diversion member (3) is in the shape of a vertically arranged cylinder, and the first cavity (31) and the second cavity (32) are arranged along the circumference of the diversion member (3).
7. The food processor according to claim 6, wherein: A power member (5) for driving the lid (4) to move is disposed at the central part inside the diversion member (3), and the first cavity (31) and the second cavity (32) are located outside the power member (5).
8. The food processor according to claim 6, wherein: Both the first cavity (31) and the second cavity (32) are in the shape of an arc extending circumferentially; the water inlet (311) and the exhaust port (321) are both located on the side wall of the diversion member (3) outside the chamber (10).
9. The food processor according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: The cooking pot (1) includes a pot body (11) with a hollow interior and an open top, and a pot lid (12) covering the top of the pot body (11). The pot lid (12) and the pot body (11) jointly define the chamber (10); the diversion member (3) is disposed on the pot lid (12).
10. The food processor according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that: It further includes a heating member acting on the cooking pot (1) for heating the food ingredients within the chamber (10).