CLEANING METHOD, CLEANING APPARATUS, COOKING UTENSIL, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

Abstract

To provide a washing method, a washing device, a cooking utensil, and a computer-readable storage medium.SOLUTION: The washing method is used for a cooking utensil which includes a feeding assembly, a spraying assembly, and a cooking chamber, the washing method including: conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly; and spraying and washing the ingredients in the cooking chamber by the spraying assembly during the conveyance of the ingredients into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly. The present application controls the spraying assembly to wash the ingredients in the process of the feeding assembly feeding the ingredients into the cooking chamber, thereby enabling effective spraying to and washing of the ingredients entering the cooking chamber. Specifically, the feeding of the ingredients to the cooking chamber begins, the spraying assembly starts spraying into the cooking chamber so that the ingredients entering the cooking chamber are timely washed, thereby avoiding the problem that a large amount of ingredients is piled up, causing difficulty of washing, thereby improving the washing effect for the ingredients.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of cooking equipment, and specifically relates to a cleaning method, a cleaning device, a cooking appliance, and a readable storage medium. [Background technology]

[0002] In the related art, the automatic rice washing methods of rice cookers all first put the rice into the inner pot and then control the water injection device to wash the rice. However, since the rice is put into the inner pot at one time, the rice washing process only washes the top layer of the rice, which reduces the washing effect. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0003] The present application aims to solve one of the technical problems existing in the prior art or related art. [Means for solving the problem]

[0004] To this end, a first aspect of the present application provides a cleaning method.

[0005] A second aspect of the present application proposes a cleaning device.

[0006] A third aspect of the present application relates to a cleaning device.

[0007] A fourth aspect of the present application provides a readable storage medium.

[0008] A fifth aspect of the present application provides a cooking appliance.

[0009] Therefore, according to a first aspect of the present application, there is provided a cleaning method for use with a cooking appliance comprising a dosing assembly, a spray assembly and a cooking chamber, the cleaning method comprising: conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber by the dosing assembly; and spray-cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber by the spray assembly while the ingredients are being conveyed into the cooking chamber by the dosing assembly.

[0010] The present application provides a cleaning method for a cooking appliance including a cooking chamber and a heating assembly for cooking food in the cooking chamber. The cooking appliance further includes a feeding assembly for feeding food ingredients into the cooking chamber and a spraying assembly for spraying and cleaning the food ingredients in the cooking chamber. The cooking appliance can automatically feed and clean the ingredients to be cooked, and the cooking appliance can automatically cook the ingredients in the cooking chamber after the ingredients in the cooking chamber are cleaned.

[0011] In addition, the cooking appliance further includes a storage bin, which can store ingredients to be cooked and communicates with the dosing assembly. The dosing assembly can transport the ingredients in the storage bin into the cooking chamber, and after the ingredients enter the cooking chamber, the spraying assembly can spray a cleaning liquid into the cooking chamber to perform a cleaning treatment on the ingredients in the cooking chamber. Here, the cleaning liquid can be water and the ingredients can be rice.

[0012] The cleaning method includes controlling the injection assembly to inject ingredients into the cooking chamber during a process in which the cooking appliance controls the input assembly to deliver ingredients into the cooking chamber, thereby jet-cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber, i.e., during a process in which the ingredients are delivered to the cooking chamber by the input assembly, the injection assembly starts jet-cleaning the ingredients.

[0013] In the related technology, all of the automatic rice washing methods of rice cookers first put the rice into the inner pot and then control the water injection device to wash the rice. The entire rice washing process simply passes the rice through water once. Since the rice enters the inner pot at one time, the rice washing process only washes one layer of the top surface of the rice, which reduces the washing effect.

[0014] The present application enables effective injection and cleaning of the material entering the cooking chamber by controlling the injection assembly to clean the material during the process of the input assembly injecting the material into the cooking chamber. Specifically, when the material starts to be sent to the cooking chamber, the injection assembly starts to inject into the cooking chamber, and the material entering the cooking chamber is cleaned in a timely manner, avoiding the problem that the material is difficult to clean due to a large amount of material being piled up, and improving the cleaning effect of the material.

[0015] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber is a cavity of the inner pot. The cooking device further includes a lid, and the input assembly is provided on the lid. The jetting assembly is a shower-type jetting head, and the shower-type jetting head is located on the lid. When the cooking device starts the automatic cleaning step, the input assembly and the jetting assembly are controlled to operate synchronously to wash the rice inputted into the inner pot by the input assembly, i.e., the rice is washed by the jetting assembly when it enters the cavity. The shower-type jetting head can increase the water injection area and further improve the rice washing effect.

[0016] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber is the cavity of the inner pot. The jet assembly includes a jet hose, and an output end of the jet hose is located in the cavity of the inner pot. When the cooking device starts to perform the automatic cleaning step, the feeding assembly and the jet assembly are controlled to operate synchronously to wash the rice fed into the cavity of the inner pot by the feeding assembly, that is, the rice is washed by the jet assembly when it enters the cavity. The jet hose is located in the cavity of the inner pot, so that the sprayed water can contact the rice in the cavity of the inner pot quickly, thereby improving the washing effect of the rice.

[0017] Furthermore, the cleaning method in the above technical aspects provided by the present application may have the following additional configuration.

[0018] In the above technical solution, transporting the material into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly includes: obtaining a first amount of the material to be cleaned; determining a second amount of the material to be transported by the feeding assembly in one go based on the first amount and a preset number of times the feeding assembly will transport the material; and transporting the second amount of the material into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly each time until the preset number of times is reached.

[0019] In this technical solution, the first amount of material is added gradually, thereby further increasing the contact area between the material and the cleaning liquid output from the injection assembly, thereby avoiding the problem of a large amount of material quickly accumulating and making it difficult to clean.

[0020] Here, the first amount is the total amount of ingredients to be cooked and cleaned in the cooker, and the preset number of incremental additions and the amount to be added in one step in the incremental addition process, i.e., the second amount, can be determined from the total amount of ingredients.

[0021] In some possible embodiments, the first amount is set by a user according to actual demand; a numerical relationship between the first amount and a first threshold is detected, and a preset number of stepwise injections is determined according to the numerical relationship; and a second amount of injection each time can be calculated according to the first amount and the preset number of injections.

[0022] Exemplarily, when the first amount is greater than the first threshold, rice is added stepwise at a first preset number of times. When the first amount is equal to or less than the first threshold, rice is added at a second preset number of times, where the first preset number of times is greater than the second preset number of times. The range of the first threshold may be 200g to 400g, the range of the first preset number of times may be 10 times to 20 times, and the second preset number of times may be 5 times to 10 times.

[0023] When the ingredient is rice, the first amount is 300 g, the preset number of times is 15, and the second amount is 20 g. The cooker completes the feeding by feeding 15 times in succession at 20 g each time using the feeding assembly.

[0024] In addition, during the feeding process, the feeding speed of the material needs to be controlled to further ensure the contact area between the material and the cleaning liquid.

[0025] Here, the feeding assembly may be a pneumatic feeding member that promotes the flow of air to drive the ingredients into the cooking chamber by the airflow, or may be an on-off valve type feeding member that controls the ingredients to fall into the cooking chamber by opening an on-off valve.

[0026] When the feeding assembly is a pneumatic feeding member, the feeding speed of the material is adjusted by adjusting the operating power of the pneumatic feeding member. When the feeding assembly is a valve-type feeding member, the opening degree of the valve is controlled to adjust the feeding speed of the material. The specific structure and feeding type of the feeding assembly are not specifically limited in the present application.

[0027] The present application controls the dosing assembly to gradually dispense the material, thereby further increasing the contact area between the material and the cleaning liquid output from the spraying assembly, and preventing a decrease in cleaning effectiveness due to a large amount of material piling up.

[0028] In any of the above technical solutions, spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber with the spray assembly while the feeding assembly is feeding the ingredients into the cooking chamber includes: obtaining a third amount of spray liquid of the spray assembly; determining a fourth amount of spray liquid to be delivered by the spray assembly in one go based on the third amount and a preset number of times; and spraying the fourth amount of spray liquid into the cooking chamber with the spray assembly after the feeding assembly feeds the second amount of ingredients each time.

[0029] In this technical solution, during the stepwise addition of the first amount of material, after each addition, the injection of the injection liquid by the injection assembly is controlled to perform injection cleaning on the injected material.

[0030] Here, the third amount is the total amount of cleaning fluid that is sprayed into the cooking chamber when the spray assembly is washing the ingredient. The third amount is relative to the total amount of ingredient (the first amount).

[0031] It can be understood that the more the first amount corresponding to the material, the more the third amount corresponding to the cleaning liquid, in order to ensure the cleanliness of the material cleaning.

[0032] For example, if the ingredient is rice, the washing liquid is water, and the first amount is 200 g, the third amount may be 500 ml.

[0033] The injection assembly is used to inject and clean the ingredients in the cooking chamber after one injection by the injection assembly is completed, so it is necessary to calculate a fourth amount, which is the amount of injection of the injection assembly per injection. The fourth amount can be accurately calculated by calculating the ratio of the third amount to a preset number of times.

[0034] Illustratively, if the third amount is 2000 ml, and the preset number is 10, the fourth amount per shot of the spray assembly is 200 ml.

[0035] Specifically, during the step-by-step feeding process of the feeding assembly, after the feeding assembly feeds the second amount of ingredients into the cooking chamber once, the injection assembly injects a fourth amount of cleaning liquid into the cooking chamber. After the injection of the injection assembly is completed, the above steps are repeated until a preset number of times is reached, completing the feeding and cleaning of ingredients. Every time an ingredient is fed into the cooking chamber, it can be injected and cleaned with cleaning liquid, and from the second feeding, some cleaning liquid already exists in the cooking chamber, so that the surface of the ingredient is washed again when it enters the cooking chamber, thus achieving the effect of double cleaning. Here, the ingredient can be rice, and the cleaning liquid can be water.

[0036] The second amount of ingredient per charge is less than a preset amount related to the shape of the cooking chamber, where the preset amount is an amount of ingredient that is layered on the bottom of the cooking chamber.

[0037] In the present application, the feeding assembly is controlled to feed ingredients step by step, and the ingredients are sprayed and washed step by step. After one feeding, the spray assembly is controlled to wash the fed ingredients, which further increases the contact area between the ingredients and the washing liquid discharged from the spray assembly, avoiding the problem of poor cleaning effect caused by a large amount of ingredients accumulating, and further improves the cleaning effect by doubling the washing of ingredients entering the cooking chamber from the second time onwards.

[0038] In any of the above technical solutions, the injection assembly is used to inject and clean the ingredients in the cooking chamber while the injection assembly is transporting the ingredients into the cooking chamber. Obtaining a first time length that is an interval time between an injection time of the injection assembly and an injection time of the injection assembly; After the feeding assembly conveys the ingredients into the cooking chamber for a first length of time, the ingredients in the cooking chamber are sprayed and cleaned by the spray assembly.

[0039] In this technical solution, the feeding assembly is controlled to feed ingredients into the cooking chamber, and the spraying assembly is controlled to spray ingredients into the cooking chamber to wash the ingredients.

[0040] Here, the first time length is the interval between the input time at which the input assembly starts operating and the injection time at which the injection assembly starts operating.

[0041] The dosing assembly is controlled to begin operation when the dosing assembly is operational before the injection assembly begins operation, and the injection assembly is controlled to begin operation after the dosing assembly has been in operation for a first length of time.

[0042] The material may be rice, and the cleaning liquid output from the injection assembly may be water. After the feeding assembly feeds the rice for a first time, the injection assembly starts to inject water into the cooking chamber. After the first time, the injection assembly injects water into the cooking chamber at the same time as feeding the rice, so that the water can wash the rice grains in the air, and the washing effect is better than that of the prior art where the rice is completely inside the cooking chamber, and the time for feeding and washing the rice can also be saved. When the feeding assembly stops operating, the injection assembly also stops operating. That is, the feeding and injection of the rice can be completed at the same time, improving the efficiency of feeding and washing the rice.

[0043] The present application controls the feeding assembly to feed ingredients and simultaneously controls the spray assembly to perform spray cleaning in the cooking chamber, thereby realizing aerial cleaning of ingredients and improving the cleaning effect. Furthermore, after a first time has elapsed since the start of feeding ingredients, the operation of the spray assembly is controlled to simultaneously finish the feeding process and the spray cleaning process, thereby improving the efficiency of feeding ingredients and cleaning.

[0044] In any of the above technical solutions, spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber by the injection assembly while the feeding assembly is transporting the ingredients into the cooking chamber includes obtaining a first time length which is an interval time between the spray time of the injection assembly and the feeding time of the feeding assembly; and transporting the ingredients into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly after the injection assembly sprays and cleans the ingredients in the cooking chamber for the first time length.

[0045] In this technical solution, the feeding assembly is controlled to feed ingredients into the cooking chamber, and the spraying assembly is controlled to spray ingredients into the cooking chamber to wash the ingredients.

[0046] Here, the first time length is an interval time between a dosing time when the dosing assembly starts operating and an injection time when the injection assembly starts operating.

[0047] The c assembly is controlled to start operating when the jetting assembly is operating before the start of material input, and the input assembly is controlled to start operating after the operation of the jetting assembly reaches a first length of time.

[0048] The material may be rice, and the cleaning liquid output from the injection assembly may be water. After the injection assembly injects water for a first time, the feeding assembly starts to feed rice into the cooking chamber. After the first time, the injection assembly injects water into the cooking chamber at the same time as feeding rice, so that the water can wash the rice grains in the air; and, since the injection assembly has already injected water into the cooking chamber before the first time, the rice fed by the feeding assembly is not only spray-washed in the air, but also secondarily washed when entering the water, so that the washing effect is higher and the time for feeding and washing the rice is saved. When the feeding assembly stops operating, the injection assembly also stops operating. That is, the feeding and injection of rice can be completed at the same time, improving the efficiency of feeding and washing the rice.

[0049] In the present application, the dosing assembly is controlled to dosing, and at the same time, the spray assembly is controlled to perform spray cleaning in the cooking chamber, thereby realizing air washing of the material and improving the cleaning effect. Furthermore, the dosing process and the spray cleaning process are simultaneously completed by controlling the operation of the dosing assembly after a first time has elapsed since the start of spraying, thereby improving the efficiency of dosing and cleaning of the material, and the cleaning liquid is already present in the cooking chamber before the material enters the cooking chamber, realizing the material being spray-washed in the air, and being secondarily washed when it enters the water, further enhancing the cleaning effect.

[0050] In any of the above technical solutions, obtaining the first time length includes obtaining a second time length during which the dosing assembly transports material and a third time length during which the injection assembly injects, and calculating a difference between the second time length and the third time length to obtain the first time length.

[0051] In this technical solution, the first time length is the interval between the input time when the input assembly starts to operate and the injection time when the injection assembly starts to operate, and the first time length can be calculated based on the second time length, which is the total input time of the input assembly, and the third time length, which is the total injection time of the injection assembly, to ensure that the input assembly and the injection assembly are completed simultaneously. The calculation formula is as follows:

[0052] T1=T3-T2 Here, T1 is a first length of time, T2 is a second length of time, and T3 is a third length of time.

[0053] The present application calculates the interval time between the input time when the input assembly starts to operate and the injection time when the injection assembly starts to operate based on the total input time of the input assembly and the total injection time of the injection assembly, thereby improving the accuracy of the first time length and further ensuring that the injection assembly and the input assembly complete their operations simultaneously, thereby improving the efficiency of cleaning and inputting ingredients by the cooker.

[0054] In any of the above technical solutions, obtaining the second time length during which the feeding assembly conveys the material and the third time length during which the injection assembly injects the material includes 5th quantity and materials 5th quantity The injection assembly injects the liquid based on 6th quantity and determining 5th quantity determining a second length of time based on the 6th quantity and determining a third length of time based on the

[0055] In the technical solution, 5th quantity is the total amount of ingredients that the cooker will cook and clean, and a second time length can be determined based on the total amount of ingredients, which is the total time for the ingredient input process. 6th quantity is a total amount of cleaning liquid sprayed into the cooking chamber by the spraying assembly when cleaning the ingredients, and a third time length, which is a total spraying time for the spraying assembly to perform spraying, can be determined based on the total amount of cleaning liquid sprayed.

[0056] The present application can determine a second length of time that the dosing assembly operates based on a total amount of ingredients, and can determine a third length of time that the dosing assembly operates based on a total amount of liquid to be sprayed by the dosing assembly; by relating the second length of time to the total amount of ingredients and relating the third length of time to the total amount of liquid to be sprayed, it ensures accuracy of the second and third length of time, improves accuracy of the first length of time, and further ensures that the dosing assembly and the dosing assembly complete their operations simultaneously, thereby improving the efficiency of cleaning and dosing ingredients by the cooker.

[0057] In any of the above technical solutions, the cooker further includes a drainage assembly, and while the feeding assembly is transporting the ingredients into the cooking chamber, the ingredients in the cooking chamber are sprayed and cleaned by the spray assembly, and then the liquid in the cooking chamber is drained by the drainage assembly.

[0058] In this technical solution, the cooker further includes a drainage assembly, which can drain the liquid in the cooking chamber from the cooking chamber.

[0059] After the jet assembly has completed jet cleaning of the ingredients in the cooking chamber, the drain assembly is controlled to drain the liquid used for cleaning for later cooking of the ingredients in the cooking chamber by the cooker.

[0060] In addition, since the spray assembly is operated to wash the ingredients in the cooking chamber and the dirty water after washing needs to be drained from the cooking chamber before cooking starts, the drainage assembly is controlled to start operating after the spray assembly has completed its operation.

[0061] The present application provides a drainage assembly in a cooking appliance and controls the operation of the drainage assembly after the operation of the injection assembly is completed, thereby discharging wastewater after washing ingredients with the injection assembly and preventing cooking from being contaminated by the wastewater.

[0062] In addition, after the drainage assembly has completed draining, the injection assembly operates again to perform secondary cleaning on the material to prevent residual wastewater from contaminating the material, and after the secondary cleaning, the drainage assembly is controlled to operate again to discharge the wastewater.

[0063] In any of the above technical solutions, the cooker further includes a heating assembly, and after the liquid in the cooking chamber is drained by the drainage assembly, the cooking chamber is further equipped with an injection assembly for injecting water into the cooking chamber; and when the liquid in the cooking chamber reaches a preset liquid level, the injection assembly is stopped operating and the heating assembly is operated.

[0064] In this technical solution, the cooker includes a heating assembly for heating materials in a cooking chamber.

[0065] After the ingredients are charged and sprayed, the operation of the spray assembly is controlled to add water to the ingredients in the cooking chamber, and when the water level reaches a preset liquid level, the heating assembly is controlled to start operating, thereby heating and cooking the ingredients in the cooking chamber.

[0066] For example, the ingredient may be rice, and the liquid sprayed by the spray assembly may be water. After the rice is poured into the cooking chamber and washed, the dirty water in the cooking chamber is drained. The spray assembly is controlled to inject water into the cooking chamber, and when the water level reaches the rice cooking water level, the water injection is stopped and the heating assembly is controlled to heat and cook the food in the cooking chamber.

[0067] The present application allows the injection assembly to not only clean ingredients but also inject water into the cooking chamber before the ingredients are cooked, eliminating the need for users to manually inject water into the cooking chamber, simplifying the user's operation procedures.

[0068] In any of the above technical solutions, the cooker includes a stirring assembly located within the cooking chamber, and the cleaning method further includes stirring ingredients in the cooking chamber with the stirring assembly while the injection assembly is operating.

[0069] In this technical solution, the stirring assembly can be operated during the operation of the injection assembly, and when the stirring assembly is operated, the cleaning effect of the ingredients in the cooking chamber can be improved.

[0070] During the process of the spray assembly spraying and cleaning into the cooking chamber, the stirring assembly is controlled to stir the ingredients and cleaning liquid in the cooking chamber, thereby further improving the cleaning effect of the ingredients.

[0071] According to a second aspect of the present application, there is provided a cleaning device for use with a cooking appliance comprising a dosing assembly, a jetting assembly and a cooking chamber, the cleaning device comprising: a dosing module for conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber by a dosing assembly; and a cleaning module that performs spray cleaning on the ingredients in the cooking chamber using a spray assembly while the ingredients are being transported into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly.

[0072] The present application provides a cleaning device for use with a cooking appliance including a cooking chamber and a heating assembly capable of cooking food in the cooking chamber. The cooking appliance further includes an input assembly for inputting food ingredients into the cooking chamber, and an injection assembly for injecting and cleaning the food ingredients in the cooking chamber. The cooking appliance can automatically input and clean the food ingredients to be cooked, and the cooking appliance can automatically cook the food ingredients in the cooking chamber after the food ingredients in the cooking chamber are cleaned.

[0073] In addition, the cooking appliance further includes a storage bin, which can store ingredients to be cooked and communicates with the dosing assembly. The dosing assembly can transport the ingredients in the storage bin into the cooking chamber, and after the ingredients enter the cooking chamber, the spraying assembly can spray a cleaning liquid into the cooking chamber to perform a cleaning treatment on the ingredients in the cooking chamber. Here, the cleaning liquid can be water and the ingredients can be rice.

[0074] In the process of controlling the feeding assembly to deliver ingredients into the cooking chamber, the cooking appliance controls the injection assembly to inject ingredients into the cooking chamber, thereby spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber. That is, in the process of the ingredients being delivered to the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly, the injection assembly starts spraying and cleaning the ingredients.

[0075] In the related technology, all of the automatic rice washing methods of rice cookers first put the rice into the inner pot and then control the water injection device to wash the rice. The entire rice washing process simply passes the rice through water once. Since the rice enters the inner pot at one time, the rice washing process only washes one layer of the top surface of the rice, which reduces the washing effect.

[0076] The present application enables effective injection and cleaning of the material entering the cooking chamber by controlling the injection assembly to clean the material during the process of the input assembly injecting the material into the cooking chamber. Specifically, when the material starts to be sent to the cooking chamber, the injection assembly starts to inject into the cooking chamber, and the material entering the cooking chamber is cleaned in a timely manner, avoiding the problem that the material is difficult to clean due to a large amount of material being piled up, and improving the cleaning effect of the material.

[0077] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber is the cavity of the inner pot. The cooking device further includes a lid, and the input assembly is provided on the lid. The jetting assembly is a shower-type jetting head, and the shower-type jetting head is located on the lid. When the cooking device starts the automatic cleaning step, the input assembly and the jetting assembly are controlled to operate synchronously to wash the rice inputted into the inner pot by the input assembly, i.e., the rice is washed by the jetting assembly when it enters the cavity. The shower-type jetting head can increase the water jetting area and further improve the washing effect of the rice.

[0078] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber is the cavity of the inner pot. The jet assembly includes a jet hose, and an output end of the jet hose is located in the cavity of the inner pot. When the cooking device starts to perform the automatic cleaning step, the feeding assembly and the jet assembly are controlled to operate synchronously to wash the rice fed into the cavity of the inner pot by the feeding assembly, that is, the rice is washed by the jet assembly when it enters the cavity. The jet hose is located in the cavity of the inner pot, so that the sprayed water can contact the rice in the cavity of the inner pot quickly, thereby improving the washing effect of the rice.

[0079] According to a third aspect of the present application, there is provided a cleaning apparatus comprising a memory having a program or instruction stored therein, and a processor for implementing the steps of the cleaning method according to any of the technical solutions in the first aspect by executing the program or instruction stored in the memory, and thus having all the beneficial technical effects of the cleaning method according to any of the technical solutions in the first aspect, which will not be described in detail here.

[0080] According to a fourth aspect of the present application, there is provided a readable storage medium having a program or instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, realises a cleaning method according to any of the technical solutions in the first aspect above, thereby having all the beneficial technical effects of the cleaning method according to any of the technical solutions in the first aspect above.

[0081] According to a fifth aspect of the present application, there is provided a cooking appliance comprising a cleaning device as defined in the second or third aspect and / or a readable storage medium as defined in the fourth aspect, thus having all the beneficial technical effects of the cleaning device as defined in the second or third aspect and / or the readable storage medium as defined in the fourth aspect, which will not be described in detail here.

[0082] In the above technical solution, the cooker further includes a case, a cooking chamber, an input assembly, and a spray assembly, where the cooking chamber is disposed in the case and used for storing ingredients, the input assembly is disposed in the case and used for conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber, and the spray assembly is disposed in the case and used for spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber.

[0083] The cooking device includes a cooking chamber and a heating assembly, and the heating assembly can cook food in the cooking chamber. The cooking device further includes an input assembly for inputting food ingredients into the cooking chamber, and an injection assembly for spraying and cleaning the food ingredients in the cooking chamber. The cooking device can automatically input and clean the ingredients to be cooked, and after cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber, the cooking device can automatically cook the ingredients in the cooking chamber.

[0084] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, the cooking chamber is a cavity of an inner pot, the cooking device further includes a lid, the injection assembly is provided on the lid, and the spray assembly is a shower-type spray head, the shower-type spray head is located on the lid.

[0085] In any of the above technical solutions, the cooker further includes a stirring assembly provided within the cooker.

[0086] In this technical solution, the stirring assembly can be operated during the operation of the injection assembly, and the cleaning effect of ingredients in the cooking chamber can be improved when the stirring assembly is operating.

[0087] Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the following description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

[0088] The above and / or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be apparent and readily understood from the following detailed description of the embodiments with reference to the drawings. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0089] [Figure 1] 1 shows a schematic flowchart of a cleaning method according to a first embodiment of the present application. [Diagram 2] 2 shows a second schematic flowchart of the cleaning method in the first embodiment of the present application. [Diagram 3] 3 shows a schematic flow chart of the cleaning method according to the first embodiment of the present application. [Figure 4] 4 shows a schematic flow chart of the cleaning method in the first embodiment of the present application. [Diagram 5] 5 shows a schematic flow chart of the cleaning method in the first embodiment of the present application. [Figure 6] 6 shows a sixth schematic flowchart of the cleaning method in the first embodiment of the present application. [Figure 7] 7 shows a seventh schematic flowchart of the cleaning method in the first embodiment of the present application. [Figure 8] 8 shows a schematic flow chart of the cleaning method in the first embodiment of the present application. [Figure 9] FIG. 2 shows a structural block diagram of a cleaning device according to a second embodiment of the present application. [Figure 10] FIG. 13 is a structural block diagram of a cleaning device according to a third embodiment of the present application. [Figure 11] FIG. 13 shows a structural block diagram of a cooking device according to a fourth embodiment of the present application. [Figure 12] FIG. 13 is a structural schematic diagram of a cooking device according to a fourth embodiment of the present application. [Figure 13] FIG. 13 is a structural schematic diagram of a cooking device according to a fourth embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0090] In order to more clearly understand the above objects, features and advantages of the present application, the present application will be described in more detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments. Note that the features in the examples and examples of the present application can be combined with each other unless they conflict.

[0091] In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to facilitate a thorough understanding of the present application; however, the present application may be implemented in other forms different from those described herein, and the scope of protection of the present application is not limited to the specific examples disclosed below.

[0092] Hereinafter, a cleaning method, a cleaning device, a readable storage medium, and a cooking appliance according to some embodiments of the present application will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13. FIG.

[0093] As shown in FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the present application provides a cleaning method for a cooker having a dosing assembly, a spray assembly, and a cooking chamber, comprising: conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber with a dosing assembly (step 102); and applying cleaning jets to the ingredients in the cooking chamber with the jet assembly while the ingredients are being delivered to the cooking chamber by the feed assembly (104).

[0094] This embodiment provides a cleaning method for a cooker including a cooking chamber and a heating assembly for cooking food in the cooking chamber. The cooker further includes a feeding assembly for feeding food ingredients into the cooking chamber and a spraying assembly for spraying and cleaning the food ingredients in the cooking chamber. The cooker can automatically feed and clean the ingredients to be cooked, and the cooker can automatically cook the ingredients in the cooking chamber after the ingredients in the cooking chamber are cleaned.

[0095] In addition, the cooking appliance further includes a storage bin, which can store ingredients to be cooked and communicates with the dosing assembly. The dosing assembly can transport the ingredients in the storage bin into the cooking chamber, and after the ingredients enter the cooking chamber, the spraying assembly can spray a cleaning liquid into the cooking chamber to perform a cleaning treatment on the ingredients in the cooking chamber. Here, the cleaning liquid can be water and the ingredients can be rice.

[0096] The cleaning method includes controlling the injection assembly to inject ingredients into the cooking chamber during a process in which the cooking appliance controls the input assembly to deliver ingredients into the cooking chamber, thereby jet-cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber, i.e., during a process in which the ingredients are delivered to the cooking chamber by the input assembly, the injection assembly starts jet-cleaning the ingredients.

[0097] In the related technology, all of the automatic rice washing methods of rice cookers first put the rice into the inner pot and then control the water injection device to wash the rice. The entire rice washing process simply passes the rice through water once. Since the rice enters the inner pot at one time, the rice washing process only washes one layer of the top surface of the rice, which reduces the washing effect.

[0098] In this embodiment, the injection assembly is controlled to wash the material during the process of the feeding assembly injecting the material into the cooking chamber, thereby enabling effective injection washing of the material entering the cooking chamber. Specifically, when the material starts to be sent to the cooking chamber, the injection assembly starts to inject into the cooking chamber, and the material entering the cooking chamber is washed in a timely manner, thereby avoiding the problem that the material is difficult to wash due to a large amount of material being piled up, and improving the washing effect of the material.

[0099] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber is a cavity of the inner pot. The cooking device further includes a lid, and the input assembly is provided on the lid. The jetting assembly is a shower-type jetting head, and the shower-type jetting head is located on the lid. When the cooking device starts the automatic cleaning step, the input assembly and the jetting assembly are controlled to operate synchronously to wash the rice inputted into the inner pot by the input assembly, i.e., the rice is washed by the jetting assembly when it enters the cavity. The shower-type jetting head can increase the water injection area and further improve the rice washing effect.

[0100] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber is the cavity of the inner pot. The jet assembly includes a jet hose, and an output end of the jet hose is located in the cavity of the inner pot. When the cooking device starts to perform the automatic cleaning step, the feeding assembly and the jet assembly are controlled to operate synchronously to wash the rice fed into the cavity of the inner pot by the feeding assembly, that is, the rice is washed by the jet assembly when it enters the cavity. The jet hose is located in the cavity of the inner pot, so that the sprayed water can contact the rice in the cavity of the inner pot quickly, thereby improving the washing effect of the rice.

[0101] As shown in FIG. 2, in the above embodiment, the feeding assembly transports ingredients into the cooking chamber as follows: obtaining 202 a first amount of material to be washed; determining 204 a second amount of the material that the dosing assembly will deliver in one transfer based on the first amount and a preset number of times the dosing assembly will deliver the material; and delivering 206 the second amount of ingredient to the cooking chamber each time with the dosing assembly until the preset number of times is reached.

[0102] In this embodiment, by gradually adding the first amount of material, the contact area between the material and the cleaning fluid output from the injection assembly is further increased, thereby avoiding the problem of a large amount of material quickly accumulating and becoming difficult to clean.

[0103] Here, the first amount is the total amount of ingredients to be cooked and cleaned in the cooker, and the preset number of incremental additions and the amount to be added in one step in the incremental addition process, i.e., the second amount, can be determined from the total amount of ingredients.

[0104] In some possible embodiments, the first amount is set by a user according to actual demand; a numerical relationship between the first amount and a first threshold is detected, and a preset number of stepwise injections is determined according to the numerical relationship; and a second amount of injection each time can be calculated according to the first amount and the preset number of injections.

[0105] Exemplarily, when the first amount is greater than the first threshold, rice is added stepwise at a first preset number of times. When the first amount is equal to or less than the first threshold, rice is added at a second preset number of times, where the first preset number of times is greater than the second preset number of times. The range of the first threshold may be 200g to 400g, the range of the first preset number of times may be 10 times to 20 times, and the second preset number of times may be 5 times to 10 times.

[0106] When the ingredient is rice, the first amount is 300 g, the preset number of times is 15, and the second amount is 20 g. The cooker completes the feeding by feeding 15 times in succession at 20 g each time using the feeding assembly.

[0107] In addition, during the feeding process, the feeding speed of the material needs to be controlled to further ensure the contact area between the material and the cleaning liquid.

[0108] Here, the feeding assembly may be a pneumatic feeding member that promotes the flow of air to drive the ingredients into the cooking chamber by the airflow, or may be an on-off valve type feeding member that controls the ingredients to fall into the cooking chamber by opening an on-off valve.

[0109] When the feeding assembly is a pneumatic feeding member, the feeding speed of the material is adjusted by adjusting the operating power of the pneumatic feeding member. When the feeding assembly is a valve-type feeding member, the opening degree of the valve is controlled to adjust the feeding speed of the material. The specific structure and feeding type of the feeding assembly are not specifically limited in the present application.

[0110] In this embodiment, the dosing assembly is controlled to gradually dose the material, thereby further increasing the contact area between the material and the cleaning liquid output from the spray assembly, thereby preventing a decrease in the cleaning effect due to a large amount of material piling up.

[0111] As shown in FIG. 3, in any of the above embodiments, spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber by the spray assembly while the feeding assembly is conveying the ingredients into the cooking chamber may include: obtaining 302 a third quantity of jetting fluid of the jetting assembly; determining 304 a fourth amount of jetting fluid to deliver per burst of the jetting assembly based on the third amount and the preset number of bursts; and injecting a fourth amount of injection liquid into the cooking chamber by the injection assembly after each delivery of the second amount of ingredient by the injection assembly (306).

[0112] In this embodiment, during the stepwise introduction of the first amount of material, after each introduction, the injection of the injection liquid by the injection assembly is controlled to perform injection cleaning on the injected material.

[0113] Here, the third amount is the total amount of cleaning fluid that is sprayed into the cooking chamber when the spray assembly is washing the ingredient. The third amount is relative to the total amount of ingredient (the first amount).

[0114] It can be understood that the more the first amount corresponding to the material, the more the third amount corresponding to the cleaning liquid, in order to ensure the cleanliness of the material cleaning.

[0115] For example, if the ingredient is rice, the washing liquid is water, and the first amount is 200 g, the third amount may be 500 ml.

[0116] The injection assembly is used to inject and clean the ingredients in the cooking chamber after one injection by the injection assembly is completed, so it is necessary to calculate a fourth amount, which is the amount of injection of the injection assembly per injection. The fourth amount can be accurately calculated by calculating the ratio of the third amount to a preset number of times.

[0117] Illustratively, if the third amount is 2000 ml, and the preset number is 10, the fourth amount per shot of the spray assembly is 200 ml.

[0118] Specifically, during the step-by-step feeding process of the feeding assembly, after the feeding assembly feeds the second amount of ingredients into the cooking chamber once, the injection assembly injects a fourth amount of cleaning liquid into the cooking chamber. After the injection of the injection assembly is completed, the above steps are repeated until a preset number of times is reached, completing the feeding and cleaning of ingredients. Every time an ingredient is fed into the cooking chamber, it can be injected and cleaned with cleaning liquid, and from the second feeding, some cleaning liquid already exists in the cooking chamber, so that the surface of the ingredient is washed again when it enters the cooking chamber, thus achieving the effect of double cleaning. Here, the ingredient can be rice, and the cleaning liquid can be water.

[0119] The second amount of ingredient per charge is less than a preset amount related to the shape of the cooking chamber, where the preset amount is an amount of ingredient that is layered on the bottom of the cooking chamber.

[0120] In this embodiment, the feeding assembly is controlled to feed ingredients step by step, and the ingredients are sprayed and washed step by step. After one feeding, the spray assembly is controlled to wash the fed ingredients, which further increases the contact area between the ingredients and the washing liquid discharged from the spray assembly, and avoids the problem of poor washing effect caused by a large amount of ingredients piling up. In addition, ingredients entering the cooking chamber from the second time onwards can be washed twice, further improving the washing effect.

[0121] As shown in FIG. 4, in any of the above embodiments, spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber by the spray assembly while the ingredients are being conveyed into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly may include: obtaining a first time length, which is an interval time between an injection time of the injection assembly and an injection time of the injection assembly; and after the feeding assembly has conveyed the ingredients into the cooking chamber for the first length of time, spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber with the spray assembly (step 404).

[0122] In this embodiment, the dosing assembly is controlled to dosing ingredients into the cooking chamber while the injection assembly is controlled to inject ingredients into the cooking chamber to wash the ingredients.

[0123] Here, the first time length is the interval between the input time when the input assembly starts operating and the injection time when the injection assembly starts operating.

[0124] The dosing assembly is controlled to begin operation when the dosing assembly is operational before the injection assembly begins operation, and the injection assembly is controlled to begin operation after the dosing assembly has been in operation for a first length of time.

[0125] The material may be rice, and the cleaning liquid output from the injection assembly may be water. After the feeding assembly feeds the rice for a first time, the injection assembly starts to inject water into the cooking chamber. After the first time, the injection assembly injects water into the cooking chamber at the same time as feeding the rice, so that the water can wash the rice grains in the air, and the washing effect is better than that of the prior art where the rice is completely inside the cooking chamber, and the time for feeding and washing the rice can also be saved. When the feeding assembly stops operating, the injection assembly also stops operating. That is, the feeding and injection of the rice can be completed at the same time, improving the efficiency of feeding and washing the rice.

[0126] In this embodiment, the feeding assembly is controlled to feed ingredients, and the spray assembly is controlled to perform spray cleaning in the cooking chamber at the same time, thereby realizing aerial cleaning of ingredients and improving the cleaning effect. Furthermore, after a first time has elapsed since the start of feeding ingredients, the operation of the spray assembly is controlled to simultaneously finish the feeding process and the spray cleaning process, thereby improving the efficiency of feeding ingredients and cleaning.

[0127] As shown in FIG. 5, in any of the above embodiments, spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber by the spray assembly while the ingredients are being conveyed into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly may include: obtaining a first time length, which is an interval time between an injection time of the injection assembly and an injection time of the injection assembly; After the injection assembly has injected the ingredients in the cooking chamber for the first period of time, the injection assembly delivers the ingredients into the cooking chamber (504).

[0128] In this embodiment, the dosing assembly is controlled to dosing ingredients into the cooking chamber while the injection assembly is controlled to inject ingredients into the cooking chamber to wash the ingredients.

[0129] Here, the first time length is an interval time between a dosing time when the dosing assembly starts operating and an injection time when the injection assembly starts operating.

[0130] The c assembly is controlled to start operating when the jetting assembly is operating before the start of material input, and the input assembly is controlled to start operating after the operation of the jetting assembly reaches a first length of time.

[0131] The material may be rice, and the cleaning liquid output from the injection assembly may be water. After the injection assembly injects water for a first time, the feeding assembly starts to feed rice into the cooking chamber. After the first time, the injection assembly injects water into the cooking chamber at the same time as feeding rice, so that the water can wash the rice grains in the air; and, since the injection assembly has already injected water into the cooking chamber before the first time, the rice fed by the feeding assembly is not only spray-washed in the air, but also secondarily washed when entering the water, so that the washing effect is higher and the time for feeding and washing the rice is saved. When the feeding assembly stops operating, the injection assembly also stops operating. That is, the feeding and injection of rice can be completed at the same time, improving the efficiency of feeding and washing the rice.

[0132] In this embodiment, the dosing assembly is controlled to dosing, and at the same time, the spray assembly is controlled to perform spray cleaning in the cooking chamber, thereby realizing air washing of the ingredients and improving the cleaning effect. Furthermore, after a first time has elapsed since the start of spraying, the operation of the dosing assembly is controlled to simultaneously finish the dosing process and the spray cleaning process, improving the efficiency of dosing and cleaning of the ingredients, and also realizing that the cleaning liquid is already present in the cooking chamber before the ingredients enter the cooking chamber, so that the ingredients are spray-washed in the air, and are also washed secondary when they enter the water, further enhancing the cleaning effect.

[0133] In any of the above embodiments, obtaining the first length of time includes obtaining a second length of time during which the dosing assembly transports material and a third length of time during which the jetting assembly jets, and calculating a difference between the second length of time and the third length of time to obtain the first length of time.

[0134] In this embodiment, the first time length is an interval between the input time when the input assembly starts to operate and the injection time when the injection assembly starts to operate, and the first time length can be calculated based on the second time length, which is the total input time of the input assembly, and the third time length, which is the total injection time of the injection assembly, to ensure that the input assembly and the injection assembly are completed simultaneously. The calculation formula is as follows:

[0135] T1=T3-T2 Here, T1 is a first length of time, T2 is a second length of time, and T3 is a third length of time.

[0136] In this embodiment, the accuracy of the first time length is improved by calculating the interval between the feed time when the feeding assembly starts to operate and the injection time when the injection assembly starts to operate based on the total feeding time of the feeding assembly and the total injection time of the injection assembly, and further ensuring that the injection assembly and the feeding assembly complete their operations simultaneously, thereby improving the efficiency of cleaning and feeding ingredients by the cooker.

[0137] In any of the above embodiments, obtaining the second length of time during which the dosing assembly delivers material and the third length of time during which the jetting assembly jets may include determining whether the material being cleaned is being washed. 5th quantity and materials 5th quantity The injection assembly injects the liquid based on 6th quantity and determining 5th quantity determining a second length of time based on the 6th quantity and determining a third length of time based on the

[0138] In this example, 5th quantity is the total amount of ingredients that the cooker will cook and clean, and a second time length can be determined based on the total amount of ingredients, which is the total time for the ingredient input process. 6th quantity is a total amount of cleaning liquid sprayed into the cooking chamber by the spraying assembly when cleaning the ingredients, and a third time length, which is a total spraying time for the spraying assembly to perform spraying, can be determined based on the total amount of cleaning liquid sprayed.

[0139] In this embodiment, a second length of time for which the dosing assembly operates can be determined based on a total amount of ingredients, and a third length of time for which the jetting assembly operates can be determined based on a total amount of liquid to be sprayed by the jetting assembly; by relating the second length of time to the total amount of ingredients and relating the third length of time to the total amount of liquid to be sprayed, accuracy of the second and third lengths of time is ensured, accuracy of the first length of time is increased, and the jetting assembly and the dosing assembly complete their operations simultaneously, improving the efficiency of cleaning and dosing ingredients by the cooker.

[0140] In any of the above embodiments, the cooking appliance further includes a drainage assembly, and after the ingredients in the cooking chamber are sprayed and washed by the spray assembly while the ingredients are being transported into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly, the cooking appliance further includes a drainage assembly for draining liquid in the cooking chamber.

[0141] In this embodiment, the cooker further comprises a drainage assembly, which is capable of draining liquid within the cooking chamber from the cooking chamber.

[0142] After the jet assembly has completed jet cleaning of the ingredients in the cooking chamber, the drain assembly is controlled to drain the liquid used for cleaning for later cooking of the ingredients in the cooking chamber by the cooker.

[0143] In addition, since the spray assembly is operated to wash the ingredients in the cooking chamber and the dirty water after washing needs to be drained from the cooking chamber before cooking starts, the drainage assembly is controlled to start operating after the spray assembly has completed its operation.

[0144] In this embodiment, a drainage assembly is provided in the cooker, and the drainage assembly is controlled to operate after the operation of the injection assembly is completed, thereby discharging wastewater after washing ingredients with the injection assembly, thereby preventing cooking from being contaminated by the wastewater.

[0145] In addition, after the drainage assembly has completed draining, the injection assembly operates again to perform secondary cleaning on the material to prevent residual wastewater from contaminating the material, and after the secondary cleaning, the drainage assembly is controlled to operate again to discharge the wastewater.

[0146] As shown in FIG. 6, in any of the above embodiments, the cooking device further includes a heating assembly, and after the liquid in the cooking chamber is drained by the drainage assembly, the cooking device further includes: Injecting water into the cooking chamber with an injection assembly (step 602); When the liquid in the cooking chamber reaches a preset level, step 604 deactivates the injection assembly and activates the heating assembly.

[0147] In this embodiment, the cooking appliance includes a heating assembly for heating ingredients within the cooking chamber.

[0148] After the ingredients are charged and sprayed, the operation of the spray assembly is controlled to add water to the ingredients in the cooking chamber, and when the water level reaches a preset liquid level, the heating assembly is controlled to start operating, thereby heating and cooking the ingredients in the cooking chamber.

[0149] For example, the ingredient may be rice, and the liquid sprayed by the spray assembly may be water. After the rice is poured into the cooking chamber and washed, the dirty water in the cooking chamber is drained. The spray assembly is controlled to inject water into the cooking chamber, and when the water level reaches the rice cooking water level, the water injection is stopped and the heating assembly is controlled to heat and cook the food in the cooking chamber.

[0150] In this embodiment, the injection assembly can not only clean the ingredients, but also inject water into the cooking chamber before the ingredients are cooked, eliminating the need for the user to manually inject water into the cooking chamber, simplifying the user's operation procedures.

[0151] In any of the above embodiments, the cooking appliance includes a stirring assembly located within the cooking chamber, and the method further includes stirring ingredients within the cooking chamber with the stirring assembly while the jet assembly is operating.

[0152] In this embodiment, the agitation assembly can be operated while the injection assembly is operating, and when the agitation assembly is operating, the cleaning of ingredients within the cooking chamber can be improved.

[0153] During the process of the spray assembly spraying and cleaning into the cooking chamber, the stirring assembly is controlled to stir the ingredients and cleaning liquid in the cooking chamber, thereby further improving the cleaning effect of the ingredients.

[0154] As shown in FIG. 7, in any of the above embodiments, the cleaning method further includes: Step 702 of determining the total amount of rice to be added A and the total amount of washing water based on the number of bowls of rice to be cooked; Step 704, in which the dosing assembly doses the A / M amount of rice; and step 706, in which the injector assembly injects the amount B / M. Steps 702 through 706 are repeated M times.

[0155] In this embodiment, the cooking appliance stores an amount of rice to be dispensed by the dispense assembly corresponding to the number of rice bowls, i.e., the first amount described above, an amount of rice-washing water to be sprayed by the spray assembly, i.e., the third amount described above, and a preset number of times of stepwise dispense.

[0156] When the user selects and cooks the corresponding number of bowls of rice, the cooker calculates the input amount Ag of the input assembly, the amount of washing water B ml that needs to be sprayed by the spray assembly, and the preset number of steps M required to wash the rice, and the system first executes input of A / M g (usually not more than the amount of rice spread on the surface of the inner pot to prevent the rice from piling up and becoming impossible to wash), and then operates the rice washing system to wash and wash B / M ml. The system repeats this process M times to complete the rice washing operation.

[0157] The amount of rice added each time is not more than the amount of rice spread on the bottom of the inner pot, so the rice can be washed with water. Furthermore, from the second time onwards, some of the rice washing water is in the inner pot, so the surface of the rice is washed again when it drops into the inner pot, resulting in a double wash.

[0158] As shown in FIG. 8, in any of the above embodiments, the cleaning method further includes: determining 802 a rice dosing time length for the dosing assembly based on the number of bowls of rice to be cooked; Step 804: feeding rice by the feeding assembly for AB seconds (s); The feeding assembly and the spraying assembly are operated to feed and spray rice simultaneously for B seconds in step 806.

[0159] In this embodiment, when a user selects and prepares a corresponding number of bowls of rice, the cooker calculates the dosing time A seconds required for the dosing assembly to dosing the rice and the time B seconds required for the injection assembly to inject the rice washing water into the cooking chamber.

[0160] In order to improve the effect and efficiency of rice washing, the feeding assembly is first controlled to feed rice for AB seconds, and then the feeding assembly and the spraying assembly are controlled to feed and spray rice simultaneously for B seconds. In the latter stage, at B seconds, the spraying assembly sprays rice synchronously with the feeding of rice, so that the rice grains can be washed in the air, which has a higher washing effect than washing after the rice is fully fed in. It also effectively saves time. The rice washing efficiency is high.

[0161] As shown in FIG. 9, a second embodiment of the present application provides a cleaning device for a cooker having a dosing assembly, a spray assembly, and a cooking chamber, comprising: a dosing module 902 for conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber via a dosing assembly; and a cleaning module 904 for performing spray cleaning on the material in the cooking chamber by a spray assembly while the material is being transported into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly.

[0162] This embodiment provides a cleaning device for use with a cooker including a cooking chamber and a heating assembly capable of cooking ingredients in the cooking chamber. The cooker further includes an input assembly for inputting ingredients into the cooking chamber, and an injection assembly for injecting and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber. The cooker can automatically input and clean the ingredients to be cooked, and the cooker can automatically cook the ingredients in the cooking chamber after the ingredients in the cooking chamber are cleaned.

[0163] In addition, the cooking appliance further includes a storage bin, which can store ingredients to be cooked and communicates with the dosing assembly. The dosing assembly can transport the ingredients in the storage bin into the cooking chamber, and after the ingredients enter the cooking chamber, the spraying assembly can spray a cleaning liquid into the cooking chamber to perform a cleaning treatment on the ingredients in the cooking chamber. Here, the cleaning liquid can be water and the ingredients can be rice.

[0164] In the process of controlling the feeding assembly to deliver ingredients into the cooking chamber, the cooking appliance controls the injection assembly to inject ingredients into the cooking chamber, thereby spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber. That is, in the process of the ingredients being delivered to the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly, the injection assembly starts spraying and cleaning the ingredients.

[0165] In the related technology, all of the automatic rice washing methods of rice cookers first put the rice into the inner pot and then control the water injection device to wash the rice. The entire rice washing process simply passes the rice through water once. Since the rice enters the inner pot at one time, the rice washing process only washes one layer of the top surface of the rice, which reduces the washing effect.

[0166] In this embodiment, the injection assembly is controlled to wash the material during the process of the feeding assembly injecting the material into the cooking chamber, thereby enabling effective injection washing of the material entering the cooking chamber. Specifically, when the material starts to be sent to the cooking chamber, the injection assembly starts to inject into the cooking chamber, and the material entering the cooking chamber is washed in a timely manner, thereby avoiding the problem that the material is difficult to wash due to a large amount of material being piled up, and improving the washing effect of the material.

[0167] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber is the cavity of the inner pot. The cooking device further includes a lid, and the input assembly is provided on the lid. The jetting assembly is a shower-type jetting head, and the shower-type jetting head is located on the lid. When the cooking device starts the automatic cleaning step, the input assembly and the jetting assembly are controlled to operate synchronously to wash the rice inputted into the inner pot by the input assembly, i.e., the rice is washed by the jetting assembly when it enters the cavity. The shower-type jetting head can increase the water injection area and further improve the rice washing effect.

[0168] For example, the cooking device is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber is the cavity of the inner pot. The jet assembly includes a jet hose, and an output end of the jet hose is located in the cavity of the inner pot. When the cooking device starts to perform the automatic cleaning step, the feeding assembly and the jet assembly are controlled to operate synchronously to wash the rice fed into the cavity of the inner pot by the feeding assembly, that is, the rice is washed by the jet assembly when it enters the cavity. The jet hose is located in the cavity of the inner pot, so that the sprayed water can contact the rice in the cavity of the inner pot quickly, thereby improving the washing effect of the rice.

[0169] In the above embodiment, the cleaning device 900 includes: an acquisition module for acquiring a first amount of material to be cleaned; a determination module that determines a second amount of the material that the dosing assembly will deliver in one transfer based on the first amount and a preset number of times that the dosing assembly will deliver the material; and a dosing module for delivering the second amount of ingredient to the cooking chamber each time by the dosing assembly until a preset number of times is reached.

[0170] In this embodiment, by gradually adding the first amount of material, the contact area between the material and the cleaning fluid output from the injection assembly is further increased, thereby avoiding the problem of a large amount of material quickly accumulating and becoming difficult to clean.

[0171] In this embodiment, the dosing assembly is controlled to gradually dose the material, thereby further increasing the contact area between the material and the cleaning liquid output from the spray assembly, thereby preventing a decrease in the cleaning effect due to a large amount of material piling up.

[0172] In any of the above embodiments, the cleaning apparatus 900 may further include: an acquisition module for acquiring a third quantity of the jetting fluid of the jetting assembly; a determination module for determining a fourth amount of the jetting fluid to be jetted per one of the jetting assembly based on the third amount and the preset number of times; The cooking apparatus further includes a cleaning assembly for spraying a fourth amount of injection liquid into the cooking chamber by the injection assembly after each delivery of the second amount of ingredient by the dosing assembly.

[0173] In this embodiment, during the stepwise introduction of the first amount of material, after each introduction, the injection of the injection liquid by the injection assembly is controlled to perform injection cleaning on the injected material.

[0174] In this embodiment, the feeding assembly is controlled to feed ingredients step by step, and the ingredients are sprayed and washed step by step. After one feeding, the spray assembly is controlled to wash the fed ingredients, which further increases the contact area between the ingredients and the washing liquid discharged from the spray assembly, and avoids the problem of poor washing effect caused by a large amount of ingredients piling up. In addition, ingredients entering the cooking chamber from the second time onwards can be washed twice, further improving the washing effect.

[0175] In any of the above embodiments, the cleaning device 900 includes: an acquisition module that acquires a first time length that is an interval time between an injection time of the injection assembly and an injection time of the injection assembly; The cooking chamber further includes a cleaning module that uses the spray assembly to spray and clean the ingredients in the cooking chamber after the feeding assembly has transported the ingredients into the cooking chamber for a first length of time.

[0176] In this embodiment, the dosing assembly is controlled to dosing ingredients into the cooking chamber while the injection assembly is controlled to inject ingredients into the cooking chamber to wash the ingredients.

[0177] In this embodiment, the feeding assembly is controlled to feed the ingredients, and at the same time, the spray assembly is controlled to perform spray cleaning in the cooking chamber, thereby realizing aerial cleaning of the ingredients and improving the cleaning effect. Furthermore, after a first time has elapsed since the start of feeding, the operation of the spray assembly is controlled to simultaneously finish the feeding process and the spray cleaning process, thereby improving the efficiency of feeding and cleaning the ingredients.

[0178] In any of the above embodiments, the cleaning apparatus 900 may further include: an acquisition module that acquires a first time length that is an interval time between an injection time of the injection assembly and an injection time of the injection assembly; and a dosing module that transports the ingredients into the cooking chamber by the dosing assembly after the jetting assembly jets the ingredients in the cooking chamber for a first period of time.

[0179] In this embodiment, the dosing assembly is controlled to dosing ingredients into the cooking chamber while the injection assembly is controlled to inject ingredients into the cooking chamber to wash the ingredients.

[0180] In this embodiment, the dosing assembly is controlled to dosing, and at the same time, the spray assembly is controlled to perform spray cleaning in the cooking chamber, thereby realizing air washing of the ingredients and improving the cleaning effect. Furthermore, after a first time has elapsed since the start of spraying, the operation of the dosing assembly is controlled to simultaneously finish the dosing process and the spray cleaning process, improving the efficiency of dosing and cleaning of the ingredients, and also realizing that the cleaning liquid is already present in the cooking chamber before the ingredients enter the cooking chamber, so that the ingredients are spray-washed in the air, and are also washed secondary when they enter the water, further enhancing the cleaning effect.

[0181] In any of the above embodiments, the acquisition module is further adapted to acquire a second length of time during which the dosing assembly transports the material and a third length of time during which the jetting assembly jets; The cleaning device 900 further includes: A calculation module is provided for calculating a difference between the second duration and the third duration to obtain the first duration.

[0182] In this embodiment, the first time length is the interval between the input time when the input assembly starts operating and the injection time when the injection assembly starts operating, and the first time length can be calculated based on the second time length, which is the total input time of the input assembly, and the third time length, which is the total injection time of the injection assembly, to ensure that the input assembly and the injection assembly are completed simultaneously.

[0183] In this embodiment, the accuracy of the first time length is improved by calculating the interval between the feed time when the feeding assembly starts to operate and the injection time when the injection assembly starts to operate based on the total feeding time of the feeding assembly and the total injection time of the injection assembly, and further ensuring that the injection assembly and the feeding assembly complete their operations simultaneously, thereby improving the efficiency of cleaning and feeding ingredients by the cooker.

[0184] In any of the above embodiments, the acquisition module further comprises: 5th quantity is used to obtain The determination module further comprises: 5th quantity Based on the above, the injection assembly is 6th quantity is used to determine The decision module further comprises: 5th quantity and determining a second length of time based on the The decision module further comprises: 6th quantity is used to determine a third length of time based on the

[0185] In this example, 5th quantity is the total amount of ingredients that the cooker will cook and clean, and a second time length can be determined based on the total amount of ingredients, which is the total time for the ingredient input process. 6th quantity is a total amount of cleaning liquid sprayed into the cooking chamber by the spraying assembly when cleaning the ingredients, and a third time length, which is a total spraying time for the spraying assembly to perform spraying, can be determined based on the total amount of cleaning liquid sprayed.

[0186] In this embodiment, a second length of time for which the dosing assembly operates can be determined based on a total amount of ingredients, and a third length of time for which the jetting assembly operates can be determined based on a total amount of liquid to be sprayed by the jetting assembly; by relating the second length of time to the total amount of ingredients and relating the third length of time to the total amount of liquid to be sprayed, accuracy of the second and third lengths of time is ensured, accuracy of the first length of time is increased, and the jetting assembly and the dosing assembly complete their operations simultaneously, improving the efficiency of cleaning and dosing ingredients by the cooker.

[0187] In any of the above embodiments, the cooking appliance further comprises a drainage assembly, and the cleaning device 900 further comprises: A drainage module is provided to drain liquid within the cooking chamber via a drainage assembly.

[0188] In this embodiment, the cooker further comprises a drainage assembly, which is capable of draining liquid within the cooking chamber from the cooking chamber.

[0189] In this embodiment, a drainage assembly is provided in the cooker, and the drainage assembly is controlled to operate after the operation of the injection assembly is completed, thereby discharging wastewater after washing ingredients with the injection assembly, thereby preventing cooking from being contaminated by the wastewater.

[0190] In any of the above embodiments, the cooking device further comprises a heating assembly, and the cleaning device 900 further comprises: a water injection module for injecting water into the cooking chamber via an injection assembly; and a heating module that deactivates the injection assembly and activates the heating assembly when the liquid in the cooking chamber reaches a preset level.

[0191] In this embodiment, the cooking appliance includes a heating assembly for heating ingredients within the cooking chamber.

[0192] In this embodiment, the injection assembly can not only clean the ingredients, but also inject water into the cooking chamber before the ingredients are cooked, eliminating the need for the user to manually inject water into the cooking chamber, simplifying the user's operation procedures.

[0193] In any of the above embodiments, the cooking device includes an agitation assembly, and the cleaning device 900 further includes: An agitation module is provided for agitating ingredients within the cooking chamber with an agitation assembly during operation of the injection assembly.

[0194] In this embodiment, the agitation assembly can be operated while the injection assembly is operating, and when the agitation assembly is operating, the cleaning of ingredients within the cooking chamber can be improved.

[0195] During the process of the spray assembly spraying and cleaning into the cooking chamber, the stirring assembly is controlled to stir the ingredients and cleaning liquid in the cooking chamber, thereby further improving the cleaning effect of the ingredients.

[0196] As shown in FIG. 10, a third embodiment of the present application provides a cleaning device 1000, including a processor 1002 and a memory 1004; The memory 1004 stores programs or instructions. The processor 1002 realizes the steps of the cleaning method in Example 1 by executing the programs or instructions stored in the memory 1004, and thus has all the beneficial technical effects of the cleaning method in Example 1, which will not be described in detail here.

[0197] A fourth embodiment of the present application provides a readable storage medium having a program stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, realizes the cleaning method in any of the above embodiments, and thus has all the beneficial technical effects of the cleaning method in any of the above embodiments.

[0198] Here, the readable storage medium is, for example, a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

[0199] As shown in FIG. 11, the fifth embodiment of the present application provides a cooking appliance 1100 equipped with the cleaning device 900 in Example 2 or the cleaning device in Example 4, and / or the readable storage medium 1102 in Example 4, and thus has all the beneficial technical effects of the cleaning device 900 in Example 2 or the cleaning device in the embodiment, and / or the readable storage medium 1102 in Example 4, and will not be described in detail here.

[0200] 12 and 13, the cooking appliance 1200 further includes a case 1202, a cooking chamber 1204, an input assembly 1206, and a jet assembly 1208. Here, the cooking chamber 1204 is provided in the case 1202 and is used to accommodate ingredients, the input assembly 1206 is provided in the case 1202 and is used to transport ingredients into the cooking chamber 1204, and the jet assembly 1208 is provided in the case 1202 and is used to jet wash the ingredients in the cooking chamber 1204.

[0201] The cooker 1200 includes a cooking chamber 1204 and a heating assembly, and the heating assembly can cook the food in the cooking chamber 1204. The cooker 1200 further includes an input assembly 1206 that inputs food ingredients into the cooking chamber 1204, and an injection assembly 1208 that sprays and cleans the food ingredients in the cooking chamber 1204. The cooker 1200 can automatically input and clean the ingredients to be cooked, and after cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber 1204, the cooker 1200 can automatically cook the ingredients in the cooking chamber 1204.

[0202] For example, the cooking device 1200 is a rice cooker, and the cooking chamber 1204 is a cavity of an inner pot. The cooking device 1200 further includes a lid, and the input assembly 1206 is provided on the lid. The spray assembly 1208 is a shower-type spray head, and the shower-type spray head is located on the lid.

[0203] In any of the above embodiments, the cooker 1200 further comprises a stirring assembly disposed within the cooker.

[0204] In this embodiment, the agitation assembly can operate while the injection assembly 1208 is operating, which can improve the cleaning of ingredients within the cooking chamber 1204 when the agitation assembly is operating.

[0205] In the claims, detailed description and drawings of the present application, the term "multiple" means two or more unless otherwise expressly limited, and the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", etc. is the orientation or positional relationship shown based on the drawings, and is intended to facilitate the description of the present application and simplify the statement, and does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element has the specific orientation described, is configured in a specific orientation, and operates, and therefore these descriptions cannot be understood as limiting the present application. The terms "connect", "attach", "fix", etc. should be understood generally, for example, "connect" may be a fixed connection between multiple objects, a detachable connection between multiple objects, or an integral connection, a direct connection between multiple objects, or an indirect connection between multiple objects via an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be specifically understood by a person skilled in the art based on the above data.

[0206] In the claims, detailed description and drawings of the present application, the terms "one embodiment", "several embodiments", "particular embodiment" and the like refer to the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in the embodiment or example in combination and included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In the claims, detailed description and drawings of the present application, the general expressions in the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in any suitable manner.

[0207] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present application, and does not limit the present application. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

[0208] The correspondence between the reference numerals and the names of the members in FIGS. [Explanation of symbols]

[0209] 1200 Cooker 1202 cases 1204 Galley 1206 Input Assembly 1208 Injection Assembly

Claims

1. 1. A cleaning method for a cooking appliance having a dosing assembly, a jet assembly, and a cooking chamber, comprising: conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber with the dosing assembly; a spray assembly for spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber while the feeding assembly is conveying the ingredients into the cooking chamber; Equipped with conveying the ingredient into the cooking chamber with the dosing assembly, Obtaining a first amount of the material to be cleaned; determining a second amount, less than the first amount, of the material that the dosing assembly will deliver in one transfer, based on the first amount, and a preset number of times the dosing assembly will deliver the material; delivering the second amount of the ingredient to the cooking chamber each time by the dosing assembly until the preset number of times is reached; A cleaning method comprising:

2. The step of spraying and washing ingredients in the cooking chamber with the spray assembly while the feeding assembly is conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber includes: obtaining a third amount of jetting fluid for the jetting assembly; and determining a fourth amount of jetting fluid to deliver per burst of the jetting assembly based on the third amount and the preset number of times; injecting the fourth amount of the injection liquid into the cooking chamber by the injection assembly after each delivery of the second amount of the ingredient by the dosing assembly; The cleaning method according to claim 1 , comprising:

3. The step of spraying and washing ingredients in the cooking chamber with the spray assembly while the feeding assembly is conveying ingredients into the cooking chamber includes: Obtaining a first time length that is an interval time between an injection time of the injection assembly and an injection time of the injection assembly; When the feeding assembly has transported the ingredients in the cooking chamber for a first period of time, the spray assembly starts to spray and clean the ingredients in the cooking chamber; The cleaning method according to claim 1 , comprising:

4. Obtaining the first length of time includes: obtaining a second length of time that the input assembly conveys the material and a third length of time that the jetting assembly jets; calculating a difference between the second length of time and the third length of time to obtain the first length of time; The cleaning method according to claim 3, comprising:

5. Obtaining a second length of time during which the dosing assembly conveys the material and a third length of time during which the jetting assembly jets includes: obtaining a fifth quantity of the material to be washed; determining a sixth amount of jetting fluid for the jetting assembly based on the fifth amount of the material; and determining the second length of time based on the fifth amount; and determining the third length of time based on the sixth amount; and The cleaning method according to claim 4, comprising:

6. The cooking appliance further comprises a drainage assembly; 6. The cleaning method according to claim 1, further comprising: performing spray cleaning on the material in the cooking chamber by the spray assembly while the material is being transported into the cooking chamber by the feeding assembly; and then draining liquid in the cooking chamber by the drainage assembly.

7. The cooking appliance further comprises a heating assembly; After the liquid in the cooking chamber is drained by operating the drain assembly, injecting water into the cooking chamber with the injection assembly; deactivating the injection assembly and operating the heating assembly when the liquid in the cooking chamber reaches a preset level; The cleaning method according to claim 6, comprising:

8. the cooking vessel includes a stirring assembly located within the cooking chamber; 6. The method of claim 1, further comprising agitating material in the cooking chamber with the agitation assembly while the injection assembly is in operation.

9. A processor; A memory in which programs or instructions executable on the processor are stored; Equipped with A cleaning apparatus, characterized in that, when the program or instructions are executed by the processor, the steps of the cleaning method according to claim 1 are realized.

10. A readable storage medium having stored thereon a program or instructions that, when executed by a processor, implements the steps of the cleaning method according to claim 1.

11. A cooking appliance comprising the cleaning device described in claim 9 or the readable storage medium described in claim 10.

12. Case and A cooking chamber provided in the case and configured to accommodate ingredients; an input assembly provided in the case and configured to deliver the ingredients into the cooking chamber; a spray assembly provided in the case for spraying and cleaning the ingredients in the cooking chamber; The cooking device according to claim 11, comprising:

13. 13. The cooking appliance of claim 12, further comprising a stirring assembly disposed in the cooking chamber.

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