Novel Double-liner Electric Cooker

Abstract

Disclosed is a double-liner electric cooker, comprising a cooker body, liners and cooker covers, wherein two liners and two cooker covers are provided, the cooker body is provided with a first inner cavity, two first inner cavities are mutually separated via a thermal insulation plate, and the two first inner cavities are both provided with cavity openings for the liners to be placed therein; the rear ends of the two cooker covers are respectively hinged to the edges of the cavity openings via hinge shafts, and the axial directions of the two hinge shafts intersect. The electric cooker is convenient to open, and on the basis that the sealing members are convenient to assemble and disassemble, the cooker cover can still maintain good sealing effects.

Claims

1. A novel double-liner electric cooker, comprising a cooker body, liners and cooker covers, characterized in that two liners and two cooker covers are provided, the cooker body is provided with two first inner cavities that fit to the liners in shape and dimensions, the two first inner cavities are mutually separated via a thermal insulation plate, and the two first inner cavities are both provided with cavity openings for the liners to be placed therein; the rear ends of the two cooker covers are respectively hinged to the edges of the cavity openings via hinge shafts, and the axial directions of the two hinge shafts intersect; when the two cooker covers rotate to the position where they cover the cavity openings via the hinge shafts, the adjacent edges of the two cooker covers are equally spaced from each other by a gap, while when the two cooker covers rotate to the position away from the cavity openings via the hinge shafts, the two cooker covers form a V shape; the bottom of each cooker cover is provided with a second inner cavity for accommodating the top end of the liner, the cavity wall of the second inner cavity is provided with a snapping groove, a sealing member is fixed in the second inner cavity in a detachable manner, and the circumferential edge of the sealing member is provided with a protrusion which transversely protrudes and is snap-fastened with the snapping groove; and the protrusions of the two sealing members corresponding to the two cooker covers are symmetrical relative to the center of the cooker body.

2. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 1, characterized in that the cooker cover comprises an upper cover provided with the second inner cavity at the bottom thereof, and a lower cover formed in a ring shape and fixed to the bottom of the upper cover, the periphery of the lower cover abuts against the inner wall of the second inner cavity; the hinge shafts are pivotally fixed to the rear end of the upper cover, the upper cover comprises an inside corner proximal to the hinge shafts and an outside corner distal to the hinge shafts, wherein the outside corner is provided with a permeable member, a magnetic member magnetically engaging with the permeable member is fixed to the lower cover corresponding to the outside corner, a foot-pad abutting against the inside corner protrudes from the lower cover corresponding to the inside corner.

3. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 2, characterized in that the lower cover is fixed with a lining cover at the center thereof, the liner cover covers an opening of the lower cover.

4. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 3, characterized in that the cooker body is provided with a moveable button opposing the hinge shafts at the top end thereof, the button comprises a pressing portion and a buckling portion extending from the bottom of the pressing portion, a buckle plate cooperating with the buckling portion protrudes from the front end of the cooker cover; the two hinge shafts are equipped with a torsion spring, respectively, with one end of the torsion spring fixedly connected to the cooker body and the other end fixedly connected to the cooker cover.

5. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 4, characterized in that the inside corners of the upper covers of the two cooker covers are adjacent to each other, the outside corners of the upper covers of the two cooker covers are away from each other, the button is disposed at top center of front side of the cooker body, the buckle plate is disposed on the upper cover, and the upper covers of the two cooker covers are snap-fit connected to the buckling portion of the button by their respective buckle plate.

6. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 5, characterized in that two pressing portions adjacent to each other and independent of each other are provided, the two pressing portions are in form of a bar extending along length direction of the cooker body.

7. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 6, characterized in that the edge of each cooker cover is composed of a U-shaped arc edge and a straight edge, the straight edges of the two cooker covers are adjacent to each other when the two cooker covers rotate to the position where they cover the cavity openings via the hinge shafts.

8. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 7, characterized in that two bosses are provided at two corners of the rear end of the cooker body, respectively, the two hinge shafts are rotatably mounted in the bosses with both ends thereof penetrating through and connected to the rear end of the cooker cover.

9. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 1, characterized in that the sealing member comprises a fixing ring, a sealing cover and a sealing ring for sealing liner opening that are stacked from top to bottom, both the fixing ring and the sealing ring encircle around periphery of the sealing cover, the protrusions protrude from the outer side face of the fixing ring, the sealing cover is shaped and sized to fit to the opening of the liner, the sealing ring is a conical ring; the circumferential edge of the sealing cover is snap-fastened with the lower cover.

10. The novel double-liner electric cooker according to claim 9, characterized in that the bottom of the upper cover is provided with a positioning post that protrudes downwards therefrom, the lower end of the positioning post is provided with a connecting head, and the center of the sealing cover is provided with a connecting sleeve into which the connecting head is inserted.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] FIG. 1 is a structural representation of the novel double-liner electric cooker according to the present invention;

[0023] FIG. 2 is a structural representation of that shown in FIG. 1, with the cooker covers removed;

[0024] FIG. 3 is a structural representation of the cooker body according to the present invention;

[0025] FIG. 4 is a perspective cut-away view of that shown in FIG. 2;

[0026] FIG. 5 is a structural representation of the cooker covers according to the present invention when viewed from bottom;

[0027] FIG. 6 is a structural representation of the lower cover according to the present invention;

[0028] FIG. 7 is a structural representation of the sealing member according to the present invention; and

[0029] FIG. 8 is another structural representation of the sealing member according to the present invention.

[0030] The reference signs shown in the figures are described as follows: 1cooker body; 11first inner cavity; 111cavity opening; 12boss; 2liner; 3cooker cover; 31upper cover; 311second inner cavity; 312hinge shaft; 313snapping groove; 314positioning post; 315connecting head; 316inside corner; 317outside corner; 32lower cover; 321magnetic member; 322foot-pad; 33buckle plate; 34U-shaped arc edge; 35straight edge; 4sealing member; 401protrusion; 41fixing ring; 42sealing cover; 421connecting sleeve; 43sealing ring; 5lining cover; 6button; 61pressing portion; 62buckling portion; 7gap; 8torsion spring; 9thermal insulation plate.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0031] The invention will now be described further below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments thereof.

[0032] As shown in FIGS. 1-5, a double-liner electric cooker comprises a cooker body 1, liners 2 and cooker covers 3, wherein two liners 2 and two cooker covers 3 are provided, the cooker body 1 is provided with two first inner cavities 11 that fit to the liners 2 in shape and dimensions, the two first inner cavities 11 are mutually separated via a thermal insulation plate 9, and the two first inner cavities 11 are both provided with cavity openings 111 for the liners 2 to be placed therein; the rear ends of the two cooker covers 3 are respectively hinged to the edges of the cavity openings 111 via hinge shafts 7, and the axial directions of the two hinge shafts 7 intersect; when the two cooker covers 3 rotate to the position where they cover the cavity openings 111 via the hinge shafts 7, the adjacent edges of the two cooker covers 3 are equally spaced from each other by a gap 7, while when the two cooker covers 3 rotate to the position away from the cavity openings 111 via the hinge shafts 7, the two cooker covers 3 form a V shape; the bottom of each cooker cover 3 is provided with a second inner cavity 311 for accommodating the top end of the liner 2, the cavity wall of the second inner cavity 311 is provided with a snapping groove 313, a sealing member 4 is fixed in the second inner cavity 311 in a detachable manner, and the circumferential edge of the sealing member 4 is provided with a protrusion 401 which transversely protrudes and is snap-fastened with the snapping groove 313; and the protrusions 401 of the two sealing members 4 corresponding to the two cooker covers 3 are symmetrical relative to the center of the cooker body 1.

[0033] By means of the hinge shafts 7 that intersect, the two cooker covers 3 do not interfere with each other during opening and closing, so they are easy to open and would not be easily stuck. At the same time, only a small gap 7 is maintained between the two cooker covers when they cover the liners, not only ensuring separation of the two liners 2 without the food cooked therein affecting each other, but also reducing the volume of the cooker body 1 to the largest extent so as to save the kitchen space. In addition, the cooker body 1 is provided with two first inner cavities 11 for receiving the two liners 2. The two first inner cavities 11 are mutually separated via a thermal insulation plate 9 to allow them to separately heat the food at the same time, the cooking efficiency is therefore increased. Moreover, the cooperation between the protrusions 401 and the snapping groove 313 and the symmetrical arrangement of the two protrusions 401 can prevent incorrect assembling of the two sealing members 4. The sealing members 4 can be easily and quickly assembled after being cleaned and provide good sealing effects. This not only provides excellent ease of use, but also prevents any potential safety hazard that may be caused by the incorrect assembling.

[0034] Of course, in order to better distinguish the two liners 2 and prevent misuse, the liners 2 may be arranged such that they are symmetrical relative to the center of the cooker body 1 and have a non-equilateral polygon or non-circular shape.

[0035] According to another preferred embodiment as shown in FIGS. 5-6, in order to facilitate assembling and disassembling and cleaning, and prevent upwarp of the cooker cover 3 due to thermal deformation, the cooker cover 3 comprises an upper cover 31 provided with a second inner cavity 311 at the bottom thereof and a lower cover 32 formed in a ring shape and fixed to the bottom of the upper cover 31, the periphery of the lower cover 32 abuts against the inner wall of the second inner cavity 311; the hinge shafts 7 are pivotally fixed to the rear end of the upper cover 31, the upper cover 31 comprises an inside corner 316 proximal to the hinge shafts 312 and an outside corner 317 distal to the hinge shafts 312, wherein the outside corner 317 is provided with a permeable member (not shown), a magnetic member 321 magnetically engaging with the permeable member is fixed to the lower cover 32 corresponding to the outside corner 317, a foot-pad 322 abutting against the inside corner 316 protrudes from the lower cover 32 corresponding to the inside corner 316.

[0036] The lower cover 32 abutting against the second inner cavity 311 increases the strength of the upper cover 31, so the cooker cover 3 as a whole is not susceptible to thermal deformation. Moreover, with engagement of the permeable member and the magnetic member 321, the upper cover 31 can be firmly attached at the outside corner 317 away from the hinge shafts 312; with the foot-pad 322 abutting against the upper cover 31, the inside corner 316 is firmly snapped. As a result, the cooker cover 3 formed of the upper cover 31 and lower cover 32 has a higher rigidity to prevent upwarp and deformation and keep a tight sealing against the first inner cavity 11.

[0037] Preferably, to further increase the rigidity and prevent upwarp of the cooker cover 3 due to thermal deformation, the lower cover 32 is fixed with a lining cover 5 at the center thereof, the liner cover 5 covers an opening of the lower cover 32, as shown in FIG. 5.

[0038] To facilitate opening and closing of the two cooker covers 3, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, the cooker body 1 is provided with a moveable button 6 opposing the hinge shafts 7 at the top end thereof, the button 6 comprises a pressing portion 61 and a buckling portion 62 extending from the bottom of the pressing portion 61, a buckle plate 33 cooperating with the buckling portion 62 protrudes from the front end of the cooker cover 3; the two hinge shafts 7 are equipped with a torsion spring 8, respectively, with one end of the torsion spring 8 fixedly connected to the cooker body 1 and the other end fixedly connected to the cooker cover 3. After the pressing portion 61 is pressed, the buckling portion 62 disengages from the buckle plate 33 and the cooker cover 3 is automatically opened under the action of the torsion spring 8, facilitating the opening and closing process.

[0039] According to a preferred embodiment of the electric cooker of the present invention as shown in FIG. 5, the inside corners 316 of the upper covers 31 of the two cooker covers 3 are adjacent to each other, the outside corners 317 of the upper covers 31 of the two cooker covers 3 are away from each other, the button 6 is disposed at top center of front side of the cooker body 1, so as to be convenient for pressing. The buckle plate 33 is disposed on the upper cover 31, and the upper covers 31 of the two cooker covers 3 are snap-fit connected to the buckling portion 62 of the button 6 by their respective buckle plate 33.

[0040] To separately control opening and closing of the two cooker covers 3, two pressing portions 61 adjacent to each other and independent of each other are provided, the two pressing portions 61 are in form of a bar extending along length direction of the cooker body 1, as shown in FIG. 3. The two bar-shaped pressing portions 61 adjacent to each other provide an operation area that is concentrated to the maximum extent for easy press operation, and the bar shape also favors the touch and press.

[0041] To better place the two cooker covers 3 onto the cavity openings 111 in order to prevent interference between the two cooker covers 3, the edge of each of the cooker covers 3 is composed of a U-shaped edge 34 and a straight edge 35, the straight edges 35 of the two cooker covers 3 are adjacent to each other when the two cooker covers 3 rotate to the position where they cover the cavity openings 111 via the hinge shafts, as shown in FIG. 5, so that it is benefit to form an equally spaced gap 7.

[0042] As shown in FIG. 2, in order to provide stable hinge connection for the cooker covers 3, two bosses 12 are provided at two corners of the rear end of the cooker body 1, respectively, the two hinge shafts 7 are rotatably mounted in the bosses 12 with both ends thereof penetrating through and connected to the rear end of the cooker covers 3.

[0043] As shown in FIGS. 7-8, the sealing member 4 comprises a fixing ring 41, a sealing cover 42 and a sealing ring 43 for sealing an opening of the liner 2 that are stacked from top to bottom, both the fixing ring 41 and the sealing ring 43 encircle around periphery of the sealing cover 42, the protrusions 401 protrude from the outer side face of the fixing ring 41, the sealing cover 42 is shaped and sized to fit to the opening of the liner 2, the sealing ring 43 is a conical ring; the circumferential edge of the sealing cover 42 is snap-fastened with the lower cover 32. The fixing ring 41 increases the strength of the sealing ring 43 and the sealing cover 42 and facilitates connection to the cooker cover 3. The conical shape of the sealing ring 43 provides a better sealing against the opening of the liner 2.

[0044] As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7-8, to facilitate the cleaning, the bottom of the upper cover 31 is provided with a positioning post 314 that protrudes downwards therefrom, the lower end of the positioning post 314 is provided with a connecting head 315, and the center of the sealing cover 42 is provided with a connecting sleeve 421 into which the connecting head 315 is inserted. The insertion of the connecting head 315 into the connecting sleeve 421 facilitates quick positioning and assembling of the sealing member 4 and the cooker covers 3.

[0045] It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in accordance with the technical solutions and concepts described above, and that all such changes and modifications are within the scope of the appended claims.