Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the problems in the related art, embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electric rice cooker and a control method of the electric rice cooker. The technical scheme is as follows:
According to a first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an electric rice cooker, including:
an electric rice cooker body, comprising: a heating device and a controller;
the inner pot is arranged in the electric cooker body and used for containing water;
the steamer is arranged in the inner pot and used for containing rice, and a gap is reserved between the steamer and the inner pot;
The pot cover is covered on the electric cooker body;
The upper part of the side wall of the steamer is provided with a vent hole, the bottom wall of the steamer is provided with a through hole, rice cannot pass through the through hole, one end of the lifting component is connected with a through hole sealing piece, the lifting component is used for controlling the lifting of the through hole sealing piece so as to enable the through hole sealing piece to seal or open the through hole, and when the through hole is sealed, water and/or water vapor entering the steamer from the vent hole can roll the rice, so that starch in the rice is separated into rice soup; when the through holes are opened, rice soup in the steamer flows into the inner pot from the opened through holes;
An electromagnetic valve assembly is arranged at a position, corresponding to the other end of the lifting assembly, of the lower side of the pot cover; the electromagnetic valve assembly can control the lifting assembly to move towards the pot cover direction when working so as to enable the through hole sealing piece to seal the through holes, so that water and/or water vapor entering the steamer from the air holes can roll rice, and can control the lifting assembly to move away from the pot cover direction when stopping working so as to enable the through hole sealing piece to open the through holes, so that rice soup in the steamer flows into the inner pot from the second opened through holes;
the controller is respectively and electrically connected with the heating device and the electromagnetic valve assembly and is used for controlling the working states of the heating device and the electromagnetic valve assembly.
The technical scheme provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can comprise the following beneficial effects: the electric cooker provided by the embodiment of the disclosure comprises: electric rice cooker body, interior pot, food steamer and pot cover, wherein, electric rice cooker body includes: a heating device and a controller; the inner pot is arranged in the electric cooker body and used for containing water; the steamer is arranged in the inner pot and used for containing rice, and a gap is reserved between the steamer and the inner pot; the cooker cover is covered on the electric cooker body; the upper part of the side wall of the steamer is provided with a vent hole, the bottom wall of the steamer is provided with a through hole, rice cannot pass through the through hole, one end of the lifting component is connected with a through hole sealing piece for controlling the lifting of the through hole sealing piece so as to seal or open the through hole, and when the through hole is sealed, water and/or water vapor entering the steamer from the vent hole can roll the rice, so that starch in the rice is separated into rice soup; when the through holes are opened, rice soup in the steamer flows into the inner pot from the opened through holes; an electromagnetic valve component is arranged at a position on the lower side of the pot cover, which corresponds to the other end of the lifting component; the electromagnetic valve assembly can control the lifting assembly to move towards the direction of the pot cover when working so as to enable the through hole sealing piece to seal the through holes, so that water and/or water vapor entering the steamer from the air holes can roll rice, and can control the lifting assembly to move away from the direction of the pot cover when stopping working so as to enable the through hole sealing piece to open the through holes, so that rice soup in the steamer flows into the inner pot from the second open through holes; the controller is electrically connected with the heating device and the electromagnetic valve component respectively and is used for controlling the working states of the heating device and the electromagnetic valve component. Through the structure in this disclosure, in the product heating process, the open and the closed state of the through-hole of the diapire of food steamer is controlled through the operating condition of solenoid valve subassembly to satisfy when the through-hole of diapire is in closed state, reach the purpose of cooking and in the in-process of cooking with the starch in the rice in the food steamer separating to the rice soup, when the through-hole of diapire is in open state, reach and let the rice soup flow into in the pot from the through-hole, make rice and the purpose of rice soup separation, thereby can effectively reduce the starch content of cooked rice, reduce the sugar content.
In one embodiment of the present invention, in one embodiment,
The through hole includes: a first through hole and a second through hole;
the bottom wall of the steamer protrudes upwards to form a boss, the top wall of the boss is provided with the first through hole, the side wall of the boss is provided with the second through hole, and rice cannot pass through the second through hole;
the lifting assembly includes: the inner cylinder is connected with the top wall of the boss, the inner cylinder penetrates through the second through hole, one end of the inner cylinder, which is located below the second through hole, is connected with the through hole sealing element, the height of the other end of the inner cylinder is higher than that of the other end of the outer cylinder, and the inner cylinder can move along the axial direction to control the through hole sealing element to seal or open the second through hole.
In one embodiment, the other end of the inner barrel is sealed;
The other end of the outer cylinder is sealed with the inner cylinder.
In one embodiment, the outer wall of the inner cylinder is provided with a first convex rib, the inner wall of the outer cylinder is provided with a second convex rib, the outer side of the inner cylinder is sleeved with a spring, the spring is arranged between the first convex rib and the second convex rib, and the spring is in a compressed state when the electromagnetic valve assembly works or stops working.
In one embodiment of the present invention, in one embodiment,
The inner barrel includes: the outer diameter of the first sub inner cylinder is larger than that of the second sub inner cylinder; the first sub inner cylinder is connected with the through hole sealing piece through the second sub inner cylinder;
The outer cylinder includes: the inner diameter of the first sub outer cylinder is larger than that of the second sub outer cylinder; the first sub outer cylinder is connected with the top wall of the boss through the second sub outer cylinder;
The spring is arranged between one end of the first sub inner cylinder, which is close to the second sub inner cylinder, and one end of the first sub outer cylinder, which is close to the second sub outer cylinder.
In one embodiment, the boss is a trapezoidal boss
In one embodiment, the second through holes are stripe-shaped through holes along the height direction of the boss.
In one embodiment, the underside of the pot cover is provided with a solenoid valve assembly fixing frame;
one end of the electromagnetic valve assembly is connected with the electromagnetic valve assembly fixing frame.
In one embodiment, a solenoid valve assembly sealing sleeve is arranged on the lower side of the pot cover;
one end of the electromagnetic valve assembly sealing sleeve is opened, and the other end of the electromagnetic valve assembly sealing sleeve is sealed;
the open end of the electromagnetic valve assembly sealing sleeve is connected with the lower side of the pot cover, the other end of the electromagnetic valve assembly is positioned inside the electromagnetic valve assembly sealing sleeve, and the electromagnetic valve assembly sealing sleeve can stretch and retract along the same direction as the working direction of the electromagnetic valve assembly.
According to a second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a control method of an electric rice cooker, the method being applied to control of any one of the electric rice cookers described above, the method comprising:
The controller controls the heating device to heat the water in the inner pot so as to boil the water and generate water vapor;
The controller controls the electromagnetic valve assembly to work for a first preset time period so that the through hole sealing piece seals the through hole, boiling water and generated water vapor enter the steamer from the air holes in the side wall of the steamer, rice in the steamer is rolled, and starch in the rice is separated into rice soup;
After the first preset time period is reached, the controller controls the electromagnetic valve assembly to stop working for a second preset time period, so that the through hole sealing piece opens the through hole, and rice soup in the steamer flows into the inner pot from the opened second through hole;
and after the second preset time period is reached, the steps of controlling the electromagnetic valve assembly to work and stopping working are circularly executed.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the disclosure.
Detailed Description
Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, the same numbers in different drawings refer to the same or similar elements, unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary examples are not representative of all implementations consistent with the present disclosure. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with some aspects of the present disclosure as detailed in the accompanying claims.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an electric rice cooker according to an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, including: the electric cooker comprises an electric cooker body 1, an inner cooker 2, a steamer 3 and a cooker cover 4;
Electric rice cooker body 1 includes: a heating device 11 and a controller (not shown in the figures);
an inner pot 2 arranged in the electric cooker body 1 and used for containing water;
The steamer 3 is arranged in the inner pot 2 and used for containing rice, and a gap is reserved between the steamer 3 and the inner pot 2;
A cover 4 covered on the electric cooker body 1;
The upper part of the side wall of the steamer 3 starts to be provided with the ventilation holes 31, the bottom wall of the steamer 3 is provided with the through holes 32, rice cannot pass through the through holes 32, one end of the lifting component 33 is connected with the through hole sealing piece 34 and used for controlling the lifting of the through hole sealing piece 34 so as to enable the through hole sealing piece 34 to seal or open the through holes 32, and when the through holes 32 are sealed, water and/or water vapor entering the steamer 3 from the ventilation holes 31 can roll the rice, so that starch in the rice is separated into rice soup; when the through holes 32 are opened, the rice soup in the steamer 3 flows into the inner pot 2 from the opened through holes 32;
A solenoid valve assembly 41 is arranged at a position corresponding to the other end of the lifting assembly 33 on the lower side of the pot cover 4; the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 can control the lifting assembly 33 to move towards the pot cover 4 when in operation so as to enable the through hole sealing piece 34 to seal the through hole 32, so that water and/or water vapor entering the food steamer 3 from the air holes 31 roll rice, and the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 can control the lifting assembly 33 to move away from the pot cover 4 when in stop operation so as to enable the through hole sealing piece 34 to open the through hole 32, so that rice soup in the food steamer 3 flows into the inner pot 2 from the second opened through hole 322;
the controller is electrically connected with the heating device 11 and the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 respectively, and is used for controlling the working states of the heating device 11 and the electromagnetic valve assembly 41.
Because rice contains a large amount of starch and a large amount of sugar, the rice prepared by the common electric rice cooker is not beneficial to controlling the blood sugar of a human body, and the starch in the rice can flow into rice soup, and then the rice is separated from the rice soup, so that the starch content in the rice is reduced, and the purpose of controlling the sugar is achieved.
When the electric cooker is used, rice can be added into the steamer 3, the height of the rice in the steamer 3 can be lower than the height of the air holes 31 at the lowest position, as the rice cannot pass through the through holes 32, the rice does not need to worry about falling into the inner cooker 2 from the through holes 32, water is put into the inner cooker 2, the steamer 3 in which the rice is put is erected on the inner cooker 2, the steamer 3 is positioned in the inner cooker 2, after the cooker cover 4 is covered, the controller can control the heating device 11 and the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 to be in an operating state at the same time, and the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 controls the lifting assembly 33 to move towards the direction of the cooker cover 4 so as to enable the through hole sealing piece 34 to seal the through holes 32; the heating device 11 heats water in the inner pot 2 to enable the water in the inner pot 2 to boil and generate water vapor, the boiled water and/or water vapor can enter the inner pot 3 through a gap between the steamer 3 and the inner pot 2, the ventilation holes 31 formed in the side wall of the steamer 3 are formed, the water and/or water vapor enter the inner pot 3 and cook rice in the steamer 3, the water and/or water vapor can enable the rice in the steamer 3 to roll and boil for a long time, starch in the rice can be separated into the rice soup in the process of rolling and boiling of the rice and the water, the controller controls the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 to stop working after the controller controls the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 to work for a first preset time, at the moment, the lifting assembly 33 is controlled to move away from the direction of the pot cover 4, the through hole sealing piece 34 is opened to enable the rice soup in the steamer 3 to flow into the inner pot 2 from the opened second through hole 322, the rice is separated from the rice soup, and the cooked starch content is reduced; reducing the sugar content, after the controller controls the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 to stop working for a second preset time period, the controller re-controls the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 to work for a first preset time period, after the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 works for the first preset time period, then controls the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 to stop working for the second preset time period, and the process is circularly executed until the rice cooking program is finished.
The electric cooker provided by the embodiment of the disclosure comprises: electric rice cooker body, interior pot, food steamer and pot cover, wherein, electric rice cooker body includes: a heating device and a controller; the inner pot is arranged in the electric cooker body and used for containing water; the steamer is arranged in the inner pot and used for containing rice, and a gap is reserved between the steamer and the inner pot; the cooker cover is covered on the electric cooker body; the upper part of the side wall of the steamer is provided with a vent hole, the bottom wall of the steamer is provided with a through hole, rice cannot pass through the through hole, one end of the lifting component is connected with a through hole sealing piece for controlling the lifting of the through hole sealing piece so as to seal or open the through hole, and when the through hole is sealed, water and/or water vapor entering the steamer from the vent hole can roll the rice, so that starch in the rice is separated into rice soup; when the through holes are opened, rice soup in the steamer flows into the inner pot from the opened through holes; an electromagnetic valve component is arranged at a position on the lower side of the pot cover, which corresponds to the other end of the lifting component; the electromagnetic valve assembly can control the lifting assembly to move towards the direction of the pot cover when working so as to enable the through hole sealing piece to seal the through holes, so that water and/or water vapor entering the steamer from the air holes can roll rice, and can control the lifting assembly to move away from the direction of the pot cover when stopping working so as to enable the through hole sealing piece to open the through holes, so that rice soup in the steamer flows into the inner pot from the second open through holes; the controller is electrically connected with the heating device and the electromagnetic valve component respectively and is used for controlling the working states of the heating device and the electromagnetic valve component. Through the structure in this disclosure, in the product heating process, the open and the closed state of the through-hole of the diapire of food steamer is controlled through the operating condition of solenoid valve subassembly to satisfy when the through-hole of diapire is in closed state, reach the purpose of cooking and in the in-process of cooking with the starch in the rice in the food steamer separating to the rice soup, when the through-hole of diapire is in open state, reach and let the rice soup flow into in the pot from the through-hole, make rice and the purpose of rice soup separation, thereby can effectively reduce the starch content of cooked rice, reduce the sugar content.
In one embodiment, as shown in figures 2-5,
The through hole 32 includes: a first through hole 321 and a second through hole 322;
The bottom wall of the steamer 3 protrudes upwards to form a boss, the top wall of the boss is provided with a first through hole 321, the side wall of the boss is provided with a second through hole 322, and rice cannot pass through the second through hole 322;
For example, as shown in fig. 2-5, the boss is a trapezoid boss, but in practical application, the boss may be another boss with another shape, for example: cylindrical, etc., the present disclosure does not limit the shape of the boss.
The second through holes 322 are strip-shaped through holes 32 along the height direction of the boss, but the shape of the second through holes 322 can be other shapes as long as rice cannot pass through the through holes 32, and rice soup can pass through the through holes 32.
The lifting assembly 33 includes: the inner cylinder 331 and the outer cylinder 332 sleeved outside the inner cylinder 331, one end of the outer cylinder 332 is connected with the top wall of the boss, the inner cylinder 331 is arranged in the second through hole 322 in a penetrating mode, one end, located below the second through hole 322, of the inner cylinder 331 is connected with the through hole sealing piece 34, the height of the other end of the inner cylinder 331 is higher than that of the other end of the outer cylinder 332, and the inner cylinder 331 can move along the axial direction to control the through hole sealing piece 34 to seal or open the second through hole 322.
In order to make the inner cylinder 331 reliably move along the axial direction, as shown in fig. 4, a spring 333 is further disposed in the lifting assembly 33, at this time, a first rib is disposed on the outer wall of the inner cylinder 331, a second rib is disposed on the inner wall of the outer cylinder 332, a return spring is sleeved on the outer side of the inner cylinder 331, and the spring is disposed between the first rib and the second rib, and is in a compressed state when the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 is in operation or stops operation.
In order to promote the reliable sealing of the second through hole 322, a spring is further disposed in the lifting assembly 33, when the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 works, the movable end of the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 moves upwards, at this time, the spring is in a compressed state, and the compression direction of the spring is from the bottom of the pan to the electromagnetic valve assembly 41, and due to the fact that the spring is in a compressed state, the spring can more reliably prop against the second through hole 322, so that the purpose of reliably sealing the second through hole 322 is achieved, when the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 does not work, the movable end of the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 moves downwards, at this time, the spring is also in a compressed state, but the compression direction of the spring is from the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 to the bottom of the pan, and due to the fact that the spring is in a compressed state, the through hole sealing piece 34 can be away from the second through hole 322, so that the second through hole 322 can be opened, and the purpose of reliably opening the second through hole 322 can be achieved.
It is noted that the lifting assembly 33 is similar to the hydraulic rod in the related art, and will not be described herein.
To avoid the rice in the steamer 3 from entering the inner cylinder 331 or the outer cylinder 332 when rolling and boiling, in one embodiment, the other end of the inner cylinder 331 is sealed; the other end of the outer tube 332 is sealed with the inner tube 331.
In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the inner barrel 331 includes: a first sub-inner barrel 3311 and a second sub-inner barrel 3312, the outer diameter of the first sub-inner barrel 3311 being larger than the outer diameter of the second sub-inner barrel 3312; the first sub-inner barrel 3311 is connected to the through-hole seal 34 by a second sub-inner barrel 3312;
the outer cylinder 332 includes: a first sub outer cylinder 33211 and a second sub outer cylinder 33222, the inner diameter of the first sub outer cylinder 3321 being larger than the inner diameter of the second sub outer cylinder 3322; the first sub outer cylinder 3321 is connected with the top wall of the boss through a second sub outer cylinder 3322;
The spring is located between one end of the first sub-inner barrel 3311 adjacent to the second sub-inner barrel 3312 and one end of the first sub-outer barrel 3321 adjacent to the second sub-outer barrel 3322.
In one embodiment, to achieve reliable fixation of the solenoid valve assembly 41, as shown in fig. 6, a solenoid valve assembly fixing frame 42 is provided at the lower side of the pot cover 4;
One end of the solenoid valve assembly 41 is connected to a solenoid valve assembly mount 42.
In one embodiment, to protect the solenoid valve assembly 41 from damage to the solenoid valve assembly 41 by liquids or other substances, as shown in FIG. 6, a solenoid valve assembly sealing sleeve 43 is provided on the underside of the lid 4;
one end of the electromagnetic valve assembly sealing sleeve 43 is opened, and the other end of the electromagnetic valve assembly sealing sleeve 43 is sealed;
The open end of the solenoid valve assembly sealing sleeve 43 is connected with the lower side of the pot cover 4, the other end of the solenoid valve assembly 41 is positioned inside the solenoid valve assembly sealing sleeve 43, and the solenoid valve assembly sealing sleeve 43 can stretch and retract along the same direction as the working direction of the solenoid valve assembly 41.
Further, the cooking principle of the electric cooker of the present disclosure will be described with reference to fig. 6 to 9:
As shown in fig. 8, the lines in the drawing represent the position of putting rice, water is put in the gap between the inner pot 2 and the steamer 3, when the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 works, under the action of the lifting assembly 33, the through hole 32 under the steamer 3 is sealed by the through hole sealing member 34, so that the steamer 3 keeps a sealed state, when the product is heated, steam is heated from the gap between the steamer 3 and the inner pot 2 and cooks rice in the steamer 3 through the ventilation holes 31 on the side surface of the steamer 3, and the product works for a long time, so that a certain amount of water exists in the steamer 3, and in the sealed state, the starch in the rice can be separated into rice soup in the process of rolling and boiling the rice and the water when the product is heated.
As shown in fig. 9, the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 stops working, so that the lifting assembly 33 and the steamer 3 are opened, at this time, rice soup in the steamer 3 flows into the inner pot 2 through the through hole 32 at the bottom of the steamer 3, rice is separated from rice soup, the starch content of rice is reduced, and the sugar content is reduced.
During the heating process of the product, the electromagnetic valve assembly 41 moves for a plurality of times (the state of fig. 8 and the state of fig. 9 are alternately carried out), so that the contact time of rice and rice soup is thoroughly reduced, and the starch content and sugar content of the rice are reduced.
Fig. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of an electric rice cooker according to an exemplary embodiment, which is applied to the control of the electric rice cooker of any one of the above-described embodiments, as shown in fig. 10, including the following steps S101 to S103,
In S101, the controller controls the heating device to heat the water in the inner pot so as to boil the water and generate water vapor.
In S102, the controller controls the solenoid valve assembly to operate for a first preset period of time to allow the through hole sealing member to seal the through hole, so that boiling water and generated water vapor enter the steamer from the ventilation holes in the side wall of the steamer, and rice in the steamer is rolled, so that starch in the rice is separated into rice soup.
In S103, after the first preset time period is reached, the controller controls the solenoid valve assembly to stop working for a second preset time period, so that the through hole sealing member opens the through hole, and rice soup in the steamer flows into the inner pot from the opened second through hole.
In S104, after the second preset time period is reached, the steps of controlling the operation and stopping the operation of the solenoid valve assembly are cyclically performed.
Other embodiments of the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the disclosure disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any adaptations, uses, or adaptations of the disclosure following, in general, the principles of the disclosure and including such departures from the present disclosure as come within known or customary practice within the art to which the disclosure pertains. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the disclosure being indicated by the following claims.
It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown in the drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be effected without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.