CN211862520U - a steamer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a food steamer. The food steamer comprises a steam generator, a steam supply channel and a plurality of food placing layers, wherein steam generated by the steam generator is supplied to the food placing layers through the steam supply channel, each food placing layer is provided with a steam valve through the steam supply channel, each steam valve is provided with a steam inlet, a steam outlet aligned with the food placing layer, and a blocking block used for opening and blocking the steam outlet, the steam valve is also provided with a steam transfer port, and in the steam supply channel, the steam transfer port of the steam valve which is not arranged on the last food placing layer leads to the steam inlet of the steam valve which is arranged on the next food placing layer. The steam supply structure in the food steamer is simple.

Description

a steamer

technical field

The utility model relates to a steamer.

Background technique

At present, the steamer furnace for steaming steamed buns, steamed buns, etc. on the market is basically based on the principle of adding water into the steamer furnace, and then stacking the steamer with food, and then heating the water in the steamer furnace through the heating device. The food placed in the steamer is heated by the water vapor generated by the heating of water. This device generally has the following shortcomings: first, when the steamer has no food or is taken away, steam and gas are also being used, causing unnecessary waste; second, the switches are all controlled manually, which increases the time for manual operation. Therefore, steam valves that automatically open and close are used. At present, the steam valve with automatic opening and closing function only has a steam inlet and a steam outlet, so that it can only be used at the end of the steam transmission path. If steam is required for multiple steam chambers, it is necessary to set up multiple steam transmission paths. Each steam chamber supplies steam, and the number of steam transmission paths is large, resulting in a complicated structure of the steamer.

Utility model content

The utility model discloses a steamer with a simple steam supply structure.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

A steamer includes a steam generator, a steam supply channel and a plurality of food placement layers, the steam generated by the steam generator is supplied to the multiple food placement layers through the steam supply channel, and the steam supply channel is provided with a steam valve for each food placement layer , the steam valve is provided with a steam inlet, a steam outlet aligned with the food placement layer of this layer, and a blocking block for opening and blocking the steam outlet. The steam valve also has a steam transfer port. In the steam supply channel, the non-last one The steam transfer port of the steam valve provided on the food placement layer leads to the steam inlet of the steam valve provided in the next food placement layer.

Further, at least one food placement layer has a food placement piece that can be taken out movably, and the food placement piece is provided with a fitting piece that cooperates with the blocking block of the steam valve. The coordination is as follows:

When the food placing member is placed in the food placing layer, the fitting makes the blocking block open the steam outlet, and/or the food placing member is removed from the food placing layer, the fitting causes the blocking block to block the steam outlet.

Further, the steam valve includes a nozzle with openings at both ends, the openings at both ends of the nozzle are a steam inlet and a steam transfer port, respectively, and the steam outlet is provided on the side wall of the nozzle.

Further, the steam valve includes a rotating pipe that is sleeved in the connecting pipe and is threadedly connected to the connecting pipe, the blocking block is a part of the rotating pipe, and the side wall of the connecting pipe is provided with a limit through groove in the circumferential direction to expose the rotating pipe. The strip is inserted into the rotating pipe after passing through the limiting through groove, and the operating strip moves along the limiting through groove outside the nozzle to drive the rotating pipe to rotate, so that the blocking block opens and blocks the steam outlet.

Further, the supply direction of the steam supply channel is from bottom to top, and in the steam valve, the steam inlet is directed downward and the steam transfer port is directed upward.

Further, the food placing member is a steaming tray, and the matching member is a convex block.

Further, the food placing member is a steaming tray, and a protrusion is provided on one side of the steaming tray. When the steaming tray is pushed into the food placing layer, the protrusion pushes the operation bar to move, thereby driving the rotating tube together with the blockage. The block is turned so that the blocking block opens the vapor outlet.

Further, the steam valve further includes a reset mechanism. When the steam tray is taken out from the food placement layer, the reset mechanism applies a reset force to the blocking block to restore the blocking block to a position where the steam outlet is blocked.

Further, the reset mechanism is an elastic member, and the elastic member exerts elastic force on the operation strip, and the operation strip moves under the action of the elastic force when the food placing member is taken out from the food placing layer, thereby driving the blocking block to return to the blocking position. The position of the steam outlet.

Further, the elastic piece is a deformable elastic piece, and the deformable elastic piece is fixed on the outer wall of the nozzle through a fixing piece. , so that the blocking block blocks the steam outlet in a natural state.

Further, the external connection between the steam inlet and the steam transfer port is a male-female structure, and in the steam supply channel, the steam transfer port of the steam valve provided with the non-last food placement layer is connected to the latter one. The steam inlet of the steam valve equipped with the food storage layer.

Further, there is provided a steam transmission port for closing the steam valve provided with the last food placing layer.

Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present utility model are: the steam supply channel in the steamer of the present utility model is equipped with a steam valve for each food placing layer, and each steam valve not only has a steam inlet and a steam outlet, but also has a steam valve. The steam transfer port is such that in the steam supply channel, the steam transfer port of the steam valve provided in the non-last food placement layer leads to the steam inlet of the steam valve provided in the next food placement layer. The multiple food placement layers in the steamer can share the steam supply channel, which simplifies the structure of steam supply in the steamer.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the steam valve when the screw is removed;

Figure 2 is an exploded view of the steam valve;

Figure 3 is a front view of the steam valve;

Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of steamer;

Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram that steamer removes part of steamer wall;

Fig. 6 is the connection schematic diagram of steam generating layer and three steam valves;

Figure 7 is a structural diagram of a steaming tray containing food;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of pushing the steam tray to approach the steam valve.

Detailed ways

The present utility model will be further described below with reference to specific embodiments and accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the steam valve 10 includes a nozzle 1 and a rotating pipe 2 sleeved in the nozzle 1. The upper and lower ends of the nozzle 1 are open, the lower end of the nozzle 1 is the steam inlet 17, and the upper end of the nozzle 1 is the steam transfer port 16. A steam outlet 11 is opened at the bottom of the side wall of the connecting pipe 1. The steam entering the connecting pipe 1 from the steam inlet 17 can flow out from the steam outlet 11, or flow to the steam pipe or another steam valve from the steam transfer port. As shown in FIG. 2 , the inner wall of the nozzle 1 is provided with an inner thread 12 , the rotating pipe 2 is in the shape of a circular tube, and the outer wall of the rotating pipe 2 is provided with an outer thread 13 that matches the inner thread 12 , and the rotating pipe 2 passes through the outer thread 13 and the inner thread 12 . The connection between the rotating pipe 2 and the connecting pipe 1 has a high degree of sealing, so that the steam cannot leak from the connection between the rotating pipe 2 and the connecting pipe 1, and the rotating pipe 2 can rotate in the connecting pipe 1. The blocking block 21 is a part of the rotating pipe 2, the blocking block 21 rotates with the rotating pipe 2, the area of the blocking block 21 is slightly larger than that of the steam outlet 11, and the blocking block 21 rotates to The steam outlet 11 can be blocked by the position of the steam outlet 11, and when the rotating tube 2 rotates, the blocking block 21 is gradually moved away from the steam outlet 11, thereby opening the steam outlet 11, so that the steam can flow from the steam outlet 11. flow out.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the position of the nozzle 1 in contact with the rotating pipe 2 is provided with a limit through groove 14 that penetrates the side wall of the nozzle 1. The limit through groove 14 is arranged along the circumferential direction of the nozzle 1, and the rotating pipe 2 is connected to the A screw hole 22 is opened at the position opposite to the limit through slot 14. The screw 3 used as the operation bar passes through the limit through slot 14 and is threadedly connected to the screw hole 22. The tail end of the screw 3 is fixed on the rotating tube 2. The screw The head end of 3 is exposed on the outer wall of the nozzle 1, so that when the external force acts on the head end of the screw 3, the screw 3 moves along the limit through groove 14, thereby driving the rotating pipe 2 and the blocking block 21 connected with the rotating pipe 2 to rotate. . When the screw 3 is located at the starting end 141 of the limiting through slot 14, the blocking block 21 just blocks the steam outlet 11 (see FIG. 3 ). When the terminal end 142 moves, the blocking block 21 gradually opens the steam outlet 11, and when the screw 3 moves to the terminal end 142 of the limit channel 14, the blocking block 21 is just completely removed from the steam outlet 11, so that the steam outlet 11 is completely removed. Open. As can be seen from the above, the operating bar screw 3 is used as a moving mechanism for closing or opening the steam outlet 11 with the blocking block 21 .

As shown in FIG. 3 , the outer wall of the nozzle 1 is also fixed with a fixing member 4 at a position above the limiting through groove 14 . Shrapnel 5, when the screw 3 in the steam valve 10 is not affected by external force, the deformable elastic sheet 5 blocks the screw 3 so that the screw 3 is located at the starting end 141 of the limit channel 14, so that the blocking block 21 in the natural state blocks the steam Exit 11. When the screw 3 is acted by an external force towards the end end 142 of the limit through slot 14, the screw 3 moves from the start end 141 of the limit through slot 14 to the end end 142 of the limit through slot 14, and the screw 3 pushes the deformable elastic sheet 5 so that the The deformable elastic sheet 5 is deformed, and the deformable elastic sheet 5 generates a force on the screw 3 toward the starting point 141 of the limit through slot 14 . The starting end 141 of the 14 moves, so that the screw 3 returns to the position where the steam outlet 11 is blocked. It can be seen from the above that the deformable elastic sheet 5 is used as the reset mechanism of the blocking block 21 , and the deformable elastic sheet 5 can exert a reset force on the blocking block 21 to make the blocking block 21 return to the position of blocking the steam outlet 11 .

As shown in Fig. 2, the upper end of the connecting pipe 1 (at the steam transfer port 16, see Fig. 3) is provided with a connecting groove 6. The connecting groove 6 is a female connection structure. A sealing ring 7 as a seal is arranged in the connecting groove 6. The lower end (the steam inlet 17, see Fig. 3) is provided with a connecting protrusion 8 (see Fig. 3) that is butted with the connecting groove 6. The connecting protrusion 8 is a male connection structure, and the connecting protrusion 8 can be inserted into the same steam as another In the connecting groove 6 at the top of the valve 10 , the steam flowing from the steam transfer port 16 of the other steam valve 10 can enter the steam valve 10 from the steam inlet 17 of the steam valve 10 .

The steam valve 10 described above can be applied in the steamer 9 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 . As shown in FIG. 5, the steamer 9 includes two layers of steam generation layers 91. The steam generation layer 91 is provided with an electric heating wire (not shown), and the water is introduced into the steam generation layer 91 through the water inlet pipe 92, and then the water is heated by the electric heating wire to generate steam. , it can be seen that the steam generating layer 91 is used as a steam generator. The lower steam generating layer 91 supplies steam to the two stacked food placement layers 93 disposed thereon through the two above-described steam valves 10 butted together, and the upper steam generating layer 91 is provided with steam through three butted together. The steam valve 10 described above supplies steam to the three-layer stacked food placement layer 93 disposed thereon. For example, the steam generating layer 91 of the upper layer supplies steam to the three-layered food placing layer 93 arranged thereon: as shown in FIG. The bottom of the steam valve 10 in the food placement layer 93, which is in contact with the upper surface of the layer 91, is butted with the steam supply port, and the steam valves 10 in the three-layer food placement layer 93 are connected to form a steam supply channel, so that the steam flows out from the steam supply port. The steam is transmitted to the three-layer food placement layer 93 through the three steam valves 10 . The top plate of the uppermost food placement layer 93 of the three food placement layers 93 acts as a closure to close the steam transmission port of the steam valve 10 in this layer, so that the steam can no longer be transmitted upwards. The steam outlet of the steam valve 10 in each food placement layer 93 is aligned with the food placement layer 93 of the corresponding layer, and the inner side of each food placement layer 93 is provided with a food inlet, and the food is placed in the steamer as a food placement member as shown in FIG. 7 . After the tray 15 is put on, it is pushed into the food placing layer 93 from the food inlet. One side of the steaming tray 15 is provided with a bump 151 as a fitting. As shown in FIG. 8 , when the steaming tray 15 is pushed inward, the The bump 151 is in contact with the screw 3 on the steam valve 10 and pushes the screw 3 to move from the start end 141 of the limit through slot 14 to the end end 142 of the limit through slot 14. When the steam tray 15 is pushed to the set position, the screw 3 is just pushed to the end 142 of the limit through groove 14, so that the blocking block 21 opens the steam outlet 11, and the steam enters the food placement layer 93 from the steam outlet 11 to steam the food on the steaming tray 15, and the steaming tray 15 After the food inside is steamed, the steaming tray 15 is taken out from the food inlet. During the process of gradually taking out the steaming tray 15, the screw 3 is no longer subjected to the force of the protrusion 151 of the steaming tray 15, and the screw 3 is in the deformable elastic piece 5. Under the action of the elastic force, the screw moves to the starting end 141 of the limiting channel 14 , so that the screw 3 returns to the position of blocking the steam outlet 11 , and the blocking block 21 blocks the steam outlet of the steam valve 10 . It can be seen from this that whether the steam valve 10 in the food placing layer 93 opens the steam outlet is determined by whether the steaming tray 15 with food is placed in it. If the steaming tray 15 with food is taken out, the steam valve 10 is closed, which saves money. role of energy.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and there may be some minor structural changes in the implementation process. The present invention also intends to include these changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the present invention, and within the scope of the claims of the present invention and equivalent technical scope.

Claims (12)

1. A steamer, comprising a steam generator, a steam supply channel and a plurality of food placement layers, the steam generated by the steam generator is supplied to the plurality of food placement layers through the steam supply channel, and the steam supply channel is provided with each food placement layer. The steam valve is provided with a steam inlet, a steam outlet aligned with the food placement layer of this layer, and a blocking block for opening and blocking the steam outlet. In the passage, the steam transfer port of the steam valve provided in the non-last food placement layer leads to the steam inlet of the steam valve provided in the next food placement layer. 2. The steamer according to claim 1, characterized in that, at least one food placing layer has a food placing piece that can be taken out movably, and the food placing piece is provided with a matching piece that cooperates with the blocking block of the steam valve. The matching is as follows: When the food placing member is placed in the food placing layer, the fitting makes the blocking block open the steam outlet, and/or the food placing member is removed from the food placing layer, the fitting causes the blocking block to block the steam outlet. 3. The steamer according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, the steam valve comprises a pipe with open ends at both ends, the open ends of the pipe are respectively a steam inlet and a steam transfer port, and the steam outlet is located on the side wall of the nozzle. The steamer according to claim 3, characterized in that, the steam valve comprises a rotating pipe which is sheathed in the connecting pipe and is threadedly connected to the connecting pipe, the blocking block is a part of the rotating pipe, and the side wall of the connecting pipe is open in the circumferential direction The limited through-slot exposes the rotating tube, and the operating bar is inserted into the rotating tube after passing through the limited through-slot. Steam outlet. 5 . The steamer according to claim 3 , wherein the supply direction of the steam supply channel is from bottom to top, and in the steam valve, the steam inlet is directed downward and the steam transfer port is directed upward. 6 . 6 . The steamer of claim 2 , wherein the food placing member is a steaming tray, and the matching member is a convex block. 7 . 7 . The steamer according to claim 4 , wherein the food placing member is a steaming plate, and one side of the steaming plate is provided with a bump, and the steaming plate is pushed into the food placing layer and the bulge is formed. 8 . The block pushes the operating bar to move so as to drive the rotating tube to rotate together with the blocking block, so that the blocking block opens the steam outlet. 8 . The steamer according to claim 7 , wherein the steam valve further comprises a reset mechanism, and when the steam tray is taken out from the food placement layer, the reset mechanism applies a reset force to the blocking block so as to block the blockage. 9 . The block returns to the position blocking the vapor outlet. 9 . The steamer according to claim 8 , wherein the reset mechanism is an elastic member, and the elastic member applies elastic force to the operation strip, and the operation strip acts on the elastic force when the food placing member is taken out from the food placing layer. 10 . Move down, thereby driving the blocking block to return to the position when blocking the steam outlet. 10. The steamer according to claim 9, wherein the elastic piece is a deformable elastic piece, the deformable elastic piece is fixed on the outer wall of the connecting pipe by a fixing piece, and the deformable elastic piece blocks the operation bar so that the The operating strip is located at the starting end of the limiting through groove, so that the blocking block blocks the steam outlet in a natural state. 11. The steamer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the external connection of the steam inlet and the steam transfer port is a male and a female structure, and in the steam supply channel, the food that is not the last one The steam transfer port of the steam valve provided on the placing layer is connected to the steam inlet of the steam valve provided on the next food placing layer. 12. The steamer according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, a steam transfer port for closing the steam valve provided in the last food placing layer is provided with a closure member.

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