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US 8,640,908 B2Granted
Slow cooker
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsGuoqing Yang, Jinshui Wu, Pingtao Chen
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Abstract
A slow cooker is provided which comprises a cooking body having a hollow cavity, a liner container received in the hollow cavity, a lid selectively engageable with the liner container, and a locking assembly for locking the lid with the cooking body. The locking assembly is hinged at one side of the cooking body at one end and selectively engaged with an opposite side of the cooking body at the other end, with the locking assembly being disposed above the lid.
Claims11
A slow cooker, comprising:
- a cooking body having a hollow cavity;
- a liner container received in the hollow cavity;
- a lid selectively engageable with the liner container;
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- a locking assembly for locking the lid with the cooking body, wherein
- the locking assembly is hinged at one side of the cooking body at one end and selectively engaged with an opposite side of the cooking body at the other end, with the locking assembly being disposed above the lid,
- wherein the locking assembly includes an upper part, a reset spring, and a level lock, the locking assembly being hinged to the one side of the cooking body through the upper part, the level lock being hinged to the upper part at a middle portion of the level lock, the reset spring being disposed in a spring mounting slot on the upper part with a top end of the reset spring resisting against one end of the level lock, the other end of the level lock being provided with a hook which is selectively engaged with a catch provided on the cooking body.
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