US 8,985,372 B2Granted

Slow cooker and locking assembly

AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.

InventorsGuoqing Yang, Jianfeng Li, Jinshui Wu, Pingtao Chen

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Abstract

The present invention relates to cooking utensils. The present invention provides a slow cooker and a locking assembly that have simple and practical structure, easy to clean and can engage the lid with the liner container for preventing spillage of cooking content such as soup. The structure comprises a container, a lid and a locking assembly. The locking assembly retains the lid on the opening of the container. The container has a rim projecting outside at the opening. The locking assembly comprises a connector disposed on the lid for engaging the lid with the opening of the container, and locking end components provided at ends of the connector for engaging with the rim of the liner container. Using the locking assembly to retain the lid in sealing engagement with the opening of the container, the slow cooker can effectively engage the lid with the container.

Claims6

Dependent claims

A slow cooker comprising a liner container, a lid and a locking assembly, the locking assembly retaining the lid on an opening of the liner container, wherein

the liner container has a rim projecting outside at the opening,
the locking assembly comprises a connector disposed on the lid for engaging the lid with the opening of the liner container, and locking end components provided at ends of the connector for engaging with the rim of the liner container, and
each of the locking end components comprises an unlocking button connected with the connector by first pin and a lock connected with the connector by a second pin, wherein
an elastic support sheet or torsion spring is disposed under the unlocking button for retaining the unlocking button in a locking state, and a torsion spring is disposed under the lock for retaining the lock in an unlocking state,
the lock has a free upper end, and a lower end provided with a look position for engaging with the rim of the liner container, and
the unlocking button has a front support block as a front end for supporting the free upper end of the lock, and a free rear end.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/659,033Filed 24 Oct 2012
Priority: CN 2011 2 0411145 U25 Oct 2011
Published: US 2013/0098921 A125 Apr 2013
Granted: 24 Mar 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A47J 36/10
Lids or covers for cooking-vessels: lid-locking devices
A47J 27/0811
Locking devices: using a number of pivotable clamps along the circumference of the cooking-vessel
B65D 25/28
Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers: handles
B65D 2525/283
Details relating to handles: combined with container closing means, e.g. stopper