Patent Publication Number: US-2011056388-A1

Title: Food processor

Description:
FIELD OF THE UTILITY 
     The present utility relates to a food processor, especially relates to a small size food processor suitable for cooking nuts, frozen food and so on. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE UTILITY 
     In the existing technique, it usually use grilling or frying manners to cook the nuts, frozen foods and other foods, however it is not healthy to cook by frying, and the food will not be heated evenly by the grilling manner, so the processing speed is relatively low, the energy may be wasted. So there is a steam manner, however, because the steam usually moves upward automatically, so the energy will be wasted. 
     SUMMARY OF THE UTILITY 
     The main object of the present utility is to overcome the drawback of the existing technique, and to provide a small size food processor which utilizes a steam heating manner, the nuts, the frozen food and other food can be cooked. 
     The technique solution applied by the present utility is: 
     A food processor, it comprises: 
     a base seat; 
     a processing chamber installed on said base seat; 
     a rotary roller for containing food, said rotary roller is driven by a motor and is rotablely disposed in said processing chamber and cooperate with said processing chamber coaxially; 
     a steam generating unit installed in said base seat, the steam outlet of said steam generating unit stretches into said processing chamber. 
     According to a preferred embodiment of the present utility, said steam generating unit comprises a water box, a pump and a steam generator, said pump is connected to said water box and said steam generator with a water inflow pipe, said steam generator is connected to said processing chamber with a steam output pipe, said steam output pipe has said steam outlet. 
     According to a preferred embodiment of the present utility, said base seat is a U-shaped structure, which comprises a level main body, two side walls and a retaining space between the two side walls, said processing chamber is installed in said retaining space. 
     According to a preferred embodiment of the present utility, said water box is disposed on a side wall of said base seat. 
     According to a preferred embodiment of the present utility, the upper part of said processing chamber has a handle. 
     According to a preferred embodiment of the present utility, said rotary roller is fixed with a rotary shaft, an end of said rotary shaft is fixed on an output gear of said motor. 
     According to a preferred embodiment of the present utility, said processing chamber has a transparent portion. 
     Referred from the above description of the present utility and compared to the existing technique, the food processor of the present utility has such advantages: 
     Firstly, the present utility applies steam to cook the nuts, frozen foods such as chips and other food, because of the rotary roller, so the rotation of the rotary roller can drive the hot steam to be fully distributed in the whole processing chamber, so the surface of the food can fully contact with the hot steam, the food is evenly heated, the cooking speed is quicker, the doneness of the food is unified, the taste is unified, too, thereby to acquire an intelligent and power-saving effect. 
     Secondly, the base seat is a U-shaped structure, it comprises a level main body, two side walls and a retaining space between the two side walls, the processing chamber is installed in said retaining space, the design is unique and beautiful; 
     Thirdly, a transparent portion is disposed on the processing chamber, the user can observe each cooking process such as the rotation of the rotary roller through the transparent portion, so the food processing is more interesting. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a partial exploded structural view of a food processor of the present utility; 
         FIG. 2  is a sectional structural view of a food processor of the present utility. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     The present utility will become apparent with the reference of the detailed description of the embodiments. 
     Please refer to  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , the food processor of the present utility comprises a base seat  10 , a processing chamber  20 , a rotary roller  30  and a steam generating unit, said processing chamber  20  is installed on the base seat  10 , the rotary roller  30  is driven by a motor and rotablely disposed in the processing chamber  20  and cooperated with the processing chamber  20  coaxially, the steam generating unit is installed on the base seat  10 . 
     The base seat  10  is a U-shaped structure, it comprises a level main body  11 , two side walls  12 , 13  and a retaining space  14  between the two side walls  12 ,  13 , the processing chamber  20  is installed in the retaining space  14 . 
     The processing chamber  20  has a handle  21  and a transparent portion  22 , the rotation process of the rotary roller  30  can be observed through the transparent portion  22 . 
     The steam generating unit comprises a water box  41 , a pump  42  and a steam generator  43 , said pump  42  is connected to the water box  41  with a water inflow pipe  44 , said pump  42  is connected to the steam generator  43  with a water inflow pipe  45 , said steam generator  43  is connected to the processing chamber  20  with a steam output pipe  46 , so the steam generated by the steam generator  43  is sprayed into the processing chamber  20  and the rotary roller  30  with the steam output pipe  46 . The water box  41  is disposed on a retaining space  131  of the side wall  13 . 
     A rotary shaft  31  is fixed on the rotary roller  30 , an end of said rotary shaft  31  is fixed on an output gear  51  of the motor. 
     When the food processor of the present utility is during operation, the hot steam generated by the steam generating unit will be transmitted into the processing chamber  20  and the rotary roller  30 , at the same time, the motor will drive the rotary roller  30  rotate in the processing chamber  20 , so the hot steam of the processing chamber  20  and the rotary roller  30  will be distributed to every corner of the processing chamber  20  and the rotary roller  30 , so the surface of the food can fully contact with the hot steam, the food will be heated more evenly, the processing speed is quicker, the doneness of the food is unified, the tasted is unified, too, thereby the energy is saved, it is widely and suitable for cooking nuts, frozen food and other food, the cooking process is accelerated, it is convenient, diversification and household applicable. 
     Although the present utility has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments thereof for carrying out the utility, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present utility which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.