Patent ID: 7421941

Claim:
A domestic porridge making appliance comprising: a generally cylindrical cooking vessel into which a predetermined amount of water and porridge ingredients are put and having an upper side opened, a vessel handle grip formed at one side thereof for moving the cooking vessel, and a locking part mounted at both ends of the opened upper side thereof, respectively; and a driving part having an upper housing and a lower housing formed under the upper housing, wherein a lower surface of the lower housing is matched with the opened upper side of the cooking vessel, a locking protrusion formed at a location corresponding to the locking part of the cooking vessel in both ends of the upper housing, a motor disposed on the bottom surface thereof in such a manner as to be inserted into the inside of the cooking vessel, the motor having a pulverizing blade connected to an end of a rotating shaft thereof, a heater formed at the outside of the pulverizing blade for heating the water in the cooking vessel, and a controller formed at the inside thereof for controlling the motor and the heater, and wherein the vessel handle grip is provided with a sensing protrusion formed at a predetermined position of a top end thereof to correspond with an opening/closing switch of the driving part such that the opening/closing switch is operated by the operation of the sensing protrusion to sense the opening/closing state between the cooking vessel and the driving part.