Patent ID: 7002108

Claim:
An electric cooking apparatus, comprising: an outer pot body; an inner pot body mounted in the outer pot body and provided with an electric heating member having two conducting terminals; a socket mounted in the outer pot body and including a housing secured on the outer pot body and formed with two insertion holes aligning with the conducting terminals of the electric heating member of the inner pot body, a movable member movably mounted in the housing, two electric contacts mounted on the movable member, and an elastic biasing member mounted between the housing and the movable member to push the movable member; characterized in that: the electric contacts are secured on the movable member to move therewith, the conducting terminals of the electric heating member are inserted through the insertion holes of the housing and are electrically connected to the electric contacts when the electric contacts are movable with the movable member to align with the insertion holes of the housing, and the conducting terminals of the electric heating member are in close contact with the electric contacts of the socket by an elastic force of the elastic biasing member applied on the movable member.