阅读说明：本技术 水箱结构及其水位检测方法、蒸汽烤箱及其蓄水判断方法 (Water tank structure, water level detection method thereof, steam oven and water storage judgment method thereof ) 是由 刘国涛 于 2020-11-27 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明实施例公开了一种水箱结构及其水位检测方法、蒸汽烤箱及其蓄水判断方法,包括：箱体和水位检测模块；所述箱体具有用于填充水液的收容腔和与所述收容腔连通的检测腔,所述检测腔至少分隔成沿所述收容腔的高度延伸方向布置的第一检测腔和第二检测腔；所述水位检测模块包括浮标组件和检测组件,所述浮标组件至少包括收容于所述第一检测腔内的第一浮标和收容于所述第二检测腔内的第二浮标；所述检测组件至少包括用于感应所述第一浮标的第一检测组件和用于感应所述第二浮标的第二检测组件。运用本技术方案解决了现有技术中的水箱无法为用户提供储水量状态而导致工作过程中需要中断加水的技术问题。(The embodiment of the invention discloses a water tank structure and a water level detection method thereof, a steam oven and a water storage judgment method thereof, wherein the water tank structure comprises the following steps: the water level detection module is arranged on the water tank; the box body is provided with an accommodating cavity for filling water liquid and a detection cavity communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the detection cavity is at least divided into a first detection cavity and a second detection cavity which are arranged along the height extending direction of the accommodating cavity; the water level detection module comprises a buoy assembly and a detection assembly, wherein the buoy assembly at least comprises a first buoy accommodated in the first detection cavity and a second buoy accommodated in the second detection cavity; the detection assembly at least comprises a first detection assembly used for sensing the first buoy and a second detection assembly used for sensing the second buoy. By the technical scheme, the technical problem that water is required to be interrupted in the working process due to the fact that the water tank in the prior art cannot provide the water storage state for a user is solved.)

1. A water tank structure, comprising: the water level detection module is arranged on the water tank;

the box body is provided with an accommodating cavity for filling water liquid and a detection cavity communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the detection cavity is at least divided into a first detection cavity and a second detection cavity which are arranged along the height extending direction of the accommodating cavity; the water level detection module comprises a buoy assembly and a detection assembly, wherein the buoy assembly at least comprises a first buoy accommodated in the first detection cavity and a second buoy accommodated in the second detection cavity; the detection assembly at least comprises a first detection assembly used for sensing the first buoy and a second detection assembly used for sensing the second buoy.

2. The water tank structure according to claim 1, wherein the first detection assembly includes at least a first detection member provided corresponding to a bottom of the first detection chamber and a second detection member provided corresponding to a top of the first detection chamber;

the second detection assembly at least comprises a third detection piece arranged corresponding to the top of the second detection cavity.

3. The water tank structure according to claim 1, wherein the tank body comprises two opposite side plates which are arranged at intervals, and a bottom plate and a top plate which are connected between two ends of the two side plates at intervals, and the two side plates, the bottom plate and the top plate form the detection cavity;

the box body further comprises a partition plate located between the bottom plate and the top plate, and the detection cavity is divided into a first detection cavity and a second detection cavity through the partition plate.

4. The water tank structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein the bottom plate has a communication hole communicating the receiving chamber with the first detecting chamber, the top plate has a communication hole communicating the receiving chamber with the second detecting chamber, and the partition plate has a communication hole communicating the receiving chamber, the first detecting chamber and the second detecting chamber.

5. The water tank structure according to claim 1, wherein the tank body comprises two first side plates which are arranged oppositely and at intervals, and a first bottom plate and a first top plate which are connected oppositely and at intervals between two ends of the two first side plates, and the two first side plates, the first bottom plate and the first top plate form the first detection cavity;

the box body also comprises second side plates which are arranged oppositely and at intervals, and a second bottom plate and a second top plate which are connected between two ends of the two second side plates oppositely and at intervals, and the two second side plates, the second bottom plate and the second top plate form a second detection cavity;

and the first top plate and the second bottom plate are arranged on the same horizontal line in a staggered manner.

6. The water tank structure according to claim 5, wherein the first bottom plate and the first top plate are provided with communication holes for communicating the receiving chamber with the first detection chamber, and the second bottom plate and the second top plate are provided with communication holes for communicating the receiving chamber with the second detection chamber.

7. A water level detecting method of a tank structure of any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising:

judging whether the first detection assembly senses the first buoy or not, and judging whether the second detection assembly senses the second buoy or not;

and judging the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity according to the sensing result of the first detection component and the sensing result of the second detection component.

8. The method for detecting the water level of a water tank structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein the determining the water storage state of the storage chamber according to the sensing result of the first sensing device and the sensing result of the second sensing device comprises:

when the first detection piece does not sense the first buoy, the second detection piece senses the first buoy, and the third detection piece senses the second buoy, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a high water level state;

when the first detection piece does not sense the first buoy, the second detection piece senses the first buoy and the third detection piece does not sense the second buoy, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a middle water level state;

when the first detection piece does not sense the first buoy, the second detection piece does not sense the first buoy, and the third detection piece does not sense the second buoy, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a low water level state;

when the first detection piece senses that the first buoy, the second detection piece does not sense the first buoy, and the third detection piece does not sense the second buoy, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a water shortage state.

9. A steam oven comprising a main unit and a water box structure assembled with the main unit, the water box structure being as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6.

10. A water impoundment determination method of a steam oven as set forth in claim 9, comprising:

the method comprises the following steps that a host of the steam oven calculates the predicted working time T1 of the steam baking according to various target working parameters preset by a user;

the host machine calculates the predicted working time T2 for the steam baking of the steam oven for the residual water storage according to the residual water storage state of the water tank structure, wherein the residual water storage state is detected by the water level detection module;

if T1 is greater than or equal to T2, the main machine of the steam oven controls the water to be stored before the water tank structure is started; if T1 is less than T2, the main control of the steam oven starts steam roasting.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of steam ovens, in particular to a water tank structure and a water level detection method thereof, a steam oven and a water storage judgment method thereof.

Background

Along with the improvement of the living standard in recent years, people have new requirements on cooking modes, and the appearance of the steam oven meets the requirements of people. However, the water level detection of the water tank in the steam oven has only two states, one is a water-in state and the other is a water-out state. When a cooking mode with steam is selected, the condition that the water quantity of the water tank is not enough to meet the water quantity requirement of the whole cooking process can exist, but because the water tank is not in a water shortage state, the steam oven cannot have a water storage indication before the steam oven starts to work; therefore, the water tank is lack of water in the working process, the working process needs to be interrupted to store water into the water tank, and the steam oven is inconvenient to use.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, it is necessary to provide a water tank structure, a water level detection method thereof, a steam oven and a water storage determination method thereof to solve the technical problem that water supply needs to be interrupted in the working process because the water tank in the prior art cannot provide a water storage state for a user.

To this end, a first aspect of the present invention provides a water tank structure comprising: the water level detection module is arranged on the water tank;

the box body is provided with an accommodating cavity for filling water liquid and a detection cavity communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the detection cavity is at least divided into a first detection cavity and a second detection cavity which are arranged along the height extending direction of the accommodating cavity; the water level detection module comprises a buoy assembly and a detection assembly, wherein the buoy assembly at least comprises a first buoy accommodated in the first detection cavity and a second buoy accommodated in the second detection cavity; the detection assembly at least comprises a first detection assembly used for sensing the first buoy and a second detection assembly used for sensing the second buoy.

In some embodiments of the water tank structure, the first detection assembly includes at least a first detection member disposed corresponding to a bottom of the first detection chamber and a second detection member disposed corresponding to a top of the first detection chamber;

the second detection assembly at least comprises a third detection piece arranged corresponding to the top of the second detection cavity.

In some embodiments of the water tank structure, the tank body comprises two opposite side plates which are arranged at intervals, and a bottom plate and a top plate which are connected between two ends of the two side plates at intervals, and the two side plates, the bottom plate and the top plate form the detection cavity;

the box body further comprises a partition plate located between the bottom plate and the top plate, and the detection cavity is divided into a first detection cavity and a second detection cavity through the partition plate.

In some embodiments of the water tank structure, the bottom plate has a communication hole for communicating the receiving chamber with the first detecting chamber, the top plate has a communication hole for communicating the receiving chamber with the second detecting chamber, and the partition plate has a communication hole for communicating the receiving chamber, the first detecting chamber and the second detecting chamber.

In some embodiments of the water tank structure, the tank body includes two first side plates disposed opposite to each other at an interval, and a first bottom plate and a first top plate connected between two ends of the two first side plates at an interval, and the two first side plates, the first bottom plate and the first top plate form the first detection cavity;

the box body also comprises second side plates which are arranged oppositely and at intervals, and a second bottom plate and a second top plate which are connected between two ends of the two second side plates oppositely and at intervals, and the two second side plates, the second bottom plate and the second top plate form a second detection cavity;

and the first top plate and the second bottom plate are arranged on the same horizontal line in a staggered manner.

In some embodiments of the water tank structure, the first bottom plate and the first top plate are provided with communication holes for communicating the accommodating chamber with the first detection chamber, and the second bottom plate and the second top plate are provided with communication holes for communicating the accommodating chamber with the second detection chamber.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a water level detection method of a water tank structure as set forth in the first aspect, comprising:

judging whether the first detection assembly senses the first buoy or not, and judging whether the second detection assembly senses the second buoy or not;

and judging the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity according to the sensing result of the first detection component and the sensing result of the second detection component. .

In some embodiments of the water level detection method of the water tank structure, the determining the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity according to the sensing result of the first sensing element and the sensing result of the second sensing element includes:

when the first detection piece does not sense the first buoy, the second detection piece senses the first buoy, and the third detection piece senses the second buoy, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a high water level state;

when the first detection piece does not sense the first buoy, the second detection piece senses the first buoy and the third detection piece does not sense the second buoy, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a middle water level state;

when the first detection piece does not sense the first buoy, the second detection piece does not sense the first buoy, and the third detection piece does not sense the second buoy, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a low water level state;

when the first detection piece senses that the first buoy, the second detection piece does not sense the first buoy, and the third detection piece does not sense the second buoy, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a water shortage state.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a steam oven comprising a main unit and a water tank structure assembled with the main unit, the water tank structure being as described in the first aspect.

A third aspect of the present invention provides a method for determining water storage in a steam oven, including:

the method comprises the following steps that a host of the steam oven calculates the predicted working time T1 of the steam baking according to various target working parameters preset by a user;

the host machine calculates the predicted working time T2 for the steam baking of the steam oven for the residual water storage according to the residual water storage state of the water tank structure, wherein the residual water storage state is detected by the water level detection module;

if T1 is greater than or equal to T2, the main machine of the steam oven controls the water to be stored before the water tank structure is started; if T1 is less than T2, the main control of the steam oven starts steam roasting.

The embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:

in the invention, the detection cavity communicated with the containing cavity is at least divided into a first detection cavity and a second detection cavity which are arranged along the height extending direction of the containing cavity, water liquid in the containing cavity can flow into the first detection cavity, the first buoy floats on the water surface under the action of the buoyancy of the water liquid, and the first buoy can only float up and down between the inner bottom surface and the inner top surface of the first detection cavity; the water in the containing cavity flows into the second detection cavity, the second buoy floats on the water surface under the action of the water buoyancy, and the second buoy can only float up and down between the inner bottom surface and the inner top surface of the second detection cavity; this technical scheme will accept the detection area that the chamber divides into two at least co-altitude water levels promptly, whether rethread first detecting element can sense first buoy and judge the floating height of first buoy in first detection chamber, whether can sense the floating height of second buoy in second detection chamber through second detecting element to synthesize the water storage capacity state of judging the chamber, and then judge whether this water tank structure needs retaining according to the water storage capacity state. By the technical scheme, the technical problem that water is required to be interrupted in the working process due to the fact that the water tank in the prior art cannot provide the water storage state for a user is solved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.

Wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic view showing an overall structure of a water tank provided according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a portion of a water tank structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating an overall structure of a water tank structure according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a partial schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a water tank provided in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart illustrating a water level detection method of a water tank structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a flow chart illustrating a water storage determination method of a steam oven according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the main element symbols:

100. a water tank structure; 10. a box body; 10a, a communication hole; 111. a side plate; 112. a base plate; 113. a top plate; 114. a partition plate; 121. a first side plate; 122. a first base plate; 123. a first top plate; 124. a second side plate; 125. a second base plate; 126. a second top plate; 21. a float assembly; 211. a first buoy; 212. a second buoy; 30. a detection chamber; 31. a first detection chamber; 32. a second detection chamber; 40. a vent hole; 50. a handle.

Detailed Description

To facilitate an understanding of the invention, the invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the drawings. The invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only.

Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in an embodiment of the present invention, a water tank structure 100 is provided, the water tank structure 100 includes a tank 10 and a water level detecting module, the tank 10 has a receiving cavity for filling water, and the water level detecting module is used for detecting a water storage state in the receiving cavity.

The box body 10 is further provided with a detection cavity 30 communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the detection cavity 30 is at least divided into a first detection cavity 31 and a second detection cavity 32 which are arranged along the height extending direction of the accommodating cavity; the water level detection module comprises a buoy assembly 21 and a detection assembly, wherein the buoy assembly 21 at least comprises a first buoy 211 accommodated in the first detection cavity 31 and a second buoy 212 accommodated in the second detection cavity 32; the sensing assemblies include at least a first sensing assembly for sensing the first buoy 211 and a second sensing assembly for sensing the second buoy 212.

In the present invention, the detection chamber 30 communicated with the receiving chamber is at least divided into a first detection chamber 31 and a second detection chamber 32 arranged along the height extension direction of the receiving chamber, the water in the receiving chamber will flow into the first detection chamber 31, the first buoy 211 floats on the water surface under the action of the water buoyancy, and the first buoy 211 can only float up and down between the inner bottom surface and the inner top surface of the first detection chamber 31; the water in the containing cavity flows into the second detection cavity 32, the second buoy 212 floats on the water surface under the action of the water buoyancy, and the second buoy 212 can only float up and down between the inner bottom surface and the inner top surface of the second detection cavity 32; this technical scheme will accept the detection area that the chamber divides into two at least co-altitude water levels, whether rethread first detecting element can sense first buoy 211 and judge the floating height of first buoy 211 in first detection chamber 31, whether can sense second buoy 212 through the second detecting element and judge the floating height of second buoy 212 in second detection chamber 32, thereby the water storage capacity state of accepting the chamber is synthesized to the comprehensive judgement, and then judges whether this water tank structure 100 needs to impound according to the water storage capacity state. By the technical scheme, the technical problem that water is required to be interrupted in the working process due to the fact that the water tank in the prior art cannot provide the water storage state for a user is solved.

It should be noted that the detection chamber 30 may be further divided into three, four, five detection chambers 30 such as … …, the buoy assembly 21 correspondingly includes three, four, five buoys such as … …, the detection assemblies correspondingly include three, four, five, etc. groups of detection assemblies such as … …, the detection chambers 30 represent detection areas that divide the accommodation chamber into a plurality of water levels with different heights, and the detection accuracy of the water storage state of the accommodation chamber is further improved by subdividing the accommodation chamber into a plurality of detection areas, and the detection result of the water storage state of the accommodation chamber is more accurate when the number of the detection chambers 30 is larger.

In one embodiment, the first detection assembly comprises at least a first detection member disposed in correspondence with the bottom of the first detection chamber 31 and a second detection member disposed in correspondence with the top of the first detection chamber 31; the second detecting member includes at least a third detecting member disposed corresponding to the top of the second detecting chamber 32.

Specifically, when the first buoy 211 sinks to the bottom of the first detection chamber 31, the first detection member can sense the first buoy 211; when the first float 211 floats on the top of the first detection chamber 31, the second detection member can sense the first float 211; when the first buoy 211 floats between the bottom and the top of the first detection chamber 31, neither the first detection member nor the second detection member senses the first buoy 211; when the second buoy 212 floats on top of the second detection chamber 32, the third detection can sense the second buoy 212; when the second buoy 212 sinks to the bottom of the second detection chamber 32 or floats between the bottom and the top of the second detection chamber 32, the third detection member does not sense the second buoy 212.

Therefore, the first detection piece, the second detection piece and the third detection piece can detect four water storage quantity states of water liquid in the containing cavity. Specifically, when the first detecting element does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting element senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting element senses the second buoy 212, the water storage state of the accommodating cavity is a high water level state; when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a middle water level state; when the first detecting part does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting part does not sense the first buoy 211, and the third detecting part does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage amount of the accommodating cavity is in a low water level state; when the first detecting member senses the first buoy 211, the second detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage amount state of the accommodating cavity is a water shortage state.

In some specific embodiments, the first buoy 211 and the second buoy 212 contain magnetic materials inside, and the detection component is a magnetic detection component, and specifically, the detection component may be a reed switch, a hall switch, or the like.

Therefore, the sensing states of the first, second and third detecting elements are defined as follows: the first detecting member is in a low state when it senses the first float 211 and in a high state when it does not sense the first float 211; the second detecting member is in a low state when it senses the first float 211 and in a high state when it does not sense the first float 211; the third sensing member is in a low state when it senses the second buoy 212 and in a high state when it does not sense the second buoy 212. This is taken as an example to illustrate:

when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member senses the second buoy 212, at this time, the first detecting member, the second detecting member, and the third detecting member are respectively in a high state, a low state, and the water storage amount state of the accommodating cavity is in a high water level state;

when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, at this time, the first detecting member, the second detecting member, and the third detecting member are respectively in a high state, a low state, and a high state, and the water storage amount state of the accommodating cavity is in a middle water level state;

when the first detecting element does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting element does not sense the first buoy 211, and the third detecting element does not sense the second buoy 212, at this time, the first detecting element, the second detecting element, and the third detecting element are respectively in a high state, and the water storage amount state of the accommodating cavity is in a low water level state;

when the first detecting member senses the first buoy 211, the second detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a water shortage state.

Therefore, the water storage state of the receiving cavity can be intuitively known through the induction states of the first detection piece, the second detection piece and the third detection piece.

It should be noted that, the first detection assembly may further include a plurality of (more than two) detection elements, that is, the first detection chamber 31 is further divided into a plurality of detection positions, and each detection position is configured with one detection element, so that the accuracy of detecting the water level in the first detection chamber 31 can be improved.

The second detection assembly can also be set to include two or more detection pieces, if the top, middle part, bottom that correspond second detection chamber 32 all dispose detection piece, be about to the second detection chamber 32 further divide into a plurality of detection positions, every detection position corresponds disposes a detection piece, can improve the water level detection degree of accuracy of second detection chamber 32.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 3, the box body 10 includes two opposite side plates 111 disposed at an interval, and a bottom plate 112 and a top plate 113 connected between two ends of the two side plates 111 at an interval, wherein the two side plates 111, the bottom plate 112 and the top plate 113 form the detection chamber 30; the housing 10 further includes a partition plate 114 located between the bottom plate 112 and the top plate 113, and the detection chamber 30 is partitioned into a first detection chamber 31 and a second detection chamber 32 by the partition plate 114.

In some embodiments, the bottom plate 112 defines a communication hole 10a for communicating the receiving chamber with the first detecting chamber 31, the top plate 113 defines a communication hole 10a for communicating the receiving chamber with the second detecting chamber 32, and the partition plate 114 defines a communication hole 10a for communicating the receiving chamber, the first detecting chamber 31 and the second detecting chamber 32. Thereby guarantee first detection chamber 31, second detection chamber 32 and accept the chamber intercommunication for the water level in first detection chamber 31, the water level in the second detection chamber 32 can be accurate the reaction go out the water storage capacity state in acceping.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 2 and 4, the box 10 includes two first side plates 121 disposed opposite to each other at an interval, and a first bottom plate 122 and a first top plate 123 connected between two ends of the two first side plates 121 at an interval, where the two first side plates 121, the first bottom plate 122, and the first top plate 123 form a first detection cavity 31; the box body 10 further comprises second side plates 124 which are oppositely and alternately arranged, and a second bottom plate 125 and a second top plate 126 which are oppositely and alternately connected between two ends of the two second side plates 124, wherein the two second side plates 124, the second bottom plate 125 and the second top plate 126 form a second detection cavity 32; and the first top plate 123 and the second bottom plate 125 are disposed on the same horizontal line in a staggered manner.

In this embodiment, the first detection chamber 31 and the second detection chamber 32 are disposed in a staggered manner, so that the relative positions of the plurality of detection chambers 30 can be arranged along a straight line, or can be disposed in a staggered manner, and for any two adjacent detection chambers 30, the inner top surface of one detection chamber 30 is preferably flush with the inner bottom surface of the other detection chamber 30.

In some embodiments, the first bottom plate 122 and the first top plate 123 define a communication hole 10a for communicating the receiving cavity with the first detecting cavity 31, and the second bottom plate 125 and the second top plate 126 define a communication hole 10a for communicating the receiving cavity with the second detecting cavity 32. Thereby guarantee first detection chamber 31, second detection chamber 32 and accept the chamber intercommunication for the water level in first detection chamber 31, the water level in the second detection chamber 32 can be accurate the reaction go out the water storage capacity state in acceping.

In one embodiment, the bottom of the box 10 is further provided with a drainage mechanism communicated with the receiving cavity, so that the impurity water deposited on the bottom of the receiving cavity is drained out of the receiving cavity.

In one embodiment, the top of the box 10 is further provided with a vent hole communicated with the accommodating chamber, so that the pressure inside the accommodating chamber is increased when water in the accommodating chamber is heated, and a vent hole 40 communicating the inside of the accommodating chamber with the outside is provided to balance the internal and external air pressures in the accommodating chamber, thereby ensuring the normal operation of the water tank structure 100.

In one embodiment, the tank structure 100 further includes a handle 50 fixedly connected to the tank body 10, and the tank body 10 is assembled and disassembled conveniently by the handle 50.

In another aspect of the present invention, a water level detection method of the water tank structure 100 is further provided, where the water tank structure 100 includes a tank 10 and a water level detection module; the box body 10 is provided with an accommodating cavity for filling water liquid and a detection cavity 30 communicated with the accommodating cavity, and the detection cavity 30 is at least divided into a first detection cavity 31 and a second detection cavity 32 which are arranged along the height extending direction of the accommodating cavity; the water level detection module comprises a buoy assembly 21 and a detection assembly, wherein the buoy assembly 21 at least comprises a first buoy 211 accommodated in the first detection cavity 31 and a second buoy 212 accommodated in the second detection cavity 32; the sensing assemblies include at least a first sensing assembly for sensing the first buoy 211 and a second sensing assembly for sensing the second buoy 212. Referring to fig. 5, in particular, the water level detection method of the water tank structure 100 includes:

determining whether the first detection assembly senses the first buoy 211 and whether the second detection assembly senses the second buoy 212;

and judging the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity according to the sensing result of the first detection component and the sensing result of the second detection component.

Wherein the first buoy 211 floats between the top and the bottom of the first detection chamber 31, and the second buoy 212 floats between the top and the bottom of the second detection chamber 32, so that the sensing result of the first detection assembly to the first buoy 211 can reflect the water level of the first detection chamber 31, and the sensing result of the second detection assembly to the second buoy 212 can reflect the water level of the second detection chamber 32; the first detection cavity 31 and the second detection cavity 32 are formed by separating the detection cavity 30, and the first detection cavity 31 and the second detection cavity 32 are arranged along the extending direction of the height of the accommodating cavity, so that the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity can be judged according to the sensing result of the first detection component and the sensing result of the second detection component.

In one embodiment, the first detection assembly comprises at least a first detection member disposed in correspondence with the bottom of the first detection chamber 31 and a second detection member disposed in correspondence with the top of the first detection chamber 31; the second detecting member includes at least a third detecting member disposed corresponding to the top of the second detecting chamber 32.

Therefore, according to the sensing result of the first detecting component and the sensing result of the second detecting component, the water storage state of the accommodating cavity is judged, which comprises the following steps:

when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member senses the second buoy 212, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a high water level state;

when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a middle water level state;

when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage amount state of the accommodating cavity is a low water level state;

when the first detecting member senses the first buoy 211, the second detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a water shortage state.

In some specific embodiments, the first buoy 211 and the second buoy 212 contain magnetic materials inside, and the detection component is a magnetic detection component, and specifically, the detection component may be a reed switch, a hall switch, or the like.

Therefore, the sensing states of the first, second and third detecting elements are defined as follows: the first detecting member is in a low state when it senses the first float 211 and in a high state when it does not sense the first float 211; the second detecting member is in a low state when it senses the first float 211 and in a high state when it does not sense the first float 211; the third sensing member is in a low state when it senses the second buoy 212 and in a high state when it does not sense the second buoy 212. This is taken as an example to illustrate:

when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member senses the second buoy 212, at this time, the first detecting member, the second detecting member, and the third detecting member are respectively in a high state, a low state, and the water storage amount state of the accommodating cavity is in a high water level state;

when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, at this time, the first detecting member, the second detecting member, and the third detecting member are respectively in a high state, a low state, and a high state, and the water storage amount state of the accommodating cavity is in a middle water level state;

when the first detecting element does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting element does not sense the first buoy 211, and the third detecting element does not sense the second buoy 212, at this time, the first detecting element, the second detecting element, and the third detecting element are respectively in a high state, and the water storage amount state of the accommodating cavity is in a low water level state;

when the first detecting member senses the first buoy 211, the second detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a water shortage state.

Therefore, the water storage state of the receiving cavity can be intuitively known through the induction states of the first detection piece, the second detection piece and the third detection piece.

It should be noted that the sensing states of the first detecting element, the second detecting element and the third detecting element may be located as follows: the first detecting member is in a high state when it senses the first float 211 and in a low state when it does not sense the first float 211; the second detecting member is in a high state when it senses the first float 211 and in a low state when it does not sense the first float 211; the third sensing member is in a high state when it senses the second buoy 212 and in a low state when it does not sense the second buoy 212.

In another aspect of the present invention, a steam oven is further provided, which includes a main machine and a water tank structure 100 assembled with the main machine, wherein the water tank structure 100 is the aforementioned water tank structure 100, the water storage capacity state of the steam oven can be known by using the water tank structure 100, and a user can determine whether the steam oven needs to store water according to the water storage capacity state of the water tank structure 100 based on the selected operating parameter of the steam oven.

When the host and water tank structure 100 is assembled, the detection assembly is installed on the host, then the tank 10 is assembled, and whether the tank 10 is installed in place is checked through the detection assembly.

In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a water storage determination method of the steam oven, referring to fig. 6, the water storage determination method includes:

the main machine of the steam oven calculates the predicted working time T1 of the steam baking according to various target working parameters pre-configured by a user;

the host computer obtains the predicted workable time T2 for the residual water storage to be used for steam baking of the steam oven according to the residual water storage state of the water tank structure 100, and the residual water storage state is detected by the water level detection module;

if the T1 is more than or equal to T2, the main machine of the steam oven controls the water tank structure 100 to be stored before starting; if T1 is less than T2, the main control of the steam oven starts the steam roasting.

The target working parameters can be the working time, the working power, the working mode and the like of the steam oven, the host machine calculates the predicted working time T1 of the steam oven according to the target working parameters selected by the baking requirement of a user, obtains the predicted working time T2 of the water tank structure 100, wherein the residual water storage capacity of the water tank structure 100 can be used for steam baking according to the state of the residual water storage capacity of the water tank structure 100, compares the sizes of T1 and T2, and when T1 is more than or equal to T2, the water storage capacity in the water tank structure 100 is insufficient to support the completion of the baking work, and the steam oven is started to work after water is stored; when T1 is less than T2, it indicates that the water in the water tank structure 100 is sufficient for the amount of steam required for this cooking operation, and the steam oven can be directly operated.

Further, the water storage capacity state of the water tank structure 100 is judged by the sensing states of the first detecting element, the second detecting element and the third detecting element, specifically, when the first detecting element does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting element senses the first buoy 211 and the third detecting element senses the second buoy 212, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a high water level state; when the first detecting member does not sense the first buoy 211, the second detecting member senses the first buoy 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second buoy 212, the water storage capacity state of the accommodating cavity is a middle water level state; when the first detecting member does not sense the first float 211, the second detecting member does not sense the first float 211, and the third detecting member does not sense the second float 212, the water storage amount state of the accommodating chamber is a low water level state.

In some specific embodiments, when the water storage state of the water tank structure 100 is the low water level state, the water tank water volume operation time T2 is less than 30 minutes; when the water storage capacity state of the water tank structure 100 is the middle water level state, the water tank capacity working time T2 is 30-90 minutes; when the water storage state of the water tank structure 100 is a high water level state, the water tank water amount working time T2 is 90-120 minutes.

The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above examples only show some embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the claims. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.