US 12,433,442 B2
Electric pressure cooker to prevent clogging of steam exhaust flow path
Hyeunsik Nam, Seoul (KR); Wan Soo Kim, Seoul (KR); and Byungkyu Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/780,591.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0020144 (KR), filed on Feb. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0260901 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A47J 27/08 (2006.01); A47J 27/00 (2006.01); A47J 27/09 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/0815 (2013.01) [A47J 27/002 (2013.01); A47J 27/09 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric pressure cooker, comprising:
a main body that defines a cooking space, the main body having an upper surface that defines a body opening;
an inner pot configured to be accommodated in the cooking space, the inner pot having an upper surface that defines a pot opening;
a lid fastening ring configured to be fastened to the upper surface of the main body;
an inner lid that is disposed radially inside of the lid fastening ring and that is configured to block the upper surface of the inner pot, the inner lid comprising a steam outlet and a first flow path guide member that are disposed at a lower surface of the inner lid; and
an inside lid configured to be coupled to the lower surface of the inner lid, the inside lid comprising a second flow path guide member disposed at an upper surface of the inside lid,
wherein the inner lid and the inside lid define a steam flow path by the first flow path guide member and the second flow path guide member, the steam flow path being configured to guide steam generated in the inner pot to the steam outlet, and
wherein the second flow path guide member comprises a depression that extends downward from the inside lid and is recessed downward relative to a lower surface of the inside lid, the depression being integrally formed with the inner lid and having an unperforated surface that separates the steam flow path from the cooking space.