Vacuum electric cooker

摘要

The present invention has an object to provide a vacuum electric cooker including such a cover for a container as can be easily worked by an operator and as can minimize a stress to be applied to the container. A vacuum electric cooker according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: a cooker body including a horizontal base and a stand section extending vertically upward from the rear edge of that horizontal base and having a motor mounted therein; a cooker container including a cooking tool therein adapted to be driven by said motor, and removably mounted on the horizontal base of said cooker body; a cover member having a discharge nozzle protruding outward for covering said cooker container; a connecting arm having a base end so attached to the vicinity of the upper end of said stand section as to rock in a vertical plane between a substantially horizontal active position and a substantially vertical inactive position; a connecting nozzle attached to the leading end of said connecting arm and connected air-tightly to said discharge nozzle when said connecting arm is at the active position; holding means for holding the state, in which said connecting nozzle is hermetically connected to said discharge nozzle; a vacuum pump disposed in said cooker body; and an air tube connected at one end to said vacuum pump, extending therefrom within the stand section and the connecting arm and connected at the other end to said connecting nozzle.