CN104421194A - Fan pedestal and electric fan - Google Patents

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CN104421194A
CN104421194A CN201310401480.8A CN201310401480A CN104421194A CN 104421194 A CN104421194 A CN 104421194A CN 201310401480 A CN201310401480 A CN 201310401480A CN 104421194 A CN104421194 A CN 104421194A
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林海利
李曙光
蓝鸿山
廖送邦
黄礼华
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The invention discloses a fan pedestal, comprising a chassis and a supporting pin group arranged on the chassis; the supporting pin group comprises two supporting pins hinged to the chassis, wherein a buckle is hinged to one supporting pin, and a locking bump matched with the buckle when at least one supporting pin is arranged at an unfolding state is arranged on the other supporting pin. In the fan pedestal, as the supporting pins are hinged to the chassis, the supporting pins have at least two states unfolding and folding, and the supporting pins when being located at the unfolding state can provide steady supporting, and can reduce the floor space of the fan pedestal when being arranged at the folding state. Due to the adoption of the fan pedestal, the trouble of users that the fan pedestal is difficult to collect is avoided, the users can collect the fan pedestal with a reduced size only by a simple operation of folding the fan pedestal without demounting, the collection is facilitated and the space is reduced. The invention further discloses an electric fan provided with the fan pedestal.

Description

A kind of fan base and electric fan
Technical field
The present invention relates to fan technology field, more particularly, relate to a kind of fan base and electric fan.
Background technique
Rotary blade fan is the new varieties of an electric fan of 20 century 70 rises in mid-term, and also known as making box fan or box fan, adopting the method for machinery to realize natural wind simulating, is comparatively ideal product in domestic electric fan.
At present, the floor type box fan product on market, in order to ensure to have enough support forces, needs for its base provides larger floor space.But whenever heat disappears, user needs to collect product, because the floor space of base is comparatively large, take the interior space comparatively large, therefore make to be covered up comparatively difficulty.
For the ease of collection, the base of floor type box fan product of the prior art adopts detachable base, during collection, with instrument if screw-driver is to product base dismounting collection, user need be covered up and comparatively bothers.
Therefore, how to make, without the need to dismounting, also can realize the object of collecting, become the technical problem that those skilled in the art are urgently to be resolved hurrily.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of fan base, to make, without the need to dismounting, also can realize the object of collecting;
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of electric fan with said fans base.
For achieving the above object, the invention provides following technological scheme:
A kind of fan base, comprise chassis and be arranged at the supporting foot group on described chassis, described supporting foot group comprises two supporting foots hinged with described chassis;
One of them supporting foot is hinged with snap close, another supporting foot is provided with when being in open mode for supporting foot described at least one and the locking of described snap fit protruding.
Preferably, in said fans base, described snap close comprises left snap close and right snap close, described left snap close by the first hinging hole and one of them supporting foot hinged, second hinging hole of described right snap close and described left snap close is hinged, described right snap close and described locking male cooperation.
Preferably, in said fans base, one of them supporting foot by left hinge pin and described chassis hinged, another supporting foot by right hinge pin and described chassis hinged.
Preferably, in said fans base, described snap close comprises left snap close and right snap close, described left snap close by the first hinging hole and described left hinge pin hinged, second hinging hole of described right snap close and described left snap close is hinged, described locking projection is arranged on described right hinge pin, described right snap close and described locking male cooperation.
Preferably, in said fans base, when described supporting foot is in open mode, a side of described left hinge pin abuts with the rib on described chassis.
Preferably, in said fans base, described chassis has the receiving groove for accommodating described supporting foot.
Preferably, in said fans base, in described receiving groove, be provided with the buckle for supporting foot described in clamping.
Preferably, in said fans base, the bottom of described chassis and described supporting foot all has bottom support pin.
Preferably, in said fans base, described supporting foot group is two, and is arranged at the two ends on described chassis respectively.
As can be seen from above-mentioned technological scheme, fan base provided by the invention, by by supporting foot and chassis hinged, supporting foot can be made at least to have opening and amount to two states, when supporting foot is in open mode, stable support can be provided, when supporting foot is in folded position, the floor space of fan base can be reduced.The invention solves user and collect difficult puzzlement, fan base only need be carried out this simple action folding by user, without the need to dismounting, can reach reduction model machine volume and collect, not only collect convenient but also reduce space.
Present invention also offers a kind of electric fan, comprise fan base, wherein, described fan base is the fan base as above described in any one.Because fan base provided by the invention has above-mentioned technique effect, the electric fan therefore with this fan base has above-mentioned technique effect equally, repeats no more herein.
Accompanying drawing explanation
In order to be illustrated more clearly in the embodiment of the present invention or technological scheme of the prior art, be briefly described to the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment or description of the prior art below, apparently, accompanying drawing in the following describes is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
The explosive view of the fan base that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of a kind of angle on the chassis that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of another angle of chassis that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of the left hinge pin that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of the right hinge pin that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of the supporting foot that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of the left snap close that Fig. 7 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of a kind of angle of right snap close that Fig. 8 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The structural representation of right another angle of snap close that Fig. 9 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The erection drawing of one of them supporting foot that Figure 10 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The erection drawing of another supporting foot that Figure 11 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
The erection drawing of two supporting foots that Figure 12 provides for the embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 13 is in the structural representation of Support Position for fan base that the embodiment of the present invention provides;
Figure 14 is in the structural representation of folding position for fan base that the embodiment of the present invention provides.
Wherein:
1 is chassis, 2 is left hinge pin, 3 is right hinge pin, 4 is supporting foot, 5 is left snap close, 6 is rotating shaft, 7 is right snap close, 8 is rotating shaft, 9 is screw, 10 is nut, 11 is bottom support pin, 101 is hinging hole, 102 is rib, 103 is bottom support pin, 104 is buckle, 105 is end sides, 201 is hinging hole, 202 is hinging hole, 203 is mounting hole, 204 is side, 301 is hinging hole, 302 is side, 303 is mounting hole, 304 is that locking is protruding, 401 is mounting hole, 402 is mounting hole, 403 is surface, 501 is the first hinging hole, 502 is the second hinging hole, 701 is hinging hole, 702 is buckling part.
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Core of the present invention is to provide a kind of fan base, to make, without the need to dismounting, also can realize the object of collecting;
Another core of the present invention is to provide a kind of electric fan with said fans base.
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, be clearly and completely described the technological scheme in the embodiment of the present invention, obviously, described embodiment is only the present invention's part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art, not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, belong to the scope of protection of the invention.
Refer to Fig. 1, the explosive view of the fan base that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.
The fan base that the embodiment of the present invention provides, comprise chassis 1 and be arranged at the One On The Chassis supporting foot group, wherein, supporting foot group at least comprises a supporting foot 4 hinged with chassis 1, supporting foot 4, when turning to correct position, forms with chassis 1 supporting structure being used for supports fan main body jointly.
Fan base provided by the invention, by by hinged to supporting foot 4 and chassis 1, supporting foot 4 can be made at least to have opening and amount to two states, when supporting foot 4 is in open mode (as shown in figure 13), stable support can be provided, when supporting foot 4 is in folded position (as shown in figure 14), the floor space of fan base can be reduced.The invention solves user and collect difficult puzzlement, fan base only need be carried out this simple action folding by user, without the need to dismounting, can reach reduction model machine volume and collect, not only collect convenient but also reduce space.
In order to ensure that supporting foot 4 can be stablized be in and open Support Position, being unlikely to touch slightly and just rotating and affect use, the embodiment of the present invention also can comprise locking device supporting foot 4 being locked at open mode.By increasing this locking device, can, when supporting foot 4 opens to Support Position, by locking device locking, to keep this position, be unlikely to rotate easily.
Particularly, locking device can be the jackscrew with chassis 1 screw-thread fit, and the end of jackscrew is used for abutting against with supporting foot 4.When supporting foot 4 opens to Support Position, rotate jackscrew, the end of jackscrew is moved down, until hold out against supporting foot 4, thus avoids the rotation of supporting foot 4, reach the effect of locking.
Refer to Fig. 5, Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, the structural representation of the right hinge pin that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention; The structural representation of a kind of angle of right snap close that Fig. 8 provides for the embodiment of the present invention; The structural representation of right another angle of snap close that Fig. 9 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.
In the present invention one optimal technical scheme, supporting foot group comprises the both sides that two supporting foots, 4, two supporting foots 4 are articulated with chassis 1 respectively, thus reaches more stable support effect.One of them supporting foot 4 is hinged with snap close, another supporting foot 4 is provided with for when at least one supporting foot 4 is in open mode and the locking projection 304 of snap fit, snap close and locking protruding 304 form locking device.When two supporting foots 4 open to Support Position, rotate snap close, snap close and locking projection 304 are locked together, thus restriction two supporting foots 4 rotate.
Particularly, snap close comprises left snap close 5 and right snap close 7, and left snap close 5 is hinged with one of them supporting foot 4 by the first hinging hole 501, and right snap close 7 is hinged with the second hinging hole 502 of left snap close 5.
Above-described embodiment be left snap close 5 directly and supporting foot 4 hinged, it will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that left snap close 5 also can indirectly and supporting foot 4 hinged, namely by middleware and supporting foot 4 hinged.
One of them supporting foot 4 is hinged with chassis 1 by left hinge pin 2, and another supporting foot 4 is hinged with chassis 1 by right hinge pin 3.Snap close comprises left snap close 5 and right snap close 7, and left snap close 5 is hinged with left hinge pin 2 by the first hinging hole 501, and right snap close 7 is hinged with the second hinging hole 502 of left snap close 5, and locking projection 304 is arranged on right hinge pin 3.
The structural representation of a kind of angle on the chassis provided for the embodiment of the present invention incorporated by reference to Fig. 2-Fig. 6, Fig. 2; The structural representation of another angle of chassis that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the present invention; The structural representation of the left hinge pin that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the present invention; The structural representation of the right hinge pin that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the present invention; The structural representation of the supporting foot that Fig. 6 provides for the embodiment of the present invention.
The hinging hole 201 of left hinge pin 2 and the hinging hole 301 of right hinge pin 3 are mounted with by screw 9 and nut 10 with the hinging hole 101 on chassis 1, with screw 9 for hinge centres, are formed and are movably hinged structure.Two supporting foots 4 rotate centered by screw 9, realize launching and collection action.
The mounting hole 203 of left hinge pin 2 is fixed with fixed blocks such as screws with the mounting hole 401 of supporting foot 4.The hinging hole 202 of left hinge pin 2 and the first hinging hole 501 of left snap close 5 form pin connection structure by rotating shaft 8, and left snap close 5 does turnover with rotating shaft 8 for center of rotation and moves.Second hinging hole 502 of left snap close 5 forms pin connection structure with the hinging hole 701 of right snap close 7 by rotating shaft 6, centered by rotating shaft 6, turnover motion is done around left snap close 5 by snap close 7, simultaneously, rotating shaft 6 does turnover motion around left hinge pin 2 centered by rotating shaft 8, when left snap close 5 does fastening motion left around left hinge pin 2, right snap close 7 is driven to fasten left.
Further, when supporting foot 4 is in open mode, a side 204 of left hinge pin 2 abuts with the rib 102 on chassis 1.Namely left hinge pin 2 and right hinge pin 3 do turnover motion around screw 9 respectively, a side 204 of left hinge pin 2 and the rib 102 on chassis 1 are fitted, also fit with the rib 102 on chassis 1 in a side 302 of right hinge pin 3, reach deployed condition, and restriction is rotated further, when making left snap close 5 do fastening motion left, drive right snap close 7 also to left movement, the buckling part 702 of right snap close 7 is fitted with the locking protruding 304 of right hinge pin 3, continue to fasten left snap close 5, the buckling part 702 of right snap close makes the locking protruding 304 of right hinge pin 3 that resiliently deformable occur, make whole buckle structure have pretightening force effect always.
When the first hinging hole 501 on left snap close 5 and the plane that the second hinging hole 502 is formed are parallel with the end sides 105 on chassis 1, now stroke is the longest left for right snap close 7, namely the elastic deformation amount of the locking projection 304 of right hinge pin 3 is maximum, the coupling mechanism force of whole locking device is maximum, this position is the dead center position of locking device, when exceeding dead center position and continuing to fasten, coupling mechanism force will be had to act on right snap close 7 always, coupling mechanism force and then pass to left snap close 5, left snap close 5 is made to become self-locking state, whole locker is in self-locking state, does not get loose after the locking of whole mechanism.
In order to optimize technique scheme further, chassis 1 having the receiving groove for accommodating supporting foot 4, in receiving groove, being provided with the buckle 104 for clamping supporting foot 4, namely when supporting foot 4 is in collecting state, locked by buckle 104.
When collecting supporting foot 4, move left snap close 5 to move right, right snap close 7 moves right, and realizes trip action, collect two supporting foots, when collecting in the receiving groove on chassis 1, the surface 403 of supporting foot 4 and the buckle 104 buckle interference fit on chassis 1, continue to fasten, supporting foot 4 can extrude buckle 104 and be out of shape, enter in chassis 1 completely, buckle 104 recovers distortion, blocks supporting foot and does not get loose.
In the present invention one specific embodiment, the bottom of chassis 1 and supporting foot 4 all has bottom support pin.The bottom on chassis 1 has bottom support pin 103, and the bottom of supporting foot 4 has bottom support pin 11.
Mounting hole 402 and the bottom support pin 11 of supporting foot 4 are fixed with fastening pieces such as screws, and bottom support pin 11 plays support and cushioning effect.The mounting hole 303 of right hinge pin 3 is fixed with fixed blocks such as screws with the mounting hole 401 of supporting foot 4.
In the present invention one specific embodiment, supporting foot group is two, and is arranged at the two ends on chassis 1 respectively, to improve stability of strutting system.
The invention also discloses a kind of electric fan, comprise fan base, wherein, fan base is as above fan base disclosed in embodiment.Because fan base provided by the invention has above-mentioned technique effect, the electric fan therefore with this fan base has above-mentioned technique effect equally, repeats no more herein.
In this specification, each embodiment adopts the mode of going forward one by one to describe, and what each embodiment stressed is the difference with other embodiments, between each embodiment identical similar portion mutually see.
To the above-mentioned explanation of the disclosed embodiments, professional and technical personnel in the field are realized or uses the present invention.To be apparent for those skilled in the art to the multiple amendment of these embodiments, General Principle as defined herein can without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention, realize in other embodiments.Therefore, the present invention can not be restricted to these embodiments shown in this article, but will meet the widest scope consistent with principle disclosed herein and features of novelty.

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1. a fan base, the supporting foot group comprising chassis (1) and be arranged on described chassis (1), is characterized in that, described supporting foot group comprises two supporting foots (4) hinged with described chassis (1);
(4) are hinged with snap close to one of them supporting foot, another supporting foot (4) are provided with when being in open mode for supporting foot described at least one (4) and the locking projection (304) of described snap fit.
2. fan base as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described snap close comprises left snap close (5) and right snap close (7), described left snap close (5) is hinged by the first hinging hole (501) and one of them supporting foot (4), described right snap close (7) is hinged with second hinging hole (502) of described left snap close (5), and described right snap close (7) coordinates with described locking projection (304).
3. fan base as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, one of them supporting foot (4) is hinged by left hinge pin (2) and described chassis (1), and another supporting foot (4) is hinged by right hinge pin (3) and described chassis (1).
4. fan base as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, described snap close comprises left snap close (5) and right snap close (7), described left snap close (5) is hinged by the first hinging hole (501) and described left hinge pin (2), described right snap close (7) is hinged with second hinging hole (502) of described left snap close (5), described locking projection (304) is arranged on described right hinge pin (3), and described right snap close (7) coordinates with described locking projection (304).
5. fan base as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, when described supporting foot (4) is in open mode, a side (204) of described left hinge pin (2) abuts with the rib (102) of described chassis (1).
6. the fan base as described in any one of claim 1-5, is characterized in that, described chassis (1) has the receiving groove for accommodating described supporting foot (4).
7. fan base as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, be provided with the buckle (104) for supporting foot described in clamping (4) in described receiving groove.
8. the fan base as described in any one of claim 1-5, is characterized in that, the bottom of described chassis (1) and described supporting foot (4) all has bottom support pin.
9. the fan base as described in any one of claim 1-5, is characterized in that, described supporting foot group is two, and is arranged at the two ends of described chassis (1) respectively.
10. an electric fan, comprises fan base, it is characterized in that, described fan base is the fan base as described in any one of claim 1-9.
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