CN106466133B - bread machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The application discloses a bread machine, comprising: the device comprises an outer shell, an upper cover assembly, a window and a material box assembly. The outer housing defines an oven cavity open at the top. The upper cover assembly is provided on the outer case to open or close the oven cavity. The window is disposed on the upper cover assembly. The magazine subassembly includes box body, flip and uncap unit, and the box body sets up on the upper cover subassembly, has the cavity in the box body, and the bottom of cavity is opened, and flip pivotably establishes in the bottom of box body in order to open or close the bottom of cavity, uncaps the unit and is used for driving flip and opens the bottom of cavity. According to the bread machine, the automatic feeding into the bread barrel can be realized on the premise that the upper cover assembly is not integrally opened, the oven cavity and the interior of the bread barrel can be observed, and the practicability of the bread machine is improved.

Description

Bread machine

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a bread machine.

Background

When the household automatic bread machine is used for making bread, the technical process is generally as follows: stirring, fermenting, placing acid, proofing and baking for 5 basic stages. Many consumers also want to add fruit materials such as dried grape, walnut kernel and the like into bread in the making process so as to improve the taste of the bread and enrich nutrition. The fruit material must be added to a certain degree when the dough is stirred until the flour is mixed with the water and the water is sufficiently absorbed by the flour, otherwise the fruit material absorbs a great amount of water, and the mouthfeel of the fruit material in the bread and the dough stirring quality are affected.

The yeast for bread making is a key ingredient for realizing good fermentation of bread, and if the yeast is contacted with water with salt and high sugar for a long time, the fermentation performance of the yeast can be seriously affected. The best solution is that flour, water and other ingredients are basically stirred into clusters, yeast is added after the moisture is absorbed by the flour, and then the flour is fully stirred and fermented, so that the bread is better fermented.

At present, a bread machine with automatic feeding function is arranged on the market, the structure of the bread machine is that a feeding material box protrudes outwards from an upper cover of the bread machine, the material box is arranged in the upper cover through an opening at the top of the upper cover, the integrity of the appearance of the bread machine is damaged due to the arrangement of the material box, a window cannot be arranged on the upper cover for adding a material box mechanism, and a user cannot observe the internal process in the bread making and baking process. For example, japanese Panasonic, in the marketed products and patent applications, mentions a fastened bread maker construction with a lid built in the cartridge.

In summary, the current bread machine has the following drawbacks: 1. the solution of the outer convex of the material box is inconvenient to use; 2. the fruit materials, yeast and the like cannot be added simultaneously or in a mixed manner.

Disclosure of Invention

The present application has been made based on the findings and knowledge of the inventors regarding the following facts and problems:

the bread machine in the related art is restricted by the structure, the material box cannot be arranged when the window is arranged on the upper cover, and the window cannot be arranged when the material box is arranged on the upper cover, so that a plurality of inconveniences are brought to the use. Therefore, the application aims to provide the bread machine, wherein the structure on the upper cover is comprehensively optimized, so that the window and the material box structure can coexist simultaneously, and the use convenience of the bread machine is improved.

According to an embodiment of the present application, a bread maker includes: an outer housing defining an oven cavity open at an upper side; an upper cover assembly provided on the outer case to open or close the oven cavity; a window disposed on the upper cover assembly; the material box assembly comprises a box body, a flip cover and a cover opening unit, wherein the box body is arranged on the upper cover assembly, a cavity is formed in the box body, the bottom of the cavity is open, the flip cover is pivotably arranged at the bottom of the box body to open or close the bottom of the cavity, and the cover opening unit is used for driving the flip cover to open the bottom of the cavity.

According to the bread machine provided by the embodiment of the application, the window and the material box assembly are arranged on the upper cover assembly, so that the bread can be automatically fed into the bread barrel on the premise that the upper cover assembly is not integrally opened, the oven cavity and the interior of the bread barrel can be observed, and the practicability of the bread machine is improved.

Specifically, the window and the box body are arranged on the upper cover component in a front-back juxtaposition way. Therefore, the window is very convenient to use, and the usable area of the upper cover assembly is fully utilized.

More specifically, the window is formed in a rectangular shape and extends in the left-right direction, and the case is a rectangular case and is disposed in the left-right direction. Therefore, the cross-sectional areas of the window and the box body are enlarged as much as possible, and the space utilization rate of the upper cover assembly is improved.

In some embodiments, the door opening unit includes: a door latch for positioning the flip to the case, the door latch being movably connected to the case; the driving piece is connected with the door bolt to drive the door bolt to move so as to release the flip.

Specifically, the driving piece is arranged in the outer shell, and the driving piece is an electromagnet. Thereby facilitating the connection of the driving member to the control portion of the bread machine and the power source.

In some embodiments, the driving member is an electromagnet, and the door opening unit further includes: the swing rod is pivotally connected to the upper cover assembly, and the lower end of the swing rod is driven by the electromagnet to move up and down so as to enable the upper end of the swing rod to move horizontally; the upper end of the swing rod is abutted against the bulge to push the moving rod to move horizontally, and the moving rod is connected with the door bolt to push the door bolt to move horizontally; and a spring sleeved on the moving rod and positioned between the upper cover assembly and the protrusion. Therefore, the force applied by the electromagnet in the up-down direction can be converted into the force pushed by the movable rod in the horizontal direction, the lower end of the swing rod and the electromagnet can be arranged in the bread machine in the vertical direction, and the upper end of the swing rod and the movable rod can be arranged in the bread machine in the horizontal direction. The arrangement of the spring can enable the movable rod and the swing rod to reset to a position where the door bolt is not pushed to open the flip, so that the door bolt is prevented from tripping when the door bolt is not touched.

Specifically, the swing link includes: a body portion formed in a cylindrical shape; a first rod part extending from the side wall of the body part, wherein the end part of the first rod part extends downwards to form a pushing column, and the electromagnet drives the pushing column to move upwards; the second rod part extends from the side wall of the body part, an included angle is formed between the extending direction of the second rod part and the extending direction of the first rod part, and a long hole is formed in the second rod part so as to be sleeved on the movable rod. Therefore, when the lower end of the first rod part is subjected to upward force, the swing rod can push the movable rod to horizontally move, the structure of the swing rod is simple, the long hole is sleeved on the movable rod, the swing rod is prevented from being separated from the movable rod, and the transmission reliability of the cover opening unit is improved.

Further, the upper cover assembly includes a lever seat including: a horizontal plate, the moving rod being horizontally movably provided on a lower surface of the horizontal plate; a first vertical plate extending downwardly from a bottom wall of the horizontal plate, the swing link being pivotally connected to the first vertical plate; the second vertical plate, the second vertical plate is followed the diapire downwardly extending of horizontal plate, the second vertical plate with first vertical plate is mutually perpendicular, be equipped with the through-hole on the second vertical plate, the one end of movable rod is in the through-hole is just the spring ends to be in the second vertical plate with between the arch. Therefore, the movable rod and the swing rod can be well arranged in the upper cover assembly through the rod seat, assembly is convenient, and transmission is more reliable and stable.

Still further, the lever seat further includes a pressing piece provided at the bottom of the horizontal plate to define a guide rail with the horizontal plate, and the other end of the moving lever is fitted in the guide rail. Therefore, the pressing sheet can provide a horizontal moving supporting force for the swing rod, the moving rod is matched in the guide rail, the moving rod is ensured to move along the horizontal direction, and the transmission reliability of the cover opening unit is further improved.

In some embodiments, the door unit further comprises: the connecting rod is rotatably arranged on the upper cover assembly, the first end and the second end of the connecting rod can swing on the horizontal plane, the first end of the connecting rod is connected with the moving rod, and the second end of the connecting rod is connected with the door bolt so as to push the door bolt to move horizontally when the moving rod moves horizontally. Therefore, the lever principle is utilized, and the driving force of the driving piece on the door bolt is conveniently increased. Meanwhile, when the bolt and the moving rod are separated by a certain distance, the connecting rod is arranged to facilitate the connection of the moving rod and the bolt.

Specifically, a first sliding groove is formed in the first end of the connecting rod, a first sliding pin is arranged on the moving rod, and the first sliding pin is matched in the first sliding groove; the second end of the connecting rod is provided with a second chute, the door bolt is provided with a second sliding pin, and the second sliding pin is matched in the second chute. Therefore, the connecting rod is not easy to be separated from the door bolt and the moving rod respectively, and the reliability of connection is improved.

Optionally, a guide groove is formed in the bottom of the box body, the door bolt is slidably matched in the guide groove, and one end of the door bolt can extend out of the guide groove to be buckled on the lower surface of the flip cover. Therefore, the door bolt can be supported by the cooperation of the door bolt and the guide groove, the door bolt is limited to move along the horizontal direction, and the phenomenon that the turnover cover cannot be buckled due to the movement deflection of the door bolt is avoided.

In some embodiments, the bread machine further comprises a cover pivotally arranged on the upper surface of the upper cover assembly to be buckled on the box body and the window, and the cover is provided with a first transparent area and a second transparent area corresponding to the box body and the window.

Additional aspects and advantages of the application will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the application.

Drawings

The foregoing and/or additional aspects and advantages of the application will become apparent and may be better understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a bread machine according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing an overall opened state of an upper cover assembly of the bread machine according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a state in which a cover of the bread machine is opened according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a back side of an upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of an upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a cartridge assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is another schematic structural view of a cartridge assembly according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a structure of a case, a flip cover, and a latch according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of another construction of a case, flip cover and keeper according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a structure of a swing link, a movable link and a lever seat according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 11 is another structural schematic diagram of a swing link, a moving link and a lever seat according to an embodiment of the present application.

Reference numerals:

bread machine 100,

An outer shell 1, an oven cavity V, a bottom plate 11, side walls 12, a supporting seat 13,

Upper cover assembly 2, cover plate 21, cover liner 22, hinge 23, window 24, rod seat 25, through hole 250, horizontal plate 251, first vertical plate 252, second vertical plate 253, pressing plate 254, guide rail 255, rotation shaft 26, retainer ring 27,

Bread barrel 31, heating member 32,

Stirring rod 51, transmission shaft 52, driver 6, motor 61, toothed synchronous belt transmission system 62, driving wheel 621, driven wheel 622, conveyor belt 623,

Control board 71, power board 72, temperature sensor 73,

Cartridge assembly 8, cartridge 81, chamber 810, guide groove 811, partition 812, fruit cavity 813, yeast cavity 814,

Flip cover 82, cover opening unit 83,

Bolts 831, bolt slots 8311, driving member 832,

A swing rod 833, a body portion 8331, a first rod portion 8332, a pushing post 8333, a second rod portion 8334, a long hole 8335,

A movable lever 834, a protrusion 8341,

A spring 835, a link 84, a first link end 841, a second link end 842,

A first slide slot 861, a first slide pin 862, a second slide slot 863, a second slide pin 864, a rotating pin 87, a screw 88,

The cover 9, the first transparent region 91, the second transparent region 92, the latch mechanism 93, the latch 931, the latch boss 932.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present application are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative and intended to explain the present application and should not be construed as limiting the application.

In the description of the present application, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present application and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present application.

Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present application, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more.

In the description of the present application, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "secured" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, a first feature "above" or "below" a second feature may include both the first and second features being in direct contact, as well as the first and second features not being in direct contact but being in contact with each other through additional features therebetween. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature includes the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply means that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

A bread maker 100 according to an embodiment of the present application is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 11.

The bread machine 100 according to the embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, includes: the outer housing 1, the upper cover assembly 2, the window 24 and the cartridge assembly 8.

In particular, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the outer case 1 defines an oven cavity V opened at an upper side therein, and the upper cover assembly 2 is provided on the outer case 1 to open or close the oven cavity V. The window 24 is provided on the upper cover assembly 2, and the cartridge assembly 8 includes a case 81, a flip cover 82, and a cover opening unit 83, the case 81 being provided on the upper cover assembly 2. The case 81 has a chamber 810 therein, the bottom of the chamber 810 is opened, the cover 82 is pivotably provided at the bottom of the case 81 to open or close the bottom of the chamber 810, and the cover opening unit 83 is used to drive the cover 82 to open the bottom of the chamber 810.

In some examples, as shown in fig. 1, 3 and 4, the outer housing 1 includes: a bottom plate 11 and a barrel-shaped side gusset 12, the bottom plate 11 being provided at the bottom of the side gusset 12 to define an oven cavity V with the side gusset 12. The upper cover assembly 2 includes a cover plate 21 and a cover liner 22 provided on a lower surface of the cover plate 21, and the cover plate 21 is coupled to the outer case 1 by a hinge 23. When the upper cover assembly 2 is covered on the outer shell 1, the cover liner 22 is buckled on the upper end of the side wall plate 12 to seal the oven cavity V.

In particular, as shown in fig. 1-2, the bread machine 100 further includes a bread barrel 31, the bread barrel 31 being disposed within the oven cavity V. The bread barrel 31 is a container for making bread, and the stirring, fermenting and baking of bread are performed in the bread barrel 31, i.e., the bread barrel 31 is a container for stirring bread and a mold for baking bread. The cross section of the bread barrel 31 is square or circular, and the cross section of the side wall 12 is also square or circular correspondingly.

The bread machine 100 further comprises a stirring rod 51, a transmission shaft 52 and a driver 6, wherein the stirring rod 51 is arranged in the bread barrel 31, and the stirring rod 51 is used for stirring dough into gluten to prepare the dough meeting the bread making requirement according to a stirring program. The driver 6 is arranged in the outer shell 1 and is positioned outside the bread barrel 31, and the driver 6 is connected with the stirring rod 51 through a transmission shaft 52 to drive the stirring rod 51 to rotate.

In the example of fig. 1 and 2, the stirring rod 51 is installed at the bottom center of the bread barrel 31, the transmission shaft 52 is provided in the bottom wall of the bread barrel 31, the upper end of the transmission shaft 52 extends into the bread barrel 31 to be connected with the stirring rod 51, and the lower end of the transmission shaft 52 extends out of the bread barrel 31. The driver 6 is a motor 61, the motor 61 and the lower end of the transmission shaft 52 are driven by a tooth-shaped synchronous belt transmission system 62, the tooth-shaped synchronous belt transmission system 62 comprises a driving wheel 621, a driven wheel 622 and a transmission belt 623, the driving wheel 621 is arranged on a motor shaft of the motor 61, the driven wheel 622 is connected with the transmission shaft 52, the transmission belt 623 is respectively matched with the driving wheel 621 and the driven wheel 622, and the tooth-shaped synchronous belt transmission system 62 is in speed reduction transmission in fig. 1.

More specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the bread maker 100 further includes a heating member 32, the heating member 32 is disposed around the bread barrel 31, the heating member 32 performs heating operation during the fermentation and baking process of the bread making, and the temperature and time of heating the heating member 32 are required to meet the requirements of the fermentation and baking of the bread in the bread barrel 31. In the example of fig. 1, the heating member 32 is a ring-shaped heating tube, which is disposed around the toaster tub 31, and the heating member 32 is fixed to an inner wall surface of the toaster cavity V through the supporting base 13.

As shown in fig. 1, the bread maker 100 further includes a temperature sensor 73, wherein the temperature sensor 73 is used for detecting the temperature of the oven cavity V, and the temperature sensor 73 is electrically connected with the heating element 32 to ensure that the heating value of the heating element 32 meets the temperature requirement.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, the bread maker 100 further includes a control board 71 and a power board 72, the power board 72 is connected to the motor 61 and the heating member 32 to supply power, the control board 71 is connected to the power board 72 to control whether the motor 61 and the heating member 32 are operated by controlling the power board 72, and intermittent and continuous operation of the motor 61 and the heating temperature of the heating member 32 are controlled by the control board 71 and the power board 72.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the rear end of the upper cover assembly 2 is pivotally connected to the outer casing 1, a control board 71 is provided on the front side wall of the outer casing 1, a portion of the control board 71 located on the front surface of the outer casing 1 is provided with a display control panel, keys, etc., and the control board 71 is provided on the front side for a user to input control information.

Wherein the chamber 810 of the box 81 contains ingredients required for bread making, and the ingredients are opened by turning the cover 82 of the cartridge assembly 8, so that the cover 82 can be opened by triggering the cover opening unit 83 to feed the bread into the bread barrel 31 without opening the upper cover assembly 2 as a whole. The window 24 is provided to facilitate the user to observe the internal condition of the bread machine, and the user can observe the conditions of stirring, fermenting and baking of the dough in the oven cavity V and the bread barrel 31 without integrally opening the upper cover assembly 2 during the bread making process, which is very convenient.

According to the bread machine 100 of the embodiment of the application, the window 24 and the material box assembly 8 are arranged on the upper cover assembly 2, so that the bread can be automatically fed into the bread barrel 31 and the oven cavity V and the inside of the bread barrel 31 can be observed on the premise that the upper cover assembly 2 is not integrally opened, and the practicability of the bread machine 100 is improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the window 24 is juxtaposed on the upper cover assembly 2 back and forth with the case 81, wherein the rear end of the upper cover assembly 2 is connected to the outer housing 1, the window 24 is located on the front half of the upper cover assembly 2, and the case 81 of the cartridge assembly 8 is located on the rear half of the upper cover assembly 2, i.e., the case 81 is located on the rear side of the window 24.

Wherein, as shown in fig. 1, since the control board 71 is provided on the front side wall of the outer case 1, the window 24 is placed on the front side, which can facilitate the user to adjust the control parameters through the control board 71 while observing through the window 24. The window 24 is convenient to use and fully utilizes the usable area of the upper cover assembly 2.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the window 24 is formed in a rectangular shape and extends in the left-right direction, and the case 81 is formed in a rectangular case and is disposed in the left-right direction, so that the cross-sectional areas of the window 24 and the case 81 are enlarged as much as possible, and the space utilization of the upper cover assembly 2 is improved.

In the example shown in fig. 3 and 9, a partition 812 is provided within the cassette 81, the partition 812 dividing the chamber 810 into a product cavity 813 and a yeast cavity 814, the product cavity 813 being substantially larger than the yeast cavity 814.

Wherein the flip 82 is a flip part for controlling the dispensing of ingredients, the fruit material cavity 813 is used for storing fruit materials such as dried walnuts, the yeast cavity 814 is used for storing yeast, and the partition 812 is arranged to prevent the yeast from contacting with high-sugar and wet fruit materials.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the bread machine 100 further includes a lid 9, wherein the lid 9 is pivotally disposed on the upper surface of the upper cover assembly 2 to be snapped onto the case 81 and the window 24, and the lid 9 is provided with a first transparent region 91 and a second transparent region 92 corresponding to the case 81 and the window 24.

Thus, the upper cover assembly 2 and the cover 9 are formed in a double-layered openable cover structure of the bread machine 100, and the upper cover assembly 2 can be integrally opened and closed with respect to the outer casing 1 so as to take and put the bread barrel 31. The lid 9 may be opened or closed relative to the cover assembly 2 to facilitate the loading of fruit and other ingredients into the case 81.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the lid 9 and the upper cover assembly 2 are connected by a locking structure 93, so as to facilitate opening and closing of the lid 9. In the example of fig. 3, a lock catch 931 is provided on the lid 9, and a lock catch boss 932 is provided on the upper surface of the cover 21, the lock catch boss 932 being snapable in the lock catch 931.

Specifically, a sealing ring is arranged between the box body 81 and the box cover 9, so that ingredients in the box body 81 are prevented from being scattered when the upper cover assembly 2 is integrally opened, and heat can be prevented from being scattered from the box body 81 due to the arrangement of the sealing ring when bread is baked.

Alternatively, the window 24 may be a through hole or a transparent plate such as a glass plate may be provided at the window 24, and the first transparent region 91 and the second transparent region 92 on the cover 9 may be a transparent plate such as a PC board, glass, or the like, respectively. Of course, the present application is not limited thereto, and for example, the cover 9 may be fastened to the case 81 only to close the upper end of the case 81, and at the same time, transparent glass is provided at the window 24 to secure the sealing of the oven cavity V.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 4-8, the door unit 83 includes: a driving member 832 and a latch 831, the latch 831 being used to position the flip 82 to the case 81, the latch 831 being movably coupled to the case 81, the driving member 832 being coupled to the latch 831 to drive the latch 831 to be active to release the flip 82.

When the bread barrel 31 is in the stirring state, a user can control the latch 831 to release the flip cover 82 through the driving member 832, so that ingredients can be added into the bread barrel 31 without opening the upper cover assembly 2 from the outer housing 1, the bread machine 100 is convenient to use, and the user does not need to directly contact the bread barrel 31, so that the use safety of the bread machine 100 is improved.

When the driving member 832 is an electric control member, for example, the driving member 832 is an electromagnet, the driving member 832 may be disposed in the outer housing 1, so that the driving member 832 is conveniently connected to the control part (control board 71) of the bread maker 100 and the power source, and the user can control the addition of ingredients (if ingredients, yeast, etc.) as required in the bread making process engineering through the control board 71.

When the driving member 832 is an electric control member, the material box assembly 8 can realize the opening of the flip cover 82 in an electric control manner, so as to realize automatic feeding, that is, the bread maker 100 has a reservation function, and specific raw materials can be added at a set time, so that the taste and effect of the bread made are closer to those of the bread made in real time.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the electromagnet (i.e., the driving element 832 of fig. 1) is installed in the outer casing 1 in a vertical direction, that is, the electromagnet is installed substantially perpendicular to the bottom wall of the bread maker 100, thereby facilitating a reduction in the occupied area of the bread maker 100 and a rational arrangement of the internal components of the bread maker 100.

In some embodiments, the driving member 832 is an electromagnet, as shown in fig. 4 to 11, and the cover opening unit 83 further includes: the swing link 833 and the moving lever 834 and the spring 835, the swing link 833 is pivotally connected to the upper cover assembly 2, and the lower end of the swing link 833 is driven to move up and down by an electromagnet to horizontally move the upper end of the swing link 833. The moving lever 834 has a protrusion 8341 extending therefrom, wherein an upper end of the swing link 833 abuts against the protrusion 8341 to push the moving lever 834 to move horizontally, and the moving lever 834 is connected with the latch 831 to push the latch 831 to move horizontally. The spring 835 is sleeved on the moving rod 834 and is positioned between the upper cover assembly 2 and the protrusion 8341. Therefore, the force applied by the electromagnet in the up-down direction can be converted into the force for pushing the moving rod 834 in the horizontal direction, so that the lower end of the swing rod 833 and the electromagnet can be arranged in the bread machine 100 in the vertical direction, and the upper end of the swing rod 833 and the moving rod 834 can be arranged in the bread machine 100 in the horizontal direction.

In the example of fig. 1, the swing lever 833 and the moving lever 834 are located in the upper cover assembly 2, and the electromagnet (i.e., the driving member 832 of fig. 1) is located in the outer housing 1, and the control board 71 is also located in the outer housing 1, so that the connection between the electromagnet and the control board 71 is convenient and reliable. The electromagnet for driving the latch 831 to move is arranged in the outer shell 1, so that the connection of the electromagnetic parts of the bread machine 100 is facilitated, the number of parts in the upper cover assembly 2 can be reduced, and the structure arrangement is facilitated.

The spring 835 can reset the moving lever 834 and the swing rod 833 to a position where the latch 831 is not pushed to open the flip 82, so as to prevent the latch 831 from tripping when the latch 831 is not touched. That is, the arrangement of the spring 835 keeps the latch 831 in the same position as when the flip cover 82 is engaged. For example, in some examples, one end of the latch 831 may be retractable under the chamber 810, when the cover 82 is closed under the case 81, the latch 831 may rest on the lower surface of the cover 82 to catch the cover 82, the spring 835 may be provided to maintain one end of the latch 831 under the chamber 810, and when the driving member 832 drives the latch 831 to release the cover 82, the latch 831 may still be restored under the pushing of the spring 835 to a state where one end is under the chamber 810. I.e. the arrangement of the return spring 835 ensures that the latch 831 of the cartridge is normally engaged.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 7 and 10, the swing lever 833 includes: a body portion 8331, a first lever portion 8332, and a second lever portion 8334. The body portion 8331 is formed in a cylindrical shape, the first rod portion 8332 extends from a side wall of the body portion 8331, and an end portion of the first rod portion 8332 extends downward to form a push column 8333, wherein the electromagnet drives the push column 8333 to move upward. The second rod portion 8334 extends from a side wall of the body portion 8331 and has an angle with the extending direction of the first rod portion 8332, and the second rod portion 8334 is provided with a long hole 8335 to be sleeved on the moving rod 834. Therefore, when the swing rod 833 receives an upward force on the lower part of the first rod portion 8332, the swing rod 834 can be pushed to move horizontally, the structure of the swing rod 833 is simple, the long hole 8335 is sleeved on the moving rod 834, the swing rod 833 and the moving rod 834 can be prevented from being separated from being matched, and the transmission reliability of the cover opening unit 83 is improved.

The first rod portion 8332, the second rod portion 8334 and the body portion 8331 form a lever structure, and an included angle is formed between the extending direction of the second rod portion 8334 and the extending direction of the first rod portion 8332, so that the acting force required by the driving member 832 for touching can be reduced, and the power consumption of the electromagnet can be reduced.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 5 and 10, the body portion 8331 is pivotably connected to the upper cover assembly 2 by the rotation shaft 26. In the example of fig. 10, a retainer ring 27 is further provided on the rotating shaft 26 to clamp the rotating shaft 26.

In the example of fig. 2 and 1, the push post 8333 at the lower end of the first lever portion 8332 protrudes out of the upper cover assembly 2 to be engaged with the electromagnet, that is, a portion of the push post 8333 is exposed at the lower surface of the upper cover assembly 2, and the exposed portion operates the opening of the flip cover 82 by the action of the electromagnet mounted on the outer case 1.

When the upper cover assembly 2 is integrally opened, even though the bread machine 100 is in the power-off state, the user can activate the latch 831 to release the flip cover 82 by directly pressing the push post 8333, thereby facilitating the cleaning of the user.

Further, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the upper cover assembly 2 includes a lever seat 25, and the lever seat 25 includes: a horizontal plate 251, a first vertical plate 252, and a second vertical plate 253, a moving lever 834 is horizontally movably provided on a lower surface of the horizontal plate 251, the first vertical plate 252 extends downward from a bottom wall of the horizontal plate 251, and a swing link 833 is pivotably connected to the first vertical plate 252, for example, in the example of fig. 10, a rotation shaft 26 is provided on the first vertical plate 252. The second vertical plate 253 extends downwards from the bottom wall of the horizontal plate 251, the second vertical plate 253 is perpendicular to the first vertical plate 252, a through hole 250 is formed in the second vertical plate 253, one end of the moving rod 834 is matched in the through hole 250, and the spring 835 is stopped between the second vertical plate 253 and the protrusion 8341. Thus, the movable rod 834 and the swing rod 833 can be well arranged in the upper cover assembly 2 through the rod seat 25, the assembly is convenient, and the transmission is more reliable and stable.

Still further, as shown in fig. 10 and 11, the lever seat 25 further includes a pressing piece 254, and the pressing piece 254 is provided at the bottom of the horizontal plate 251 to define the guide rail 255 with the horizontal plate 251, and the other end of the moving lever 834 is fitted in the guide rail 255. Thus, the pressing piece 254 can provide a supporting force for the swing rod 833 to move horizontally, the moving rod 834 is matched in the guide rail 255, the moving rod 834 is ensured to move along the horizontal direction, and the transmission reliability of the cover opening unit 83 is further improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 to 7, the door unit 83 further includes: and a link 84 rotatably provided on the upper cover assembly 2, a first end 841 and a second end 842 of the link 84 being swingable in a horizontal plane, the first end 841 of the link 84 being connected to the moving rod 834, and the second end 842 of the link 84 being connected to the latch 831 to push the latch 831 to move horizontally when the moving rod 834 moves horizontally.

Thus, the lever principle is utilized by the link 84 to facilitate the increase of the driving force of the driving member 832 to the door bolt 831. Meanwhile, the arrangement of the link 84 also facilitates the connection of the moving rod 834 with the door bolt 831 when the door bolt 831 is spaced apart from the moving rod 834 by a certain distance. For example, in the example of fig. 1 and 3, the case 81 is provided at the rear side of the upper cover assembly 2, and the electromagnet is provided at the front side of the outer case 1, the swing link 833 and the moving lever 834 connected to the electromagnet are also provided at the front side of the upper cover assembly 2, and the latch 831 acting with the case 81 is provided at the rear side of the upper cover assembly 2, so that the arrangement of the above elements is also facilitated by providing the link 84.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the first end 841 of the link 84 is provided with a first slide slot 861, the movable lever 834 is provided with a first slide pin 862, the first slide pin 862 is fitted into the first slide slot 861, the second end 842 of the link 84 is provided with a second slide slot 863, the latch 831 is provided with a second slide pin 864, and the second slide pin 864 is fitted into the second slide slot 863.

Wherein the moving lever 834 is connected with the link 84 through a pin-slot connection to transfer motion to the link 84, the latch 831 is also pin-slot connection with the link 84, and when the link 84 rotates, the first slide pin 862 slides in the first slide slot 861, and the second slide pin 864 slides in the second slide slot 863, thereby causing the latch 831 to reciprocate, and the latch 831 can control the opening of the cartridge flip 82, thereby enabling the addition of fruit and yeast to the bread barrel 31 at a programmed point in time.

That is, both ends of the link 84 are connected with the corresponding latch 831 and the moving lever 834 through the pin-slot structure, respectively, so that the condition of the lever length relationship between the connection points of the link 84 and the latch 831 or the moving lever 834 when both ends of the link 84 swing is satisfied, and simultaneously, the link 84 is not easily disengaged from the latch 831 and the moving lever 834, respectively, and the reliability of the connection is improved.

Optionally, as shown in fig. 6, a guide groove 811 is provided at the bottom of the case 81, and a latch 831 is slidably fitted in the guide groove 811, and one end of the latch 831 may protrude out of the guide groove 811 to be swaged to the lower surface of the flip cover 82. Thus, the engagement with the guide groove 811 not only supports the latch 831, but also restricts the movement of the latch 831 in the horizontal direction, avoiding the phenomenon that the flip cover 82 cannot be pushed or pressed due to the movement deflection of the latch 831.

Advantageously, as shown in fig. 6, the latch 831 is also connected to the inner wall of the guide slot 811 by a pin-slot connection, wherein the latch 831 has a latch slot 8311 formed therein and the guide slot 811 has a guide pin formed therein, which fits into the latch slot 8311.

Specifically, both ends of the flip cover 82 are respectively connected to the case 81 by means of the rotation pins 87, each rotation pin 87 is pressed against the case 81 by means of a screw 88, and the door bolt 831 is mounted in the guide groove 811 of the case 81 to perform reciprocating motion.

In some embodiments of the present application, as shown in fig. 1-11, the driving member 832 is an electromagnet, and the electromagnet and the electrically charged control portion of the cartridge assembly 2 are mounted within the stationary outer housing 1. While the other parts of the cover opening unit 83 are installed in the upper cover assembly 2, namely, the swing link 833, the moving lever 834, the spring 835 and the link 84 are located between the cover plate 21 and the cover liner 22.

The working flow of the bread machine 100 is as follows: stirring, automatic fruit material adding, stirring, dough loosening, dough kneading, fermentation, dough standing and baking, and the bread required by a user can be baked after the bread is made.

Specifically, when making bread, firstly, the bread ingredients, water, salt, sugar and flour are placed in the bread barrel 31 according to the weight requirement of recipe ingredients, and the bread barrel 31 is placed in the oven cavity V of the bread machine 100 to be correctly installed, and the upper cover component 2 is closed. The lid 9 is then opened, the fruit to be added to the bread is placed in the fruit cavity 813, yeast is placed in the yeast cavity 814, and the lid 9 is then snapped. Thereafter, the bread maker 100 may be started to make bread by selecting an option on the menu on the display panel.

The bread machine 100 first primarily agitates and thoroughly mixes ingredients in the bread barrel 31 so that moisture is fully absorbed by the flour and ingredients such as salt and sugar melt with water and mix uniformly in the flour. At this time, at the time point of program control, the fruit and yeast are added, the electromagnet is controlled to act through the control board 71 and the power board 72, the flip 82 of the material box assembly 8 pours the fruit and yeast into the bread barrel 31, and then the stirring rod 51 continues to stir the dough.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, 6 and 7, when fruit materials are to be added during the working process, the program supplies power to the electromagnet, the electromagnet receives an action signal, the working portion of the electromagnet pushes up the swing rod 833, and meanwhile, the swing rod 833 pushes the moving rod 834 to move and compress the spring 835, so as to drive the first end 841 and the second end 842 of the connecting rod 84 to swing by a certain angle. A second end 842 of the link 84 moves the keeper 831 horizontally to disengage the flip 82. Thereafter, the lid 82 is opened and the fruit or flour and baking powder are put into the bread barrel 31. After the flip 82 is tripped, the electromagnet is powered off, the moving rod 834 and the swing rod 833 reset under the action of the spring 835, and the connecting rod 84 and the door bolt 831 are driven to reset.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1-11, the automatic fruit feeding system of the bread machine 100 is provided with a window 24 at the front side of the upper cover assembly 2, the box body 81 of the material box assembly 8 is arranged at the rear, the electromagnet is arranged at the front side of the outer shell 1, and the automatic fruit feeding and yeast feeding is realized through a modularized functional design scheme.

The arrangement of the window 24 on the upper cover assembly 2 and the arrangement of the second transparent area 92 on the material box cover 9 are equivalent to the arrangement of a double-layer window on the upper cover assembly 2 when fruit materials and yeast are automatically added, and the use is convenient.

In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: many changes, modifications, substitutions and variations may be made to the embodiments without departing from the spirit and principles of the application, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims (9)

1. A bread machine, comprising:

an outer housing (1), the outer housing (1) defining an oven cavity (V) open at the top inside;

an upper cover assembly (2), the upper cover assembly (2) being provided on the outer housing (1) to open or close the oven cavity (V);

a window (24), the window (24) being provided on the upper cover assembly (2);

the box assembly (8), the box assembly (8) comprises a box body (81), a flip cover (82) and a cover opening unit (83), the box body (81) is arranged on the upper cover assembly (2), a cavity (810) is formed in the box body (81), the bottom of the cavity (810) is open, the flip cover (82) is pivotably arranged at the bottom of the box body (81) to open or close the bottom of the cavity (810), and the cover opening unit (83) is used for driving the flip cover (82) to open the bottom of the cavity (810);

the window (24) and the box body (81) are arranged on the upper cover assembly (2) in parallel front and back;

the door opening unit (83) includes:

-a door bolt (831) for positioning the flip (82) to the box (81), said door bolt (831) being movably connected to the box (81);

-a driving member (832), said driving member (832) being coupled to said latch (831) to actuate said latch (831) to release said flip cover (82);

the driving member (832) is an electromagnet, and the cover opening unit (83) further includes:

a swing link (833), the swing link (833) being pivotally connected to the upper cover assembly (2), a lower end of the swing link (833) being driven to move up and down by the electromagnet to horizontally move an upper end of the swing link (833);

a moving rod (834), wherein a protrusion (8341) extends out of the moving rod (834), the upper end of the swing rod (833) abuts against the protrusion (8341) to push the moving rod (834) to move horizontally, and the moving rod (834) is connected with the door bolt (831) to push the door bolt (831) to move horizontally; and

a spring (835), wherein the spring (835) is sleeved on the moving rod (834) and is positioned between the upper cover assembly (2) and the bulge (8341);

the door opening unit (83) further includes: the connecting rod (84), connecting rod (84) rotationally establishes on upper cover subassembly (2), the first end and the second end of connecting rod (84) can swing on the horizontal plane, the first end of connecting rod (84) with movable rod (834) link to each other, the second end of connecting rod (84) with keeper (831) link to each other in order to promote keeper (831) horizontal migration when movable rod (834) horizontal migration.

2. Bread machine according to claim 1, wherein said window (24) is formed rectangular and extends in the left-right direction, and said box (81) is a rectangular box and is arranged in the left-right direction.

3. Bread machine according to claim 1, wherein said driving element (832) is provided inside said outer casing (1), said driving element (832) being an electromagnet.

4. The bread machine according to claim 1, wherein said oscillating bar (833) comprises:

a body portion (8331), the body portion (8331) being formed in a cylindrical shape;

a first rod portion (8332), wherein the first rod portion (8332) extends from the side wall of the body portion (8331), and a pushing post (8333) extends downwards from the end portion of the first rod portion (8332), and the electromagnet drives the pushing post (8333) to move upwards;

the second rod portion (8334), the second rod portion (8334) extends from the lateral wall of the body portion (8331) and the extending direction has an included angle with the extending direction of the first rod portion (8332), and the second rod portion (8334) is provided with a long hole (8335) so as to be sleeved on the moving rod (834).

5. Bread machine according to claim 1, wherein said upper cover assembly (2) comprises a stem seat (25), said stem seat (25) comprising:

a horizontal plate (251), the moving lever (834) being horizontally movably provided on a lower surface of the horizontal plate (251);

a first vertical plate (252), the first vertical plate (252) extending downwardly from a bottom wall of the horizontal plate (251), the swing link (833) being pivotally connected to the first vertical plate (252);

the second vertical plate (253), the second vertical plate (253) is followed the diapire downwardly extending of horizontal plate (251), second vertical plate (253) with first vertical plate (252) are mutually perpendicular, be equipped with through-hole (254) on second vertical plate (253), the one end of movable rod (834) is in cooperation in through-hole (254) and spring (835) are stopped between second vertical plate (253) and protruding (8341).

6. The bread machine according to claim 5, wherein said lever seat (25) further comprises a presser piece (254), said presser piece (254) being provided at the bottom of said horizontal plate (251) to define a guide rail (255) with said horizontal plate (251), the other end of said moving lever (834) being fitted in said guide rail (255).

7. The bread machine according to claim 1, wherein a first end of said connecting rod (84) is provided with a first runner (861), said moving lever (834) being provided with a first slide pin (862), said first slide pin (862) being fitted in said first runner (861);

the second end of the connecting rod (84) is provided with a second sliding groove (863), the door bolt (831) is provided with a second sliding pin (864), and the second sliding pin (864) is matched in the second sliding groove (863).

8. The bread machine according to claim 4, wherein a guide groove (811) is provided at the bottom of said case (81), said latch (831) is slidably fitted in said guide groove (811), and one end of said latch (831) is protruded from said guide groove (811) to be pressed against the lower surface of said flip cover (82).

9. The bread machine according to claim 1, further comprising a lid (9), said lid (9) being pivotally provided on an upper surface of said upper lid assembly (2) to be snapped onto said box body (81) and said window (24), said lid (9) being provided with a first transparent area (91) and a second transparent area (92) corresponding to said box body (81) and said window (24).