CN107296473B

CN107296473B - Drive assembly and food processor

Info

Publication number: CN107296473B
Application number: CN201611084187.3A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩翰; 陈炜杰; 唐燕
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2016-11-30
Filing date: 2016-11-30
Publication date: 2021-11-02
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-30
Also published as: CN107296473A

Abstract

The invention provides a driving assembly and a food processor, wherein the food processor comprises a crushing screw rod and an extrusion screw rod, and the driving assembly comprises: the first driving device is in driving connection with the crushing screw and is used for driving the crushing screw to rotate; and the second driving device is in driving connection with the extrusion screw and is used for driving the extrusion screw to rotate. This technical scheme can utilize first drive arrangement to drive crushing screw rod and rotate the crushing in order to realize food, then recycles second drive arrangement and drives extrusion screw rod and rotate the juice that extrudes in order to realize food to can make the crushing of eating the material and extrude the juice and arrange the sediment and separately go on, and then can remove the use of filter screen from, in order to do benefit to user's washing. Simultaneously, this kind of setting can avoid smashing screw rod and extrusion screw rod and must be with the synchronous pivoted problem of speed, and then makes the rotation control of smashing screw rod and extrusion screw rod more free, diversified, and then can promote the wholeness ability of product to satisfy user diversified demand better.

Description

Drive assembly and food processor

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of kitchen utensils, in particular to a driving assembly and a food processor.

Background

The used motor of current stock machine all is unipolar output on the market, and this unipolar drives the spiral head and accomplishes crushing, crowded juice, processes such as row sediment, but this kind sets up the spiral head when smashing and eating the material, because the extrusion force that the filter screen received is great and the filter mesh hole is less, therefore a lot of pomaces can be hung on the mesh of filter screen for go out juice rate low, difficult washing, influence customer experience.

Therefore, how to provide a driving assembly capable of multi-shaft output so as to separately realize the crushing and juicing residue discharge of food materials is a problem to be solved at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art or the related art.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a drive assembly.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a food processor.

In view of this, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a drive assembly for a food processor, the food processor including a comminuting screw and an extrusion screw, the drive assembly including: the first driving device is in driving connection with the crushing screw and is used for driving the crushing screw to rotate; the second driving device is in driving connection with the extrusion screw and is used for driving the extrusion screw to rotate; wherein, be the setting of predetermineeing angle alpha between the output shaft of first drive arrangement and the output shaft of second drive arrangement, predetermine the value of angle alpha and be: alpha is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees.

According to the driving assembly provided by the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, two driving devices can be used for driving different loads, and when the driving assembly is used for a double-screw-driven food processor, the first driving device can be used for driving the crushing screw to rotate so as to crush food materials, and then the second driving device is used for driving the extrusion screw to rotate so as to extrude juice from the food materials, so that crushing and juice squeezing and residue discharging of the food materials can be separately performed, and a filter screen can be omitted, so that the driving assembly is beneficial to cleaning of a user. Meanwhile, with this arrangement, since the pulverizing screw and the extruding screw are individually driven by different driving means, the pulverizing screw and the extruding screw can be individually controlled by the driving means to achieve precise control of the pulverizing screw and the extruding screw, specifically, for example, the pulverizing screw and the extruding screw can be controlled to rotate at different rotational speeds, or one of the pulverizing screw and the extruding screw can be controlled to operate while the other stops operating, so that the pulverizing barrel or the extruding barrel can be individually cleaned by the individual rotation of the pulverizing screw or the extruding screw. This technical scheme through setting up two drive arrangement, can avoid smashing screw rod and extrusion screw rod must be with the synchronous pivoted problem of speed, and then make the rotation control of smashing screw rod and extrusion screw rod more free, diversified, and then can promote the wholeness ability of product to satisfy user diversified demand better. In addition, the drive assembly can realize multi-axis and multi-angle output through the first drive device and the second drive device, so that the single output direction of the drive assembly can be converted into a plurality of output directions, and further the drive of loads in a plurality of directions can be realized simultaneously by utilizing the drive assembly, and in the actual installation process, the first drive device and the second drive device can be installed at an angle of more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees according to the actual situation.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the driving assembly further includes a power supply device, and the power supply device is configured to supply power to the first driving device and the second driving device.

In this technical scheme, can be connected to the commercial power with the power supply unit to available commercial power is for first drive arrangement and second drive arrangement power supply.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the crushing screw includes a rolling screw head and a cutting screw, wherein the rolling screw head is used for crushing the food material, and the cutting screw is used for cutting the food material, and of course, a blade may also be provided on the rolling screw head to simultaneously realize the extrusion crushing and cutting crushing of the food material.

In addition, the driving assembly in the above embodiment provided by the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

in the above technical solution, preferably, the driving assembly further includes: the first transmission device is in driving connection with the first driving device and the crushing screw and is used for changing the transmission direction of the first driving device; and the second transmission device is in driving connection with the second driving device and the extrusion screw and is used for changing the transmission direction of the second driving device.

In this technical scheme, utilize first transmission to realize the change to first drive arrangement direction of transmission, utilize second transmission to realize the change to second drive arrangement direction of transmission to in specific use, can place two drive arrangement in the optional position, then will drive arrangement's drive direction conversion to the load direction through transmission, and then when installing this drive assembly in the product, can arrange drive arrangement's position according to actual conditions rationally, so that the structure of product is compacter reasonable.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the first driving device and the second driving device are both motors.

In this technical scheme, first drive arrangement and second drive arrangement are the motor, consequently usable two motors come the motion of drive crushing screw and extrusion screw respectively, and the drive mode simple structure of this kind of motor just easily realizes, and simultaneously, the motor is common drive arrangement, consequently, easily purchases and the price is cheap relatively, therefore can reduce the cost of product.

In the above technical solution, preferably, a preset angle α is formed between the output shaft of the first driving device and the output shaft of the second driving device; wherein the value of the preset angle α is: alpha is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees.

In this technical scheme, the drive assembly can realize the multiaxis through first drive arrangement and second drive arrangement, the output of multi-angle, thereby just can change drive assembly's single output direction into a plurality of output directions, and then just can utilize this drive assembly to realize the drive of the ascending load in a plurality of directions simultaneously, and in actual installation, can be according to actual conditions with first drive arrangement and second drive arrangement be more than or equal to 60 less than or equal to 135 angle installations, this kind of setting, make first drive arrangement and second drive arrangement's relative mounted position more random, thereby do benefit to and avoid the mounted position of other parts of food processor, so that can make the rational compactness of the inner structure installation of food processor.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the preset angle α has a value of 90 °.

In this technical scheme, predetermine the value of angle alpha and be 90, drive assembly's first drive arrangement and second drive arrangement become the right angle installation promptly, and this kind of setting makes first drive arrangement can vertical installation, makes the second drive arrangement can be horizontal installation simultaneously, therefore first drive arrangement and second drive arrangement all need not the slope installation to more do benefit to the rational arrangement of the inner structure of product.

In the above technical solution, preferably, a preset angle β is formed between the output shaft of the first transmission device and the output shaft of the second transmission device; wherein the value of the preset angle β is: beta is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees.

In the technical scheme, the change of the transmission direction of the first driving device is realized by using the first transmission device, the change of the transmission direction of the second driving device is realized by using the second transmission device, and a preset angle beta which is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees is formed between the output shaft of the first transmission device and the output shaft of the second transmission device, so that in the specific installation process, the value of the preset angle beta can be reasonably selected according to the installation angle of the output shaft of the first driving device and the output shaft of the second driving device and the specific structure of the transmission devices, the output shaft of the first transmission device can be approximately vertically arranged, the output shaft of the second transmission device can be approximately horizontally arranged, the output shaft of the first transmission device can be used for driving the crushing screw rod to realize the vertical crushing of the food materials, and the output shaft of the second transmission device is used for driving the extruding screw rod to realize the horizontal extruding of the food materials to extrude juice, and then the crushing force and the extrusion force of the food materials can be ensured simultaneously, so that the juice yield of the food materials is improved.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the preset angle β has a value of 90 °.

In this technical scheme, it is 90 to predetermine the value of angle beta for drive assembly's first transmission and second transmission can become the right angle output, thereby alright be vertical direction with first transmission's output shaft, with the vertical installation that realizes smashing the screw rod, at this moment, just horizontal installation of second transmission's output shaft, thereby can realize extrusion screw's horizontal installation, this kind of setting just can utilize first transmission's output shaft drive to smash the screw rod and realize the vertical crushing of eating the material, and utilize second transmission's output shaft drive extrusion screw rod to realize the horizontal extrusion juice of eating the material, and then just can ensure simultaneously the crushing dynamics of eating the material and the extrusion dynamics, in order to improve the juice rate of eating the material.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the output shaft of the first transmission device and the output shaft of the second transmission device rotate in the same or opposite directions.

In this embodiment, the output shaft of the first transmission device and the output shaft of the second transmission device may rotate in the same direction, such as both clockwise or both counterclockwise, and of course, the output shafts of the first transmission device and the second transmission device may rotate in opposite directions, specifically, such as one rotates clockwise and the other rotates counterclockwise.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the first transmission device and the second transmission device are both bevel gears.

In the technical scheme, the bevel gear can be used for simply and conveniently changing the transmission directions of the first driving device and the second driving device, and meanwhile, the bevel gear also has the advantages of stable transmission, high transmission efficiency and the like, so that the overall performance of the product can be further improved.

An embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention provides a food processor, comprising the drive assembly of any one of the above-mentioned technical solutions; the crushing screw is in driving connection with the first driving device and is used for pushing and crushing food materials; and the extrusion screw is in driving connection with the second driving device and is used for extruding the food materials so as to separate the juice and the residues of the food materials.

According to the food processor of the embodiment of the invention, the first driving device of the driving assembly is used for driving the crushing screw to crush food materials, and the second driving device of the driving assembly is used for driving the extrusion screw to extrude the food materials, so that juice and dregs of the food materials are separated, and the extrusion and crushing of the food materials can be separately carried out. Meanwhile, the food processor according to the embodiment of the present invention has the driving assembly provided in any one of the embodiments of the first aspect of the present invention, and therefore, the food processor has all the advantages of the driving assembly provided in any one of the embodiments described above.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the food processor further includes: the engine base is internally provided with the driving assembly; the crushing barrel shell is internally provided with the crushing screw; and the extruding barrel shell is connected and communicated with the crushing barrel shell, and the extruding screw rod is arranged in the extruding barrel shell.

In this embodiment, the food material is introduced into the milling tub shell and then is crushed by the milling screw in cooperation with the side wall of the milling tub shell, and the crushed food is introduced into the milling tub shell from the communication port provided at the connection between the milling tub shell and the milling tub shell by the milling screw and then is extruded by the extrusion screw to separate the juice and the residue of the food. This technical scheme is separately gone on with the crushing process and the crowded juice slag removal process of food, and at crushing in-process, owing to need not squeeze the juice and arrange the sediment, consequently, it need not set up parts such as filter screen and rotatory brush in the crushing barrel shell, thereby make the food in the crushing barrel shell can be smashed under the combined action of crushing barrel shell and crushing screw, simultaneously can be with the roughly level setting of extrusion screw at crowded juice slag removal in-process, can set the crowded juice slag removal system into horizontal, thereby can be very convenient for separate the juice sediment of food, the juice rate of food processor can be ensured on the one hand in this kind of setting, on the other hand can avoid using the filter screen, spare part such as rotatory brush, thereby make the simple structure and the easy installation of food processor, simultaneously because cancelled the filter screen, therefore can reduce user's washing difficulty, and then can promote user experience.

In the above technical scheme, preferably, the squeezing barrel is provided with a juice outlet and a slag outlet, wherein the food juice separated from the juice and the slag is discharged through the juice outlet, and the food slag separated from the juice and the slag is discharged through the slag outlet.

In this embodiment, the crushed food material is squeezed by the squeezing screw to separate juice and residue, the separated food juice is discharged from the juice outlet of the squeezing barrel, and the separated food residue is discharged from the residue outlet of the squeezing barrel.

In the above technical solution, preferably, one end of the crushing barrel shell is open and hollow; at least one guide groove is arranged on the inner wall surface of the crushing barrel shell along the axial direction of the crushing barrel shell.

In this technical scheme, through set up the guide way on the inside wall at crushing barrel shell, thereby can utilize the direction messenger of guide way to eat the material from last to moving down in the guide way, and then make and eat the material and can be pushed the bottom and discharge of crushing barrel shell along the guide way, this kind of setting is owing to eat the material and be located the guide way all the time, consequently under the effect of crushing screw rod, it is changeed the bottom of being pushed crushing barrel shell to eat the material, and then make the propelling movement of eating the material more smooth and easy, therefore it is more difficult for blockking up to make eating the material.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the guide groove is a plurality of inclined grooves arranged obliquely, and an oblique direction of the inclined grooves is the same as a material pushing direction of the pulverizing screw.

In this technical scheme, the guide way can be the chute of slope setting on the inside wall of smashing the bucket shell, and the incline direction of chute is unanimous with the material pushing direction who smashes the screw rod, that is to say when smashing the screw rod rotation, if eat material clockwise from last to down along smashing the screw rod, then the chute is from last to down to clockwise slope, otherwise, if eat material anticlockwise from last to down along smashing the screw rod, then the chute is from last to down to anticlockwise slope, this kind of setting makes the guide direction of guide way unanimous with the material pushing direction who smashes the screw rod, therefore make the motion direction of eating material unanimous with the thrust direction who eats the material, therefore can accelerate the motion of eating the material, and then can improve the speed of squeezing juice.

In the above technical solution, preferably, an angle between the chute and an axis of the tub shell is γ, wherein γ is greater than 0 ° < γ ≦ 45 °.

In this technical solution, the inclined angle γ of the chute is preferably in the range of greater than 0 ° and equal to or less than 45 °, and this arrangement enables the chute to have a sufficient inclination, so that the food material can move smoothly from top to bottom. Among them, it is further preferable that the angle γ is in a range of more than 8 ° and 12 ° or less.

In another technical scheme, preferably, the guide groove is a spiral groove, and the rotation direction of the spiral groove is consistent with the pushing direction of the crushing screw rod.

In this technical scheme, the guide way also can be for linking a plurality of helicla flutes as an organic whole from top to bottom to eat the material and can be from last to moving down spirally under the direction of helicla flute.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the width of the guide groove gradually decreases from the open end of the milling barrel housing to the other end of the milling barrel housing, and the depth of the guide groove gradually becomes shallower from the open end of the milling barrel housing to the other end of the milling barrel housing.

In the technical proposal, when the crushing screw rod is matched with the inner side wall of the crushing barrel shell to crush food materials, the width of the guide groove is gradually reduced from top to bottom, the depth of the guide groove is gradually reduced from top to bottom, so that the food material is crushed more and more, particularly, for example, when the food material just enters the crushing barrel shell, the particles of the food material are larger, the width and the depth of the guide groove are wider and deeper, so that the guide groove is adapted to the particles of the food material, when the food materials are gradually crushed into smaller particles and gradually move to the bottom of the crushing barrel shell, the guide groove has narrower width and shallower depth, so that the guide groove can be adapted to the particle size of the food materials, so that the food material can be further crushed into smaller particles under the combined action of the crushing screw and the crushing barrel shell, therefore, the food materials can be fully crushed step by step, and the juice yield of the food materials can be improved.

In the above technical solution, preferably, at least one rib is provided on an inner wall surface of the milling bucket shell in an axial direction of the milling bucket shell.

In this technical scheme, usable protruding muscle comes the scraping to glue the edible material on smashing the screw rod surface to prevent that edible material from gathering more thickly and not taking place to the condition of downward flow motion on smashing the screw rod, simultaneously, this kind of setting, because edible material is difficult for gathering on smashing the screw rod, therefore can keep smashing the plain noodles of screw rod, and then can ensure to smash the screw rod from the extrusion pressure degree to edible material down, so that can fully smash edible material, and then can ensure the juice yield.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the rib extends from the open end of the crush barrel casing to the other end of the crush barrel casing, and a height of the rib in an axial direction of the crush barrel casing is greater than or equal to 1/3 of the height of the crush barrel casing.

In this technical scheme, protruding muscle is extended to the other end of smashing the bucket shell by the open end of smashing the bucket shell, that is to say that protruding muscle begins to set up promptly from the open end that is close to smashing the bucket shell, thereby can be with the length setting of protruding muscle longer, specifically, for example can still be longer with the 1/3 of the height of protruding muscle than smashing the bucket shell of the high setting of smashing the bucket shell, thereby can guarantee the length of protruding muscle from the multi-aspect, therefore can smash the in-process of eating the material at crushing bucket, scrape the food material that glues on crushing screw surface effectively all the time, thereby can further ensure that the food material can not gather more thickly on crushing screw more, and then can ensure that crushing screw follows the extrusion force degree to the food material down, in order to further improve the juice yield.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the bead extends vertically from the open end of the crush barrel casing to the other end of the crush barrel casing on the inner wall surface of the crush barrel casing.

In this technical scheme, protruding muscle is preferred to be extended to the other end of smashing the bucket shell vertically by the open end of smashing the bucket shell on the internal face of smashing the bucket shell, because utilize protruding muscle scraping to glue the edible material on smashing the screw rod, when preventing to eat the material gathering on smashing the screw rod, the effect that protruding muscle is vertical to be set up or slope setting or spiral setting differs little, and highly the same on the inner wall of smashing the bucket shell at protruding muscle, the vertical length that can reduce protruding muscle relatively of setting of protruding muscle, therefore can save the materials of protruding muscle, and simultaneously, the vertical setting of protruding muscle is changeed in processing, therefore can be when guaranteeing the scraping effect of protruding muscle to the edible material on smashing the screw rod, reduce the cost of protruding muscle from many aspects, and then can reduce the overall cost of product.

In the above technical solution, preferably, when the guide groove is a plurality of inclined grooves arranged obliquely, the guide groove and the rib are not parallel to each other.

In this technical scheme, when the guide way was a plurality of chutes that the slope set up, guide way and protruding muscle were not parallel each other, can further improve the protruding muscle to the scraping effect of smashing the edible material on the screw rod, therefore can further improve juice rate.

In the above technical solution, the number of the ribs is 2 to 6.

In this technical scheme, the quantity of protruding muscle is 2 to 6, preferably 3, and a plurality of protruding muscle is preferred to be symmetrical the setting on the inside wall of smashing the bucket.

In the above technical solution, preferably, the food processor includes a juice extractor and a juice extractor, and of course, the food processor may be other products besides the juice extractor and the juice extractor.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention 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 invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an assembly of a drive assembly and an extrusion screw and a pulverizing screw according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a partial schematic view of a food processor according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another partial structure of the food processor according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of another partial structure of the food processor according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, the correspondence between the reference numbers and the part names in fig. 1 to 4 is:

12 first driving device, 122 output shaft of the first driving device, 14 second driving device, 142 output shaft of the second driving device, 16 first driving device, 162 output shaft of the first driving device, 18 second driving device, 182 output shaft of the second driving device, 2 crushing screw, 3 extruding screw, 4 crushing barrel shell, 42 guide groove, 44 convex rib, and 5 extruding barrel shell.

Detailed Description

In order that the above objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

A drive assembly and a food processor provided according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1-4.

As shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention provides a drive assembly for a food processor comprising a comminuting screw 2 and an extrusion screw 3, the drive assembly comprising: the first driving device 12 is in driving connection with the crushing screw 2 and is used for driving the crushing screw 2 to rotate; the second driving device 14 is in driving connection with the extrusion screw 3 and is used for driving the extrusion screw 3 to rotate; the output shaft 122 of the first driving device and the output shaft 142 of the second driving device are arranged at a preset angle α, and the preset angle α has a value: alpha is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees.

According to the driving assembly provided by the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention, two driving devices can be used for driving different loads, and when the driving assembly is used in a double-screw driven food processor, the first driving device 12 can be used for driving the crushing screw 2 to rotate so as to crush food materials, and then the second driving device 14 is used for driving the extrusion screw 3 to rotate so as to extrude juice from the food materials, so that crushing and juice extrusion and residue discharge of the food materials can be separately performed, and further, the use of a filter screen can be omitted, so that the cleaning of a user is facilitated. Meanwhile, with this arrangement, since the pulverizing screw 2 and the extruding screw 3 are individually driven by different driving means, the pulverizing screw 2 and the extruding screw 3 can be individually controlled by the driving means to achieve precise control of the pulverizing screw 2 and the extruding screw 3, specifically, for example, the pulverizing screw 2 and the extruding screw 3 can be controlled to rotate at different rotational speeds, or one of the pulverizing screw 2 and the extruding screw 3 is controlled to operate while the other stops operating, so that the pulverizing barrel or the extruding barrel can be individually cleaned by the individual rotation of the pulverizing screw 2 or the extruding screw 3. This embodiment, through setting up two drive arrangement, can avoid smashing screw rod 2 and extrusion screw rod 3 must with the synchronous pivoted problem of speed, and then make the rotation control of smashing screw rod 2 and extrusion screw rod 3 more free, diversified, and then can promote the wholeness ability of product to satisfy user diversified demand better. The driving assembly can realize multi-axis and multi-angle output through the first driving device 12 and the second driving device, so that the single output direction of the driving assembly can be converted into a plurality of output directions, and further the driving assembly can be used for simultaneously realizing the driving of loads in a plurality of directions, and in the actual installation process, the first driving device 12 and the second driving device 14 can be installed at an angle which is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees according to the actual situation, and the arrangement ensures that the relative installation positions of the first driving device 12 and the second driving device 14 are random, so that the installation positions of other parts of the food processor are avoided, and the internal structure of the food processor can be reasonably and compactly installed.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the driving assembly further includes a power supply device for supplying power to the first driving device 12 and the second driving device 14.

In this embodiment, the power supply device may be connected to the commercial power, so that the first driving device 12 and the second driving device 14 may be powered by the commercial power.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the driving assembly further includes: a first transmission device 16 which is in driving connection with the first driving device 12 and the crushing screw 2 and is used for changing the transmission direction of the first driving device 12; and the second transmission device 18 is in driving connection with the second driving device 14 and the extrusion screw 3 and is used for changing the transmission direction of the second driving device 14.

In this embodiment, the first transmission device 16 is used to change the transmission direction of the first driving device 12, and the second transmission device 18 is used to change the transmission direction of the second driving device 14, so that during a specific use process, the two driving devices can be placed at any position, and then the driving direction of the driving devices can be switched to the load direction through the transmission devices, and when the driving assembly is installed in a product, the positions of the driving devices can be reasonably arranged according to actual conditions, so that the structure of the product is more compact and reasonable.

In the above embodiment, the first driving device 12 and the second driving device 14 are preferably both motors.

In this embodiment, the first driving device 12 and the second driving device 14 are motors, so that two motors can be used to drive the movement of the pulverizing screw 2 and the extruding screw 3 respectively, and the driving manner of the motors is simple in structure and easy to implement, and meanwhile, the motors are common driving devices, so that the motors are easy to purchase and relatively cheap, and the cost of the product can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the preset angle α has a value of 90 °, as shown in fig. 1.

In this embodiment, the value of the preset angle α is 90 °, i.e. the first driving device 12 and the second driving device 14 of the driving assembly are mounted at right angles, and this arrangement enables the first driving device 12 to be mounted vertically and the second driving device 14 to be mounted horizontally, so that neither the first driving device 12 nor the second driving device 14 needs to be mounted obliquely, thereby being more beneficial to the rational arrangement of the internal structure of the product.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the output shaft 162 of the first transmission device and the output shaft 182 of the second transmission device are arranged at a preset angle β; wherein the value of the preset angle β is: beta is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees.

In this embodiment, the first transmission device 16 is used to change the transmission direction of the first driving device 12, the second transmission device 18 is used to change the transmission direction of the second driving device 14, and the output shaft 162 of the first transmission device and the output shaft 182 of the second transmission device are arranged at a preset angle β greater than or equal to 60 ° and less than or equal to 135 °, so that during the specific installation process, the value of the preset angle β can be reasonably selected according to the installation angle of the output shaft 122 of the first driving device and the output shaft 142 of the second driving device and the specific structure of the transmission device, so that the output shaft 162 of the first transmission device can be substantially vertically arranged, the output shaft 182 of the second transmission device can be substantially horizontally arranged, so that the output shaft 162 of the first transmission device can be used to drive the crushing screw 2 to realize vertical crushing of the food material, and the output shaft 182 of the second transmission device can be used to drive the extruding screw 3 to realize lateral extruding juice, and then the crushing force and the extrusion force of the food materials can be ensured simultaneously, so that the juice yield of the food materials is improved.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the preset angle β has a value of 90 °.

In this embodiment, the value of the preset angle β is 90 °, so that the first transmission device 16 and the second transmission device 18 of the driving assembly can output at a right angle, and thus the output shaft 162 of the first transmission device can be determined to be in a vertical direction to realize vertical installation of the crushing screw 2, at this time, the output shaft 182 of the second transmission device is horizontally installed to realize horizontal installation of the extruding screw 3, and this arrangement can utilize the output shaft 162 of the first transmission device to drive the crushing screw 2 to realize vertical crushing of the food material, and utilize the output shaft 182 of the second transmission device to drive the extruding screw 3 to realize horizontal extrusion of the food material to obtain juice, so that the crushing force and the extrusion force of the food material can be simultaneously ensured to improve the juice yield of the food material.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the output shaft 162 of the first transmission device and the output shaft 182 of the second transmission device rotate in the same or opposite directions.

In this embodiment, the

output shafts

162, 182 of the first and second transmissions may rotate in the same direction, such as both clockwise or both counterclockwise, and of course, the

output shafts

162, 182 of the first and second transmissions may rotate in opposite directions, specifically, such as one clockwise and the other counterclockwise.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 1, the first transmission 16 and the second transmission 18 are both bevel gears.

In this embodiment, the bevel gear can be used to simply and conveniently change the transmission directions of the first driving device 12 and the second driving device 14, and meanwhile, the bevel gear has the advantages of smooth transmission, high transmission efficiency and the like, so that the overall performance of the product can be further improved.

Embodiments of the second aspect of the invention provide a food processor comprising a drive assembly according to any one of the above embodiments; the crushing screw rod 2 is in driving connection with the first driving device and is used for pushing and crushing food materials; and the extrusion screw rod 3 is in driving connection with the second driving device 14 and is used for extruding the food materials so as to separate the juice and the residues of the food materials.

According to the food processor of the embodiment of the invention, the first driving device 12 of the driving assembly is used for driving the crushing screw 2 to crush food materials, and the second driving device 14 of the driving assembly is used for driving the extrusion screw 3 to extrude the food materials, so that juice and dregs of the food materials are separated, and the extrusion and crushing of the food materials can be separately carried out. Meanwhile, the food processor according to the embodiment of the present invention has the driving assembly provided in any one of the embodiments of the first aspect of the present invention, and therefore, the food processor has all the advantages of the driving assembly provided in any one of the embodiments described above.

As shown in fig. 2 to 4, in the above embodiment, preferably, the food processor further includes: a frame (not shown in the figure) in which a driving assembly is arranged; a crushing barrel shell 4, wherein a crushing screw 2 is arranged in the crushing barrel shell 4; and the extruding barrel shell 5 is connected and communicated with the crushing barrel shell 4, and an extruding screw rod 3 is arranged in the extruding barrel shell 5.

In this embodiment, the food material is introduced into the crush can housing 4 and then crushed by the crush screw 2 cooperating with the side wall of the crush can housing 4, and the crushed food is introduced into the crush can housing 5 through a communication port provided at the connection between the crush can housing 5 and the crush can housing 4 by the crush screw 2, and then is crushed by the crush screw 3 to separate the juice and the residue of the food. This embodiment is separately gone on with the crushing process and the crowded sediment process of food, and in crushing process, owing to need not squeeze the juice and arrange the sediment, consequently, need not set up parts such as filter screen and rotatory brush in crushing barrel shell 4, thereby make the food in crushing barrel shell 4 can be smashed under the combined action of crushing barrel shell 4 and crushing screw 2, can set up extrusion screw 3 roughly horizontally simultaneously in the crowded sediment process, can set the crowded sediment system into horizontal, thereby can be very convenient for separate the juice sediment of food, the juice rate of food processor can be ensured on the one hand in this kind of setting, on the other hand can avoid using the filter screen, spare part such as rotatory brush, thereby make food processor's simple structure and easy installation, simultaneously owing to cancelled the filter screen, therefore can reduce user's washing difficulty, and then can promote user experience.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the squeezing barrel is provided with a juice outlet and a residue outlet, wherein the food juice separated from the juice residue is discharged through the juice outlet, and the food residue separated from the juice residue is discharged through the residue outlet.

In this embodiment, the crushed food material is squeezed by the squeezing screw 3 to separate juice and residue, the separated food juice is discharged from the juice outlet of the squeezing barrel, and the separated food residue is discharged from the residue outlet of the squeezing barrel.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, one end of the crushing barrel case 4 is open and hollow; at least one guide groove 42 is provided on the inner wall surface of the crush bucket housing 4 in the axial direction of the crush bucket housing 4.

In this embodiment, through set up the guide way 42 on the inside wall of crushing barrel shell 4 to can utilize the direction of guide way 42 to make eating material from last to moving down in guide way 42, and then make eating material can be pushed the bottom of crushing barrel shell 4 and discharge along guide way 42, this kind of setting is because eating material is located guide way 42 all the time, consequently under the effect of crushing screw 2, it is easier for eating material to be pushed the bottom of crushing barrel shell 4, and then make the propelling movement of eating material more smooth and easy, therefore make eating material more difficult for blockking up.

In the above embodiment, it is preferable that the guide grooves 42 are inclined grooves, and the inclined direction of the inclined grooves coincides with the material pushing direction of the pulverizing screw 2.

In this embodiment, the guiding groove 42 may be a chute obliquely arranged on the inner side wall of the crushing barrel shell 4, and the oblique direction of the chute is consistent with the material pushing direction of the crushing screw 2, that is, when the crushing screw 2 rotates, if the food material moves clockwise from top to bottom along the crushing screw 2, the chute tilts clockwise from top to bottom, otherwise, if the food material moves counterclockwise along the crushing screw 2 from top to bottom, the chute tilts counterclockwise from top to bottom, and this arrangement makes the guiding direction of the guiding groove 42 consistent with the material pushing direction of the crushing screw 2, so that the moving direction of the food material is consistent with the thrust direction of the food material, thereby the movement of the food material can be accelerated, and the juice squeezing speed can be increased.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the angle between the chute and the axis of the tub shell 4 is γ, wherein 0 ° < γ ≦ 45 °.

In this embodiment, the inclination angle γ of the chute is preferably in the range of greater than 0 ° and equal to or less than 45 °, the arrangement being such that the chute has a sufficient inclination to enable smooth top-to-bottom movement of the foodstuff. Among them, it is further preferable that the angle γ is in a range of more than 8 ° and 12 ° or less.

In another embodiment, the guide groove 42 is preferably a spiral groove (not shown in the figure) with a rotation direction consistent with the pushing direction of the pulverizing screw 2.

In this embodiment, the guiding groove 42 may also be a plurality of spiral grooves integrally connected up and down, so that the food material can spirally move from top to bottom under the guidance of the spiral grooves.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the width of the guide groove 42 is gradually reduced from the open end of the tub shell 4 to the other end of the tub shell 4, and the depth of the guide groove 42 is gradually shallower from the open end of the tub shell 4 to the other end of the tub shell 4.

In this embodiment, when the food material is pulverized by the pulverizing screw 2 and the inner side wall of the pulverizing barrel casing 4, the width of the guide groove 42 is gradually reduced from top to bottom, and the depth of the guide groove 42 is gradually reduced from top to bottom, so that the food material can be pulverized more and more, specifically, for example, when the food material just enters the pulverizing barrel casing 4, the particles of the food material are larger, the width and depth of the guide groove 42 are wider and deeper, so that the guide groove 42 can be adapted to the particle size of the food material therein, and when the food material is gradually pulverized into smaller particles and gradually moves toward the bottom of the pulverizing barrel casing 4, the width and depth of the guide groove 42 are narrower, so that the food material therein can be further pulverized into smaller particles under the combined action of the pulverizing screw 2 and the pulverizing barrel casing 4, so that the food material can be sufficiently pulverized step by step, thereby improving the juice yield of the food material.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, at least one rib 44 is provided on the inner wall surface of the crush bucket housing 4 in the axial direction of the crush bucket housing 4.

In this embodiment, the ribs 44 can be used to scrape the food material stuck on the surface of the pulverizing screw 2, so as to prevent the food material from flowing downward and getting thicker on the pulverizing screw 2, and at the same time, in this arrangement, since the food material is not easily gathered on the pulverizing screw 2, the smooth surface of the pulverizing screw 2 can be maintained, and the squeezing pressure of the pulverizing screw 2 to the food material from bottom can be ensured, so that the food material can be sufficiently pulverized, and the juice yield can be ensured.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the rib 44 extends from the open end of the tub shell 4 toward the other end of the tub shell 4, and the height of the rib 44 in the axial direction of the tub shell 4 is equal to or greater than 1/3 of the height of the tub shell 4.

In this embodiment, the rib 44 extends from the opening end of the milling barrel shell 4 to the other end of the milling barrel shell 4, that is, the rib 44 is set from the opening end close to the milling barrel shell 4, so that the length of the rib 44 can be set longer, specifically, for example, the rib 44 can be set longer than 1/3 of the height of the milling barrel shell 4 at the height of the milling barrel shell 4, so that the length of the rib 44 can be ensured from multiple aspects, and therefore, the food material stuck on the surface of the milling screw 2 can be effectively scraped all the time in the process of milling the food material by the milling barrel, so that the food material can be further ensured not to be gathered on the milling screw 2 more thickly, and the extrusion force of the milling screw 2 to the food material from bottom can be ensured, so as to further improve the juice yield.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the rib 44 extends vertically from the open end of the tub shell 4 to the other end of the tub shell 4 on the inner wall surface of the tub shell 4.

In this embodiment, the rib 44 preferably vertically extends from the open end of the crushing barrel casing 4 to the other end of the crushing barrel casing 4 on the inner wall surface of the crushing barrel casing 4, because the material adhered to the crushing screw 2 is scraped by the rib 44 to prevent the material from being gathered on the crushing screw 2, the effect of the vertical arrangement or the inclined arrangement or the spiral arrangement of the rib 44 is not very different, and the height of the rib 44 on the inner wall of the crushing barrel casing 4 is the same, the length of the rib 44 can be relatively reduced by the vertical arrangement of the rib 44, so that the material consumption of the rib 44 can be saved, and meanwhile, the vertical arrangement of the rib 44 is easier to process, so that when the scraping effect of the rib 44 on the material on the crushing screw 2 is ensured, the cost of the rib 44 is reduced from multiple aspects, and further the overall cost of the product can be reduced.

In the above embodiment, preferably, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, when the guide groove 42 is a plurality of inclined grooves arranged obliquely, the guide groove 42 and the rib 44 are not parallel to each other.

In this embodiment, when the guide groove 42 is a plurality of inclined grooves arranged obliquely, the guide groove 42 and the rib 44 are not parallel to each other, so that the scraping effect of the rib 44 on the food material on the pulverizing screw 2 can be further improved, and the juice yield can be further improved.

In the above embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 to 4, the number of the ribs 44 is 2 to 6.

In this embodiment, the number of the ribs 44 is 2 to 6, preferably 3, and the plurality of ribs 44 are preferably symmetrically provided on the inner side wall of the pulverizing barrel.

In the description of the present specification, the terms "connect", "mount", "fix", and the like are to be understood in a broad sense, for example, "connect" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," 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 invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A drive assembly for a food processor including a pulverizing screw and an extrusion screw, the drive assembly comprising:

the first driving device is in driving connection with the crushing screw rod and is used for driving the crushing screw rod to rotate;

the second driving device is in driving connection with the extrusion screw and is used for driving the extrusion screw to rotate;

the output shaft of the first driving device and the output shaft of the second driving device are arranged at a preset angle alpha, and the preset angle alpha has a value as follows: alpha is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees;

further comprising:

the first transmission device is in driving connection with the first driving device and the crushing screw rod and is used for changing the transmission direction of the first driving device;

and the second transmission device is in driving connection with the second driving device and the extrusion screw and is used for changing the transmission direction of the second driving device.

2. The drive assembly of claim 1,

the first driving device and the second driving device are both motors.

3. The drive assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the value of the preset angle α is 90 °.

4. The drive assembly according to claim 1, wherein the output shaft of the first transmission and the output shaft of the second transmission are disposed at a predetermined angle β;

wherein the preset angle β has a value: beta is more than or equal to 60 degrees and less than or equal to 135 degrees.

5. The drive assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the value of the preset angle β is 90 °.

6. The drive assembly of claim 1, wherein the output shaft of the first transmission is rotated in the same or opposite direction as the output shaft of the second transmission.

7. The drive assembly of claim 1,

the first transmission device and the second transmission device are bevel gears which are meshed with each other.

8. A food processor, comprising:

the drive assembly of any one of claims 1 to 7; and

the crushing screw is in driving connection with the first driving device and is used for pushing and crushing food materials;

and the extrusion screw is in driving connection with the second driving device and is used for extruding the food materials so as to separate the juice and the residues of the food materials.

9. The food processor of claim 8, further comprising:

the engine base is internally provided with the driving assembly;

the crushing barrel shell is internally provided with the crushing screw;

and the extruding barrel shell is connected and communicated with the crushing barrel shell, and the extruding screw rod is arranged in the extruding barrel shell.

10. The food processor of claim 9,

one end of the crushing barrel shell is open and hollow, and at least one guide groove is formed in the inner wall surface of the crushing barrel shell along the axial direction of the crushing barrel shell.

11. The food processor of claim 10,

the guide grooves are a plurality of inclined grooves which are obliquely arranged, and the inclined directions of the inclined grooves are consistent with the material pushing direction of the crushing screw rod.

12. The food processor of claim 11, wherein an angle between the chute and an axis of the grinding drum shell is γ, wherein 0 ° < γ ≦ 45 °.

13. The food processor of claim 10, wherein the guide slot is a spiral slot having a spiral direction that is aligned with a pushing direction of the pulverizing screw.

14. The food processor of any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein the width of the guide slot gradually decreases from the open end of the tub shell to the other end of the tub shell, and/or the depth of the guide slot gradually becomes shallower from the open end of the tub shell to the other end of the tub shell.

15. The food processor of any one of claims 10 to 13,

at least one convex rib is arranged on the inner wall surface of the crushing barrel shell along the axial direction of the crushing barrel shell.

16. The food processor of claim 15,

the convex rib extends from the opening end of the crushing barrel shell to the other end of the crushing barrel shell, and the height of the convex rib in the axial direction of the crushing barrel shell is greater than or equal to 1/3;

and/or the rib extends vertically from the opening end of the crushing barrel casing to the other end of the crushing barrel casing on the inner wall surface of the crushing barrel casing.

17. The food processor of claim 15,

when the guide groove is a plurality of inclined grooves which are obliquely arranged, the guide groove is not parallel to the convex ribs.

18. The food processor of claim 15, wherein the number of ribs is 2 to 6.