CN110236401A - Anti-collision structure and cooking equipment applying same - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to an anti-collision structure and a cooking device using the same, wherein the anti-collision structure is arranged in the cooking device and comprises a buffer assembly, a locking assembly and a weighing sensor, the buffer assembly is arranged on the side wall of the cooking device, the locking assembly is arranged on the rear wall of the cooking device, the weighing sensor is arranged on the side wall of the cooking device, when a tray is put in, the buffer assembly is pushed to move to the locking assembly, and after the buffer assembly and the locking assembly are interlocked, the tray is just positioned above the weighing sensor to measure the weight of the tray. Above-mentioned novel anticollision structure of weighing can reduce the harm of tray weighing sensor when removing, guarantees the accuracy when the tray is weighed.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of cooking equipment production technical field, especially a kind of crash structure and the culinary art using it
Equipment.
Background technique
With the development of the times, more and more people to culinary art generate keen interest, and in order to the effect of culinary art use or
The selection that culinary cuisine is more and more people is carried out using cooking equipment.During routine use cooking equipment, need often
Condiment or weighing of the displacement in the food amount of reordering in cooking equipment are wanted, keeps the food made tastier, therefore,
Always weighing apparatus is needed to weigh food materials or condiment, so people want cooking equipment that can carry function of weighing often.However
In the use process of the containers such as pallet, need that directly pallet is horizontally arranged into cooking equipment and weighing to food materials,
But the sensibility of weighing sensor is very high, is easy to cause weighing sensor to damage by horizontal applied force is excessive, influence using
Service life.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of crash structure and using its cooking equipment, the prior art can be overcome
Defect, pallet can be reduced when moving to the damage of weighing sensor.
To achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:
A kind of crash structure is set in cooking equipment comprising has Buffer Unit, locked component and weighing induction
Device, the Buffer Unit are set on cooking equipment side wall, and the locked component is set on cooking equipment rear wall, the weighing sense
It answers device to be set on the side wall of cooking equipment, when pallet is put into, pushes the Buffer Unit to be moved at the locked component, and make
After the Buffer Unit and locked component interlocking, pallet is located exactly at heavy to measure its above the weighing inductor
Amount.
Preferably, the Buffer Unit includes the guide rail being set on cooking equipment side wall, sliding block and the first elastic element,
The sliding block is moved along the guide rail；First elastic element be fixed on the sliding block and cooking equipment roof it
Between.
Preferably, the guide rail end is bent upwards extension.
Preferably, the Buffer Unit further comprises baffle, is set on cooking equipment side wall, and is located at institute
Guide rail top position is stated, first elastic element is spring, and the spring one end is installed on baffle, and the other end is fixed
On the sliding block.
Preferably, the locked component includes locking piece and the second elastic element, and second elastic element is fixed on institute
It states between locking piece and cooking equipment rear wall.
Preferably, the locked component further comprises backboard, and the backboard is set on cooking equipment rear wall,
Second elastic element is spring, and the spring one end is installed on the backboard, and the other end is installed in described
On locking piece.
Preferably, the locking piece, the face contacted with pallet are inclined-plane, and the upper end face includes to be connected with the inclined-plane
Bulge-structure and horizontal end face；The sliding block is equipped with stop block structure corresponding with the bulge-structure, described
Stop block structure and the bulge-structure interlock.
Preferably, it on the stop block structure, is configured to the bulge-structure contact surface skewed.
Preferably, the bulge-structure is arc surface.
It preferably, further comprise having weighing pillar, the weighing pillar is fixed on the side wall of cooking equipment.
Another technical solution of the invention is achieved in that a kind of cooking equipment, including cabinet, above-mentioned anticollision
Structure and pallet, the crash structure be set to the cabinet cavity in, the pallet can by the crash structure into
Enter the cavity of the cabinet.
It preferably, further comprise having limited block, the limited block is fixed on the side wall of cabinet cavity, and close to case
The position of door.
Preferably, the crash structure is equipped with two groups, is located on the left and right sides wall of the cabinet.
The beneficial effects of the present invention are: above-mentioned crash structure can reduce pallet when moving to weighing sensor
Damage guarantees accuracy when pallet weighing, avoids leading to the incorrect addition condiment of cook to food due to weighing fault
The taste of object generates change, when sliding block and locking piece can reduce pallet movement by the first elastic element and the second elastic element
The horizontal force of generation, and after pallet enters cabinet will not weighing have an impact, extend the service life of cooking equipment,
It is simple and compact for structure, it will not influence the normal use of cooking equipment.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is that the pallet being related to of the invention enters the structural schematic diagram before cavity；
Fig. 2 is that the pallet being related to of the invention enters the structural schematic diagram after cavity；
Fig. 3 a is sliding block mobile route schematic diagram of the present invention；
Fig. 3 b is pallet mobile route schematic diagram of the present invention；
Fig. 3 c is locking piece mobile route schematic diagram of the present invention；
Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional view of guide rail of the present invention and sliding block.
Specific embodiment
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the present invention clearer, with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments, right
The present invention is further elaborated.It should be appreciated that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present invention, and
It is not used in the restriction present invention.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the present invention provides a kind of novel weighing crash structures comprising have Buffer Unit 1,
Locked component 2 and weighing inductor 3, Buffer Unit 1 are set on cooking equipment side wall, and locked component 2 is set to cooking equipment rear wall
On, weighing inductor 3 is set on the side wall of cooking equipment, and when pallet is put into, Buffer Unit 1 is pushed to be moved at locked component 2,
And after interlocking Buffer Unit 1 and locked component 2, pallet is detached from Buffer Unit 1, placement tray to 3 top of weighing inductor with
Its weight is measured, Buffer Unit 1 reduces horizontal force when pallet enters cooking equipment, reduces symmetrical when pallet movement
Weight inductor 3 damages, and extends the service life of weighing inductor 3；After pallet enters cooking equipment, locked component 2 will buffer group
Part 1 locks, and Buffer Unit 1 is avoided to influence the weighing precision of weighing inductor 3.
Buffer Unit 1 includes guide rail 12, sliding block 11 and the first elastic element 13 being set on cooking equipment side wall, sliding block
11 move along guide rail 12, and when pallet enters cooking equipment, sliding block 11 contacts with pallet and guides pallet along 12 extending direction of guide rail
Mobile, 12 end of guide rail is bent upwards extension, and sliding block 11 is moved along route as shown in Figure 3a, and it is mobile that guide rail 12 controls sliding block 11
Direction convenient for sliding block 11 is separated with pallet, and so that sliding block is moved to locked component 2 and lock sliding block 11, as shown in figure 4, guide rail
12 are equipped with guide-track groove 121, and guide-track groove 121 is in T-shape, and sliding block 11 is equipped with guide block 112, the shape and guide-track groove of guide block 112
121 matchings, guide block 112 are moved along guide-track groove 121, move sliding block 11 can along guide rail 12, and can the anti-disengaging of limited slip block 11 guide rail
12, the first elastic element 13 is fixed between sliding block 11 and the roof of cooking equipment, increases resistance when pallet enters.
Buffer Unit 1 further comprises baffle 14, is set on cooking equipment side wall, and is located at 12 upper position of guide rail
It sets, convenient for the first elastic element 13 is fixed, the first elastic element 13 is spring, and spring one end is installed on baffle 14, another
End is installed on sliding block 11, and the first elastic element 13 increases the resistance that pallet enters cooking equipment, guarantees the mobile process of pallet
In will not generate biggish horizontal force, reduce symmetrical weight inductor 13 and damage, while when taking out pallet, the first elasticity is first
Part 13 pushes sliding block 11 that pallet is released cooking equipment.
Buffer Unit 1 further comprise have weighing pillar 4, weighing pillar 4 be fixed on the side wall of cooking equipment, pallet into
After entering cooking equipment, weighing pillar 4 can support pallet and weigh.
Locked component 2 include locking piece 21 and the second elastic element 22, the second elastic element 22 be fixed on locking piece 21 with
Between cooking equipment rear wall, pallet and sliding block 11 are moved to locking piece 21, and locking piece 21 separates pallet with sliding block 11, pallet edge
Route as shown in Figure 3b is mobile, and locking piece 21 is moved along route as shown in Figure 3c, the second elastic element 22 increase pallet with
Pressure when sliding block 11 separates guarantees have enough pressure to be separated between pallet and sliding block 11；After separation, locking piece 21 is multiple
Position is interlocked with sliding block 11.
Locked component 2 further comprises backboard 23, and backboard 23 is set on cooking equipment rear wall, convenient for elastic by second
Element 2 is fixed, and the second elastic element 22 is spring, and spring one end is installed on backboard 23, and the other end is installed on locking piece 21,
Guarantee that locking piece 21 is mobile by specific direction, prevents locking piece 21 from deviating.
The section forming of locking piece 21 can be seen as to be successively spliced from beginning to end by oblique line, circular arc, horizontal line and vertical line,
Convenient for separating pallet with sliding block 11, face that locking piece 21 is contacted with pallet is inclined-plane 211, and the upper end face includes and inclined-plane
211 connected bulge-structures 212 and horizontal end face 213, after pallet is separated with sliding block 11, pallet is moved along inclined-plane 211, sliding block 11
Horizontal end face 213 is moved to along bulge-structure 212；Sliding block 11 is equipped with stop block structure 111 corresponding with bulge-structure 212,
It is carried on sliding block 11 convenient for pallet, as a preferred embodiment, bulge-structure 212 is arc surface, which can be half
Arc surface or quadrant cambered surface are in the present embodiment semicircle cambered surfaces, convenient for stop block structure 111 and bulge-structure 212
Realize interlocking or separation, with 212 contact surface of bulge-structure be on stop block structure 111 it is skewed, make on stop block structure 111 with protrusion
212 contact position of structure forms a position, and position is located at the edge of stop block structure 111, and locking piece 21 and sliding block 11 interlock
When, position is moved between bulge-structure 212 and horizontal end face 213 along 212 surface of bulge-structure, and mutually locks in bulge-structure
212 with the intersection point of horizontal end face 213, intersection point be to interlock point, and position is by the pressure of the first elastic element 13 and the at this time
The pulling force of two elastic elements 22 makes locking piece 21 and sliding block 11 keep interlocking state；When locking piece 21 and sliding block 11 are detached from, pallet 6
Moving along inclined-plane 211 compresses the second elastic element 22, and the position on stop block structure 111 is moved along bulge-structure 212, then is transported
Being detached from after moving to inclined-plane 211 contacts sliding block 11 with pallet 6.
The present invention also provides a kind of cooking equipment, which can be oven, steam box, scorch all-in-one machine, scorch
Micro- all-in-one machine etc., continuing with referring to figs. 1 and 2, including cabinet 5, crash structure and pallet 6, crash structure is set to
In the cavity of cabinet 5, pallet 6 can enter the cavity of cabinet 5 by crash structure 1, and pallet can carry food materials, and pallet can pass through
Crash structure carries out cabinet 5 and carries out heating food materials, and crash structure 1 can claim to obtain food materials weight, and reduce pallet 3 it is mobile when pair
The impact of cavity 2.
Cooking equipment further comprises having limited block 7, and limited block 7 is fixed on the side wall of 5 cavity of cabinet, and close to chamber door
Position, the bootable pallet 6 of limited block 7 contacts when entering cabinet 5 with sliding block 11, and the side wall of limited block 7 and 5 cavity of cabinet is integrated
Molding, can save production stage, and production cost is made to reduce and improve production efficiency.
Crash structure is equipped with two groups, is located on the left and right sides wall of cabinet 5, holding when pallet 6 being made to enter cabinet 5
Balance.
As shown in Figure 1, pallet 6 is initially entered cabinet 5 along limited block 7 when in use by above-mentioned cooking equipment, pallet 6 enters
It is contacted after cabinet 5 with sliding block 11, pallet 6 pushes sliding block 11 to compress the first elastic element 13 and moves along guide rail 12, sliding block 11
It continues to move to compress the second elastic element 22 after contacting with locking piece 21, sliding block 11 is moved up along guide rail 12, locking piece 21
Pallet 6 is separated with sliding block 11, sliding block 11 is moved along bulge-structure 212, make stop block structure 111 be fixed on bulge-structure 212 with
Between horizontal end face 213, sliding block 11 is formed with locking piece 21 and is mutually locked；As shown in Fig. 2, the edge of pallet 3 is moved along inclined-plane 211
And fall on weighing pillar 4 and fixed, the weight of the weighing measurement pallet 6 of inductor 13.
After the completion of culinary art, lift pallet 6, pallet 6 is moved up along inclined-plane 211 compresses the second elastic element 22, together
When move stop block structure 111 along bulge-structure 212, separate sliding block 11 with locking piece 21, pallet 6 connects with sliding block 11 after separation
Touching, the first elastic element 13, which resets, pushes sliding block 11 that pallet 3 is pushed away cabinet 5.
Embodiment described above, only preferred embodiments of the invention, be not to limit practical range of the invention, therefore it is all according to
The equivalent change or modification that structure, feature and principle described in scope of the present invention patent is done, should be included in the present invention
In patent claim.
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1. a kind of crash structure is set in cooking equipment, which is characterized in that it includes Buffer Unit (1), locked component
(2) it is set on cooking equipment side wall with weighing inductor (3), the Buffer Unit (1), the locked component (2) is set to culinary art
On equipment rear wall, the weighing inductor (3) is set on the side wall of cooking equipment, when pallet is put into, pushes the buffering group
Part (1) is moved at the locked component (2), and makes the Buffer Unit (1) with after locked component (2) interlocking, is held in the palm
Disk is located exactly above the weighing inductor (3) to measure its weight.
2. crash structure according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the Buffer Unit (1) includes being set to culinary art
Guide rail (12), sliding block (11) and the first elastic element (13) on equipment side wall, the sliding block (11) are moved along the guide rail (12)
It is dynamic；First elastic element (13) is fixed between the sliding block (11) and the roof of cooking equipment.
3. crash structure according to claim 2, which is characterized in that guide rail (12) end is bent upwards extension.
4. crash structure according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the Buffer Unit (1) still further comprises
There are baffle (14), be set on cooking equipment side wall, and is located at the guide rail (12) top position, first elastic element
It (13) is spring, the spring one end is installed on baffle (14), and the other end is installed on the sliding block (11).
5. according to any crash structure of claim 2~4, which is characterized in that the locked component (2) includes locking
Part (21) and the second elastic element (22), after second elastic element (22) is fixed on the locking piece (21) and cooking equipment
Between wall.
6. crash structure according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the locked component (2) still further comprises
Have backboard (23), the backboard (23) is set on cooking equipment rear wall, and second elastic element (22) is spring, described
Spring one end be installed on the backboard (23), the other end is installed on the locking piece (21).
7. crash structure according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the locking piece (21) contacts with pallet
Face is inclined-plane (211), and the upper end face includes the bulge-structure (212) being connected with the inclined-plane (211) and horizontal end face
(213)；The sliding block (11) is equipped with stop block structure (111) corresponding with bulge-structure (212), the gear
Block structure (111) and the bulge-structure (212) interlock.
8. crash structure according to claim 7, which is characterized in that and described on the stop block structure (111)
Bulge-structure (212) contact surface is configured to skewed.
9. crash structure according to claim 8, which is characterized in that the bulge-structure (212) is arc surface.
10. crash structure according to claim 1-4, which is characterized in that it further comprises having weighing branch
Column (4), the weighing pillar (4) are fixed on the side wall of cooking equipment.
11. a kind of cooking equipment, which is characterized in that including cabinet (5), the described in any item anticollision knots of such as claim 1-10
Structure and pallet (6), the crash structure are set in the cavity of the cabinet (5), and the pallet (6) can pass through the anti-collision
Hit the cavity that structure (1) enters the cabinet (5).
12. a kind of cooking equipment according to claim 11, which is characterized in that it further comprises having limited block (7), institute
It states limited block (7) to be fixed on the side wall of cabinet (5) cavity, and close to the position of chamber door.
13. a kind of cooking equipment according to claim 11 or 12, which is characterized in that the crash structure is equipped with two
Group is located on the left and right sides wall of the cabinet (5).
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