CN110353495B

CN110353495B - Electrical appliance water box and steam type household appliance

Info

Publication number: CN110353495B
Application number: CN201910796682.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 范涛; 蒋伟
Original assignee: Whirlpool China Co Ltd
Current assignee: Whirlpool China Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-27
Filing date: 2019-08-27
Publication date: 2024-03-29
Anticipated expiration: 2039-08-27
Also published as: CN110353495A

Abstract

The invention provides an electric appliance water box and a steam type household appliance, which comprises a water box installation frame and a drawable water box, wherein the water box installation frame and the water box are installed on an electric appliance, and are connected through a spring lock and a rebound mechanism. The invention realizes the automatic locking and automatic ejection of the water box by arranging the spring lock assembly and the rebound mechanism, is convenient for users to use, and effectively avoids the potential safety hazard caused by water leakage of the water box.

Description

Electrical appliance water box and steam type household appliance

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a steam type household appliance water box.

Background

With the increasing variety of household appliances, household appliances which use water to realize one function, such as steam microwave ovens, steam ovens, humidifiers and the like, gradually enter ordinary families, and as the household appliances for water, a water box is inevitably required to be used as a relay to hold water, so that the product can realize a certain specific function.

In these domestic appliance with steam function, the water box is the inside steam production part and carries continuous rivers, and traditional water box is simple installation and takes out, and whether the user does not have the perception and installs in place, just so can cause the water box to leak and can't last, stable rivers that provide, also has certain potential safety hazard, and the user can carry out the repeated installation just can install the water box in place, has influenced the realization of product function and user's use greatly.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems that in the prior art, the water box is simply installed and taken out, a user does not know whether the water box is installed in place or not, water leakage of the water box can be possibly caused, water flow cannot be continuously and stably provided, certain potential safety hazards exist, function realization of products and user body feeling are greatly influenced, and the like.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides an electrical apparatus water box, but install water box installing frame and pull on the electrical apparatus, water box installing frame and water box are connected through spring lock and rebound mechanism, spring lock includes locking mechanism and trigger device, locking mechanism is including setting up recess and the fixing on the water box in the water box installing frame rotate piece one, with the couple that one end of rotating piece is connected, and set up torsional spring in the water box installing frame, trigger device includes spacing post and cover establish spring one on the spacing post, the shift knob that is connected with spacing post one end and the rotating piece two that are connected with the spacing post other end, spacing post surface is provided with the protruding one that is used for spacing.

Further, one end of the torsion spring is connected with the hook, the other end of the torsion spring is fixed in the water box installation frame, the torsion spring can enable the spring lock to be locked in a locking state, and meanwhile resilience force is provided for restoring the locking state after the spring lock is unlocked.

Further, the switch button of the triggering device and the first spring are arranged in a cavity, and the first spring can move along the axial direction of the cavity.

Further, the second rotating piece is connected with the first rotating piece through a rope.

Preferably, the first rotary piece can be further arranged to be directly connected with the limit post.

Preferably, the rebound mechanism comprises a pushing column with a round cap at one end and a second spring sleeved on the pushing column, a second protrusion for limiting is arranged on the outer surface of the pushing column, and the second spring is arranged between the round cap and the second protrusion.

Preferably, a sliding rail capable of enabling the second spring to freely stretch out and draw back is arranged on the bottom surface of the water box installation frame.

According to the technical scheme, the problems that in the prior art, the water box is simply installed and taken out, a user does not feel whether the water box is installed in place or not, water leakage and incapability of continuously and stably supplying water flow are possibly caused, certain potential safety hazards exist, function realization of products and user body feeling are greatly influenced are solved, the water box is automatically locked through the arrangement of the spring lock assembly and the rebound mechanism, the water box can be installed in place, the water box can be automatically ejected after unlocking, the user can conveniently take out the water box, humanized design of products is improved, and the potential safety hazards caused by water leakage of the water box are effectively avoided.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure and unlocking process of the locking mechanism of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the trigger device of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a second embodiment of the connection of the locking mechanism and the triggering device of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the rebound mechanism of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a water box mounting frame; 2. a water box; 30. a spring lock; 40. a rebound mechanism; 31. a locking mechanism; 32. a trigger mechanism; 311. a groove; 312. rotating the first sheet; 313. a hook; 314. a torsion spring; 321. a limit column; 322. a first spring; 323. a switch button; 324. a second rotary piece; 325. a first bulge; 326. a cavity; 41. a round cap; 42; pushing the post 43; spring two 44, protruding two.

Detailed Description

A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The electric appliance water box shown in fig. 1 comprises a water box mounting frame 1 and a drawable water box 2 which are mounted on the electric appliance, wherein the water box mounting frame and the water box are connected through a spring lock 30 and a rebound mechanism 40, and the spring lock comprises a locking mechanism 31 and a triggering device 32.

The locking mechanism 31 shown in fig. 2 comprises a groove 311 formed in the water box, a first rotary piece 312 fixed in the water box mounting frame, a hook 313 connected with one end of the first rotary piece, and a torsion spring 314 arranged in the water box mounting frame, wherein one end of the torsion spring is connected with the hook, and the other end of the torsion spring is fixed in the water box mounting frame, so that the spring lock can be locked in a locking state, and a resilience force is provided for restoring the locking state after the spring lock is unlocked.

The trigger mechanism 32 shown in fig. 3, the trigger device includes a first limit post 321, a first spring 322 sleeved on the limit post, a switch button 323 connected with one end of the limit post, and a second rotary piece 324 connected with the other end of the limit post, a first protrusion 325 for limiting is provided on the outer surface of the limit post, the switch button and the first spring 323 of the trigger device are disposed in a cavity 326, the first spring 323 can move along the axial direction of the cavity, when the user unlocks, the first spring compresses in the cavity, the first spring loosens the button switch, the spring rebounds, the first protrusion is used for limiting the displacement of the limit post, and the ejection of the cavity due to overlarge elasticity is prevented.

The unlocking principle of the spring lock is a lever principle, the second rotating plate 323 is equivalent to a lever, the first rotating plate 312 is connected with the second rotating plate through a rope, in specific use, a fixed pulley can be arranged on the water box installation frame, the rope is connected with the fixed pulley in a sliding manner, the installation position of the trigger device 32 can be changed, the fixed pulley refers to a pulley with a fixed shaft position, the fixed pulley has the characteristic of only changing the direction and not changing the force, the first rotating plate 312 is rotated by pushing the trigger mechanism, and the first rotating plate drives the hook 313 to be separated from the groove 311 to unlock under the action of the lever principle.

As shown in fig. 4, the first rotating piece 312 may be further configured to be directly connected to the limiting post 321, and the first rotating piece is rotated by pushing the trigger mechanism, so as to drive the hook 313 to disengage from the groove 311 to unlock.

The rebound mechanism 40 shown in fig. 5 comprises a pushing post 42 with a round cap at one end and a second spring 43 sleeved on the pushing post, wherein a second protrusion 44 for limiting is arranged on the outer surface of the pushing post, and the second spring is arranged between the round cap and the second protrusion.

In the preferred embodiment, the rebound mechanism 40 is matched with the water box mounting frame 1 to enable the second spring 43 to be locked in a locking state to compress the second spring, and to limit the displacement distance of the pushing post 42 in an unlocking state.

The present preferred embodiment uses two identical rebound mechanisms 40, the number of which can be set as desired in a particular application, and the position of the second projection 44 and thus the compressed length of the second spring 43 can be varied as desired, thereby changing the displacement distance of the push post.

When the water box 1 is in a locking state, the second spring 43 is in a compressed state, after the water box is unlocked, the second spring rebounds to drive the limiting column to pop up the water box, and in order to enable the rebound mechanism to stably and outwards pop up the water box, the bottom surface of the water box mounting frame 1 is provided with a sliding rail capable of enabling the second spring to freely stretch out and draw back.

In order to reduce friction force between the water box 2 and the water box mounting frame 1, in the preferred embodiment, the bottom of the water box is in partial contact with the water box mounting frame, and two ribs are uniformly arranged at the bottom according to the mounting direction of the water box, and the height and the width are about 2mm and are in contact with the bottom of the water box mounting frame so as to reduce friction force.

In a specific use, when the user presses the button switch 323, the limit post 321 is displaced, meanwhile, the rotary piece two 323 is driven to rotate, the rotary piece two pulls the rope, the rotary piece one 312 is driven to rotate while the rope moves, then the hook 313 of the rotary rod one is separated from the groove 311, the rebound mechanism 40 starts to act, the spring two 43 in a compressed state pushes the water box 2 outwards according to the track direction, the push distance is determined according to the protrusion two 44, after the use is finished, the user pushes the water box into the water box mounting frame, the button switch is released, the spring one and the torsion spring rebound, the limit post is restored to an initial state, and the whole unlocking mechanism is also restored to a locking state.

The steam type household appliance is provided with the appliance water box, which is convenient for a user to operate, and the steam type household appliance comprises: a steam microwave oven, a steam oven or a humidifier,

the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and various modifications and improvements made by those skilled in the art to the technical solution of the present invention should fall within the scope of protection defined by the claims of the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an electrical apparatus water box, includes water box installing frame (1) and drawable water box (2) of installing on electrical apparatus, water box installing frame and water box are connected through spring lock (30) and rebound mechanism (40), its characterized in that, spring lock (30) include:

the locking mechanism (31) comprises a groove (311) arranged on the water box, a first rotary piece (312) fixed in the water box mounting frame, a hook (313) connected with one end of the first rotary piece, and a torsion spring (314) arranged in the water box mounting frame, one end of the torsion spring (314) is connected with the hook (313), the other end of the torsion spring is fixed in the water box mounting frame (1), and the torsion spring (314) can enable the spring lock (30) to be locked in a locking state and simultaneously provide resilience force for restoring the locking state after the spring lock is unlocked;

the trigger device (32) comprises a limit post (321), a first spring (322) sleeved on the limit post (321), a switch button (323) connected with one end of the limit post (321) and a second rotary plate (324) connected with the other end of the limit post (321), wherein a first bulge (325) for limiting is arranged on the outer surface of the limit post, and the first rotary plate (312) is connected with the second rotary plate (324) through a rope or the first rotary plate (312) is directly connected with the limit post (321); the switch button (323) and the first spring (322) are arranged in a cavity (326), and the first spring (322) can move along the axial direction of the cavity.

2. An electric water box according to claim 1, characterized in that the rebound mechanism (40) comprises a pushing post (42) with a round cap (41) at one end and a second spring (43) sleeved on the pushing post, the outer surface of the pushing post is provided with a second protrusion (44) for limiting, and the second spring (43) is arranged between the round cap and the second protrusion.

3. An electric appliance water box according to claim 2, characterized in that a slide rail capable of enabling the spring two (43) to freely stretch is arranged on the bottom surface of the water box mounting frame (1).

4. A steam home appliance, characterized in that it is fitted with an appliance water box as claimed in any one of the preceding claims 1-3.

5. The steam home appliance of claim 4, wherein the steam home appliance comprises: a steam microwave oven, a steam oven or a humidifier.