CN110934488A

CN110934488A - Cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN110934488A
Application number: CN201911318603.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈俊祺; 林灵彪; 曾国豪; 康津; 钱宗华; 杨蛟龙; 覃德华
Original assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Current assignee: Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai
Priority date: 2019-12-19
Filing date: 2019-12-19
Publication date: 2020-03-31

Abstract

The invention discloses a cooking appliance, which comprises a base, a cooking cover and a base, wherein the base is hinged with one end of the cooking cover through a hinged shaft; and the motor component is connected with the pot cover through a hinged shaft. According to the invention, the motor assembly is arranged in the cooking utensil, so that a hinge spring in the prior art can be replaced, and the problem of overlarge or undersize opening force by the hinge spring is avoided. Moreover, the opening and closing of the cooking utensil can be controlled more stably and more balanced, the damage of the cooking utensil is reduced, and the use experience of a user is improved.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a cooking appliance.

Background

With the gradual improvement of the living standard of people, a plurality of intelligent household appliances are gradually favored by people. Meanwhile, as the user demands the beauty and display effect of the home appliances more and more, the external structures of many home appliances are greatly changed.

In the prior art, cooking appliances with lids generally include electric cookers, electric baking pans, and the like. Such a cooking appliance generally connects the rear end of the lid to the main body of the cooking appliance through a hinge spring, and when opened, separates the front end of the lid from the main body of the cooking appliance by a user pressing a push button provided at the lid. Then the lid is unfolded to the maximum angle under the action of the hinge spring, thereby facilitating the user to take out the food in the cooking appliance.

However, since the elastic force of the hinge spring itself is difficult to control, the following two situations are easy to occur during the use of the cooking appliance: 1. when the elastic force of the hinge spring is too large, the pot cover still has certain elastic force when being unfolded to the maximum unfolding angle, so that the pot cover is continuously unfolded, certain acting force is generated on the main body of the cooking appliance, the cooking appliance moves due to the acting force, and the cooking appliance is easily damaged in the past; 2. when the elastic force of the hinge spring is too small, the pot cover stops unfolding when the maximum unfolding angle is not reached, and therefore the use experience of a user is very poor.

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the invention is that the pot cover in the prior art has too large opening force or too small opening force when being opened.

Disclosure of Invention

Therefore, the technical problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a cooking appliance, wherein the problem that the opening force is too large or too small when the pot cover is opened in the prior art is solved.

To achieve the above object, an embodiment of the present invention provides a cooking appliance, including: the base is hinged with one end of the pot cover through a hinge shaft, and the pot cover is fixedly connected with the hinge shaft; and the motor component is connected with the pot cover through a hinged shaft.

Optionally, the motor assembly further comprises a motor and a helical gear cooperating with the hinge shaft; a driving shaft of the motor is connected with the helical gear, and the driving shaft is arranged on a rotating axis of the helical gear; the hinged shaft is at least partially provided with a toothed structure meshed with the helical gear.

Optionally, said articulation shaft is at least partially provided with a worm provided with said toothing intermeshing with said helical gear.

Optionally, one end of the pot cover, which is far away from the hinge shaft, is provided with a first magnetic part, and the base is provided with a second magnetic part which cooperates with the first magnetic part.

Optionally, the first magnetic member is a permanent magnet, and the second magnetic member is an electromagnet; or the first magnetic part is an electromagnet, and the second magnetic part is a permanent magnet; or the first magnetic part and the second magnetic part are electromagnets.

Optionally, the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member have an attraction state when the cooking appliance is operated and a repulsion state when the cooking appliance is stopped.

Optionally, the magnetic detection device further comprises an electromagnetic detection device disposed near the first magnetic member or the second magnetic member.

Optionally, the pot cover is provided with a control button of a control element, and the control element is electrically connected with the motor assembly to control the working state of the motor assembly.

Optionally, the control button is a touch key embedded in the pot cover.

Optionally, the motor is disposed on the base, and the base is provided with a fastening structure for fixing the motor.

Compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the following advantages:

1. the invention provides a cooking appliance, which comprises a base, a cooking cover and a cooking cover, wherein the base is hinged with one end of the cooking cover through a hinged shaft; and the motor component is connected with the pot cover through a hinged shaft. According to the invention, the motor assembly is arranged in the cooking utensil, so that a hinge spring in the prior art can be replaced, and the problem of overlarge or undersize opening force by the hinge spring is avoided. Moreover, the opening and closing of the cooking utensil can be controlled more stably and more balanced, the damage of the cooking utensil is reduced, and the use experience of a user is improved.

2. According to the invention, the first magnetic part and the second magnetic part which is matched with the first magnetic part to work are arranged, so that when a user closes the pot cover, the pot cover and the base are buckled and fastened more tightly through attraction between the first magnetic part and the second magnetic part; when a user opens the pot cover, the pot cover can be opened more easily through the repulsive force between the first magnetic part and the second magnetic part, a certain auxiliary effect is achieved for the motor to open the pot cover, and the working efficiency of the cooking appliance is improved.

3. According to the invention, the electromagnetic detection device is arranged, so that whether the cooking appliance is closed or not can be detected, certain safety is brought to the use of the cooking appliance by a user, and the use experience of the user is improved. The cooking appliance is prevented from starting to work without completely closing the cover, thereby bringing danger to the user.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a cooking appliance in a first orientation in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a cooking appliance in a second orientation in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a cooking appliance in a first orientation in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention in a second orientation.

Reference numerals:

1-a motor; 2-a bevel gear; 3-a worm; 4-a hinge axis; 5-pot cover; 6-a base; 7-a second magnetic element; 8-a first magnetic element; 9-an electromagnetic detection device; 10-driving shaft.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it should be understood that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; the two elements may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or may be communicated with each other inside the two elements, or may be wirelessly connected or wired connected. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In addition, the technical features involved in the different embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

In the prior art, cooking appliances with lids generally include electric cookers, electric baking pans, and the like. Such a cooking appliance generally connects the rear end of the lid to the main body of the cooking appliance through a hinge spring, and when opened, separates the front end of the lid from the main body of the cooking appliance by a user pressing a push button provided at the lid. Then the lid is unfolded to the maximum angle under the action of the hinge spring, thereby facilitating the user to take out the food in the cooking appliance. However, since the elastic force of the hinge spring itself is difficult to control, the following two situations are easy to occur during the use of the cooking appliance: 1. when the elastic force of the hinge spring is too large, the pot cover still has certain elastic force when being unfolded to the maximum unfolding angle, so that the pot cover is continuously unfolded, certain acting force is generated on the main body of the cooking appliance, the cooking appliance moves due to the acting force, and the cooking appliance is easily damaged in the past; 2. when the elastic force of the hinge spring is too small, the pot cover stops unfolding when the maximum unfolding angle is not reached, and therefore the use experience of a user is very poor.

The cooking utensil provided by the invention can solve the problems that the opening force is too large or too small when the pot cover is opened in the prior art.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, an embodiment of the present invention provides a cooking appliance including a base 6 and a lid 5 hinged to each other by a hinge shaft 4, and further including a motor 1 assembly disposed in a predetermined mounting cavity in the cooking appliance, the hinge shaft 4 of the motor 1 assembly being connected to the lid 5. The cooking appliance is also provided with a control member for controlling the working state of the motor 1 assembly, and the control member is electrically connected with the motor 1 assembly. In the embodiment of the present invention, a cooking appliance is exemplified as an electric cooker.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the motor 1 assembly includes a hinge shaft 4, a motor 1, and a helical gear 2 cooperating with the hinge shaft 4. The motor 1 is arranged in a mounting cavity preset in the base 6, and the base 6 is further provided with a buckle structure for fixing the motor 1. The driving shaft 10 of the motor 1 is vertically connected with the helical gear 2, the driving shaft 10 is arranged on the rotation axis of the helical gear 2, the hinge shaft 4 is at least partially provided with a toothed structure meshed with the helical gear 2, the motor 1 drives the helical gear 2 to rotate when controlling the rotation of the driving shaft 10 of the motor 1, and the helical gear 2 correspondingly drives the hinge shaft 4 to rotate. Since the hinge shaft 4 is connected with the lid 5, the user can control the lid 5 of the cooking appliance to be opened and closed through a control member provided to the cooking appliance. The motor 1 is a stepping motor 1 in this embodiment, and the opening and closing angle of the pot cover 5 can be controlled by the rotation angle of the motor 1. The embodiment of the present invention does not limit the type of the motor 1, and those skilled in the art may change the type according to actual situations.

With the arrangement, the motor 1 component and the control part are arranged in the cooking appliance, so that a hinge spring in the prior art can be replaced, and the problem that the opening force is too large or too small due to the hinge spring is solved. And, through setting up 1 subassembly of motor, can more balance stably control cooking utensil's uncap and close the lid, reduce cooking utensil's damage to user's use experience has been improved. The user can freely control the opening and closing angle of the pot cover 5 according to actual conditions, so that food in the cooking appliance is cooled, and the food can be prevented from being polluted.

As another embodiment, the articulated shaft 4 is at least partially provided with a worm 3, the worm 3 being provided with a toothing mutually meshing with the helical gear 2. So set up, can strengthen the interlock degree between articulated shaft 4 and the helical gear 2, promote the work efficiency of motor 1 subassembly.

As another embodiment, the hinge shaft 4 may be provided as a D-shaped shaft, so that the force between the hinge shaft 4 and the lid 5 can be enhanced.

The one end that the pot cover 5 is kept away from articulated shaft 4 is provided with first magnetic part 8 near the preceding terminal surface that the user used promptly, and base 6 is provided with second magnetic part 7 with first magnetic part 8 cooperation work. In the embodiment of the present invention, the first magnetic member 8 is a permanent magnet, and the second magnetic member 7 is an electromagnet, which generates magnetism when energized. When the cooker cover 5 is buckled on the base 6, the electromagnet is electrified, so that the magnetism of one side, close to the second magnetic part 7 and the first magnetic part 8, of the second magnetic part is opposite, and the first magnetic part 8 and the second magnetic part 7 are in an attraction state; when the cooking utensil stops working and the pot cover 5 is opened, the electromagnet is electrified reversely, so that the magnetism of one side, close to the second magnetic part 7 and the first magnetic part 8, of the second magnetic part 7 is the same, and at the moment, the first magnetic part 8 and the second magnetic part 7 are in a repulsive state.

Therefore, by arranging the first magnetic part 8 and the second magnetic part 7 which is matched with the first magnetic part 8 to work, when a user closes the pot cover 5, the pot cover 5 and the base 6 can be fastened more firmly in a buckling manner through attraction between the first magnetic part 8 and the second magnetic part 7; when a user opens the pot cover 5, the pot cover 5 can be opened more easily through the repulsive force between the first magnetic part 8 and the second magnetic part 7, a certain auxiliary effect is achieved for the motor 1 to open the pot cover 5, and the working efficiency of the cooking appliance is improved.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the base 6 is further provided with an electromagnetic detection device 9, and the electromagnetic detection device 9 is disposed near the second magnetic member 7. The electromagnetic detection device 9 can detect the magnetic field intensity between the first magnetic part 8 and the second magnetic part 7, and judge whether the pot cover 5 and the base 6 are completely buckled or not according to the magnetic field intensity. When the opening angle is smaller, it means that the closer the lid 5 is to the electromagnetic detecting device 9, the larger the magnetic field detected by the electromagnetic detecting device 9 is, and the magnetic field is generally concentrated around the magnet, i.e. the closer to the first magnetic member 8, the larger the magnetic field intensity is. The magnetic field value of the first magnetic member 8 detected by the electromagnetic detection device 9 when the cooking utensil is closed is recorded, and whether the cooking utensil is completely closed or not is judged according to the value.

When the pot cover 5 of the cooking appliance is buckled with the base 6, the electromagnetic detection device 9 detects the magnetic field intensity, if the pot cover 5 is not completely buckled with the base 6, the cooking appliance cannot start working, and a warning lamp warns a user; otherwise, the opposite is true. This embodiment is through setting up electromagnetic detection device 9, can detect cooking utensil and close the lid, brings certain security for the user uses cooking utensil, improves user's use and experiences. The cooking appliance is prevented from starting to work without completely closing the cover, thereby bringing danger to the user.

In the embodiment of the invention, the front end surface of the cooker cover 5 close to the operation of the user is provided with a control button of a control element, and the control button is a touch key embedded in the cooker cover 5. So set up, can avoid among the prior art protruding button that pot cover 5 set up to damage easily under long-time use to can also prevent that spot and germ from getting into the gap between button and pot cover 5, clean health, thereby promoted user's use and experienced.

It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications therefrom are within the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

the base (6) is hinged with one end of the pot cover (5) through a hinged shaft (4), and the pot cover (5) is fixedly connected with the hinged shaft (4);

the motor component is connected with the pot cover (5) through a hinged shaft (4).

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the motor assembly further comprises a motor (1) and a bevel gear (2) cooperating with the hinge shaft (4); a driving shaft (10) of the motor (1) is connected with the helical gear (2), and the driving shaft (10) is arranged on a rotating axis of the helical gear (2); the hinged shaft (4) is at least partially provided with a toothed structure meshed with the helical gear (2).

3. Cooking appliance according to claim 2, characterized in that the articulated shaft (4) is at least partially provided with a worm (3), the worm (3) being provided with the toothing intermeshing with the helical gear (2).

4. Cooking appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the end of the lid (5) remote from the hinge axis (4) is provided with a first magnetic element (8), and in that the base (6) is provided with a second magnetic element (7) cooperating with the first magnetic element (8).

5. Cooking appliance according to claim 4, characterized in that the first magnetic part (8) is a permanent magnet and the second magnetic part (7) is an electromagnet; or the first magnetic part (8) is an electromagnet, and the second magnetic part (7) is a permanent magnet; or the first magnetic part (8) and the second magnetic part (7) are electromagnets.

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 5, wherein the first magnetic member (8) and the second magnetic member (7) have an attraction state when the cooking appliance is operated and a repulsion state when the cooking appliance is stopped.

7. Cooking appliance according to claim 4, characterized in that it further comprises electromagnetic detection means (9) arranged close to said first magnetic element (8) or said second magnetic element (7).

8. The cooking appliance of claim 1, further comprising a control member electrically connected to the motor assembly for controlling an operating state of the motor assembly; the pot cover (5) is provided with a control button of a control piece.

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 8, wherein the control button is a touch button embedded in the lid (5).

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the motor (1) is arranged at the base (6), the base (6) being provided with a snap-in structure for fixing the motor (1).