CN117882981A - Interlocking assembly and cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides an interlocking component and a cooking utensil, wherein the interlocking component is used for the cooking utensil, the cooking utensil comprises a shell and a door body, the door body is connected with the shell in an openable and closable manner, a door hook is arranged on the door body, and the interlocking component comprises: the bracket is arranged on the shell and provided with a first opening; the shielding piece is movably connected with the bracket and can move between a first position and a second position; the first opening is shielded by the shielding piece under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the first position, the first opening is avoided by the shielding piece under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the second position, and the door hook can extend into the bracket from the first opening.

Description

Interlocking assembly and cooking utensil

Technical Field

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

Background

At present, be provided with the interlocking subassembly on the cooking utensil, can realize the detection of door body open and closed state through the interlocking subassembly, however, under the condition that the door body was opened, owing to be provided with the opening that supplies the door hook on the door body to stretch into on the interlocking subassembly, consequently if the user stretches into other objects in to the interlocking subassembly by the opening, lead to the interlocking subassembly to be triggered easily, influence the security that cooking utensil used.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art or related art.

To this end, a first aspect of the invention provides an interlock assembly.

The second aspect of the invention also provides a cooking appliance.

In view of the above, a first aspect of the present invention provides an interlock assembly for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance including a housing and a door body, the door body being openably and closably connected with the housing, the door body being provided with a door hook, the interlock assembly comprising: the bracket is arranged on the shell and provided with a first opening; the shielding piece is movably connected with the bracket and can move between a first position and a second position; the first opening is shielded by the shielding piece under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the first position, the first opening is avoided by the shielding piece under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the second position, and the door hook can extend into the bracket from the first opening.

The invention provides an interlocking component which is used for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprises a shell and a door body, the door body is connected with the shell in an openable and closable manner, a door hook is arranged on the door body, the interlocking component comprises a bracket and a shielding piece, the bracket is arranged on the shell, and the shielding piece is arranged on the bracket and is movably connected with the bracket, so that the shielding piece can move between a first position and a second position. The support is provided with a first opening, and the door hook can extend into the support through the first opening and then is connected with the support, so that the door body and the shell are locked. Under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the first position, the shielding piece shields the first opening, so that the hidden design of the internal structure of the interlocking component is realized, a user is prevented from extending into the bracket from the first opening, and the situation that the user mistakenly touches the switch piece of the interlocking component when extending into the bracket from the first opening is avoided; under the condition that the shielding piece is located the second position, the shielding piece avoids the first opening, and then the door hook can stretch into the support by the first opening, realizes the connection of door hook and interlocking subassembly, and then realizes the triggering of interlocking subassembly, guarantees the security performance of cooking utensil during operation.

The cooking appliance provided by the invention can also have the following additional technical characteristics:

in some possible designs, the shutter is provided with a pushing portion, which is exposed at the first opening when the shutter is in the first position, and the door hook can push the shutter to move by the pushing portion to move the shutter to the second position.

In this design, be provided with the pushing part on the shielding member, under the circumstances that the shielding member is in first position, the pushing part exposes in first opening, when closing the door body, the door hook promotes the shielding member motion through the pushing part for the shielding member moves to the second position, and then dodges first opening, makes the door hook stretch into in the support by first opening smoothly.

In some possible designs, the pushing portion includes a ramp structure disposed toward the first opening.

In this design, the promotion portion includes the inclined plane structure, and the inclined plane structure sets up towards first opening, and the door hook is through promoting inclined plane structure motion, can realize the motion of shielding member, and then makes the shielding member motion to the second position.

In some possible designs, the interlock assembly further comprises: and one end of the first resetting piece is connected with the bracket, and the other end of the first resetting piece is connected with the shielding piece and is used for driving the shielding piece to move to a first position, wherein the first resetting piece is in a deformation state under the condition that the shielding piece is in a second position.

In this design, the interlocking subassembly still includes first piece that resets, and the support is connected to first one end that resets, and the shielding member is connected to the other end, and when opening the door body, the door hook shifts out the support by first opening, and the shielding member moves to the first position again under the effect of first piece that resets to realize the shielding to first open-ended, realize the hidden design of interlocking subassembly's inner structure.

In some possible designs, the shield is slidably coupled to the bracket, the shield being capable of sliding between a first position and a second position.

In this design, shielding piece and support sliding connection for the shielding piece can slide between first position and second position, and then realizes shielding piece to the shielding of first opening and dodge, has reduced the holistic size of interlocking subassembly.

In some possible designs, the interlock assembly further comprises: and the fixed plate is arranged on the bracket, and the shielding piece can slide between the bracket and the fixed plate.

In this design, the interlocking assembly still includes the fixed plate, and the fixed plate sets up on the support for the position of restriction shielding member for the shielding member slides between support and fixed plate, has guaranteed the reliability of shielding member motion.

In some possible designs, the bracket is provided with a limiting part, the fixing plate is fixedly connected with the limiting part, the shielding member is provided with a through hole, the through hole extends along the sliding direction of the shielding member, the limiting part is arranged in the through hole in a penetrating manner, and the shielding member moves relative to the limiting part through the through hole.

In this design, be provided with spacing portion on the support, fixed plate and spacing portion fixed connection are provided with the through-hole on the shielding member, and the through-hole extends along the slip direction of shielding member, and spacing portion wears to establish in the through-hole for shielding member presss from both sides to establish between fixed plate and support, simultaneously, spacing portion has played spacing effect to the motion of shielding member, has guaranteed the slip stroke of shielding member.

In some possible designs, the through holes include kidney-shaped holes or rectangular holes.

In this design, the through holes include either kidney-shaped holes or rectangular holes.

In some possible designs, the distance between the first position and the second position is greater than or equal to 5mm and less than or equal to 10mm.

In this design, the distance between the first position and the second position is the travel over which the shutter can slide. When the distance between the first position and the second position is too large, the sliding stroke of the shielding piece is increased, the abrasion of the shielding piece is accelerated, meanwhile, the space occupied by the shielding piece is increased, when the distance between the first position and the second position is too small, the problem that the shielding of the first opening is incomplete or the opening degree of the first opening is too small to influence the entrance of the door hook is solved, therefore, the distance between the first position and the second position is set between 5mm and 10mm, the abrasion of the shielding piece can be reduced, and the shielding and opening effects of the first opening can be guaranteed.

In some possible designs, the shield is slidably coupled to the bracket in a first direction of the bracket or slidably coupled to the bracket in a second direction of the bracket.

In this design, the shutter may be slidable in a first direction, but also in a second direction, as long as it is movable between a first position in which it obstructs the first opening and a second position in which it is clear of the first opening.

In some possible designs, the interlock assembly further comprises: the lever is movably connected with the bracket and comprises a driving end and a triggering end, and the driving end is opposite to the first opening; the switch piece is arranged on the support, the switch piece is arranged opposite to the trigger end, the first opening is avoided by the shielding piece under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the second position, and the door hook can extend into the support from the first opening and push the drive end to move so that the trigger end triggers the switch piece.

In this design, the interlocking subassembly still includes lever and switch piece, lever and support swing joint, and the lever can be for the support motion under the drive of external force, is provided with first opening on the support, and the door hook can stretch into in the support by first opening, and then with leg joint, realizes the locking of door body and casing, simultaneously, the door hook can promote the drive end of lever for the lever moves for the support, thereby drives trigger end motion, makes trigger end trigger switch piece, realizes the detection to door body open-close state. Under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the first position, the shielding piece shields the first opening, so that the hidden design of the internal structure of the interlocking component is realized, a user is prevented from extending into the bracket from the first opening, and the situation that the user mistakenly touches the switch piece of the interlocking component when extending into the bracket from the first opening is avoided; under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the second position, the shielding piece avoids the first opening, and then the door hook can extend into the bracket from the first opening, so that the connection of the door hook and the interlocking component and the triggering of the switch piece of the interlocking component are realized, and the safety performance of the cooking utensil during working is ensured.

In some possible designs, the lever is rotatably connected to the bracket.

In this design, the lever is rotatably connected with the bracket so that when the door hook pushes the driving end to move, the trigger end can be driven to move, and then the switch piece is triggered by the trigger end.

In some possible designs, the interlock assembly further comprises: and one end of the second reset piece is connected with the lever, and the other end of the second reset piece is connected with the bracket and is used for driving the lever to reset.

In this design, the interlocking subassembly still includes the second piece that resets, and the one end and the lever that resets are connected, and the other end and leg joint to after the door hook shifts out the support, realize the reset of lever, and then under the condition that the door hook stretches into in the support again, realize the triggering of switch piece again.

In some possible designs, the switch element includes at least one micro switch.

In this design, in particular, the switch element comprises at least one microswitch.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a cooking appliance comprising: a housing; the door body is connected with the shell in an openable and closable manner, and is provided with a door hook; and an interlock assembly as set forth in any one of the first aspects wherein the shutter is in the first position with the door body opening the housing and the shutter is in the second position with the door body closing the housing.

The cooking appliance provided by the second aspect of the invention comprises the interlocking assembly provided by any one of the technical schemes, so that the cooking appliance has all the beneficial effects of the interlocking assembly.

Under the condition that the door body is opened to the shell, the shielding piece is positioned at a first position, so that external objects are prevented from extending into the interlocking assembly from the first opening; when the door body closes the shell, the shielding piece is in a second position so as to avoid the door hook.

In some possible designs, a second opening is provided in the housing, the first opening being disposed opposite the second opening.

In the design, be provided with the second opening on the casing, first opening and second opening set up relatively, the door hook stretches into in the first opening by the second opening, and then stretches into in the support, realizes being connected with the interlocking subassembly to realize the trigger of switch spare. Meanwhile, the second opening is formed in the shell, the first opening and the second opening are arranged opposite to each other, the interlocking assembly can be placed on the back of the shell, the interlocking assembly is prevented from being exposed, and the hidden design of the interlocking assembly is achieved.

In some possible designs, the housing includes: the box body comprises a cooking cavity; the door plate is arranged on the first side of the box body, the door body is rotationally connected with the door plate and used for opening or closing the box body, the second opening is arranged on the door plate, and the second opening is arranged on one side of the box body; the support is located the outside of box, and support one end is connected with the roof of box, and the other end is connected with the door plant.

In this design, the casing includes box and door plant, and the door plant sets up the first side at the box, and the door body rotates with the door plant to be connected, and then realizes opening and closing of box. Wherein, the support sets up in the outside of box, and is connected with roof and the door plant of box simultaneously, has realized the fixed of support and casing.

In some possible designs, the door panel is provided with a flange, the flange is bent towards the second side of the box body, the flange is provided with a connecting part, the bracket is connected with the connecting part, and the first side of the box body and the second side of the box body are two opposite sides of the box body.

In the design, the door plate is provided with a turned-over edge which is bent towards the second side of the box body, and the support is connected with a connecting part on the turned-over edge to realize the fixation of the support and the door plate. The first side of the box body and the second side of the box body are two opposite sides of the box body.

In some possible designs, the cooking appliance further comprises: and the heating part is arranged on the box body and is used for supplying heat to the cooking cavity.

In this design, cooking utensil still includes heating portion, and heating portion sets up in the box for to the culinary art intracavity heat supply, realize the culinary art of the interior food of culinary art intracavity.

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

Drawings

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

FIG. 1 shows a schematic diagram of the structure of an interlock assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 illustrates one of schematic structural views of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic view showing a part of the structure of the cooking appliance of the embodiment shown in fig. 2;

fig. 4 is a schematic view showing a structure in which a door body of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention is in an opened state;

fig. 5 is a schematic view showing a partial structure of the cooking appliance of the embodiment shown in fig. 4;

fig. 6 is a schematic view showing a structure of a door closing process of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view showing a partial structure of the cooking appliance of the embodiment shown in fig. 6;

fig. 8 is a schematic view showing a structure in which a door body of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention is in a closed state;

fig. 9 is a schematic view showing a part of the structure of the cooking appliance of the embodiment shown in fig. 8;

fig. 10 shows a second schematic structural view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The correspondence between the reference numerals and the component names in fig. 1 to 10 is:

the heating device comprises an interlocking component 1, a bracket 10, a first opening 102, a limiting part 104, a shielding piece 11, a pushing part 110, a through hole 112, a lever 12, a driving end 120, a triggering end 122, a switch 13, a first resetting piece 14, a fixing plate 15, a second resetting piece 16, a cooking appliance 2, a shell 20, a box 201, a door plate 202, a flanging 203, a connecting part 204, a second opening 205, a door 22, a door hook 24 and a heating part 26.

Detailed Description

In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments of the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other.

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 described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

The interlock assembly 1 and the cooking appliance 2 according to some embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to fig. 1 to 10.

As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 3, according to one embodiment of the present invention, an interlock assembly 1 is provided for a cooking appliance 2, the cooking appliance 2 includes a housing 20 and a door body 22, the door body 22 is connected to the housing 20 in a retractable manner, and a door hook 24 is provided on the door body 22.

The interlocking assembly 1 comprises a bracket 10 and a shielding member 11, specifically, the bracket 10 is arranged on the shell 20, and a first opening 102 is arranged on the bracket 10; the shielding element 11 is movably connected with the bracket 10, and the shielding element 11 can move between a first position and a second position; wherein the shutter 11 shields the first opening 102 when the shutter 11 is in the first position, and wherein the shutter 11 is clear of the first opening 102 when the shutter 11 is in the second position, the door hook 24 is able to extend from the first opening 102 into the bracket 10.

The invention provides an interlocking component 1, which is used for a cooking appliance 2, wherein the cooking appliance 2 comprises a shell 20 and a door body 22, the door body 22 is connected with the shell 20 in an openable and closable way, a door hook 24 is arranged on the door body 22, the interlocking component 1 comprises a bracket 10 and a shielding piece 11, the bracket 10 is arranged on the shell 20, and the shielding piece 11 is arranged on the bracket 10 and is movably connected with the bracket 10, so that the shielding piece 11 can move between a first position and a second position. The bracket 10 is provided with a first opening 102, and the door hook 24 can extend into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102 and then be connected with the bracket 10, so that the door body 22 and the shell 20 can be locked. Under the condition that the shielding piece 11 is positioned at the first position, the shielding piece 11 shields the first opening 102, so that the hidden design of the internal structure of the interlocking component 1 is realized, a user is prevented from extending into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102, and the situation that the user mistakenly touches the switch piece 13 of the interlocking component 1 when extending into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102 is avoided; under the condition that the shielding piece 11 is positioned at the second position, the shielding piece 11 avoids the first opening 102, and then the door hook 24 can extend into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102, so that the door hook 24 is connected with the bracket 10, the triggering of the interlocking assembly 1 is realized, and the safety performance of the cooking utensil 2 during working is ensured.

Optionally, the shutter 11 is slidingly or rotatably connected to the support 10.

It should be noted that, the movement of the shielding member 11 may be achieved by adding a driving member, that is, the driving member drives the shielding member 11 to move between the first position and the second position, when the door 22 needs to be closed, the driving member is controlled to drive the shielding member 11 to move to the second position, so that the door hook 24 can extend into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102 to drive the driving end 120 of the lever 12 to move, and further drive the trigger end 122 to move, so as to trigger the switch member 13; in the case of opening the door 22, the control driver drives the shutter 11 to move to the first position, so that the shutter 11 shields the first opening 102, and other objects are prevented from touching the driving end 120 by mistake.

Alternatively, the movement of the shutter 11 may be achieved by driving the door hook 24, for example, when the door 22 is closed, the door hook 24 drives the shutter 11 to move to the second position, so that the door hook 24 contacts the driving end 120, driving the driving end 120, and driving the trigger end 122.

In a specific application, when the door body 22 closes the casing 20, the door hook 24 extends into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102, and pushes the driving end 120 to move, so as to drive the triggering end 122 to move, so that the triggering end 122 triggers the switch element 13, and the control device of the cooking appliance 2 obtains a signal to determine that the door body 22 is in a closed state, and then cooking is performed, thereby ensuring the cooking safety, and particularly when microwave cooking is performed, the situation of microwave leakage can be effectively avoided.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, with the door 22 opening the housing 20, the shutter 11 is in the first position; as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the shutter 11 is in the second position with the door 22 closing the housing 20.

Optionally, with the door 22 closing the housing 20, at least a portion of the door hook 24 extends into the bracket 10 through the first opening 102 and is engaged with the bracket 10, thereby locking the door 22.

As shown in fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the shutter 11 is provided with a pushing portion 110, where the pushing portion 110 is exposed at the first opening 102 when the shutter 11 is in the first position, and the door hook 24 can push the shutter 11 to move by the pushing portion 110 to move the shutter 11 to the second position.

In this embodiment, the shutter 11 is provided with a pushing portion 110, where the pushing portion 110 is exposed at the first opening 102 when the shutter 11 is in the first position, and when the door 22 is closed, the door hook 24 pushes the shutter 11 through the pushing portion 110 to move, so that the shutter 11 moves to the second position, and further, the shutter is avoided from the first opening 102, so that the door hook 24 can smoothly extend into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102.

In a specific application, the door hook 24 is provided with a driving structure adapted to the pushing portion 110.

As shown in fig. 1, optionally, the pushing portion 110 includes a ramp structure disposed toward the first opening 102, according to some embodiments of the present application.

In this embodiment, the pushing portion 110 includes a ramp structure disposed toward the first opening 102, and the door hook 24 is moved by pushing the ramp structure to enable movement of the shutter 11, thereby moving the shutter 11 to the second position.

The slope structure is disposed obliquely with respect to the moving direction of the shutter 11.

As shown in fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the interlock assembly 1 further comprises: and a first restoring member 14, one end of the first restoring member 14 is connected with the bracket 10, and the other end is connected with the shielding member 11, for driving the shielding member 11 to move to the first position, wherein the first restoring member 14 is in a deformed state when the shielding member 11 is in the second position.

In this embodiment, the interlocking component 1 further comprises a first reset element 14, one end of the first reset element 14 is connected with the bracket 10, the other end is connected with the shielding element 11, when the door body 22 is opened, the door hook 24 moves out of the bracket 10 from the first opening 102, and the shielding element 11 moves to the first position again under the action of the first reset element 14, so that the shielding of the first opening 102 is realized, and the hidden design of the internal structure of the interlocking component 1 is realized.

Optionally, the first restoring member 14 includes a spring, a shrapnel, a rubber band, or the like.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the shutter 11 is optionally slidably connected to the support 10, the shutter 11 being capable of sliding between a first position and a second position.

In this embodiment, the shielding member 11 is slidably connected to the support frame 10, so that the shielding member 11 can slide between the first position and the second position, thereby shielding and avoiding the first opening 102 by the shielding member 11, and reducing the overall size of the interlocking assembly 1.

As shown in fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the interlock assembly 1 further comprises: and a fixing plate 15, wherein the fixing plate 15 is provided on the bracket 10, and the shutter 11 is slidable between the bracket 10 and the fixing plate 15.

In this embodiment, the interlock assembly 1 further comprises a fixing plate 15, and the fixing plate 15 is provided on the bracket 10 for restricting the position of the shutter 11 so that the shutter 11 slides between the bracket 10 and the fixing plate 15, ensuring the reliability of the movement of the shutter 11.

As shown in fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the bracket 10 is provided with a limiting portion 104, the fixing plate 15 is fixedly connected with the limiting portion 104, the shielding member 11 is provided with a through hole 112, the through hole 112 extends along the sliding direction of the shielding member 11, the limiting portion 104 is disposed in the through hole 112 in a penetrating manner, and the shielding member 11 moves relative to the limiting portion 104 through the through hole 112.

In this embodiment, the support 10 is provided with the limiting part 104, the fixing plate 15 is fixedly connected with the limiting part 104, the shielding member 11 is provided with the through hole 112, the through hole 112 extends along the sliding direction of the shielding member 11, and the limiting part 104 is arranged in the through hole 112 in a penetrating manner, so that the shielding member 11 is clamped between the fixing plate 15 and the support 10, and meanwhile, the limiting part 104 plays a limiting role on the movement of the shielding member 11, and the sliding stroke of the shielding member 11 is ensured.

Optionally, the through holes 112 include kidney-shaped holes or rectangular holes, according to some embodiments of the present application.

In this embodiment, the through-hole 112 includes any one of a kidney-shaped hole or a rectangular hole.

According to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the distance between the first position and the second position is greater than or equal to 5mm and less than or equal to 10mm.

In this embodiment, the distance between the first position and the second position is the stroke in which the shutter 11 can slide. When the distance between the first position and the second position is too large, the sliding travel of the shielding piece 11 is increased, the abrasion of the shielding piece 11 is accelerated, meanwhile, the space occupied by the shielding piece 11 is increased, when the distance between the first position and the second position is too small, the problem that the shielding of the first opening 102 is incomplete or the opening degree when the first opening 102 is opened is too small to influence the extending of the door hook 24 exists, and therefore, the distance between the first position and the second position is set between 5mm and 10mm, the abrasion of the shielding piece 11 can be reduced, and the shielding and opening effects of the first opening 102 can be guaranteed.

It will be appreciated that the sliding travel of the shutter 11 is 5mm or more and 10mm or less.

In a specific application, the sliding travel of the shutter 11 is any value of 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm, 9mm, 10mm.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the shutter 11 is optionally slidingly coupled to the support 10 in a first direction of the support 10 or slidingly coupled to the support 10 in a second direction of the support 10.

In this embodiment, the shutter 11 is slidable in the first direction, and also in the second direction, as long as it is movable between a first position to block the first opening 102 and a second position to clear the first opening 102.

Alternatively, the first direction is a vertical direction of the cooking appliance 2, and the second direction is a horizontal direction of the cooking appliance 2.

According to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the interlock assembly 1 further comprises: the lever 12 is movably connected with the bracket 10, the lever 12 comprises a driving end 120 and a trigger end 122, and the driving end 120 is opposite to the first opening 102; the switch piece 13 is arranged on the support 10, the switch piece 13 is opposite to the trigger end 122, the shutter 11 is away from the first opening 102 when the shutter 11 is in the second position, and the door hook 24 can extend into the support 10 from the first opening 102 and push the drive end 120 to move so that the trigger end 122 triggers the switch piece 13.

In this embodiment, the interlock assembly 1 comprises a bracket 10 and a shutter 11, the bracket 10 is provided on the housing 20, the shutter 11 is provided on the bracket 10 and is movably connected to the bracket 10 such that the shutter 11 can move between a first position and a second position, the lever 12 is movably connected to the bracket 10, and the lever 12 can move relative to the bracket 10 under the drive of an external force. The bracket 10 is provided with the first opening 102, the door hook 24 can extend into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102 and then be connected with the bracket 10, so that the door body 22 and the shell 20 are locked, meanwhile, the door hook 24 can push the driving end 120 of the lever 12, so that the lever 12 moves relative to the bracket 10, and the trigger end 122 is driven to move, so that the trigger end 122 triggers the switch piece 13, and the detection of the open and close states of the door body 22 is realized. Under the condition that the shielding piece 11 is positioned at the first position, the shielding piece 11 shields the first opening 102, so that the hidden design of the internal structure of the interlocking component 1 is realized, a user is prevented from extending into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102, and the situation that the user mistakenly touches the switch piece 13 of the interlocking component 1 when extending into the bracket 10 from the first opening 102 is avoided; under the condition that the shielding piece 11 is in the second position, the shielding piece 11 avoids the first opening 102, and then the door hook 24 can extend into the support 10 from the first opening 102, so that the door hook 24 is connected with the support 10, the triggering of the switch piece 13 of the interlocking assembly 1 is realized, and the safety performance of the cooking utensil 2 during working is ensured.

According to some embodiments of the present application, the lever 12 is optionally rotatably connected to the bracket 10.

In this embodiment, the lever 12 is rotatably connected to the bracket 10 such that when the door hook 24 pushes the driving end 120 to move, the trigger end 122 is moved, and the switch 13 is triggered by the trigger end 122.

As shown in fig. 1, according to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the interlock assembly 1 further comprises: and one end of the second reset piece 16 is connected with the lever 12, and the other end of the second reset piece 16 is connected with the bracket 10 and is used for driving the lever 12 to reset.

In this embodiment, the interlocking assembly 1 further comprises a second reset element 16, one end of the second reset element 16 is connected with the lever 12, and the other end is connected with the bracket 10, so as to realize the reset of the lever 12 after the door hook 24 moves out of the bracket 10, and further realize the triggering of the switch element 13 when the door hook 24 stretches into the bracket 10 again.

In particular applications, the second restoring member 16 includes torsion springs, rubber bands, or the like.

As shown in fig. 10, the switch 13 optionally includes at least one micro switch according to some embodiments of the present application.

In this embodiment, in particular, the switch 13 comprises at least one microswitch.

Specifically, the number of the micro switches is at least two, and the trigger ends 122 of the lever 12 can trigger the micro switches respectively, so that when the door 22 closes the housing 20, the at least two micro switches are in a normally closed state, and when the door 22 opens the housing 20, the at least two micro switches are in a normally open state.

As shown in fig. 2 to 10, according to an embodiment of the present invention, there is also provided a cooking appliance 2 including: a housing 20; a door body 22 which is connected with the shell 20 in an openable and closable way, and a door hook 24 is arranged on the door body 22; and an interlock assembly 1 as set forth in any one of the above wherein the shutter 11 is in the first position with the door 22 opening the housing 20 and the shutter 11 is in the second position with the door 22 closing the housing 20.

The cooking appliance 2 provided by the invention comprises the interlocking assembly 1 provided by any embodiment, so that the cooking appliance has all the beneficial effects of the interlocking assembly 1.

Wherein, with the door 22 opening the housing 20, the shutter 11 is in the first position to prevent foreign objects from extending into the interlock assembly 1 through the first opening 102; with the door 22 closing the housing 20, the shutter 11 is in the second position to clear the door hook 24.

As shown in fig. 10, according to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, a second opening 205 is provided on the housing 20, and the first opening 102 is disposed opposite to the second opening 205.

In this embodiment, the housing 20 is provided with a second opening 205, the first opening 102 is opposite to the second opening 205, and the door hook 24 extends into the first opening 102 from the second opening 205, and further extends into the bracket 10, so as to connect with the interlocking component 1 and trigger the switch member 13. Meanwhile, the second opening 205 is formed in the casing 20, and the first opening 102 and the second opening 205 are arranged opposite to each other, so that the interlocking component 1 can be placed on the back of the casing 20, the interlocking component 1 is prevented from being exposed, and the hidden design of the interlocking component 1 is realized.

As shown in fig. 2, optionally, the housing 20 includes: a case 201, the case 201 including a cooking cavity; the door plate 202 is arranged on the first side of the box 201, the door 22 is rotatably connected with the door plate 202 and is used for opening or closing the box 201, the second opening 205 is arranged on the door plate 202, and the second opening 205 is arranged on one side of the box 201; the bracket 10 is located outside the case 201, and one end of the bracket 10 is connected to the top wall of the case 201, and the other end is connected to the door panel 202.

In this embodiment, the housing 20 includes a case 201 and a door panel 202, the door panel 202 is disposed at a first side of the case 201, and the door 22 is rotatably connected to the door panel 202, thereby opening and closing the case 201. Wherein, the bracket 10 is arranged outside the box 201 and is connected with the top wall of the box 201 and the door plate 202 at the same time, thereby realizing the fixation of the bracket 10 and the shell 20.

Optionally, the case 201 includes a cooking cavity, and the door plate 202 is provided with an opening, which communicates with the cooking cavity, and the door 22 is rotatably connected to the door plate 202 for opening or closing the opening.

In a particular application, the interlock assembly 1 is located on the back of the door panel 202.

Specifically, the door panel 202 is a front panel of the cooking appliance 2.

As shown in fig. 2, according to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, a flange 203 is provided on the door panel 202, the flange 203 is bent toward the second side of the case 201, a connection portion 204 is provided on the flange 203, the bracket 10 is connected to the connection portion 204, and the first side of the case 201 and the second side of the case 201 are opposite sides of the case 201.

In this embodiment, a flange 203 bent toward the second side of the case 201 is provided on the door panel 202, and the bracket 10 is connected to a connection portion 204 on the flange 203, so as to fix the bracket 10 to the door panel 202. Wherein the first side of the case 201 and the second side of the case 201 are opposite sides of the case 201.

Specifically, the first side of the case 201 is the front side of the case 201, and the second side of the case 201 is the rear side of the case 201.

Optionally, the connection 204 includes screw holes.

As shown in fig. 4, 6, 7 and 8, according to some embodiments of the present application, optionally, the cooking appliance 2 further includes: the heating part 26 is arranged in the box 201 and is used for supplying heat to the cooking cavity.

In this embodiment, the cooking appliance 2 further includes a heating portion 26, where the heating portion 26 is disposed in the case 201 and is used for supplying heat to the cooking cavity, so as to cook food in the cooking cavity.

Specifically, when the door body 22 is closed, the door hook 24 extends into the bracket 10 to push the driving end 120 to move and drive the triggering end 122 to trigger the switch piece 13, and after the control device of the cooking appliance 2 receives the signal of the switch piece 13, it is determined that the door body 22 is closed, then the heating part 26 can be started, the cooking of food materials is realized, and the safety performance of the cooking is ensured.

Optionally, the heating portion 26 includes at least one of a heating tube, a hot air assembly, and a microwave generating member.

The cooking device 2 includes any one of a microwave oven, a control fryer, an oven, a steam box, an air frying and a microwave integrated machine.

In a specific application, the present invention discloses an interlocking concealment solution comprising an interlocking bracket (e.g. bracket 10), a spring (e.g. first return 14), a sliding bar (e.g. shutter 11), a micro-switch, a fixed plate 15, a lever 12, a torsion spring (e.g. second return 16), etc.

The interlocking bracket is provided with a structure for installing other parts, wherein the lever 12 is installed on the interlocking bracket, one end of a torsion spring is installed on the lever 12, and the other end is connected with the interlocking bracket; the micro switch is also arranged on the interlocking bracket; the fixing plate 15 is fixed with the interlocking bracket through a screw; the slide bar is arranged between the interlocking bracket and the fixed plate 15 and is provided with a waist-shaped hole which can slide in the middle, and the sliding stroke is 5mm-10mm; one end of the spring is connected with the fixed plate 15, and the other end is connected with the slide bar to control the movement of the slide bar.

One end of the interlocking bracket is fixed at the top of the cooking cavity, and the other end is fixed at the screw position of the side surface of the front plate.

The slide bar of this application is vertical direction slip, also can set up to horizontal direction slip.

The embodiment of the present application can solve the problem of hidden interlocking, and avoid that an external object can be directly poked into the hole (such as the second opening 205) of the front plate to touch the lever 12, so as to cause the micro-switch to act.

In the present invention, the term "plurality" means two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise. The terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; "coupled" may be directly coupled or indirectly coupled through intermediaries. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

In the description of the present specification, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "particular embodiments," and the like, mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms 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 description is only of the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present invention by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (19)

1. An interlocking assembly for a cooking appliance, the cooking appliance comprising a housing and a door body, the door body with the housing is connected openably and closably, be equipped with the door hook on the door body, its characterized in that, the interlocking assembly includes:

the bracket is arranged on the shell and is provided with a first opening;

the shielding piece is movably connected with the bracket and can move between a first position and a second position;

wherein, in the case that the shielding member is in the first position, the shielding member shields the first opening, in the case that the shielding member is in the second position, the shielding member dodges the first opening, and the door hook can be extended into the bracket from the first opening.

2. An interlock assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said shutter is provided with a push portion, said push portion being exposed at said first opening with said shutter in said first position, said door hook being movable by said push portion to move said shutter to said second position.

3. The interlock assembly of claim 2 wherein the push portion includes a ramp structure disposed toward the first opening.

4. The interlock assembly of claim 1 further comprising:

a first resetting piece, one end of which is connected with the bracket, the other end is connected with the shielding piece and is used for driving the shielding piece to move to the first position,

wherein the first restoring member is in a deformed state with the shutter in the second position.

5. The interlock assembly of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the shield is slidably coupled to the bracket, the shield being slidable between the first position and the second position.

6. The interlock assembly of claim 5 further comprising:

and the fixed plate is arranged on the bracket, and the shielding piece can slide between the bracket and the fixed plate.

7. The interlock assembly of claim 6 wherein the bracket is provided with a stop portion, the fixed plate is fixedly connected to the stop portion, the shield is provided with a through hole, the through hole extends in a sliding direction of the shield, the stop portion is disposed through the through hole, and the shield moves relative to the stop portion through the through hole.

8. The interlock assembly of claim 7 wherein the through-hole comprises a kidney-shaped hole or a rectangular hole.

9. The interlock assembly of claim 5 wherein the distance between the first position and the second position is greater than or equal to 5mm and less than or equal to 10mm.

10. The interlock assembly of claim 5 wherein the shield is slidably coupled to the bracket in a first direction of the bracket or is slidably coupled to the bracket in a second direction of the bracket.

11. The interlock assembly of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising:

the lever is movably connected with the bracket and comprises a driving end and a triggering end, and the driving end is opposite to the first opening;

the switch piece is arranged on the support, the switch piece is arranged opposite to the triggering end, the shielding piece is prevented from avoiding the first opening under the condition that the shielding piece is positioned at the second position, and the door hook can extend into the support from the first opening and push the driving end to move so that the triggering end triggers the switch piece.

12. The interlock assembly of claim 11 wherein the lever is rotatably coupled to the bracket.

13. The interlock assembly of claim 12 further comprising:

and one end of the second reset piece is connected with the lever, and the other end of the second reset piece is connected with the bracket and used for driving the lever to reset.

14. The interlock assembly of claim 11 wherein the switch member comprises at least one micro-switch.

15. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a housing;

the door body is connected with the shell in an openable and closable manner, and a door hook is arranged on the door body; and

the interlock assembly according to any one of claim 1 to 14,

wherein the shutter is in the first position when the door opens the housing and in the second position when the door closes the housing.

16. The cooking appliance of claim 15, wherein the housing is provided with a second opening, and the first opening is disposed opposite the second opening.

17. The cooking appliance of claim 16, wherein the housing comprises:

the box body comprises a cooking cavity;

the door plate is arranged on the first side of the box body, the door body is rotationally connected with the door plate and used for opening or closing the box body, the second opening is arranged on the door plate, and the second opening is arranged on one side of the box body;

the support is located the outside of box, just support one end with the roof of box is connected, the other end with the door plant is connected.

18. The cooking appliance of claim 17, wherein the door panel is provided with a flange, the flange is bent toward the second side of the case, the flange is provided with a connecting portion, the bracket is connected with the connecting portion, and the first side of the case and the second side of the case are opposite sides of the case.

19. The cooking appliance of claim 17, further comprising:

and the heating part is arranged on the box body and is used for supplying heat to the cooking cavity.