Disclosure of Invention
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a liquid heating vessel which solves at least one of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art or related art.
An embodiment of the first aspect of the invention provides a liquid heating container, which comprises a bottom shell, a container body and a container bottom wall, wherein a heating assembly and a first coupling piece are arranged in the bottom shell, the container body is connected with the bottom shell, the container body comprises a container side wall and a container bottom wall, the container bottom wall comprises a protruding area protruding towards the inside of the container body, and a containing cavity capable of containing the heating assembly and the first coupling piece is formed by enclosing the lower surface of the protruding area and the bottom shell.
The liquid heating container that this aspect embodiment provided, container diapire is protruding to the inside of container body, forms interior protruding structure, and heating element and first coupling piece are hidden between protruding region and drain pan diapire, and the setting of protruding region can provide partial accommodation space for heating element and first coupling piece to reduce the axial height in the drain pan that heating element and first coupling piece occupy, and then can reduce the height of drain pan, convenience of customers accomodates, promotes the aesthetic property of product.
In some embodiments, the top wall of the raised area is planar in configuration. The planar structure makes the heating element in the bottom shell better in laminating effect with the roof, and the heating element is high to the heat transfer efficiency of container diapire, and heat transfer rate is fast.
In some embodiments, the diameter D of the top wall of the protruding region is greater than or equal to the diameter D of the first coupling piece. The arrangement is such that the dimensions of the protruding region are sufficient to accommodate the first coupling element, facilitating the mounting of the first coupling element into the space formed by the protruding region, and in addition, since the top surface of the heating element is matched with the protruding region, the heating element is designed with a planar structure at the top, and thus, the provision of the top wall of the protruding region as a planar structure is also advantageous for the fixed mounting of the first coupling element and the heating element.
In some embodiments, the raised height of the raised region is greater than or equal to 10mm and less than or equal to 20mm. In the range, on one hand, the problem that the height of the bottom shell is still too high due to insufficient axial height of the enlarged bottom shell caused by too small height of the bulge and insufficient axial space for accommodating the first coupling piece are avoided, and on the other hand, the problem that machining is difficult due to too large height of the bulge can be avoided.
In some embodiments, the container bottom wall further comprises an annular region disposed at the periphery of the raised region, the annular region being of planar or arcuate configuration. The annular region of the plane structure is simple in structure and easy to process and produce, and the connection between the annular region of the arc surface structure and the protruding region is smoother and smoother.
In some embodiments, the raised region further comprises a connecting wall connecting the annular region and a top wall of the raised region, the connecting wall being of planar or cambered configuration. The connecting wall with the cambered surface structure is beneficial to increasing the heat conduction area, can reduce the heat in the unit area of the connecting wall and effectively prevents the bottom pasting.
In some embodiments, where the annular region is planar, the angle between the connecting wall and the annular region is greater than or equal to 90 °. So set up, can make as far as possible not have the clean dead angle between linking wall and the annular region, conveniently wash, be favorable to the cleanness of container body.
In some embodiments, where the annular region is of planar configuration, the width of the annular region is 3mm or greater. The arrangement makes the width of the annular area wide enough, is convenient to clean, and is favorable for cleaning the container body.
In some embodiments, where the annular region is a concave arcuate surface configuration, the annular region is tangential to the connecting wall and the radius of the annular region is 1.5mm or greater. So set up, can make as far as possible not have the clean dead angle between linking wall and the annular region, conveniently wash, be favorable to the cleanness of container body.
In some embodiments, the heating assembly comprises a steel plate connected below the container body, a boss matched with the lower surface of the protruding area is arranged on the steel plate, a heat conducting bracket is arranged on the lower surface of the steel plate, and a heating piece is arranged on the lower surface of the heat conducting bracket. So set up, the boss of steel disk is located the surface of protruding region and encloses the cavity that closes the formation, owing to boss and protruding region looks adaptation, on the one hand, be favorable to heating element to container diapire heat transfer, on the other hand, also can make the axial between drain pan and the steel disk hold highly great, for first coupling piece provides partial accommodation space, thereby reduce the axial height in the drain pan that first coupling piece occupy, and then can reduce the height of drain pan, convenience of customers accomodates, promote the aesthetic property of product. Further, be provided with the heat conduction support between steel plate and heating piece, can promote the heat transfer efficiency between heating piece and the steel plate.
In some embodiments, the container body is a glass container body, and the liquid heating container further comprises a heat conducting pad clamped between the steel disc and the bottom wall of the container, wherein the heat conducting pad is attached to the lower surface of the protruding area, and the lower surface of the heat conducting pad is attached to the upper surface of the steel disc. So set up, the container body is glass container body, and promptly, container lateral wall and container diapire are glass material, and glass material safety is applicable to and holds multiple solution, can be applicable to boiling tea, boiling porridge, boiling multiple food materials such as hot water, and the security performance is good. And the container body of all glass is also better in aesthetic property. Further, the gap between the bottom wall of the container and the upper surface of the steel disc can be filled by the arrangement of the heat conducting pad, so that the heat transfer efficiency and the heat transfer uniformity of the heating assembly to the container body are improved, the container body is heated more uniformly, and the heating rate is faster.
In some embodiments, the container side wall is a glass side wall, and the steel disk is sealingly connected to the lower end of the container side wall, the steel disk forming the container bottom wall, and the raised area being formed on the steel disk. So set up, the steel disk forms the container diapire to make the direct liquid contact in the container body of heating element, compare in the container diapire of glass material, its heating efficiency is higher.
Additional aspects and/or advantages of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the general inventive concept.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description is provided to assist the reader in obtaining a thorough understanding of the methods, apparatus, and/or systems described herein. However, various changes, modifications, and equivalents of the methods, apparatus, and/or systems described herein will be apparent after an understanding of the present disclosure. For example, the order of operations described herein is merely an example and is not limited to those set forth herein, but may be altered as will be apparent after an understanding of the disclosure of the application, except for operations that must occur in a specific order. Furthermore, descriptions of features known in the art may be omitted for clarity and conciseness.
The features described herein may be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples described herein. Rather, the examples described herein have been provided to illustrate only some of the many possible ways to implement the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein that will be apparent after an understanding of the present disclosure.
As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any one of the listed items associated as well as any combination of any two or more.
Although terms such as "first," "second," and "third" may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers or sections should not be limited by these terms. Rather, these terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first member, first component, first region, first layer, or first portion referred to in the examples described herein may also be referred to as a second member, second component, second region, second layer, or second portion without departing from the teachings of the examples.
In the description, when an element such as a layer, region or substrate is referred to as being "on" another element, "connected to" or "coupled to" the other element, it can be directly "on" the other element, be directly "connected to" or be "coupled to" the other element, or one or more other elements intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on" or "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" another element, there may be no other element intervening elements present.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing various examples only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. Singular forms also are intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having" specify the presence of stated features, amounts, operations, components, elements, and/or combinations thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, amounts, operations, components, elements, and/or combinations thereof. The term "plurality" represents two and any number of two or more.
The terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "top" and "bottom" are used herein with reference to the orientation of the drawings for convenience of description and are not to be construed as limiting the embodiments of the application, as indicating or implying that the apparatus or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation.
Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Unless explicitly so defined herein, terms such as those defined in a general dictionary should be construed to have meanings consistent with their meanings in the context of the relevant art and the present invention and should not be interpreted idealized or overly formal.
A liquid heating vessel according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to fig. 1 to 8.
As shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7, the first aspect of the present invention provides a liquid heating container, comprising a bottom case 10, a heating assembly 20 and a first coupling member 110 disposed in the bottom case 10, and a container body 30, wherein the container body 30 is connected to the bottom case 10, the container body 30 comprises a container sidewall 310 and a container bottom wall 320, the container bottom wall 320 comprises a protruding region 321 protruding toward the inside of the container body 30, and a receiving cavity capable of receiving the heating assembly 20 and the first coupling member 110 is formed by enclosing a lower surface of the protruding region 321 with the bottom case 10.
According to the liquid heating container provided by the embodiment of the invention, the bottom wall 320 of the container protrudes towards the inside of the container body 30 to form an inward protruding structure, the heating assembly 20 and the first coupling element 110 are hidden between the protruding area 321 and the bottom wall of the bottom shell 10, and the protruding area 321 can provide a part of accommodating space for the heating assembly 20 and the first coupling element 110, so that the axial height in the bottom shell 10 occupied by the heating assembly 20 and the first coupling element 110 is reduced, the height of the bottom shell 10 is reduced, the storage is facilitated for users, and the aesthetic property of a product is improved.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7, the top wall 322 of the raised area 321 is a planar structure. The planar structure makes the heating assembly 20 in the bottom shell 10 better in bonding effect with the top wall 322, and the heating assembly 20 has high heat transfer efficiency and high heat transfer rate to the bottom wall 320 of the container.
Further, in some embodiments, the liquid heating container further includes a temperature control element 80, the temperature control element 80 is disposed on the heating element 20, and the top wall 322 of the protruding area 321 is configured as a planar structure, so that the contact area between the temperature control element 80 and the surface of the heating element 20 can be increased due to the following design of the heating element 20, and the temperature control is more sensitive.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a diameter D of the top wall 322 of the protruding region 321 is greater than or equal to a diameter D of the first coupling element 110. The configuration is such that the protruding area 321 is sized to accommodate the first coupling member 110 sufficiently to facilitate the installation of the first coupling member 110 into the space formed by the protruding area 321, and in addition, since the top surface of the heating element 20 is matched with the protruding area 321, the heating element 20 is configured in a shape-following manner, and the top is also configured in a planar structure, so that the top wall 322 of the protruding area 321 is configured in a planar structure to facilitate the fixed installation of the first coupling member 110 and the heating element 20.
In some embodiments, the protrusion height of the protruding region 321 is 10mm or more and 20mm or less. Within this range, on the one hand, the problem that the height of the bottom shell 10 is still too high due to insufficient axial height of the enlarged bottom shell 10 caused by too small height of the protrusions and on the other hand, the problem that the machining is difficult due to too large height of the protrusions due to insufficient axial space for accommodating the first coupling member 110 can be avoided.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, a distance between a lower surface of the top wall 322 of the protrusion area 321 and a lower surface of the bottom wall of the bottom case 10 is a first interval H1, wherein the first interval H1 is equal to a sum of a thickness of the heat conductive pad 60, a thickness of the steel tray 210 and the heat conductive bracket 220, and a height of the first coupling member 110, a distance between a highest point of the lower surface of the annular area 323 and a lower surface of the lowest position of the heating assembly 20 is a1, a distance between a lower surface of the lowest position of the heating assembly 20 and an upper surface of the bottom wall of the bottom case 10 is a2, and a thickness of the bottom wall of the bottom case 10 is a3, wherein a protrusion height h=h1-a 1-a2-a3 of the protrusion area 321. It will be appreciated that the lowest position of the heating assembly 20 is the bottom wall of the recess 211. So set up for the spare part of setting in the space between drain pan 10 and container diapire 320, it is inseparable to distribute in axial height, do not occupy unnecessary axial space as far as possible, thereby reduce the height of drain pan 10 as far as possible, the convenience of customers accomodates, promote the aesthetic property of product, and, set up the height of protruding region 321 and each spare part and be above-mentioned size relation, also can make the height of protruding region 321 and set up the spare part size looks adaptation between drain pan 10 and protruding region 321, thereby can make the roof 322 of protruding region 321 laminate with heating element 20 better.
It will be appreciated that the distance a2 between the lower surface of the lowest position of the heating element 20 and the upper surface of the bottom wall of the bottom shell 10 cannot be too small, which would otherwise cause the heating element 20 to be too close to the bottom shell 10, resulting in excessive scalding or even melting of the bottom shell 10.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2,3 and 4, the container bottom wall 320 further includes an annular region 323 disposed at the outer periphery of the convex region 321, the annular region 323 being of planar or arcuate configuration. The annular area 323 with a planar structure has a simple structure and is easy to process and produce, and the annular area 323 with an arc surface structure is connected with the convex area 321 more smoothly. Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the annular region 323 of the container body 30 in a planar structure, and fig. 3 and 4 are schematic structural views of the annular region 323 of the container body 30 in an arc surface structure.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, in the case where the annular region 323 is a planar structure, the included angle a between the connecting wall 324 and the annular region 323 is 90 ° or more. By the arrangement, no dead angle is cleaned between the connecting wall 324 and the annular area 323 as much as possible, so that the cleaning is convenient, and the cleaning of the container body 30 is facilitated.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, where the annular region 323 is a planar structure, the width W of the annular region 323 is 3mm or more. So set up for the width W of annular region 323 is wide enough, and convenient washing is favorable to the cleanness of container body 30.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, in the case where the annular region 323 is a concave circular arc surface structure, the annular region 323 is tangent to the connecting wall 324, and a radius R of the annular region 323 is 1.5mm or more. By the arrangement, no dead angle is cleaned between the connecting wall 324 and the annular area 323 as much as possible, so that the cleaning is convenient, and the cleaning of the container body 30 is facilitated.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, 3 and 4, the convex region 321 further includes a connecting wall 324 connecting the annular region 323 and the top wall 322 of the convex region 321, the connecting wall 324 being of planar or arcuate configuration. The connecting wall 324 with the planar structure is simple in structure and easy to process and produce, and the connecting wall 324 with the cambered surface structure is beneficial to increasing the heat conduction area, can reduce the heat quantity in the unit area of the connecting wall 324 and effectively prevents the bottom pasting. Fig. 2 and 3 are schematic structural views of the connecting wall 324 of the container body 30 with an arc surface structure, and fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the connecting wall 324 of the container body 30 with a planar structure.
With respect to the specific structure of the heating assembly 20, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 6 and 8, the heating assembly 20 includes a steel tray 210 connected under the container body 30, the steel tray 210 being provided with a boss adapted to the lower surface of the protrusion area 321, a heat conductive bracket 220 provided on the lower surface of the steel tray 210, and a heating member 230 provided on the lower surface of the heat conductive bracket 220. So set up, steel disk 210's boss is located the surface enclosing of protruding region 321 and closes the cavity that forms, owing to boss and protruding region 321 looks adaptation, on the one hand, be favorable to heating element 20 to container diapire 320 heat transfer, on the other hand, also can make the axial between drain pan 10 and the steel disk 210 hold the height great, for first coupling piece 110 provides partial accommodation space, thereby reduce the axial height in the drain pan 10 that first coupling piece 110 occupy, and then can reduce the height of drain pan 10, convenience of customers accomodates, promote the aesthetic property of product. Further, the heat conductive bracket 220 is provided between the steel plate 210 and the heating member 230, so that the heat transfer efficiency between the heating member 230 and the steel plate 210 can be improved.
Further, in some embodiments, the heat conducting support 220 is an aluminum plate, which has good heat conducting property, and can transfer the heat of the heating element 230 to the aluminum plate and then to the steel plate 210 more quickly.
Further, in some embodiments, the heating element 230 is a heating tube, specifically, the heating tube is welded to an aluminum plate, the aluminum plate is welded to the steel plate 210, and the welded connection is resistant to high temperature and not easy to loosen.
In the first embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 1 to 6, the container body 30 is a glass container body 30, and the liquid heating container further includes a heat conductive pad 60 interposed between the steel plate 210 and the container bottom wall 320, the heat conductive pad 60 being attached to the lower surface of the protruding region 321, and the lower surface of the heat conductive pad 60 being attached to the upper surface of the steel plate 210. So set up, container body 30 is glass container body 30, and promptly, container lateral wall 310 and container diapire 320 are the glass material, and the glass material is safe, is applicable to and holds multiple solution, can be applicable to the multiple material of eating such as boiling tea, boiling porridge, boiling soup, and the security performance is good. And, the container body 30 of all glass is also more attractive. Further, the heat conducting pad 60 can fill the gap between the bottom wall 320 of the container and the upper surface of the steel plate 210, so as to improve the heat transfer efficiency and uniformity of the heating assembly 20 to the container body 30, so that the container body 30 is heated more uniformly and the heating rate is faster.
In some embodiments, the material of the container body 30 is preferably borosilicate glass, which has high temperature resistance, high mechanical strength and hardness, and can be made into a thin-walled but durable glass product suitable for products that need to bear a certain pressure or impact force.
Further, as an example, the thermal pad 60 may alternatively be made of thermally conductive silica gel or thermally conductive graphite. The heat-conducting silica gel has excellent heat conduction performance and insulating performance, has certain flexibility, can adapt to irregular surfaces, has good adhesion to most metal and nonmetal materials, is a material with excellent heat conduction performance, and has the advantages of high heat conductivity, light weight, good heat stability, environmental friendliness and the like.
In some embodiments, as an example, optionally, as shown in fig. 1, 6 and 7, a ring of grooves 211 is provided on the steel plate 210 at a position opposite to the container sidewall 310 for connection with the container sidewall 310, specifically, glue or other adhesive 240 is contained in the grooves 211, and the container sidewall 310 is inserted into the grooves 211 and adhered in the grooves 211 by the glue or other adhesive 240, so that connection between the container sidewall 310 and the steel plate 210 is achieved.
Further, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 6 and 7, the lower end of the container sidewall 310 is shrunk inward to form a neck portion 311, and the neck portion 311 is inserted into the groove 211 and adhered in the groove 211 by glue or other adhesive 240. Specifically, since the receiving portion 311 is formed by shrinking the lower end of the container sidewall 310 inward, the outer diameter of the receiving portion 311 is smaller than the outer diameter of the container sidewall 310, a stepped structure with a large upper part and a small lower part is formed, and the receiving portion 311 with a smaller diameter is matched with the groove 211, so that the outer peripheral sidewall of the bottom shell 10 can be approximately flush with the container sidewall 310, and the aesthetic property is improved.
Further, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 6 and 7, the closing portion 311 further includes a stop portion extending toward the inside of the container body 30 in a substantially horizontal direction, and the stop portion abuts against the upper surface of the bottom shell 10, so as to realize axial positioning of the bottom shell 10 and the container body 30.
In some embodiments, the container body 30 is made of glass and the wall thickness of the container bottom wall 320 is less than the wall thickness of the container side walls 310.
In these embodiments, the container side wall 310 and the container bottom wall 320 are made of glass, the wall thickness of the container bottom wall 320 is smaller than that of the container side wall 310, and by arranging the container bottom wall 320 thinner than that of the container side wall 310, the heat conduction performance of the container bottom wall 320 is better, and heat can be timely introduced into the container body 30, so that the heating of food materials is quickened, the cooking time is shortened, in addition, the container side wall 310 is thicker than that of the container bottom wall 320, the structural strength of the container body 30 is enhanced while the heating effect is ensured, the risk of cracking caused by collision of the container body 30 is further reduced, and the reliability and safety of the use of the container body 30 are improved.
In some embodiments, the thickness of the container sidewall 310 is greater than 3mm and less than or equal to 5mm. In this range, on the one hand, the problem that the container sidewall 310 is small in structural strength and easily broken in the use process due to the too small thickness of the container sidewall 310 is avoided, and on the other hand, the problem that the weight of the container body 30 is increased due to the too large thickness of the container sidewall 310, the user is inconvenient to use, unnecessary material input is increased, and material waste is caused is avoided.
In some embodiments, the thickness of the container bottom wall 320 is 3mm or more and 4mm or less. In this range, on the one hand, the problem that the bottom wall 320 of the container is too small in thickness to cause easy breakage in the use process is avoided, and on the other hand, the problem that the bottom wall 320 of the container is too large in thickness to cause poor heat conduction performance of the bottom wall 320 of the container and slow heating efficiency is also avoided, and the thicker bottom wall 320 of the container also causes heavy weight of the container body 30, so that users are inconvenient to use, unnecessary material investment is increased, and material waste is caused.
In some embodiments, the container body 30 is a glass container of tube type where the container bottom wall 320 and the container side walls 310 are of different thickness. By such arrangement, the thickness of the container sidewall 310 and the thickness of the container bottom wall 320 are not consistent through the tube glass forming process, and the glass has the advantages of high transparency, chemical stability, high temperature and high pressure resistance, high mechanical strength and the like.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the liquid heating container further includes a base 90, and a second coupling member 910 that is matched with the first coupling member 110 is disposed on the base 90, where when the bottom shell 10 is placed on the base 90, the first coupling member 110 is in plug-in matched with the second coupling member 910, so as to implement power-on of electric components such as the heating member 230 in the bottom shell 10.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 5 and 7, the liquid heating vessel further comprises a handle 50 connected to the vessel body 30, wherein an upper end of the handle 50 is clamped at a top end of the vessel sidewall 310, or a fixing ring is sleeved outside an upper end of the vessel body 30, an upper end of the handle 50 is connected to the fixing ring through a screw, and a lower end of the handle 50 is connected to the bottom shell 10. So set up, can take the container body 30 through the handle 50 for the taking and putting of container body 30 is more convenient.
In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the liquid heating vessel further includes a kettle lid 70 that fits over the vessel mouth of the vessel body 30.
In the second embodiment of the present application, as shown in fig. 7, the container sidewall 310 is a glass sidewall, the steel plate 210 is hermetically connected to the lower end of the container sidewall 310, the steel plate 210 forms a container bottom wall 320, instead of the container bottom wall 320 made of glass, and the protrusion area 321 is formed on the steel plate 210. By this arrangement, the steel plate 210 forms the container bottom wall 320, so that the heating assembly 20 directly contacts with the liquid in the container body 30, and the heating efficiency is higher than that of the container bottom wall 320 made of glass. The second embodiment of the present application is different from the first embodiment in that the container bottom wall 320 is formed of the steel plate 210, not the glass-made container bottom wall 320 integrally formed with the container side wall 310.
In some embodiments, the liquid heating vessel may be an electric kettle, a health preserving kettle, a coffee pot, or the like.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail hereinabove, various modifications and variations may be made to the embodiments of the invention by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. It will be appreciated that such modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art that they will fall within the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the invention as defined in the appended claims.