CN201370491Y

CN201370491Y - Dual-purpose electric seasoning grinder

Info

Publication number: CN201370491Y
Application number: CN200920008235U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邓永森
Original assignee: Samson Bright Industrial Co Ltd
Current assignee: Samson Bright Industrial Co Ltd
Priority date: 2008-11-12
Filing date: 2009-03-27
Publication date: 2009-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 2019-03-27
Also published as: GB0820716D0; CN101601552A; GB2465348B; GB2465348A; CN101601552B

Abstract

The utility model relates to a hand-held wireless dual-purpose electric grinder comprising a long and narrow hollow housing, two seasoning boxes (e.g. for containing common salt and pepper respectively), one-way rotary grinding devices respectively positioned at the lateral openings of seasoning boxes, and an inclined switch controlling the direction of a reversible motor, wherein, a base is arranged at one end of the hollow housing for keeping the grinder upright, the top part at the other end of the hollowing housing is shaped like a sphere, the lateral openings are positioned on opposite sides of the housing, and a transmission device is equipped with a one-way clutch which can selectively rotate each grinding device according to the rotating direction output by the motor. Therefore, after rotating the grinder over a certain acute angle from the upright position, a selected lateral opening faces downwards, so that users can tip seasonings out from either seasoning box. The utility model is particularly suitable for people with flexibility deficiencies.

Description

Dual-purpose electric grinding device for flavoring

Technical field

The utility model relates to the mill of two kinds of flavouring of preparation (such as pepper or salt), particularly motor-driven mill.

Background technology

The electronic mill of hand-hold wireless provides a kind of convenience method that pepper, salt or other flavouring are now ground in quick preparation.Such traditional mill has an elongated shell, can be used as the handle of mill, has first vertically relative terminal and second end simultaneously on this shell.For motor provides power, this motor is connected on the power transmission shaft by a reducing gear train battery case in first end (in battery).Power transmission shaft passes a flavoring box, links to each other with a lapping device of shell second end.In a kind of setting type design, when mill did not use, second end can be bearing on desktop or the similar horizontal surface.But after there was use in it, as mill is placed desktop, the flavouring particle can spill from lapping device, the shortcoming that falls from mill, the tablecloth of may making dirty.

Therefore, can adopt opposite design, in this design, first end is used for supporting on the table, and such second is terminal for placing up, and the recess of installing in the shell can be held back any particle of deviating from after use.But there is defective in the design of this reversing mill on ergonomics, because will pour out the flavouring of grinding, mill need be rotated about 180o, and this has any problem concerning the bad people of some forearm and wrist flexibility.In addition, console switch starts grinding in the time of the spin finishing device, can produce bigger difficulty concerning physical disabilities.One of the purpose of this utility model provides the grinding device for flavoring that solves these defectives.

Be necessary constantly to be improved for such electric grinding device for flavoring.Especially, be necessary to design and a kind ofly can optionally spread out two kinds of mills that now grind flavouring.This mill should have a kind of in light weight, efficient gear train that inertia is little, and should be convenient to install.And, should adopt compact power transmission shaft and the coaxial design of driven shaft, efficient, noise in operating is little, and the running down at a high speed of suitable motor.The utility model further purpose is to solve the demand, and is more popular, provides a improved grinding device for flavoring.

Summary of the invention

On the one hand, the utility model provides a kind of double-purpose grinding device for flavoring, comprising:

An elongated hollow casing, it has the pedestal and a top relative with pedestal erect in order to the supporting mill, and cover top portion is first and second flavoring boxes;

Each flavoring box is provided with the charging aperture of the flavouring that is used to pack into;

Each flavoring box is provided with a lateral openings, each lateral openings at the shell upside to extension;

A motor that is arranged in the shell;

A battery tray that is arranged in the shell, described battery tray have the contact that joint is installed in battery terminal wherein;

A switch is electrically connected to contact, is used for powering to motor selectively;

First and second rotary grinding device that are used to grind flavouring, each lapping device is arranged on the lateral openings place of each flavoring box, and the flavouring that ground can be poured out from lateral openings; With

Moment of torsion is passed to the transmission device of lapping device from motor.

Preferably, the relative broad in the top of shell with pedestal; The centre is separated by an eel-like figure section, and this eel-like figure section can be used as the handle of hand-held mill; Pedestal should have a plane, and is upright with the supporting mill; The top is a convex surface.

Preferably, be provided with the recess that extends to each lateral openings place in the shell, each recess has peripheral wall, each lapping device is fully recessed in shell, the bottom of each recess peripheral wall is to being recessed on, in order to when mill is upright substantially, hold back any flavouring particle that from lapping device, spills.

Preferably, switch is the tilting switch, and when mill tilts to lateral openings when downward from stand up position, described tilting switch is with automatic starter motor.

Preferably, lapping device comprises the rotor and the stator that cooperatively interact and grind flavouring betwixt, and stator fixedly is installed in the lateral openings, and rotor is installed on the power transmission shaft that passes flavoring box; Transmission device comprises one by motor-driven epicyclic train, and is right at the bevel gear that is connected between epicyclic train and power transmission shaft with one.

Preferably, motor and epicyclic train are arranged on shell eel-like figure section.

Preferably, the output shaft of bevel gear, epicyclic train and a motor that bevel gear is right coaxial (this coaxial axis is referred to as first axle), the inclination angle of the longitudinal axis of first axle and eel-like figure section is an acute angle; Right other bevel gear of bevel gear is coaxial with power transmission shaft, around with second axis rotation of first axle quadrature.

Preferably, epicyclic train comprises several spur gear planetary gearsets, and each gear train comprises and a plurality of planetary gears of a central gear engagement that a plurality of planetary gears of each gear train are positioned on the planet carrier; Several gear trains be stacked in one with the coaxial conventional ring gear of central gear in, circumferentially fixing between the contiguous central gear and the planet carrier of adjacent teeth wheels, between the adjacent teeth wheels, to transmit moment of torsion.

On the other hand, a kind of double-purpose grinding device for flavoring that the utility model provides comprises:

Each flavoring box is provided with a lateral openings, and each lateral openings is in shell opposite end lateral spread;

A motor capable of reversing that is arranged in the shell;

Be electrically connected to the switching device of battery tray contact, be used for to the motor power supply, thereby drive motors rotate towards relative direction selectively;

First and second rotary grinding device that are used to grind flavouring, each lapping device is positioned at the lateral openings place of each flavoring box, and the flavouring that ground can be poured out from lateral openings;

Can be around first and second of first transverse axis rotation, each axle has an outer end, and described outer end is fixedly connected on a lapping device, and extends internally and pass separately flavoring box;

Can be around first and second bevel gears of first transverse axis rotation;

First and second one-way clutch, first one-way clutch are connected between first bevel gear and first, are used for sending moment of torsion to first lapping device; Second one-way clutch is connected between second bevel gear and second, is used for sending moment of torsion to second lapping device;

The 3rd bevel gear and the engagement of first and second bevel gears; With

By a motor-driven gear train, driving is connected in the 3rd bevel gear, and motor just drives the rotation of first lapping device towards a direction rotation like this, and the maintenance of second lapping device is motionless, motor rotates in the opposite direction and just drives the rotation of second lapping device, and the maintenance of first lapping device is motionless.

Preferably, each lapping device comprises the rotor and the stator that cooperatively interact and grind flavouring betwixt, and each stator is fixed in the lateral openings, and each rotor is by driving one of in first and second.

Preferably, switching device comprises a double-pole double-throw tilt switch, is used for controlling selectively motor drive direction, and can measure the direction change on second transverse axis with the basic quadrature of first transverse axis.

Preferably, the double-pole double-throw tilt switch is a cut-off switch in the middle of a kind of pendulum-type.Perhaps, tilt switch can use any other suitable inclination inducing system, includes but not limited to the tilt switch of mercury type, ball-type, solid-state, topping up or electrolysis-type.

Preferably, switching device comprises that also a single-stage singly throws tilt switch, connects with the double-pole double-throw tilt switch.

Preferably, single-stage is singly thrown tilt switch and is comprised a transistor by its control, and current of electric is basically by described transistor like this.

Preferably, when mill tilts first angle around second transverse axis from its erection position, the action of double-pole double-throw tilt switch, and the single-stage single-throw switch moves when second transverse axis tilts to surpass second angle of first angle from its erection position at mill.

The double-purpose grinding device for flavoring that the utility model provides, very effective with regard to ergonomics in operation.It is particularly useful for forearm and wrist crowd not really flexibly, like this, only by holding and it being rotated a low-angle, just can operate mill.In typical embodiment, but rotate berley salt, rotate towards other direction and can spread pepper powder towards a direction.In addition,, can reach when mill is erect, can hold back the purpose of any flavouring particle that spills from lapping device by certain design.Its simple structure is used a large amount of common components, has reduced manufacturing cost.Efficient height when it comprises modular member in light weight, that inertia is little, compact conformation, motor action, noise are little, and can use under the high speed conditions of motor.

Description of drawings

Come preferred embodiment of the present utility model is described below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is the side view of the exemplary embodiments of the utility model mill;

Fig. 2 is that central longitudinal along Fig. 1 C-C line is to cross-sectional view;

Fig. 3 is the lateral cross figure along Fig. 2 A-A line;

Fig. 4 is the gear train schematic diagram of mill among Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is the exploded view of mill among Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is the circuit diagram of mill among Fig. 1.

The specific embodiment

Shown in Fig. 1 in the accompanying drawing-5, preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the electronic double-purpose mill of hand-hold wireless comprises that has the eel-like figure shape hollow casing 10 of symmetry substantially, comprises a slender type eel-like figure section 11, for hand-held mill.Eel-like figure section 11 separates pedestal 12 and spherical top 13, and the size of pedestal 12 and spherical top 13 is all than broad.Pedestal 12 has a flat surfaces 14, is used for keeping erectting at horizontal plane upper support mill, and vertical setting axis 15 quadratures with eel-like figure section 11 are extended on surface 14.Hollow waisting shape shell 10 is made up of two

T shell

10a, 10b, has the top for protruding the spherical top 13 and relative

lateral openings

41a, 41b on surface 47, and described

lateral openings

41a, 41b align with first transversal line 48.The either side of 13 axis 15 at the top is the first and

second flavoring box

27a, 27b, and described flavor product box outside is centered on by shell wall, and is inner by transverse wall 29 with vertically stretch wall 49 and center on.Be equipped with

upper shed

44a, 44b among flavoring box 27a, the 27b, be used to the flavouring of packing into, and close by

cover cap

45a, 45b separately.

In shell 10, be provided with a battery tray 16 below the motor 17 capable of reversing, motor 17 has an axle around axis 15 rotations.Battery tray 16 has the contact 40 of contiguous cells terminal (not having diagram).Battery tray 16 and motor 17 are placed in the modularization installation component 19, and wherein battery tray 16 is fixed on an axle head of modularization installation component 19.The position of battery tray 16 is near pedestal 12, place battery like this after, center of gravity reduces, and has kept its stability.

A spherical tilt switch 20 and a pendulum-type double-pole double-throw (DPDT) tilt switch 70 are installed on battery tray 16, described tilt switch is electrically connected in the loop between contact 40 and the motor 17 (not diagram), to control the direction of rotation of motor output shaft according to the gradient of mill.

An epicyclic train 21 by motor 17 drives provides moment of torsion by axle 22 to a bevel gear 23.Axle 22, bevel gear 23 and gear train 21 are coaxial with axis 15.Bevel gear 23 and

gear

57,60 engagements pass to moment of torsion axle 25a, the 25b that stretches out from

flavoring box

27a, 27b separately with 90o.

Motor 17, battery tray 16 and epicyclic train 21 place a pit 28 of shell 10, separate with

flavoring box

27a, 27b by inwall 29.

Epicyclic train 21 comprises four coaxial mounted spur gear planetary gearsets 111-114.Each gear train 111-114 comprises and separately central gear S1, S2, S3, S4 planet gear meshed P1, P2, P3, P4, and is supported on planet carrier C1, a C2, C3, the C4.Planet carrier C2, C3, C4 are usually structure, and each is a unitary construction, and circumferentially fixing with central gear S1, S2, S3 respectively.Planet carrier C1, C2, C3, C4 comprise the rotating shaft that three complete parallel, equal angles distribute, and support three planetary gear P1, P2, P3, P4 respectively.Gear train 111-114 is stacked among the non-rotating ring gear R, planetary gear P1, P2, P3, P4 and ring gear engagement.In output place of gear train 21, a coupler 50 will pass to axle 22 from the moment of torsion of carriage C1, and in the input of gear train, motor shaft 46 is circumferentially fixing with central gear S4.

The first and second

rotary grinding device

56a, 56b structure is similar, has separately the first and

second stator

30a, 30b, and described stator places in relative lateral openings 41a, the 41b of shell 10.

Axle

25a, 25b are with its

grinding rotor

26a, 26b fast rotational separately, and

grinding rotor

26a, 26b place each self-

corresponding grinding stator

30a, 30b usually and grind therebetween flavouring with the stator mating reaction.

Power transmission shaft

25a, 26b extend through

flavoring box

27a, 27b separately, and coaxial with first transversal line 48.

Axle

25a, 25b have square cross section, its screw thread most advanced and sophisticated 32a, 32b mesh in adjusting nut 31, its square cross section outer end places the complementary recess 52 of

rotor

26a, 26b respectively, and is inner then place the corresponding aperture 54 of coupler 53 respectively, realizes the rotation of self.Each

lapping device

56a, 56b are unidirectional type, have helical tooth (not diagram), are best a direction operation like this.The adjusting nut 31 of engagement can move axially

rotor

26a, 26b on axle 25a, the 25b screw thread tip 32, to adjust the size of the ring-type pour spout 33 between rotor 26a and stator 30a, regulates the fine granularity of grinding flavouring with this.

Each member of lapping device comprises that

rotor

26a, 26b,

stator

30a, 30b and adjusting nut 31 all are arranged in shell 10 fully.In the use, the flavouring through grinding that comes out from pour spout 33 is poured out by

recess

34a, 34b separately.Recess 34a, 34b extend to

lateral openings

41a, 41b place, all have annular peripheral wall 37 and a wheel rim 35, and wheel rim places among the plane 36 parallel with vertical axis 15.

Lateral openings

41a, 41b center extend through recess 34a, 34b.The bottom of wall 59 is to being recessed on any flavouring particle that spills from lapping device when erectting to be trapped in mill.

First one-way clutch 55 provides the unidirectional torque transmission at the

first lapping device

56a and 57 on first bevel gear, and second one-way clutch 58 correspondingly provides the unidirectional torque transmission at the

second lapping device

56b and 60 on second bevel gear.Two one-

way clutch

55,58 are spur gear, have similar structures, and each clutch comprises one first member and one second member, by described member, can connect and disconnect the moment of torsion transmission.First member comprises

bevel gear

57,60, is the tooth 61 of circumference uniform distribution, and described tooth 61 is in the one side moulding of

bevel gear

57,60 upper edge axles.Second member is a ratchet 62, by a helical spring 63 itself and tooth 61 is meshed, and the unidirectional torque transmission is provided.Each coupler 53 comprises a recess 64, wherein holds spring 63 and ratchet 62, and comprises one and be used for the cylindric bar 65 that swivel bearing is positioned at the

bevel gear

57,60 of axle journal piece 66.Recess 64 has a square cross section, and ratchet 62 is the square cross section of a complementation, and ratchet 62 is circumferentially fixing with coupler 53 like this, and can axially move in recess 64.Ring 67 is limited in one-

way clutch

55,58 in the axle journal piece 66.

57,60 engagements of first and second bevel gears and location in the 3rd bevel gear 23 and the axle journal piece 66.Bevel gear 23 is driven by gear train 21 and axle 22 by motor 17, can be according to the downward opening situation of which recess 34a, 34b, motor 17 turns round (forward or reversing) selectively, the configuration of DPDT tilt switch 70 is the direction changes for second transversal line 71 of measuring basic and first transversal line, 48 quadratures, and comprises a pendulum 73 around 71 swings of second transversal line.

Fig. 6 shows from the circuit (with operating condition show) of battery 140 to motor 17 supply electric currents.A bipolar junction transistor 72 is connected in the circuit, controls the electric current of flow direction motor 17, and the emitter E of transistor 72 and ground level B are connected between battery 140 and the EPDT tilt switch 70.Spherical tilt switch 20 is connected between the colelctor electrode C of ground level B and transistor 72.In this configuration, pendulum-type DPDT tilt switch 70 has a center off position (not diagram), and (for example tilt to first angle around the either side of second transversal line, 71 (see figure 5)s to its erection position at mill, action in the time of 25-35o), thus the voltage that passes through spherical tilt switch 20 produced.First angle continue to increase (for example, increasing to 40-50o), spherical tilt switch 20 actions, and turn-on transistor also provides electric current to motor.

Mill of the present utility model in use, pepper can place among the flavoring box 27a, the salt crystal can place flavoring box 27b.Hold eel-like figure section 11 and mill is centered on axis 71 from erection position inclination 40o to 50o, make recess 34a downward-sloping, action by

tilt switch

70,20 comes starter motor 17, and moment of torsion is delivered to lapping device 56a from one-way clutch 55, grinds and pour out the pepper among the flavoring box 27a.Because one-way clutch 58 does not transmit any moment of torsion, lapping device 56b transfixion.When not using, mill is upright, and

tilt switch

70,20 disconnects.Correspondingly, when with mill from its erection position around axis 71 when tilting 40o-50o in the opposite direction, moment of torsion passes to lapping device 56b by one-way clutch 58, grinds and pour out the salt of flavoring box 27b, and one-way clutch 55 does not transmit any moment of torsion to static lapping device 56a.

Only described various aspects of the present utility model by way of example, should understand under the situation that does not depart from the utility model record scope, can change and augment.

Claims

1, a kind of double-purpose grinding device for flavoring is characterized in that, comprising:

A motor that is arranged in the shell;

2. mill according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the relative broad with pedestal in the top of described shell; The centre is separated by an eel-like figure section, and this eel-like figure section can be used as the handle of hand-held mill; Described pedestal has a plane, and is upright with the supporting mill; Described top is a convex surface.

3. mill according to claim 2, it is characterized in that, be provided with the recess that extends to each lateral openings place in the described shell, each recess has peripheral wall, each lapping device is fully recessed in shell, the bottom of each recess peripheral wall in order to when mill is upright substantially, is held back any flavouring particle that spills to being recessed on from lapping device.

4. mill according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described switch is the tilting switch, and when mill tilts to lateral openings when downward from stand up position, described tilting switch is with automatic starter motor.

5. mill according to claim 3 is characterized in that, described lapping device comprises the rotor and the stator that cooperatively interact and grind flavouring betwixt; Stator fixedly is installed in the lateral openings, and rotor is installed on the power transmission shaft that passes flavoring box; Described transmission device comprises one by motor-driven epicyclic train, and is right at the bevel gear that is connected between epicyclic train and power transmission shaft with one.

6. mill according to claim 5 is characterized in that, described motor and described epicyclic train are arranged on the eel-like figure section usually.

7. mill according to claim 5 is characterized in that, an output shaft of bevel gear, epicyclic train and the motor that described bevel gear is right is coaxial with first axle, and the inclination angle of the longitudinal axis of first axle and eel-like figure section is an acute angle; Right other bevel gear of bevel gear is coaxial with power transmission shaft, around with second axis rotation of first axle quadrature.

8. mill according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, described epicyclic train comprises several spur gear planetary gearsets, and each gear train comprises and a plurality of planetary gears of a central gear engagement that a plurality of planetary gears of each gear train are positioned on the planet carrier; Several gear trains be stacked in one with the coaxial common ring generating gear of central gear in; The contiguous central gear and the planet carrier of adjacent teeth wheels are circumferentially fixing, to transmit moment of torsion between the adjacent teeth wheels.

9. a double-purpose grinding device for flavoring is characterized in that, comprising:

A motor capable of reversing that is arranged in the shell;

Can be around first and second bevel gears of first transverse axis rotation;

The 3rd bevel gear and the engagement of first and second bevel gears; With

10. mill according to claim 9 is characterized in that, the relative broad with pedestal in the top of described shell; The centre is separated by an eel-like figure section, and this eel-like figure section can be used as the handle of hand-held mill; Described pedestal has a plane, and is upright with the supporting mill; Described top is a convex surface.

11. mill according to claim 10, it is characterized in that, be provided with the recess that extends to each lateral openings place in the described shell, each recess has peripheral wall, each lapping device is fully recessed in shell, the bottom of each recess peripheral wall in order to when mill is upright substantially, is held back any flavouring particle that spills to being recessed on from lapping device.

12. mill according to claim 10, it is characterized in that, each lapping device comprises the rotor and the stator that cooperatively interact and grind flavouring betwixt, each stator is fixed in the lateral openings, each rotor is installed in from the power transmission shaft that flavoring box stretches out separately, and gear train comprises an epicyclic train.

13. mill according to claim 12 is characterized in that, described motor and described epicyclic train are arranged on the eel-like figure section usually.

14. mill according to claim 12 is characterized in that, the output shaft of described epicyclic train and described motor is coaxial with first axle; First and second bevel gears are coaxial with power transmission shaft, rotate around second axis with the first axle quadrature.

15. mill according to claim 12, it is characterized in that, described epicyclic train comprises several spur gear planetary gearsets, and each gear train comprises and a plurality of planetary gears of a central gear engagement that a plurality of planetary gears of each gear train are positioned on the planet carrier; Several gear trains be stacked in one with the coaxial conventional ring gear of central gear in, the contiguous central gear and the planet carrier of adjacent teeth wheels are circumferentially fixing, to transmit moment of torsion between the adjacent teeth wheels.

16. mill according to claim 9 is characterized in that, described switching device is the tilting switch, when mill tilts to lateral openings when downward from stand up position, the automatic starter motor of described tilting switch.

17. mill according to claim 16 is characterized in that, switching device comprises a double-pole double-throw tilt switch, is used for controlling selectively motor drive direction, and can measure the direction change on second transverse axis of basic and the first transverse axis quadrature.

18. mill according to claim 17 is characterized in that, described double-pole double-throw tilt switch is a cut-off switch in the middle of a kind of pendulum-type.

19. mill according to claim 16 is characterized in that, described switching device also comprises a single pole single throw tilt switch, connects with described double-pole double-throw tilt switch.

20. mill according to claim 19 is characterized in that, described single pole single throw tilt switch comprises a transistor by the single pole single throw slant switch controls, and current of electric is basically by described transistor like this.

21. mill according to claim 20, it is characterized in that, when mill tilts first angle around second transverse axis from its erection position, the action of double-pole double-throw tilt switch, and the single-stage single-throw switch moves when second transverse axis tilts to surpass second angle of first angle from its erection position at mill.