CN203709810U - Sealing mechanism - Google Patents

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CN203709810U
CN203709810U CN201320879209.0U CN201320879209U CN203709810U CN 203709810 U CN203709810 U CN 203709810U CN 201320879209 U CN201320879209 U CN 201320879209U CN 203709810 U CN203709810 U CN 203709810U
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安德鲁·休因斯
尼古拉斯·吉布斯
安德鲁·温斯坦利
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J27/00Cooking-vessels
    • A47J27/21Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
    • A47J27/21008Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles electrically heated
    • A47J27/21058Control devices to avoid overheating, i.e. "dry" boiling, or to detect boiling of the water
    • A47J27/21066Details concerning the mounting thereof in or on the water boiling vessel
    • A47J27/21075Details concerning the mounting thereof in or on the water boiling vessel relating to the boiling sensor or to the channels conducting the steam thereto
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J36/00Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J27/00Cooking-vessels
    • A47J27/21Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47JKITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
    • A47J27/00Cooking-vessels
    • A47J27/21Water-boiling vessels, e.g. kettles
    • A47J27/21166Constructional details or accessories

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Abstract

The utility model provides a sealing mechanism used for an approximately-vertical steam pipeline of a liquid heating container. The sealing mechanism comprises a connecting device used for connecting the sealing mechanism to the steam pipeline, and comprises a weight increasing component pivoting relative to the connecting device; the weight increasing component comprises an opening; when the liquid heating container is approximately vertical, the opening is aligned to an opening in the connecting device so that a passage to the steam pipeline is provided; when the weight increasing component pivots because the liquid heating container moves from a vertical position, the opening in the weight increasing component is separated from and not aligned to the opening of the connecting device; and when the container falls down, the sealing mechanism is capable of preventing water from leaking from the container.

Description

Sealing mechanism
Technical field
Even if relating to, the application in the time that it surprisingly knocks down, also roughly keep safety to prevent the heating vessel, particularly kettle overflowing.
Background technology
Kettle all over the world for to boil water, for example in the time infusing tea use.But, along with kettle becomes more lightweight and portable, also more likely make their displacements, for example they are knocked down.Current or most recently used kettle are toppled over and may be caused hot water to be gushed out, cause health and safety harm.Therefore, expect that having safety measure gushes out from the kettle of toppling over to prevent water.The country using on floor at kettle, for example, supplying in tea process in some places in the world, and this expectation is general especially.
Anti-overflow in order to be classified as, device must typically be less than the liquid of 50ml in the time of overturning internal loss in 10 seconds.By measuring the leakage of water within this time, can easily determine anti-overflow level.In order to reduce overflowing of water, can use many diverse ways, guarantee due to manufacture method or by for example increasing extra mechanism, to seal necessary hole (lid and Hu Zui), any gap or hole on kettle seal.For example, kettle mouth can remain on detent position under default situations, and only has in the time that needs swelling goes out and just open.This can contribute to reduce the chance that water overflows in the time that kettle is toppled over.
Be designed to heating vessel to boil water and typically there is vapor sensitive switching mechanism, once water is seethed with excitement, just cut off the heater in container.Vapor sensitive switch is usually located at the outside of the main chamber of the maintenance water of container, and steam pipeline is necessary thus, so that steam is transported to vapor switch from main water chamber.Thus, this steam pipeline is presented as if the path that container overturning water may be overflowed, thereby if container is fabricated to anti-overflow, it must also seal.
Utility model content
From first aspect, the utility model provides a kind of sealing mechanism, for the roughly vertical steam pipeline of heating vessel, sealing mechanism comprises the jockey for sealing mechanism being connected to steam pipeline and installs with the member that increases the weight of with respect to jockey pivoting action, increase the weight of member and comprise opening, in the time that heating vessel is roughly vertical, this opening is aimed at the opening in jockey, so that the path to steam pipeline to be provided, wherein when increasing the weight of member because heating vessel is from vertical position displacement and when pivotable, the described opening disengaging increasing the weight of in member is aimed at the opening in jockey.
Can see thus the effect that increases the weight of member and play pendulum, move along with the orientation of container.Because its pivotable is installed, increase the weight of member and approach vertical orientation by maintaining, cause it in the time of container overturning, to move with respect to steam pipeline.By increasing the weight of that opening (it aims to provide the path to steam pipeline in the time that container is vertical with the opening in jockey) is set in member, container can operation when normal, the steam that allows to come from heated chamber by steam pipeline to vapor switch.But, if container is shifted from vertical position, increase the weight of member with respect to steam pipeline pivotable, seal steam pipeline by opening being moved to depart to aim at, and anti-sealing enters steam pipeline, thereby the calm device of anti-sealing leaks out in the time that container is toppled over.
Steam pipeline can be for being transported to vapor sensor by steam from the main part of heating vessel.This sensor can adopt any form, for example, comprise snap-action bimetal piece (snap-acting bimetal).
In one group of embodiment, sealing mechanism is designed to for good and all be connected to steam pipeline.Therefore the overmolded (over-moulded) that, jockey can comprise sealing device is to steam pipeline or be bonded to the part of steam pipeline.But in one group of interchangeable embodiment, sealing mechanism is connected to steam pipeline removedly.For example, it can be spirally connected, snap-fitted or simply friction fit to the end of steam pipeline.In any situation of the end by being assembled to steam pipeline, sealing mechanism described herein can easily be increased to the existing design of container, and redesigns significantly without improvement machine or any other.
Jockey can be flexible, for example, formed by rubber, makes it can easily be assembled to steam pipeline.
Increase the weight of member and can be made of metal or comprise metal.In one group of embodiment, it comprises the metal weight being wrapped in plastics.
In one group of embodiment, increase the weight of opening in member and have and the shape identical to the opening of the path of steam pipeline is provided in jockey.For the steam pipeline with circular cross section, the opening increasing the weight of in member can have the diameter roughly the same with steam pipeline.This allows steam pipeline to seal rapidly in the time toppling over generation, all can start to seal steam pipeline because increase the weight of any rotation of member.Therefore, this is when guaranteeing to reach water and can start to pour into the angle of pipeline to container, and steam pipeline is adequate closure.
In one group of embodiment, increase the weight of member and comprise the multiple liners for sealing steam pipeline.These liners can, around to the opening setting of steam pipeline, be opened steam pipeline, and seal in the time that container is toppled in the time that container is vertical.In one group of embodiment, there are two liners that contiguous steam pipeline arranges.
In one group of embodiment, increase the weight of member and comprise spaced apart with opening and be positioned at the covering of opening top.This can provide obstacle, to prevent directly entering steam pipeline in filling containers process or because the drippage of the condensed water from lid makes liquid.
Brief description of the drawings
Referring now to accompanying drawing, only by example, some embodiment of utility model are described, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 shows the operable exemplary kettle of the utility model;
Fig. 2 shows the indoor design of the kettle of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 shows according to sealing device of the present utility model;
Fig. 4 shows by the cross section of the structure of sealing device;
Fig. 5 shows the upper part of the sealing device of Fig. 3;
Fig. 6 shows the structure of sealing device in the time that kettle is toppled over;
Fig. 7 shows the cross section of the structure of Fig. 6; And
Fig. 8 shows alternative embodiment of the present utility model, has wherein used interchangeable sealing device.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 shows the exemplary heating vessel of kettle 2 forms, can therewith use according to sealing device of the present utility model.Kettle 2 has the body with circular lid 64 of substantial cylindrical.Handle 8 extends back from the top of body 4, the junction of close lid 6.On the side relative with handle 8, be kettle mouth 10, liquid can be poured out from this kettle mouth 10.
Fig. 2 shows by the cross section of kettle 2.There is steam pipeline 12 in the inner side of the main part 4 of kettle.This steam pipeline 12 is at one end connected to the space that holds vapor switch 13, and this vapor switch 13 cuts off the heater of kettle 2 in the time that water seethes with excitement.The other end mounting sealing device 14 of steam pipeline 12, sealing device 14 will be described below.On the inner side of kettle mouth 10, can also find another sealing device 16, it prevents that water is gushed out from kettle mouth 10 in the situation that toppling over.
In Fig. 3 and 4, can see in more detail sealing device 14.Sealing device 14 adopts pendulum form, and it has the weight 16 of the both sides that are suspended on steam pipeline 12.But, in interchangeable embodiment, can only have a weight 16.These weights 16 are hung by the yoke structure 18 being arranged on pivot 20.In the top of yoke 18, define opening 22, this opening 22 when in normal orientation along shown in Fig. 3 and 4 with opening aligning corresponding in plug 24, this opening is used as the jockey that sealing device 24 is connected to the top of steam pipeline 12.This allows steam under normal conditions, to enter steam pipeline 12.
Fig. 5 illustrates in greater detail the upper part of sealing device 14.Can see that from here pivot 20 is provided by plug 24, in this embodiment, plug 24 is that friction fit is connected to steam pipeline 12.This guarantees that weight 16 and yoke 18 can be around the top of steam pipeline 12 pivotables.Above opening 22, it is covering 26.This can prevent that water is directly fallen in steam pipeline 12 in normal use procedure.
Fig. 6 and 7 shows in the time that kettle 2 is surprisingly knocked down will there is anything.Steam pipeline 12 is fixed with respect to the main part 4 of kettle, thereby will tilt from vertical position now.Result sealing device 14 is around pivot 20 pivotables, make opening 22 no longer with steam pipeline 12 in the end of plug 24 in opening point-blank.This can be clear that in Fig. 7, and in Fig. 7, viewgraph of cross-section shows steam pipeline 12 and sealed by yoke 18.Before by steam pipeline 12 backstops, yoke 18 can rotate the angle (as seen in Fig. 7, steam pipeline has reached its maximum anglec of rotation) of having passed through 60~70 °.This anti-sealing enters steam pipeline 12, so can anti-sealing from leaking out here.With such as kettle mouth seal other device together with, so just prevent that kettle from by mistake leaking the water of any obvious amount.
Fig. 8 shows interchangeable embodiment, and wherein two liners 28 are for sealing steam pipeline 12.These liners 28 are set to contiguous steam pipeline (not shown) in the time of normal use, make in the time that kettle 2 is vertical, and steam can be overflowed from pipeline.But if kettle 2 is surprisingly knocked down, sealing device 14 ' will be with respect to steam pipeline pivotable, cause in liner 28 one to move to the opening in the end of the plug 24 ' in steam pipeline and aim at.Liner 28 is shaped so that steam pipeline fully seals in the time that kettle 2 is toppled over.The shape of liner 28 is also for preventing sealing device 14 ' rotation excessively.Compared with being used for use the yoke 18 sealing, by using two liners 28, reduce the friction between liner 28 and plug 24 '.This is because liner 28 is not for good and all to contact with the hole in plug 24 '.And, between plug 24 ' and liner 28, only have EDGE CONTACT, make in the time that kettle is back to vertical position, minimize the chance of clinging.The abundant contact that this provides for steam pipeline sealing, has reduced steam pipeline in the time of detent position simultaneously and has stopped up and cause kettle to occur the chance of operational issue.

Claims (11)

1. a sealing mechanism, for the roughly vertical steam pipeline of heating vessel, it is characterized in that, described sealing mechanism comprises the jockey for described sealing mechanism being connected to described steam pipeline and installs with the member that increases the weight of with respect to described jockey pivoting action, the described member that increases the weight of comprises opening, in the time that described heating vessel is roughly vertical, described opening is aimed at the opening in described jockey, so that the path to described steam pipeline to be provided, wherein when described in increase the weight of member because described heating vessel is from vertical position displacement and when pivotable, the described described opening increasing the weight of in member departs to be aimed at the described opening in described jockey.
2. sealing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein said steam pipeline is for being transported to vapor sensor by steam from the main part of described heating vessel.
3. sealing mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein said sensor comprises snap-action bimetal piece.
4. sealing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sealing mechanism is for good and all connected to described steam pipeline.
5. hermetically-sealed construction as claimed in claim 1, wherein said sealing mechanism is connected to described steam pipeline removedly.
6. sealing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein said jockey is flexible.
7. sealing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, the wherein said member that increases the weight of comprises the metal weight being wrapped in plastics.
8. sealing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, the wherein said described opening increasing the weight of in member has the shape identical with described opening in described jockey, so that the described path to described steam pipeline to be provided.
9. sealing mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein saidly increases the weight of one or more liners that member comprises the described opening for sealing described jockey.
10. sealing mechanism as claimed in claim 9, it comprises two liners on the both sides of increasing the weight of the described opening in member described in being arranged on.
11. sealing mechanisms as claimed in claim 1, the wherein said member that increases the weight of comprises with described to increase the weight of described opening in member spaced apart and be positioned at the covering of described opening top.
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