CN209172085U - Stir cup assembly and food cooking machine - Google Patents

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CN209172085U
CN209172085U CN201820946526.2U CN201820946526U CN209172085U CN 209172085 U CN209172085 U CN 209172085U CN 201820946526 U CN201820946526 U CN 201820946526U CN 209172085 U CN209172085 U CN 209172085U
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张振威
徐建飞
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Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
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The utility model discloses a kind of stirring cup assembly and food cooking machine, wherein stirring cup assembly includes cup body and the cup holder for being installed on bottom of cup, and the bottom of cup holder is convexly equipped with water retaining ribs in a ring.Technical solutions of the utility model are by being convexly equipped with annular water retaining ribs in cup holder bottom, so that the cooperation way of contact of cup holder and the erecting bed placed for cup holder is changed to line face contact by original plane-plane contact, so as to avoid the juice flowed out out of stirring cup body from flowing to immediately below cup holder, and then prevent there is hydrops below cup holder.

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Stir cup assembly and food cooking machine
Technical field
The utility model relates to field of home appliance technology, in particular to a kind of stirring cup component and application stirring cup group The food cooking machine of part.
Background technique
As the improvement of people's living standards, more and more family's selection food cooking machines carry out food cooking, such as Broken wall stir process is carried out to food using wall-breaking machine.During beating food or in heating cooking cycle, cooking machine Interior food juice is easily overflowed out of stirring cup body, and juice can flow in frame component with the outer wall of stirring cup body, thus Cause the damage of frame component internal element.
Utility model content
The main purpose of the utility model is to propose a kind of stirring cup assembly, it is intended to solve what juice was overflowed out of stirring cup Problem.
To achieve the above object, the utility model proposes stirring cup assembly, including including cup body and being installed on the cup The cup holder of body bottom;The bottom of the cup holder is convexly equipped with the water retaining ribs of annular.
Preferably, the stirring cup assembly further includes stirring cutter shaft, and the cup holder, which has, stirs what cutter shaft was worn for described Perforating, the water retaining ribs include the first water retaining ribs being arranged around the edge of the perforating.
Preferably, first water retaining ribs are circular ring shape, the diameter of first water retaining ribsValue range are as follows:And/or the bottom of the cup holder is formed with several circumferentially spaced limiting slots, it is described First water retaining ribs are set to the inside of the limiting slot.
Preferably, the cup holder has the annular profile wall of closure, and the water retaining ribs further include by the bottom of the periphery wall Hold the second water retaining ribs of projection.
Preferably, the value range of the height H of first water retaining ribs and/or second water retaining ribs are as follows: 1mm≤H≤ 5mm;And/or the height of first water retaining ribs is more than or equal to the height of second water retaining ribs.
The utility model also proposes a kind of food cooking machine, described to stir including frame component and above-mentioned stirring cup assembly Cup assembly to be mixed to be removably installed on the frame component, the frame component includes shell, and the shell has upper end cover, The water retaining ribs are abutted with the upper end cover.
Preferably, the upper surface of the upper end cover is formed with annular groove, and the water retaining ribs are inserted into the annular groove.
Preferably, the frame component further includes motor, and the motor is installed in the shell, and the upper end cover is also opened The connecting hole worn equipped with the motor shaft for the motor.
Preferably, the upper surface of the upper end cover is also convexly equipped with the backstop muscle of annular, and the backstop muscle is supported with the cup holder It connects;And/or the upper end cover offers overflow hole.
Stirring cup assembly in technical solutions of the utility model is made by being convexly equipped with the water retaining ribs of annular in cup holder bottom The cooperation way of contact for obtaining cup holder and placing the emplacing platform of cup holder is changed to line face contact by original plane-plane contact, to guarantee cup There is preferable leakproofness between seat and placement table top, so as to avoid the juice flowed out out of stirring cup body from flowing to cup holder just Lower section, and then prevent there is hydrops below cup holder.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to illustrate the embodiment of the utility model or the technical proposal in the existing technology more clearly, below will be to embodiment Or attached drawing needed to be used in the description of the prior art is briefly described, it should be apparent that, the accompanying drawings in the following description is only It is some embodiments of the utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, in the premise not made the creative labor Under, the structure that can also be shown according to these attached drawings obtains other attached drawings.
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram that the utility model stirs cup assembly;
Fig. 2 is longitudinal half-section diagram that the utility model stirs cup assembly;
Fig. 3 is the structural schematic diagram of frame component in the utility model food cooking machine.
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The embodiments will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings for the realization, functional characteristics and advantage of the utility model aim.
Specific embodiment
The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, carries out the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model Clearly and completely describing, it is clear that described embodiment is only a part of the embodiment of the utility model, rather than all Embodiment.Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art are not making creative work premise Under every other embodiment obtained, fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
It is to be appreciated that if related in the utility model embodiment directionality instruction (such as upper and lower, left and right, it is preceding, Afterwards ...), then directionality instruction is only used for explaining opposite between each component under a certain particular pose (as shown in the picture) Positional relationship, motion conditions etc., if the particular pose changes, directionality instruction is also correspondingly changed correspondingly.
In addition, if relating to the description of " first ", " second " etc. in the utility model embodiment, " first ", " the Two " etc. description is used for description purposes only, and is not understood to indicate or imply its relative importance or is implicitly indicated meaning The quantity of the technical characteristic shown." first " is defined as a result, the feature of " second " can explicitly or implicitly include at least one A this feature.It in addition, the technical solution between each embodiment can be combined with each other, but must be with ordinary skill Based on personnel can be realized, this technical side will be understood that when the combination of technical solution appearance is conflicting or cannot achieve The combination of case is not present, also not within the protection scope of the requires of the utility model.
The utility model proposes a kind of stirring cup assemblies 100, are applied to food cooking machine.
In the utility model embodiment, as shown in figures 1 and 3, the food cooking machine, including frame component 200 and can It is releasably installed on the stirring cup assembly 100 of frame component 200, frame component 200 includes shell, and shell has upper end cover 210, Stirring cup assembly 100 includes cup body 110 and the cup holder 120 for being installed on 110 bottom of cup body;Wherein, cup body 110 is for containing food Object, cup holder 120 has the function of supporting and protect to cup body 110, and can be installed on upper end cover 210, Jin Ershi by cup holder 120 Now stir the connection effect of cup assembly 100 and frame component 200.Specifically, in order to realize the connection of cup body 110 Yu cup holder 120 Effect, the lower half portion of 110 periphery wall of cup body may be provided with external screw thread, and 120 inner wall of cup holder has and can screw with external screw thread Internal screw thread can so be reduced therebetween by the connection effect for screwing realization cup body 110 and cup holder 120 of internal and external threads Connector, convenient for the installation and removal of the two.In addition, 120 bottom of cup holder can have several spaced limiting slots, upper end Several spaced limited blocks can be convexly equipped on lid 210, by limited block be inserted into limiting slot in, it can be achieved that cup holder 120 with it is upper The connection effect of end cap 210, and then realize that stirring cup assembly 100 is installed on the effect of frame component 200, and can also prevent It stirs cup assembly 100 and frame component 200 relatively rotates.
The utility model proposes stirring cup assembly 100,120 bottom of cup holder be convexly equipped with annular water retaining ribs.
When stirring cup assembly 100 is an independent product, i.e., stirring cup assembly 100 is not installed on frame component 200, Stirring cup assembly 100 can be placed on desktop or other table tops by cup holder 120.120 bottom of cup holder is convexly equipped in the present embodiment Annular water retaining ribs, then making the way of contact of cup holder 120 and desktop or table top is line face contact, and then cup holder 120 can be improved With the sealing effect of desktop or table top, the water retaining ribs for preventing the juice overflowed out of cup body 110 from flowing to cup holder 120 are limited Interior zone in, and then prevent 120 bottom of cup holder from gathering more liquid and make cup holder 120 and abutted with cup holder 120 Table top.
Since the food of stirring cup assembly 100 is beaten by stirring blade rotation, stirring blade is fixed on stirring blade On axis 130;After stirring cup assembly 100 is installed on frame component 200, there is 130 turns of cutter shaft of driving stirring in frame component 200 Dynamic drive shaft stirs cutter shaft 130 or drive shaft needs to lead to realize the connection effect of stirring cutter shaft 130 and drive shaft It crosses upper end cover 210 to connect with drive shaft or stirring cutter shaft 130, therefore upper end cover 210 has connecting hole 212.When stirring cup assembly 100 when being installed on frame component 200, and after the connection of 120 upper end cover 210 of cup holder, the water retaining ribs of 120 bottom of cup holder abut upper end cover 210, then the contact form between cup holder 120 and upper end cover 210 is changed into the form of approximate line face contact, and then reduces contact Area improves the leakproofness connected therebetween, so as to avoid juice from entering frame component 200 by connecting hole 212 Inside, so as to cause the damage of 200 internal element of frame component.
Specifically, the item number of the water retaining ribs of 120 bottom of cup holder can be 1,2 or 3 etc. it is more a plurality of.In addition, ring The water retaining ribs of shape refer to that water retaining ribs are closed shape in the present embodiment, can be round or rectangular composed closed Shape etc. can be appropriately arranged with according to the outer contour shape of cup holder 120 or upper end cover 210.Water retaining ribs make in closing setting The inside of frame component 200 can not be flowed into from any direction of cup holder 120 by obtaining the juice flowed out out of cup body 110, to improve Sealing effect between the two.It is understood that water retaining ribs can be integrally formed with cup holder 120, water retaining ribs can also be with Cup holder 120 is detachably connected.When wherein water retaining ribs and cup holder 120 are detachably connected, water retaining ribs can be silica gel or rubber material, To enhance the leakproofness of water retaining ribs and upper end cover 210 or desktop, and then guarantee more preferably sealing effect, prevents water from flowing into base The inside of component 200.
Technical solutions of the utility model pass through the gear in 120 bottom of cup holder or the upper surface projection annular of upper end cover 210 Water muscle, so that the cooperation way of contact of cup holder 120 and upper end cover 210 or desktop is changed to line face by original plane-plane contact and connects Touching, to guarantee that there is preferable leakproofness between cup holder 120 and upper end cover 210, so as to avoid out of stirring cup body 110 The juice of outflow accumulates in 120 bottom of cup holder or enters frame component 200 by the junction of cup holder 120 and upper end cover 210 Normal use that is interior and influencing internal element.
It is understood that stirring the upper end of cutter shaft 130 from cup holder when stirring cup assembly 100 includes stirring cutter shaft 130 120 bottoms are worn, and are entered in cup body 110, then are connected with stirring blade on the stirring cutter shaft 130 entered in cup body 110, work as stirring Driving stirring blade rotation when cutter shaft 130 rotates, and then the whipping effect to food may be implemented.Cup holder 120 has for stirring blade The perforating 124 that axis 130 is worn, can be with the driving that drives its rotation to stir that the lower end of cutter shaft 130 wears after perforating 124 Axis connection.Further, the juice of overflow enters the perforating 124 in order to prevent, and water retaining ribs include surrounding to wear in the present embodiment First water retaining ribs 121 of the edge setting of apertured 124.At this point, juice is flowed out out of cup body 110 and is flowed along 120 bottom of cup holder When dynamic, juice plays the protective effect to perforating 124 by water retaining ribs backstop.
Further, it is contemplated that manufacture craft and stirring cutter shaft 130 need to rotate, and please with reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, wear Hole 124 is generally circular in cross section.On the basis of above-mentioned first water retaining ribs 121 are arranged around the edge of perforating 124, the first water retaining ribs 121 be circular ring shape, the diameter of the first water retaining ribs 121Value range are as follows:To guarantee the first water blocking Muscle 121 has suitable radial dimension.
If the diameter of the first water retaining ribs 121Less than 40mm, the radial dimension of the first water retaining ribs 121 may compare perforating 124 radial dimension is small, so that preferable water blocking effect cannot be played, the juice of spilling may still be set by mentioned above The connecting hole 212 set in upper end cover 210 is flowed into frame component 200 or is accumulated in perforating 124.If the first water retaining ribs 121 diameterWhen greater than 80mm, the radial dimension of the first water retaining ribs 121 is excessive, so as to cause water retaining ribs close to cup holder The setting of 120 outer edges even results in water retaining ribs beyond the setting of 120 gabarit of cup holder, and the first water retaining ribs 121 can not be kept out all at this time When the juice of spilling, when a part of juice is from 120 outer rim of cup holder to center flow, since the inside does not have water blocking barrier, to lead The inside of frame component 200 can be entered by causing a part of juice still, damage the element in frame component 200.
In addition, realizing that the connection of cup holder 120 and frame component 200 is imitated based on above-mentioned please with reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 Fruit, the bottom of cup holder 120 are formed with several circumferentially spaced limiting slots 123, and upper end cover 210 is convexly equipped with several limits Position block 211, limited block 211 are inserted into limiting slot 123 so that cup holder 120 is installed on frame component 200.
In the present embodiment, the first water retaining ribs 121 may also be disposed on the inside of limiting slot 123, with the juice to spilling into one Step carries out partition backstop, thus preferably avoid juice by the connecting hole 212 of upper end cover 210 enter the inside of frame component 200 or Person accumulates in the perforating 124 of cup holder 120.
The utility model also provides another embodiment of stirring cup assembly 100, as shown in Figure 1, cup holder 120 has closure Annular profile wall, water retaining ribs further include the second water retaining ribs 122 by the bottom end projection of periphery wall.
By the way that the second water retaining ribs 122 to be arranged in the bottom end of periphery wall, so that passing through first from the juice that cup body 110 overflows A part of juice of 122 pairs of second water retaining ribs carries out backstop, thus in early period by a part of juice backstop in the first water retaining ribs 121 Outside prevents excessive juice from accumulating in 120 bottom of cup holder.It certainly, in other embodiments, can also be in the first water retaining ribs 121 and second third water retaining ribs or fourth gear water muscle etc. are arranged between water retaining ribs 122.
As shown in Fig. 2, to be further ensured that preferable water blocking effect, the first water retaining ribs 121 and/or the second water retaining ribs 122 Height H value range are as follows: 1mm≤H≤5mm.
If the height of the first water retaining ribs 121 and/or the second water retaining ribs 122 is less than 1mm, the first water retaining ribs 121 and/or the The height of two water retaining ribs 122 is too low and can not play preferable water blocking effect.If the first water retaining ribs 121 and/or the second water retaining ribs 122 height be greater than 5mm, then when in the food cooking machine course of work due to the first water retaining ribs 121 and/or the second water retaining ribs 122 Excessive height and the shaking of cup body 110 occurs, lead to stir cup assembly 100 being installed on less stable after frame component 200.
Further, in this embodiment the height of the first water retaining ribs 121 is more than or equal to the height of the second water retaining ribs 122 Degree.In this way, the second water retaining ribs 122 of periphery may make first to stop to a part of juice, first gear is flow to reduce The juice of water muscle 121, and continue to hinder by the part juice that the first water retaining ribs 121 fail to stop to the second water retaining ribs 122 Gear is so realized and carries out the dual effect kept out to the juice of spilling.
The utility model also proposes a kind of food cooking machine, which includes stirring cup assembly 100 and base group Part 200, the specific structure of the stirring cup assembly 100 is referring to above-described embodiment, since this food cooking machine is using above-mentioned all Whole technical solutions of embodiment, therefore at least all beneficial effects brought by the technical solution with above-described embodiment, This is no longer repeated one by one.Wherein, frame component 200 includes above-mentioned shell, and shell includes above-mentioned upper end cover 210, stirring cup The water retaining ribs of component 100 are abutted with upper end cover 210.The sealing effect for so realizing cup holder 120 and upper end cover 210, to spilling Juice has barrier effect.
There is water retaining ribs, and the scheme that water retaining ribs are abutted with upper end cover 120, the present embodiment based on above-mentioned 120 bottom of cup holder The upper surface of middle upper end cover 120 is formed with annular groove, and the first water retaining ribs 121 and/or the second water retaining ribs 122 are inserted into the annular In groove.In this way, the side wall of annular groove has position-limiting action to the first water retaining ribs 121 and/or the second water retaining ribs 122, in turn It can guarantee the stable connection of cup holder 120 Yu upper end cover 210.
As shown in figure 3, the base in order to realize the rotating effect for stirring cutter shaft 130, in the utility model food cooking machine Component 200 further includes motor, and motor is installed in shell, and upper end cover 210 is also provided with the connection that the motor shaft of power supply machine is worn Hole 212, so that the motor shaft of motor is sequentially connected by connecting hole 212 and stirring cutter shaft 130.
After motor shaft and stirring cutter shaft 130 are sequentially connected, when motor works, the motor shaft rotation of motor, to drive It stirs cutter shaft 130 to rotate, and then realizes that stirring cutter shaft 130 beats the effect of food.Certainly, electric in technical solutions of the utility model The transmission connection mode of arbor and stirring cutter shaft 130 can also be sequentially connected using Magnetic drive mechanism.
Specifically, the motor shaft of motor can be connect with stirring cutter shaft 130 by shaft coupling, and motor is installed in shell, The motor shaft of motor must be connect by wearing the connecting hole 212 of upper end cover 210 with stirring cutter shaft 130;Alternatively, stirring cutter shaft 130 wear the motor axis connection of connecting hole 212 Yu motor.It can individually be put in the present embodiment for the ease of stirring cup assembly 100 It sets on table top, preferably bottom of the lower end of stirring cutter shaft 130 without departing from cup holder 120, it is therefore desirable to which the motor shaft of motor is worn The connecting hole 212 of upper end cover 210.
In technical solutions of the utility model, upper end cover 210 can also offer overflow hole.It can make in this way from cup body 110 The juice of spilling can be drained to base outer by overflow hole after flowing to upper end cover 210, gather juice to avoid upper end cover 210 Liquid, and prevent fuselage from being polluted by juice.
In technical solutions of the utility model, food cooking machine can be into for wall-breaking machine, blender or soy bean milk making machine etc. Row beats the household electrical appliance of food.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and therefore it does not limit the scope of the patent of the utility model, It is all under the inventive concept of the utility model, equivalent structure made based on the specification and figures of the utility model becomes It changes, or directly/be used in other related technical areas indirectly and be included in the scope of patent protection of the utility model.

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1. a kind of stirring cup assembly is applied to food cooking machine characterized by comprising
Cup body;With
Cup holder, the cup holder are installed on the bottom of cup;The bottom of the cup holder is convexly equipped with the water retaining ribs of annular;
The stirring cup assembly further includes stirring cutter shaft, and the cup holder has the perforating worn for the stirring cutter shaft, described Water retaining ribs include the first water retaining ribs being arranged around the edge of the perforating.
2. as described in claim 1 stirring cup assembly, which is characterized in that first water retaining ribs be circular ring shape, described first The diameter of water retaining ribsValue range are as follows:And/or the bottom of the cup holder is formed with several Circumferentially spaced limiting slot, first water retaining ribs are set to the inside of the limiting slot.
3. stirring cup assembly as described in claim 1, which is characterized in that the cup holder has the annular profile wall of closure, institute Stating water retaining ribs further includes by the second water retaining ribs of the bottom end projection of the periphery wall.
4. stirring cup assembly as claimed in claim 3, which is characterized in that first water retaining ribs and/or second water blocking The value range of the height H of muscle are as follows: 1mm≤H≤5mm;And/or the height of first water retaining ribs is greater than or equal to described the The height of two water retaining ribs.
5. a kind of food cooking machine, which is characterized in that including frame component and as described in any one of Claims 1-4 Cup assembly is stirred, the stirring cup assembly is removably installed on the frame component, and the frame component includes shell, institute Stating shell includes upper end cover, and the water retaining ribs are abutted with the upper end cover.
6. food cooking machine as claimed in claim 5, which is characterized in that it is recessed that the upper surface of the upper end cover is formed with annular Slot, the water retaining ribs are inserted into the annular groove.
7. food cooking machine as claimed in claim 5, which is characterized in that the frame component further includes motor, the motor It is installed in the shell, the upper end cover is also provided with the connecting hole worn for the motor shaft of the motor.
8. food cooking machine as claimed in claim 5, which is characterized in that the upper surface of the upper end cover is also convexly equipped with annular Backstop muscle, the backstop muscle are abutted with the cup holder;And/or the upper end cover offers overflow hole.
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