CN209763156U - Indicator lamp, indicator lamp assembly and gas stove - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides an pilot lamp, pilot lamp subassembly and gas-cooker. The indicator lamp is provided with a first end part and a second end part which are oppositely arranged along the axial direction of the indicator lamp, and a middle part arranged between the first end part and the second end part, the indicator lamp is also provided with a through hole which penetrates through the indicator lamp along the axial direction, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the first end part protrudes out of the middle part along the direction which is perpendicular to the axial direction so as to form a flange; and the peripheral surface of the middle part is provided with a clamping part. The utility model provides an indicator lamp has simple structure, low, the installation of processing cost and dismantlement advantage such as the simple after-sales maintenance of being convenient for. The fixed back of this pilot lamp can not produce the influence to the mounting surface to can not produce pollution and noise in the installation.

Description

Indicator lamp, indicator lamp assembly and gas stove

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a kitchen utensil's technical field specifically relates to an pilot lamp, pilot lamp subassembly and install gas-cooker of this pilot lamp subassembly.

background

With the development of technology, the functions of various devices tend to be diversified. To distinguish the currently selected function and/or mode of operation of the device, the user is typically prompted with an indicator light for the current state of the device.

The use rate of the sheet material in various apparatuses is very high, for example, in forming housings of the apparatuses, various panels of the apparatuses (e.g., panels of gas cookers, operation panels of the apparatuses, etc.). The indicator light is typically required to be mounted on the housing and panel of the device, these parts typically being formed from sheet material. At present, the indicator light is usually fixed on the panel using glue or screws.

However, glue fixation has the following disadvantages: when the indicator lamp is bonded by using glue, relatively more glue is usually coated for firm connection, so that the problem of glue overflow is easily caused, and the bonded part is not flat; the gluing is easy to be uneven, and the connection firmness is easy to be influenced; is not easy to be disassembled and replaced, and the trace of glue can be left after the disassembly.

the plate needs to be punched by using the threaded part, and the processing difficulty is increased for the plate which is not easy to punch, such as glass, and the like, so that the application occasions of threaded connection are limited. And the use of screws can result in the screw being exposed on the surface after fastening, resulting in surface irregularities.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to at least partially solve the problems of the prior art, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an indicator lamp having a first end portion and a second end portion disposed opposite to each other along an axial direction thereof, and a middle portion disposed therebetween, the indicator lamp further having a through hole penetrating the indicator lamp along the axial direction, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the first end portion protrudes from the middle portion in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction to form a flange; and the peripheral surface of the middle part is provided with a clamping part. The utility model provides an indicator lamp has simple structure, low, the installation of processing cost and dismantlement advantage such as the simple after-sales maintenance of being convenient for. The fixed back of this pilot lamp can not produce the influence to the mounting surface to can not produce pollution and noise in the installation.

Preferably, the engaging portion is a slot. The clamping device is simple to machine, low in machining cost and capable of being reliably clamped with the fixing piece.

Preferably, the engaging portion is an annular engaging groove extending along an outer circumferential surface of the middle portion. The annular groove is simple in machining mode, and the fixing piece can be firmly fixed on the indicator lamp.

preferably, the central portion has a cavity therein, the light emitting element of the indicator light being received in the cavity. Thus, the outer surface of the indicator lamp can be made flat, and the operation of the ignition knob is prevented from being affected.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided an indicator light assembly, comprising: any of the indicator lights described above; and the fixing piece is clamped to the clamping part, and the fixing piece and the flange of the indicator lamp are used for clamping the piece to be installed between the fixing piece and the flange.

Preferably, the fixing member is an elastic band. The rubber ring has certain elasticity, is convenient for install on the pilot lamp.

Preferably, the rubber band is configured to be engaged to the engaging portion by interference fit. Therefore, the indicator lamp can be tightly attached to the indicator lamp, and the phenomenon that the connection is not firm due to long-term use is avoided.

Preferably, the surface of the rubber band for contacting the element to be mounted has sufficient roughness to limit movement of the element to be mounted relative to the rubber band to limit movement of the rubber band relative to the panel.

Preferably, the fixing member is a metal band formed of a metal wire wound in a ring shape, and both free ends of the metal wire are crossed but not connected to increase the aperture of the metal band under an external force. The metal clamp has a simple structure and low processing cost, and can be reliably fixed to the indicator light.

According to another aspect of the utility model, still provide a gas-cooker, include: the panel is provided with an opening; an indicator light assembly as in any above, the indicator light passing through the aperture in an axial direction thereof, the flange and the fixture of the indicator light gripping the panel from opposite surfaces thereof, respectively; and the ignition knob penetrates through the through hole of the indicator lamp.

A series of concepts in a simplified form are introduced in the disclosure, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The summary of the invention is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter.

The advantages and features of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

The following drawings of the present invention are used herein as part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings, embodiments and descriptions thereof, which are used to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a gas range according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 1; and

3 fig. 33 3 is 3 a 3 sectional 3 view 3 taken 3 along 3 line 3 a 3- 3 a 3 in 3 fig. 31 3. 3

Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:

100. A gas range; 110. a burner; 120. an ignition knob; 130. an indicator light; 131. a first end portion; 132. a second end portion; 133. a through hole; 134. a flange; 135. a fastening part; 136. a cavity; 140. a panel; 150. and a fixing member.

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous details are provided to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. One skilled in the art, however, will understand that the following description illustrates only a preferred embodiment of the invention and that the invention may be practiced without one or more of these details. In addition, some technical features that are well known in the art are not described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.

The utility model provides an indicator lamp. The indicator light is particularly suitable for mounting to a panel, such as a housing of an appliance, various panels. The utility model discloses a local for panel and the condition of pilot lamp installation on this part of equipment, also can adopt the scheme of the utility model. The panel comprises a control panel, a panel of a gas stove and the like. The principle of the present invention will be described below by taking the case of being mounted on a panel of a gas range as an example.

Fig. 1-2 show a gas range 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The gas range 100 includes a burner 110 and a panel 140. In general, the gas range 100 for home use is provided with two burners 110 on the panel 140, but the present invention does not exclude other number of burners, such as one, three, or four, etc.

As shown in fig. 1-2, one ignition knob 120 is provided for each burner 110. The corresponding burner 110 may be ignited by operating the ignition knob 120, and the amount of gas delivered to the corresponding burner 110 may be adjusted to switch the corresponding burner 110 between the plurality of combustion modes. The combustion mode may include one or more of a big fire mode, a small fire mode, and a stir fry mode. In this embodiment, the indicator light 130 may be used to indicate one or more combustion modes of the corresponding burner 110. Illustratively, the stir-fry mode may be indicated by an indicator light. Illustratively, the amount of gas delivered to the corresponding burner 110, and thus the combustion modes, may also be indicated by the color and/or intensity of the light of the indicator light. Thus, one indicator light 130 may be provided for each burner 110. In the illustrated embodiment, the burners 110 are used to indicate the stir mode, and thus, the indicator lamp 130 may be provided for only one burner 110.

As shown in fig. 3, the indicator lamp 130 has first and second end portions 131 and 132 disposed opposite to each other in an axial direction C-C thereof, and a middle portion disposed between the first and second end portions 131 and 132. The indicator light 130 also has a through hole 133 that extends through the indicator light 130 along the axial direction C-C. The ignition knob 120 may pass through the through hole 133. The top of the ignition knob 120 is exposed through the hole 133 for user operation.

The outer circumferential surface of the first end portion 131 protrudes from the middle in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction C-C to form a flange 134. The flange 134 is annular. During installation, the second end 132 and the middle of the indicator light 130 pass through the opening in the panel 140 and the flange 134 snaps onto the upper surface of the panel 140. The outer peripheral surface of the middle portion is provided with an engaging portion 135. The engaging portion 135 may be engaged with a fixing member 150, and the fixing member 150 is caught on the lower surface of the panel 140. After installation, the panel 140 may be clamped from the upper and lower surfaces of the panel 140 at the flange 134 and the engaging portion 135, respectively. Thereby, the indicator lamp 130 is fixed to the panel 140.

Accordingly, the present invention also includes an indicator light assembly including the indicator light 130 and the fixing member 150.

The utility model provides an indicator lamp 130 has simple structure, low in processing cost, installation and dismantlement advantage such as the simple after-sales maintenance of being convenient for. The indicator lamp 130 is fixed without affecting the installation surface and without generating pollution and noise during the installation process.

In the illustrated embodiment, the engaging portion 135 is a card slot. For example, the engaging portion 135 may be a plurality of engaging grooves, such as 2, 3, 4, etc., arranged along the circumferential direction of the outer circumferential surface of the middle portion. The plurality of slotted holes are positioned on the same circumference. Thus, the plurality of engaging grooves may engage the fixing member 150 from a plurality of positions, thereby fixing the fixing member 150 to the indicator lamp 130. Illustratively, the engaging portion 135 may be an annular groove extending along an outer circumferential surface of the middle portion. Such an annular groove is simply processed and can firmly fix the fixing member 150 to the indicator lamp 130.

In other embodiments not shown, the engaging portion 135 may also be a stopper protrusion provided on the outer circumferential surface of the middle portion. The stopper protrusion may be, for example, located at the lower surface of the fixing member 150 in fig. 3 to restrict the fixing member 150 from being detached from the indicator lamp 130 from below.

illustratively, the fixing member 150 may be an elastic band. The rubber band has a certain elasticity to facilitate the installation to the indicator lamp 130. Preferably, the rubber ring may be configured to be fastened to the fastening portion 135 in an interference fit manner, so as to be tightly attached to the indicator 130, thereby preventing the connection from being insecure due to long-term use. When the indicator lamp is installed, the rubber ring can be sleeved into the clamping part 135 of the indicator lamp 130 from the back side of the panel 140, and finally, the rubber ring is extruded once again to be tightly attached to the panel 140.

The vertical retention is accomplished by the cooperation of flange 134 and fixture 150. Typically, the opening in the panel 140 will be slightly larger than the size of the indicator light 130. So that also in the horizontal direction a limitation is required. Preferably, the surface of the rubber band for contacting the panel 140 (the upper surface in the embodiment shown in fig. 3) has sufficient roughness to limit the movement of the rubber band relative to the panel 140. Since the upper surface of the rubber band has a sufficient roughness, a sufficient static friction force can be generated between the rubber band and the panel 140 to perform a horizontal position-limiting function.

In an alternative embodiment, the securing member may be a metal clip. Metal clips are formed from wire wound in a loop. The wire may be wound one or more turns. The two free ends of the metal wire cross but are not connected. Therefore, the two free ends are closed together by pressing the two free ends, the metal wire can move towards the flattening direction, and the aperture of the metal hoop can be enlarged. The metal clip can be fixed to the engaging portion 135 by enlarging the aperture of the metal clip under the external force. In this manner, panel 140 is clamped between flange 134 and the metal clip.

The light emitting element of the indicator 130 may be a circular lamp tube, which is concentrically disposed with the through hole 133. Alternatively, the light emitting element may be a plurality of point light sources on the same circumference (the circumference is concentrically arranged with the through hole 133). Preferably, a cavity 136 is provided in the middle of the indicator light 130, and the light emitting element is disposed within the cavity 136. Then, at least a portion from the light emitting element to the upper surface of the indicator lamp 130 is made of a light transmitting material so that light can be transmitted to the outside of the gas range 100. Disposing the light emitting element in the middle of the indicator light 130 may flatten the outer surface portion of the indicator light, avoiding affecting the operation of the ignition knob.

The present invention also provides a gas range 100 comprising a panel 140, any one of the indicating lamp assemblies described above and an ignition knob 120. The panel 140 is provided with an opening. The indicator lamp 130 included in the indicator lamp assembly passes through the opening in the axial direction thereof. The flange 134 of the indicator light 130 and the fixture 150 respectively clamp the panel 140 from opposite surfaces (upper and lower surfaces in the illustrated embodiment) of the panel 140. The ignition knob 120 is disposed in the through hole 133 of the indicator lamp 130. For the various components included in the indicator light assembly, reference may be made to the description of the relevant portions above, which, for the sake of brevity, will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by the orientation words such as "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "horizontal", "vertical", "horizontal" and "top", "bottom", etc. are usually based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and in the case of not making a contrary explanation, these orientation words do not indicate and imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore, should not be interpreted as limiting the scope of the present invention; the terms "inner" and "outer" refer to the interior and exterior relative to the contours of the components themselves.

Spatially relative terms, such as "above … …," "above … …," "above … …," "above," and the like, may be used herein for ease of description to describe the spatial relationship of one or more components or features shown in the figures to other components or features. It is to be understood that the spatially relative terms are intended to encompass not only the orientation of the component as depicted in the figures, but also different orientations of the component in use or operation. For example, if an element in the drawings is turned over in its entirety, the articles "over" or "on" other elements or features will include the articles "under" or "beneath" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "above … …" can include both an orientation of "above … …" and "below … …". Further, these components or features may also be positioned at various other angles (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or other angles), all of which are intended to be encompassed herein.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments according to the present application. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and it should be understood that when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application and in the drawings described above are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used is interchangeable under appropriate circumstances such that the embodiments of the application described herein are capable of operation in sequences other than those illustrated or described herein.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it is to be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that many more modifications and variations are possible in light of the teaching of the present invention and are within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (10)

1. An indicator light (130) characterized in that it has, in its axial direction, a first end portion (131) and a second end portion (132) arranged opposite to each other, and a middle portion arranged therebetween, and that it further has a through hole (133) extending through the indicator light in the axial direction, wherein

The outer peripheral surface of the first end portion protrudes from the middle portion in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction to form a flange (134); and is

The outer peripheral surface of the middle part is provided with a clamping part (135).

2. The indicator light of claim 1, wherein the engaging portion (135) is a slot.

3. The indicator light of claim 2, wherein the engagement portion (135) is an annular groove extending along an outer peripheral surface of the intermediate portion.

4. The indicator light of claim 1, wherein the central portion has a cavity (136) therein, the light emitting element of the indicator light (130) being received in the cavity.

5. an indicator light assembly, comprising:

The indicator light (130) of any of claims 1-4; and

A fixing member (150) for being engaged to the engaging portion (135), the fixing member and a flange (134) of the indicator lamp for sandwiching a member to be mounted therebetween.

6. The light assembly of claim 5, wherein the securing member (150) is an elastic band.

7. the indicator light assembly of claim 6, wherein the rubber band is configured to snap-fit to the snap-fit portion (135) with an interference fit.

8. The indicator light assembly of claim 6 wherein the surface of the rubber band for contact with the element to be mounted has sufficient roughness to limit movement of the element to be mounted relative to the rubber band.

9. The indicator light assembly of claim 5, wherein the fixing member (150) is a metal clip formed of a metal wire wound in a ring shape, and both free ends of the metal wire are crossed but not connected to increase the aperture of the metal clip under an external force.

10. A gas range (100), comprising:

A panel (140) having an aperture disposed therein;

the indicator light assembly of any one of claims 5-9, said indicator light (130) passing through said aperture in an axial direction thereof, said flange (134) of said indicator light and said fixture (150) gripping said panel (140) from opposite surfaces thereof, respectively; and

An ignition knob (120) passing through a through hole (133) of the indicator light.