CN210008872U

CN210008872U - Cooking utensil

Info

Publication number: CN210008872U
Application number: CN201920036147.4U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 姚远; 阳梦乔
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-01-09
Filing date: 2019-01-09
Publication date: 2020-02-04
Anticipated expiration: 2029-01-09

Abstract

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, which comprises a cooker body, a cover body and a flexible flat cable, wherein a main circuit board is arranged in the cooker body; the cover body is connected to the cooker body and moves between an opening position and a covering position relative to the cooker body, and a cover body electrical element is arranged in the cover body; one end of the flexible flat cable is connected to the electrical element of the cover body, and the other end of the flexible flat cable is connected to the main circuit board through the connecting part of the cooker body and the cover body. The soft arranging wire in the cooking utensil provided by the utility model has simple wiring process, high installation efficiency and neat and unorganized arrangement; and in the process that the cover body is covered, the flexible flat cable is not easy to damage or break even if the flexible flat cable is extruded at the connecting part with smaller space, and the safety is better.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a kitchen utensil technical field, and more specifically relate to a cooking utensil.

Background

Existing cooking appliances such as electric cookers are generally provided with a control panel on a cover body, a control panel PCB (printed circuit board) is arranged below the control panel, a power supply PCB for supplying power to the control panel PCB is arranged in a cooker body, the power supply PCB is generally connected with the control panel PCB through a plurality of independent wires, and the arrangement process of the wires is complicated, and the arrangement is complicated and disordered. And the lid and the pot body of the cooking utensil are pivoted through the connecting shaft, the wire needs to pass through the gap arrangement at the connecting shaft, and the wire is easy to be extruded and deformed when the lid is covered due to the narrow gap, so that the potential safety hazard of a circuit exists.

Accordingly, there is a need for a cooking appliance that at least partially solves the problems of the prior art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content does not imply any attempt to define the essential features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it implied to be intended to define the scope of the claimed solution.

In order to at least partially solve the above problems, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance including:

the cooker body is internally provided with a main circuit board;

a lid connected to the pot body and movable relative to the pot body between an open position and a closed position, the lid having a lid electrical element disposed therein; and

one end of the flexible flat cable is connected to the electrical element of the cover body, and the other end of the flexible flat cable is connected to the main circuit board through the joint of the cooker body and the cover body.

According to the scheme, the wiring process of the flexible flat cable is simple, the installation efficiency is high, and the arrangement is neat and not mixed; and in the process that the cover body is covered, the flexible flat cable is not easy to damage or break even if the flexible flat cable is extruded at the connecting part with smaller space, and the safety is better.

Optionally, the pot body comprises a middle plate, an EMC circuit board (electromagnetic compatibility circuit board) is arranged below the middle plate, the main circuit board is arranged on the inner side of the EMC circuit board, a first gap is formed between the middle plate and the EMC circuit board, and the flexible flat cable penetrates through the first gap. Thereby, the flex cable can be routed by means of the first gap.

Optionally, the pot body is provided with a pivoting part, the pivoting part is connected with the cover body through a connecting shaft, and the flexible flat cable is wound on the connecting shaft and located on the outer side of the connecting shaft.

Optionally, the pot body includes a rear cover, the rear cover is disposed at an outer side of the pivoting portion, a second gap is formed between the rear cover and the pivoting portion, and the flexible flat cable passes through the second gap. Thereby, the flex cable can be wired by means of the second gap.

Optionally, the thickness of the flex cable is less than or equal to 0.3 mm. Thereby, the flex cable can be routed by means of the mounting gap.

Optionally, the cover body comprises a face cover and a lining, the face cover covers the lining, the cover body electrical component is arranged in the face cover, and a third gap is formed between the face cover and the lining, and the flexible flat cable penetrates through the third gap. Thereby, the flex cable can be wired by means of the third gap.

Optionally, a control panel is disposed on the cover, and the cover electrical component includes a secondary circuit board located below the control panel, the secondary circuit board controlling the operation of the cooking appliance in response to the operation of the control panel. Therefore, the auxiliary circuit board can be connected with the main circuit board through the flexible flat cable.

Optionally, a plurality of conducting wires are arranged in the flexible flat cable, and the conducting wires are arranged in a row.

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 of the invention and the description thereof for the purpose of illustrating the devices and principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is a perspective view of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded schematic view of the cooking appliance shown in FIG. 1; and

fig. 3 is a partial cross-sectional schematic view of the cooking appliance shown in fig. 1 with the top cover and the inner liner separated to show the flex cable.

Description of the reference numerals

100: the cooking appliance 110: pot body

111: the outer cover 112: middle plate

113: base 114: pivoting part

115: connecting shaft 120: cover body

121: inner liner 122: face cover

123: control panel 124: accommodating part

130: the inner pan 141: main circuit board

142: EMC circuit board 143: back cover

150: cover electrical component 151: auxiliary circuit board

152: the lamp cover 160: flexible flat cable

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.

In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It is apparent that the practice of the invention is not limited to the specific details known to those skilled in the art. The present invention is described in detail below with reference to the preferred embodiments, however, the present invention can have other embodiments in addition to the detailed description, and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

It is to be understood that the terms "a," "an," and "the" as used herein are intended to describe specific embodiments only and are not to be taken as limiting the invention, which is intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. When the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right" and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and are not limiting.

Ordinal words such as "first" and "second" are referred to in this application as labels only, and do not have any other meanings, such as a particular order, etc. Also, for example, the term "first component" does not itself imply the presence of "second component", and the term "second component" does not itself imply the presence of "first component".

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate representative embodiments of the present invention and do not limit the present invention.

Generally, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a cooking appliance 100 such as an electric rice cooker includes a pot body 110 and a cover 120. The pot body 110 is substantially in a rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape and has a cylindrical inner pot receiving part. The inner pan 130 may be fixedly disposed at the inner pan receiving portion, or may be freely put into or taken out of the inner pan receiving portion, so as to facilitate cleaning of the inner pan 130. The inner pot 130 is generally made of a metal material and has a circular opening on an upper surface for containing a material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. The pot body 110 includes therein heating means for heating the inner pot 130 to heat the inner pot 130. It can be understood that the cooking appliance 100 according to the present invention may be an electric cooker, an electric pressure cooker or other cooking appliances 100, and the cooking appliance 100 may have various functions such as cooking porridge, etc. in addition to the function of cooking rice.

The cover 120 has a shape substantially corresponding to the pot body 110, substantially in the shape of a rounded rectangular parallelepiped, is connected to the pot body 110, and can freely move between a closed position and an open position with respect to the pot body 110 to facilitate the closing and opening of the pot body 110. When the cover 120 is covered on the pot body 110, it covers the inner pot 130, and a cooking space is formed between the inner pot 130. The lid 120 also typically has a gasket, which may be made of, for example, a rubber material, disposed between the lid 120 and the inner pot 130 for sealing the cooking space when the lid 120 is in a closed position.

It should be noted that directional terms used herein in describing the components in the cooking appliance 100 and the positional relationship thereof, such as "above", "below", "upper side", "upward", "downward", and the like, are relative to a state where the cooking appliance 100 is in a horizontal state and the lid 120 is covered on the pot body 110. Directional terms "inner" and "outer" if not otherwise defined, it is understood that "inner" refers to a side closer to the center of the cooking appliance and "outer" refers to a side farther from the center of the cooking appliance.

Specifically, the pot body 110 includes a housing 111, a middle plate 112 located inside the housing 111, and a base 113 located below the middle plate 112. The middle plate 112 and the base 113 are detachably coupled. The middle plate 112 is provided with a pivot joint 114. The pivot portion 114 extends vertically and protrudes from the upper surface of the middle plate 112. The cover body 120 can be pivoted to the pivoting portion 114 by a connecting shaft 115 (see fig. 3), and can be freely pivoted about the connecting shaft 115 between a closed position and an open position with respect to the pot body 110. The cover body 120 includes an inner liner 121, and a cover 122 is provided on the upper or outer side of the inner liner 121. The face cover 122 can cover the liner 121. Liner 121 has a liner opening for receiving pivot 114. The connecting shaft 115 is disposed at the opening of the liner and is limited to the pivoting portion 114, and both ends thereof extend into the liner 121.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the main circuit board 141 is provided in the pot body 110, and the lid electrical component 150 is provided in the lid 120. The main circuit board 141 can supply power to the cover electrical component 150. The cover electrical component 150 can be connected to the main circuit board 141 via the flexible flat cable 160. Specifically, a first end of the flexible flat cable 160 is connected to the cover electrical component 150, and a second end of the flexible flat cable 160 opposite to the first end is connected to the main circuit board 141 through the junction of the pot body 110 and the cover 120. Because the soft flat cable 160 is connected in the present embodiment, compared with the existing connection mode of a plurality of wires, the soft flat cable 160 has the advantages of simple wiring process, high installation efficiency, and neat and disorderly arrangement; and because the flexible flat cable 160 has flexibility, thin thickness, and can be freely bent and wound, the flexible flat cable 160 is not easy to be broken or broken even if being pressed at the connection position with small space in the process of covering the cover body 120, and the safety is better. The term "joint" as used herein refers specifically to the opening of the liner 121 and the joint 115.

In the illustrated embodiment, the main circuit board 141 may be a power PCB board. The face cover 122 is provided with a control panel 123. The cover electrical component 150 is an electrical control device disposed below the control panel 123, and specifically, the cover electrical component 150 includes a sub circuit board 151, and the sub circuit board 151 is a control panel PCB board. The sub circuit board 151 controls the operation of the cooking appliance 100 in response to the operation of the control panel 123. The sub circuit board 151 can be connected to the main circuit board 141 through the flexible flat cable 160. The sub circuit board 151 is provided with a display lamp, the cover electrical component 150 further includes a lamp cover 152 covering the indicator lamp, and the lamp cover 152 is mounted on the sub circuit board 151. In an embodiment not shown, the cover electrical element 150 may be an electrical element disposed in the cover 120, such as a heating device disposed in the cover 120, a pressure reduction device including an air pump, or the like.

Further, an EMC circuit board 142 is provided in the pot body 110, the EMC circuit board 142 being provided between the middle plate 112 and the base 113, and being mounted to the middle plate 112 from below the middle plate 112. The main circuit board 141 is disposed inside the EMC circuit board 142, and in particular, the main circuit board 141 is disposed between the EMC circuit board 142 and the inner pot 130. And the EMC circuit board 142 is electrically connected with the main circuit board 141 to supply power to the EMC circuit board 142. In order to facilitate the arrangement of the flexible flat cable 160, a first gap L1 is provided between the midplane 112 and the EMC circuit board 142, and specifically, a first gap L1 is provided between the pivot portion 114 and the EMC circuit board 142. The flexible flat cable 160 can be connected to the main circuit board 141 after passing through the first gap L1.

It should be understood that the "gap" referred to herein may be understood as a mounting gap between the respective components, and the flex cable 160 in this embodiment is of a smaller thickness, which may be routed through the gap.

The pot body 110 further comprises a rear cover 143, the rear cover 143 is detachably disposed at the pivoting portion 114, and the rear cover 143 is disposed outside the pivoting portion 114 to cover the pivoting portion 114 and prevent the pivoting portion 114 from being exposed. The rear cover 143 and the pivoting portion 114 have a second gap L2 therebetween, and the flexible flat cable 160 can pass through the second gap L2, so that the second end of the flexible flat cable 160 can be routed from top to bottom and then continue to the first gap L1. In this embodiment, the second gap L2 is an attachment gap existing between the rear cover 143 and the pivot portion 114. The connecting shaft 115 is disposed on the top of the pivoting portion 114, and the flexible flat cable 160 is wound around the connecting shaft 115 and located outside the connecting shaft 115. In other words, the flex cable 160 is routed downward via the first gap L1 at the connection shaft 115.

The cover electrical component 150 is disposed in the face cover 122, specifically, the face cover 122 is disposed with a receiving portion 124, the receiving portion 124 is located below the control panel 123, and the cover electrical component 150 is received in the receiving portion 124. The flexible flat cable 160 connected to the cover electrical component 150 extends from the accommodating portion 124. A third gap L3 is provided between the cover 122 and the liner 121, and the flex cable 160 passes through the third gap L3, so that the flex cable 160 is arranged from the accommodating portion 124 to the opening of the liner 121. In this embodiment, the third gap L3 is a mounting gap existing between the face cover 122 and the liner 121.

To sum up, the utility model provides a soft arranging wire 160 can be laid out with the help of above-mentioned clearance, and the installation is simple.

Optionally, the thickness of the flex-cords 160 is less than or equal to 0.3 mm. The flexible flat cable 160 may have a plurality of conductive wires disposed therein in a row. The spacing between the plurality of wires may be set as desired.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "part," "member," and the like, when used herein, can refer to either a single part or a combination of parts. Terms such as "mounted," "disposed," and the like, as used herein, may refer to one component as being directly attached to another component or one component as being attached to another component through intervening components. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

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 above-described embodiments, and that many more modifications and variations can be made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, all of which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A cooking appliance, comprising:

the cooker body is internally provided with a main circuit board;

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the pot body includes a middle plate, an EMC circuit board is disposed below the middle plate, the main circuit board is disposed inside the EMC circuit board, and a first gap is provided between the middle plate and the EMC circuit board, through which the flexible flat cable passes.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the pot body has a pivoting portion connected to the lid body through a connecting shaft, and the flexible flat cable is wound around the connecting shaft and located outside the connecting shaft.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 3, wherein the pot body comprises a rear cover disposed outside the pivot, the rear cover and the pivot having a second gap therebetween, the flex cable passing through the second gap.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the thickness of the flex cable is less than or equal to 0.3 mm.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the cover includes a face cover and a liner, the face cover covering the liner, the cover electrical component being disposed in the face cover with a third gap therebetween, the flex cable passing through the third gap.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 6, wherein a control panel is provided on the lid, and the lid electrical component includes a secondary circuit board located below the control panel, the secondary circuit board controlling operation of the cooking appliance in response to operation of the control panel.

8. The cooking appliance of claim 1, wherein the flex cable has a plurality of wires disposed therein, the plurality of wires being disposed in a row.