CN210169711U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil, include: a pan body; the cover body is pivotally connected with the pot body through a pivot; the damping assembly comprises a cam which rotates synchronously with the pivot and a first damping piece positioned on the pot body; during opening of the cover, the cam rotates to push the first damping member to generate a lateral damping force that reacts against the cam to slow the rotational speed of the pivot. The utility model discloses a first damping piece with mutually supporting of cam produces the damping force, has delayed the speed of uncapping of lid has realized steadily uncapping.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of kitchen utensil, especially, relate to a cooking utensil.

Background

With the improvement of the quality of life, rice cooker products such as electric cookers are becoming more and more popular. Most of the existing electric cookers include a pot body and a cover covering the pot body, one end of the cover is a mounting end, the mounting end is rotatably connected to the pot body through a rotating shaft, the other end of the cover is a locking end, and the locking end is locked with a corresponding part of the pot body when the cover is covered to the pot body.

Electric rice cooker mainly relies on torsional spring power to realize opening and shutting, and torsional spring power is too big can take place to turn over the pot, for the emergence that prevents this type of phenomenon, can adopt the damping structure in order to delay the speed of uncapping, and the damping structure of current electric rice cooker generally has two kinds of types: one is to adopt the silica gel damping block, deform it to realize and uncap slowly in the course of using through compressing the silica gel, this kind of damping structure is simple and easy to realize, but there are the silica gel that moulds the intensity of the part to be insufficient too, produce and deform easily, and the silica gel moulds the defect such as the part will produce and shrink for a long time use, thus make the uncapping effect become more and more violent from original slow uncapping, uncapping the effect and discount greatly; the other kind is to adopt the hydraulic damper, the hydraulic damper is the cavity of hydraulic support pole atress back compression damper, make the internal density increase of cavity, thereby realize the effect of slowly uncapping, the defect of adopting the hydraulic damper is that the price is expensive, and the volume is great, and to this kind of small household electrical appliances of electricity rice cooker, its space is compacter, use the hydraulic damper can lead to the whole size of product to increase, be unfavorable for the miniaturized demand of household electrical appliances on the one hand, on the other hand can cause the increase of cost.

There is a cooking appliance on the market at present, which includes a pot body and a cover body, the cover body is pivotally connected with the pot body through a pivot, the cooking appliance further includes a damper, the damper is disposed on the pivot, and includes a moving portion, a stationary portion and an actuating portion, and in the process of opening the cover body, the actuating portion drives the moving portion to move, so that the moving portion gradually presses the stationary portion, and the stationary portion gradually deforms, thereby generating a damping effect. In the cooking utensil, the moving part, the static part and the actuating part which are used for forming the damper are all arranged on the pivot, the structure is complex, the requirements on the processing precision of the moving part, the static part and the actuating part and the precision of the assembly of the moving part, the static part and the actuating part are high, the processing cost and the assembly cost are improved, the production efficiency of products is influenced, in addition, in the using process, the actuating part and the moving part frequently generate contact friction, the abrasion of the contact surfaces of the moving part and the static part can be caused after long-time use, and the damping effect is reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a cooking utensil to solve at least one technical problem among the above-mentioned technical problem.

The utility model discloses the technical scheme who adopts does:

a cooking appliance comprising:

a pan body;

the cover body is pivotally connected with the pot body through a pivot;

the method is characterized in that: the damping assembly comprises a cam which rotates synchronously with the pivot and a first damping piece positioned on the pot body; during opening of the cover, the cam rotates to push the first damping member to generate a lateral damping force that reacts against the cam to slow the rotational speed of the pivot.

Preferably, the first damping member includes an elastic member and a transmission member for drivingly connecting a cam and the elastic member, and during the opening of the cover, the cam presses the transmission member to move the transmission member in the axial direction of the elastic member.

Preferably, the side of the transmission component facing the cam is provided with a concave part which is in transmission fit with the cam, and the cross section of the concave part is arc-shaped.

Preferably, the cooking appliance further has a guide runner adapted to the transmission member, and the transmission member is movable along the guide runner.

Preferably, the guide chute is filled with lubricating oil.

Preferably, the first damping member is a spring.

Preferably, the transmission component is provided with a convex boss, and the spring is sleeved on the boss and is in transmission connection with the transmission component.

Preferably, the cam is sleeved on the pivot, the cam is provided with a first matching part, the pivot is provided with a second matching part matched with the first matching part, and the cover body is provided with a third matching part matched with the second matching part, so that the cam, the pivot and the cover body rotate synchronously.

Preferably, the damping assembly further comprises a second damping member and a contact member matched with the second damping member, one of the second damping member and the contact member is arranged on the cover body, and the other one of the second damping member and the contact member is arranged on the pot body; in the cover opening process of the cover body, the contact piece can abut against the second damping piece, so that the second damping piece generates damping force.

Preferably, the second damping member is an elastic block or a hydraulic damper.

Since the technical scheme is adopted, the utility model discloses the beneficial effect who gains does:

1. the utility model provides a cam can be along with pivot synchronous revolution, and first damping piece sets up on the pot body, the cam has the outline that the radius changes, can take place the not squeezing action of co-occurrence degree with first damping piece in its motion process to realized the flexible motion of cam, delayed the speed of uncapping, compared with conventional silica gel damping structure, the utility model discloses can avoid leading to the problem of damping inefficacy because of each part structural strength is not enough, improve the stability of product.

2. As an embodiment of the utility model of a preferred, the utility model discloses in first damping piece is made by elastic material, and it can be followed self axial and stretch out and draw back, and the axial of first damping piece is perpendicular with the axial of the pot body, compares with the structure that adopts hydraulic damper among the prior art, the utility model discloses structural space and cost can be saved.

3. The utility model discloses in be provided with drive disk assembly between cam and the first damping piece, drive disk assembly's setting has increased the area of contact of first damping piece and cam, has avoided the wearing and tearing that point contact or line contact caused, has made things convenient for mutual application of force, has promoted the damping effect.

4. The utility model discloses have with the direction spout of drive disk assembly looks adaptation, drive disk assembly can be followed the direction spout removes, has guaranteed on the one hand first damping piece can stretch out and draw back along self axial basically, avoids its flexible in-process to take place the incline and influence the damping effect, and on the other hand can add lubricating oil in the direction spout, make drive disk assembly's motion more smooth and easy, reduced wearing and tearing and noise.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is an exploded view of the cover and the middle ring of the pot body in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the middle ring in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the assembled face cover and the assembled lining cover in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of a partial structure of the cover body and the pot body in a closed state in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a partially enlarged view of fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of a partial structure of the cover body and the pan body in a middle ring-opened state in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a partially enlarged view of fig. 8.

Wherein the content of the first and second substances,

1. panel 2, face cover 3, lining cover 4, middle ring 41, guide sliding groove 42, mounting table 5, spring 6, transmission part 61, concave part 62, boss 7, cam 71, first matching part 8, pivot 81 and second matching part

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly explain the overall concept of the present application, the following detailed description is given by way of example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and therefore the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In addition, in the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present invention and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; the connection can be mechanical connection, electrical connection or communication; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature may be directly on or directly under the second feature or indirectly via intermediate members. In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Example 1:

as shown in fig. 1 to 9, a cooking appliance includes: a pan body; the cover body is pivotally connected with the pot body through a pivot 8.

In this embodiment, the cooking utensil further comprises a torsion spring for assisting the cover body to open the cover, the torsion spring is sleeved on the pivot 8, one extending end of the torsion spring is abutted on the pot body, the other extending end of the torsion spring is abutted on the cover body, and the torsion spring can apply elastic acting force to the cover body so that the cover body can be opened elastically.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the cover body includes a face cover 2, a liner cover 3 mounted on the face cover 2, and a panel 1 mounted above the face cover 2. The lining cover 3 is provided with a shaft hole matched with the pivot 8, and the lining cover 3 and the pivot 8 synchronously rotate in the process of opening the cover.

In order to delay the uncovering speed of the cover body and avoid turning over the cooker due to the fact that the cover is too violent, the cooking appliance further comprises a damping component.

As shown in fig. 6 to 9, the damping assembly includes: a cam 7 rotating synchronously with the pivot 8, the cam 7 having an outer profile varying in radial dimension; and a first damping member positioned on the pan body. During opening of the cover, the cam 7 rotates to push the first damping member to generate a lateral damping force which acts against the cam 7 to slow the rotational speed of the pivot.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, 5, 7 and 9, the outer contour of the cam 7 is elliptical or elliptical-like. In order to realize the synchronous rotation of the cam 7 and the pivot 8, in this embodiment, the cam 7 is sleeved on the pivot 8, the cam 7 has a first matching portion 71, and the pivot 8 has a second matching portion 81 matched with the first matching portion 71. In order to realize the synchronous rotation of the cam 7, the pivot 8 and the lining cover 3, the lining cover 3 has a third matching portion matching with the second matching portion 81, as shown in fig. 1 and 5, it is shown that the cross sections of the first matching portion 71, the second matching portion 81 and the third matching portion are all D-shaped, however, the cross sections of the first matching portion 71, the second matching portion 81 and the third matching portion in the present invention are not limited to the above D-shaped structure, and may be square or polygonal, etc. Of course, in other embodiments of the present invention, the cam 7 and the pivot 8 may also be connected through a key slot structure, for example, a flat key is disposed on the cam 7, and a key slot matched with the flat key is disposed on the pivot to realize synchronous rotation of the two, and the embodiment is easily understood by those skilled in the art according to the key slot structure in the prior art, and therefore, will not be described in detail.

The first damping piece is made of elastic materials and can stretch out and draw back along the axial direction of the first damping piece, and the axial direction of the first damping piece is perpendicular to the axial direction of the pot body. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first damping member is a spring 5.

As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the pot body includes a middle ring 4, a mounting table 42 for mounting the spring 5 is disposed on the middle ring 4, one end of the spring 5 is mounted on the mounting table 42, and the other end extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the pot body, or the other end of the spring 5 extends in a horizontal direction, so as to save the mounting space of the damping assembly.

As shown in fig. 3, 7 and 9, the damping assembly further comprises a transmission member 6 located between the cam 7 and the spring 5, and a side of the transmission member 6 facing the spring 5 has a boss 62 for mounting the other end of the spring 5. Preferably, in the present embodiment, the spring 5 and the mounting platform 42, and the spring 5 and the boss 62 are detachably connected, so as to facilitate the detachment and replacement of the spring 5.

During the opening of the cover, the cam 7 causes the spring 5 to move telescopically by pressing the transmission member 6. The transmission component 6 is provided with a concave part 61 facing the cam 7, and the section of the concave part 61 is arc-shaped, so that the contact area of the cam 7 and the transmission component 6 is increased, and the force application of the cam 7 to the transmission component 6 is facilitated.

Preferably, in the present embodiment, the size of the recess 61 is configured to at least partially accommodate the outer contour of the half cam 7 opposite to the major diameter of the cam 7, so as to increase the contact area between the transmission member 6 and the cam 7 as much as possible.

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, which show a state diagram of the cam 7 and the spring 5 in a state of the lid body and the pan body being fastened, i.e. a state of closing the lid, in which an outer contour corresponding to a long axis of the cam 7 is in contact with the transmission member 6, and the spring 5 is in a free state, and when the lid body is gradually opened, the cam 7 rotates along with the pivot 8, a portion of the cam 7 in contact with the transmission member 6 gradually changes to a portion corresponding to a short axis, and the cam 7 gradually compresses the spring 5, so as to realize a process of slowly opening the lid, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, in a state of completely opening the lid body, the outer contour facing the short axis of the cam 7 is in contact with the transmission member 6, the spring 5 is in a compressed state, and the lid opening force cannot compress the spring 5 to continue to compress.

The cooking utensil is also provided with a guide sliding chute 41 matched with the transmission component 6, the guide sliding chute 41 extends along the direction parallel to the axial direction of the spring 5, and the guide sliding chute 41 is arranged to provide guidance for the movement of the transmission component 6, so that the transmission component 6 can stretch along the axial direction of the spring 5, and the damping effect is prevented from being deteriorated due to deflection. Preferably, one end of the guide chute 41 in this embodiment is fixedly connected to the middle ring 4, and the other end extends toward the pivot 8.

In order to make the motion of the transmission component 6 smoother and reduce the friction between the transmission component 6 and the inner wall of the guide chute 41, the guide chute 41 is filled with lubricating oil.

In this embodiment, the cooperation of the cam, the first damping member and the transmission member 6 constitutes the main component capable of generating the damping action in this embodiment. In one embodiment of the present invention, there are two sets of the damping assemblies, two cams are respectively disposed on two sides of the pivot shaft 8, and corresponding to the two sets of the damping assemblies, a first damping member and a transmission member 6 are respectively disposed on two sides of the middle ring 4 and corresponding to the cams. In another embodiment of the present invention, the damping assembly has a set, the cam is disposed in the middle of the pivot 8, and correspondingly, the middle of the middle ring 4 is provided with a first damping member and a transmission member 6 opposite to the cam.

In the cover opening process of the cooking utensil, the cam 7 and the spring 5 act, in the process of compressing the spring 5, the elastic force of the spring 5 can slow down the opening speed of the cover body relative to the pot body, so that the cover opening speed is slowed down, bad phenomena of pot jumping, side turning and the like caused by too fast cover opening are avoided, potential safety hazards are eliminated, and the use of a user is facilitated.

It should be further noted that the cooking utensil of the present invention is not limited to an electric cooker or a pressure cooker, but may be a cooking utensil with a hinged lid, such as an electric baking pan or an electric kettle.

Example 2:

the present embodiment is basically the same as embodiment 1 in structure and principle, except that:

the damping assembly further comprises a second damping part and a contact part matched with the second damping part, one of the second damping part and the contact part is arranged on the cover body, and the other one of the second damping part and the contact part is arranged on the pot body; in the cover opening process of the cover body, the contact piece can abut against the second damping piece, so that the second damping piece generates damping force.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the second damping member is an elastic block, such as a silica gel block, during the rotation of the cover, the elastic block can contact with the abutting member and elastically deform to generate a damping force capable of reducing the cover opening speed of the cover. In another embodiment of the present invention, the second damping member is a hydraulic damper, which includes a damping rod, in the process of the rotational movement of the lid body, the damping rod can contact and follow the abutting member to move the cylinder body of the hydraulic damper, so as to generate a damping force capable of reducing the lid opening speed.

In this embodiment, the second damping member and the contact member are main components for generating a damping effect, and the cam, the first damping member and the transmission component are auxiliary components to prevent the second damping member from being damaged or reducing the damping effect due to wear and other reasons. Preferably, in this embodiment, the second damping member and the abutting member are respectively located at a middle portion of the pivot and the middle ring, and the cam is located at one side of the pivot.

Example 3:

this example differs greatly from example 1:

in embodiment 1, the cam is a rigid member, the first damping member is an elastic member, and the first damping member is compressed during the movement of the cam, so that the first damping member is deformed to generate a force for blocking the movement of the cover.

In this embodiment, the cam itself is made of an elastic material, the first damping member is made of a rigid material, and during the movement of the cam, the outer contour of the cam is in contact with the first damping member and is deformed to generate a force for blocking the movement of the cover.

Example 4:

the present embodiment is basically the same as embodiment 1 in structure and principle, except that:

in this embodiment, the cam and the first damping member are both made of an elastic material, and preferably, in this embodiment, the elastic coefficients of the cam and the first damping member are different. For example, the cam may be a silicone block, and the first damping member may be a spring.

The utility model can be realized by adopting or using the prior art for reference in places which are not mentioned in the utility model.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments.

The above description is only an example of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A cooking appliance comprising:

a pan body;

the cover body is pivotally connected with the pot body through a pivot;

the method is characterized in that: the damping assembly comprises a cam which rotates synchronously with the pivot and a first damping piece positioned on the pot body; during opening of the cover, the cam rotates to push the first damping member to generate a lateral damping force that reacts against the cam to slow the rotational speed of the pivot.

2. The cooking appliance of claim 1,

the first damping part comprises an elastic part and a transmission part for driving and connecting the cam and the elastic part, and during the opening process of the cover body, the cam presses the transmission part to enable the transmission part to move along the axial direction of the elastic part.

3. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the side of the transmission member facing the cam has a recess drivingly engaged with the cam, the recess having an arcuate cross-sectional configuration.

4. The cooking appliance of claim 2,

the cooking utensil also has a guide chute matched with the transmission component, and the transmission component can move along the guide chute.

5. The cooking appliance of claim 4,

and lubricating oil is filled in the guide sliding groove.

6. The cooking appliance of claim 2, wherein the first damping member is a spring.

7. The cooking appliance of claim 6, wherein the transmission member has a raised boss, and the spring is sleeved on the boss and is in transmission connection with the transmission member.

8. The cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the cam is sleeved on the pivot, the cam is provided with a first matching part, the pivot is provided with a second matching part matched with the first matching part, and the cover body is provided with a third matching part matched with the second matching part, so that the cam, the pivot and the cover body synchronously rotate.

9. A cooking appliance according to any one of claims 1 to 6,

the damping assembly further comprises a second damping part and a contact part matched with the second damping part, one of the second damping part and the contact part is arranged on the cover body, and the other one of the second damping part and the contact part is arranged on the pot body; in the cover opening process of the cover body, the contact piece can abut against the second damping piece, so that the second damping piece generates damping force.

10. The cooking appliance of claim 9,

the second damping part is an elastic block or a hydraulic damper.

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