CN210227904U

CN210227904U - Clutch assembly and food processor

Info

Publication number: CN210227904U
Application number: CN201920775465.2U
Authority: CN
Inventors: Fubin Liu; 刘福斌
Original assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-05-27
Filing date: 2019-05-27
Publication date: 2020-04-03
Anticipated expiration: 2029-05-27

Abstract

The application provides a clutch assembly and cooking machine. The utility model provides a clutch assembly, includes clutch assembly and can be used to assemble extremely go up clutch assembly's lower clutch assembly, clutch assembly rotates with the drive down go up clutch assembly and rotate, it includes the clutch to go up clutch assembly, go up the clutch including the portion of acceping and with the recess of portion of acceping intercommunication, clutch assembly includes down the clutch and assemble extremely down the driving medium of clutch, it assembles extremely to go up clutch assembly behind the lower clutch assembly, the clutch is acceptd extremely down the portion of acceping, the driving medium part is located in the recess, the driving medium atress can be followed the radial direction of clutch removes down. A food processor comprises the clutch assembly. The driving medium atress of this application clutch pack can be followed the radial direction of clutch removes down, reduces the driving medium with go up the clutch because of the noise that collision and/or friction caused.

Description

Clutch assembly and food processor

Technical Field

The application relates to a small household electrical appliance field especially relates to clutch assembly and cooking machine.

Background

With the increasing living standard of people, many different types of food processors appear on the market. The functions of the food processor mainly include, but are not limited to, functions of making soybean milk, squeezing fruit juice, making rice paste, mincing meat, shaving ice, making coffee and/or blending facial masks and the like. The food processor can comprise a soybean milk machine, a stirrer or a wall breaking food processor and other machines for crushing and stirring food. The clutch of the related food processor is affected by the assembly and the tolerance of the parts, so that the upper clutch and the lower clutch are eccentric, and the upper clutch and the lower clutch can collide and rub with each other to generate vibration and noise.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a clutch assembly and cooking machine of noise reduction.

The application provides a clutch assembly, including last clutch assembly and can be used to assemble extremely go up clutch assembly's lower clutch assembly, clutch assembly rotates with the drive down go up clutch assembly and rotate, it includes the clutch to go up clutch assembly, go up clutch assembly including the portion of acceping and with the recess of portion of acceping intercommunication, clutch assembly includes down clutch and equipment extremely down the driving medium of clutch, it assembles extremely down behind the clutch assembly to go up clutch assembly, the clutch is acceptd extremely down the portion of acceping, the driving medium part is located in the recess, the driving medium atress can be followed the radial direction of clutch removes down.

The transmission piece of the clutch component in the technical scheme can move along the radial direction of the lower clutch under the stress, so that the noise caused by collision and/or friction between the transmission piece and the upper clutch is reduced.

Further, the lower clutch comprises a recess and a limiting portion extending into the recess, the transmission piece comprises a main body portion located in the recess and a matching portion extending from the main body portion, the main body portion comprises a resisting portion resisting against the limiting portion, and the matching portion is partially located in the groove.

Further, the upper clutch assembly includes a crash pad assembled to the upper clutch, the crash pad including a base portion located in the receiving portion and a protrusion extending from the base portion, the protrusion being located in the groove to separate the transmission member from the upper clutch.

The vibration-proof pad in the technical scheme can prevent the transmission part from being in direct contact with the upper clutch, and further reduces noise.

Further, the lower clutch assembly includes an elastic member for abutting against the transmission member.

Above-mentioned technical scheme's elastic component can make the driving medium resets, also can prevent rocking after the driving medium equipment, further prevent go up the clutch equipment to rocking and eccentric problem behind the lower clutch.

Furthermore, the elastic part comprises a holding part and an elastic part extending from the holding part, the elastic part comprises a propping part which can be used for propping against the transmission part, and the transmission part can prop against the elastic part to make the elastic part elastically deform when moving along the radial direction of the lower clutch.

The elastic piece of the technical scheme has the advantages of simple structure, easy assembly and good holding effect.

Further, the clutch assembly includes a plurality of the transmission members, and the elastic member includes a plurality of the elastic portions extending from the holding portion.

Further, the lower clutch assembly includes a crimping member including a first crimping portion operable to crimp the holding portion and a second crimping portion operable to crimp the transmission member.

Above-mentioned technical scheme's crimping piece can be spacing simultaneously the driving medium with the elastic component, simple structure.

The application still provides a cooking machine, including above-mentioned clutch assembly.

Further, the cooking machine includes cup subassembly and detachably equipment extremely the cup subassembly of cup subassembly, the cup subassembly includes clutch assembly down, cup subassembly includes clutch assembly goes up.

Further, the cup subassembly is including being connected to the power component of clutch down, the cup subassembly is including being connected to go up clutch assembly's stirring sword subassembly, the power component drive clutch assembly rotates down, clutch assembly drive down goes up clutch assembly and rotates, go up clutch assembly drive stirring sword subassembly rotates.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the food processor of the present application.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the lower clutch assembly of the food processor of the present application.

Fig. 3 is an exploded view of the upper clutch assembly of the food processor of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the upper clutch of the food processor of the present application.

FIG. 5 is a schematic vertical cross-sectional view of a clutch assembly of the present application.

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the clutch assembly of the present application taken along a horizontal plane.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in the description and in the claims does not indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but rather is used to distinguish one element from another. Also, the use of the terms "a" or "an" and the like do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. "plurality" or "a number" means two or more. Unless otherwise indicated, "front", "rear", "lower" and/or "upper" and the like are for convenience of description and are not limited to one position or one spatial orientation. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed as preceding "comprising" or "includes" covers the element or item listed as following "comprising" or "includes" and its equivalents, and does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, the food processor of the present application can be a soymilk maker, a juice extractor, a wall breaking machine, etc. The cooking machine includes that cup subassembly 1, detachably assemble extremely cup subassembly 2 and the detachably of cup subassembly 1 assemble extremely cup cover assembly 3 of cup subassembly 2.

Referring with emphasis to fig. 1, the cup holder assembly 1 includes a housing 10, a power assembly (not shown) fixed to the housing 10, and a lower clutch assembly 12 connected to the power assembly. The cup assembly 2 includes a cup 21, a blender blade assembly (not shown) located within the cup 21, and an upper clutch assembly 22 connected to the blender blade assembly. The lid assembly 3 is secured to the cup assembly 2 to seal the cup 21. The food material is placed in the cup body 21, the power assembly drives the lower clutch assembly 12 to rotate, the lower clutch assembly 12 drives the upper clutch assembly 22 to rotate, and the upper clutch assembly 22 drives the stirring knife assembly to rotate so as to stir the food material. The power assembly may be a motor or the like that drives the lower clutch assembly 12 to rotate.

The clutch assembly of the present application includes the upper clutch assembly 22 and the lower clutch assembly 12, the clutch assembly can also be used on other products besides food processors.

Referring to fig. 2 and 5 to 6, the lower clutch assembly 12 includes a lower clutch 120, and an elastic member 121, a transmission member 122 and a pressing member 123 assembled to the lower clutch 120. The lower clutch 120 includes a connecting portion 1201 connected to the power module, an assembling portion 1202 extending from the connecting portion 1201, an assembling groove 1203 provided in the assembling portion 1202, a plurality of recesses 1204 surrounding the assembling groove 1203 and communicating with the assembling groove 1203, and a stopper portion 1205 extending into the recesses 1204. The connecting portion 1201 includes a through-hole 12010 through which a shaft portion (not shown) of the power assembly passes. The through hole 12010 is connected to the assembly groove 1203. The plurality of recesses 1204 are evenly distributed along the circumferential direction of the assembling portion 1202.

In the illustrated embodiment, the number of the recesses 1204 is four, and the number of the recesses 1204 is not limited in the present application and may be set according to actual requirements.

The elastic member 121 includes a flat plate-shaped holding portion 1210 and an elastic portion 1211 extending from the holding portion 1210. The retainer 1210 includes an assembly hole 12101 aligned with the through hole 12010 for the shaft of the power assembly to pass through. The elastic member 121 has a simple structure, is easy to assemble, and has a good holding effect. The elastic portion 1211 includes a contact portion 12110. The number of the elastic portions 1211 is also four, and the number of the elastic portions 1211 is not limited in the present application and may be set according to actual requirements. The holding portion 1210 is assembled to the assembly groove 1203. The elastic portion 1211 extends into the recess 1204.

In the illustrated embodiment, the number of the transmission members 122 is also four, and the number of the transmission members 122 is not limited in this application, and may be set according to actual requirements. The transmission member 122 is made of metal and includes a main body portion 1220 located in the recess 1204 and a fitting portion 1221 extending from the main body portion 1220. The main body 1220 includes a stopper 12201 that abuts against the stopper 1205 of the lower clutch 120, so as to stop the transmission member 122 from being fixed to the lower clutch 120. The mating portion 1221 extends out of the recess 1204. The main body 1220 of the transmission member 122 abuts against the abutting portion 12110 of the elastic member 121, the transmission member 122 is forced to move along the radial direction of the lower clutch 120 and abuts against the elastic portion 1211 to elastically deform the transmission member relative to the holding portion 1210, and the elastic member force of the elastic member 121 can drive the transmission member 122 to return.

The crimping member 123 includes a cylindrical first crimping portion 1230, a plurality of second crimping portions 1231 extending from the first crimping portion 1230, and a through hole 1232 provided in the first crimping portion 1230. The first crimping portion 1230 is assembled to the assembling groove 1203 of the lower clutch 120 and crimped to the holding portion 1210 of the elastic member 121. The through hole 1232 is aligned with the assembly hole 12101 of the elastic member 121 to pass the shaft portion of the power assembly therethrough. The second crimping portion 1231 is crimped to the transmission member 122 to limit the transmission member 122. The number of the second crimping portions 1231 is at least equal to the number of the transmission pieces 122. The pressing part 123 can limit the transmission part 122 and the elastic part 121 at the same time, and the structure is simple; meanwhile, the crimping member 123 is fixed to the shaft portion of the power assembly, so that the holding effect is good, and at the same time, the assembly is easy.

Referring particularly to fig. 3 to 6, the upper clutch assembly 22 includes an upper clutch 220 and a crash pad 221 assembled to the upper clutch 220. The upper clutch 220 includes a fixing portion 2201 connected to a fixed shaft (not shown), an extending portion 2202 extending from the fixing portion 2201, a hole 2203 formed in the fixing portion 2201, and a receiving portion 2204 and a plurality of grooves 2205 formed in the extending portion 2202. The stirring blade assembly of the cup body assembly 2 is assembled to the fixed shaft. The fixed shaft is assembled to the hole 2203. The receiving portion 2204 communicates with the groove 2205. The plurality of grooves 2205 are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction of the upper clutch 220.

The anti-vibration pad 221 is a silicone pad, and includes a base 2210 and a protrusion 2211 extending from the base 2210. The base 2210 is positioned within the receiving portion 2204. The projection 2211 is positioned in the groove 2205 to separate the transmission member 122 from the upper clutch 220, so that noise caused by collision and/or friction between the transmission member 122 and the upper clutch 220 is reduced.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, after the upper clutch assembly 22 is assembled to the lower clutch assembly 12, the assembling portion 1202 of the lower clutch 120 located in the upper clutch 220 is located in the receiving portion 2204 of the upper clutch 220, and the matching portion 1221 of the transmission member 122 is located in the recess 2205 of the upper clutch 220, so that the lower clutch assembly 12 rotates to drive the upper clutch assembly 22 to rotate. Since the transmission member 122 is forced to move in the radial direction of the lower clutch 120, even if the lower clutch 120 or the upper clutch 220 is assembled to cause eccentricity, noise caused by collision and/or friction between the transmission member 122 and the upper clutch 220 can be reduced by the movement of the transmission member 122.

In the illustrated embodiment, the elastic member 121 is disposed to abut against the transmission member 122 so that the transmission member 122 can be reset, and the elastic member 121 can also prevent the transmission member 122 from shaking after being assembled, and further prevent the shaking and eccentricity of the upper clutch 220 after being assembled to the lower clutch 120. The elastic member 121 may not be provided, and a space for moving the transmission member 122 in a radial direction of the lower clutch 120 may be reserved, and the centrifugal force generated when the lower clutch 120 rotates may push out the transmission member 122 to ensure that the fitting portion 1221 of the transmission member 122 is located in the groove 2205 of the upper clutch 220.

When this application cooking machine used, the power component drive clutch assembly 12 rotates down, clutch assembly 12 drives down go up clutch assembly 22 and rotate, it drives to go up clutch assembly 22 stirring sword subassembly rotates to eat the material with the stirring, when cooking machine used, lower noise had.

The transmission piece 122 of the clutch assembly can move along the radial direction of the lower clutch 120 under the stress, even if the lower clutch 120 or the upper clutch 220 has the eccentric problem due to the manufacturing tolerance or assembly, the transmission piece 122 can move along the radial direction, so that the collision and/or friction between the transmission piece 122 and the upper clutch 220 can be avoided, and the purpose of reducing the noise can be achieved; the clutch assembly of the present application includes an elastic member 121 abutting against the transmission member 122, the elastic force of the elastic member 121 can make the transmission member 122 reset and can prevent the transmission member 122 from shaking after being assembled, and further prevent the upper clutch 220 from being assembled to the shaking and eccentric problems after the lower clutch 120.

Although the present application has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the application, and all changes, substitutions and alterations that fall within the spirit and scope of the application are to be understood as being covered by the following claims.

Claims

1. A clutch assembly comprising an upper clutch assembly (22) and a lower clutch assembly (12) operable to be assembled to the upper clutch assembly (22), the lower clutch assembly (12) rotates to drive the upper clutch assembly (22) to rotate, characterized in that the upper clutch assembly (22) comprises an upper clutch (220), the upper clutch (220) comprises a containing part (2204) and a groove (2205) communicated with the containing part (2204), the lower clutch assembly (12) includes a lower clutch (120) and a transmission (122) assembled to the lower clutch (120), after the upper clutch assembly (22) is assembled to the lower clutch assembly (12), the lower clutch (120) is accommodated in the accommodating part (2204), the transmission piece (122) is partially positioned in the groove (2205), the transmission piece (122) can move along the radial direction of the lower clutch (120) under force.

2. The clutch assembly according to claim 1, wherein the lower clutch (120) includes a recess (1204) and a stopper portion (1205) extending into the recess (1204), the transmission member (122) includes a main body portion (1220) located within the recess (1204) and a mating portion (1221) extending from the main body portion (1220), the main body portion (1220) includes an abutment portion (12201) that abuts the stopper portion (1205), and the mating portion (1221) is partially located within the groove (2205).

3. The clutch assembly according to claim 1, wherein the upper clutch assembly (22) includes a crash pad (221) assembled to the upper clutch (220), the crash pad (221) including a base portion (2210) located in the receiving portion (2204) and a projection (2211) extending from the base portion (2210), the projection (2211) located in the groove (2205) to separate the transmission member (122) from the upper clutch (220).

4. A clutch assembly according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the lower clutch assembly (12) comprises a resilient member (121) which is adapted to abut against the transmission member (122).

5. The clutch assembly according to claim 4, wherein the elastic member (121) includes a holding portion (1210) and an elastic portion (1211) extending from the holding portion (1210), the elastic portion (1211) includes an abutting portion (12110) operable to abut against the transmission member (122), and the transmission member (122) is elastically deformed by being moved in a radial direction of the lower clutch (120) against the elastic portion (1211).

6. The clutch assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that the clutch assembly comprises a plurality of the transmission pieces (122), and the elastic piece (121) comprises a plurality of the elastic portions (1211) extending from the holding portion (1210).

7. A clutch assembly according to claim 5, characterized in that the lower clutch assembly (12) comprises a crimp (123), the crimp (123) comprising a first crimp (1230) which can be used to crimp the holding part (1210) and a second crimp (1231) which can be used to crimp the transmission part (122).

8. A food processor comprising the clutch assembly of any one of claims 1 to 7.

9. The food processor of claim 8, comprising a cup holder assembly (1) and a cup body assembly (2) detachably assembled to the cup holder assembly (1), the cup holder assembly (1) comprising the lower clutch assembly (12), the cup body assembly (2) comprising the upper clutch assembly (22).

10. The food processor of claim 9, wherein the cup holder assembly (1) comprises a power assembly connected to the lower clutch (120), the cup body assembly (2) comprises a stirring blade assembly connected to the upper clutch assembly (22), the power assembly drives the lower clutch assembly (12) to rotate, the lower clutch assembly (12) drives the upper clutch assembly (22) to rotate, and the upper clutch assembly (22) drives the stirring blade assembly to rotate.