CN210227919U

CN210227919U - Clutch assembly and food processor comprising same

Info

Publication number: CN210227919U
Application number: CN201920214299.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: Zhongjian Zhou; 周忠建; Lumeng Tang; 唐路蒙
Original assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-02-19
Filing date: 2019-02-19
Publication date: 2020-04-03
Anticipated expiration: 2029-02-19

Abstract

The application provides a clutch assembly and including this clutch assembly's cooking machine, its during operation can not cause the crash pad wearing and tearing. The clutch assembly includes: an upper clutch; and the lower clutch assembly comprises a lower clutch, a shockproof pad and a transmission part, wherein the lower clutch and the transmission part are made of hard materials, the shockproof pad is made of soft materials, the shockproof pad is arranged between the lower clutch and the transmission part, and the transmission part is matched with the upper clutch.

Description

Clutch assembly and food processor comprising same

Technical Field

The application relates to the field of small household appliances, in particular to a clutch assembly and a food processor comprising the same.

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 materials. The last clutch of current cooking machine is fixed in the pivot of stirring knife tackle spare, and lower clutch is fixed in the output shaft of motor, and lower clutch is equipped with the antivrbration pad. When the food processor is used, noise is easily generated between the upper clutch and the shockproof pad, and the shockproof pad is abraded after long-term use.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a clutch assembly reaches cooking machine including this clutch assembly, and its during operation can not cause the crash pad wearing and tearing.

To achieve the above objective, an embodiment of the present invention provides a clutch assembly. The clutch assembly includes: an upper clutch; and the lower clutch assembly comprises a lower clutch, a shockproof pad and a transmission part, wherein the lower clutch and the transmission part are made of hard materials, the shockproof pad is made of soft materials, the shockproof pad is arranged between the lower clutch and the transmission part, and the transmission part is matched with the upper clutch.

Optionally, the transmission member is provided with a cavity, and the upper clutch extends into the cavity to be matched with the transmission member.

Optionally, a first tooth portion is arranged on the outer side of the upper clutch, and a second tooth portion meshed with the first tooth portion is arranged on the inner wall of the transmission member.

Optionally, a gap between the first tooth portion and the second tooth portion is not greater than 0.5 mm.

Optionally, the vibration-proof pad, the lower clutch and the transmission member form a whole in an injection molding mode.

Optionally, the lower clutch is provided with an accommodating cavity, the transmission member extends into the accommodating cavity, and the crash pad includes a first portion disposed between the side wall of the accommodating cavity and the side surface of the transmission member and a second portion disposed between the bottom wall of the accommodating cavity and the bottom surface of the transmission member.

Optionally, the thickness of the first portion and/or the second portion is greater than or equal to 2 mm.

Optionally, the first portion is provided with a buffer port.

Optionally, the cross section of the accommodating cavity is triangular, and the part of the transmission member extending into the accommodating cavity is triangular prism-shaped, so that the first part of the crash pad is annular triangular, and the first part is provided with buffer openings at three corners respectively.

Optionally, the length and the width of the buffer opening are respectively greater than 0.5 mm.

Optionally, the transmission member includes a limiting portion protruding outward, and the crash pad is further wrapped around a fourth portion of the limiting portion.

Optionally, the material of the crash pad includes at least one of the following: rubber, silicone, TPE, TPR.

Optionally, the material of the lower clutch and the transmission member includes at least one of the following: metal and plastic.

In order to achieve the above object, the embodiment of the present invention further provides a food processor. This cooking machine includes: the clutch assembly as described above; the main machine comprises a motor, and the lower clutch assembly is arranged on an output shaft of the motor; and the stirring cup assembly is arranged on the host machine, the stirring cup assembly comprises a stirring cup and a stirring knife assembly arranged on the stirring cup, the stirring knife assembly comprises a rotating shaft, and the upper clutch is arranged on the rotating shaft.

This application cooking machine because the antivrbration pad sets up under between clutch and the driving medium, driving medium and last clutch cooperation, and when the motor rotated, the clutch rotated on looping through clutch, antivrbration pad and driving medium down drove, so can reach absorbing effect through the antivrbration pad, can avoid again causing wearing and tearing to the antivrbration pad.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a food processor of the present application;

fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the food processor shown in fig. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the clutch assembly of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the clutch assembly of the food processor of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view a-a of fig. 4.

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 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 defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the invention belongs. The use of the terms "a" or "an" and the like in the description and in the claims of this application do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. 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. The term "plurality" as used herein includes two and more, corresponding to at least two.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the food processor 100 may be a soymilk maker, a juice extractor, a wall breaking machine, etc. The food processor 100 comprises a host 10, a stirring cup assembly 30 installed on the host 10, a cup cover assembly 40 covering the stirring cup assembly 30, and a clutch assembly 20.

The main body 10 includes a motor. The stirring cup assembly 30 comprises a stirring cup 31 and a stirring blade assembly 32 mounted on the stirring cup 31. In one embodiment, the stirring blade assembly 32 is detachably mounted to the bottom of the stirring cup 31. In another embodiment, the stirring blade assembly 32 is non-detachably mounted to the bottom of the stirring cup 31.

The clutch assembly 20 includes an upper clutch 21 and a lower clutch assembly 22. The lower clutch assembly 22 includes a lower clutch 221, a vibration-proof pad 222 and a transmission member 223, the lower clutch 221 and the transmission member 223 are made of hard material, the vibration-proof pad 222 is made of soft material, the vibration-proof pad 222 is disposed between the lower clutch 221 and the transmission member 223, and the transmission member 223 is engaged with the upper clutch 21.

In the illustrated embodiment, the stirring blade assembly 32 includes a base 322, a bottom plate 323, a rotating shaft 321 penetrating through the base 322 and the bottom plate 323, and a blade 324 fixed to a top end of the rotating shaft 321. The upper clutch 21 is mounted on the bottom end of the rotating shaft 321. The lower clutch assembly 22 is mounted to the output of the motor.

Because the vibration-proof pad 222 is arranged between the lower clutch 221 and the transmission member 223, and the transmission member 223 is matched with the upper clutch 21, when the motor rotates, the motor sequentially passes through the lower clutch 221, the vibration-proof pad 222 and the transmission member 223 to drive the upper clutch 21 to rotate, so that the vibration-proof effect can be achieved through the vibration-proof pad 222, and the vibration-proof pad 222 can be prevented from being abraded.

In the illustrated embodiment, the transmission member 223 is provided with a cavity 2231, and the upper clutch 21 extends into the cavity 2231 to be engaged with the transmission member 223. Because the lower clutch 221 and the transmission member 223 are made of hard materials, the transmission member 223 cannot be worn in use. In another embodiment, the upper clutch 21 is provided with a cavity into which the transmission member 223 extends to engage with the upper clutch.

A first tooth portion 211 is arranged on the outer side of the upper clutch 21, and a second tooth portion 2232 meshed with the first tooth portion 211 is arranged on the inner wall of the transmission member 223. In the illustrated embodiment, a plurality of first tooth portions 211 are uniformly arranged along the circumferential direction on the outer side of the upper clutch 21, and a plurality of second tooth portions 2232 are correspondingly arranged along the circumferential direction on the inner wall of the transmission member 223. The first tooth portion 211 extends in the vertical direction of the upper clutch 21. The second tooth portions 2232 extend in the up-down direction of the inner wall of the transmission member 223.

In one embodiment, the gap between the first tooth 211 and the second tooth 2232 is no greater than 0.5 millimeters. Thus, in the using process of the food processor 100, the noise generated between the transmission member 223 and the upper clutch 21 can be effectively avoided.

The material of the lower clutch 221 and the transmission member 223 includes at least one of the following: metal and plastic. The material of the crash pad 222 includes at least one of the following: rubber, silicone, TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomer), TPR (Thermo-Plastic-Rubber material).

In the illustrated embodiment, the crash pad 222 is integrally formed with the lower clutch 221 and the transmission member 223 by injection molding. In another embodiment, the shock absorbing pad 222, the lower clutch 221 and the transmission member 223 can be assembled, but are not limited thereto.

In the illustrated embodiment, the lower clutch 221 is provided with a receiving cavity 2211, the transmission member 223 extends into the receiving cavity 2211, and the anti-vibration pad 222 includes a first portion 2221 disposed between a side wall of the receiving cavity 2211 and a side surface of the transmission member 223 and a second portion 2222 disposed between a bottom wall of the receiving cavity 2211 and a bottom surface of the transmission member 223.

The thickness c of the first portion 2221 and/or the thickness of the second portion 2222 is greater than or equal to 2 mm, so that the crash pad 222 has better elasticity, thereby achieving better shock absorption effect. In one embodiment, the thickness c of the first portion 2221 is greater than or equal to 2 millimeters. In another embodiment, the thickness of the second portion 2222 is greater than or equal to 2 millimeters. In yet another embodiment, the first portion 2221 and the second portion 2222 each have a thickness of greater than or equal to 2 millimeters.

The first portion 2221 is provided with a buffer port 2223. The buffer ports 2223 include notches or holes. The provision of the buffer opening 2223 allows the crash pad 222 to have a better buffering performance, which can reduce noise better. In one embodiment, buffer port 2223 extends through first portion 2221 in an up-and-down direction. In another embodiment, buffer port 2223 may not extend through first portion 2221.

In the illustrated embodiment, the cross section of the receiving cavity 2211 is triangular, the portion of the transmission member 223 extending into the receiving cavity 2211 is triangular prism-shaped, so that the first portion 2221 of the crash pad 222 is annular triangular, and the first portion 2221 is provided with buffer openings 2223 at three corners. In another embodiment, the buffer ports 2223 can be respectively disposed between two adjacent corners, and the number of the buffer ports 2223 can be set according to the specific design requirement.

In another embodiment, the cross-section of the receiving cavity 2211 is quadrilateral, the portion of the transmission member 223 extending into the receiving cavity 2211 is square column-shaped, so that the first portion 2221 of the crash pad 222 is square ring-shaped, and the first portion 2221 is provided with buffer openings 2223 at four corners of the square. The above are only some examples and are not limited to the above examples.

In one embodiment, the length a and the width b of the buffer opening 2223 are greater than 0.5 mm, respectively, so as to ensure that the crash pad 222 has excellent buffering performance and can reduce noise better.

The transmission member 223 includes a position-limiting portion 2233 protruding outward, and the crash pad 222 is further wrapped around a fourth portion 2225 of the position-limiting portion 2233. Thus, the transmission member 223 and the crash pad 222 are firmly connected. In one embodiment, the position-limiting portion 2233 is further provided with a position-limiting hole 2234 extending through in the up-down direction, and the fourth portion 2225 is further filled with the position-limiting portion 2234, so as to further secure the coupling between the driving member 223 and the crash pad 222.

In the illustrated embodiment, the lower clutch 221 includes a fixed end 2216 and a mating end 2217, the fixed end 2216 is configured to be fixed to the output end of the motor, and the receiving cavity 2211 is disposed at the mating end 2217. The mating end 2217 is provided with a through hole 2218 communicating with the receiving cavity 2211, and the first portion 2221 and/or the second portion 2222 of the crash pad 222 fill the through hole 2218, so that the coupling between the lower clutch 221 and the crash pad 222 is stronger. The crash pad 222 further includes a fifth portion 2226 coated on the outer surface of the lower clutch 221 so that the lower clutch 221 and the crash pad 222 are firmly coupled to each other.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A clutch assembly, characterized by: the clutch assembly includes:

an upper clutch (21); and

the lower clutch component (22) comprises a lower clutch (221), a shockproof pad (222) and a transmission piece (223), wherein the lower clutch (221) and the transmission piece (223) are made of hard materials, the shockproof pad (222) is made of soft materials, the shockproof pad (222) is arranged between the lower clutch (221) and the transmission piece (223), and the transmission piece (223) is matched with the upper clutch (21).

2. The clutch assembly of claim 1, wherein: the transmission piece (223) is provided with a cavity (2231), and the upper clutch (21) extends into the cavity (2231) to be matched with the transmission piece (223).

3. The clutch assembly of claim 2, wherein: a first tooth part (211) is arranged on the outer side of the upper clutch (21), and a second tooth part (2232) meshed with the first tooth part (211) is arranged on the inner wall of the transmission part (223).

4. The clutch assembly of claim 3, wherein: a gap between the first tooth (211) and the second tooth (2232) is no greater than 0.5 millimeters.

5. The clutch assembly of claim 1, wherein: the shockproof pad (222), the lower clutch (221) and the transmission piece (223) form a whole in an injection molding mode.

6. The clutch assembly of claim 5, wherein: the lower clutch (221) is provided with an accommodating cavity (2211), the transmission piece (223) extends into the accommodating cavity (2211), and the shockproof pad (222) comprises a first part (2221) arranged between the side wall of the accommodating cavity (2211) and the side surface of the transmission piece (223) and a second part (2222) arranged between the bottom wall of the accommodating cavity (2211) and the bottom surface of the transmission piece (223).

7. The clutch assembly of claim 6, wherein: the thickness (c) of the first portion (2221) and/or the thickness of the second portion (2222) is greater than or equal to 2 millimeters.

8. The clutch assembly of claim 6, wherein: the first part (2221) is provided with a buffer port (2223).

9. The clutch assembly of claim 6, wherein: the cross section of the accommodating cavity (2211) is triangular, the part of the transmission piece (223) extending into the accommodating cavity (2211) is triangular column-shaped, so that the first part (2221) of the shockproof pad (222) is annular triangular, and the first part (2221) is provided with buffer ports (2223) at three corners respectively.

10. The clutch assembly of claim 9, wherein: the length (a) and the width (b) of the buffer opening (2223) are respectively larger than 0.5 mm.

11. The clutch assembly of claim 5, wherein: the transmission piece (223) comprises a limiting part (2233) protruding outwards, and the shockproof pad (222) is further coated on a fourth part (2225) of the limiting part (2233).

12. A cooking machine, its characterized in that: it includes:

a clutch assembly as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 11;

a main body (10) including a motor, the lower clutch assembly (22) being mounted to an output shaft of the motor; and

stirring cup subassembly (30), install in host computer (10), stirring cup subassembly (30) including stirring cup (31) and install in stirring knife tackle spare (32) of stirring cup (31), stirring knife tackle spare (32) are including pivot (321), go up clutch (21) install in pivot (321).