CN211212673U - Water outlet assembly of tea bar machine and tea bar machine - Google Patents

Water outlet assembly of tea bar machine and tea bar machine Download PDF

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CN211212673U
CN211212673U CN201921702825.2U CN201921702825U CN211212673U CN 211212673 U CN211212673 U CN 211212673U CN 201921702825 U CN201921702825 U CN 201921702825U CN 211212673 U CN211212673 U CN 211212673U
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The utility model discloses a water outlet component of a tea bar machine, and discloses a tea bar machine with the water outlet component of the tea bar machine, wherein the water outlet component of the tea bar machine comprises a bracket; a lifting member capable of ascending or descending along the support; the water outlet pipe is arranged on the lifting piece, and at least part of the water outlet pipe is a hose. The water outlet assembly of the tea bar machine can flexibly adjust the height of the water outlet, so that the water outlet is better adapted to the height of a kettle or a cup, and the safety and the convenience of the water outlet of the tea bar machine are improved.

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Water outlet assembly of tea bar machine and tea bar machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a tea bar machine technical field, in particular to tea bar machine delivery port subassembly and tea bar machine.
Background
The tea bar machine is a new household appliance integrating the functions of a water dispenser and a tea boiler. The height of a water outlet of the existing tea bar machine is fixed, if the height of a water container is too high, the water container cannot be directly placed below the water outlet, and the water container is inclined to contain water; if the distance between the water outlet and the water container is too high, the water splashing phenomenon is easy to occur.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a tea bar machine delivery port subassembly can adjust the height between delivery port and the flourishing water receptacle, adapts to various flourishing water receptacles.
The utility model discloses still provide a tea bar machine of having above-mentioned tea bar machine delivery port subassembly.
The water outlet component of the tea bar machine according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the utility model comprises a bracket; a lifting member capable of ascending or descending along the support; the water outlet pipe is arranged on the lifting piece, and at least part of the water outlet pipe is a hose.
According to the utility model discloses tea bar machine delivery port subassembly has following beneficial effect at least:
through setting up the lift piece, the lift piece can be followed the support and is risen or descend, drives the delivery port one end of outlet pipe and does the lift removal to can adjust the height between delivery port and the flourishing water container, adapt to various flourishing water containers, the hose portion of outlet pipe can freely deform, thereby the distance between the delivery port of adaptation outlet pipe and the water supply port of tea bar machine makes the delivery port more nimble on height-adjusting, thereby the security and the operation convenience of delivery port subassembly have been improved.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the outlet pipe include first water pipe and with the second water pipe of first water piping connection, first water pipe is the hose, the second water pipe is the hard tube.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the lifter includes the slider, be equipped with the guide on the support, the slider with guide sliding fit.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the guide is a plurality of guide pillar, be equipped with on the slider with the guide pillar corresponds the first through-hole of complex.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the slider be equipped with the outlet pipe corresponds the complex second through-hole.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, be equipped with the confession on the support the strip shape hole that the outlet pipe passes through.
According to the utility model discloses a few embodiments, the back of support is equipped with the holding tank, the guide pillar is located in the holding tank.
According to some embodiments of the utility model, the lift piece still includes adjust knob, the last stock bolt that is equipped with of adjust knob, be equipped with the third through-hole on the slider, the one end of stock bolt is passed the third through-hole and with the guide pillar butt, the stock bolt with slider threaded connection.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the second water pipe is sleeved with a heat insulating sheath.
The bar tea machine according to the second aspect of the utility model comprises a bar tea machine body; the water supply pipe is arranged in the tea bar machine body; still include according to the utility model discloses the tea bar machine delivery port subassembly that the embodiment of the first aspect provided, the support is located on the tea bar machine body, the delivery pipe with go out water piping connection.
According to the utility model discloses tea bar machine has following beneficial effect at least:
the tea bar machine body makes various flourishing water containers of tea bar machine have wider adaptability through setting up the tea bar machine delivery port subassembly of above-mentioned embodiment, and the support can set up at the top of tea bar machine body, and delivery port through the adjustment outlet pipe and the flourishing water container of various heights of the interval of tea bar machine body top surface in order to adapt to have improved the security and the operation convenience of tea bar machine.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
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The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a water outlet assembly of a tea bar machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of a water outlet assembly of a bar tea machine according to a second embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the position A shown in FIG. 2;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the tea bar machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.
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the tea bar machine comprises a support 100, a receiving groove 110, a strip-shaped hole 120, a sliding block 210, an adjusting knob 211, a long rod bolt 212, a guide pillar 220, a water outlet pipe 300, a first water pipe 310, a second water pipe 320, a heat insulation sheath 330 and a tea bar machine body 400.
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Reference will now be made in detail to the embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated with respect to the orientation description, such as up, down, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, a plurality of means are one or more, a plurality of means are two or more, and the terms greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood as not including the number, and the terms greater than, less than, within, etc. are understood as including the number. If there is a description to first, second and third etc. for the purpose of distinguishing between technical features, it is not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of indicated technical features or implying any precedence over or order of indicated technical features.
In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.
As shown in fig. 1, the water outlet assembly of the tea bar machine according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises a bracket 100; a lifting member capable of ascending or descending along the support 100; and the water outlet pipe 300 is arranged on the lifting piece, and at least part of the water outlet pipe is a hose.
Specifically, through setting up the lift, make it rise or descend along support 100, drive the delivery port one end of outlet pipe and do the lift removal to can adjust the height between delivery port and the flourishing water container, adapt to various flourishing water containers, the hose portion of outlet pipe 300 can free deformation, thereby the distance between the delivery port of adaptation outlet pipe 300 and the water supply port of tea bar machine makes the delivery port more nimble in height-adjusting, thereby the security and the operation convenience of delivery port subassembly have been improved.
In some embodiments of the present invention, the outlet pipe 300 may be formed by a flexible pipe. Specifically, one end of the hose is communicated with a water supply port of the tea bar machine, the other end of the hose forms a water outlet, and the part of the hose close to the water outlet is arranged on the lifting piece, so that the lifting piece drives the water outlet to move up and down; in addition, the hose may be a common silicone hose, a stainless steel hose, or a plastic flexible hose, and it should be understood that both the silicone hose and the stainless steel hose can adapt to the change of the distance between the water outlet and the water supply port through their own bending deformation, but not limited to the above example, the hose may also be of other types, such as a plastic flexible hose, and the flexible hose can adapt to the change of the distance between the water outlet and the water supply port through its own bending deformation. The selection of the kind of the hose can be set according to the actual use requirement, and those skilled in the art can understand that the selection is not limited herein.
In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the outlet pipe 300 includes a first water pipe 310 and a second water pipe 320 connected to the first water pipe 310, the first water pipe 310 is a flexible pipe, and the second water pipe 320 is a hard pipe. Specifically, the first water pipe 310 is a hose that can be bent or folded, thus serving to accommodate height variations of the water outlet and the water supply inlet; one end of the second water pipe 320 is connected with the first water pipe 310, the other end forms a water outlet, the second hose is used as a hard pipe and can form rigid connection with the lifting piece, the second hose is not easy to deform when water flows out, and the water flow of the water outlet pipe 300 is more stable, so that the safety and the operation convenience of the water outlet assembly are improved. The hard tube may be made of a common metal material, such as 304 stainless steel, or a hard silica gel that is resistant to high temperature and harmless to the human body, and certainly, the material is not limited to the above material types, and the material of the hard tube may be set according to the actual use requirement, and those skilled in the art can understand that the material is not limited herein.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, the lifting member comprises a sliding block 210, the bracket 100 is provided with a guiding member, and the sliding block 210 is in sliding fit with the guiding member. Specifically, the sliding block 210 and the guide member form a sliding fit, so that the sliding block 210 moves up and down on the guide member, and one end of the water outlet pipe 300 is fixed on the sliding block 210 and can slide along with the sliding block 210 to further adjust the height of the water outlet.
The guide member may be a guide rail or a guide plate, etc., and the slider 210 may be guided only by providing a groove or a through hole, etc. corresponding to the guide member, and the type of the guide member may be set according to actual use requirements.
Additionally, in some embodiments of the utility model, the lift piece also can be common cylinder or pneumatic cylinder etc. through being connected the delivery port one end with outlet pipe 300 with the movable rod, the movable rod drives the delivery port one end lift of outlet pipe 300 when doing concertina movement to adjust the height of delivery port.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, the guiding element is a plurality of guiding pillars 220, and the sliding block 210 is provided with a first through hole corresponding to the guiding pillars 220. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, when the guide is a guide pillar 220, the guide pillar 220 is vertically disposed and fixed on the bracket 100 by welding, in order to better fix the guide pillar 220, the bracket 100 may be formed into a substantially plate-shaped structure, two fixing plates are first fixed on the bracket 100, and two ends of the guide pillar 220 are respectively welded and fixed with the two fixing plates; the number of the guide posts can be one or more, the slide block 210 can move up and down on the guide posts 220, and one end of the water outlet pipe 300 is fixed on the slide block 210, so that the water outlet can move up and down along with the slide block 210, and the relative height of the water outlet is adjusted, and the hose part of the water outlet pipe 300 adapts to the change of the distance between the water outlet and the water supply port of the tea bar machine through the self deformable characteristic.
In order to stably fix the water outlet pipe 300 after adjusting the required height, the friction between the slider 210 and the guide post 220 may be appropriately strengthened by the specific matching manner of the two, for example, a rubber layer is laid on the contact portion between the slider 210 and the guide post 220, so that after adjusting the height of the water outlet, the slider 210 may rely on the friction between the slider 210 and the guide post 220 to fix the water outlet pipe 300, and will not naturally slide down due to gravity.
In addition, the number of the guide post 220 can be one or more, when the number of the guide post 220 is one, the material cost can be reduced, the cross section of the guide post 220 can be designed into a non-circular shape, such as an oval shape, a square shape, a triangular shape, and the like, so that the sliding block 210 can only axially slide on the guide post 220, the sliding block 210 is prevented from deflecting around the circumference of the guide post 220, and the guidance of the guide post 220 is enhanced.
When the number of the guide posts 220 is multiple, the cross section of the guide post 220 can be any shape, more than two guide posts 220 provide better guidance for the slider 210, and more than two guide posts 220 are needed to measure the parallelism of every two guide posts 220 when the guide posts 220 are assembled, so as to avoid interference on the sliding of the slider 210, therefore, preferably, the number of the guide posts 220 can be set to two, as shown in fig. 1, two corresponding first through holes can be distributed at positions close to two ends of the slider 210, and the symmetry, the aesthetic property and the stability of the connection between the slider 210 and the guide posts 220 are maintained. The number of the guide posts 220 and the specific cross-sectional shape can be set according to the actual use requirement, and those skilled in the art can understand that the present invention is not limited thereto.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, the sliding block 210 is provided with a second through hole correspondingly matched with the water outlet pipe 300. Specifically, based on the solution in the above embodiment, the first through hole is disposed at a position of the slider 210 near two ends for matching with the guide pillar 220, so as to be shown in the figure, a second through hole may be disposed at a middle position of a side surface of the slider 210, one end of the water outlet pipe 300 passes through the second through hole and is fixedly connected with the slider 210, the connection manner between the water outlet pipe 300 and the slider 210 is various, and may be common welding or gluing, and the connection between the water outlet pipe 300 and the slider 210 and the matching manner thereof are more stable and beautiful. Of course, the matching manner of the water outlet pipe 300 and the slider 210 is not limited to the above embodiment, for example, the water outlet pipe 300 and the slider 210 can form a simple and reliable matching manner by a binding manner without forming a second through hole.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, the bracket 100 is provided with a strip-shaped hole 120 for the water outlet pipe 300 to pass through. Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, when the bracket 100 is substantially a plate-shaped structure, the strip-shaped hole 120 of the bracket 100 allows the water outlet pipe 300 to freely pass through, and one end of the water outlet pipe 300, which is close to the water outlet, can move up and down on the strip-shaped hole 120 without interfering with the bracket 100, thereby facilitating the adjustment of the height of the water outlet. It should be understood that even if the support 100 is not provided with the strip-shaped hole 120, the water outlet pipe 300 may avoid interfering with the support 100 in the process of lifting and moving by itself in other ways, for example, the support 100 is a frame structure that may be built by a plurality of connecting rods, etc., a hollow area with a large area may be formed in the middle, and after the water outlet pipe 300 is fixed to the slider 210, the water outlet pipe may lift and move in the hollow area along with the slider 210, and may not touch and interfere with the support 100. In contrast, the embodiment in which the bracket 100 is formed in a plate-like structure with the strip-shaped hole 120 disposed in the middle may make a portion of the bracket 100 look more beautiful. The specific shape of the bracket 100 and the way of extending the water outlet end of the water outlet pipe 300 out of the bracket 100 can be set according to the actual application requirement, and those skilled in the art can understand that the setting is not limited herein.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, the back of the bracket 100 is provided with a receiving groove 110, and the guide pillar 220 is disposed in the receiving groove 110. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the receiving groove 110 can receive the slider 210, the guide post 220 and other components therein, so that the components cannot be directly observed from the front and the side of the bracket 100, thereby increasing the overall aesthetic property of the water outlet assembly.
The utility model discloses a further embodiment, the lifter still includes adjust knob 211, is equipped with stock bolt 212 on adjust knob 211, is equipped with the third through-hole on the slider 210, and the one end of stock bolt 212 is passed the third through-hole and with guide pillar 220 butt, stock bolt 212 and slider 210 threaded connection. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the third through hole is formed in the slider 210, so that one end of the long rod bolt 212 of the adjusting knob 211 abuts against the guide post 220, and the long rod bolt 212 and the side wall of the first through hole of the slider 210 clamp the guide post 220, thereby fixing the slider 210 more firmly. The third through hole is provided with an internal thread matched with the long rod bolt 212, and when the height of the water outlet pipe 300 does not need to be adjusted, the adjusting knob 211 can be screwed so as to increase the clamping force and the contact friction force of the long rod bolt 212 and the side wall of the first through hole on the guide pillar 220; conversely, when the height of the water outlet pipe 300 needs to be adjusted, the adjusting knob 211 is loosened.
In a further embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 4, a heat insulation sheath 330 is sleeved on the second water pipe 320. Specifically, in practical application, sometimes, outlet pipe 300 can continuously output hot water, leads to outlet pipe 300 surface temperature to rise the utility model discloses an in some embodiments, need grip outlet pipe 300's second water pipe 320, carry out the regulation to the delivery port height, through setting up thermal-insulated sheath 330, isolated outlet pipe 300 by the position surface of gripping and external temperature, make the delivery port safer, convenient when height-adjusting.
The material of the heat insulation sheath 330 may be made of common heat insulation materials, such as sponge, aerogel felt or nitrile rubber foam, which have excellent heat insulation performance, and the material of the heat insulation sheath 330 may be set according to actual use requirements, which is not limited herein.
As shown in fig. 4, the bar counter according to the embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention includes a bar counter body 400; a water supply pipe provided in the bar tea machine body 400; and according to the utility model discloses tea bar machine delivery port subassembly, support 100 are located on tea bar machine body 400, and the delivery pipe is connected with outlet pipe 300 of the embodiment of the first aspect.
Specifically, tea bar machine body 400 makes the various flourishing water containers of tea bar machine have wider adaptability through setting up the tea bar machine delivery port subassembly of above-mentioned embodiment, and support 100 can set up at the top of tea bar machine body 400, and delivery port through adjustment outlet pipe 300 and the flourishing water container of various heights of interval with the adaptation of tea bar machine body 400 top surface have improved the security and the operation convenience of tea bar machine.
Wherein, the delivery pipe is located the tea bar built-in, can supply water for outlet pipe 300, and the water supply mouth of delivery pipe is fixed, and the water inlet one end of outlet pipe 300 is connected and is communicate with the delivery pipe, but outlet pipe 300 accessible self hose portion's deformation characteristic adapts to when adjusting the delivery port height, and the distance that water supply mouth and outlet pipe 300 and lifter junction changes.
The present embodiment has been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a tea bar machine delivery port subassembly which characterized in that: comprises that
A bracket (100);
a lifting member capable of ascending or descending along the support (100);
and the water outlet pipe (300) is arranged on the lifting piece, and at least part of the water outlet pipe is a hose.
2. The bar counter water outlet assembly of claim 1, wherein:
the water outlet pipe (300) comprises a first water pipe (310) and a second water pipe (320) connected with the first water pipe (310), the first water pipe (310) is a hose, and the second water pipe (320) is a hard pipe.
3. The bar counter water outlet assembly of claim 1, wherein:
the lifting piece comprises a sliding block (210), a guide piece is arranged on the support (100), and the sliding block (210) is in sliding fit with the guide piece.
4. The bar counter water outlet assembly of claim 3, wherein:
the guide piece is a plurality of guide posts (220), and the sliding block (210) is provided with first through holes correspondingly matched with the guide posts (220).
5. The bar counter water outlet assembly of claim 3, wherein:
the sliding block (210) is provided with a second through hole correspondingly matched with the water outlet pipe (300).
6. The bar counter water outlet assembly of claim 1, wherein:
the support (100) is provided with a strip-shaped hole (120) for the water outlet pipe (300) to pass through.
7. The bar counter water outlet assembly of claim 4, wherein:
the back of the support (100) is provided with an accommodating groove (110), and the guide post (220) is arranged in the accommodating groove (110).
8. The bar counter water outlet assembly of claim 4, wherein:
the lifting piece further comprises an adjusting knob (211), a long rod bolt (212) is arranged on the adjusting knob (211), a third through hole is formed in the sliding block (210), one end of the long rod bolt (212) penetrates through the third through hole and is abutted to the guide pillar (220), and the long rod bolt (212) is in threaded connection with the sliding block (210).
9. The bar counter water outlet assembly of claim 2, wherein:
and a heat insulation sheath (330) is sleeved on the second water pipe (320).
10. The utility model provides a tea bar machine which characterized in that: comprises that
A tea bar machine body (400);
a water supply pipe arranged in the bar tea machine body (400);
the water outlet assembly of the bar machine according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the bracket (100) is provided on the bar machine body (400), and the water supply pipe is connected to the water outlet pipe (300).
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