CN211243037U - Heat-insulating and scald-preventing food processing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a food preparation machine that insulates against heat and prevent scalding belongs to food preparation machine technical field, including frame, stirring cup, motor and crushing sword, the stirring cup includes the cup, and the outside of cup is equipped with the shell, and the shell includes casing and lower casing, goes up the casing and locates the cup outside from the top down the cover, and the cup outside is located to the casing from bottom to top to the lower casing, and lower casing is located casing bottom and connects in last casing. Can effectively reduce the outside temperature that the organism processed the back stirring cup through the cup shell, the user of being convenient for need not to take off the higher stirring cup of temperature from the frame with the help of heat insulating gloves under the prerequisite that the cup did not set up the handle, avoids the user to grip the situation that the stirring cup was scalded because of bare-handed when the organism just worked the completion. The upper and lower casing joint together makes the cup shell can be for the fixed setting of cup, guarantees that the user can grasp the stirring cup through the cup shell is effectual, avoids slipping for the cup because of the cup shell and leads to the user can not effectively grasp the condition of stirring cup.

Description

Heat-insulating and scald-preventing food processing machine

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a food preparation machine technical field especially relates to a food preparation machine who insulates against heat and prevent scalding.

Background

The existing food processor generally comprises a main machine and a stirring cup, wherein a motor is arranged in the main machine, and a rotatable crushing knife is arranged in the stirring cup. When the machine body works, the motor drives the crushing cutter to rotate at a high speed to cut and crush the materials in the stirring cup, so that the purpose of food processing is realized. In a hand-held small food processor, a handle is not generally provided on the outside of the mixing cup in order to reduce the size of the whole machine. After organism work was accomplished, the temperature of material risees to some extent, the temperature of stirring cup also correspondingly risees, especially to heating broken wall machine, the material can be heated to about 100 ℃ in the course of working, the temperature of stirring cup is also higher, the user can't directly take off the stirring cup from the host computer with the contact of stirring cup, need borrow thermal-insulated gloves or wait that the temperature of stirring cup reduces to suitable scope and just can take off the stirring cup from the host computer, it is inconvenient to use, if bare-handed stirring cup of taking off, then there is the risk of being scalded.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the shortcoming and the insufficiency that exist among the above-mentioned prior art, the utility model provides a food preparation machine that heat-insulating and prevent scalding effectively solves small-size food preparation machine's stirring cup because of the higher inconvenient problem of dismantling of temperature after the body work is accomplished.

In order to realize the technical purpose, the utility model provides a pair of food preparation machine that insulates against heat and prevent scalding, including the frame, connect in the stirring cup of frame, locate the motor of frame and by motor drive's crushing sword, the stirring cup includes the cup, the outside of cup is equipped with the shell of cup, and the shell of cup includes casing and lower casing, goes up the casing and locates the cup outside from the top down the cover, and the cup outside is located to the lower casing from the upper cover, and lower casing is located casing bottom and connects in last casing.

Preferably, the circumference of the cup body is provided with a concave part which is concave inwards to form a turbulent convex rib, and the concave part is provided with an anti-rotation support which is matched with the cup shell to enable the cup shell to be limited circumferentially and limited radially.

Preferably, the anti-rotation support is provided with a convex rib which protrudes towards the cup shell and extends vertically, the inner wall of the cup shell is provided with a groove matched with the convex rib, and the convex rib is clamped and embedded in the groove; or, the inner wall of the cup shell is provided with a convex rib extending along the vertical direction, the anti-rotation support is provided with a groove matched with the convex rib, and the convex rib is embedded in the groove in a clamping manner.

Preferably, the concave part includes outer concave position and the interior concave position of intercommunication, and the one side of outer concave position towards the cup center is located to the interior concave position, prevents changeing the support and includes integrative location platform and locating plate, and the location platform is located in the interior concave position and the locating plate supports on the inner wall of outer concave position.

Preferably, the width of the opening of the concave position is increased from inside to outside, the opening angle of the opening of the concave position is alpha, and alpha is more than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 150 degrees.

Preferably, the lower shell is provided with a limiting plate extending into the space between the upper shell and the cup body, the inner wall of the upper shell is provided with a limiting groove matched with the limiting plate, and the limiting plate is positioned in the limiting groove and supports against the outer side of the anti-rotation support.

Preferably, the upper end of the cup body is provided with an upper necking part with the inner diameter reduced, the bottom end of the upper necking part is provided with an upper transition step surface, and the upper shell is provided with an upper limiting surface abutting against the top of the upper transition step surface.

Preferably, the top of cup is uncovered, and the stirring cup still includes the bowl cover, goes up the casing and locates the last lasso of throat portion periphery including the cover, goes up and is equipped with detachable connection structure between lasso and the bowl cover.

Preferably, the lower end of the cup body is provided with a lower necking part with the inner diameter reduced, the top end of the lower necking part is provided with a lower transition step surface, and the lower shell is provided with a lower limiting surface abutting against the bottom of the lower transition step surface.

Preferably, the bottom end of the cup body is open, the lower shell comprises a lower ferrule sleeved on the periphery of the lower necking part, and a detachable connecting structure is arranged between the lower ferrule and the top end of the base.

After the technical scheme is adopted, the utility model has the advantages of as follows:

1. the utility model provides a food preparation machine improves current small-size food preparation machine's concrete structure, has added in the outside of cup and has established the cup shell, can effectively reduce the outside temperature that the stirring cup was accomplished in the processing of organism through the cup shell, and the user of being convenient for need not to take off the higher stirring cup of temperature from the frame with the help of heat-insulating gloves under the prerequisite that the cup did not set up the handle, avoids the user to grip the situation that the stirring cup was scalded because of bare-handed when the work is accomplished just at the organism. The preferred split type structure that adopts of cup shell, go up the casing and locate the outside of cup from the top down the cover, the outside of cup is located to the casing from the top down, and upper and lower casing link together makes the cup shell that the combination formed can be for the fixed setting of cup, guarantees that the user can grasp the stirring cup through the cup shell is effectual, avoids skidding for the cup because of the cup shell and leads to the user can not effectively grasp the condition of stirring cup.

2. Set up the protruding muscle of vortex that the indent formed in the circumference of cup, the protruding muscle of vortex can carry out effectual vortex to the material in the cup at organism during operation, is favorable to improving the crushing effect of smashing the sword to the material. The anti-rotation support is used for enabling the cup shell to be located in the concave portion where the turbulence convex ribs are formed, the anti-rotation support is installed through the structure of the cup body reasonably, the use requirement is met, meanwhile, the overall shape and size of the stirring cup are reasonably controlled, and the anti-rotation support meets the shape requirement of a small food processor.

3. Set up between anti-rotating support and the cup shell protruding muscle and the recess of mutually supporting, protruding muscle card is in the recess, and the cooperation that the anti-rotating support passes through protruding muscle and recess can make the cup shell receive effectual circumference spacing and radial spacing, and the cooperation simple structure between anti-rotating support and the cup shell, and can be fine satisfies the structural requirement. The convex ribs and the grooves extend vertically, so that the convex ribs are conveniently clamped and embedded in the grooves when the upper shell is sleeved outside the cup body from top to bottom.

4. The positioning platform of the anti-rotation support is arranged in the concave position to enable the anti-rotation support to be limited in circumferential direction, the positioning plate of the anti-rotation support is supported on the inner wall of the concave position to enable the anti-rotation support to be limited in radial direction, the specific structure of the anti-rotation support is reasonably arranged according to the specific structure of the concave position, and the anti-rotation support meets the structural requirements that the cup shell is matched with the cup shell to enable the cup shell to be limited in circumferential direction and limited in radial direction.

5. The opening angle of the concave position is reasonably arranged, so that the positioning table of the anti-rotation bracket can be effectively limited by matching with the concave position. If alpha is less than 30 degrees, the opening angle of the concave position is smaller, which is not beneficial to the installation of the positioning table of the anti-rotation bracket in the concave position and the guarantee of the structural strength of the positioning table. If alpha is more than 150 degrees, the opening angle of the concave position is larger, the positioning platform of the anti-rotation support easily slides out of the concave position when being subjected to circumferential acting force, and the stability of the anti-rotation support is not ensured.

6. The limiting plate on the lower shell is positioned in the limiting groove on the inner wall of the upper shell, and the upper shell can enable the lower shell to be limited in the circumferential direction and in the radial direction effectively through the matching of the limiting plate and the limiting groove. The limiting plate supports the outer side of the anti-rotation support, the stability of the anti-rotation support is effectively improved through the limiting plate, and the effectiveness that the anti-rotation support is matched with the cup shell to enable the cup shell to be limited can be further improved.

7. The upper limiting surface of the upper shell abuts against the upper transition step surface at the bottom end of the upper necking part, the lower limiting surface of the lower shell abuts against the lower transition step surface at the top end of the lower necking part, and the cup shell is limited in an effective axial direction through the collision between the upper limiting surface and the upper transition step surface and the collision between the lower limiting surface and the lower transition step surface, so that the stability of the cup shell sleeved outside the cup body is favorably improved.

8. The top end of the cup body is open, and a detachable connecting structure is arranged between the cup cover for sealing the top end of the cup body and the upper ring of the upper shell. The bottom end of the cup body is open, and a detachable connecting structure is arranged between the lower ferrule of the lower shell and the top end of the base. The reasonable connection structure between the cup cover and the upper shell and the connection structure between the lower shell and the machine base are arranged, and the detachable installation requirement of the cup body and the detachable installation requirement of the cup cover are met. Because the top end of the cup body is not required to be provided with a detailed structure matched with the cup cover, and the bottom end of the cup body is not required to be provided with a detailed structure matched with the base, the forming difficulty of the cup body is conveniently and reasonably reduced.

In addition, in order to solve the problem that the cup body is broken due to the fact that the air pressure in the stirring cup is too high due to too high temperature rise of materials when the machine body works, an exhaust structure can be reasonably arranged on the cup cover.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a cup body of a food processor along an axial direction according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a cup in a food processor in a transverse direction according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a cup shell of a food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the cup body, the cup shell and the anti-rotation bracket of the food processor according to the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 100-machine base, 200-stirring cup, 210-cup body, 211-turbulence convex rib, 212-concave part, 212 a-external concave part, 212 b-internal concave part, 213-upper necking part, 214-upper transition step surface, 215-lower necking part, 216-lower transition step surface, 220-cup cover, 300-motor, 400-crushing knife, 500-cup shell, 510-upper shell, 511-groove, 512-limiting groove, 513-upper limiting surface, 514-upper ferrule, 520-lower shell, 521-limiting plate, 522-lower limiting surface, 523-lower ferrule, 600-anti-rotation support, 610-positioning table, 611-convex rib and 620-positioning plate.

Detailed Description

The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings and the specific embodiments. It is to be understood that the following terms "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "longitudinal," "lateral," "inner," "outer," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," and the like are used in an orientation or positional relationship relative to one another only as illustrated in the accompanying drawings and are used merely for convenience in describing and simplifying the invention, and do not indicate or imply that the device/component so referred to must have a particular orientation or be constructed and operated in a particular orientation and therefore should not be considered as limiting the invention.

Example one

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, a heat-insulating and scald-preventing food processor according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a base 100, a stirring cup 200 connected to the base, a motor 300 disposed in the base, and a crushing knife 400 driven by the motor. The mixing cup 200 includes a cup body 210, a cup shell 500 is provided outside the cup body 210, and the cup shell 500 includes an upper shell 510 and a lower shell 520. The upper shell 510 is sleeved on the outside of the cup 210 from top to bottom, the lower shell 520 is sleeved on the outside of the cup 210 from bottom to top, and the lower shell 520 is located at the bottom of the upper shell 510 and connected to the upper shell 510.

Can effectively reduce the outside temperature that the organism processed the back stirring cup through the cup shell, the user of being convenient for need not to take off the higher stirring cup of temperature from the frame with the help of heat insulating gloves under the prerequisite that the cup did not set up the handle, avoids the user to grip the situation that the stirring cup was scalded because of bare-handed when the organism just worked the completion. The upper and lower casing joint together makes the cup shell that the combination formed can fix the setting for the cup, guarantees that the user can effectively hold the stirring cup through the cup shell, avoids slipping for the cup because of the cup shell and leads to the user to effectively hold the condition of stirring cup.

In order to improve the crushing effect of the crushing cutter 400 on the material, the circumferential direction of the cup body 210 is provided with the turbulence convex rib 211 formed by the concave inner part, the turbulence convex rib 211 can effectively disturb the material in the cup body 210 when the machine body works, and the situation that the material cannot be cut and crushed by the crushing cutter due to synchronous rotation of the crushing cutter under the driving of the crushing cutter 400 is avoided. In this embodiment, two turbulence ribs 211 are uniformly arranged on the cup body 210 in the circumferential direction at intervals.

The concave part 212 with the outer side opened and the inner side closed is correspondingly formed at the position of the turbulence convex rib 211 which is inwards concave on the cup body 210, and the concave part 212 is provided with an anti-rotation support 600 which is matched with the cup shell 500 to enable the cup shell to be circumferentially limited and radially limited. In this embodiment, the concave portion 212 includes an outer concave portion 212a and an inner concave portion 212b, the inner concave portion 212b is disposed on a side of the outer concave portion 212a facing the center of the cup 210, and the inner concave portion 212b is formed by a partial vertical sidewall of the outer concave portion 212a being concave toward the side of the center of the cup. Prevent changeing support 600 includes integrative location platform 610 and locating plate 620, and the location platform 610 makes prevent changeing support 600 and receives circumference spacing in locating indent position 212b, and locating plate 620 supports and makes prevent changeing support 600 and receive radial spacing on the vertical inner wall of indent position 212 a.

In order to reduce the molding difficulty of the concave position 212b and improve the matching stability between the positioning table 610 and the concave position 212b, the opening width of the concave position 212b is increased from inside to outside, the opening angle of the concave position 212b is alpha, and alpha is more than or equal to 30 degrees and less than or equal to 150 degrees. In this embodiment, the opening angle α of the concave portion 212b is preferably set to 90 °. Accordingly, the outer width of the positioning table 610 increases from the inside to the outside and fits the concave portion.

The positioning table 610 is provided with a rib 611 which protrudes towards the cup shell 500 and protrudes out of the concave part 212, the rib 611 extends vertically, and the inner wall of the upper shell 510 is provided with a groove 511 which extends vertically and is matched with the rib 611. When the upper shell 510 is sleeved outside the cup body 210 from top to bottom, the rib 611 is embedded in the groove 511, and the anti-rotation bracket 600 can make the upper shell 510 be circumferentially limited and radially limited through the matching of the rib 611 and the groove 511.

In order to effectively limit the lower housing 520 in the circumferential direction and in the radial direction, the lower housing 520 is provided with a limit plate 521 formed to extend upward, and the inner wall of the upper housing 510 is provided with a limit groove 512 into which the limit plate 521 is inserted. When the lower housing 520 is sleeved on the outside of the cup body 210 from bottom to top, the upper limiting plate 521 extends into the space between the upper housing 510 and the cup body 210 and is inserted into the limiting groove 512, and meanwhile, the upper limiting plate 521 abuts against the outer side of the upper positioning plate 620 on the anti-rotation bracket 600. The lower shell 520 is circumferentially limited and radially limited by the matching of the limiting plate 521 and the limiting groove 512, the limiting plate 521 is abutted to the outer side of the positioning plate 620, so that the stability of the anti-rotation support 600 can be effectively improved, and the effectiveness of limiting the cup shell 500 by the matching of the anti-rotation support 600 and the upper shell 510 can be improved.

The upper end of the cup body 210 is provided with an upper necking part 213 with a reduced inner diameter, and the bottom end of the upper necking part 213 is provided with an upper transition step surface 214 formed by the change of the inner diameter. The lower end of the cup body 210 is provided with a lower necking part 215 having a reduced inner diameter, and the top end of the lower necking part 215 is provided with a lower transition step surface 216 formed by the change of the inner diameter. In order to axially restrain the cup housing 500, an upper restraining surface 513 is provided on an inner wall of the top end of the upper housing 510, and a lower restraining surface 522 is provided on the lower housing 520. When the upper shell 510 is sleeved on the outside of the cup 210 from top to bottom, the upper limiting surface 513 abuts against the upper transition step surface 214, so that the upper shell 510 is axially limited. When the lower housing 520 is sleeved outside the cup 210 from bottom to top, the lower limiting surface 522 abuts against the lower transition step surface 216, so that the lower housing 520 is axially limited. Since the upper and lower housings 510 and 520 are axially restricted in different directions, the upper and lower housings 510 and 520 are coupled together to allow the cup housing 500 to be axially restricted in two directions.

In this embodiment, the upper and lower cases 510 and 520 are connected together by screws, a through hole for passing the screw is provided on the lower case 520, a fixing hole for screwing the screw is provided at the bottom end of the upper case 510, and the screw passes through the through hole from bottom to top and is screwed in the fixing hole.

The top end of the cup body 210 is open, and the mixing cup 200 further comprises a cup cover 220 for opening and closing the top end of the cup body 210. An upper ferrule 514 sleeved on the periphery of the upper necking part 213 is arranged at the top end of the upper shell 510, and a detachable connecting structure is arranged between the upper ferrule 514 and the cup cover 220. In this embodiment, the outer wall of the circumference of the upper ferrule 514 is provided with an external thread, the inner wall of the cup cover 220 is provided with an internal thread matched with the external thread, and the cup cover 220 is detachably connected to the upper ferrule 514 through the thread matching to open and close the top end of the cup body 210. Upper ferrule 514 has an inner diameter less than the inner diameter of upper housing 510 and the change in inner diameter between upper ferrule 514 and upper housing 510 forms upper stop surface 513.

The crushing blade 400 is rotatably disposed on the base 100, and the bottom end of the cup body 210 is open to allow the crushing blade 400 to extend into the mixing cup 200. The lower housing 520 includes a lower collar 523 disposed at the periphery of the lower throat 215, and a detachable connection structure is disposed between the lower collar 523 and the top end of the base 100. In this embodiment, the outer circumferential wall of the lower ferrule 523 is provided with an external thread, the inner wall of the top end of the base 100 is provided with an internal thread matched with the external thread, and the stirring cup 200 is detachably connected to the base 100 through the thread matching. The lower limit surface 522 is provided at the tip end of the lower ferrule 523, and the limit plate 521 is formed to extend upward from the lower limit surface 522.

In this embodiment, because the circumferential direction of the cup body 210 is provided with two turbulence ribs 211 formed by the concave portions, correspondingly, two anti-rotation brackets 600 are provided corresponding to the concave portions 212 one to one, the lower casing 520 is provided with two limiting plates 521 formed by extending upwards and matching with the anti-rotation brackets one to one at uniform intervals along the circumferential direction, and the circumferential inner wall of the upper casing 510 is provided with two limiting grooves 512 matching with the limiting plates 521 one to one at uniform intervals.

During assembly, the anti-rotation bracket 600 is first disposed at the recess 212, then the upper shell 510 is sleeved from top to bottom outside the cup 210 to the upper limiting surface 513 and abuts against the upper transition step surface 214, and the rib 611 on the positioning table 610 is embedded in the groove 511 on the inner wall of the upper shell 510. Then, the lower housing 520 is sleeved on the outer portion of the cup body 210 from bottom to top, and the lower limiting surface 522 abuts against the lower transition step surface 216, and the limiting plate 521 is inserted into the limiting groove 512 and abuts against the outer side of the positioning plate 620. Finally, the screws are screwed into the fixing holes at the bottom end of the upper housing 510 after passing through the through holes on the lower housing 520 from bottom to top, so that the upper and lower housings 510, 520 are fixedly connected together.

The "inner side" of each feature refers to the side toward the center of the cup, and the "outer side" of each feature refers to the side away from the center of the cup.

It will be appreciated that, in order to reduce the temperature rise of the cup housing 500 during the operation of the housing, the upper and lower housings 510, 520 are preferably made of a material having a low thermal conductivity and high temperature resistance.

It can be understood that the opening angle α of the concave portion 212b can also be set to be a reasonable angle value of 30 °, 40 °, 50 °, 60 °, 70 °, 80 °, 89 °, 91 °, 100 °, 110 °, 120 °, 130 °, 140 °, 150 °, and the like.

It can be understood that the positions of the rib 611 and the groove 511 can be interchanged, that is, a rib protruding toward the positioning table 610 and extending vertically is disposed on the inner wall of the upper housing 510, a groove matched with the rib is disposed on the outer side wall of the positioning table 610, and when the upper housing 510 is sleeved on the outside of the cup 210 from top to bottom, the rib is engaged with the groove.

It is understood that the upper and lower shells 510, 520 are not limited to the screw fastening described above or shown in the drawings, but may also be welded, glued or the like.

It should be understood that the detachable connection structure between the upper collar 514 and the cap 220 is not limited to the thread engagement structure described above or shown in the drawings, and other reasonable detachable connection structures, such as a detachable connection structure with a screw and a groove, may be adopted.

It should be understood that the detachable connection structure between the lower collar 523 and the top end of the housing 100 is not limited to the thread-engaging structure described above or shown in the drawings, and other reasonable detachable connection structures, such as a detachable connection structure with a screw button engaged with a screw groove, etc., are also possible.

In addition to the above preferred embodiments, the present invention has other embodiments, and those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications according to the present invention without departing from the spirit of the present invention, which should fall within the scope defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. The utility model provides a food preparation machine that insulates against heat and prevent scalding, includes the frame, connects in the stirring cup of frame, locates the motor in the frame and by motor drive's crushing sword, and the stirring cup includes the cup, its characterized in that, the outside of cup is equipped with the shell, and the shell includes casing and lower casing, goes up the casing and locates the cup outside from last downward cover, and the cup outside is located to the lower casing cover from bottom to top, and lower casing is located casing bottom and connects in last casing.

2. The food processor as defined in claim 1, wherein the cup body is provided with a recess formed therein in a circumferential direction to form the turbulence ribs, and the recess is provided with an anti-rotation bracket for engaging with the cup shell to limit the cup shell in the circumferential direction and in the radial direction.

3. The food processor as defined in claim 2, wherein the anti-rotation bracket is provided with a rib which protrudes toward the cup shell and extends vertically, the inner wall of the cup shell is provided with a groove which is matched with the rib, and the rib is embedded in the groove; or, the inner wall of the cup shell is provided with a convex rib extending along the vertical direction, the anti-rotation support is provided with a groove matched with the convex rib, and the convex rib is embedded in the groove in a clamping manner.

4. The food processor of claim 2, wherein the recess includes an outer recess and an inner recess that are in communication, the inner recess being disposed on a side of the outer recess facing a center of the cup body, the anti-rotation bracket including an integral locating platform and locating plate, the locating platform being disposed in the inner recess and the locating plate abutting against an inner wall of the outer recess.

5. The food processor as defined in claim 4, wherein the width of the opening of the recessed portion increases from the inside to the outside, and the opening angle of the recessed portion is α, 30 ° ≦ α ≦ 150 °.

6. The food processor of claim 2, wherein the lower housing has a limiting plate extending between the upper housing and the cup body, the inner wall of the upper housing has a limiting groove engaged with the limiting plate, and the limiting plate is disposed in the limiting groove and abuts against the outer side of the anti-rotation bracket.

7. The food processor as defined in claim 1, wherein the upper end of the cup body is provided with an upper throat portion having a reduced inner diameter, the bottom end of the upper throat portion is provided with an upper transition step surface, and the upper housing is provided with an upper stopper surface abutting against the top of the upper transition step surface.

8. The food processor of claim 7, wherein the cup body is open at a top end thereof, the blending cup further comprises a cup cover, the upper housing comprises an upper ferrule sleeved on a periphery of the upper necking portion, and a detachable connecting structure is arranged between the upper ferrule and the cup cover.

9. A food processor as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the lower end of the cup body is provided with a lower throat portion of reduced internal diameter, the top end of the lower throat portion is provided with a lower transition step surface, and the lower housing is provided with a lower stop surface which abuts against the bottom of the lower transition step surface.

10. The food processor of claim 9, wherein the bottom end of the cup body is open, the lower housing includes a lower collar disposed around a periphery of the lower throat, and a detachable connection structure is disposed between the lower collar and a top end of the base.

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