CN211270033U - Electric kettle easy to install - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an electric kettle field, in particular to electric kettle of easy installation, including the kettle body and switch module, switch module includes: the key is provided with a cavity, the cavity is provided with an opening, and the key extends out of the kettle body from the interior of the kettle body; the indicating lamp is arranged in the cavity of the key; the clamping ribs are connected with the side wall of the cavity, the indicating lamp can push the clamping ribs to deform elastically when entering the inner cavity from the opening, and the clamping ribs recover to limit the indicating lamp to move out from the opening when moving to the inner cavity. The utility model discloses simple structure, not only the cost is lower, still easily installs, the effectual problem that exists of having solved among the prior art.

Description

Electric kettle easy to install

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an electric kettle field, in particular to electric kettle of easy installation.

Background

The electric heating kettle is a common household appliance, a power switch is arranged on the existing electric heating kettle to control the power supply of the electric heating kettle to be switched on and off, and an indicator light is arranged on the existing electric heating kettle to display the working state of the electric heating kettle when the electric heating kettle works. At present, most of the existing electric heating kettles have an indicator light arranged in a power switch, for example, in the heating container and the switch assembly thereof disclosed in patent document 2013202149280, a cavity is arranged in a key thereof, the indicator light is arranged in the cavity, the indicator light is wrapped by a sealing element, and the sealing element is fixed on the inner wall of the cavity so as to fix the indicator light. In this kind of switch, the sealing member adopts the silica gel cover more, and the silica gel cover is not only the cost higher, and in addition, the less difficult holding of pilot lamp, the silica gel cover is softer, leads to the degree of difficulty great when the assembly.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides an electric kettle which is easy to install, has simple structure, low cost and easy installation, and effectively solves the problems existing in the prior art.

In order to solve the above problem, the utility model provides an electric kettle of easy installation, including the kettle body and switch module, switch module includes: the key is provided with a cavity, the cavity is provided with an opening, and the key extends out of the kettle body from the interior of the kettle body; the indicating lamp is arranged in the cavity of the key; the clamping ribs are connected with the side wall of the cavity, the indicating lamp can push the clamping ribs to deform elastically when entering the inner cavity from the opening, and the clamping ribs recover to limit the indicating lamp to move out from the opening when moving to the inner cavity.

Furthermore, the card muscle is followed the pilot lamp is packed into the open-ended direction extends, just the card muscle orientation open-ended one end with the button links to each other, the other end be formed with the butt portion of pilot lamp butt, butt portion orientation the inboard lateral wall of cavity is along deviating from the open-ended direction slant the cavity inboard slope.

Furthermore, a mounting hole is formed in the side wall of the key, the clamping rib is arranged in the mounting hole, and the mounting hole provides a moving space for the clamping rib to deform.

Further, the switch assembly further comprises a sheath for covering the key; alternatively, the switch assembly further comprises a patch closing the mounting hole.

And/or the key is arranged on the side wall of the kettle body, and the mounting hole is formed on the lower side wall of the key.

Further, both end portions of the indicator light are respectively abutted against the abutting portion and the inner wall of the cavity.

Or an inserting cavity is formed in the inner wall of the cavity far away from one end of the opening, and the indicating lamp is inserted in the inserting cavity.

Or, a fixing rib extending along the axial direction of the cavity is formed on the inner wall of the cavity; the fixed rib and the inner side wall of the cavity clamp and fix the indicator light; or at least two fixing ribs are arranged, and the indicator light is clamped and fixed by each fixing rib.

Or, an annular rib is formed on the inner wall of the cavity and clamps the indicator light.

Furthermore, at least the outer surface of the key is frosted.

The beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that, the utility model provides an electric kettle of easily installing through card muscle and pilot lamp towards open-ended tip butt to the restriction pilot lamp is deviate from by the opening, compares in current switch module, and its simple structure, not only the cost is lower, still easily installs, the effectual problem that exists of having solved among the prior art.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are described herein, serve to provide a further understanding of the invention and constitute a part of this specification, and the exemplary embodiments and descriptions thereof are provided for explaining the invention without unduly limiting it. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an electric kettle according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the switch assembly of the embodiment shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side cross-sectional structural schematic view of the switch assembly in the embodiment of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a schematic horizontal sectional view of the switch assembly in the embodiment of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the embodiment shown in fig. 1 when a sheath is sleeved outside the key.

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the embodiment shown in fig. 1 when a patch is disposed on the surface of the key.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of a rear view structure of the switch assembly in an embodiment of the present invention after the clamping rib is removed.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view of a rear view structure of the switch assembly in an embodiment of the present invention after the clamping rib is removed.

Fig. 9 is a schematic rear view of the switch assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention after the locking rib is removed.

Fig. 10 is a schematic horizontal sectional view of the switch assembly of the embodiment of fig. 9.

Wherein: 1. a kettle body; 2. pressing a key; 3. a cavity; 4. an opening; 5. an indicator light; 6. clamping ribs; 601. an abutting portion; 7. inserting a cavity; 8. fixing the ribs; 9. looping ribs; 10. mounting holes; 11. a sheath; 12. and (3) pasting.

Detailed Description

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

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

In addition, in the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. However, the direct connection means that the two bodies are not connected to each other by the intermediate structure but connected to each other by the connecting structure to form a whole. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific situations by those skilled in the art.

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

In the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 10, there is provided an electric kettle which is easy to install, comprising a kettle body 1 and a switch assembly, the switch assembly comprising: the key 2 is provided with a cavity 3, the key 2 extends out of the kettle body 1 from the kettle body 1, and one end of the key 2 is provided with an opening 4 communicated with the cavity 3; the indicator light 5 is arranged in the cavity 3 of the key 2; the card muscle 6, with the lateral wall of cavity 3 links to each other, indicator 5 can promote card muscle 6 elastic deformation when getting into inner chamber 3 by opening 4, indicator 5 removes to when in the cavity 3, card muscle 6 resumes with the restriction indicator 5 follows opening 4 shifts out.

The utility model discloses an electric kettle's switch module when the installation, only need put into cavity 3 by opening 4 department with pilot lamp 5 in, at the in-process that pilot lamp 5 got into cavity 3, pilot lamp 5 promotes card muscle 6 elastic deformation, and then make pilot lamp 5 can get into in the cavity 3, after pilot lamp 5 got into cavity 3, card muscle 6 resumes its shape, this moment, card muscle 6 moves towards opening 4's tip butt with pilot lamp 5, and restriction pilot lamp 5 removes to opening 4 direction, and then can fix pilot lamp 5 in cavity 3. Compared with the existing mode of fixing the silica gel sleeve, the utility model reduces the processing cost by arranging the clamping rib 6 in the key 2, and only the indicator lamp 5 needs to be arranged in the cavity 3 during assembly, thereby being easy to operate and beneficial to improving the installation efficiency; in addition, compare in the silica gel cover establish in the outside of pilot lamp 5, the utility model discloses well pilot lamp 5's light directly passes button 2 and outwards gives off, can high-efficiently utilize the light of pilot lamp 5, can prevent that the silica gel cover from sheltering from the problem of light, especially prevents the problem that the light transmissivity that the ageing yellowing of silica gel cover brought descends.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 to 10, the keys 2 are all flat plates. It should be understood that this is not intended as a limitation of the invention, and that in alternative embodiments the keys 2 may have other shapes, for example the cross-section of the keys 2 may be generally elliptical or circular.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the clamping rib 6 extends along a direction in which the indicator light 5 is installed in the opening 4, one end of the clamping rib 9 facing the opening 4 is connected to the key 2, the other end is formed with an abutting portion 601 abutting against the indicator light 5, and the abutting portion 601 inclines towards the inner side of the cavity 3 along a direction away from the opening 4.

As shown in fig. 2, the rib 6 extends along the axial direction of the cavity 3, when the indicator lamp 5 is installed, the front end of the indicator lamp 5 abuts against the inclined surface of the abutting portion 601, so that the rib 6 deforms, the abutting portion 601 moves upward, the indicator lamp 5 can enter the cavity 3, and after the indicator lamp 5 enters the cavity 3, the rib 6 recovers, and the abutting portion 601 abuts against the tail end of the indicator lamp 5. From this, through so setting up, can be so that card muscle 6 is whole to be the cantilever state, and then can reduce the degree of difficulty that pilot lamp 5 promoted butt portion 601 and remove, moreover, after cavity 3 is packed into in pilot lamp 5, card muscle 6 is whole to be located pilot lamp 5 towards one side of opening 4, can reduce card muscle 6 to the outside luminous influence of pilot lamp 5, still can make the lateral wall stable in structure of cavity 3 of pilot lamp 5 department, prevent that card muscle 6 from receiving the lateral wall of the card muscle 6 extrusion pilot lamp 5 that external force deformation leads to.

Of course, the rib 6 may be perpendicular to the axis of the cavity 3.

The key assembly is further optimized in that a mounting hole 10 is formed in the side wall of the key 2, the clamping rib 6 is arranged in the mounting hole 10, and the mounting hole 10 provides a moving space for the clamping rib 6 to deform. Through so setting up, not only can improve the deformation range of card muscle 6, easily install pilot lamp 5, as shown in fig. 3, can also reduce the cumulative thickness between the lateral wall of card muscle 6 and cavity 3 for whole switch module's thickness is lower. In order to make the surface of the key 2 regular, as shown in fig. 2, the whole outer surface of the clamping rib and the outer surface of the key are in the same arc surface.

In a preferred embodiment, in order to reduce the influence of the installation hole 10 on the use of the key 2, a structural component for closing the installation hole 10 may be provided, and in a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the switch assembly further includes a sheath 11 for covering the key 2, and by sleeving the sheath 11 on the outer side of the key 2, the installation hole 10 is not leaked, so that not only external dust and water are prevented from entering the key 2, but also the light emitted by the indicator lamp 5 is uniform and soft through the sheath 11.

Of course, other forms are possible for the structure that closes the mounting hole 10, such as shown in fig. 6, and the switch assembly further includes a patch 12 that closes the mounting hole 10. The patch 12 may be surface-adhered or snap-fit to the keys 2.

With regard to reducing the effect of the mounting holes 10 on the use of the keys 2, it is also possible, in a preferred embodiment, to arrange the keys 2 at the side walls of the kettle body 1, the mounting holes 10 being formed on the lower side walls of the keys 2. Through with mounting hole 10 down, can prevent that external dust, water from getting into in the mounting hole 10, still can make the user can not directly see mounting hole 10, not only improve the aesthetic property of button 2, the light that the user saw scatters for pilot lamp 5 by the upper wall of button 2, still can make the light of pilot lamp 5 that the user saw even, soft.

In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, both end portions of the indicator lamp 5 abut against the abutting portion 601 and the inner wall of the cavity 3, respectively. This makes it possible to hold both ends of the indicator lamp 5 and prevent the indicator lamp 5 from moving in the longitudinal direction thereof.

In order to improve the fixing effect of the indicator lamp 5, the structure of the part in the cavity, which is abutted against the indicator lamp 5, forms a clamping part, the clamping part can have various forms, and in a preferred embodiment, the clamping part can be a planar clamping part directly formed on the side wall of the cavity 3; in an alternative embodiment, the clamping portion may also form a clamping portion with a conical cavity.

Of course, the end of the indicator light 5 facing away from the opening 4 may not abut against the inner wall of the cavity 3, as shown in fig. 10, so that there is a gap between the end of the indicator light 5 facing away from the opening 4 and the inner wall of the cavity 3, to reduce the requirement for assembly accuracy. At this time, the purpose of the abutment of the rib 9 to the indicator lamp 5 is to form a restriction on the indicator lamp 5 so as to restrict the indicator lamp 5 from being separated from the cavity 3 by the opening 4, and at this time, whether the rib 9 exerts an abutment force on the indicator lamp 5 is not considered as a restriction of the present invention.

In order to further improve the fixing effect of the indicator light 5, in a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 3 and 4, an insertion cavity 7 is formed on the inner wall of the cavity 3 at the end far away from the opening 4, and the indicator light 5 is inserted into the insertion cavity 7.

By providing the socket 7, the indicator light 5 can be fixed in the transverse direction, preventing the indicator light 5 from moving in the transverse direction in the cavity 3.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment shown in fig. 3 and 4, the insertion cavity 7 is formed such that two holding blocks are formed in the cavity 3, and the insertion cavity 7 is formed by the two holding blocks and the upper wall and the lower wall of the cavity 3. In an alternative embodiment, the plug-in space 7 can be arranged in such a way that a fixed block is formed in the cavity 3, on which block the plug-in space 7 is formed in the form of a bore.

For the transverse fixing of the indicator light 5, in a preferred embodiment, it is also possible to arrange that a fixing rib 8 extending along the axial direction of the cavity 3 is formed on the inner wall of the cavity 3; the fixed rib 8 and the inner side wall of the cavity 3 are clamped and fixed with the indicating lamp 5. As shown in fig. 7, two fixing ribs 8 may be formed on one side wall of the cavity 3, and the indicator 5 may be held and fixed together with the fixing ribs 8 on the side wall opposite to the side wall, and the indicator 5 may be fixed by a small number of fixing ribs 8. Of course, it is also possible to form only one fixing rib 8 on one side wall of the cavity 3. Alternatively, the indicator 5 can be clamped and fixed by arranging three fixing ribs 8, and the three fixing ribs 8 and one side wall of the cavity 3.

In a preferred embodiment, the fixing rib 8 may also be arranged such that at least two fixing ribs 8 are provided, and each fixing rib 8 clamps and fixes the indicator light 5. In a specific embodiment, as shown in fig. 8, four fixing ribs 8 are provided in total, and the indicator lamp 5 is held and fixed by each fixing rib 8.

Alternatively, for the transverse fixation of the indicator light 5, it can alternatively be provided that a circumferential rib 9 is formed on the inner wall of the cavity 3, said circumferential rib 9 clamping the indicator light 5. As shown in fig. 9 and 10, the ring rib 9 is integrally in the form of a rib plate, in which a ring hole is opened. In an alternative embodiment, the annular rib 9 can also be arranged directly in the form of a ring.

Further optimization lies in, the button 2 is the dull polish setting of at least surface, through so setting up, can make the light that pilot lamp 5 sent play atomizing effect through dull polish button 2 for light is softer, not dazzling, moreover, still can be through button 2 dull polish, still can reduce button 2's vision penetrating degree, makes the external part can't directly see the part in the cavity 3, improves the aesthetic property of whole button 2.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. In particular, for the system embodiment, since it is substantially similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiment.

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

Claims (10)

1. An electric kettle easy to install, comprising a kettle body and a switch assembly, wherein the switch assembly comprises:

the key is provided with a cavity, the cavity is provided with an opening, and the key extends out of the kettle body from the interior of the kettle body;

the indicating lamp is arranged in the cavity of the key;

the clamping ribs are connected with the side wall of the cavity, the indicating lamp can push the clamping ribs to deform elastically when entering the inner cavity from the opening, and the clamping ribs recover to limit the indicating lamp to move out from the opening when moving to the inner cavity.

2. The electric kettle easy to install as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clamping rib extends along the direction of the indicating lamp installed in the opening, one end of the clamping rib facing the opening is connected with the key, the other end of the clamping rib is provided with an abutting part abutted against the indicating lamp, and the abutting part inclines towards the inner side of the cavity along the direction deviating from the opening.

3. The electric kettle easy to install as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side wall of the key is formed with an installation hole, the clamping rib is arranged in the installation hole, and the installation hole provides a moving space for the clamping rib to deform.

4. The electric kettle of claim 1, wherein said switch assembly further comprises a sheath covering said button;

alternatively, the switch assembly further comprises a patch enclosing the mounting hole.

5. The electric kettle easy to install as claimed in claim 3, wherein the button is disposed at a side wall of the kettle body, and the mounting hole is formed at a lower side wall of the button.

6. An easily mountable electric kettle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the two ends of said indicator light abut against said abutting portion and the inner wall of said cavity, respectively.

7. An easily-installed electric kettle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cavity is formed in the inner wall of said cavity away from the end of said opening, and said indicator lamp is inserted into said cavity.

8. The electric kettle easy to install as claimed in claim 1, wherein a fixing rib extending along the axial direction of the cavity is formed on the inner wall of the cavity; the fixed rib and the inner side wall of the cavity clamp and fix the indicator light;

or at least two fixing ribs are arranged, and the indicator light is clamped and fixed by each fixing rib.

9. The electric kettle easy to install as claimed in claim 1, wherein a ring rib is formed on the inner wall of the cavity, and the ring rib clamps the indicator light.

10. An easily installable electric kettle as claimed in claim 1 in which at least the outer surface of the button is frosted.

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