CN211833995U

CN211833995U - Control assembly and cooking utensil that has it

Info

Publication number: CN211833995U
Application number: CN201921610064.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王红林
Original assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Supor Electrical Appliances Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-09-25
Filing date: 2019-09-25
Publication date: 2020-11-03
Anticipated expiration: 2029-09-25

Abstract

The utility model provides a control assembly and cooking utensil who has it. The control assembly is arranged on the cooker body and/or the cover body of the cooking appliance, the control assembly comprises an electric control device and an operation panel, and the electric control device comprises a light-emitting element; the operation panel is positioned outside the electric control device and comprises a light transmission part corresponding to the light-emitting element, the operation panel is locally thinned at the light transmission part so as to facilitate the light of the light-emitting element to be transmitted out, and the light transmission part is provided with a blocking wall extending inwards and arranged around the light-emitting element. The utility model provides a control assembly, the light that light emitting component sent can see through from operating panel's attenuate part to need not set up the light that the lampshade frame just can separation light emitting component, make light emitting component's light can not expose, do not disturb each other.

Description

Control assembly and cooking utensil that has it

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, and more specifically relate to a control assembly and cooking utensil who has it.

Background

Existing cooking appliances such as rice cookers are generally provided with a touch panel and an electric control device. The touch panel can be arranged above the electric control device and covers the electric control device. The conventional touch panel generally includes a touch panel body made of a transparent material, and a decoration film layer covering a surface of the touch panel body. For appearance, the decorative film layer generally includes opaque regions and transparent regions (light-transmitting regions). The transparent area is arranged above the display lamp and/or the display screen of the electric control device, so that light generated by the display lamp and/or the display screen can sequentially penetrate through the transparent areas of the touch panel body and the decorative film layer. The touch panel having the above structure is generally manufactured by an IMD (in-mold decoration) process, so that the manufacturing cost thereof is high.

Therefore, there is a need for a control assembly and a cooking appliance having the same to at least partially solve the problems in the prior art.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In the summary section a series of concepts in a simplified form is introduced, which will be described in further detail in the detailed description section. The inventive content does not imply any attempt to define the essential features and essential features of the claimed solution, nor is it implied to be intended to define the scope of the claimed solution.

In order to at least partially solve the above problem, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control assembly for a cooking appliance, the control assembly being provided on a pot body and/or a lid body of the cooking appliance, the control assembly comprising:

an electric control device including a light emitting element; and

the operation panel is positioned on the outer side of the electric control device and comprises a light transmission part corresponding to the light-emitting element, the operation panel is locally thinned at the light transmission part so as to facilitate the light of the light-emitting element to be transmitted out,

the light transmission part is provided with a barrier wall extending inwards, and the barrier wall is arranged around the light emitting element.

According to the present aspect, by locally thinning the operation panel, the light emitted from the light emitting element can be transmitted from the thinned portion of the operation panel, thereby facilitating the user to observe a light signal or a light sign such as a character or a pattern. Compared with the existing operation panel, the operation panel does not need to be provided with a decorative film layer, so that the manufacturing procedures of the operation panel are reduced, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

And through set up the barrier wall around the light-emitting component on the operating panel, can obstruct the light of the light-emitting component, make the light of the light-emitting component not exposed, do not interfere with each other. Thus, the lamp cover frame is not needed, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

Optionally, the light transmission parts correspond to the blocking walls one by one, and the blocking walls are arranged on the periphery of the light transmission parts; and/or the barrier walls correspond one-to-one to the light emitting elements.

According to the scheme, the structural strength of the operation panel can be enhanced; and/or may better block light of adjacent light-emitting elements.

Optionally, the barrier wall encloses a region with an opening closed inwards and around, and the light emitting element extends into the region through the opening; and/or the blocking wall is a continuous wall of one turn arranged around the light emitting element.

According to this aspect, light of the light emitting element can be blocked more favorably; and/or the structure of the blocking wall can be simplified to facilitate the formation of the blocking wall on the operation panel.

Optionally, the operation panel is a plastic member having light transmittance.

According to this scheme, can adopt injection moulding's mode to form operating panel, the manufacturing of operating panel of being convenient for.

Optionally, the thickness of the light transmission part is 0.2mm to 1.2 mm.

According to the scheme, the operation panel can have a better light transmission effect.

Optionally, the barrier wall is formed as one piece with the light-transmitting portion.

According to the scheme, the processing and manufacturing of the operation panel can be facilitated.

Optionally, in a state where the light emitting element is received by the region, a distance between the barrier wall and the light emitting element is 0.5mm to 5 mm.

According to the scheme, on one hand, the assembly of the control assembly can be facilitated, and the unexpected scratch between the barrier wall and the light-emitting element in the assembly process is avoided; on the other hand, the size of the barrier wall and/or the light transmission part can be reduced, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost.

Optionally, a cross-sectional shape of the barrier wall taken in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the barrier wall corresponds to a shape of the light emitting element.

According to this aspect, the barrier wall can be manufactured according to the shape of the light emitting element, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost.

Optionally, the light-transmissive portion has an outwardly recessed groove in which the light-emitting element is partially received.

According to the scheme, the installation space of the light-emitting element can be conveniently expanded, so that the installation distance between the operation panel and the electric control device is shortened.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance, including:

a pot body;

the cover body is arranged on the cooker body in an openable and closable manner; and

the control assembly of any one of the above aspects, wherein the control assembly is disposed on the pot body and/or the lid body.

According to the scheme, the operation panel of the control assembly of the cooking appliance is locally thinned, so that light emitted by the light-emitting element on the electric control device of the control assembly can be transmitted out from the thinned part of the operation panel, and a user can conveniently observe a light signal or a light identifier such as characters or patterns. Compared with the existing operation panel, the operation panel does not need to be provided with a decorative film layer, so that the manufacturing procedures of the operation panel are reduced, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

Optionally, the operating panel of the control assembly is a separate member and is mounted to the pot body and/or the lid body;

or an operation panel of the control assembly is formed on the pot body and/or the lid body.

According to the scheme, the adaptive operation panel can be arranged according to the integral structure of the cooking appliance.

Drawings

The following drawings of the present invention are used herein as part of the present invention for understanding the present invention. There are shown in the drawings embodiments of the invention and the description thereof for the purpose of illustrating the devices and principles of the invention. In the drawings, there is shown in the drawings,

fig. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a cover of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the cover shown in FIG. 1;

fig. 3 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion a in fig. 2.

Description of the reference numerals

100: the cover body 110: face cover

120: inner liner 111: accommodating part

200: the control component 210: electric control device

211: light-emitting element 212: indicator light

213: the display screen 220: operation panel

221: light-transmitting portion 222: barrier wall

223: groove 224: the first light transmission part

225: second light-transmitting portion 226: first barrier wall

227: second barrier wall

Detailed Description

In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without one or more of these specific details. In other instances, well-known features have not been described in order to avoid obscuring the present invention.

In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It is apparent that the practice of the invention is not limited to the specific details known to those skilled in the art. The present invention is described in detail below with reference to the preferred embodiments, however, the present invention can have other embodiments in addition to the detailed description, and should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

It is to be understood that the terms "a," "an," and "the" as used herein are intended to describe specific embodiments only and are not to be taken as limiting the invention, which is intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. When the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" are used in this specification, they specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. The terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right" and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and are not limiting.

Ordinal words such as "first" and "second" are referred to in this application as labels only, and do not have any other meanings, such as a particular order, etc. Also, for example, the term "first component" does not itself imply the presence of "second component", and the term "second component" does not itself imply the presence of "first component".

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate representative embodiments of the present invention and do not limit the present invention.

Generally, a cooking appliance such as an electric rice cooker includes a pot body and a cover 100 (fig. 1). The pot body is substantially in a rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape and has a cylindrical inner pot accommodating portion. The inner pot can be fixedly arranged at the inner pot containing part, or can be freely put into the inner pot containing part or taken out from the inner pot containing part, so that the inner pot can be conveniently cleaned. The inner pot is generally made of a metal material and has a circular opening on an upper surface for containing a material to be heated, such as rice, soup, etc. The cooker body comprises a heating device for heating the inner pot so as to heat the inner pot.

It can be understood that according to the utility model discloses a cooking utensil can be electric rice cooker, electric pressure cooker or other cooking utensil, and cooking utensil except having the function of cooking rice, can also have various functions such as cooking congee.

The lid body 100 has a shape substantially corresponding to the pot body, as shown in fig. 1, substantially in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped with rounded corners. The lid body 100 is openably and closably provided on the pot body, and specifically, it is pivoted to the pot body through a pivot shaft, and can be freely pivoted between a closed position and an open position with respect to the pot body about the pivot axis where the pivot shaft is located, so as to facilitate the closing and opening of the pot body. When the cover 100 is closed on the cooker body, it covers the inner pot, and a cooking space is formed between the inner pot and the cover. The lid body 100 also typically has a sealing ring, which may be made of, for example, a rubber material, disposed between the lid body 100 and the inner pot for sealing the cooking space when the lid body 100 is in a closed state.

It should be noted that directional terms used herein in describing the respective components in the cooking appliance and the positional relationship thereof, such as "upper", "lower", "above", "below", "lower", "upward", "downward", and the like, are relative to a state in which the cooking appliance is in a horizontal state and the lid body 100 is closed on the pot body. Directional terms "inner" and "outer" if not otherwise limited, it is understood that "inner" refers to a side near the center of the cooking appliance and "outer" refers to a side away from the center of the cooking appliance.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the cooking appliance further includes a control assembly 200. The control assembly 200 may be provided on the pot body and/or the lid body 100. The following description will be made by taking an embodiment in which the control unit 200 is provided on the cover body 100 as an example with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The control assembly 200 includes an electronic control device 210 and an operation panel 220. The operation panel 220 is disposed on an outer side or an upper side of the electric control device 210, and covers the electric control device 210. The user can operate the electric control device 210 through the operation panel 220.

Specifically, the cover body 100 includes a face cover 110 and a liner 120 positioned below or inside the face cover 110. The cover 110 may be detachably coupled to the inner liner 120, such as by snapping, and the cover 110 may cover and partially receive an upper portion of the inner liner 120. The face cover 110 and the liner 120 are two members that may be separated. The face cover 110 is provided with an accommodating portion 111 that is open upward or outward, and the electric control device 210 is received in the accommodating portion 111. The electric control device 210 may be mounted to or retained in the receiving portion 111. The operation panel 220 is a separate member, which may be fixed to the face cover 110 by means of fastener fixing or snap fixing. The operation panel 220 is preferably a touch panel.

In the illustrated embodiment, the operation panel 220 may cover substantially the entire upper surface of the face cover 110. The operation panel 220 may be configured to correspond to the shape of the face cover 110, for example, the face cover 110 may have a substantially rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the operation panel 220 may also have a substantially rounded rectangular parallelepiped shape. The operation panel 220 substantially completely covers the upward side of the face cover 110.

In an embodiment, not shown, the operation panel 220 may cover only an upper surface of the cover corresponding to the electric control device 210. The cover may have an accommodating portion with an upward opening or an outward opening for receiving the operation panel 220, the electric control device 210, and the like. The operation panel 220 may be fixed to the cover body by means of a fastener or a snap-fit. The shape of the operation panel 220 may correspond to the formation of the receiving portion 111.

In another embodiment, not shown, the operation panel 220 is formed on the cover, which is a portion of the cover corresponding to the electric control device 210. Specifically, the operation panel 220 is formed on the face cover, which is a portion of the face cover corresponding to the electric control device 210. In other words, a portion of the face cover is configured to be used to operate the electronic control device 210.

Further, the electric control device 210 may include a light emitting element 211. In order to allow the light emitted from the light emitting element 211 to pass through the operation panel 220, as shown in fig. 3, the operation panel 220 includes a light-transmitting portion 221 corresponding to the light emitting element 211, and the operation panel 220 is locally thinned at the light-transmitting portion 221 so that the light of the light emitting element 211 is transmitted through the light-transmitting portion 221. In this embodiment, the user can easily observe the light of the light emitting element 211 through the operation panel 220, thereby knowing a light signal or a light identifier such as a character or a pattern.

The light-transmitting portion 221 may be provided with a blocking wall 222 extending inwardly or downwardly. The blocking wall 222 can be disposed around the light emitting element 211. The blocking wall 222 can block the light of the light emitting device so that the light of the light emitting device 211 is not exposed. With this embodiment, the lamp cover frame can be eliminated, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost.

The barrier walls 222 correspond one-to-one to the light emitting elements 211. In other words, each of the barrier walls 222 receives one of the light emitting elements 211. In the embodiment in which at least two light emitting elements 211 are provided, the lights of the light emitting elements 211 may not interfere with each other. The barrier wall 222 encloses a region closed inward and around the opening through which the light emitting element 211 protrudes into the region. In the present embodiment, the light emitting element 211 can be received in the area enclosed by the barrier wall 222 after the control assembly 200 is assembled, and the barrier wall 222 blocks light of the light emitting element 211 in the area.

The light-transmitting portions 221 may correspond one-to-one to the blocking walls 222, so that the light-transmitting portions 221 also correspond one-to-one to the light-emitting elements 211. In other words, the operation panel 220 is locally thinned at a portion corresponding to each light emitting element 211. Thereby, the structural strength of the operation panel 220 can be maintained above a predetermined level. The blocking wall 222 may be disposed at the outer circumference of the light-transmitting portion 221. As shown in fig. 3, the blocking wall 222 is provided along the outer circumference of the light-transmitting portion 221, because the thickness of the outer circumference of the light-transmitting portion 221 is greater than the thickness of the middle portion of the light-transmitting portion 221, whereby the structural strength of the operation panel 220 at the light-transmitting portion 221 can be improved.

The operation panel 220 may be recessed outward from the inner surface or inward from the outer surface to form a partially thinned structure. In the illustrated embodiment, the operating panel 220 is recessed outward from the inner surface. Specifically, the light-transmitting portion 221 has a groove 223 recessed outward, and the outer surface of the light-transmitting portion 221 and the outer surface of the remaining portion of the operation panel 220 are formed as one smooth surface. The light emitting element 211 may be partially received in the groove 223. With this embodiment, it is possible to facilitate expansion of the installation space of the light emitting element 211, thereby reducing the installation distance between the operation panel 220 and the electric control device 210; and the appearance of the operation panel 220 can be maintained neat. The thickness L1 of the light transmitting portion 221 may be 0.2mm to 1.2 mm. E.g., 0.2mm, 0.4mm, 0.6mm, 0.8mm, 1.0mm, 1.2mm, etc.

The blocking wall 222 may be formed as one piece with the light-transmitting portion 221, and in particular, the blocking wall 222 is formed as one piece with the operation panel 220. The blocking wall 222 may be formed during the molding of the operating panel 220. The operation panel 220 may be a plastic member having light transmittance, in other words, the operation panel 220 may be made of a plastic material having light transmittance, such as a combined plastic of polycarbonate + ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene copolymers), ABS plastic, polycarbonate plastic, polypropylene plastic, or the like. The operating panel 220 is usually made of plastic, and the conventional plastic has light transmittance within a certain thickness range, and the light transmittance is better when the thickness is smaller.

The blocking wall 222 may be a continuous wall of one turn disposed around the light emitting element 211. The blocking wall 222 is a downwardly extending cylinder. A sectional shape of the blocking wall 222 taken in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the blocking wall 222 may correspond to a shape of the light emitting element 211.

In the illustrated embodiment, the light emitting element 211 includes an indicator light 212 and a display screen 213. The operation panel 220 is provided with a first light-transmitting portion 224 corresponding to the indicator lamp 212, and a second light-transmitting portion 225 corresponding to the display screen 213. The first light-transmitting portion 224 is provided with a first blocking wall 226, and the second light-transmitting portion 225 is provided with a second blocking wall 227. The indicator lamp 212 is illustrated as a cylindrical shape such that the thinned region at the first light-transmitting portion 224 is circular and the cross-sectional shape of the first barrier wall 226 is also circular. The display screen 213 is shown as a rectangular parallelepiped so that the thinned region at the second light transmitting portion 225 is rectangular and the cross-sectional shape of the second blocking wall 227 is also rectangular.

Alternatively, the distance L2 between the blocking wall 222 and the light emitting element 211 in a state where the light emitting element 211 is received by the region may be 0.5mm to 5mm in consideration of a mounting gap of the control assembly 200 or a manufacturing error of the component. E.g., 0.5mm, 1mm, 1.5mm, 2mm, 2.5mm, 3mm, 3.5mm, 4mm, 4.5mm, 5mm, etc.

The embodiment of the control assembly 200 disposed on the cooker body is substantially the same as the embodiment disposed on the cover 100, and for brevity, the detailed description is omitted.

The utility model provides a cooking utensil, including lid, a kind of deep pot body and above-mentioned control assembly. By locally thinning the operation panel of the control assembly, light emitted by the light-emitting element on the electric control device of the control assembly can be transmitted out from the thinned part of the operation panel, so that a user can observe a light signal or a light identifier such as characters or patterns conveniently. Compared with the existing operation panel, the operation panel does not need to be provided with a decorative film layer, so that the manufacturing procedures of the operation panel are reduced, and the manufacturing cost is reduced.

Unless defined otherwise, technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. Terms such as "part," "member," and the like, when used herein, can refer to either a single part or a combination of parts. Terms such as "mounted," "disposed," and the like, as used herein, may refer to one component as being directly attached to another component or one component as being attached to another component through intervening components. Features described herein in one embodiment may be applied to another embodiment, either alone or in combination with other features, unless the feature is otherwise inapplicable or otherwise stated in the other embodiment.

The present invention has been described in terms of the above embodiments, but it is to be understood that the above embodiments are for purposes of illustration and description only and are not intended to limit the invention to the described embodiments. Furthermore, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and that many more modifications and variations can be made in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, all of which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims

1. A control assembly for a cooking appliance, the control assembly (200) being provided on a pot body and/or a lid body (100) of the cooking appliance, characterized in that the control assembly (200) comprises:

an electric control device (210), the electric control device (210) comprising a light emitting element (211); and

an operation panel (220), the operation panel (220) is located outside the electric control device (210), the operation panel (220) comprises a light transmission part (221) corresponding to the light-emitting element (211), the operation panel (220) is locally thinned at the light transmission part (221) so that the light of the light-emitting element (211) can be transmitted out,

wherein, the light-transmitting part (221) is provided with a barrier wall (222) extending inwards, and the barrier wall (222) is arranged around the light-emitting element (211).

2. The control assembly of claim 1,

the light transmission parts (221) correspond to the blocking walls (222) one by one, and the blocking walls (222) are arranged on the periphery of the light transmission parts (221);

and/or the barrier walls (222) correspond one-to-one to the light emitting elements (211).

3. The control assembly of claim 1,

the barrier wall (222) encloses a region with an opening which is closed inwards and around, and the light-emitting element (211) extends into the region through the opening;

and/or the blocking wall (222) is a continuous wall of one turn arranged around the light emitting element (211).

4. The control assembly of claim 1, wherein the operating panel (220) is a plastic member having a light-transmissive property.

5. The control assembly of claim 1, wherein the light-transmitting portion (221) has a thickness of 0.2mm to 1.2 mm.

6. The control assembly of claim 1, wherein the blocking wall (222) is formed as one piece with the light transmissive portion (221).

7. A control assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that the distance between the blocking wall (222) and the light emitting element (211) is 0.5-5 mm in a state in which the light emitting element (211) is received in said area.

8. The control assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the cross-sectional shape of the blocking wall (222) taken in a direction perpendicular to the extension direction of the blocking wall (222) corresponds to the shape of the light emitting element (211).

9. The control assembly of claim 1, wherein the light transmissive portion (221) has an outwardly recessed groove (223), the light emitting element (211) being partially received in the groove (223).

10. A cooking appliance, comprising:

a pot body;

a cover body (100), wherein the cover body (100) is arranged on the cooker body in an openable and closable manner; and

the control assembly (200) according to any one of claims 1 to 9, said control assembly (200) being provided on said pot body and/or said lid (100).

11. The cooking appliance of claim 10,

an operation panel (220) of the control assembly (200) is a separate member and is mounted to the pot body and/or the lid body (100);

or an operation panel (220) of the control assembly (200) is formed on the pot body and/or the lid body.