CN211858490U

CN211858490U - Switch module and have its kitchen appliance

Info

Publication number: CN211858490U
Application number: CN202020540188.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 徐自波
Original assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-04-13
Filing date: 2020-04-13
Publication date: 2020-11-03
Anticipated expiration: 2030-04-13

Abstract

The application provides a switch assembly and have its kitchen appliance. The switch assembly comprises a switch module and a switch button clamped and installed on the switch module. The switch button includes a catch and a guide disposed adjacent to the catch. The switch module is provided with an installation position matched with the buckle and the guide part, and the guide part is matched with the installation position to guide the buckle to be clamped in the installation position. By arranging the guide part, when the switch button and the switch module are installed, the functions of guiding and sharing stress are achieved, the clamping installation of the buckle can be facilitated, and the buckle is prevented from being broken or damaged; in the use after the assembly is accomplished, the guide part can play limiting displacement, can reduce the risk that the buckle pine takes off. The kitchen appliance provided by the application comprises the switch assembly.

Description

Switch module and have its kitchen appliance

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, in particular to a switch assembly and a kitchen appliance with the same.

Background

Kitchen appliances in the current market use a rocker switch to realize on-off control of a circuit. Rocker switches typically include a face button and a switch module, with the face button being mounted on the switch module by a snap fit. However, in the conventional rocker switch, when the panel button and the switch module are assembled, only the buckle is used as a guide and is rigidly assembled with a hole site on the switch module, so that the buckle is easily broken or damaged, and the assembly cannot be performed or the reliability is poor after the assembly. In addition, in the use process after the assembly is finished, the buckle is subjected to the buckling force and also needs to play a limiting role in other directions, so that the multi-part stress makes the buckle easy to loosen to influence the connection reliability.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a switch module and have its kitchen appliance, convenient assembling and connection are reliable.

The utility model provides a switch module, including switch module and joint install in last shift knob of switch module, shift knob includes buckle and neighbouring the guide part that the buckle set up, be equipped with on the switch module with the buckle with guide part complex installation position, the guide part with the cooperation of installation position is in with the direction the buckle joint in the installation position. By arranging the guide part, when the switch button and the switch module are installed, the functions of guiding and sharing stress are achieved, the clamping installation of the buckle can be facilitated, and the buckle is prevented from being broken or damaged; in the use after the assembly is accomplished, the guide part can play limiting displacement, can reduce the risk that the buckle pine takes off.

Further, the free end of the guide part is higher than the free end of the buckle. The free tip of guide part is higher than the free tip of buckle, and the guide part can be in advance of the buckle and the contact of installation position when the assembly, can be for the installation prepositioning of buckle, avoids buckle assembly deviation and atress rupture or damage.

Furthermore, a gap is formed between the buckle and the guide part, and a connecting rib for connecting the buckle and the guide part is arranged in the gap. A gap is formed between the buckle and the guide part, so that a certain deformation space can be provided for elastic deformation of the buckle and the guide part during assembly; the connecting ribs for connecting the two are arranged in the gap, so that the structural strength can be enhanced, and the risk of breaking or loosening of the buckle is reduced.

Furthermore, one side of the buckle, which faces away from the guide portion, is provided with a buckle hook, and the buckle hook is provided with a first guide inclined plane. The buckle hook is arranged on one side back to the guide part and is provided with a first guide inclined plane, so that a guide effect can be provided on one side back to the guide part.

Furthermore, a second guide inclined plane is arranged on one side, back to the buckle, of the guide portion. One side of guide part dorsad buckle is equipped with second direction inclined plane, can provide the guide effect in this side, and it has all formed the structure that both sides all have the direction with detaining the first direction inclined plane on colluding.

Further, the guide part is a guide post, and the installation position is a through hole. The guide post and the through hole are simple in structure and convenient to form.

Furthermore, the switch button further comprises a support rib, the support rib is located beside the buckle and the guide portion, and the support rib is abutted to the switch module when the buckle and the guide portion are inserted in the installation position. Set up the brace rod buckle and guide part cartridge when the installation position with switch module looks butt for shift knob and switch module assembly back are connected stably, are difficult for rocking.

Further, the switch assembly includes a switch bracket, and the switch module is mounted on the switch bracket. The switch bracket is arranged to facilitate the installation of the switch module.

Further, the switch assembly is a rocker switch assembly.

Another aspect of the present application provides a kitchen appliance comprising a switch assembly as described above. The application provides a kitchen appliance, because of having above-mentioned switch module, also has above-mentioned beneficial effect certainly.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective assembly view of an embodiment of a kitchen appliance according to the present application.

Fig. 2 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of a kitchen appliance according to the present application.

Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment of the switch assembly of the present application.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a switch button in an embodiment of the switch assembly of the present application.

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 4.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the switch assembly of the present application, showing the latch in an unlatched condition.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the switch assembly of the present application, showing the latch in a latched state.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of another cross-section of an embodiment of a switch assembly of the present application.

The reference numbers illustrate: 10-a machine base; 20-a separator assembly; 30-a switch assembly; 101-a panel; 1-a switch bracket; 11-a containment chamber; 12-a fixed part; 2-a switch module; 21-mounting position; 22-a terminal; 3-switch button; 31-a top wall; 32-side wall; 33-buckling; 331-hook; 332 — a first guiding ramp; 34-a guide; 341-second guide ramp; 35-connecting ribs; 350-gap; 36-support ribs.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the exemplary embodiments below do not represent all implementations consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.

The switch assembly and the kitchen appliance having the same according to an embodiment of the present application will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a switch assembly 30 according to an embodiment of the present application is applied to a kitchen appliance. The kitchen electrical appliance can be a food processor, a juice extractor, a soybean milk machine, a meat mixer, a dough kneading machine and the like. In the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 2, the kitchen appliance is a juicer, which includes a housing 10 and a separator assembly 20 mounted on the housing 10. The switch assembly 30 is mounted on the base 10. In one embodiment, the switch assembly 30 is a rocker switch assembly, which includes a switch bracket 1, a switch module 2, and a switch button 3. The switch assembly 30 is mounted on the base 10 and electrically connected to the electrical components in the base 10. The switch button 3 of the switch assembly 30 is exposed out of the panel 101 of the base 10 for pressing operation by a user.

Referring to fig. 3, the switch bracket 1 is a plastic member and includes an accommodating cavity 11 and a plurality of fixing portions 12. The switch bracket 1 is arranged to facilitate the installation of the switch module 2. The shape of the receiving cavity 11 substantially matches the shape of the switch module 2, so that the switch module 2 is mounted in the receiving cavity 11. In the present embodiment, the switch module 2 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, and the accommodating cavity 11 is a rectangular parallelepiped slot. One side of the receiving chamber 11 is open, so that the switch module 2 can be inserted into the receiving chamber 11 through the opening. The other side of the receiving cavity 11 opposite to the opening is provided with at least a through hole for the terminal 22 of the switch module 2 to pass through for connecting with other electrical components inside the housing 10. In this embodiment, the fixing portion 12 includes a plurality of strip-shaped plates extending outward, and the strip-shaped plates are provided with screw holes for screws to pass through the screw holes to lock and fix the switch bracket 1 in the base 10. For the structural strength of reinforcing switch support 1, hold the surface in chamber 11 with still be equipped with a plurality of strengthening ribs between the lath.

The main body of the switch module 2 is a plastic piece, and a terminal 22 is fixed in the main body of the plastic piece. The main body of the switch module 2 is provided with a mounting position 21. The switch module 2 is installed in the switch bracket 1 in a direction that one end of the terminal 22 exposed faces the switch bracket 1, and is installed with the switch button 3 in a direction that the installation position 21 faces the switch button 3. In this embodiment, the mounting locations 21 are through holes.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the switch knob 3 includes a top wall 31 and a side wall 32 extending downward from the periphery of the top wall 31. The top wall 31 is bent in a shape in which both ends are tilted and the middle is depressed, so that a user can switch both ends of the push button 3 to open and close the rocker switch. The switch button 3 is clamped and installed on the switch module 2, and the switch button 3 comprises a buckle 33 and a guide part 34 which is arranged adjacent to the buckle 33. The buckle 33 and the guide part 34 are correspondingly inserted into the mounting position 21 of the switch module 2 to realize clamping and fixing connection. The guide part 34 arranged on the switch button 3 can play a role in guiding and sharing stress when the switch button 3 and the switch module 2 are installed, so that the clamping installation of the buckle 33 is facilitated, and the buckle 33 is prevented from being broken or damaged; in the use after the assembly is accomplished, guide part 34 can play limiting displacement, can reduce the risk that buckle 33 pine takes off.

Referring to fig. 5, in the present embodiment, the latch 33 and the guide portion 34 extend downward from the lower surface of the top wall 31. The clip 33 and the guide portion 34 are vertically juxtaposed with a gap 350 therebetween. A hook 331 is disposed on a side of the buckle 33 opposite to the guide portion 34, and the hook 331 has a first guide slope 332. The guide portion 34 is a guide column, and in the present embodiment, the guide portion 34 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped column. A second guiding inclined surface 341 is arranged on one side of the guiding part 34, which faces away from the buckle 33. The first guiding inclined surface 332 and the second guiding inclined surface 341 are respectively located at two sides, and when the buckle 33 and the guiding part 34 are installed in the installation position 21 of the switch module 2, the first guiding inclined surface and the second guiding inclined surface are matched with two opposite ends of the installation position 21 to provide guiding, so that the stress is balanced, and the guiding effect is good. The free end of the guide 34 is higher than the free end of the catch 33. The free end of the guide part 34 is higher than the free end of the buckle 33, the guide part 34 can be in contact with the mounting position 21 before the buckle 33 is assembled, the mounting position of the buckle 33 can be preset, and the buckle 33 is prevented from being broken or damaged due to stress caused by assembling deviation. A connecting rib 35 for connecting the buckle 33 and the guide part 34 is arranged in the gap 350 between the buckle 33 and the guide part 34. The connecting rib 35 is connected to the bottom ends of the buckle 33 and the guide portion 34, that is, the ends opposite to the free ends. The gap 350 between the catch 33 and the guide 34 provides a certain deformation space for the elastic deformation of the catch 33 and the guide 34 during assembly. The provision of the connecting ribs 35 in the gap 350 connecting the catch 33 and the guide 34 enhances the structural strength and reduces the risk of the catch 33 breaking or coming loose. The switch button 3 further comprises a support rib 36, the support rib 36 is located beside the buckle 33 and the guide portion 34, and the support rib 36 abuts against the switch module 2 when the buckle 33 and the guide portion 34 are inserted into the installation position 21. The support rib 36 is arranged to abut against the switch module 2 when the buckle 33 and the guide part 34 are inserted into the installation position 21, so that the switch button 3 and the switch module 2 are stably connected after being assembled and are not prone to shaking. Referring to fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the number of the buckles 33 and the guide portions 34 is 4 respectively, and the buckles and the guide portions are arranged in a matrix of two rows and two columns. The two catches 33 and the guide 34 in the same row are mirror images, and the two catches 33 and the guide 34 in the same column are identical. The two support ribs 36 are located on two opposite outer sides of the two rows of buckles 33 and the guide part 34. Of course, in other embodiments, the number and arrangement of the fasteners 33, the guide posts 34 and the support ribs 36 are not limited thereto. Simple increase and decrease of the number and change of the arrangement mode based on the disclosure of the embodiment are easy to be realized by those skilled in the art.

The assembly of an embodiment of the switch assembly 30 of the present application will now be described with reference to fig. 6-8. During assembly, the switch button 3 is correspondingly placed on the switch module 2, the buckle 33 and the guide part 34 are aligned with the installation position 21 on the switch module 2, and the buckle 33 and the guide part 34 are inserted into the installation position 21 and are clamped and fixed with the installation position 21 by pressing the switch button 3 downwards. In this embodiment, the guiding portion 34 is a guiding post, and the mounting portion 21 is a through hole. The guide post and the through hole are simple in structure, convenient to form and convenient to assemble. Please refer to fig. 6, which shows the state that the latch 33 on the switch button 3 is not latched. Because the free end of the guide part 34 is higher than the free end of the buckle 33, the guide part 34 can be contacted with the mounting position 21 before the buckle 33 is assembled, the mounting of the buckle 33 can be prepositioned, and the buckle 33 is prevented from being broken or damaged due to stress caused by assembling deviation. Please refer to fig. 7, which shows the state where the buckle 33 is buckled. Under the action of the common guide of the guide part 34 and the hook 331 of the buckle 33, the buckle 33 extends downwards into the mounting position 21 and is clamped and fixed with the bottom surface of the mounting position 21. After assembly, the buckle 33 has the functions of clamping in the up-down direction and limiting in the front-back, left-right direction; the guide portion 34 also has a function of limiting the position in the front-rear-left-right direction, so that the force of the limiting function of the buckle 33 can be distributed, and the risk of loosening the buckle 33 can be reduced. Referring to fig. 8, after the switch button 3 and the switch module 2 are mounted, the support rib 36 abuts against the upper surface of the switch module 2, so that the switch button 3 and the switch module 2 are stably connected after being assembled and are not easy to shake.

As can be seen from the above description, in the switch assembly 30 provided by the present application, the guide portion 34 disposed on the switch button 3 can play a role in guiding and sharing stress when the switch button 3 and the switch module 2 are installed, so as to facilitate the snap-in installation of the snap 33 and avoid the snap 33 from being broken or damaged; in the use after the assembly is accomplished, guide part 34 can play limiting displacement, can reduce the risk that buckle 33 pine takes off. The present application provides a kitchen appliance that includes the switch assembly 30 described above, but also has the benefits described above.

Although the present application has been described with reference to a preferred embodiment, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the application, and all changes, substitutions and alterations that fall within the spirit and scope of the application are to be understood as being covered by the following claims.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a switch module, include switch module (2) and joint install in shift knob (3) on switch module (2), its characterized in that, shift knob (3) are including buckle (33) and neighbouring guide part (34) that buckle (33) set up, be equipped with on switch module (2) with buckle (33) with guide part (34) complex installation position (21), guide part (34) with installation position (21) cooperation is in with the direction buckle (33) joint in installation position (21).

2. The switch assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the free end of the guide (34) is higher than the free end of the catch (33).

3. The switch assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that a gap (350) is provided between the catch (33) and the guide (34), and a connecting rib (35) connecting the catch (33) and the guide (34) is provided in the gap (350).

4. The switch assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that a side of the catch (33) facing away from the guide (34) is provided with a catch (331), the catch (331) having a first guide ramp (332).

5. The switch assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the side of the guide (34) facing away from the catch (33) is provided with a second guide ramp (341).

6. A switch assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide (34) is a guide post and the mounting location (21) is a through hole.

7. The switch assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the switch button (3) further comprises a support rib (36), the support rib (36) being located beside the catch (33) and the guide (34), the support rib (36) abutting the switch module (2) when the catch (33) and the guide (34) are inserted in the mounting location (21).

8. The switch assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the switch assembly comprises a switch bracket (1), the switch module (2) being mounted on the switch bracket (1).

9. The switch assembly of any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the switch assembly is a rocker switch assembly.

10. A kitchen appliance, characterized in that it comprises a switch assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9.