CN211985148U

CN211985148U - Food processor with optimized sealing structure

Info

Publication number: CN211985148U
Application number: CN202020198774.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王旭宁; 程华坚
Original assignee: Joyoung Co Ltd
Current assignee: Joyoung Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-02-24
Filing date: 2020-02-24
Publication date: 2020-11-24
Anticipated expiration: 2030-02-24

Abstract

The utility model discloses an optimize seal structure's food preparation machine, including the host computer, can dismantle the cup of being connected with the host computer to and the sealing member of setting between host computer and cup, the sealing member is including setting up the first sealing between cup terminal surface and host computer terminal surface, and set up the second sealing between cup lateral wall and host computer lateral wall, cup lateral wall can the crimping in the sealing member, so that the sealed laminating of second sealing fits in the host computer lateral wall. When the main machine and the cup body are screwed tightly, the first sealing part is firstly pressed and connected, and preliminary sealing is realized; because the sealing member has certain deformability, through the crimping to first sealing, make whole sealing member have radial deformation, the radial deformation volume of sealing member forms the secondary seal to the gap between cup and the host computer, and for current sealing washer structure, sealed effect improves greatly, the utility model discloses a double seal has guaranteed food preparation machine's sealed effect, has improved seal structure's reliability.

Description

Food processor with optimized sealing structure

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a small-size domestic appliance technical field, concretely relates to optimize seal structure's food preparation machine.

Background

At present, food processors have been increasingly used, which mainly cut and crush food by a crushing cutter set in an inner cavity of the food processor, so as to achieve a required crushing degree of the food, and facilitate the food consumption of users.

The food processor generally includes a main body and a cup body, and when some food processing procedures are performed, slurry is generated, and in order to prevent the slurry from leaking out along a gap between the main body and the cup body, a seal ring is arranged on end faces of the main body and the cup body to realize sealing. Particularly, for a type of food processing machine capable of washing the whole body, after a user uses the food processing machine, the machine is usually directly placed under the water for washing, so that the waterproof requirement of the whole machine is completely different from that of the traditional food processing machine, and the requirement is higher. When the end face of the main machine and the cup body is sealed, the main machine sealing ring is extruded through the rotation of the threads, so that sealing is realized, and water is easy to enter between the main machine and the side wall of the cup body to cause sealing failure. In addition, when the main machine and the cup body are installed, the operation hand feeling can be changed through the hardness and the interference magnitude of the sealing ring, but the safety is ensured by triggering the micro switch while the existing food processor performs sealing, and in order to ensure the reliable triggering, the hardness of the sealing ring is hard, and the hard sealing ring needs to have more interference when realizing sealing, so that the operation hand feeling is poor; more because of being end face seal, the flatness of the cup mouth of the cup body and the flatness of the mounting surface of the sealing ring can both influence the sealing effect, thereby causing sealing failure.

The above description is included in the technical recognition scope of the inventors, and does not necessarily constitute the prior art.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve one or more technical problems in the prior art, or at least provide a profitable selection, the utility model provides an optimize seal structure's food preparation machine improves the structure of sealing member, improves the sealed effect of host computer and cup.

As an optimized sealing structure food processor's preferred technical scheme, first sealing is equipped with protruding muscle in circumference, and first sealing can produce radial deformation under cup terminal surface and host computer terminal surface crimping state to make protruding muscle and cup side or the sealed butt of host computer side. Under the circumstances of not having protruding muscle, the cooperation that sealing member and cup or host computer formed is the face contact, uses for a long time and can cause sealed inefficacy because of material reason or fitting surface unevenness reason, the utility model discloses optimize sealing member and host computer and cup complex structure, make the cooperation that sealing member and cup or host computer formed be line contact, ensure sealed long-term validity.

As a preferred technical scheme of the food processor with the optimized sealing structure, the included angle formed by the first sealing part and the second sealing part ranges from 90 degrees to 150 degrees. After the cup lateral wall crimping to the sealing member, the sealing member produces radial deformation, deformation including sealing member material itself, and the produced deformation of sealing member structural change, contained angle when between first sealing and the second sealing is 90 ~ 150, can ensure that the sealing member deformation forms sealedly, and contained angle when between first sealing and the second sealing is less than 90 when, be unfavorable for the cup to get into the host computer, the installation is inconvenient, contained angle when between first sealing and the second sealing is greater than 150 degrees, then the second sealing is easily rolled up, be unfavorable for sealedly.

As a preferred technical scheme of the food processor with the optimized sealing structure, the included angle formed by the second sealing part and the horizontal direction is 60-90 degrees. Through optimizing the structure of second sealing, can make second sealing and cup lateral wall form face contact sealed or line contact sealed, sealed effect is difficult for losing efficacy more. When the included angle between the second sealing portion and the horizontal direction is smaller than 60, the portion forming the seal is too thin, which is not favorable for maintaining the seal.

As an optimized technical scheme of the food processor with the optimized sealing structure, the width of the second sealing part is 0.5-2 mm, so that the second sealing part can be recovered after being extruded, and the second sealing part is soft enough, and the hand feeling of a user is improved. When the thickness of the second sealing part is less than 0.5mm, the structural strength is low and the second sealing part is damaged, and when the thickness of the second sealing part is more than 2mm, the soft performance of the second sealing part cannot be ensured.

As an optimized technical scheme of the food processor with the optimized sealing structure, the end face of the first sealing part is provided with an annular rib arranged towards the cup body, and the annular rib and the second sealing part form a first groove for hermetically containing the side wall of the cup body.

As an optimized technical scheme of the food processor with the optimized sealing structure, the food processor further comprises a microswitch, the microswitch is arranged between the end face of the main machine and the sealing piece, and the microswitch can be triggered by the sealing piece in a state that the end face of the cup body is in compression joint with the end face of the main machine. The sealing reliability of the cup body and the main machine is guaranteed through the double-sealing structure disclosed by the embodiment, the sealing ring can be made of soft materials, end face sealing and side face sealing can be achieved, the flatness of the cup opening and the flatness of the sealing piece mounting surface cannot influence the sealing effect, and the micro switch can be triggered.

As an optimization technical scheme who optimizes seal structure's food preparation machine, the host computer terminal surface forms the mounting groove that can holding cup lateral wall, micro-gap switch sets up in the mounting groove bottom, first sealing part terminal surface is equipped with the annular muscle that sets up towards the host computer, annular muscle and second sealing part form holding micro-gap switch's second recess, the second recess is established including the micro-gap switch cover, the sealing member can be under cup terminal surface and host computer terminal surface crimping state, make annular muscle and second sealing part respectively with the sealed butt of the inside and outside lateral wall of mounting groove. The double sealing effect is realized to second sealing portion and annular muscle, can reduce the direct pressure of cup to micro-gap switch moreover, plays the effect of buffering to micro-gap switch.

As an optimized technical scheme of the food processor with the optimized sealing structure, the sealing element is of an outward expansion structure towards the microswitch, and in the pressing process, the second sealing part and the annular rib of the sealing element are respectively in interference fit with the inner wall and the outer wall of the annular groove, so that two sealing processes are realized.

As an optimized technical scheme of the food processor with the optimized sealing structure, the width of the first sealing part is larger than that of the side wall of the cup body, so that the downward rotary stroke of the cup mouth can be effectively transmitted, and the effective triggering of the micro switch is ensured.

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 cross-sectional view of a food processor in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the seal area of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a sealing member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a convex rib of a sealing member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of a seal area in another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a sealing member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a food processor in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 7 at D.

Fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a seal member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein:

1-a host;

2-the cup body;

3-seal, 31-first seal, 32-second seal, 33-rib, 34-annular rib, 35-first groove, 36-second groove;

4-crushing cutter set;

5-a microswitch.

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.

The specific scheme is as follows:

example 1

As shown in fig. 1-3, the food processor with optimized sealing structure disclosed in this embodiment includes a main body 1, a cup body 2 detachably connected to the main body 1, and a sealing member 3 disposed between the main body 1 and the cup body 2. The main machine 1 is arranged at the open end of the cup body 2 and can realize the sealing of the cup body 2. The inside drive arrangement that is equipped with of host computer 1, like the motor, drive arrangement is equipped with the output shaft, sets up on the output shaft and smashes knife tackle 4 and can stretch into 2 inside edible material to in the cup 2 and smash the processing. The sealing member 3 is a sealing ring arranged between the main machine 1 and the cup body 2, when the cup body 2 and the main machine 1 are fastened, the open end of the cup body 2 is inserted into the main machine 1, and the end surface of the open end of the cup body 2 is pressed and connected with the sealing member 3, so that the sealing between the cup body 2 and the main machine 1 is ensured. Generally speaking, in order to ensure the stability of the connection between the main body 1 and the cup body 2, the main body 1 and the cup body 2 are connected through threads (the main body and the cup body can also be connected by a turnbuckle or other methods), and as the cup body 2 is gradually screwed into the main body 1, the axial pressure of the end part of the cup body 1 on the sealing element 3 is gradually increased, so that a seal is formed between the main body 1 and the cup body 2. The sealing member 3 in this embodiment includes a first sealing portion 31 disposed between the end surface of the cup body 2 and the end surface of the main body 1, and a second sealing portion 32 disposed between the side wall of the cup body 2 and the side wall of the main body 1, and the side wall of the cup body 2 can be pressed against the sealing member 3, so that the second sealing portion 32 is sealingly attached to the side wall of the main body 1. When the main body 1 and the cup body 2 are screwed, the first sealing portion 31 is first pressed, and the entire sealing member 3 is radially deformed by pressing the first sealing portion 31, and the radial deformation of the sealing member 3 forms a seal for a gap between the cup body 2 and the main body 1. The sealing between the main machine 1 and the cup body 2 comprises a first re-sealing formed by crimping the end face to the sealing piece 3 and a second re-sealing formed between the side surface of the main machine 1 and the side surface of the cup opening of the cup body 2.

As shown in fig. 4, in order to further improve the sealing effect, a rib 33 is provided in the circumferential direction of the first sealing portion 31, and the first sealing portion 31 can be radially deformed in a state where the end surface of the cup body 2 and the end surface of the main unit 1 are in pressure contact with each other, so that the rib 33 is in sealing contact with the side surface of the cup body 2 or the side surface of the main unit 1. In this embodiment, the number of the ribs 33 is one, and the ribs are disposed at the middle position of the circumferential surface of the first sealing portion 31, and in practical applications, the number and the installation positions of the ribs 33 may be adjusted according to specific situations, for example, two or three ribs are uniformly disposed on the circumferential surface of the first sealing portion 31. The shape of the convex rib 33 is a structure with a triangular cross section, and compared with the rectangular convex rib, the surface contact with the side wall of the main machine 1 is optimized to be line contact, so that the sealing effect is improved.

After 2 lateral walls of cup are to 3 crimps of sealing member, sealing member 3 produces radial deformation, when first sealing 31 and the contained angle B that second sealing 32 become be 90, the radial deformation of sealing member 3 only relies on the deformation of material, and is greater than 90 when first sealing 31 and the contained angle B that second sealing 32 become to when less than or equal to 150, sealing member 3 then can rely on the deformation of structure under the crimping of 2 rim of a cup of cup, and sealed effect is better. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the included angle B between the first sealing portion 31 and the second sealing portion 32 is 120 °. In order to prevent the second sealing portion 32 from axially affecting the screwing of the cup body 2 and the host 1, a fillet is arranged on one side, close to the cup mouth, of the second sealing portion 32, so that the second sealing portion 32 is radially extruded by the cup body 2.

In this embodiment, the included angle C between the second sealing portion 32 and the horizontal direction is 60 ° to 90 °. When the included angle C that second sealing 32 and horizontal direction become is 90, second sealing 32 and the sealed face contact that forms of cup 2 lateral wall, and when second sealing 32 and horizontal direction become the included angle C and be less than 90 to be greater than 60 when, can effectively guarantee that the contact of sealing member 3 and host computer 1 is line contact, sealed more difficult inefficacy.

In addition, in this embodiment, the width of the second sealing portion 32 should be greater than the difference between the inner diameter of the cup opening and the inner wall of the main body 1, the second sealing portion 32 should have a certain strength to ensure the recovery after being squeezed, and it should be soft enough to ensure the easy deformation of the contact with the cup body 2, so the width a of the second sealing portion 32 is 0.5mm to 2 mm.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the first sealing portion 31 is provided with an annular rib 34 facing the cup body 2, and the annular rib 34 and the second sealing portion 32 form a first groove 35 for hermetically receiving the side wall of the cup body 2. When screwing the cup body 2 and the host 1, the inner wall of the cup body 2 extrudes the second sealing part 32, so that the first sealing is realized, the annular rib 34 is extruded on the outer wall of the cup body 2, the second sealing is realized, and the magnitude of interference of the two sealing can be effectively ensured by the sealing mode. However, since the first sealing portion 31, the second sealing portion 32 and the annular rib 34 form a groove-shaped structure, the concentricity requirement during the downward rotation of the cup body 2 must be ensured, otherwise, the uniform extrusion of the second sealing portion 32 and the annular rib 34 cannot be ensured.

Example 2

As shown in fig. 7 to 9, since the sealing member with high flexibility is used in this embodiment, the screwing feeling can be ensured when the main body 1 and the cup body 2 are screwed together. In a kind of food preparation machine, set up micro-gap switch 5 on host computer 1, when cup 2 and host computer 1 revolve, micro-gap switch 5 can be triggered to the terminal surface of 2 cup walls of cup, only when micro-gap switch 5 triggered, just can rotate by the drive arrangement in the host computer 1 to this guarantees user's safety in utilization, prevents to smash knife tackle 4 and is started under lacking the protection of cup 2, stops the potential safety hazard. When the structure needing to be triggered is adopted, the material of the sealing piece 3 cannot be too soft, and the accurate triggering of the microswitch 5 cannot be ensured due to the too soft structure, so that the hardness of the existing sealing piece is harder for the food processor with the microswitch triggering structure, and the hand feeling is poorer when the cup body and the host machine are screwed. The present embodiment is basically the same as the technical solution disclosed in embodiment 1, and the difference is that in the present embodiment, the micro switch 5 is disposed between the end surface of the main body 1 and the sealing member 3, and the sealing member 3 can apply pressure to the micro switch 5 in a state where the end surface of the cup body 2 is in pressure contact with the end surface of the main body 1, so as to trigger the micro switch 5. The sealing reliability of the cup body 2 and the main machine 1 is guaranteed through the double-sealing structure disclosed by the embodiment, the sealing element 3 can be made of soft materials, end face sealing and side face sealing can be achieved, the sealing effect cannot be influenced by the flatness of the cup opening and the flatness of the sealing element mounting surface, and the micro switch 5 can be triggered.

The mounting groove that 1 terminal surface of host computer formed can the 2 lateral walls of holding cup, and the mounting groove is equipped with the internal thread for be connected with 2 rim of a cup of cup. Micro-gap switch 5 sets up at the mounting groove bottom, and micro-gap switch 5 includes body and trigger part, and trigger part is at the mounting groove bottom, and trigger part passes the mounting groove bottom and can trigger with the body of installing in host computer 1 inside and be connected. First sealing 31 terminal surface is equipped with the annular muscle 34 towards the setting of host computer 1, like the annular muscle technical scheme disclosed in embodiment 1, in this embodiment, when screwing cup 2 and host computer 1, 2 inner walls of cup extrude second sealing 32 to realize first sealed, 2 outer walls of cup extrude annular muscle 34, realize that the second is sealed, can effectively guarantee twice sealed magnitude of interference. The annular rib 34 and the second sealing portion 32 form a second groove 36 for accommodating the micro switch 5, the micro switch 5 is covered by the second groove 36, and the sealing element 3 can enable the annular rib 34 and the second sealing portion 32 to be respectively in sealing butt joint with the inner side wall and the outer side wall of the mounting groove in the pressure joint state of the end face of the cup body 2 and the end face of the host 1. Moreover, second recess 36 can realize sealing member 3 and micro-gap switch 5's location, and micro-gap switch 5 is injectd inside

second recess

36, and 2 cups of cup 2 rim of a cup trigger micro-gap switch 5 through sealing member 3, can reduce the direct pressure of cup 2 to micro-gap switch 5, play the effect of buffering to micro-gap switch 5, prevent that micro-gap switch 5 from damaging because of improper use.

In this embodiment, the sealing member 3 is outwardly expanded toward the microswitch 5. Through the cup 2 downwardly rotating, the sealing member 3 is pressed downwardly by the end face of the cup 2, and the second sealing portion 32 and the annular rib 34 respectively interfere with the inner wall and the outer wall of the annular groove in the pressing process due to outward expansion, so that two sealing operations are realized. However, since the microswitch 5 on the main unit 1 has an activation portion, the space formed by the second seal portion 32 and the annular rib 34 must be kept away from the activation portion, resulting in difficulty in installation and failure of the seal if the installation is not good, causing inconsistency in activation.

In this embodiment, the width of the first sealing portion 31 is greater than the width of the side wall of the cup body 2, so that the downward rotation stroke of the cup mouth can be effectively transmitted, and the micro switch 5 can be effectively triggered.

To sum up, the utility model discloses a seal structure to host computer and cup optimizes, utilizes the cooperation of first sealing and second sealing to realize the radial contact of sealing member and cup, improves when guaranteeing sealed effect and pushes down and feels. And, the utility model discloses can utilize the annular muscle to realize the secondary seal of host computer and cup, can make sealed effective for a long time.

The technical solution protected by the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and it should be noted that the technical solution of any one embodiment is combined with the technical solution of one or more other embodiments in the protection scope of the present invention. Although the invention has been described in detail with respect to the general description and the specific embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and improvements can be made based on the invention. Therefore, such modifications and improvements are intended to be within the scope of the invention as claimed.

Claims

1. A food processor of optimized sealing configuration comprising:

a host;

the cup body is detachably connected with the host; and

a seal disposed between the host and the cup;

characterized in that said seal comprises

A first seal portion provided between the end surface of the cup body and the end surface of the main body, an

The second sealing part is arranged between the side wall of the cup body and the side wall of the main machine;

the cup body side wall can be in press connection with the sealing element, so that the second sealing portion is in sealing fit with the main machine side wall.

2. The food processor with the optimized sealing structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first sealing portion is circumferentially provided with a rib, and the first sealing portion can be radially deformed in a state that the end surface of the cup body is in press contact with the end surface of the main body, so that the rib is in sealing contact with the side surface of the cup body or the side surface of the main body.

3. A food processor with an optimized sealing structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angle formed by the first sealing portion and the second sealing portion ranges from 90 ° to 150 °.

4. A food processor with an optimized sealing structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the angle formed by the second sealing portion and the horizontal direction is 60-90 °.

5. The food processor of claim 1, wherein the width of the second sealing portion is 0.5mm to 2 mm.

6. A food processor with an optimized sealing structure according to claim 1, wherein the first sealing portion has an annular rib disposed toward the cup body, and the annular rib and the second sealing portion form a first groove for sealingly receiving the side wall of the cup body.

7. The food processor with an optimized sealing structure as recited in claim 1, further comprising a micro switch disposed between the end surface of the main body and the sealing member, wherein the sealing member is capable of activating the micro switch in a state where the end surface of the cup body is pressed against the end surface of the main body.

8. A food processor with an optimized sealing structure according to claim 7, wherein the end face of the main body forms a mounting groove capable of accommodating the side wall of the cup body, the micro-switch is arranged at the bottom of the mounting groove, the end face of the first sealing part is provided with an annular rib arranged towards the main body, the annular rib and the second sealing part form a second groove for accommodating the micro-switch, the micro-switch is covered by the second groove, and the sealing element can enable the annular rib and the second sealing part to be respectively in sealing abutment with the inner side wall and the outer side wall of the mounting groove in a state that the end face of the cup body is in pressure contact with the end face of the main body.

9. A food processor with an optimized sealing configuration according to claim 8, wherein the seal is flared toward the microswitch.

10. A food processor with an optimized sealing configuration according to claim 1, wherein the width of the first sealing portion is greater than the width of the cup sidewall.