CN213371449U - Operation panel and cooking utensil with same - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an operating panel and a cooking utensil with the same, wherein the operating panel comprises a panel body and a button, an elastic arm is integrally formed on the panel body, and the elastic arm extends upwards from the panel body in an inclined way; the button is connected to the panel body and a partial surface thereof abuts against an elastic arm deformable in a pressing direction of the button to provide an elastic force for button return. The utility model provides an operating panel can make the button reset with the help of the elasticity that produces behind the elastic arm deformation, and the elastic arm can be an integrated into one piece with the panel body, and this overall structure that has not only simplified operating panel can not use extra installation component such as spring or structure to install the button for operating panel's part quantity has been reduced, has reduced production manufacturing cost, and convenient production manufacturing has the operating panel of elastic arm moreover.

Description

Operation panel and cooking utensil with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a for kitchen use household electrical appliances technical field particularly relates to an operating panel and have its cooking utensil.

Background

An existing cooking appliance such as an electric cooker is generally provided with an operation panel having a push button and a lamp panel matched with the operation panel, and the operation panel can be contacted with the lamp panel by pressing the push button, so that an electric control operation can be performed. A compressible spring is usually arranged between the operation panel and the lamp panel, and the button is reset after being pressed by the aid of the elastic force of the spring.

Because the spring is the independent part for increased cooking utensil's part quantity, the button is more, and because of the spring makes cooking utensil's part more, thereby the structure is complicated, and the assembly step is loaded down with trivial details, and production low in production efficiency and increased production manufacturing cost. And the spring is easily lost during the assembly process, which may result in an increase in manufacturing costs.

Therefore, an operation panel and a cooking appliance having the same are needed to at least partially solve the above problems.

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 solve the above problem at least partially, the utility model provides an operating panel, it includes:

the panel comprises a panel body, wherein an elastic arm is integrally formed on the panel body and extends obliquely upwards from the panel body; and

a button connected to the panel body and having a partial surface abutting against the elastic arm, the elastic arm being deformable in a pressing direction of the button to provide an elastic force for the button to return.

According to the scheme, the button can be reset by means of the elastic force generated after the elastic arm deforms, the elastic arm and the panel body can be integrally formed into one piece, the overall structure of the operation panel is simplified, the button can be installed without using additional installation parts or structures such as springs, the number of parts of the operation panel is reduced, the production and manufacturing cost is reduced, and the operation panel with the elastic arm is convenient to produce and manufacture. The assembling process is simple, the button can be directly installed on the panel body, the installation efficiency is high in one step, the production process can be improved, and the increase of production and manufacturing cost caused by the loss of the spring is avoided.

Optionally, the resilient arms are arranged in pairs, each pair of resilient arms corresponding to one of the buttons.

According to the scheme, the balance and stability of the button at the installation position can be kept by means of the elastic arms arranged in pairs, the balance and stability of the button in the pressing process can be kept, the button is not inclined, and the manual pressing experience of a user can be improved.

Optionally, the panel body is provided with a through hole, the elastic arm corresponds to the through hole in position, the button is provided with a button column, and the button column penetrates through the through hole.

According to the scheme, on one hand, the button column can be contacted with the lamp panel to be electrified; on the other hand, the button column can play a guiding role, so that the balance and stability of the button in the pressing process can be kept, the button is not inclined, and the manual pressing experience of a user can be improved.

Optionally, the button is provided with a connection clasp, the panel body is provided with a snap hole, and the button passes through the connection clasp through the snap hole and is connected to the panel body.

According to this scheme, can be with the movably installation of button to the panel body, this makes the assembly process of button simple easy to operate to the button is difficult for deviating from the panel body.

Optionally, one end of the elastic arm starts from the edge of the clamping hole.

According to this scheme, when the shaping of panel body, can utilize the part of panel body when the joint hole that does not form, make the elastic arm, make the joint hole simultaneously. Therefore, the material cost can be saved, the structure of the panel body is optimized, and the panel body is easy to produce and manufacture.

Optionally, the button is in a long strip shape, the two ends of the button in the length direction are both provided with a connection clasp, the panel body is provided with a pair of elastic arms, and the pair of elastic arms are arranged oppositely and located between the two connection clasps.

According to this scheme, to the button of rectangular shape, with the help of two connection clasp, can install the button on the panel body, only with the help of the elastic arm of a pair of opposite arrangement, just can keep the button in the balanced and stable of mounted position to and keep the button in the balance and the stability of pressing the in-process, not crooked, can improve the manual experience of pressing of user and feel.

Optionally, the panel body is provided with a mounting groove with an upward opening, the elastic arm is arranged in the mounting groove and extends obliquely upward from the bottom wall of the mounting groove, and the button is received in the mounting groove.

According to this scheme, conveniently set up the structure that is used for installing the button at the diapire of mounting groove, the button is received and can be formed compact mounting structure in the mounting groove to and can not influence operating panel's whole outward appearance, and the connection clip of button and button post can not expose after being covered by the button.

Optionally, a dimension of a portion of the elastic arm protruding from the panel body in the up-down direction when the button is not assembled is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm.

According to the scheme, the maximum deformation amount of the elastic arm in the vertical direction can be larger than or equal to 0.5mm, and the deformation amount in the range can meet the requirements of pressing strokes of buttons with different specifications and sizes.

Optionally, the tilt angle α of the resilient arm when the button is not assembled is in the range of 10 ° to 45 °.

According to the scheme, the elastic arm can have better elastic deformation capacity, and the elastic arm can provide elastic force meeting the requirement of resetting the button.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cooking appliance comprising an operating panel according to any one of the above aspects.

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 and descriptions of the invention, which are used to explain the principles of the invention.

In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a cooking appliance according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a perspective exploded schematic view of a portion of an operation panel according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a portion of the operator panel of FIG. 2 with the push button in an initial position;

fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion B in fig. 4.

Description of reference numerals:

100: cooking utensil 10: pot body

20: the cover body 30: operation panel

40: first button 50: second push button

110: the panel body 111: elastic arm

112: through hole 113: clamping hole

114: mounting groove 115: bottom wall

121: button post 120: push button

122: connecting clasp

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, a detailed description will be given for a thorough understanding of the present invention. It is apparent that the implementation of the embodiments of the present invention is not limited to the specific details familiar to those skilled in the art. The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, however, other embodiments of the present invention are possible in addition to these detailed descriptions.

It should be noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments in accordance with the invention. As used herein, the singular is intended to include the plural unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising," when used in this specification, 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.

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".

It is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", and the like are used herein for purposes of illustration only and are not limiting.

Exemplary embodiments according to the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. These exemplary embodiments may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to only the embodiments set forth herein. It is to be understood that these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of these exemplary embodiments to those skilled in the art.

Generally, as shown in fig. 1, a cooking appliance 100 such as an electric rice cooker includes a pot body 10 and a lid 20. The pot body 10 has a cylindrical inner pot housing 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 pot body 10 includes therein a heating means for heating the inner pot to heat the inner pot.

The lid body 20 has a shape substantially corresponding to the pot body 10. The lid 20 is openably and closably provided on the pot body 10, and specifically, it is pivoted to the pot body 10 by a pivot shaft, and can be freely pivoted about the pivot axis where the pivot shaft is located between a closed position and an open position with respect to the pot body 10, so as to facilitate the closing and opening of the pot body 10. When the lid 20 is closed on the pot body 10, it covers the inner pot, and a cooking space is formed between the inner pot and the lid. The lid body 20 also typically has a sealing ring, which may be made of, for example, a rubber material, disposed between the lid body 20 and the inner pot for sealing the cooking space when the lid body 20 is in a closed state.

The pot body 10 or the lid body 20 may be further provided with an operation panel 30 with buttons. As shown in fig. 1, an operation panel 30 with buttons is provided at a side surface of the pot body 10. The buttons may include push type buttons, rotary type buttons, and/or slide type buttons. In the illustrated embodiment, the buttons are shown to include a first button 40 and a second button 50, the first button 40 being a push type button and the second button 50 being a rotary type button. The inner side of the operation panel 30 can be provided with a lamp panel.

The assembling structure of the push button, i.e., the first button 40, will be described with reference to fig. 2 to 5.

As shown in fig. 2, the operation panel 30 includes a panel body 110 and buttons 120 mounted to the panel body 110. The button 120 can be disposed above the panel body 110 and can be connected to the panel body 110. The button 120 is movable in the up-down direction with respect to the panel body 110. Here, the up-down direction may be understood as a pressing direction of the button 120.

The panel body 110 may be integrally formed with an elastic arm 111. The elastic arm 111 extends obliquely upward from the panel body 110. A partial surface of the button 120 can abut against the elastic arm 111, whereby the elastic arm 111 can provide an upward supporting force of the button 120. The elastic arm 111 is deformable in a pressing direction (up-down direction) of the button 120 to provide an elastic force for resetting the button 120. The button 120 may have an initial position and an operating position, and when the button 120 is pressed, the button 120 may move downward from the initial position to the operating position, and simultaneously, the top of the elastic arm 111 also moves downward, so that the elastic arm 111 is deformed and generates an upward elastic force; when the button 120 is no longer pressed, the button 120 moves upward to the initial position by the elastic force of the elastic arm 111, i.e., the button 120 is reset.

In this embodiment, the button 120 may be reset by the elastic force generated after the elastic arm 111 is deformed, and the elastic arm 111 and the panel body 110 may be integrally formed as one piece, which not only simplifies the overall structure of the operation panel 30, but also may mount the button 120 without using an additional mounting member or structure such as a spring, so that the number of parts of the operation panel 30 is reduced, thereby reducing the number of parts of the cooking appliance 100, simplifying the structure of the cooking appliance 100, reducing the manufacturing cost, and facilitating the manufacturing of the operation panel 30 with the elastic arm 111.

The assembling process is simple, the button 120 can be directly installed on the panel body 110, the installation efficiency is high in one step, the production process can be improved, and the increase of the production and manufacturing cost caused by the loss of the spring is avoided.

It should be noted that directional terms used herein to describe various parts and portions of the operation panel 30, such as "upper", "lower", "above", "below", "upward", "downward", and the like, are relative to the operation panel 30 in the state shown in fig. 2 to 5.

The resilient arms 111 may be symmetrically arranged, and each pair of resilient arms 111 can correspond to one of the buttons 120. That is, one button 120 provides an elastic force for restoring the button 120 through a pair of elastic arms 111. Therefore, by means of the elastic arms 111 arranged in pairs, the balance and stability of the button 120 at the installation position and the balance and stability of the button 120 in the pressing process can be kept without deflection, and the manual pressing experience of a user can be improved. Alternatively, each pair of resilient arms 111 may be spaced apart and symmetrically arranged. For example, each pair of resilient arms 111 may be arranged symmetrically and oppositely; the opposite arrangement means in particular that the distance between the top of each pair of resilient arms 111 is greater than the distance between their bottoms. Alternatively, each pair of resilient arms 111 may be symmetrically and oppositely disposed; in particular, the distance between the tops of each pair of resilient arms 111 is smaller than the distance between their bottoms. The specific arrangement of the resilient arms 111 may be set as desired.

As shown in fig. 3, in the illustrated embodiment, the button 120 is in a long bar shape, the panel body 110 is provided with a pair of elastic arms 111, the pair of elastic arms 111 are arranged at intervals in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the button 120, and a projection direction of the longitudinal direction of the elastic arms 111 on a horizontal plane is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the button 120. The pair of resilient arms 111 are oppositely disposed.

The panel body 110 may be provided with a through hole 112. Accordingly, the button 120 may be provided with a button post 121. The button post 121 extends downward from the lower surface of the button 120 and can be disposed at the middle of the button 120. The through hole 112 can correspond to the position of the button post 121 up and down. The button post 121 can pass through the through hole 112 so as to be in contact with the lamp panel. After the button 120 is pressed, the button post 121 can be in contact with the lamp panel. The elastic arm 111 may be disposed around the through hole 112. For example, in the illustrated embodiment, two resilient arms 111 are located on opposite sides of the through-hole 112. The shape of the through hole 112 is adapted to the shape of the button post 121, for example, the shape of the through hole 112 may be circular, and the button post 121 may be correspondingly cylindrical. The button post 121 can move up and down along the through hole 112, and the button post 121 can play a guiding role, so that the balance and stability of the button 120 in the pressing process can be kept, the button is not inclined, and the manual pressing experience of a user can be improved.

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, to facilitate the installation of the button 120, the button 120 may be provided with a connection clip 122. The attachment clip 122 can extend downward. The panel body 110 may be provided with a catching hole 113. The connection hooks 122 can be vertically corresponding to the positions of the engagement holes 113. The button 120 can be connected to the panel body 110 by the connection clip 122 passing through the catching hole 113. When the button 120 is not pressed, more specifically, when the button 120 is located at the initial position, the connection clip 122 can be hooked to the lower surface of the panel body 110. Specifically, the connection hook 122 can be hooked to the lower surface of the panel body 110 at the edge of the snap hole 113. When the button 120 is pressed, the attachment clip 122 moves downward away from the lower surface of the panel body 110. When the button 120 is no longer pressed, the connection hook 122 moves upward and finally hooks to the lower surface of the panel body 110, and at this time, the button 120 is reset.

In this embodiment, the button 120 may be movably mounted to the panel body 110, which makes the assembly process of the button 120 simple and easy to operate, and the button 120 is not easily removed from the panel body 110.

In the illustrated embodiment, for the elongated button 120, both ends of the button 120 in the longitudinal direction may be provided with the connection hooks 122. The hooking portions of the two attachment hooks 122 are oppositely disposed. The panel body 110 is correspondingly provided with two clamping holes 113. A pair of resilient arms 111 are oppositely disposed and located between the two attachment clasps 122. Specifically, a pair of elastic arms 111 are respectively located at each of the catching holes 113. In this embodiment, for the button 120 with an elongated shape, only by means of the two elastic arms 111 arranged oppositely, the mounting position of the button 120 can be kept balanced and stable, and the button 120 can be kept balanced and stable during the pressing process without being skewed, so that the manual pressing experience of the user can be improved.

Further, one end of the elastic arm 111 may start from the edge of the catching hole 113. The elastic arm 111 may extend obliquely upward from the edge of the catching hole 113. Therefore, when the panel body 110 is molded, the elastic arm 111 and the clamping hole 113 can be formed by using the portion of the panel body 110 where the clamping hole 113 is not formed. Therefore, the material cost can be saved, the structure of the panel body 110 is optimized, and the panel body 110 is easy to produce and manufacture.

Referring back to fig. 2, the panel body 110 may be provided with a mounting groove 114 opened upward. The button 120 is received in the mounting slot 114. For example, two buttons 120 are shown received in one of the mounting slots 114. The elastic arm 111 is disposed in the mounting groove 114 and extends obliquely upward from the bottom wall 115 of the mounting groove 114. The bottom wall 115 of the mounting slot 114 may define a through hole 112 for receiving a knob post and a snap hole 113 for receiving a coupling clip 122. Thus, it is convenient to provide a structure for mounting the button 120 on the bottom wall 115 of the mounting groove 114, the button 120 is received in the mounting groove 114 to form a compact mounting structure, and the overall appearance of the operation panel 30 is not affected, and the connection clip 122 and the button post 121 of the button 120 may not be exposed after being covered by the button 120.

The size of the portion of the elastic arm 111 protruding from the panel body 110 in the up-down direction when the button 120 is not assembled is related to the pressing stroke of the button 120, and may be greater than or equal to the pressing stroke of the button 120. Specifically, the dimension of the portion of the elastic arm 111 protruding from the panel body 110 when the button 120 is not assembled in the up-down direction is greater than or equal to 0.5mm, and may be, for example, 0.5mm, 0.7mm, 0.9mm, 1.0mm, 1.2mm, 1.4mm, or the like. The inclination angle α of the elastic arm 111 when the button 120 is not assembled may range from 10 ° to 45 °. For example, the inclination angle α (not shown) may be 10 °, 15 °, 20 °, 25 °, 30 °, 35 °, 40 °, 45 °. Alternatively, the inclination angle α of the elastic arm 111 when the button 120 is not assembled may range from 15 ° to 30 °. Selecting the inclination angle α of the elastic arm 111 in the above range can make the elastic arm 111 have better elastic deformation capability, so that the elastic arm 111 can provide the elastic force required for resetting the button 120.

It will be appreciated that the size and the inclination angle α of the elastic arm 111 are related to the design size of the button 120, and the size of the catching hole 113 is also related to the design size of the button 120, and the larger the design size of the button 120, and accordingly, the size and the inclination angle α of the elastic arm 111 tend to be larger, and the size of the catching hole 113 also tends to be larger.

The utility model provides an operating panel 30 can be used for cooking utensil 100, and operating panel 30 includes panel body 110 and button 120, is provided with elastic arm 111 on the panel body 110 integratively, and elastic arm 111 extends from panel body 110 in the slant; the button 120 is connected to the panel body 110 and a partial surface thereof abuts against the elastic arm 111, and the elastic arm 111 is deformable in a pressing direction of the button 120 to provide an elastic force for resetting the button 120.

In this embodiment, the button 120 can be restored by the elastic force generated after the elastic arm 111 is deformed, and the elastic arm 111 and the panel body 110 can be integrally formed as one piece, which not only simplifies the overall structure of the operation panel 30, but also does not use additional installation parts or structures such as springs to install the button 120, so that the number of parts of the operation panel 30 is reduced, the manufacturing cost is reduced, and the operation panel 30 with the elastic arm 111 is conveniently manufactured. The assembling process is simple, the button 120 can be directly installed on the panel body 110, the installation efficiency is high in one step, the production process can be improved, and the increase of the production and manufacturing cost caused by the loss of the spring is avoided.

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. 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 embodiments described above, and that many more modifications and variations are possible in light of the teaching of the present invention and are within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (10)

1. An operation panel characterized by comprising:

the panel comprises a panel body (110), wherein an elastic arm (111) is integrally formed on the panel body (110), and the elastic arm (111) extends obliquely upwards from the panel body (110); and

a button (120), the button (120) being connected to the panel body (110) and a partial surface thereof abutting against the elastic arm (111), the elastic arm (111) being deformable in a pressing direction of the button (120) to provide an elastic force for resetting the button (120).

2. The operating panel according to claim 1, characterized in that said resilient arms (111) are arranged in pairs, each pair of said resilient arms (111) corresponding to one of said buttons (120).

3. The operating panel according to claim 2, wherein the panel body (110) is provided with a through hole (112), the elastic arm (111) corresponds to a position of the through hole (112), and the button (120) is provided with a button post (121), the button post (121) passing through the through hole (112).

4. The operating panel according to claim 1, characterized in that the button (120) is provided with a connection clasp (122), the panel body (110) is provided with a snap hole (113), and the button is connected to the panel body (110) by the connection clasp (122) passing through the snap hole (113).

5. The operating panel according to claim 4, characterized in that one end of the resilient arm (111) starts at the edge of the snap-in hole (113).

6. The operating panel according to claim 4, wherein the button (120) is in the shape of a long bar, both ends of the button (120) in the length direction are provided with connecting hooks (122), the panel body (110) is provided with a pair of the elastic arms (111), and the pair of the elastic arms (111) are oppositely arranged and located between the two connecting hooks (122).

7. The operating panel according to claim 1, wherein the panel body (110) is provided with a mounting groove (114) opening upward, the elastic arm (111) is disposed in the mounting groove (114) and extends obliquely upward from a bottom wall (115) of the mounting groove (114), and the push button (120) is received in the mounting groove (114).

8. The operation panel according to claim 1, wherein a dimension of a portion of the elastic arm (111) protruding from the panel body (110) in an up-down direction when the button (120) is not assembled is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm.

9. The operating panel according to claim 1, characterized in that the inclination angle α of the resilient arm (111) when the push button (120) is not assembled is in the range of 10 ° to 45 °.

10. A cooking appliance, characterized by comprising an operating panel (30) according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

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