CN213850152U - Pot cover assembly and cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a pot cover assembly and a cooking utensil, wherein the pot cover assembly comprises an inner lining and a locking cover rotationally connected with the inner lining, the inner lining is provided with an upper coupler and an elastic reset piece positioned between the inner lining and the upper coupler; the upper coupler can move up and down, connecting parts are arranged at two ends of the upper coupler, and a plurality of pins arranged side by side are arranged in the upper coupler; the plurality of pins and at least one of the connecting parts at two ends are arranged along the radial direction of the lock cover. The mode that radially sets up compares in the mode of horizontal setting, can make the arm of force of last coupler diminish to promote the ability that the coupler resisted rocking, reduce the horizontal shake momentum of connecting portion and contact pin to the at utmost, and then promote the stability of coupler motion process, prevent that the coupler from appearing the condition that the coupling became invalid.

Description

Pot cover assembly and cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of kitchen appliance, especially, relate to a pot cover subassembly and cooking utensil.

Background

At present, many types of cooking appliances exist in the market, wherein a pressure cooking appliance is the most commonly used cooking appliance, different cooking pressures can be selected according to different food materials, and the nutritional ingredients and the delicacies of different foods are stimulated to the greatest extent, so that the pressure cooking appliance is also popular among consumers.

According to different connection modes of the cooker cover and the cooker body, the pressure cooking appliance can be divided into a one-piece pressure cooking appliance and a split pressure cooking appliance. For the split type pressure cooking appliance, because the pot cover and the pot body are designed in a split type, unlike the integral type pressure cooking appliance, the signal transmission between the pot cover and the pot body can be realized by arranging a line at the connecting position of the pot cover and the pot body. The split pressure cooking appliance can only adopt other modes, and usually, wireless transmission, electromagnetic induction transmission, coupler transmission and other modes exist. The first two transmission modes are not widely applied due to the characteristics of high production and manufacturing cost, complex structure, high assembly difficulty and the like, and the coupler transmission is applied to most split pressure cooking appliances by virtue of the advantages of low cost, simple structure and easy assembly.

The prior art has a floating coupling structure from top to bottom, which includes an upper coupler disposed on the lid and a lower coupler disposed on the pot body, wherein the upper coupler can move up and down to realize the insertion and connection with the lower coupler. Specifically, the pot cover includes the coupling hole that is used for installing the coupler, sets up in the reference column of coupling hole both sides and the spring of locating the reference column in the cover, and threaded hole is seted up to the reference column, goes up the coupler and passes through screw and locating column locking connection. The setting of this kind of structure can make the upper coupler carry out vertical motion along the reference column, but because when upper coupler and coupling hole, reference column etc. assembled, can reserve certain clearance usually, this just can lead to the upper coupler can take place to rock in the motion process, can't with lower coupler perfect adaptation, in long-term use, can make coupling structure have the risk that the coupling became invalid. Moreover, the upper coupler is usually connected with a wire harness, and if the upper coupler shakes, the wire harness may be broken, which is not favorable for normal operation of the cooking appliance.

It will thus be seen that the prior art is susceptible to further improvements and enhancements.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a pot cover subassembly and cooking utensil to solve at least one technical problem among the above-mentioned technical problem.

The utility model discloses the technical scheme who adopts does:

in a first aspect, the present invention provides a pot cover assembly, including a liner and a locking cover rotatably connected to the liner, wherein the liner is provided with an upper coupler and an elastic reset member located between the liner and the upper coupler; the upper coupler can move up and down, connecting parts are arranged at two ends of the upper coupler, and a plurality of pins arranged side by side are arranged in the upper coupler; the plurality of pins and at least one of the connecting parts at two ends are arranged along the radial direction of the lock cover.

As an embodiment of the present invention, the pin is a plurality of pins and the connecting portion are both arranged along the radial direction of the lock cover.

As a preferred embodiment of the utility model, connecting portion follow the radial direction of locking closure is arranged and is set up, and is a plurality of the contact pin parallels with the tangent line that the locking closure rotated the route.

As an embodiment of the present invention, it is a plurality of the contact pin is followed the radial direction of locking closure is arranged and is set up, connecting portion and locking closure rotate the tangent line on route and parallel.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lining includes a limiting post and a fastening member, the connecting portion is provided with a first threaded hole, and the limiting post is provided with a second threaded hole corresponding to the first threaded hole; the fastener passes through the first threaded hole and the second threaded hole to connect the restraint post and the upper coupler.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a gap is left between the outer sidewall of the connecting portion and the hole wall of the first threaded hole to form an annular groove that can be matched with the elastic reset piece.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the inner liner further comprises a mounting seat for placing the upper coupler, and the mounting seat can be communicated with the outside of the pot cover assembly.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is a space between the connecting portion and the upper coupler, and the space constitutes a fitting portion; the side wall of the mounting seat extends upwards to form a stopping part, and when the upper coupler is placed on the mounting seat, the stopping part can be matched with the matching part.

As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lock cover is provided with a shifting fork which can rotate along with the lock cover, the shifting fork can touch the upper coupler in the rotating process, so that the upper coupler moves down.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides a cooking appliance, comprising a pot body assembly having a cooking cavity and a pot cover assembly as described above, the pot cover assembly being used for opening or closing the cooking cavity; the pan body assembly comprises a lower coupler, and the lower coupler is provided with a jack matched with the contact pin; when the pot cover assembly covers the pot body assembly, the upper coupler is in plug-in fit with the lower coupler.

Since the technical scheme is used, the utility model discloses the beneficial effect who gains does:

1. the utility model provides a pot cover subassembly sets up connecting portion through the both ends at last coupler to make connecting portion and contact pin both at least one of them along the radial setting of locking closure, this kind of structure can prevent to go up the coupler and take place to rock or slope when carrying out the up-and-down motion. Specifically, when the upper coupler is pressed by external force, the radial arrangement mode can reduce the moment arm of the upper coupler compared with the transverse arrangement mode, so that the capacity of the upper coupler for resisting shaking is improved, the transverse shaking amount of the connecting part and the contact pin is reduced to the maximum extent, the stability of the movement process of the upper coupler is improved, and the situation of coupling failure of the upper coupler is prevented. And, because the pin and the connecting part can move synchronously, the upper coupler is prevented from tilting to a certain extent. Furthermore, the utility model discloses only can make the upper coupler have good coupling effect through the mode of setting up that changes contact pin and connecting portion promptly, not only can simplify the course of working of product, still do benefit to product cost's reduction.

2. As a preferred embodiment of the utility model, the mode that radial arrangement of locking closure set up is all followed with connecting portion to a plurality of contact pins, compare in a plurality of contact pins or connecting portion one of them along the radial setting of locking closure, both another and the tangent line parallel mode of locking closure rotation route, the motion process that makes up the coupler undoubtedly is more steady, thereby when the contact pin that prevents to go up the coupler injects the coupler under to one side, the contact pin is pressed from both sides tightly or can't appear with the condition that the metal contact of coupler contacted down by the coupler down, and then guarantee going on smoothly and the good performance of coupling effect of coupler resilience action.

3. As a preferred embodiment of the utility model, through set up first screw hole and set up the mode of second screw hole at spacing post in connecting portion, realize the threaded connection between spacing post and the last coupler. The upper coupler is sleeved on the limiting column in the arrangement mode, so that on one hand, the stability of connection between the upper coupler and the limiting column can be improved, and the upper coupler is limited from generating transverse displacement; on the other hand, the moving direction of the upper coupler can be guided, and the moving process of the upper coupler is smoothly carried out. In addition, threaded connection's mode simple structure can dismantle between each spare part through threaded connection to make things convenient for operations such as change and maintenance of spare part, do benefit to user experience.

4. As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the annular groove can be matched with the elastic reset member, so as to prevent the elastic reset member from generating lateral deformation in the movement process of the upper coupler, and limit the movement track of the elastic reset member, so as to further ensure that the movement path of the upper coupler does not deviate, and further ensure that the upper coupler has good coupling performance; on the other hand, the annular groove can accommodate part of the elastic reset piece, so that the reduction of the volume of the upper coupler and the related components thereof is facilitated, and further more space is reserved inside the cooker cover component to arrange other parts.

5. As an embodiment of the present invention, the installation seat can be conveniently assembled with the upper coupler, and the side wall of the installation seat is provided with a stopping portion, a matching portion is formed between the connecting portion and the upper coupler, and the moving direction of the upper coupler is further limited in the vertical direction by the matching between the stopping portion and the matching portion, so as to further prevent the upper coupler from transversely shaking or displacing, and to enable the upper coupler and the lower coupler to be stably coupled.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a pot cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an upper coupler according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a bottom view of the upper coupler of fig. 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of another upper coupler according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a bottom view of the upper coupler of fig. 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of another upper coupler according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a bottom view of the upper coupler of fig. 6 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a in fig. 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a mounting base according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein the content of the first and second substances,

100 liner, 110 upper coupler, 111 connecting part, 112 pin, 113 first threaded hole, 114 annular groove, 115 matching part, 116 wire harness, 120 elastic reset piece, 130 spacing column, 131 second threaded hole, 140 fastener, 150 mounting seat, 151 stopping part, 152 reinforcing rib and 160 clamping groove;

200 locking covers, 210 shifting fork pieces;

300 pan body assembly.

Detailed Description

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

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 therefore 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 is to be understood that the terms "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the present invention and to simplify the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be considered 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; the connection can be mechanical connection, electrical connection or communication; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

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.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention provides a pot cover assembly, including a liner 100 and a locking cover 200 rotatably connected to the liner 100, wherein the liner 100 is provided with an upper coupler 110, and an elastic restoring member 120 located between the liner 100 and the upper coupler 110, and the upper coupler 110 can move up and down. The upper coupler 110 has connecting parts 111 at both ends thereof, the upper coupler 110 has a plurality of pins 112 arranged side by side therein, and at least one of the plurality of pins 112 and the connecting parts 111 at both ends thereof is arranged in the radial direction of the locking cover 200.

It should be noted that the structure and shape of the connecting portion 111 may be various, for example, the connecting portion may be a cylindrical structure, a prismatic structure, or a rectangular parallelepiped structure, which is not limited in this embodiment. In addition, the number of the pins 112 is not limited in this embodiment, and may be two, or four or more. Furthermore, the elastic restoring member 120 in the present embodiment is preferably a spring.

The "two ends" of the upper coupler 110 in this embodiment specifically refer to the left end and the right end, or the front end and the rear end, when the upper coupler 110 is horizontally placed. As for the connection portions 111 specifically provided at the left and right ends or at the front and rear ends of the upper coupler 110, they may be provided according to specific sizes and design requirements of the upper coupler 110, and the like.

According to the different arrangement of the plurality of pins 112 and the connecting portion 111, the upper coupler 110 of the present invention has several different embodiments as follows:

implementation mode one

As shown in fig. 4 and 5, both the pins 112 and the connecting portion 111 are arranged in a radial direction of the locking cover 200.

In this arrangement, the pin 112 and the connecting portion 111 are in the same direction, and when the upper coupler 110 is moved downward by an external oblique force, the pin 112 and the connecting portion 111 can move synchronously, thereby preventing the upper coupler 110 from being tilted to some extent. In addition, the radial arrangement mode can also reduce the force arm of the upper coupler 110, so that the shaking resisting capability of the upper coupler 110 is improved, the transverse shaking amount of the connecting part 111 and the contact pin 112 is reduced to the maximum extent, the stability of the movement process of the upper coupler 110 is improved, and the situation that the upper coupler 110 is in coupling failure is prevented.

In addition, compared with the second and third embodiments, the present embodiment undoubtedly makes the movement process of the upper coupler 110 more stable, so as to prevent the situation that the pin 112 is clamped by the lower coupler or cannot contact with the metal contact of the lower coupler when the pin 112 of the upper coupler 110 is obliquely inserted into the lower coupler, thereby ensuring smooth rebound action of the upper coupler 110 and good performance of the coupling effect.

Second embodiment

As shown in fig. 6 and 7, the connecting portions 111 are arranged in a radial direction of the locking cover 200, and the plurality of pins 112 are parallel to a tangent line of a rotation path of the locking cover 200.

Third embodiment

With continued reference to fig. 2 and 3, the pins 112 are arranged in a radial direction of the lock cover 200, and the connecting portion 111 is parallel to a tangent of a rotation path of the lock cover 200.

Since the principles of the second embodiment and the third embodiment are similar to those of the first embodiment, the force arm of the upper coupler 110 is reduced to improve the ability of the upper coupler 110 to resist lateral sway, and will not be described again here. However, it should be understood that, since the second and third embodiments are arranged such that the connecting portions 111 are arranged in a radial direction of the locking cover 200 or the connecting portions 111 are arranged in a radial direction of the locking cover 200, compared with the first embodiment, the distance of the upper coupler 110 in the radial direction of the locking cover 200 can be reduced to some extent, thereby facilitating the miniaturization of the volume of the pot cover assembly.

In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 and 8, the liner 100 may further include a stopper post 130 and a fastening member 140, the connecting portion 111 defines a first threaded hole 113, and the stopper post 130 defines a second threaded hole 131 corresponding to the first threaded hole 113. The fastening member 140 passes through the first and second screw holes 113 and 131 to connect the stopper 130 and the upper coupler 110. Preferably, the fastener 140 may be a screw.

The connection portion 111 is provided with a first threaded hole 113, and the stopper post 130 is provided with a second threaded hole 131, so that the stopper post 130 and the upper coupler 110 are threadedly connected to each other. The arrangement mode is to sleeve the upper coupler 110 on the limiting column 130, so that on one hand, the stability of connection between the upper coupler 110 and the limiting column can be increased, and the transverse displacement of the upper coupler 110 is limited; on the other hand, the moving direction of the upper coupler 110 can be guided, which is beneficial to smooth moving process of the upper coupler 110. In addition, threaded connection's mode simple structure can dismantle between each spare part through threaded connection to make things convenient for operations such as change and maintenance of spare part, do benefit to user experience.

In this embodiment, the structure of the limiting column 130 is not limited, and it may be a cylinder, a square column, or a prism. Accordingly, the first threaded hole 113 may be a circular hole, a square hole, a polygonal hole, or the like, which is not limited in this embodiment. In addition, in order to facilitate the assembly between the stopper post 130 and the first threaded hole 113, the two may be provided as a clearance fit.

As a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 3, a gap is left between the outer sidewall of the connecting portion 111 and the hole wall of the first threaded hole 113 to form an annular groove 114 capable of being engaged with the elastic restoring member 120.

The groove 114 in this embodiment can be matched with the elastic resetting member 120, so that on one hand, the elastic resetting member 120 is prevented from being transversely deformed in the movement process of the upper coupler 110, and the movement locus of the elastic resetting member 120 is defined, so as to further ensure that the movement path of the upper coupler 110 does not deviate, and further ensure that the upper coupler 110 has good coupling performance; on the other hand, the annular groove 114 can accommodate part of the elastic reset element 120, thereby facilitating the reduction of the volume of the upper coupler 110 and the related components, and further allowing more space inside the lid assembly for arranging other components.

As a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, referring to fig. 9, the liner 100 may further include a mounting seat 150 for placing the upper coupler 110, and the mounting seat 150 may be communicated with the outside of the pot cover assembly.

Further, as shown in fig. 3 and 9, a space exists between the connection portion 111 and the upper coupler 110, and the space constitutes a fitting portion 115. A stopping portion 151 is formed on a sidewall of the mounting seat 150 in an upward extending manner, and when the upper coupler 110 is placed on the mounting seat 150, the stopping portion 151 can be engaged with the engaging portion 115. The stopping portion 151 is a plate-shaped structure formed by extending a sidewall of the mounting base 150 upward.

The installation seat 150 is provided to facilitate the assembly of the upper coupler 110, and the sidewall of the installation seat 150 is provided with a stopping portion 151, a matching portion 115 is formed between the connecting portion 111 and the upper coupler 110, and the movement direction of the upper coupler 110 is further defined in the vertical direction by the matching between the stopping portion 151 and the matching portion 115, so that the upper coupler 110 is further prevented from lateral shaking or displacement, and the upper coupler 110 and the lower coupler are stably coupled.

As a preferred implementation manner of the embodiment of the present invention, the locking cap 200 is provided with a shifting fork 210 capable of rotating along with the locking cap 200, and the shifting fork 210 can touch the upper coupler 110 in the rotating process, so that the upper coupler 110 moves down. It should be noted that the structure of the fork 210 can be adapted accordingly according to the structure of the upper coupler 110. The specific structure of the fork 210 is not limited in this embodiment, as long as the fork 210 can touch the upper coupler 110 and move it downward.

In a specific example, referring to fig. 9, the mounting base 150 may further include a stiffener 152, and the stiffener 152 is used to connect the mounting base 150 and the liner 100. The arrangement of the reinforcing ribs 152 can increase the structural strength of the mounting base 150, improve the structural stability of the related components of the upper coupler 110, and prevent the deformation of the mounting base 150 due to stress.

In addition, as shown in fig. 2 and 9, since the upper coupler 110 is generally connected with the wire harness 116, a card slot 160 for receiving the wire harness 116 may be further provided on the liner 100. The arrangement of the clamping groove 160 can facilitate the winding of the wiring harness 116, so that the inner space of the pot cover assembly is more regular; and on the other hand, the falling-off of the wire harness 116 due to the movement of the upper coupler 110 can be prevented.

The utility model discloses still provide a cooking utensil, refer to fig. 10, including the pot body subassembly 300 that has the culinary art chamber (not shown in the figure) and as above the pot cover subassembly, the pot cover subassembly is used for opening or closing the culinary art chamber. The pan body assembly comprises a lower coupler which is provided with a jack matched with the contact pin 112; when the cover assembly is covered on the body assembly 300, the upper coupler 110 is inserted into the lower coupler.

The utility model can be realized by adopting or using the prior art for reference in places which are not mentioned in the utility model.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments.

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

Claims (10)

1. A pot cover assembly comprises a liner and a locking cover which is rotatably connected with the liner, wherein the liner is provided with an upper coupler and an elastic resetting piece which is positioned between the liner and the upper coupler; the upper coupler is capable of moving up and down, and is characterized in that,

the two ends of the upper coupler are provided with connecting parts, and a plurality of pins arranged side by side are arranged in the upper coupler; the plurality of pins and at least one of the connecting parts at two ends are arranged along the radial direction of the lock cover.

2. The lid assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pins and the connecting portion are both arranged in a radial direction of the locking cover.

3. The lid assembly of claim 1, wherein the connecting portions are arranged in a radial direction of the locking lid, and the plurality of pins are parallel to a tangent of a rotational path of the locking lid.

4. The lid assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pins are arranged in a radial direction of the locking lid, and the connecting portion is parallel to a tangent of a rotational path of the locking lid.

5. The pot cover assembly of claim 1, wherein the inner liner comprises a limiting post and a fastening member, the connecting portion defines a first threaded hole, and the limiting post defines a second threaded hole corresponding to the first threaded hole; the fastener passes through the first threaded hole and the second threaded hole to connect the restraint post and the upper coupler.

6. The lid assembly of claim 5, wherein a gap is left between the outer side wall of the connecting portion and the wall of the first threaded hole to form an annular groove capable of cooperating with the elastic return member.

7. The lid assembly of claim 1, wherein the liner further comprises a mounting seat for placement of the upper coupler, and the mounting seat is capable of communicating with an exterior of the lid assembly.

8. The lid assembly of claim 7, wherein a space exists between the connecting portion and the upper coupler, the space forming a mating portion; the side wall of the mounting seat extends upwards to form a stopping part, and when the upper coupler is placed on the mounting seat, the stopping part can be matched with the matching part.

9. The lid assembly of claim 1, wherein the locking lid is provided with a fork rotatable with the locking lid, the fork being capable of actuating the upper coupler to move the upper coupler downward during rotation.

10. A cooking appliance comprising a body assembly having a cooking cavity and a lid assembly of any one of claims 1-9, the lid assembly being adapted to open or close the cooking cavity;

the pan body assembly comprises a lower coupler, and the lower coupler is provided with a jack matched with the contact pin; when the pot cover assembly covers the pot body assembly, the upper coupler is in plug-in fit with the lower coupler.

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