CN214044052U

CN214044052U - Coupler connector and electric kettle with same

Info

Publication number: CN214044052U
Application number: CN202120203492.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 伍平安; 袁礼; 程正兴
Original assignee: Ningbo Yansen Electronic Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Ningbo Yansen Electronic Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-25
Filing date: 2021-01-25
Publication date: 2021-08-24
Anticipated expiration: 2031-01-25

Abstract

The utility model provides a coupler connector, includes the inside lower connecting seat that is equipped with the base of cavity and locates the coupler on base upper portion, and the bottom of base is inserted and is equipped with binding post, and binding post still is connected with in conducting strip and the conducting strip stretches into the inside cavity of base, and the lower connecting seat of coupler includes that concentric and in proper order from boss, inner circle and the outer lane of arranging to the outside, circumference is equipped with first recess between boss and the inner circle, circumference is equipped with the second recess between inner circle and the outer lane, first breach and second breach, its characterized in that have been seted up respectively to the bottom of first recess and second recess: the bottom of the first groove and the bottom of the second groove are both inclined planes with the height changing from high to low in the direction of the first notch or the second notch, and a water retaining partition plate is further arranged below the first notch or the second notch and close to the connection position of the conducting strip and the wiring terminal. An electric kettle with the connector is also disclosed. The coupler connector can prevent water from flowing into the connection terminal, thereby ensuring safety.

Description

Coupler connector and electric kettle with same

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a coupler connector and an electric kettle with the coupler connector.

Background

An electric kettle in the prior art generally comprises a kettle main body and a base, wherein a switch for controlling the on-off of a circuit is arranged on the kettle main body, the kettle main body and the base are mutually inserted, so that the upper base of a coupler arranged at the bottom of the kettle main body and the lower base of the coupler arranged on the base are mutually inserted, the couplers are coupled, and then the switch on the kettle main body is manually pressed, so that the electric kettle can be electrified and heated.

However, the electric kettle is easy to overflow when water is boiled, and the overflowing water flows into the coupler connector on the electric kettle base, so that electric shock risks occur, and in order to guarantee the safety of the electric kettle, the overflow water testing yield of the electric kettle base generally needs to be tested during production. Chinese utility model having application No. CN201220544625.0 (No. CN202906010U) discloses a coupler for appliances, which is characterized in that the shape of conducting strip in xiazoo and the contact mode between the contact in lower seat and the ring-shaped strip in upper seat are changed, so that the electrical gap between the electrodes is large, thereby improving the safety and the test for overflow, but the water overflowing during the use of the coupler easily flows to the connecting terminal part of the coupler, thereby the coupler is easy to get an electric shock risk. Further improvements are therefore desirable.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses a first technical problem that will solve is to prior art's current situation, thereby provides a coupler connector that can prevent that water from flowing into to binding post and guarantee the security.

The second technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an electric kettle with the coupler connector.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned first technical problem adopted does: the utility model provides a coupler connector, includes the inside lower connecting seat that is equipped with the base of cavity and locates the coupler on base upper portion, the bottom of base is inserted and is equipped with binding post, binding post still is connected with in conducting strip and the conducting strip stretches into the inside cavity of base, the lower connecting seat of coupler includes that the concentric is just from boss, inner circle and the outer lane of arranging inside to outside in proper order, circumference is equipped with first recess between boss and the inner circle, circumference is equipped with the second recess between inner circle and the outer lane, first breach and second breach, its characterized in that have been seted up respectively to the bottom of first recess and second recess: the bottom of the first groove and the bottom of the second groove are inclined planes with the height sequentially changing from high to low in the direction of the first notch or the second notch, and a water retaining partition plate is further arranged below the first notch or the second notch and close to the connection position of the conducting strip and the wiring terminal.

In this scheme, binding post is 3, is zero line binding post, live wire binding post and ground wire binding post respectively, ground wire binding post locates zero line binding post and live wire binding post's middle part, zero line binding post is connected with first conducting strip, live wire binding post is connected with the second conducting strip, ground wire binding post is connected with the third conducting strip.

The first notch at the bottom of the first groove is one, and the first notch is positioned above the first conducting strip or the second conducting strip.

Furthermore, a third notch is formed in the position, corresponding to the first notch in the first groove, of the side wall of the inner ring and/or the boss, and a space capable of accommodating the first conducting strip or the second conducting strip to extend into is formed between the third notch and the first notch.

The number of the second gaps is two, and any one of the second gaps is positioned above the second conducting strip or the first conducting strip.

And a fourth notch is formed in the position, corresponding to the second notch, above the second conducting strip or the first conducting strip, of the side wall of the inner ring and/or the outer ring, and a space capable of accommodating the second conducting strip or the first conducting strip is formed between the fourth notch and the second notch.

The middle part of the boss is also provided with a through hole, and the upper end of the third conducting strip is arranged below the through hole.

The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned second technical problem adopted does: the utility model provides an electric kettle, includes kettle body and base, the bottom of kettle body is equipped with the last connector of coupler, be equipped with the lower connector that assembles with last connector on the base, its characterized in that: the lower connector is a coupler connector as described above.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of: the bottom parts of the first groove and the second groove are inclined planes which are inclined from high to low along the direction of the first notch or the second notch, so that the notches in the grooves are all positioned at the lowest part in the groove, and overflowing water can flow out of the notches more quickly; in addition, the water flowing out through the notch can be effectively prevented from flowing to the zero line wiring terminal and the live wire wiring terminal through the water retaining partition plate, so that the use safety of the coupler is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a coupler connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a coupler connector in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 3 is a top view of a coupler connector in an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of another perspective structure of the coupler connector according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an exploded view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of FIG. 1;

fig. 7 is a transverse cross-sectional view of fig. 1.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, a coupler connector includes a base 1 having a cavity 11 therein and a lower connecting seat 2 of a coupler disposed on an upper portion of the base 1, wherein a connecting terminal is inserted into a bottom of the base 1, the connecting terminal is connected to a conductive sheet, and the conductive sheet extends into the cavity 11 of the base 1; the lower connecting seat 2 of the coupler comprises a boss 21, an inner ring 22 and an outer ring 23 which are concentric and are sequentially arranged from inside to outside, in the embodiment, the boss 21, the inner ring 22 and the outer ring 23 are annular, a first groove 3 is circumferentially arranged between the boss 21 and the inner ring 22, a second groove 4 is circumferentially arranged between the inner ring 22 and the outer ring 23, and a first notch 31 and a second notch 41 are respectively arranged at the bottoms of the first groove 3 and the second groove 4. Generally, such a coupler connector is commonly used for an electric kettle, when the electric kettle is used for boiling water, the situation of overflowing water is easy to occur, and in order to enable the overflowing water from the kettle to flow out from the first groove 3 or the second groove 4 more quickly, in this embodiment, the bottoms of the first groove 3 and the second groove 4 are both inclined planes with heights sequentially changing from high to low in the direction of the first notch 31 or the second notch 41; in addition, in order to prevent the water overflowing from the kettle from flowing to the connection terminal, a water baffle plate 6 is arranged below the first notch 31 or the second notch 41 and close to the connection part of the conducting strip and the connection terminal. The gap is located at the lowest position of the bottoms of the first groove 3 and the second groove 4, and water energy can flow out of the first groove 3 and the second groove 4 more quickly.

Wherein, binding post is 3, is zero line binding post 51, live wire binding post 52 and ground wire binding post 53 respectively, and ground wire binding post 53 locates zero line binding post 51 and live wire binding post 52's middle part, and in addition, zero line binding post 51 is connected with first conducting strip 511, and live wire binding post 52 is connected with second conducting strip 521, and ground wire binding post 53 is connected with third conducting strip 531, and first conducting strip 511 is the same with the structure of second conducting strip 521.

The number of the first notch 31 and the second notch 41 is at least one, but at least one of the notches at the bottom of the first groove 3 and the second groove 4 is ensured to be positioned above a conducting strip connected with a live wire connecting terminal or a neutral wire connecting terminal. In the embodiment, there is one first notch 31, and the first notch 71 is located above the first conductive sheet 511 or the second conductive sheet 521. In addition, in the present embodiment, two second notches 41 are provided at the bottom of the second groove 4, and any one of the second notches 41 is located above the second conductive sheet 521 or the first conductive sheet 511, in this embodiment, the first notch 31 is located above the first conductive sheet 511, and the second notch 41 is located above the second conductive sheet 521.

In addition, in order to realize the assembly of the coupler, a third notch 7 is formed in a position, corresponding to the first notch 31 on the first groove 3, of the side wall of the inner ring 22 and/or the boss 21, and a space into which the first conducting plate 511 or the second conducting plate 521 can extend is formed between the third notch 7 and the first notch 31. A fourth notch 8 is formed in a position, corresponding to the second notch 41 above the second conductive sheet 521 or the first conductive sheet 511, of the side wall of the inner ring 22 and/or the outer ring 23, and a space capable of accommodating the second conductive sheet 521 or the first conductive sheet 511 is formed between the fourth notch 8 and the second notch 41. The tops of the first conductive plate 521 and the first conductive plate 511 are higher than the bottoms of the first groove 3 and the second groove 4, so that the L-pole conductive ring and the N-pole conductive ring in the upper connector can be in contact with the first conductive plate 521 and the first conductive plate 511 when the upper connector and the lower connector of the coupler are matched.

Through-hole 211 has still been seted up at the middle part of boss 21, and this through-hole 211 lower extreme is located to ground wire binding post's conducting strip, promptly: the third conductive sheet 531 is disposed at the lower end of the through hole 211.

When the water bottle is used, water overflowing from the water bottle flows into the first groove 3 and/or the second groove 4, and the water can flow out of the notch faster along with the inclined planes inclined from high to low in the direction of the notch in the first groove 3 and the second groove 4 so as to prevent the water from being accumulated in the first groove 3 or the second groove 4; in addition, the water that flows out through the notch on the first groove 3 or the second groove 4 can effectively avoid water to flow to the zero line binding post and the live wire binding post through the water retaining partition plate, thereby effectively improving the use safety of the coupler.

The coupler connector is often applied to an electric kettle, and the embodiment further discloses that the electric kettle comprises a kettle body and a base, wherein an upper connector of the coupler is arranged at the bottom of the kettle body, a lower connector of the coupler assembled with the upper connector is arranged on the base, and the coupler connector is used as the lower connector of the coupler. The upper connector of the coupler usually comprises an L-pole conductive ring, an N-pole conductive ring and a grounding post, when the upper connector and the lower connector of the coupler are assembled, the L-pole conductive ring and the N-pole conductive ring are respectively clamped in the first groove and the second groove, and the grounding post is inserted in the through hole of the boss, namely, the grounding post can be contacted with the conductive sheet corresponding to the wiring terminal to realize the communication of the coupler.

The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of improvements and decorations can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these improvements and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides a coupler connector, includes that inside is equipped with base (1) of cavity (11) and locates lower connecting seat (2) of the coupler on base (1) upper portion, the bottom of base (1) is inserted and is equipped with binding post, binding post still is connected with in the inside cavity (11) that stretches into base (1) in conducting strip and the conducting strip, lower connecting seat (2) of coupler include with the center and in proper order from boss (21), inner circle (22) and outer lane (23) of arranging inside to outside, circumference is equipped with first recess (3) between boss (21) and inner circle (22), circumference is equipped with second recess (4) between inner circle (22) and outer lane (23), first breach (31) and second breach (41), its characterized in that have been seted up respectively to the bottom of first recess (3) and second recess (4): the bottom of the first groove (3) and the bottom of the second groove (4) are both inclined planes with the height sequentially changing from high to low in the direction of the first notch (31) or the second notch (41), and a water retaining partition plate (6) is further arranged below the first notch (31) or the second notch (41) and close to the connection position of the conducting strip and the wiring terminal.

2. The coupler connector of claim 1, wherein: binding post is 3, is zero line binding post (51), live wire binding post (52) and ground wire binding post (53) respectively, the middle part of zero line binding post (51) and live wire binding post (52) is located in ground wire binding post (53), zero line binding post (51) are connected with first conducting strip (511), live wire binding post (52) are connected with second conducting strip (521), ground wire binding post (53) are connected with third conducting strip (531).

3. The coupler connector of claim 2, wherein: the number of the first notches (31) at the bottom of the first groove (3) is one, and the first notches (31) are positioned above the first conducting plate (511) or the second conducting plate (521).

4. The coupler connector of claim 3, wherein: and a third notch (7) is formed in the position, corresponding to the first notch (31) in the first groove (3), of the side wall of the inner ring (22) and/or the boss (21), and a space capable of accommodating the first conducting plate (511) or the second conducting plate (521) is formed between the third notch (7) and the first notch (31).

5. The coupler connector of claim 2, wherein: the number of the second gaps (41) is two, and any one of the second gaps (41) is positioned above the second conductive sheet (521) or the first conductive sheet (511).

6. The coupler connector of claim 5, wherein: and a fourth notch (8) is formed in the position, corresponding to the second notch (41) above the second conducting strip (521) or the first conducting strip (511), of the side wall of the inner ring (22) and/or the outer ring (23), and a space capable of accommodating the second conducting strip (521) or the first conducting strip (511) is formed between the fourth notch (8) and the second notch (41).

7. The coupler connector of claim 2, wherein: the middle part of the boss (21) is also provided with a through hole (211), and the upper end of the third conducting strip (531) is arranged below the through hole (211).

8. The utility model provides an electric kettle, includes kettle body and base, the bottom of kettle body is equipped with the last connector of coupler, be equipped with the lower connector that assembles with last connector on the base, its characterized in that: the lower connector adopts a coupler connector as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 7.