CN214063839U - Slurry discharge valve and food processor - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a slurry discharge valve and a food processor, wherein, the slurry discharge valve comprises a valve seat; the discharge pipe is arranged on the valve seat and is provided with a feed port and a discharge port, and a discharge channel communicated with the feed port and the discharge port is formed in the discharge pipe; a driver mounted to the valve seat; and the valve core is connected with the driving part, extends into the discharge channel and can linearly slide along the discharge channel under the driving of the driving part so as to open or close the feed inlet. The utility model discloses technical scheme makes the thick liquid valve of row sealed reliable and difficult production food waste is remained.

Description

Slurry discharge valve and food processor

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to arrange thick liquid valve and use food preparation machine of this row of thick liquid valve.

Background

In food processing machine products, such as food processors, food materials need to flow into a finished cup through a pipeline after being processed in a whipping cup, and therefore a valve for opening and closing and controlling flow characteristics needs to be designed on the pipeline. In the related art, the slurry discharge valve is opened and closed by rotating a valve core. The opening and closing mode has the defects of large sealing friction force, easy residue of a pipeline, easy generation of sealing failure due to small sealing area and the like.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims at providing a arrange thick liquid valve, aim at realizing that arrange thick liquid valve is sealed reliable and difficult production food waste remains.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a slurry discharging valve, include:

a valve seat;

the discharge pipe is arranged on the valve seat and is provided with a feed port and a discharge port, and a discharge channel communicated with the feed port and the discharge port is formed in the discharge pipe;

a driver mounted to the valve seat; and

the valve core is connected with the driving piece, extends into the discharge channel and can linearly slide along the discharge channel under the driving of the driving piece so as to open or close the feed port.

The utility model discloses technical scheme is through in arranging the thick liquid valve, through the design in the row material discharge channel in the material pipe linear sliding's case come open the feed inlet with the shutoff operation, because the case is for arranging the material pipe linear sliding, therefore, for among the correlation technique, case pivoted scheme, the case is bigger at the shutoff feed inlet with the area of contact of arranging the material inside pipe wall, the leakproofness is better when case shutoff feed inlet from this, and can not produce and leak, simultaneously because case and row material pipe are the relation of sliding, when opening with the shutoff feed inlet, can promote food residue on the material pipe inner wall of arranging and discharge by the bin outlet, and dismantle and wash the convenience, difficult production is remained.

Optionally, the valve core comprises a main body part, one end of the main body part is connected with the driving part, the other end of the main body part extends into the discharge channel, and a flow guide surface is formed at the end part of the main body part extending into the discharge channel;

when the valve core opens the feed inlet, the flow guide surface faces the feed inlet.

In this embodiment, the diversion surface faces the diversion surface when the feed inlet is opened, so that the food material can be well diverted to be smoothly discharged along the discharge channel and the discharge outlet, and food residues are not easy to generate.

Optionally, the peripheral edge of the end part of the main body part extending into the discharge channel is formed with a round chamfer.

In this embodiment, the arrangement of the round chamfer at the end of the main body part can avoid the deformation of the contact part between the edge of the end of the main body part and the discharge pipe, so that the contact sealing effect is poor and the food material residue phenomenon is generated.

Optionally, the case includes the main part, it is responsible for the body to arrange the material pipe including being responsible for, the main part stretches into it is internal to be responsible for, it is provided with to be responsible for the body the feed inlet with the bin outlet, it corresponds to be responsible for the body the internal face of the position of feed inlet is provided with sealed convex part, works as the case shutoff during the feed inlet, sealed convex part extrusion the outer wall of main part.

In this embodiment, so set up, sealed convex part can promote sealed effect, avoids eating the material and spills through the clearance between case and the row material pipe under the condition of case shutoff feed inlet.

Optionally, the sealing convex part comprises a first sealing part, a second sealing part and a third sealing part, the first sealing part is arranged around the periphery of the feed inlet, and the second sealing part and the third sealing part are respectively located on the upper side and the lower side of the first sealing part and arranged around the inner wall surface of the discharge channel.

In this embodiment, the first sealing portion, the second sealing portion and the third sealing portion realize edge sealing to the feed opening and sealing to the inner wall of the discharge pipe, and the possibility of leakage can be reduced as much as possible by three sealing.

Optionally, one side of the main body part, which is away from the feed inlet, is further provided with a space avoiding part.

In this embodiment, the clearance may allow for a reduction in frictional resistance during linear movement of the spool.

Optionally, arrange the material pipe still include with the ring flange of being responsible for the outer wall connection of body, be responsible for the body both ends and link up and one of them mouth of pipe forms the bin outlet, the case stretches into by another mouth of pipe the discharge passage, the feed inlet link up the ring flange with be responsible for the lateral wall of body, wherein, the ring flange with the disk seat block is connected.

In this embodiment, the installation process of the discharge pipe is more convenient.

Optionally, the driving member includes a motor and a screw connected to a motor shaft of the motor, and the main body portion is provided with a driving thread engaged with the screw.

In this embodiment, the drive process is reliable due to the mating of the screw and the drive screw.

Optionally, the valve core further includes a trigger portion connected to the main body portion, and the valve seat is further provided with a first sensing element and a second sensing element;

when the triggering part is coupled with the first sensing part or the second sensing part, the driving part is controlled to stop working, so that the valve core stops moving when the feed port is opened or blocked.

In this embodiment, the cooperation of first response piece and second response piece and trigger part realizes the automatic control when opening or shutoff feed inlet.

The utility model also provides a food preparation machine, food preparation machine includes the container and arranges the thick liquid valve, the container has row thick liquid mouth, arrange the thick liquid valve with the container is connected and the feed inlet with arrange thick liquid mouth butt joint intercommunication.

Optionally, the food processor further comprises a host, a water supply device, a processing execution component and a slurry receiving cup assembly, wherein the container is mounted on the host, the processing execution component extends into the container, the water supply device is communicated with the container, and the slurry receiving cup assembly is located below the slurry discharge valve.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a slurry discharge valve of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the slurry discharge valve of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the slurry discharge valve of FIG. 1 with the valve core opening the feed port;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the discharge valve of FIG. 1, with the valve cartridge closing the inlet;

FIG. 5 is a side view of the valve cartridge of the slurry discharge valve of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the valve cartridge of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a discharge conduit in the slurry discharge valve of FIG. 1;

fig. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the discharge conduit of fig. 7.

The reference numbers illustrate:

reference numerals	Name (R)	Reference numerals	Name (R)
				200	Food processor	135	Feed inlet
210	Main unit	137	Discharge outlet
				220	Container with a lid	150	Driving member
230	Water supply device	151	Electric machine
				240	Slurry receiving cup assembly	153	Screw rod
100	Slurry discharging valve	170	Valve core
				110	Valve seat	171	Main body part
111	Mounting part	1711	Flow guide surface
				113	Connecting part	1713	Round chamfer
130	Discharge pipe	1715	Drive screw
				131	Main pipe body	1717	Avoiding part
1311	A first sealing part	173	Trigger part
				1313	Second sealing part	190a	First induction part
1315	Third seal part	190b	Second induction part
				133	Flange plate

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

In the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected" and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, e.g., "fixed" may be fixedly connected or detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. 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 addition, descriptions in the present application as to "first", "second", and the like are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicit to the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, the combination of the technical solutions should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

The utility model provides a arrange thick liquid valve 100.

Referring to fig. 1 to fig. 3, in the embodiment of the present invention, the slurry discharge valve 100 includes a valve seat 110, a discharge pipe 130, a driving member 150, and a valve core 170.

The valve seat 110 may be made of a metal material such as aluminum alloy by die casting, or the valve seat 110 may be made of a high temperature resistant plastic or other material. The valve seat 110 serves as a carrier for mounting and carrying the components of the discharge pipe 130, the driving member 150 and the valve core 170, so that the slurry discharge valve 100 can be integrally mounted or dismounted into the household appliance. In the present application, the valve seat 110 is substantially tubular with a plurality of openings, wherein the outer wall thereof is connected with a mounting portion 111 and a connecting portion 113, the mounting portion 111 is in two opposite lug structures, which are opened with connecting holes, for mounting the whole slurry discharge valve 100 into the household electrical appliance through connecting members such as screws, bolts, etc., and the connecting portion 113 may be in a screw column structure for locking and mounting the driving member 150. The valve seat 110 with a tubular structure can also be suitable for installing the discharge pipe 130, and the valve seat 110 can well support and limit the discharge pipe 130.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the discharging pipe 130 may be made of, for example, a plastic material or a rubber material, so that it has a certain deformation capability, the discharging pipe 130 includes a main pipe body 131 and a flange 133, the main pipe body 131 has a structure with two ends penetrating, the flange 133 is connected to a side wall of the main pipe body 131, wherein a pipe opening of the main pipe body 131 is formed as a discharging opening 137, the flange 133 and the side wall of the main pipe body 131 radially penetrate and are formed with a feeding opening 135, a discharging channel communicating the feeding opening 135 and the discharging opening 137 is formed in the main pipe body 131, and the valve core 170 extends into the discharging channel from another pipe opening of the main pipe body 131. The discharge pipe 130 is mounted on the valve seat 110 and detachably connected to the valve seat, and in one embodiment, an annular groove is formed on the flange 133, the flange 133 extends from the valve seat 110 with a tubular structure, and the annular groove is engaged with a side wall of the valve seat 110. In the above, the main pipe 131 and the flange 133 form a three-way pipe structure, and are fixed by the flange 133, so that the structure is simple and the connection structure is reliable.

The driving member 150 of the present application has a driving portion, the valve core 170 is connected to the driving portion, and the valve core 170 extends into the discharge channel and can slide linearly along the discharge channel under the driving of the driving member 150 to open or close the feed port 135. It can be known from the above content that, the feed inlet 135 of this application is seted up on the lateral wall of being responsible for the body 131, be responsible for the body 131 and also constructed the gliding guide way of a case 170 through the discharge channel in essence, this application is in order to realize sealed effect, the interference fit relation is enclosed in the shaft hole cooperation of case 170 and being responsible for the body 131, so when driving piece 150 driven the movement of case 170, the structure of case 170 had the part to correspond feed inlet 135 when, will block feed inlet 135, when driving piece 150 driven the movement of case 170 longer stroke, make case 170 and feed inlet 135 keep away the empty, then feed inlet 135 is opened, and discharge channel is the on-state.

The utility model discloses technical scheme comes to open feed inlet 135 and the shutoff operation through linear gliding case 170 in arranging the discharge passage of thick liquid valve 100 in row material pipe 130, because case 170 is for arranging material pipe 130 linear sliding, therefore, for among the correlation technique, case 170 pivoted scheme, case 170 is bigger with the area of contact of arranging material pipe 130 inner wall at shutoff feed inlet 135, the leakproofness is better when case 170 shutoff feed inlet 135 from this, and can not produce the leakage, simultaneously because case 170 and row material pipe 130 are the sliding relation, when opening with shutoff feed inlet 135, can promote to arrange food residue on the material pipe 130 inner wall and discharge by bin outlet 137, and dismantle the washing convenience, difficult production is remained.

In an embodiment, the valve core 170 includes a main body portion 171, one end of the main body portion 171 is connected to the driving portion, the other end of the main body portion 171 extends into the discharge passage, and a flow guide surface 1711 is formed at an end portion of the main body portion 171 extending into the discharge passage, and when the valve core 170 opens the feed port 135, the flow guide surface 1711 faces the feed port 135. The part that this application water conservancy diversion face 1711 set up and make case 170 stretch into in the discharge passage forms the wedge form to one side slope, and after the thick liquid got into by feed inlet 135, the thick liquid can move to the bin outlet 137 direction along water conservancy diversion face 1711, thereby can be better with eating the smooth and easy discharge along discharge passage and bin outlet 137 of material diversion to difficult production food is remained.

Optionally, the peripheral edge of the end of the main body 171 that protrudes into the discharge channel is formed with a rounded chamfer 1713. The round chamfer 1713 at the end of the main body 171 can prevent the contact part between the edge of the end of the main body 171 and the discharge pipe 130 from deforming, which results in poor contact sealing effect and food residue.

In an embodiment, a sealing protrusion is disposed on an inner wall surface of the main tube 131 at a position corresponding to the feed port 135, and when the valve body 170 blocks the feed port 135, the sealing protrusion presses an outer wall surface of the main body 171. So set up, sealed convex part can promote sealed effect, avoids eating the material to spill through the clearance between case 170 and the row material pipe 130 under the condition of case 170 shutoff feed inlet 135.

Optionally, the sealing protrusion includes a first sealing portion 1311, a second sealing portion 1313, and a third sealing portion 1315, the first sealing portion 1311 is disposed around a periphery of the feed port 135, and the second sealing portion 1313 and the third sealing portion 1315 are respectively located at upper and lower sides of the first sealing portion 1311 and are disposed around an inner wall surface of the main pipe 131. In the present embodiment, the first sealing portion 1311, the second sealing portion 1313, and the third sealing portion 1315 achieve edge sealing to the feed opening 135 and sealing to the inner wall of the discharge pipe 130, and the possibility of leakage can be reduced as much as possible by three sealing.

Referring to fig. 5 and 6, a space-avoiding portion 1717 is further disposed on a side of the main body 171 away from the feed opening 135. In this embodiment, the clearance 1717 is a groove structure formed by removing a part of material from the side of the valve element 170 away from the feed port 135, the groove structure extends in the length direction of the valve element 170, and the clearance 1717 can reduce the contact area between the valve element 170 and the other part of the discharge pipe 130 required for sealing, so that the friction resistance of the valve element 170 during the linear movement process is reduced.

Optionally, the driving member 150 includes a motor 151 and a screw 153 connected to a motor shaft of the motor 151, and the main body 171 is provided with a driving thread 1715 engaged with the screw 153. In this embodiment, the screw 153 and the driving thread 1715 are matched, so that the driving force is large, the driving process is reliable, and the stroke control is accurate. It is understood that in other embodiments, the driving member 150 may be driven by a cylinder, or a matching structure of the motor 151 and a transmission member, for example, that any structure that can directly drive the valve plug 170 linearly and can drive the valve plug 170 linearly after conversion can be applied to the configuration of the slurry discharge valve 100 of the present application.

Further, referring to fig. 1 to 4, the valve core 170 further includes a triggering portion 173 connected to the main body portion 171, and the valve seat 110 further has a first sensing member 190a and a second sensing member 190b mounted thereon;

when the triggering portion 173 is coupled to the first sensing member 190a or the second sensing member 190b, the driving member 150 is controlled to stop working, so that the valve element 170 stops moving when the feed port 135 is opened or closed.

The triggering portion 173 and the main body portion 171 are integrated, the triggering portion 173 extends outwards from the side wall of the main body portion 171, and the entire valve element 170 of the present application may be made of, for example, silicone or rubber, so that when the triggering portion 173 and the main body portion 171 are integrated, the overall structural strength is high, and the sealing and matching effect of the valve element 170 and the discharge pipe 130 is better. In some possible schemes, the first sensing element 190a and the second sensing element 190b may both be micro switches, in practical applications, after the slurry discharge valve 100 is integrally installed on a household electrical appliance, the driving element 150 is controlled by a main board on the household electrical appliance, and the first sensing element 190a and the second sensing element 190b are electrically connected to the main board, in a specific control process, as exemplified by the scheme that the driving element 150 is the motor 151 and the screw 153, when the motor 151 rotates forward, the screw 153 pushes the valve core 170 to move forward, the triggering portion 173 touches the second sensing element 190b, the second sensing element 190b is powered off, the valve core 170 stops moving, and the valve core 170 is sealed to the slurry receiving port, so that the slurry discharge valve 100 is in a closed state; when the main board control motor 151 rotates reversely, the screw 153 is driven to pull the valve core 170 to move backwards, the trigger portion 173 touches the first sensing piece 190a, the first sensing piece 190a is powered off, the valve core 170 stops moving, the valve core 170 moves away from the feed port 135, and at this time, the slurry discharge valve 100 is in an open state and can discharge slurry. Thus, the first sensing member 190a and the second sensing member 190b are matched with the triggering portion 173, so that automatic control when the feed port 135 is opened or closed is realized. It is understood that, in other embodiments, the matching structure of the first sensing piece 190a and the second sensing piece 190b with the triggering part 173 may also be a structure formed as a hall switch, or an electro-optical switch, for example.

The utility model also provides a food processor 200, this food processor 200 includes container 220 and row's thick liquid valve 100, and this row's thick liquid valve 100's concrete structure refers to above-mentioned embodiment, container 220 has row's thick liquid mouth, arrange thick liquid valve 100 with container 220 connect and feed inlet 135 with arrange thick liquid mouth butt joint intercommunication. Since the food processor 200 adopts all the technical solutions of all the embodiments, at least all the beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions of the embodiments are achieved, and no further description is given here.

In one embodiment, the food processor 200 further comprises a main body 210, a water supply device 230, a processing execution part and a slurry cup assembly 240, wherein the container 220 is mounted on the main body 210, the processing execution part extends into the container 220, the water supply device 230 is communicated with the container 220, and the slurry cup assembly 240 is positioned below the slurry discharge valve 100.

The food processor 200 of the present application may be, for example, a wall breaking machine, a soymilk maker, a coffee maker, a juice extractor, etc., the water supply device 230 is a water supply path structure communicating with the container 220 and formed by a water tank, a water pump, and a check valve through a pipeline, and the processing executing component may be a stirring knife structure or a grinding structure.

The above is only the optional embodiment of the present invention, and not the scope of the present invention is limited thereby, all the equivalent structure changes made by the contents of the specification and the drawings are utilized under the inventive concept of the present invention, or the direct/indirect application in other related technical fields is included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A slurry discharge valve, comprising:

a valve seat;

the discharge pipe is arranged on the valve seat and is provided with a feed port and a discharge port, and a discharge channel communicated with the feed port and the discharge port is formed in the discharge pipe;

a driver mounted to the valve seat; and

the valve core is connected with the driving piece, extends into the discharge channel and can linearly slide along the discharge channel under the driving of the driving piece so as to open or close the feed port.

2. The slurry discharge valve according to claim 1, wherein the valve core comprises a main body part, one end of the main body part is connected with the driving part, the other end of the main body part extends into the discharge channel, and a flow guide surface is formed at the end part of the main body part extending into the discharge channel;

when the valve core opens the feed inlet, the flow guide surface faces the feed inlet.

3. The slurry discharge valve as claimed in claim 2, wherein the peripheral edge of the end portion of said main body portion extending into said discharge passageway is formed with a rounded chamfer.

4. The slurry discharge valve according to claim 1, wherein the valve core comprises a main body portion, the slurry discharge pipe comprises a main pipe body, the main body portion extends into the main pipe body, the main pipe body is provided with the feed port and the discharge port, a sealing convex portion is arranged on an inner wall surface of the main pipe body corresponding to the position of the feed port, and when the valve core blocks the feed port, the sealing convex portion extrudes an outer wall surface of the main body portion.

5. The slurry discharge valve according to claim 4, wherein the sealing protrusion comprises a first sealing portion, a second sealing portion and a third sealing portion, the first sealing portion is disposed around the periphery of the feed inlet, and the second sealing portion and the third sealing portion are respectively disposed on the upper side and the lower side of the first sealing portion and are disposed around the inner wall surface of the discharge channel.

6. The slurry discharge valve as claimed in claim 4, wherein a side of the main body portion facing away from the inlet port is further provided with a space-avoiding portion.

7. The slurry discharge valve according to claim 4, wherein said discharge pipe further comprises a flange connected to an outer wall of said main pipe body, said main pipe body has two ends connected through and one of said pipe openings is formed as said discharge opening, said valve body extends from the other pipe opening into said discharge passage, said feed opening is connected through said flange and a side wall of said main pipe body, and wherein said flange and said valve seat are engaged.

8. A slurry discharge valve according to claim 4, wherein said drive member comprises a motor and a screw connected to a motor shaft of said motor, said main body portion being provided with a drive screw cooperating with said screw.

9. The slurry discharge valve according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein the valve core further comprises a trigger part connected with the main body part, and a first sensing part and a second sensing part are further mounted on the valve seat;

when the triggering part is coupled with the first sensing part or the second sensing part, the driving part is controlled to stop working, so that the valve core stops moving when the feed port is opened or blocked.

10. A food processor comprising a container having a discharge opening and a discharge valve as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9, the discharge valve being connected to the container and the feed inlet and the discharge opening being in abutting communication.

11. The food processor of claim 10, further comprising a main body, a water supply, a process implement, and a slurry cup assembly, wherein the vessel is mounted to the main body, the process implement extends into the vessel, the water supply is in communication with the vessel, and the slurry cup assembly is positioned below the slurry discharge valve.

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