CN215016137U

CN215016137U - Electric kettle

Info

Publication number: CN215016137U
Application number: CN202120949663.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 薛均强
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2021-05-06
Filing date: 2021-05-06
Publication date: 2021-12-07
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-06

Abstract

An electric kettle comprises a kettle body and a water level monitoring assembly arranged on the kettle body, wherein the water level monitoring assembly comprises a touch induction conductor, an insulator and an MCU (microprogrammed control unit) control module; the touch induction conductor is arranged on the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the kettle body, and one end of the touch induction conductor extends into the inner cavity of the kettle body; the insulator is arranged on the surface of the touch induction conductor in a covering mode, and the covered area at least comprises the whole rod body part of the touch induction conductor extending into the inner cavity of the kettle body; and the other end of the touch induction conductor is electrically connected with the MCU control module. Directly stretch into kettle body this internal water level monitoring that carries on behind the touching response electric conductor parcel insulator, the water logging has realized abundant comprehensive contact around the periphery of insulator (touching response electric conductor) with insulator (touching response electric conductor) for touching the water level detection effect that the response electric conductor has high accuracy and high-efficient feedback, makes the use of electric kettle more convenient more intelligent.

Description

Electric kettle

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of small household appliances and specifically relates to an electric kettle with high accuracy water level monitoring performance.

Background

The existing electric kettle only adopts a marking mode to statically display the highest water level and the lowest water level of a kettle body, so that a user can cause the water level in the kettle body to be not qualified due to negligence, and the problem of dry heating or excessive water quantity of the kettle is easy to occur.

At present, the water level detection of some teakettles adopts the sensing element arranged on the outer wall surface of the kettle to realize the detection of the water amount in the kettle, but because the sensing element is isolated by the wall surface of the kettle body and is not in direct contact with the water in the kettle, and because the sensing element is limited by the size of the self dimension, the contact area of the sensing element and the wall surface of the kettle body is only a little small area, so that the peripheral water level monitoring device is easy to have the problem of misjudgment when the kettle body slightly inclines or the water flow shakes, and the monitoring precision is not high. Furthermore, due to the limitation of the self-induction principle of the external water level monitoring device, the external water level monitoring device is limited to be applied to the electric kettle made of insulating materials such as glass and the like only under the condition of low-cost production requirement, and cannot meet the installation requirement of the electric kettle made of stainless steel or other conductive materials,

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on the defects, the utility model mainly aims to provide an electric kettle which has high-precision water level monitoring performance and can adapt to the production requirements of various materials.

In order to achieve the purpose, the utility model provides an electric kettle, which comprises a kettle body and a water level monitoring assembly arranged on the kettle body, wherein the water level monitoring assembly comprises a touch induction electric conductor, an insulator and an MCU control module;

the touch induction conductor is arranged on the bottom wall surface and/or the side wall surface of the kettle body, and one end of the touch induction conductor extends into the inner cavity of the kettle body; the insulator is arranged on the surface of the touch induction conductor in a covering mode, and the covered area at least comprises the whole rod body part of the touch induction conductor extending into the inner cavity of the kettle body;

the other end of the touch induction conductor is electrically connected with the MCU control module.

Preferably, the insulator is a T-shaped structural member composed of a seat part and a rod part, a mounting hole into which the rod part extends is formed in the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the kettle body, and the end surface of the seat part abuts against the outer wall surface of the kettle body around the mounting hole in a water-isolating manner;

the touch induction electric conductor is inserted into the inner cavity of the T-shaped structural part.

Preferably, the water level monitoring assembly is arranged on the bottom wall surface of the kettle body, the insulator extends into the rod body part of the inner cavity of the kettle body and is sequentially divided into a small-diameter part and a large-diameter part from top to bottom, and the wall thickness of the small-diameter part is smaller than that of the large-diameter part.

Preferably, the T-shaped structural member is an integral structural member, and the size of the inner cavity of the T-shaped structural member is just enough to enable the touch sensing conductor to be inserted and fixed.

Preferably, the outer wall surface of the kettle body around the mounting hole is provided with a fixing seat, the fixing seat is distributed on the periphery of the seat part, and the MCU control module is installed on the fixing seat through a fixing bolt.

Preferably, the kettle further comprises a base with an automatic water feeding mechanism, and the kettle body is detachably arranged on the base;

the base is provided with a master control module which can be connected with the MCU control module for communication, so that the MCU control module can transmit the sensing signals acquired by the touch sensing electric conductor to the master control module.

Preferably, the MCU control module is electrically connected with a master control module of the electric kettle, and the master control module is arranged on the kettle body.

Preferably, the main body of the kettle body is made of stainless steel or glass.

The utility model provides an electric kettle with high accuracy water level monitoring performance, concretely, insulator among this technical scheme directly stretches into the inner chamber of kettle body along with the touching response electric conductor of its parcel, with the water direct contact in the inner chamber with its water level information of perception, namely, the water level change in the kettle body can arouse the device volume value of touching response electric conductor to change thereupon, thereby obtain corresponding sensing signal, touching response electric conductor electricity is connected in MCU control module, MCU control module outwards exports the water yield information in the kettle body according to the volume value change of touching response electric conductor; and the surface of the touch induction conductor is covered by the insulator, so that the electricity safety problems of electric leakage and the like caused by direct contact between the touch induction conductor and water in the kettle are avoided.

To the mounted position of water level monitoring subassembly, both can be the diapire face of installing at kettle body, also can install the side wall face at kettle body, perhaps the diapire face and the side wall face of same kettle body all install the water level monitoring subassembly respectively simultaneously, perhaps be used for monitoring kettle body internal minimum water level, perhaps be used for monitoring kettle body internal maximum water level, perhaps both monitored minimum water level, also monitored maximum water level, technical staff in the field can require the selectivity to set up according to the processing of specific product.

This technical scheme will touch and directly stretch into this internal water level monitoring that carries on of kettle body behind the response electric conductor parcel insulator, the water logging is around the periphery of insulator (touching response electric conductor), fully comprehensive contact has been realized with insulator (touching response electric conductor), make touching response electric conductor have the water level detection effect of high accuracy and high-efficient feedback, make the more convenient more intelligent of use of electric kettle, and the mounting means is simple, even when the material of kettle body is stainless steel or other metals, the response function realization of touching response electric conductor also can not disturbed.

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 view of an installation structure of a mid-water level monitoring assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an installation structure of another embodiment of the mid-water level monitoring assembly of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of an installation structure of a mid-water level monitoring assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the insulator of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic bottom structure view of an embodiment of the middle kettle body of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic view of the overall structure of an embodiment of the electric kettle of the present invention.

The reference numbers illustrate:

a kettle body 1;

the water level monitoring assembly 2 comprises a touch induction conductor 21, an insulator 22, a small-diameter part 221, a large-diameter part 222, a seat part 22a, a rod part 22b and an MCU control module 23;

fixing base 3, fixing bolt 31, base 4.

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.

It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as upper, lower, left, right, front and rear … …) are involved in the embodiment of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are changed accordingly.

In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating 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.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, an electric kettle comprises a kettle body 1 and a water level monitoring assembly 2 disposed on the kettle body 1, wherein preferably, a main body of the kettle body 1 is made of stainless steel or glass;

the water level monitoring assembly 2 comprises a touch sensing conductor 21, an insulator 22 and an MCU control module 23, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5;

the touch induction conductor 21 is arranged on the bottom wall surface and/or the side wall surface of the kettle body 1, and one end of the touch induction conductor extends into the inner cavity of the kettle body 1; the insulator 22 is covered on the surface of the touch induction conductor 21, and the covered area at least comprises the whole rod body part of the touch induction conductor 21 extending into the inner cavity of the kettle body 1;

the other end of the touch sensing conductor 21 is electrically connected with the MCU control module 23.

The utility model provides an electric kettle with high accuracy water level monitoring performance, concretely, insulator 22 among this technical scheme directly stretches into the inner chamber of kettle body 1 with its parcel touching response electric conductor 21, with the water direct contact in the inner chamber with its water level information of perception, namely, the water level change in kettle body 1 can cause the device volume value of touching response electric conductor 21 to change thereupon, thereby obtain corresponding sensing signal, touching response electric conductor 21 electricity is connected in MCU control module 23, MCU control module 23 outwards exports the water yield information in kettle body 1 according to the volume value change of touching response electric conductor 21; the surface of the touch sensing conductor 21 is covered by the insulator 22, so that the touch sensing conductor 21 is prevented from directly contacting with water in the kettle to cause electricity safety problems such as electric leakage and the like.

For the installation position of the water level monitoring assembly 2, the water level monitoring assembly can be installed on the bottom wall surface of the kettle body 1 (as shown in fig. 1), and also can be installed on the side wall surface of the kettle body 1 (as shown in fig. 2), or simultaneously the water level monitoring assembly 2 is installed on the bottom wall surface and the side wall surface of the same kettle body 1 respectively, or the water level monitoring assembly is used for monitoring the lowest water level in the kettle body 1, or the water level monitoring assembly is used for monitoring the highest water level in the kettle body 1, or both the lowest water level and the highest water level are monitored, and technicians in the field can selectively set the water level monitoring assembly according to the processing requirements of specific products.

This technical scheme will touch and directly stretch into and carry out water level monitoring in the kettle body 1 behind the response electric conductor 21 parcel insulator 22, the water logging is around the periphery of insulator 22 (touching response electric conductor 21), abundant comprehensive contact has been realized with insulator 22 (touching response electric conductor 21), make touching response electric conductor 21 have the water level detection effect of high accuracy and high-efficient feedback, make the use of electric kettle more convenient more intelligent, and the mounting means is simple, even when the material of kettle body 1 is stainless steel or other metals, the response function realization of touching response electric conductor also can not disturbed.

For the specific installation structure of the insulator 22 (the touch sensing conductor 21) and the kettle body 1, the preferred embodiment is that the insulator 22 is a T-shaped structural member composed of a seat portion 22a and a rod portion 22b, a mounting hole into which the rod portion 22b extends is arranged on the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the kettle body 1, and the end surface of the seat portion 22a is abutted against the outer wall surface of the kettle body 1 around the mounting hole in a water-isolating manner;

touching response electric conductor 21 cartridge sets up the inner chamber of T type structure, preferably, T type structure is integrative structure, and its inner chamber size just can let touching response electric conductor 21 inserts fixedly, avoids inner chamber size hole too big to insert the back with touching response electric conductor 21 and need additionally fix it at the inner chamber through modes such as encapsulating, easy operation convenience.

Furthermore, the insulator 22 in this embodiment is designed as a T-shaped structural member, which facilitates the installation of the insulator with the touch sensing conductor 21 and the kettle body 1 (the kettle body 1 is provided with an installation hole, and the rod portion 22b is inserted into the installation hole), and the installation structure is simple; on the other hand, the end face of the seat part 22a is tightly attached to the wall surface around the mounting hole, the problem of water leakage possibly occurring at the mounting hole is solved, the sealing effect is good, multiple purposes are achieved, the mounting structure is simple, and the cost performance is high.

Further, the water level monitoring assembly 2 is arranged on the bottom wall surface of the kettle body 1, the rod body part of the insulator 22 extending into the inner cavity of the kettle body 1 is sequentially divided into a small diameter part 221 and a large diameter part 222 from top to bottom, the wall thickness of the small diameter part 221 is smaller than that of the large diameter part 222, when the touch sensing conductor 21 is sequentially wrapped by the small diameter part 221 and the large diameter part 222 from top to bottom, the section of the touch sensing conductor 21 wrapped by the large diameter part 222 has weaker sensing capability on the water level change in the kettle body 1, the section of the touch sensing conductor 21 wrapped by the small diameter part 221 has stronger and more accurate sensing capability on the water level change in the kettle body 1, the water level monitoring assembly 2 is arranged on the bottom wall surface of the kettle body 1, when the water level in the kettle just drops to dip the small diameter part 221, the MCU control module 23 can accurately obtain signals, and the control system of the electric kettle is informed that the water level reaches the lowest level, and water needs to be supplemented into the kettle, so that the problem of dry burning of the electric kettle is avoided.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 6, the outer wall surface of the kettle body 1 around the mounting hole is provided with a fixing seat 3, the fixing seat 3 is distributed on the periphery of the seat 22a, a primary limiting effect is achieved on the installation of the seat 22a, and the MCU control module 23 is installed on the fixing seat 3 through a fixing bolt 31, so that the assembly and disassembly are convenient.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 7, the kettle further comprises a base 4 with an automatic water feeding mechanism, the kettle body 1 is detachably arranged on the base 4, and a water pump, a water flow pipeline and a water outlet tap which are included in the automatic water feeding mechanism are all in the prior art, so that the details are not described herein;

the base 4 is provided with a master control module which can be connected and communicated with the MCU control module 23, so that the MCU control module 23 can transmit a sensing signal acquired by the MCU control module through the touch sensing electric conductor 21 to the master control module, the master control module is defined as a master control module of an electric kettle and integrally regulates and controls functions of a water boiling mode, a water adding mode and the like of the electric kettle, the master control module in the embodiment is arranged on the base 4, and when the kettle body 1 is assembled on the base 4, the MCU control module 23 is electrically connected with the master control module; when the kettle body 1 is detached from the base 4, the MCU control module 23 is electrically disconnected from the master control module.

For the installation mode of the above general control module, another embodiment is to directly install the general control module in the kettle body 1, and the MCU control module 23 is directly electrically connected to the general control module of the electric kettle, so that the embodiment does not need to additionally install an independent base 4, and the structure of the whole product is simplified.

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

Claims

1. The utility model provides an electric kettle, includes kettle body and set up in the water level monitoring subassembly of kettle body, its characterized in that: the water level monitoring assembly comprises a touch induction conductor, an insulator and an MCU control module;

2. The electric kettle according to claim 1, wherein: the insulator is a T-shaped structural member consisting of a seat part and a rod part, a mounting hole for the rod part to extend into is formed in the bottom wall surface or the side wall surface of the kettle body, and the end surface of the seat part is abutted against the outer wall surface of the kettle body around the mounting hole in a water-proof manner;

3. An electric kettle according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the water level monitoring assembly is arranged on the bottom wall surface of the kettle body, the insulator extends into the rod body part of the inner cavity of the kettle body and is sequentially divided into a small diameter part and a large diameter part from top to bottom, and the wall thickness of the small diameter part is smaller than that of the large diameter part.

4. The electric kettle according to claim 2, wherein: the T-shaped structural part is an integral structural part, and the size of an inner cavity of the T-shaped structural part just enables the touch induction electric conductor to be inserted and fixed.

5. An electric kettle according to claim 2 or 4, characterized in that: the outer wall surface of the kettle body around the mounting hole is provided with a fixing seat, the fixing seat is distributed on the periphery of the seat part, and the MCU control module is installed on the fixing seat through a fixing bolt.

6. The electric kettle according to claim 1, wherein: the kettle body is detachably arranged on the base;

7. The electric kettle according to claim 1, wherein: the MCU control module is electrically connected with a master control module of the electric kettle, and the master control module is arranged on the kettle body.

8. The electric kettle according to claim 1, wherein: the main body of the kettle body is made of stainless steel or glass.