CN215226727U - Tableware - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a tableware, it includes a tableware body and a guard ring and has a disinfection space, wherein the guard ring has an at least inserted hole, wherein the guard ring be installed in the tableware body, with the guard ring with form a disinfection space between the tableware body, and the guard ring the inserted hole communicate in the disinfection space, one of them one end warp of getting food piece the guard ring the inserted hole inserts in the disinfection space, so in the disinfection space, the tableware can assist right get food piece kept in the part in disinfection space is disinfected.

Description

Tableware

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a tableware, in particular to a tableware capable of assisting in disinfection.

Background

The immune system of the infants is not mature enough and the functions are not perfect, so that the infants have weak resistance and are easily infected by bacteria and viruses. For example, tableware for infants is easy to grow bacteria and viruses if not thoroughly sterilized, and when the bacteria and viruses enter the bodies of the infants, the symptoms of diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever and the like of the infants are easily caused. At present, the way for people to clean tableware used by infants is as follows: firstly, cleaning stains adhered to tableware, such as milk stains, complementary food residues and the like, by using running water; secondly, the bacteria or viruses on the tableware are inactivated by means of boiling water or steam cooking. The existing method for disinfecting tableware used by infants has a plurality of defects: firstly, most tableware used by infants is made of plastics or stainless steel wrapped by plastics, and when the tableware is boiled by boiling water or steam, the deformation of the tableware is easily caused, and even the toxic and harmful substances are generated by chemical reaction of materials for making the tableware under the high-temperature condition; secondly, due to hardware constraints, for example, the tableware used by infants can be boiled or steamed only with the assistance of a dedicated boiler, which results in that the tableware used by infants can be boiled or steamed only in a domestic environment and if conditions allow, while the tableware used by infants cannot be disinfected in an outdoor environment or if conditions do not allow (for example, a dedicated boiler is not provided in a domestic environment).

In addition, uv disinfection is a common disinfection method, which uses uv light to generate uv light with proper wavelength and allows uv light to radiate to the surface of the object to be disinfected to destroy the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) or RNA (ribonucleic acid) in the microbial organism cells, thereby causing the death of growing cells and/or the death of regenerative cells to achieve the disinfection effect.

How to apply the ultraviolet disinfection method to the field of tableware of infants is the subject of research by the utility model.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

It is an object of the present invention to provide a cutlery, wherein the cutlery is allowed to be sterilized based on an ultraviolet sterilization mode.

An object of the utility model is to provide a tableware, wherein the tableware can assist and get the food piece to disinfect, for example the tableware can assist to spoon, fork, chopsticks etc. it disinfects to get the food piece.

An object of the utility model is to provide a tableware, wherein the tableware is supplementary right get the food and can reduce the ultraviolet ray when disinfecting and leak and guarantee the safety of disinfection environment, especially can avoid the ultraviolet ray after leaking directly to radiate the human body and influence the health.

An object of the utility model is to provide a tableware, wherein the tableware provides a tableware body and a guard ring, the guard ring be installed in the tableware body, with the guard ring with form a disinfection space between the tableware body, wherein ultraviolet ray can radiate extremely the tableware the disinfection space and to being in the disinfection space get the food piece and disinfect.

An object of the utility model is to provide a tableware, wherein the guard ring provides an at least inserted hole, the inserted hole intercommunication the disinfection space, wherein the one end of getting the food can certainly the guard ring the inserted hole is inserted the disinfection space, and follow-up in disinfect in the disinfection space.

An object of the utility model is to provide a tableware, wherein the guard ring provides a ring main part and is installed in at least a deformable protection main part of ring main part, the inserted hole form in the protection main part, so as to allow the opening size and the shape of inserted hole can be based on get the shape and the size of edible piece and produce the change, so one end of getting edible piece from the guard ring the inserted hole is inserted after the disinfection space, the protection main part can wrap up get the position of edible piece kept in the inserted hole, in order to avoid as far as possible protecting the main part with get and produce the gap between the edible piece, thereby reduce ultraviolet from the protection main part with get and leak between the edible piece.

An object of the utility model is to provide a tableware, wherein the protection main part is flexible, for example the protection main part is made by the silica gel material, so work as the one end of getting food spare certainly the insert opening of protection ring is inserted behind the disinfection space, the protection main part can wrap up automatically get being kept of food spare the position of insert opening, and the protection main part forms the shape and the size of insert opening can adapt to get being kept of food spare the shape and the size of the position of insert opening to obtain plug and close effect promptly.

An object of the utility model is to provide a tableware, wherein the tableware has a meal state and a disinfection state, and the tableware can in the meal state with change between the disinfection state, wherein when the tableware is in when the meal state, the guard ring the inserted hole can be sheltered from by the outer wall of tableware body, so avoid by the splendid attire in the food outflow of a splendid attire space of tableware body, when the tableware is in during the disinfection state, the tableware in the tableware body with form between the guard ring the disinfection space, and the guard ring the inserted hole communicate in the disinfection space, so the one end of getting food spare is allowed from the guard ring the inserted hole inserts the disinfection space.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the present invention provides a tableware, comprising a tableware body and a guard ring and having a sterilizing space, wherein the guard ring has at least one insertion hole, wherein the guard ring is installed in the tableware body, so that the guard ring and the tableware body form the sterilizing space therebetween, and the insertion hole of the guard ring communicates with the sterilizing space.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the cutlery has a eating state and a sterilization state, and the cutlery can be switched between the eating state and the sterilization state, wherein when the cutlery is in the eating state, the insertion opening of the guard ring is shielded by the outer wall of the cutlery body, and when the cutlery is in the sterilization state, the cutlery forms the sterilization space between the guard ring and the cutlery body.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the guard ring includes a ring main body and at least one deformable guard main body installed to the ring main body, the insertion opening is formed in the guard main body, wherein the ring main body is installed to the tableware body.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the guard ring comprises a ring main body having a mounting portion, the mounting portion of the ring main body forms the insertion opening, wherein the ring main body is mounted to the tableware body.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the ring main body has an installation portion, and the protection main body is detachably installed in the installation portion of the ring main body.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protection body has at least one first direction through groove and at least one second direction through groove, the first direction through groove and the second direction through groove intersect to form the insertion opening of the protection ring.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the protection body has one of the first direction through-grooves and a plurality of the second direction through-grooves, the first direction through-grooves extend along a circumferential direction of the protection ring, each of the second direction through-grooves extends along a height direction of the protection ring, respectively, and each of the second direction through-grooves is perpendicular to the first direction through-grooves, so as to allow the first direction through-grooves and these second direction through-grooves of the protection ring to have a plurality of crossing positions.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first direction through groove and each of the second direction through grooves intersect at a middle portion to form the intersection position.

According to an embodiment of the utility model, the guard ring the ring main part is equipped with helicitic texture, the outer wall of tableware body is equipped with helicitic texture, the helicitic texture of ring main part with the helicitic texture of tableware body cooperatees in order to install the ring main part in the tableware body, wherein work as the helicitic texture of the ring main part that is located the lower part with the helicitic texture spiro union of the tableware body that is located the lower part, the tableware is in the dining state, work as the helicitic texture of the ring main part that is located the lower part with during the helicitic texture spiro union of the tableware body that is located the upper part, the tableware is in the disinfection state.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the outer wall of the tableware body is provided with a lower holding groove, an upper holding groove and at least one communicating groove, the lower holding groove is located at the lower side of the tableware body, the upper holding groove is located at the upper side of the tableware body, and both the lower holding groove and the upper holding groove extend along the circumferential direction of the tableware body, the communicating groove extends along the height direction of the tableware body, and the communicating groove communicates the lower holding groove and the upper holding groove, wherein the inner wall of the ring main body of the holding ring is provided with at least one holding protrusion, wherein the holding protrusion of the guard ring is selectively held at the lower holding ring and the upper holding ring of the tableware body to allow the guard ring to be mounted to the tableware body, wherein the holding protrusion of the guard ring can be mounted from the lower side through the communicating groove of the tableware body The holding groove enters the upper holding groove to allow the tableware to be switched from the eating condition to the sterilized condition, or the holding protrusion of the guard ring can enter the lower holding groove from the upper holding groove through the communication groove of the tableware body to allow the tableware to be switched from the sterilized condition to the eating condition; one end of a food taking piece can be inserted into the disinfection space through the insertion opening, and the size and the shape of the insertion opening are adaptive to the size and the shape of the part of the food taking piece, which is kept at the insertion opening, so that the protection main body is allowed to wrap the part of the food taking piece, which is kept at the insertion opening.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the inner wall of the ring main body of the guard ring is provided with a lower holding groove, an upper holding groove, and at least one communicating groove, the lower holding groove is located at the lower side of the ring main body, the upper holding groove is located at the upper side of the ring main body, and both the lower holding groove and the upper holding groove extend along the circumferential direction of the ring main body, the communicating groove extends along the height direction of the ring main body, and the communicating groove communicates the lower holding groove and the upper holding groove, wherein the outer wall of the tableware body is provided with at least one holding protrusion, wherein the holding protrusion of the tableware body is selectively held at the lower holding ring and the upper holding ring of the guard ring to allow the guard ring to be mounted to the tableware body, wherein the holding protrusion of the tableware body can enter from the lower holding groove through the communicating groove of the guard ring The holding protrusion of the tableware body can enter the lower holding groove from the upper holding groove through the communication groove of the guard ring to allow the tableware to be switched from the sterilized state to the dining state; one end of a food taking piece can be inserted into the disinfection space through the insertion opening, and the size and the shape of the insertion opening are adaptive to the size and the shape of the part of the food taking piece, which is kept at the insertion opening, so that the protection main body is allowed to wrap the part of the food taking piece, which is kept at the insertion opening.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a method for sterilizing tableware, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

(A) allowing a tableware to be switched from a tableware state to a disinfection state so as to form a disinfection space between a tableware body and a protection ring of the tableware;

(B) allowing an end of a food-taking piece to be inserted into the sterilizing space through an insertion opening of the guard ring; and

(C) and installing a sterilizing cover at the high end edge of the protective ring, wherein when ultraviolet rays generated by an ultraviolet lamp of the sterilizing cover are radiated to the sterilizing space, the part of the food taking piece, which is kept in the sterilizing space, is sterilized.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in the step (B), when the one end of the food item is inserted into the sterilizing space through the insertion hole of the protection ring, a protection body of the protection ring for forming the insertion hole is deformed, so that after the one end of the food item is inserted into the sterilizing space through the insertion hole of the protection ring, the protection body automatically wraps the portion of the food item held in the insertion hole of the protection ring, so that in the step (C), the leakage of ultraviolet rays between the protection ring and the food item is reduced.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a tableware in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic sectional view of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 4A is a schematic perspective view of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention in a dining state.

Fig. 4B is a perspective view of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention in a sterilized state.

Fig. 5A is a schematic view of the process of the tableware for assisting in sterilizing a food taking member according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5B is a second schematic view of the process of the tableware for assisting the disinfection of the food taking member according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5C is a third schematic view of the process of the tableware for assisting the disinfection of the food taking member according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5D is a fourth schematic view illustrating the process of the tableware assisting in sterilizing the food-taking member according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of a modified example of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic sectional view of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8A is a schematic perspective view of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention in a dining state.

Fig. 8B is a perspective view of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention in a sterilized state.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of another modified example of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a schematic view illustrating a use state of the tableware according to the above preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The following description is presented to disclose the invention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention. The preferred embodiments in the following description are given by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention, as defined in the following description, may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the present disclosure, the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation, as the terms are used in the description to indicate that the referenced device or element must have the specified orientation, be constructed and operated in the specified orientation, and not for the purposes of limitation.

It is understood that the terms "a" and "an" should be interpreted as meaning that a number of one element or element is one in one embodiment, while a number of other elements is one in another embodiment, and the terms "a" and "an" should not be interpreted as limiting the number.

Referring to fig. 1 to 5D of the drawings of the present application, a tableware according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be disclosed and explained in the following description, wherein the tableware comprises a tableware body 10 and a guard ring 20 and has a sterilizing space 30, the sterilizing space 30 is formed between the tableware body 10 and the guard ring 20, wherein the guard ring 20 has at least one insertion opening 21, the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 is communicated with the sterilizing space 30, one end of a food taking member 100 can be inserted into the sterilizing space 30 from the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 to be sterilized in the sterilizing space 30, so that the tableware can assist the food taking member 100 to be sterilized.

It is worth mentioning that the type of eating member 100 is not limited in the cutlery of the present invention, for example, the eating member 100 may be a spoon, fork, chopsticks. In other words, the cutlery can assist in the disinfection of spoons, forks, chopsticks.

Specifically, the tableware body 10 has a containing space 11 and a containing opening 12 communicating with the containing space 11, wherein food can be contained in the containing space 11 from the containing opening 12 of the tableware body 10, and food can be taken out from the containing space 11 from the containing opening 12 of the tableware body 10. The guard ring 20 is mounted to the tableware body 10 in such a manner as to be fitted to the outside of the tableware body 10.

The cutlery has a eating state and a disinfection state, and the cutlery is switchable between the eating state and the disinfection state. When the tableware is in the dining state, the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 can be shielded by the outer wall of the tableware body 10, so that the food contained in the containing space 11 of the tableware body 10 is prevented from flowing out of the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20; when the tableware is in the sterilized state, the tableware forms the sterilizing space 30 between the tableware body 10 and the guard ring 20, and the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 is communicated with the sterilizing space 30, so that one end of the eating article 100 is allowed to be inserted into the sterilizing space 30 from the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20.

Preferably, when the tableware is in the dinning state, the high end edge of the guard ring 20 does not protrude from the high end edge of the tableware body 10, so as to prevent the gap formed between the guard ring 20 and the tableware body 10 from facing and communicating with the containing space 11 of the tableware body 10. For example, in a preferred embodiment of the tableware of the present invention, the high-end edge of the guard ring 20 is flush with the high-end edge of the tableware body 10, so as to avoid the gap formed between the guard ring 20 and the tableware body 10 from facing and communicating with the containing space 11 of the tableware body 10. In another preferred embodiment of the tableware of the present invention, the high-end edge of the guard ring 20 is lower than the high-end edge of the tableware body 10, so as to avoid the gap formed between the guard ring 20 and the tableware body 10 from moving toward and communicating with the containing space 11 of the tableware body 10.

With continued reference to fig. 1 to 5D, the guard ring 20 includes a ring main body 22 and at least one deformable guard main body 23 mounted to the ring main body 22, the insertion opening 21 is formed in the guard main body 23, wherein the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 can be telescopically mounted to the tableware body 10 to hold the guard main body 23 at the side of the tableware body 10. In the tableware of the present invention, the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 is hard to prevent the ring main body 22 from being deformed, so that the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 can be reliably mounted to the tableware body 10, while the guard main body 23 of the guard ring 20 is flexible to allow the guard main body 23 to be deformed, so that the opening size and shape of the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 can be deformed based on the size and shape of the eating article 100, in such a manner that, after one end of the eating article 100 is inserted into the sterilizing space 30 from the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20, the guard main body 23 can wrap the portion of the eating article 100 held at the insertion opening 21 to prevent a gap from being generated between the guard main body 23 and the eating article 100 as much as possible, so that it is possible to reduce the leakage of ultraviolet rays from between the protective body 23 and the eating member 100 when the portion of the eating member 100 held in the sterilizing space 30 is sterilized by ultraviolet rays.

Preferably, the protective body 23 of the protective ring 20 is made of a silicone material, such as food grade silicone, so that the protective body 23 of the protective ring 20 is flexible to allow the protective body 23 to deform, so that the protective body 23 can automatically wrap the portion of the eating article 100 held at the insertion opening 21 after the one end of the eating article 100 is inserted into the sterilizing space 30 from the insertion opening 21 of the protective ring 20, and the size and shape of the insertion opening 21 formed by the protective body 23 can be adapted to the size and shape of the eating article 100 held at the insertion opening 21, so as to obtain a plug-and-close effect.

In a preferred example of the tableware of the present invention, the protection body 23 of the protection ring 20 is detachably mounted to the ring body 22, so that the protection body 23 can be easily replaced. Specifically, the ring main body 22 has a mounting portion 221, wherein the mounting portion 221 communicates the inner wall and the outer wall of the ring main body 22, and the shield main body 23 is detachably mounted to the mounting portion 221 of the ring main body 22. It is to be noted that although in the preferred example of the tableware article shown in fig. 1 to 5D, the mounting portion 221 of the ring main body 22 is a mounting through-hole, i.e., the inner wall of the ring main body 22 for forming the mounting portion 221 is a continuous inner wall, in other examples of the tableware article, the mounting portion 221 of the ring main body 22 may be a mounting groove, i.e., the inner wall of the ring main body 22 for forming the mounting portion 221 is a discontinuous inner wall.

In other examples of the cutlery of the present invention, the guard body 23 of the guard ring 20 is integrally formed with the ring body 22. Specifically, in the process of manufacturing the guard ring 20, first, the ring body 22 having the mounting portion 221 is provided, and then, the guard body 23 is integrally formed with the mounting portion 221 of the ring body 22 based on a two-shot molding process, thus allowing the guard body 23 to be integrally molded with the ring body 22.

With continued reference to fig. 1 to 5D, the protective body 23 of the protective ring 20 has at least one first direction through groove 231 and at least one second direction through groove 232, the first direction through groove 231 and the second direction through groove 232 intersect to form the insertion opening 21 of the protective ring 20, and in this way, the size and shape of the insertion opening 21 of the protective ring 20 can be deformed based on the size and shape of the eating article 100, i.e., the size and shape of the insertion opening 21 of the protective ring 20 can be adapted to the size and shape of the portion of the eating article 100 held at the insertion opening 21 of the protective ring 20. Preferably, the first direction through-groove 231 and the second direction through-groove 232 of the shield body 23 of the shield ring 20 are perpendicular to each other.

In this particular example of the cutlery shown in fig. 1 to 5D, the guard body 23 of the guard ring 20 has one first direction through groove 231 and a plurality of second direction through grooves 232, the first direction through-groove 231 extends along a circumferential direction of the guard ring 20, each of the second direction through-grooves 232 extends along a height direction of the guard ring 20, and each of the second direction penetration grooves 232 is perpendicular to the first direction penetration groove 231, this allows the first direction through-grooves 231 and the second direction through-grooves 232 of the guard ring 20 to have a plurality of intersection positions 233, in this way, the cutlery allows a plurality of eating items 100 to be simultaneously held in the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20, and the protective body 23 of the protective ring 20 can automatically wrap the portion of each eating article 100 which is held in the insertion opening 21. Preferably, the first direction through-groove 231 and a middle portion of each of the second direction through-grooves 232 intersect to form the intersection position 233.

With continued reference to fig. 1 to 5D, the outer wall of the tableware body 10 is provided with a screw structure, the inner wall of the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 is provided with a screw structure, and the screw structure of the tableware body 10 and the screw structure of the ring main body 22 cooperate to allow the ring main body 22 to be telescopically mounted to the tableware body 10 in such a manner that the ring main body 22 is screwed to the tableware body 10. In the tableware of the present invention, the manner of screwing the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 to the different positions of the tableware body 10 allows the tableware to be switched between the dining state and the sterilizing state, thus facilitating the use of the tableware.

Specifically, in the tableware of the present invention, when the thread structure of the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 located at the lower portion is screwed with the thread structure of the tableware body 10 located at the lower portion, the tableware is in the dining state, and at this time, the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 is shielded by the outer wall of the tableware body 10, and the high-end edge of the guard ring 20 does not protrude from the high-end edge of the tableware body 10; when the screw structure of the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 and the screw structure of the tableware body 10 are screwed by allowing the guard ring 20 and the tableware body 10 to rotate relatively, the tableware is in the sterilization state, the sterilization space 30 is formed between the guard ring 20 and the tableware body 10, and the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 is communicated with the sterilization space 30. It can be understood that the space height of the sterilizing space 30 of the tableware is greater than the space height of the containing space 11 of the tableware body 10, that is, when the tableware is in the sterilizing state, the containing space 11 defined by the tableware body 10 and the space defined by the guard ring 20 form the sterilizing space 30, so that the height of the sterilizing space 30 is greater than the height of the containing space 11 of the tableware body 10, and thus when one end of the eating member 100 is inserted into the sterilizing space 30 from the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20, more parts of the eating member 100 are located in the sterilizing space 30, thereby facilitating the sterilization of the parts of the eating member 100 which are likely to contact with food.

Referring to fig. 1-5D, the guard ring 20 further includes at least one handle 24, the handle 24 integrally extending from the ring body 22. In addition, since the handle 24 protrudes from the ring main body 22, the handle 24 can provide an advantageous point of application to help the user rotate the guard ring 20 when the user needs to switch the use state of the tableware between the dining state and the sterilization state.

With continued reference to fig. 1-5D, the cutlery further comprises a sterilization cover 40, wherein the sterilization cover 40 has a set of ultraviolet lamps 41 for providing ultraviolet light. It is worth mentioning that the disinfection cap may also have other components, such as a battery, a circuit board, a switch, a buck-boost module, etc. The sterilizing cover 40 is installed at the high end edge of the guard ring 20 in such a manner that the ultraviolet lamps 41 of the sterilizing cover 40 face the sterilizing space 30, so that the ultraviolet lamps 41 of the sterilizing cover 40 can generate ultraviolet rays, and the ultraviolet rays can be radiated to the sterilizing space 30 to sterilize the eating member 100 held in the sterilizing space 30. It can be understood that the ultraviolet rays generated by the ultraviolet lamp 41 of the sterilizing cover 40 can provide a sterilizing function to the inner wall of the tableware body 10 and the inner wall of the guard ring 20.

Preferably, the size and shape of the sterilizing cover 40 are matched with those of the protective ring 20, so that when the sterilizing cover 40 is mounted on the high end edge of the protective ring 20 with the ultraviolet lamp 41 of the sterilizing cover 40 facing the sterilizing space 30, the sterilizing cover 40 can close the space opening of the sterilizing space 30, thereby preventing the ultraviolet rays generated by the ultraviolet lamp 41 of the sterilizing cover 40 from leaking between the sterilizing cover 40 and the protective ring 20.

Fig. 4A to 5D show the use of the cutlery when applied for sterilization.

Referring to fig. 4A, the tableware is in the dining state, at this time, the thread structure of the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 located at the lower portion is screwed with the thread structure of the tableware body 10 located at the lower portion, the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 is shielded by the outer wall of the tableware body 10, and the high end edge of the guard ring 20 does not protrude from the high end edge of the tableware body 10.

Referring to fig. 4B, the tableware is in the sterilization state, at this time, the thread structure of the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 located at the lower portion and the thread structure of the tableware body 10 located at the upper portion are screwed, the sterilization space 30 is formed between the guard ring 20 and the tableware body 10, and the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 is communicated with the tableware body 10. In this particular example of the cutlery shown in fig. 1 to 5D, the cutlery can be switched from the eating condition to the sterile condition by allowing the guard ring 20 and the cutlery body 10 to rotate relative to each other.

Referring to fig. 5A to 5C, one end of the eating member 100 is allowed to be inserted into the sterilizing space 30 from the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20, and in this process, the size and shape of the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 are deformed based on the size and shape of the eating member 100, that is, the size and shape of the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 can be automatically deformed to adapt to the portion of the eating member 100 held at the insertion opening 21, so that the guard body 23 of the guard ring 20 can wrap the portion of the eating member 100 held at the insertion opening 21.

Referring to fig. 5D, the sterilizing cover 40 is installed at the high end edge of the protective ring 20 in such a manner that the ultraviolet lamp 41 of the sterilizing cover 40 faces the sterilizing space 30, and when the ultraviolet lamp 41 of the sterilizing cover 40 is in an operating state, the ultraviolet lamp 41 can generate ultraviolet rays and radiate the ultraviolet rays to the sterilizing space 30, and since the protective body 23 of the protective ring 20 wraps the portion of the eating article 100 which is held at the insertion opening 21, the tableware can reduce the leakage of the ultraviolet rays between the protective ring 20 and the eating article 100.

Fig. 6 to 8B show a modified example of the tableware, which is different from the tableware shown in fig. 1 to 5D, in the tableware shown in fig. 6 to 8B, in this specific example of the tableware shown in fig. 6 to 8B, the outer wall of the tableware body 10 is provided with a lower holding groove 13, an upper holding groove 14, and at least one communicating groove 15, the lower holding groove 13 is located at the lower side of the tableware body 10, the upper holding groove 14 is located at the upper side of the tableware body 10, and both the lower holding groove 13 and the upper holding groove 14 extend in the circumferential direction of the tableware body 10, the communicating groove 15 extends in the height direction of the tableware body 10, and the communicating groove 15 communicates the lower holding groove 13 and the upper holding groove 14; the inner wall of the ring main body 22 of the retaining ring 20 is provided with at least one retaining protrusion 222, wherein the retaining protrusion 222 of the guard ring 20 is selectively retained to the lower retaining groove 13 and the upper retaining groove 14 of the tableware body 10 to allow the guard ring 20 to be mounted to the tableware body 10, wherein the retaining protrusion 222 of the guard ring 20 can enter the upper retaining groove 14 from the lower retaining groove 13 through the communication groove 15 of the tableware body 10 to allow the tableware to be switched from the eating condition to the sterilized condition, or the retaining protrusion 222 of the guard ring 20 can enter the lower retaining groove 13 from the upper retaining groove 14 through the communication groove 15 of the tableware body 10 to allow the tableware to be switched from the sterilized condition to the eating condition.

Alternatively, in another preferred example of the tableware according to the present invention, the lower holding groove 13, the upper holding groove 14 and the communication groove 15 may be provided on an inner wall of the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20, and the holding protrusion 222 may be provided on an outer wall of the tableware body 10. Specifically, the lower holding groove 13 is located at the lower side of the ring main body 22, the upper holding groove 14 is located at the upper side of the ring main body 22, and both the lower holding groove 13 and the upper holding groove 14 extend in the circumferential direction of the ring main body 22, the communication groove 15 extends in the height direction of the ring main body 22, and the communication groove 15 communicates the lower holding groove 13 and the upper holding groove 14, wherein the holding projection 222 of the tableware body 10 is selectively held with the lower holding groove 13 and the upper holding groove 14 of the ring main body 22 to allow the protective main body 23 to be mounted to the tableware body 10, wherein the holding projection 222 of the tableware body 10 can enter the upper holding groove 14 from the lower holding groove 13 through the communication groove 15 of the ring main body 22 to allow the tableware to be switched from the eating condition to the sterilized condition, or the holding projection 222 of the tableware body 10 can enter the lower holding groove 13 from the upper holding groove 14 through the communicating groove 15 of the guard ring 20 to allow the tableware to be switched from the sterilized state to the dining state.

A modified example of the tableware shown in fig. 9 to 10, unlike the tableware shown in fig. 1 to 5D, in the tableware article shown in fig. 9 to 10, the guard ring 20 is not provided with the guard body 23, so that the mounting portion 221 of the ring main body 22 of the guard ring 20 forms the insertion port 21, wherein the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 is shielded by the outer wall of the tableware body 10 when the tableware is in the dinning state, when the tableware is in the sterilizing state, the tableware forms the sterilizing space 30 between the guard ring 20 and the tableware body 10, to allow the insertion opening 21 to communicate with the sterilization space 30, such that one end of the eating member 100 can be extended from the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20 to and held in the sterilization space 30.

Further, the tableware comprises a shielding member 50, wherein the eating member 100 can be installed on the shielding member 50, and the shielding member 50 is allowed to be held in the middle of the eating member 100 in a manner of surrounding the eating member 100, wherein when one end of the eating member 100 extends from the insertion opening 21 of the protection ring 20 to and is held in the sterilizing space 30, the shielding member 50 can close the insertion opening 21 of the protection ring 20, so that the ultraviolet rays are prevented from leaking out through the insertion opening 21 of the protection ring 20.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the present invention further provides a method for sterilizing tableware, wherein the method comprises the steps of:

(A) allowing the cutlery to be switched from the eating condition to the sterilizing condition to form the sterilizing space 30 between the cutlery body 10 and the guard ring 20 of the cutlery;

(B) allowing one end of the eating member 100 to be inserted into the sterilizing space 30 through the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20; and

(C) the sterilizing cover 40 is installed at the high end edge of the guard ring 20, wherein the portion of the eating member 100 held in the sterilizing space 30 is sterilized while the ultraviolet rays generated by the ultraviolet lamp 41 of the sterilizing cover 40 are radiated to the sterilizing space 30.

Further, in the step (B), while the one end of the eating member 100 is inserted into the sterilizing space 30 through the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20, the guard body 23 of the guard ring 20 for forming the insertion opening 21 is deformed, so that after the one end of the eating member 100 is inserted into the sterilizing space 30 through the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20, the guard body 23 automatically wraps the portion of the eating member 100 which is held at the insertion opening 21 of the guard ring 20, to reduce the leakage of ultraviolet rays between the guard ring 20 and the eating member 100 in the step (C).

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the above embodiments are only examples, wherein features of different embodiments may be combined with each other to obtain embodiments which are easily imaginable in accordance with the disclosure of the invention, but which are not explicitly indicated in the drawings.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the embodiments of the present invention as described above and shown in the drawings are given by way of example only and are not limiting of the present invention. The objects of the present invention have been fully and effectively accomplished. The functional and structural principles of the present invention have been shown and described in the embodiments without departing from the principles, embodiments of the present invention may have any deformation or modification.

Claims (11)

1. The tableware is characterized by comprising a tableware body, a protective ring and a sterilizing space, wherein the protective ring is provided with at least one insertion opening, the protective ring is arranged on the tableware body so as to form the sterilizing space between the protective ring and the tableware body, and the insertion opening of the protective ring is communicated with the sterilizing space.

2. The cutlery of claim 1, wherein the cutlery has a eating state and a sterilization state, and the cutlery is switchable between the eating state and the sterilization state, wherein the insertion opening of the guard ring is shielded by an outer wall of the cutlery body when the cutlery is in the eating state, the cutlery forming the sterilization space between the guard ring and the cutlery body when the cutlery is in the sterilization state.

3. The cutlery of claim 2, wherein the guard ring comprises a ring body and at least one deformable guard body mounted to the ring body, the insertion opening being formed in the guard body, wherein the ring body is mounted to the cutlery body.

4. The cutlery implement of claim 2, wherein the guard ring comprises a ring body having a mounting portion, the mounting portion of the ring body forming the insertion opening, wherein the ring body is mounted to the cutlery implement body.

5. The cutlery implement of claim 3, wherein the ring body has a mounting portion, the guard body being removably mounted to the mounting portion of the ring body.

6. The cutlery of claim 3, wherein the guard body has at least one first direction through slot and at least one second direction through slot, the first direction through slot and the second direction through slot intersecting to form the insertion opening of the guard ring.

7. The cutlery of claim 6, wherein the guard body has one of the first direction through-slots extending along a circumferential direction of the guard ring and a plurality of the second direction through-slots each extending along a height direction of the guard ring, and each of the second direction through-slots is perpendicular to the first direction through-slot to allow the first direction through-slot of the guard ring and the second direction through-slots to have a plurality of crossing positions.

8. The cutlery item of claim 7, wherein the first direction perforation slots intersect a middle portion of each of the second direction perforation slots to form the intersection location.

9. The tableware according to any one of claims 3 to 8, wherein the ring main body of the guard ring is provided with a screw structure, the outer wall of the tableware body is provided with a screw structure, the screw structure of the ring main body and the screw structure of the tableware body cooperate to mount the ring main body to the tableware body, wherein the tableware is in the eating condition when the screw structure of the ring main body located at the lower part and the screw structure of the tableware body located at the lower part are threadedly engaged, and the tableware is in the sterilizing condition when the screw structure of the ring main body located at the lower part and the screw structure of the tableware body located at the upper part are threadedly engaged.

10. The tableware according to any one of claims 3 to 8 wherein the outer wall of the tableware body is provided with a lower holding groove located at a lower side of the tableware body, an upper holding groove located at an upper side of the tableware body, and both the lower holding groove and the upper holding groove extend in a circumferential direction of the tableware body, and at least one communicating groove extending in a height direction of the tableware body and communicating the lower holding groove and the upper holding groove, wherein an inner wall of the ring main body of the holding ring is provided with at least one holding protrusion, wherein the holding protrusion of the guard ring is selectively held to the lower holding ring and the upper holding ring of the tableware body to allow the guard ring to be mounted to the tableware body, wherein the holding projection of the guard ring is capable of entering the upper holding groove from the lower holding groove through the communication groove of the tableware body to allow the tableware to be switched from the eating condition to the sterilized condition, or the holding projection of the guard ring is capable of entering the lower holding groove from the upper holding groove through the communication groove of the tableware body to allow the tableware to be switched from the sterilized condition to the eating condition; one end of a food taking piece can be inserted into the disinfection space through the insertion opening, and the size and the shape of the insertion opening are adaptive to the size and the shape of the part of the food taking piece, which is kept at the insertion opening, so that the protection main body is allowed to wrap the part of the food taking piece, which is kept at the insertion opening.

11. The tableware according to any one of claims 3 to 8 wherein the inner wall of the ring main body of the guard ring is provided with a lower holding groove located at the lower side of the ring main body, an upper holding groove located at the upper side of the ring main body, and both the lower holding groove and the upper holding groove extend in the circumferential direction of the ring main body, and at least one communicating groove extending in the height direction of the ring main body and communicating the lower holding groove and the upper holding groove, wherein the outer wall of the tableware body is provided with at least one holding protrusion, wherein the holding protrusion of the tableware body is selectively held to the lower holding ring and the upper holding ring of the guard ring to allow the guard ring to be mounted to the tableware body, wherein the holding projection of the tableware body can enter the upper holding groove from the lower holding groove through the communication groove of the guard ring to allow the tableware to be switched from the eating condition to the sterilized condition, or the holding projection of the tableware body can enter the lower holding groove from the upper holding groove through the communication groove of the guard ring to allow the tableware to be switched from the sterilized condition to the eating condition; one end of a food taking piece can be inserted into the disinfection space through the insertion opening, and the size and the shape of the insertion opening are adaptive to the size and the shape of the part of the food taking piece, which is kept at the insertion opening, so that the protection main body is allowed to wrap the part of the food taking piece, which is kept at the insertion opening.

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