CN215993656U

CN215993656U - Control assembly for food processing device

Info

Publication number: CN215993656U
Application number: CN202121164590.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘龙龙; 杨盛; 肖伏凤
Original assignee: Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Midea Consumer Electric Manufacturing Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-05-27
Filing date: 2021-05-27
Publication date: 2022-03-11
Anticipated expiration: 2031-05-27

Abstract

The utility model provides a control assembly of a food processing device, and relates to the field of household appliances. The control assembly includes: the device comprises a shell, a display area and an operation area, wherein the display area and the operation area are arranged on the outer surface of the shell; display means for displaying status information of the food processing apparatus in a display area; a control element for receiving an operation of the operation region to output a control signal; the operation area is provided with a plurality of operation areas, and the operation areas are distributed on two sides of the display area. The control component enables a user to manipulate the user experience.

Description

Control assembly for food processing device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of household appliances, in particular to a control assembly of a food processing device.

Background

The food processing device needs to be provided with a control component, a user can switch the food processing device between different states by operating different operation areas of the control component, and the operation areas are arranged on the outer surface of the control component for the convenience of the user to operate. The area of the outer surface of the associated control assembly limits the area and number of operating regions, which affects the user experience during operation.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model provides a control assembly of a food processing device, which aims to solve the technical problem that the experience of a user in the operation process is improved by enlarging the area of an operation area or increasing the number of the operation areas on the premise of not increasing the area of an outer surface.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a control assembly of a food processing apparatus, including: the device comprises a shell, a display area and an operation area, wherein the display area and the operation area are arranged on the outer surface of the shell; display means for displaying status information of the food processing apparatus in the display area; a control element for receiving an operation of the operation region to output a control signal; the operating area is provided with a plurality of operating areas, and the operating areas are distributed on two sides of the display area.

Further, the operation regions are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the display region.

Further, each of the operation regions is arranged at intervals along the length direction of the outer surface.

Further, the length direction of the outer surface extends along a curve.

Further, the outer surface is a top surface of the housing.

Further, the casing is used for receiving light to display the operation area.

Further, the housing includes: a light-transmitting portion, an outer surface of which is provided with the display region and the operation region; and the opaque part is arranged around the transparent part and fixedly connected with the transparent part.

Further, the control assembly further comprises: a display member bonded to the light-transmitting portion; the display piece comprises a light transmitting area used for light to penetrate and a light shading area used for shading light, and the light transmitting area is used for displaying preset operation information in the operation area.

Further, the display member is located between the light-transmitting portion and the control element.

Further, the control assembly further comprises: and the lighting assembly is used for emitting light rays to the shell and concentrating the light rays in the operation area.

Further, the lighting assembly includes: a light emitting member for emitting light; and the light gathering part is arranged around the light emitting part and adjusts the light to be concentrated to the operation area.

Further, the light gathering member extends to be close to or in contact with the operation area.

Furthermore, the inner wall surface of the light gathering piece is provided with a reflecting material.

Further, the lighting assemblies are provided with a plurality of lighting assemblies, and the lighting assemblies correspond to the operation areas one by one.

Further, the control element is disposed below the lighting assembly, and the housing is disposed above the lighting assembly.

Further, the control assembly further comprises: and the dust guard plate is arranged on the surface of the control element, which is far away from the lighting assembly, and is fixedly connected with the control element.

The control assembly of the food processing device comprises a shell, a display device and a control element, wherein the outer surface of the shell is provided with a display area and an operation area, the display device is used for displaying state information of the food processing device in the display area, the control element is used for receiving operation of the operation area to output a control signal, the operation area is provided with a plurality of operation areas, and the operation areas are distributed on two sides of the display area. Through setting up display area and operation area in same position with the operation, and distribute operation area in display area's both sides, the space to the surface of casing has been carried out make full use of, thereby can be under the prerequisite that need not the area of the surface of increase casing, increase operation area's area, reduce the possibility that the customer takes place the mistake and touches when the operation, or increase operation area's quantity, trigger the function that originally needs a plurality of operation areas of combined operation through an operation area, thereby simplify user's operation process, and then improve the use experience of user when the operation.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of the structure of a control assembly of a food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a moving path diagram of a hand of a user in a state that operation areas in a control assembly of the food processing device provided by the embodiment of the utility model are arranged at intervals along a straight line;

fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating a moving path of a hand of a user when an operation area in a control assembly of a food processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is disposed at intervals along a curve;

FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the structure of the control assembly of another food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of an illumination assembly in a control assembly of a food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a first type of light gathering member, a light emitting member and a display device in a control assembly of a food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a second type of light gathering member, a light emitting member and a display device in a control assembly of a food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a third type of light gathering member, a light emitting member and a display device in a control assembly of a food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an exploded view of the structure of the control assembly of another food processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic view of a display interface of a food processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the reference numerals

1. A control component; 10. a housing; 11. a display area; 12. an operating area; 121A, a first operation area; 122A, a second operating region; 123A, a third operating area; 121B, a fourth operation area; 122B, a fifth operation area; 123B, a sixth operating region; 13. a light-transmitting portion; 14. a non-light-transmitting portion; 20. a display device; 30. a control element; 40. a display member; 41. a light-transmitting region; 42. a light-shielding area; 50. a lighting assembly; 51. a light emitting member; 52. a light gathering member; 52A, a first type of light concentrating member; 521A, a convex lens; 52B, a second type of light gathering member; 521B, arc-shaped baffles; 522B, a reflective element; 52C, a third type of concentrator; 521C, a light-gathering tube; 60. a dust-proof plate; 70. and (7) mounting frames.

Detailed Description

Various combinations of the specific features in the embodiments described in the detailed description may be made without contradiction, for example, different embodiments may be formed by different combinations of the specific features, and various possible combinations of the specific features in the present invention will not be further described in order to avoid unnecessary repetition.

In embodiments of the present invention, the control assembly may be used to control the state of any food processing device. For example, the control assembly food processing device may be used to control a state of an oven, which may be, for example, an on-off state of the oven or a bake mode state of the oven; for example, the control component can also be used for the state of an electric cooker, and the state of the electric cooker can be the on-off state of the electric cooker or the heating state of the electric cooker, for example; for example, the control assembly may also be used to control the state of a dough mixer, which may be, for example, a switch state of the dough mixer or a wakeup state of the dough mixer. The control signal triggered by the control component corresponds to the state of the food processing device controlled by the control component, but the state of the food processing device controlled by the control component does not affect the structure of the control component.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the control assembly 1 comprises: a housing 10, a display device 20 and a control element 30. The outer surface of the housing 10 is provided with a display area 11 and an operation area 12. The display area 11 is used for displaying status information of the food processing device, which may for example be the operating state in which the food processing device is located, and which may for example also be the remaining duration of the operating state in which the food processing device is located. The operation area 12 is used for prompting the user of the operable area, and the operation area 12 can prompt the user of the operable area in any way, for example, the operation area 12 can be a structure protruding from the outer surface of the housing 10, and the user can be prompted of the operable area through a solid structure; for example, the operation region 12 may be a region different from the color or transparency of the non-operation region of the outer surface of the housing 10, by which a region that the user can operate is prompted; for example, the operation area 12 may be an area in which a specific pattern is displayed, and the user is prompted by the specific pattern to indicate an area that can be operated. Optionally, the pattern displayed in the operation area 12 may be a graphic or a text corresponding to the operation effect corresponding to the operation area 12, so as to prompt the user that a different operation area 12 corresponds to a control effect that can be triggered.

The display device 20 is used for displaying the status information of the food processing device on the display area 11, and the display device 20 controls the display area 11 to display the status information in different forms according to the structure of the display area 11, for example, the display area 11 may be a transparent area, the display device 20 may be a light-emitting screen capable of projecting light onto the transparent area, and the display device 20 displays the corresponding status information on the transparent area by projecting different patterns on the transparent area; for example, if the display area 11 is a liquid crystal panel, the display device 20 is a circuit board attached to the liquid crystal panel, and the display device 20 changes the color of the corresponding position of the liquid crystal panel by applying power to the corresponding position of the liquid crystal panel, thereby displaying the corresponding status information on the liquid crystal panel.

The control element 30 is used for receiving the operation of the operation area 12 to output an operation signal, and it should be noted that the control element 30 is any element that can receive the operation of the operation area 12 and output a corresponding control signal according to the received operation. Based on the difference of the structure of the operation region 12, the corresponding operation and the structure of the control element 30, and the principle that the control element 30 receives the operation of the operation region 12 are different, for example, the operation region 12 may be a micro-button or a membrane button, the corresponding operation is the pressing of the micro-button or the membrane button, the control element 30 is a pressure sensor, and the corresponding execution element outputs a value by converting the pressing operation into an electrical signal and using the electrical signal as a control signal; for example, the operation region 12 is a conductive element, the corresponding operation is a touch to the conductive element, and the control element 30 receives the touch operation to the operation region 12 through a change in resistance of the operation region 12 and outputs a corresponding control signal according to a position of the received touch operation.

The operation areas 12 are distributed on two sides of the display area 11, and compared with a related food processing device, the display area and the operation area are arranged at different positions, so that a large amount of unused space is left around the display area and the operation area, when the space which can be arranged between the display area and the operation area is limited, the area of the operation area needs to be reduced, which causes the user to easily touch by mistake, or the number of the operation areas needs to be reduced, which causes the operation complexity of the user, and the use experience of the user during the operation can be influenced; in the control assembly 1 provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the display region 11 and the operation region 12 are disposed in the same position, and the operation regions 12 are distributed on two sides of the display region 11, so that the space of the outer surface of the housing 10 is fully utilized, and thus, on the premise of not increasing the area of the outer surface of the housing 10, the area of the operation region 12 is increased, the possibility of a user touching the operation region by mistake is reduced, or the number of the operation regions 12 is increased, and a function that a plurality of operation regions originally need to be combined and operated is triggered by one operation region 12, thereby simplifying the operation process of the user, and further improving the use experience of the user during operation.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the operation regions 12 are symmetrically distributed on two sides of the display region 11, that is, the operation regions 12 occupy substantially the same area on two sides of the display region 11, so as to make more full use of the space on two sides of the display region 11, thereby further improving the user experience when operating. Meanwhile, the operation areas 12 are symmetrically arranged on the two sides of the display area 11, the average distance between the operation area 12 and the display area 11 can be reduced, a user can conveniently observe the state information of the food processing device displayed in the display area 11 and correspondingly operate the operation area 12, and the use experience of the user during operation is further improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the operation regions 12 are spaced along the length direction of the outer surface of the housing 10, and the length direction of the outer surface of the housing 10 may be the direction of the outer surface with the largest dimension, that is, the operation regions 12 are spaced along the direction of the outer surface of the housing 10 with the largest dimension, so as to more fully utilize the space of the outer surface, and further improve the user experience when operating.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the length direction of the outer surface of the housing 10 extends along a curve, that is, the operation regions 12 are spaced along the region, so that the space of the outer surface of the housing 10 is more fully utilized, and the use experience of the user during operation is further improved. Meanwhile, in an application scenario where a user completes the operation of one operation region 12 and needs to operate an operation region 12 of a region not adjacent to the operation region 12, by setting the operation regions 12 at intervals along a curve, the displacement of the hand of the user, which needs to be moved, can be shortened, the possibility that the moving path of the hand of the user needs to pass through other operation regions 12 can be reduced, and the possibility that the user touches other operation regions 12 by mistake can be reduced. For easy understanding, in the following description with reference to fig. 2 and 3, in an application scenario where a user completes an operation of one operation region 12 and needs to operate the operation region 12 of a region not adjacent to the operation region 12, an exemplary analysis is performed on a path of a hand motion of the user in a design scheme in which the operation region 12 is arranged at intervals along a straight line and the operation region 12 is arranged along a curved line.

As shown in fig. 2, the first operation area 121A, the second operation area 122A, and the third operation area 123A are sequentially arranged along a straight line at intervals, after the user has finished operating the first operation area 121A, the user needs to operate the third operation area 123A, the hand of the user needs to move from the first operation area 121A to the third operation area 123A along the straight line, the moving path of the hand of the user is shown by the solid line with an arrow in fig. 2, the second operation area 122A is located on the moving path of the hand, and the user is likely to touch the second operation area 122A by mistake when moving the hand.

As shown in fig. 3, the fourth operation region 121B, the fifth operation region 122B and the sixth operation region 123B are sequentially arranged along a curve at intervals, the curve is shown by a dotted line in fig. 3, it can be understood that the first operation region 121A, the second operation region 122A and the third operation region 123A in fig. 2 are bent along a straight line arranged at intervals along a straight line into a curve, the user needs to operate the sixth operation region 123B after finishing the operation on the fourth operation region 121B, the user needs to move the hand from the fourth operation region 121B to the sixth operation region 123B along a straight line, the moving path of the user's hand is shown by a solid line with an arrow in fig. 3, the length of the moving path of the user's hand is the chord length of the curve between the fourth operation region 121B and the sixth operation region 123B without moving along the curve between the fourth operation region 121B and the sixth operation region 123B, the length of the movement path of the user's hand is shortened and, at the same time, the movement path of the user's hand no longer passes through the fifth operation region 122B, thereby reducing the possibility that the user erroneously touches 122B when moving the hand.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the outer surface of the housing 10 is a top surface of the housing 10, and the positioning may be understood as that there is no structure capable of shielding the outer surface above the outer surface, so that a user can operate the operation area 12 while viewing the display area 11 and the operation area 12 in a state of looking down the control assembly 1, thereby further improving the user experience of the user in operation.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the housing 10 is configured to receive light to display the operating area 12, i.e., the housing 10 displays the operating area 12 when receiving light, and the operating area 12 visually blends with a non-operating area of the outer surface of the housing 10 when not receiving light, thereby improving the visual integrity of the outer surface of the housing 10.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the housing 10 includes: a light-transmitting portion 13 and a light-opaque portion 14. The outer surface of the light-transmitting portion 13 is provided with a display region 11 and an operation region 12, and light can pass through the light-transmitting portion 13, thereby displaying the operation region 12 on the outer surface of the light-transmitting portion 13. The opaque portion 14 is disposed around the transparent portion 13 and fixedly connected to the transparent portion 13, that is, a portion where the display region 11 and the operation region 12 are disposed is provided as a transparent structure, and the other portion of the housing 10 is provided as an opaque structure, thereby reducing the possibility that a user sees the internal structure of the food processing device through the housing 10. Optionally, the housing 10 may be a structure obtained by splicing a transparent component and a non-transparent component, for example, the transparent component 13 may be a transparent component made of a transparent material, and the non-transparent component 14 may be a non-transparent component made of a non-transparent material, and the housing 10 is formed by splicing and fixing the transparent component and the non-transparent component 14; alternatively, the housing 10 may also be an integrally molded structure, for example, the housing 10 may be integrally molded by a light-transmitting material to obtain a fully light-transmitting housing, then the inner surface of the portion of the fully light-transmitting housing corresponding to the non-light-transmitting portion 14 is etched, and the corresponding portion is converted into the non-light-transmitting structure by etching, so as to obtain the integrally molded housing 10.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the control assembly 1 further comprises a display member 40, which is attached to the light-transmissive portion 13. The display member 40 includes a light-transmitting region 41 for transmitting light and a light-blocking region 42 for blocking light. The transparent area 41 is used for displaying preset operation information, specifically, the shape of the transparent area 41 is set to be a figure or a character corresponding to the preset operation information, according to the pinhole imaging principle, after the light passes through the transparent area 41, an image which is the same as the figure or the character of the transparent area 41 can be projected on other surfaces, and the image is used for prompting a user to preset the content of the operation information. For example, the shape of the light-transmitting area 41 is set as a "power-on" character, and then the light passing through the light-transmitting area 41 projects an image of the "power-on" character on the preset area of the projection surface, where the image is used to prompt the user to start the electrical equipment through the preset operation in the area. At the same time, the light-transmitting portion 13 is further shielded by the light-shielding region 42 of the display member 40, and the possibility that the user sees the internal structure of the material object processing apparatus through the light-transmitting portion 13 is further reduced. Optionally, the light-transmitting region 41 may be a hollow structure penetrating through the display 40; alternatively, the light-transmitting region 41 may be a light-transmitting structure made of a transparent material.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the display member 40 is located between the light-transmitting portion 13 and the control element 30, that is, the display member 40 is disposed below the light-transmitting portion 13, rather than disposing the display member 40 on the surface of the light-transmitting portion 13, and the display member 40 is protected by the light-transmitting portion 13, so as to reduce abrasion of the display member 40 caused by an external environment or a user operation, thereby reducing a possibility that the light-transmitting area 41 of the display member 40 loses an original shape due to the abrasion, and further reducing a possibility that the definition of characters or images displayed in the operation area 12 is reduced due to a change in the shape of the light-transmitting area 41.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the control assembly 1 further comprises: an illumination assembly 50. The illumination assembly 50 is used for emitting light to the housing and concentrating the light to the operation area 12, and the illumination assembly 50 is used for emitting light to the operation area 12 so that the operation area 12 receives the light and displaying the operation area 12 on the surface of the housing 10. The definition of the operation area 12 displayed on the surface of the housing 10 is related to the intensity of the light irradiated to the operation area 12 of the housing 10, the stronger the intensity of the light irradiated to the operation area 12, the higher the definition of the operation area 12, the lighting assembly 50 concentrates the light on the operation area 12, on the premise of not increasing the power consumption of the lighting assembly 50, more light is irradiated to the operation area 12, thereby improving the intensity of the light irradiated to the operation area 12, and further improving the definition of the display of the operation area 12, namely, on the premise of not increasing the power consumption of the control assembly, the definition of the display of the operation area 12 is improved. It should be noted that the lighting assembly 50 is any structure capable of emitting light and concentrating the emitted light to the operation area 12, for example, the lighting assembly 50 is a laser element, and the concentrated light emitted by the laser element is irradiated to the operation area 12; for example, the illumination assembly 50 includes a light emitting member for emitting light and a light collecting member disposed around the light emitting member to concentrate the light emitted from the light emitting member toward the operation region 12.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the illumination assembly 50 includes: a light emitting member 51 and a light collecting member 52. The light emitting member 51 is used for emitting light, that is, the light emitting member 51 is any element capable of emitting light, for example, the light emitting member 51 is a light emitting diode or a small bulb. The light collecting member 52 is disposed around the light emitting member 51 and adjusts the light emitted from the light emitting member 51 to be concentrated toward the operating region 12, that is, the light collecting member 52 changes the direction of the light emitted from the light emitting member 51 by reflection or refraction, converts the light irradiated toward the non-operating region into the light irradiated toward the operating region 12, and thus concentrates more light to the operating region 12. It should be noted that the light-gathering member 52 is any structure capable of gathering the light emitted from the light-emitting member 51 to the operation area 12, and the structure of the light-gathering member 52 is described below with reference to fig. 7 to 9, and it should be understood that the light-gathering member 52 may be other structures than the structures shown in fig. 6 to 8.

As shown in fig. 6, the first type of the light collector 52A includes convex lenses 521A disposed around the light emitter 51, and the focal points of the convex lenses 521A are located at the respective operation regions 12, i.e., the convex lenses 521A concentrate light rays to the respective operation regions 12 by refraction of the light rays.

As shown in fig. 7, the second type of the light-collecting member 52B includes an arc-shaped baffle 521B disposed around the light-emitting member 51 and a light-reflecting member 522B disposed on a surface of the arc-shaped baffle 521B, and light not directed toward the operation area 12 is directed to the arc-shaped baffle 521B and reflected by the light-reflecting member 522B and reflected to the operation area 12, that is, the arc-shaped baffle 521B and the light-reflecting member 422B concentrate the light to each operation area 12 by reflection.

As shown in fig. 8, the third type of light-collecting member 52C includes a light-collecting tube 521C, the light-collecting tube 521C extends to be close to or in contact with the operation area 12, and the light emitted from the light-emitting member 51 propagates inside the light-collecting tube 521C and is guided to the operation area 12 along the inside of the light-collecting tube 521C. Optionally, the light-collecting tube 521C extends in a straight direction to reduce the possibility that light rays propagating along the straight line are blocked by the tube wall of the light-collecting tube 521C and cannot propagate to the operation area 12. Optionally, the inner wall surface of the light-collecting tube 521C is provided with a reflective material to reduce the amount of light absorbed by the inner wall surface of the light-collecting tube 521C, and further increase the intensity of light irradiated to the operation area 12. Meanwhile, the arrangement of the reflective material can also reduce the possibility that light rays propagating along a straight line are shielded by the tube wall of the light-collecting tube 521C and cannot propagate to the operation area 12, so that the light-collecting tube 521C does not need to extend along the straight line strictly, and the arrangement of the light-collecting tube 521C is more flexible.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the lighting assemblies 50 are multiple, and the operation regions 12 correspond to the lighting assemblies 50 one to one. Specifically, the number of the lighting assemblies 50 is the same as the number of the operation areas 12, and the position of each lighting assembly 50 corresponds to the position of the corresponding operation area, so that each lighting assembly 50 can emit light to the corresponding operation area 12 and concentrate the light to the corresponding operation area 12, for example, each lighting assembly 50 is located directly below the corresponding operation area 12, the light emitting member 51 of the lighting assembly 50 emits light, and the light collecting member 52 of the lighting assembly 50 extends to the vicinity of the corresponding operation area in a linear direction or contacts with the corresponding operation area, so that the light emitted by the light emitting member 51 is concentrated to the corresponding operation area. By providing a corresponding lighting assembly 50 for each operating area 12 individually, the intensity of the light emitted by a single luminous element 51 can be reduced, thereby reducing the power of the single luminous element 51 and thus reducing the concentration of heat within the control assembly 1; meanwhile, by separately providing the corresponding lighting assembly 50 for each operation area 12, the position of the lighting assembly 50 can be determined adaptively according to the position of the operation area 12, and the light emitted by the single light emitting member 51 is not required to be transmitted to each operation area 12 through the light gathering member 52, thereby reducing the difficulty in arranging the light gathering member 52.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the control element 30 is disposed below the lighting assembly 50, and the housing 10 is disposed above the lighting assembly 50, so as to reduce the possibility that the control element 30 blocks the light emitted by the lighting assembly 50 and irradiated to the operation area 12, and further increase the intensity of the light irradiated to the operation area 12, so that the image in the operation area 12 is displayed more clearly. Alternatively, the control element 30 is disposed between the lighting assembly 50 and the housing 10, and the control element 30 is made of a transparent material, and disposing the control element 30 closer to the outer surface of the housing 10 can shorten the distance that the user's operation on the operation region 12 is transmitted to the control element 30, so that the control assembly 1 can respond more sensitively to the user's operation.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the control assembly 1 further comprises a dust guard 60. The dust-proof plate 60 is disposed on a surface of the control element 30 away from the lighting assembly 50 and is fixedly connected to the control element 30, so as to reduce the possibility of dust entering the control element 30, thereby reducing the possibility of failure such as poor contact or short circuit of electronic components in the control element 30 due to contact with dust, and thus prolonging the service life of the control element 30.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9, the control assembly 1 further includes a mounting bracket 70, where the mounting bracket 70 is sleeved outside the light gathering member 52 and is used for enhancing the rigidity of the light gathering member 52, so as to reduce the possibility that the light gathering member 52 deforms under the action of an external force, thereby reducing the possibility that light cannot be concentrated in the operation area due to the deformation of the light gathering member 52, and further improving the clarity of displaying characters or patterns displayed in the operation area.

In some embodiments, the food processing apparatus may be a dough mixer, and the control assembly 1 is applied to the dough mixer, and the function of the control assembly 1 will be described below with reference to the interface displayed by the control assembly 1 shown in fig. 10, taking the food processing apparatus as an example of the dough mixer.

As shown in fig. 10, the interface displayed by the control unit 1 includes a plurality of operation areas and a display area, and characters of "long press/cancel", "face", "wakefulness", and "start/pause" and patterns of "+" and "-" are displayed in each of the operation areas; the display area displays a number indicating time and letters of "awake side" and "sum side". In a state that the control assembly 1 detects the operation of the user on the operation area displaying the characters of the 'dough kneading face', the control assembly 1 outputs a control signal to make the dough kneading machine prepare to start dough kneading action and light up the display area displaying the characters of the 'dough kneading face'; in a state that the control assembly 1 detects the operation of a user on an operation area in which the 'awake face' characters are displayed, the control assembly 1 outputs a control signal to make the awake face machine prepare to start the awake face operation, and lights up the display area in which the 'awake face' characters are displayed; in a state where the dough mixer is ready to start kneading dough or ready to start waking up dough, and the control assembly 1 detects that the user has a pattern of "+" or "-", the control assembly 1 outputs a control signal according to the user's setting to cause the dough mixer to determine the duration of kneading dough or waking up dough, and at the same time, displays the length of time set by the user in the display area for displaying time; when the control component 1 detects that a user operates an operation area in which start/pause characters are displayed and the operation frequency is odd, the control component 1 outputs a control signal, the dough kneading machine starts dough kneading or dough waking, and meanwhile, countdown is started in the display area for displaying time so as to indicate the duration of the dough kneading or dough waking state; when the control component 1 detects that the user operates the operation area with the characters of 'start/pause' and the operation frequency is even, the control component 1 outputs a control signal, the dough mixer pauses the current ongoing action, and simultaneously, the countdown is paused in the display area for displaying time until the control component 1 detects the operation of the user on the operation area with the characters of 'start/pause' again; in a state that the control component 1 detects that the user operates the operation area in which the start/pause characters are displayed and the duration of the operation is greater than the preset threshold value, the dough mixer stops operating, and the time in the display area for displaying the time is reset to zero.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A control assembly for a food processing apparatus, comprising:

the device comprises a shell, a display area and an operation area, wherein the display area and the operation area are arranged on the outer surface of the shell;

display means for displaying status information of the food processing apparatus in the display area;

a control element for receiving an operation of the operation region to output a control signal;

the operating area is provided with a plurality of operating areas, and the operating areas are distributed on two sides of the display area.

2. The control assembly of claim 1, wherein the operation area is symmetrically distributed on both sides of the display area.

3. The control assembly of claim 2, wherein each of the operative regions is spaced apart along a length of the outer surface.

4. The control assembly of claim 3, wherein a length of the outer surface extends along a curve.

5. The control assembly of claim 1, wherein the outer surface is a top surface of the housing.

6. The control assembly of any of claims 1-5, wherein the housing is configured to receive light to display the operating area.

7. The control assembly of claim 6, wherein the housing comprises:

a light-transmitting portion, an outer surface of which is provided with the display region and the operation region;

and the opaque part is arranged around the transparent part and fixedly connected with the transparent part.

8. The control assembly of claim 7, further comprising:

a display member bonded to the light-transmitting portion; the display piece comprises a light transmitting area used for light to penetrate and a light shading area used for shading light, and the light transmitting area is used for displaying preset operation information in the operation area.

9. The control assembly of claim 8, wherein the display is located between the light-transmissive portion and the control element.

10. The control assembly of claim 6, further comprising:

and the lighting assembly is used for emitting light rays to the shell and concentrating the light rays in the operation area.

11. The control assembly of claim 10, wherein the illumination assembly comprises:

a light emitting member for emitting light;

and the light gathering part is arranged around the light emitting part and adjusts the light to be concentrated to the operation area.

12. The control assembly of claim 11, wherein the light concentrator extends to be proximate to or in contact with the operational area.

13. The control assembly of claim 11, wherein an inner wall surface of the light gathering member is provided with a light reflecting material.

14. The control assembly of claim 10, wherein the lighting assembly has a plurality of lighting assemblies, and the lighting assemblies correspond to the operating areas one to one.

15. The control assembly of claim 10, wherein the control element is disposed below the lighting assembly and the housing is disposed above the lighting assembly.

16. The control assembly of claim 15, further comprising:

and the dust guard plate is arranged on the surface of the control element, which is far away from the lighting assembly, and is fixedly connected with the control element.