CN216481166U - Oil storage structure and integrated kitchen - Google Patents
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The application belongs to the technical field of integrated kitchen, provides an oil storage structure and integrated kitchen, and wherein, the oil storage structure includes: the oil box, the alarm device, the touch switch and the elastic mechanism; the oil box, the touch switch and the elastic mechanism are all arranged in the shell, and the oil box is provided with an opening for collecting oil; the oil box is movably connected with the elastic mechanism, the elastic mechanism supports the oil box, and the opening corresponds to the oil outlet; the touch switch is arranged below the oil box and is electrically connected with the alarm device; when the oil box is empty, the touch switch is not in contact with the oil box, when the oil box collects waste oil and reaches a preset oil amount, the elastic mechanism is elastically deformed by gravity to enable the touch switch to be in contact with the oil box and trigger the touch switch, and the alarm device gives out a prompt. The application provides an oil storage structure can gather through alarm device suggestion user before full waste oil at oil box and handle waste oil, avoids oil box waste oil to spill over and leads to integrated kitchen to pollute and be difficult to wash.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of integrated cookers, in particular to an oil storage structure and an integrated cooker.
Background
At present, the oil box of integrated kitchen all sets up among the casing of integrated kitchen, and the collection waste oil state of oil box in the integrated kitchen can't be seen to the user, leads to the user can't know when should clear up the oil box, consequently, needs a technology that can learn the collection waste oil state of oil box in the integrated kitchen urgently.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In view of this, this application provides an oil storage structure and integrated kitchen for solve the user among the prior art and can't learn the collection waste oil state of oil box in the integrated kitchen and lead to the untimely problem of oil box clearance.
To achieve one or a part of or all of the above or other objects, the present application provides an oil storage structure for an integrated range having an oil outlet disposed inside a housing, the oil storage structure including: the oil box, the alarm device, the touch switch and the elastic mechanism; the oil box, the touch switch and the elastic mechanism are all arranged in the shell, and the oil box is provided with an opening for collecting oil; wherein,
the oil box is movably connected with the elastic mechanism, the elastic mechanism supports the oil box, and the opening corresponds to the oil outlet; the touch switch is arranged below the oil box and is electrically connected with the alarm device;
when the oil box is empty, the touch switch is not in contact with the oil box, when the oil box collects waste oil and reaches a preset oil amount, the elastic mechanism is elastically deformed by gravity to enable the touch switch to be in contact with the oil box and trigger the touch switch, and the alarm device gives out a prompt.
Furthermore, the elastic mechanism comprises a plurality of elastic supporting pieces, any one of the elastic supporting pieces comprises an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve which are movably nested with each other, and a spring is sleeved between the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve.
Furthermore, the elastic mechanism also comprises a supporting plate which is arranged between the elastic supporting piece and the oil box; the lower side of the supporting plate is connected with the elastic supporting pieces, and the upper side of the supporting plate is abutted to the oil box.
Furthermore, one side of the supporting plate is provided with an extension plate which is a curved plate.
Further, the supporting plate is rectangular or rounded rectangular; the plurality of elastic supporting members are four elastic supporting members, and the four elastic supporting members are symmetrically arranged on the lower side of the supporting plate relative to the center of the supporting plate.
Further, the oil storage structure further includes: the belt is provided with a rack, a gear, a motor and a control panel; wherein,
the rack sets up on the oil box, the motor is connected the gear, the gear with rack joint, the motor with the control panel electricity is connected, the motor is used for fixing in the shell of integrated kitchen, and through control panel control will the oil box is released or is withdrawed from in the shell.
Furthermore, a control key is arranged on the control panel and used for controlling the motor.
Furthermore, the oil box is a rectangular groove, the opening is a notch of the rectangular groove, and the notch is arranged upwards; the belt rack is arranged on the outer side wall of the bottom of the rectangular groove.
Further, the alarm device is an indicator light, and the indicator light is arranged on the control panel.
In order to achieve one or part or all of the above objects or other objects, the present application also provides an integrated cooker including the oil storage mechanism of any one of the above objects.
The embodiment of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the application provides an oil storage structure for the inside integrated kitchen of shell is located to the oil-out, and oil storage structure includes: the oil box, the alarm device, the touch switch and the elastic mechanism; the oil box is provided with an opening for collecting oil; the oil box is movably connected with the elastic mechanism, the elastic mechanism is used for connecting the integrated stove and supporting the oil box in a shell of the integrated stove, and the opening corresponds to the oil outlet; the touch switch is arranged below the oil box and is electrically connected with the alarm device; when the oil box collects the waste oil and reaches the preset oil amount, the elastic mechanism is elastically deformed by gravity to enable the touch switch to be closed, and the alarm device gives out a prompt. The application provides an oil storage structure can be before the oil box collection is full of waste oil, because the gravity of waste oil pushes down the oil box to trigger switch, then through alarm device suggestion user processing waste oil, avoid oil box waste oil to spill over and lead to integrated kitchen to be polluted by the greasy dirt and lead to being difficult to abluent problem.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an oil storage structure according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an oil storage structure according to another embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of an integrated cooker according to an embodiment of the present application.
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1. an oil box; 2. an alarm device; 3. a touch switch; 4. an elastic mechanism; 41. an elastic support member; 42. a support plate; 5. a belt rack; 6. a gear; 7. a motor; 8. a control panel; 81. a control key; 9. an oil outlet; 10. an integrated cooker.
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Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs; the terminology used in the description of the application herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application; the terms "including" and "having," and any variations thereof, in the description and claims of this application and the description of the above figures are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and claims of this application or in the above-described drawings are used for distinguishing between different objects and not for describing a particular order.
Reference herein to "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment can be included in at least one embodiment of the application. The appearances of the phrase in various places in the specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment, nor are separate or alternative embodiments mutually exclusive of other embodiments. It is explicitly and implicitly understood by one skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein can be combined with other embodiments.
In order to make the technical solutions better understood by those skilled in the art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Referring to fig. 1, a first embodiment of the present application proposes an oil storage structure for an integrated cooker 10 in which an oil outlet 9 is provided inside a housing, the oil storage structure including: the oil box 1, the alarm device 2, the touch switch 3 and the elastic mechanism 4; the oil box 1, the touch switch 3 and the elastic mechanism 4 are all arranged in the shell, and the oil box 1 is provided with an opening for collecting oil; wherein,
the oil box 1 is movably connected with the elastic mechanism 4, the elastic mechanism 4 supports the oil box 1, and the opening corresponds to the oil outlet 9; the touch switch 3 is arranged below the oil box 1, and the touch switch 3 is electrically connected with the alarm device 2;
when the oil box is empty, the touch switch 3 is not in contact with the oil box 1, when the oil box 1 collects waste oil and reaches a preset oil amount, the elastic mechanism 4 is elastically deformed by gravity to enable the touch switch 3 to be in contact with the oil box 1 and trigger the touch switch 3, and the alarm device 2 gives a prompt.
In the present embodiment, the elastic mechanism 4 can be a spring, a spring plate, rubber, or even an elastic element with gas sealing property and a component mainly made of these elements, for example, an air bag filled with compressed air in a retractable sealed container and utilizing the elasticity of air, or for example, a metal sheet made of steel sheet or other metal with elastic deformation, and the elastic force and lead of the elastic mechanism 4 are selected according to the empty weight and the full weight of the oil box 1, and more specifically can be determined through experiments. The oil box 1 can be made of metal, plastic or glass, and in consideration of the difficulty degree and thickness degree of waste oil cleaning, the weight of the whole oil box 1 and the oil stain corrosion resistance, the oil box is preferably made of metal with a thinner thickness, and the thickness of the oil box can be 1mm, 2mm and the like; the mounted position of oil box 1, the opening that needs to satisfy oil box 1 can bear waste oil, as for through offering a osculum at oil box 1, the oil-out 9 of rethread pipe connection collection cigarette kitchen still directly does a great opening on oil box 1, makes into the trough-like with oil box 1 even, sets up oil box 1 under the oil-out 9 of collection cigarette kitchen again, then does not do the restriction. The alarm device 2 may be a warning light, an alarm, a vibrator, or other devices that can emit sound, light, or vibration, which is easily noticed by a person. The trigger switch 3 is used to trigger the operation of the alarm device 2, and is preferably a physical switch, i.e. an electronic component that can open a circuit, interrupt a current or allow a current to flow to other circuits. When the oil storage structure works, the oil box 1, the touch switch 3 and the elastic mechanism 4 are all required to be installed in the shell of the integrated stove 10, the touch switch 3 is arranged below the oil box 1 (the lower part of the position is only required to meet the requirement that the weight of the oil box 1 is increased after oil collection, and the touch switch can be touched after the oil box 1 descends, but not limited to the right below or the side below), after the oil box 1 is installed, the oil box 1 is empty at the moment, the weight is light, the oil box 1 is jacked up by the elastic mechanism 4, after the integrated stove 10 is used for cooking and other works, oil fume generated by cooking is collected by the integrated stove 10 to form waste oil, the waste oil flows into the oil box 1 through the oil outlet 9 of the integrated stove 10, the weight of the oil box 1 is increased by the waste oil, the elastic mechanism 4 is slowly compressed, when the waste oil of the oil box 1 reaches a certain amount, the touch switch is pressed down by the oil box 1, at the moment, the switch is conducted, the alarm device 2 of the connection switch starts to work, the alarm device 2 issues a corresponding prompt (e.g., when the alarm device 2 is an alarm, an alarm is issued) for knowing that the oil tank 1 needs to be cleaned after receiving the alarm. The oil storage structure that this embodiment provided, compare in prior art, though the two can not see the collection oil condition in the oil box 1 when using, but this application can start trigger switch when the waste oil of oil box 1 reaches a certain amount, reminds the user to clear up the waste oil in the oil box 1.
To the oil storage structure provided by the above embodiment, the present application also provides a second embodiment, where the elastic mechanism 4 includes a plurality of elastic supporting elements 41, and any one of the elastic supporting elements 41 includes an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve that are movably nested with each other, and a spring is sleeved between the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve.
In this embodiment, the plurality of elastic supporting members 41 include two or more elastic supporting members 41, and when the number of the elastic supporting members 41 is two, and the oil box 1 is disposed, at least two positioning plates or the like are required to assist in positioning the oil box 1. When the number of the elastic supporting members 41 is three or more, a positioning plate or the like for assisting positioning may not be required. The upper sleeve and the lower sleeve which are movably nested with each other refer to a large sleeve and a small sleeve which can be sleeved with each other and can freely slide relatively, and a spring is arranged between the two sleeves, so that the elastic supporting piece 41 is formed.
With respect to the oil storage structure proposed in the above embodiment, the present application also proposes a third embodiment, wherein the elastic mechanism 4 further comprises a supporting plate 5, and the supporting plate 5 is disposed between the elastic supporting member 41 and the oil box 1; the lower side of the support plate 5 is connected to the plurality of elastic supports 41, and the upper side of the support plate 5 abuts against the oil box 1.
In the present embodiment, in order to facilitate the user to take out the oil cartridge 1, an opening of the oil cartridge 1 may be opened at a position where the integrated cooker 10 is provided with the oil cartridge 1. The downside of backup pad 5 is with a plurality of elastic support 41 connects, and the upside of backup pad 5 and oil box 1 butt, and like this, the connection of backup pad 5 and elastic support 41 is fixed, and the connection of backup pad 5 and oil box 1 is detachable, makes things convenient for the dismantlement and the placing of oil box 1.
To the oil storage structure that the above-mentioned embodiment provided, this application has still provided the fourth embodiment, wherein, backup pad 5 one side is equipped with an extension board, the extension board is the curved plate.
In this embodiment, in combination with the third embodiment, an extension plate is provided on the side of the support plate 5, which is selectively disposed near the position where the smoke collection range is provided with the opening. Above-mentioned extension board makes the curved plate, mainly plays the guide effect, can be when putting into oil box 1, and the user can directly push oil box 1 by the opening of collection cigarette kitchen, and oil box 1 then slides 5 planar segments of backup pad by the extension board after pushing, accomplishes placing of oil box 1.
With respect to the oil storage structure proposed by the above embodiment, the present application also proposes a fifth embodiment, wherein the supporting plate 5 is rectangular or rounded rectangular; the plurality of elastic supporting members 41 are four elastic supporting members 41, and the four elastic supporting members 41 are symmetrically disposed at the lower side of the supporting plate 5 with respect to the center of the supporting plate 5.
To the oil storage structure proposed by the above embodiment, the present application also proposes a sixth embodiment, wherein the oil storage structure further includes: the belt is provided with a rack 5, a gear 6, a motor 7 and a control panel 8; wherein,
the oil box is characterized in that the rack-carrying bar 5 is arranged on the oil box 1, the motor 7 is connected with the gear 6, the gear 6 is connected with the rack-carrying bar 5 in a clamping manner, the motor 7 is electrically connected with the control panel 8, the motor 7 is used for being fixed in the shell of the integrated stove 10, and the oil box 1 is pushed out or withdrawn from the shell under the control of the control panel 8.
To the oil storage structure provided by the above embodiment, the present application also provides a seventh embodiment, wherein a control key 81 is provided on the control board 8, and the control key 81 is used for controlling the motor 7.
Aiming at the oil storage structure provided by the embodiment, the application also provides an eighth embodiment, wherein the oil box 1 is a rectangular groove, the opening is a notch of the rectangular groove, and the notch is arranged upwards; the belt rack 5 is arranged on the outer side wall of the bottom of the rectangular groove.
In the sixth to eighth embodiments, a gear 6 is connected to a driving shaft of the motor 7, the oil cartridge 1 is provided with the rack 5, the gear 6 and the rack 5 are clamped, and the motor 7 is controlled by the control board 8, so that automatic control of pushing out or withdrawing of the oil cartridge 1 can be realized. For example, if the oil box 1 is pushed out when the motor 7 rotates forwards, only when the waste oil needs to be cleaned, the control panel 8 controls the motor 7 to rotate forwards to push out the oil box 1, then the oil box 1 is taken out, after the waste oil is cleaned, the rack 5 and the gear 6 are clamped, the motor 7 is controlled to rotate backwards, and the oil box 1 is retracted.
In view of the oil storage structure proposed by the above embodiment, the present application also proposes a ninth embodiment, in which the alarm device 2 is an indicator lamp disposed on the control board 8.
In this embodiment, the alarm device 2 may be an indicator light, and the indicator light is disposed on the control board 8, and the indication manner of the indicator light may be set according to the requirement, for example, the trigger switch only sets the two conditions of open circuit and open circuit, when the indicator light is on, it indicates that waste oil needs to be cleaned, and when the indicator light is off, it does not need to clean waste oil; if the trigger switch is provided with two passages, when the trigger switch bounces, one passage is communicated, the indicating lamp is a green lamp, the green lamp indicates that waste oil does not need to be cleaned, when the trigger switch is pressed down, the other passage is communicated, the indicating lamp is a red lamp, and the red lamp indicates that waste oil needs to be cleaned. Therefore, the user can know the waste oil amount in the oil box 1 according to the display condition of the indicating lamp, and further know whether the waste oil needs to be cleaned.
The tenth application also provides an integrated cooker 10, wherein the integrated cooker 10 comprises the oil storage mechanism in any one of the above ranges.
It is to be understood that the above-described embodiments are merely illustrative of some, but not restrictive, of the broad invention, and that the appended drawings illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention and do not limit the scope of the invention. This application is capable of embodiments in many different forms and is provided for the purpose of enabling a thorough understanding of the disclosure of the application. Although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present application may be practiced without modification or with equivalents of some of the features described in the foregoing embodiments. All equivalent structures made by using the contents of the specification and the drawings of the present application are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields and are within the protection scope of the present application.
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1. The utility model provides an oil storage structure for the oil-out locates the inside integrated kitchen of shell, its characterized in that: the oil storage structure includes: the oil box, the alarm device, the touch switch and the elastic mechanism; the oil box, the touch switch and the elastic mechanism are all arranged in the shell, and the oil box is provided with an opening for collecting oil; wherein,
the oil box is movably connected with the elastic mechanism, the elastic mechanism supports the oil box, and the opening corresponds to the oil outlet; the touch switch is arranged below the oil box and is electrically connected with the alarm device;
when the oil box is empty, the touch switch is not in contact with the oil box, when the oil box collects waste oil and reaches a preset oil amount, the elastic mechanism is elastically deformed by gravity to enable the touch switch to be in contact with the oil box and trigger the touch switch, and the alarm device gives out a prompt.
2. The oil storage structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the elastic mechanism comprises a plurality of elastic supporting pieces, any elastic supporting piece comprises an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve which are movably nested with each other, and a spring is sleeved between the upper sleeve and the lower sleeve.
3. The oil storage structure according to claim 2, characterized in that: the elastic mechanism also comprises a supporting plate which is arranged between the elastic supporting piece and the oil box; the lower side of the supporting plate is connected with the elastic supporting pieces, and the upper side of the supporting plate is abutted to the oil box.
4. The oil storage structure according to claim 3, characterized in that: one side of the supporting plate is provided with an extension plate which is a curved plate.
5. The oil storage structure according to claim 3, characterized in that: the supporting plate is rectangular or round-corner rectangular; the plurality of elastic supporting members are four elastic supporting members, and the four elastic supporting members are symmetrically arranged on the lower side of the supporting plate relative to the center of the supporting plate.
6. The oil storage structure according to claim 1, characterized in that: the oil storage structure further comprises: the belt is provided with a rack, a gear, a motor and a control panel; wherein,
the rack is arranged on the oil box, the motor is connected with the gear, the gear is connected with the rack in a clamped mode, the motor is electrically connected with the control panel, the motor is used for being fixed in the shell of the integrated cooker, and the oil box is pushed out or withdrawn from the shell under the control of the control panel.
7. The oil storage structure according to claim 6, characterized in that: and a control key is arranged on the control panel and is used for controlling the motor.
8. The oil storage structure according to claim 6, characterized in that: the oil box is a rectangular groove, the opening is a notch of the rectangular groove, and the notch is arranged upwards; the belt rack is arranged on the outer side wall of the bottom of the rectangular groove.
9. The oil storage structure according to claim 6, characterized in that: the alarm device is an indicator light, and the indicator light is arranged on the control panel.
10. An integrated kitchen, its characterized in that: the integrated cooker comprises the oil storage mechanism of any one of claims 1 to 9.
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