CN216624095U

CN216624095U - Toppling switch assembly and household appliance

Info

Publication number: CN216624095U
Application number: CN202123241189.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 贾莹; 朱家辉; 董万富
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd; GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-21
Filing date: 2021-12-21
Publication date: 2022-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 2031-12-21

Abstract

The application discloses a dumping switch assembly and a household appliance, wherein the dumping switch assembly comprises a dumping switch, a base and an upper cover, the base is provided with an installation cavity with an opening, the dumping switch is installed in the installation cavity, and the base is provided with a first buckling structure; the upper cover is detachably connected with the base and covers the opening, a second buckling structure is arranged on the upper cover, and the second buckling structure is buckled with the first buckling structure to install the upper cover on the base. So, empty the switch and can set up in the installation intracavity of base, base and upper cover can be through can accomplish the installation with second lock structure and first lock structure butt joint lock, and assembly process convenient and fast need not manual operation, and production efficiency is high.

Description

Toppling switch assembly and household appliance

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of household appliances, in particular to a dumping switch assembly and a household appliance.

Background

At present, in a movable household appliance, in order to enable the appliance to be powered off in time when the appliance is tilted so as to avoid causing safety accidents, a tilt switch is generally arranged, and when the tilt angle of the appliance is too large, the tilt switch can timely disconnect the power supply of the appliance so as to perform power-off protection. In the related art, the mounting box of the tilt switch is usually fixed by fixing the upper cover and the lower cover of the mounting box by screws, but such a mounting mode has low production efficiency, and meanwhile, in order to avoid twisting of the cover when screwing, manual fixing is required, and the operation is difficult.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application embodiment provides a toppling switch assembly and a household appliance.

The tilt switch assembly of the embodiments of the present application includes:

a tilt switch;

the base is provided with an installation cavity with an opening, the dumping switch is installed in the installation cavity, and the base is provided with a first buckling structure; and

the upper cover, the upper cover with base detachably connects and covers and establish the opening part, cover on and be equipped with second lock structure, second lock structure with first lock structure lock is in order to incite somebody to action the upper cover is installed on the base.

In some embodiments, one of the first and second engaging structures includes a latching groove, and the other includes a latching portion, and the latching portion is latched with the latching groove.

In some embodiments, the base includes a body forming the mounting cavity and a protector mounted outside the body and disposed around the body, the first latching structure includes the latching groove formed on the protector, and the second latching structure includes the latching portion formed on the upper cover.

In some embodiments, the snap groove extends through the protector.

In some embodiments, the body is formed with an avoiding opening corresponding to the fastening groove, and the fastening portion extends into the avoiding opening and the fastening groove is fastened.

In some embodiments, the fastening portion includes a connecting portion and a fastening protrusion, the connecting portion is disposed on the upper cover in a protruding manner toward one side where the base is located, the fastening protrusion is disposed on the connecting portion in a protruding manner toward one side where the fastening groove is located, the connecting portion extends into the avoiding opening and is matched with the avoiding opening, and the fastening protrusion is matched with the fastening groove.

In some embodiments, the base includes a body forming the mounting cavity and a protector mounted outside the body and disposed around the body, the first latching structure includes the latching groove formed on an inner wall of the mounting cavity, and the second latching structure includes the latching portion formed on the upper cover.

In some embodiments, the body is provided with a limiting protrusion, the protecting member is provided with a limiting groove, and the limiting protrusion is matched with the limiting groove to limit the relative position of the protecting member and the body.

In some embodiments, a wiring groove is formed on the base, the dumping switch assembly further comprises a connecting wire electrically connected with the dumping switch, the connecting wire penetrates through the wiring groove, and the connecting wire is used for connecting a power supply.

In some embodiments, the number of the first fastening structures is multiple, the number of the second fastening structures corresponds to the number of the first fastening structures, the multiple first fastening structures are located on different sides of the upper cover, and each first fastening structure corresponds to one second fastening structure.

The household appliance of the embodiment of the application comprises a machine body and the dumping switch assembly of any one of the embodiments, wherein the dumping switch assembly is installed on the machine body.

In the dumping switch assembly and the household appliance, the dumping switch assembly comprises a dumping switch, a base and an upper cover, wherein an installation cavity with an opening is formed in the base, the dumping switch is installed in the installation cavity, and a first buckling structure is arranged on the base; the upper cover is detachably connected with the base and covers the opening, a second buckling structure is arranged on the upper cover, and the second buckling structure is buckled with the first buckling structure to install the upper cover on the base. So, empty the switch and can set up in the installation intracavity of base, base and upper cover can be through can accomplish the installation with second lock structure and first lock structure butt joint lock, and assembly process convenient and fast need not manual operation, and production efficiency is high.

Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the present application.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is an exploded structural schematic view of a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the dump switch assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a protector according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the body of an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the upper cover according to the embodiment of the present application.

Description of the main element symbols:

a dump switch assembly 100;

the tilting switch 10, the base 20, the mounting cavity 21, the first engaging structure 22, the fastening groove 221, the body 23, the limiting protrusion 231, the second guiding inclined surface 232, the avoiding opening 233, the protecting member 24, the limiting groove 241, the accommodating cavity 242, the wiring groove 25, the upper cover 30, the second engaging structure 31, the fastening portion 311, the fastening protrusion 3111, the connecting portion 3112, the first guiding inclined surface 3113, the household appliance 200, the body 201, the panel 202, and the housing 203.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative and are only for the purpose of explaining the present application and are not to be construed as limiting the present application.

In this application, unless expressly stated otherwise and clearly defined, reference to a first feature "on" or "under" a second feature means that the first and second features are in direct contact, and may also mean that the first and second features are not in direct contact but are in contact with each other via another feature between them. Also, the first feature being "on," "above" and "over" the second feature includes the first feature being directly on and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature includes the first feature being directly under and obliquely below the second feature, or simply meaning that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

The following disclosure provides many different embodiments or examples for implementing different features of the application. To simplify the disclosure of the present application, the components and settings of a specific example are described below. Of course, they are merely examples and are not intended to limit the present application. The present application may repeat reference numerals and/or reference letters in the various examples, which have been repeated for purposes of simplicity and clarity and do not in themselves dictate a relationship between the various embodiments and/or configurations discussed. In addition, examples of various specific processes and materials are provided herein, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize applications of other processes and/or use of other materials.

Referring to fig. 1, a household appliance 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a body 201 and a tilt switch assembly 100, wherein the tilt switch assembly 100 is mounted on the body 201.

Referring to fig. 2 to 5, a tilt switch assembly 100 of the present embodiment includes a tilt switch 10, a base 20 and an upper cover 30, wherein the base 20 is formed with a mounting cavity 21 having an opening, the tilt switch 10 is mounted in the mounting cavity 21, and the base 20 is provided with a first buckling structure 22; the upper cover 30 is detachably connected to the base 20 and covers the opening, a second engaging structure 31 is disposed on the upper cover 30, and the second engaging structure 31 engages with the first engaging structure 22 to mount the upper cover 30 on the base 20.

In the household appliance 200 and the dumping switch assembly 100 of the embodiment of the application, the dumping switch 10 can be arranged in the installation cavity 21 of the base 20, the base 20 and the upper cover 30 can be installed by butting and buckling the second buckling structure 31 and the first buckling structure 22, the assembling process is convenient and fast, manual operation is not needed, and the production efficiency is high.

It can be understood that the tilt switch assembly 100 is configured to be installed on the body 201 of the household appliance 200, and when the body 201 of the household appliance 200 is tilted, the tilt switch 10 in the tilt switch assembly 100 can timely disconnect the power supply of the household appliance 200, so as to implement power-off protection, and avoid the danger of fire and the like caused by the power supply connecting the household appliance 200 when the body 201 of the household appliance 200 is tilted. An installation cavity 21 with an opening can be formed in the base 20, the pouring switch 10 can be placed and installed in the installation cavity 21 from the opening, and the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are fixedly installed together to close the opening of the base 20, so that the pouring switch 10 can be located in a relatively closed space, and the phenomenon that the pouring switch 10 is mistakenly triggered due to external impact and vibration is avoided. When the organism 201 of the domestic appliance 200 has a large-angle inclination and even topples over, the organism 201 can drive the whole switch assembly 100 to topple over, when the inclination angle of any direction is larger than the preset angle, the internal trigger device of the toppling-over switch 10 tilts along with the inclination angle, and is disconnected with a pressing sheet at one end, so that the domestic appliance 200 is disconnected with a power line, and the power-off protection function and the structure are simple.

In the related art, the base and the upper cover of the dumping switch are usually fixed by screws, and after the dumping switch is placed in the cavity, manual operation is required to be performed on the base and the upper cover in the process of fixing the base and the upper cover by screws, so that the operation is difficult. The installation mode has low production efficiency and is difficult to realize large-scale production planning.

In the embodiment of the present application, the base 20 and the upper cover 30 of the tilt switch assembly 100 can be connected together by a snap structure, which is easy and fast to operate without manual operation. Specifically, a first engaging structure 22 is formed on the base 20, a second engaging structure 31 is formed on the upper cover 30, and the second engaging structure 31 and the first engaging structure 22 can be connected together in an engaging manner, so as to fix the base 20 and the upper cover 30.

Illustratively, in one example, when the dump switch assembly 100 is installed, the dump switch 10 may be installed in the installation cavity 21 from the opening of the base 20, and then the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are connected together through the second fastening structure 31 and the first fastening structure 22, so that the upper cover 30 may cover the opening of the base 20, so that the space where the dump switch 10 is located may be a relatively closed space, so that the base 20 and the upper cover 30 may play a role in protecting the dump switch 10. Finally, the tilt switch assembly 100 is mounted on the body 201 of the household appliance 200, so that the tilt switch assembly 100 can be mounted on the body 201, and the tilt switch assembly 100 can protect the household appliance 200. Of course, the household appliance 200 may further include a panel 202 and a housing 203, after the tilt switch assembly 100 is mounted on the machine body 201, the panel 202 is mounted on the machine body 201 to limit the tilt switch assembly 100, and finally the housing 203 is fixed on the machine body 201, so that the housing 203 of the household appliance 200 may fix various elements of the household appliance 200 in the housing 203, and the housing 203 may play a role in protecting the machine body 201 and various elements of the household appliance 200.

In the embodiment of the present application, the kind of the household appliance 200 is not limited, and the household appliance 200 may be, for example, a refrigerator, a washing machine, a dehumidifier, a humidifier, an air conditioner, a water heater, and the like, and it is only necessary that the body 201 of the household appliance 200 is mounted with the tilt switch assembly 100 of the present application, so as to satisfy various requirements.

Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments, one of the second engaging structure 31 and the first engaging structure 22 includes a locking portion 311, and the other includes a locking groove 221, and the locking groove 221 is locked with the locking portion 311.

In this way, when the base 20 and the upper cover 30 need to be mounted together, the latching groove 221 and the latching portion 311 can be mounted in alignment, so as to latch the latching groove 221 and the latching portion 311, thereby achieving the fixed mounting of the base 20 and the upper cover 30.

Specifically, one of the second engaging structure 31 and the first engaging structure 22 is a locking portion 311, and the other is a locking groove 221, so that the second engaging structure 31 and the first engaging structure 22 can be locked and connected. For example, in one embodiment, the first engaging structure 22 may be a locking groove 221, and the second engaging structure 31 may be a locking part 311, that is, the locking groove 221 is formed on the base 20, the locking part 311 is formed on the upper cover 30, and the locking groove 221 and the locking part 311 are locked together, so that the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are locked together. In another embodiment, the second engaging structure 31 can be a locking groove 221, and the first engaging structure 22 can be a locking part 311, that is, the locking groove 221 is formed on the upper cover 30, the locking part 311 is formed on the base 20, and the locking groove 221 and the locking part 311 are locked together, so that the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are locked together.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in some embodiments, the number of the first engaging structures 22 is multiple, the number of the second engaging structures 31 corresponds to the number of the first engaging structures 22, the multiple first engaging structures 22 are located on different sides of the upper cover 30, and each first engaging structure 22 corresponds to one second engaging structure 31.

So, the quantity and the position of second lock structure 31 and first lock structure 22 are corresponding, can guarantee that second lock structure 31 and first lock structure 22 lock are connected, and upper cover 30 and base 20 can closely be fixed together, sets up a plurality of first lock structures 22 simultaneously at the different sides of upper cover 30, sets up second lock structure 31 at the different sides of base 20 for different groups lock structure can the atress, and then guarantees that the lock is connected stably.

For example, the number of the first fastening structures 22 may be three, three first fastening structures 22 may be disposed on three inner walls of the base 20, and the number of the second fastening structures 31 may also be three, three second fastening structures 31 may be disposed on the cover, and the second fastening structures 31 and the first fastening structures 22 may be correspondingly disposed. When the cover 30 and the base 20 are assembled together, each of the second engaging structures 31 can be engaged with one of the first engaging structures 22, so as to connect the cover 30 and the base 20.

In one embodiment, the first engaging structure 22 may be a locking groove 221, and the second engaging structure 31 may be a locking portion 311, that is, the base 20 is formed with the locking groove 221, the upper cover 30 is formed with the locking portion 311, the locking groove 221 and the locking portion 311 are equal in number and correspond to each other in position, and illustratively, the number of the locking grooves 221 and the locking portions 311 is four and are respectively disposed on four sides of the base 20 and the upper cover 30, so that after each set of locking grooves 221 and locking portions 311 are locked together, the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are further locked together.

In another embodiment, the second engaging structure 31 may be a locking groove 221, and the first engaging structure 22 may be a locking portion 311, that is, the locking groove 221 is formed on the upper cover 30, the locking portion 311 is formed on the base 20, the locking groove 221 and the locking portion 311 are consistent in number and correspond to each other in position, and illustratively, the number of the locking grooves 221 and the locking portions 311 is two and are respectively disposed on two opposite sides of the upper cover 30 and the base 20, so that after each set of locking grooves 221 and locking portions 311 are locked together, the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are further locked together.

In the embodiment of the present application, the number and the positions of the second engagement structure 31 and the first engagement structure 22 are not limited, and the number and the positions of the second engagement structure 31 and the first engagement structure 22 may correspond to each other.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, the base 20 includes a protection member 24 and a body 23, the protection member 24 is installed outside the body 23 and disposed around the body 23, the second engaging structure 31 includes a locking portion 311 formed on the upper cover 30, the first engaging structure 22 includes a locking groove 221 formed on the protection member 24, and the body 23 forms the installation cavity 21.

In this way, the protection member 24 can be first installed on the outer side of the body 23, and then the upper cover 30 is fastened to the fastening groove 221 and the fastening portion 311 to fixedly connect the protection member 24 and the upper cover 30, thereby fixedly installing the base 20 and the upper cover 30.

Specifically, the base 20 may be divided into two portions having similar shapes and structures, i.e., the protector 24 and the body 23, the body 23 may be formed with the mounting cavity 21 so that the dump switch 10 may be mounted in the mounting cavity 21, and the protector 24 may be received in the receiving cavity 242 so that the body 23 may be received in the receiving cavity 242. In this way, the protection member 24 and the body 23 may form a double-layer protection structure, for example, in one embodiment, the protection member 24 may be a metal member made of sheet metal, the body 23 may be made of hard plastic, the protection member 24 and the body 23 have similar structures, or the body 23 may be accommodated in the accommodating cavity 242 of the protection member 24, and the outer circumferential wall of the body 23 is attached to the inner circumferential wall of the accommodating cavity 242 of the protection member 24, so as to form the double-layer protection structure. When the tilt switch 10 is mounted in the mounting cavity 21 of the body 23, the tilt switch 10 can contact the body 23, the body 23 is made of plastic and has certain elasticity to absorb impact and vibration, and the protection member 24 is made of sheet metal and can be used for fire prevention and protecting the tilt switch 10 in many ways.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments, the locking groove 221 extends through the protection member 24. Thus, the locking portion 311 of the upper cover 30 can extend into the locking groove 221 of the protection member 24 to fix the protection member 24 and the upper cover 30.

Illustratively, the base 20 is formed with the latch groove 221, the upper cover 30 is formed with the latch portion 311, the latch groove 221 and the latch portion 311 cooperate to make the installation process simple, the latch portion 311 and the latch groove 221 only need to be aligned during installation, the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are then brought close to and contacted, the latch portion 311 can slide along the inner wall surface of the base 20, so that the latch portion 311 can slide over the inner wall surface of the base 20 and be latched into the latch groove 221, and further the fixed installation of the base 20 and the upper cover 30 is realized.

Further, referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, the body 23 is formed with an avoiding opening 233, the avoiding opening 233 corresponds to the fastening groove 221, and the fastening portion 311 extends into the avoiding opening 233 and the fastening groove 221 is fastened.

Thus, the avoiding opening 233 can avoid the connection between the buckling groove 221 and the buckling part 311, so that when the protection member 24 and the body 23 are mounted together, the buckling part 311 on the upper cover 30 can extend into the avoiding opening 233 and buckle with the buckling groove 221.

Specifically, in such an embodiment, the latching portion 311 is formed on the upper cover 30, and the latching groove 221 is formed on the protection member 24 of the base 20, the latching portion 311 can abut against the inner wall surface of the protection member 24 and slide along the inner wall surface of the protection member 24, and finally, the latching portion 311 and the latching groove 221 are connected together in a matching manner. Therefore, the avoiding opening 233 on the body 23 can avoid the buckling groove 221, and avoid affecting the normal fit of the buckling groove 221 and the buckling portion 311, when the buckling portion 311 and the buckling groove 221 are buckled and connected together, the protection member 24 can fix and stabilize the body 23 together with the upper cover 30, and avoid the body 23 driving the tilt switch 10 to vibrate relative to the body 201.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, in some embodiments, the locking portion 311 includes a locking protrusion 3111 and a connection portion 3112, the connection portion 3112 is protruded from the cover 30 toward a side where the base 20 is located, the locking protrusion 3111 is protruded from the connection portion 3112 toward a side where the locking groove 221 is located, the connection portion 3112 extends into the escape opening 233 and is engaged with the escape opening 233, and the locking groove 221 is engaged with the locking protrusion 3111.

So, when installing upper cover 30 on base 20, connecting portion 3112 can drive buckle arch 3111 and stretch out from upper cover 30 for connecting portion 3112 can cooperate and dodge mouth 233 and make buckle arch 3111 and the cooperation of buckle recess be connected, and then make upper cover 30 and base 20 can fixed connection be in the same place.

Specifically, the catching protrusion 3111 is formed with a first guide slope 3113, the first guide slope 3113 is inclined downward from the top of the catching protrusion 3111, and the first guide slope 3113 is used to guide the catching portion 311 to be caught into the catching groove 221 when the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are mounted. The connecting portion 3112 has a certain elasticity, so that when the locking portion 311 is locked into the locking groove 221, the connecting portion 3112 can be elastically deformed, and further the locking protrusion 3111 slides along the inner wall surface of the base 20 until the locking protrusion 3111 extends into the locking groove 221, and at this time, the connecting portion 3112 recovers to be deformed and is matched with the avoiding opening 233. Thus, the catching protrusion 3111 and the catching groove 221 can be caught together by a small external force, and the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are coupled together.

For example, in an embodiment, during the installation of the tilt switch assembly 100 and the household appliance 200, the tilt switch 10 may be installed in the installation cavity 21 from the opening of the body 23, the body 23 and the protection member 24 are fixedly connected together, then the latching protrusion 3111 of the upper cover 30 and the latching groove 221 of the protection member 24 are aligned and close to each other, the first guiding inclined surface 3113 may abut against the inner wall surface of the protection member 24, and the connecting portion 3112 is elastically deformed to a certain extent so that the first guiding inclined surface 3113 may guide the inner wall surface of the protection member 24 to the top of the latching protrusion 3111, so that the top of the latching protrusion 3111 may abut against the inner wall surface of the protection member 24 and slide against the inner avoiding surface until the latching protrusion 3111 completely slides into the latching groove 221. Thus, the upper cover 30 can cover the opening of the base 20, so that the space where the pouring switch 10 is located can be a relatively closed space, and the base 20 and the upper cover 30 can play a role in protecting the pouring switch 10. Finally, the tilt switch assembly 100 is mounted on the body 201 of the household appliance 200, so that the tilt switch assembly 100 can be mounted on the body 201, and the tilt switch assembly 100 can be ensured to play a role in protecting the household appliance 200.

Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments, the base 20 includes a protection member 24 and a body 23, the protection member 24 is installed outside the body 23 and disposed around the body 23, the second engaging structure 31 includes a locking portion 311 formed on the upper cover 30, the body 23 forms the mounting cavity 21, and the first engaging structure 22 includes a locking groove 221 formed on an inner wall of the mounting cavity 21.

In this way, the protection member 24 can be first installed on the outer side of the body 23, and then the upper cover 30 is fastened to the body 23 and the upper cover 30 through the fastening groove 221 and the fastening portion 311, so as to fixedly connect the base 20 and the upper cover 30.

Specifically, the body 23 may be formed with the locking groove 221, the upper cover 30 is formed with the locking portion 311, the locking groove 221 and the locking portion 311 cooperate to simplify the installation process, the locking portion 311 and the locking groove 221 only need to be aligned during installation, the upper cover 30 and the base 20 are close to and contacted, the locking portion 311 may slide along the inner wall surface of the body 23, so that the locking portion 311 may slide through the inner wall surface of the body 23 to be locked into the locking groove 221, and the body 23 and the protection member 24 are fixedly connected together, thereby achieving the fixed installation of the base 20 and the upper cover 30.

Referring to fig. 3 and 4, in some embodiments, a limiting groove 241 is formed on the protection member 24, a limiting protrusion 231 is formed on the body 23, and the limiting groove 241 and the limiting protrusion 231 cooperate to limit the relative position of the body 23 and the protection member 24.

So, spacing arch 231 can stretch into to spacing groove 241 to make protection piece 24 can be together fixed with body 23, be formed with installation cavity 21 on the body 23 in order to be used for the installation to empty switch 10, protection piece 24 can protect body 23, and the base 20 that protection piece 24 and body 23 formed can cooperate with upper cover 30 in order to protect and empty switch 10, avoids empting switch 10 and receives external impact and vibration influence.

Specifically, the limiting projection 231 is formed with a second guiding inclined surface 232, the second guiding inclined surface 232 inclines downwards from the top of the limiting projection 231, and the second guiding inclined surface 232 is used for guiding the limiting projection 231 to be clamped into the limiting groove 241 when the protection member 24 and the body 23 are installed. When the limiting protrusion 231 is clamped into the limiting groove 241, the protecting member 24 can be elastically deformed, so that the limiting protrusion 231 slides along the inner wall surface of the protecting member 24 until the limiting protrusion 231 extends into the limiting groove 241, and the protecting member 24 and the body 23 are connected together.

For example, in an embodiment, in the installation process of the tilt switch assembly 100 and the household appliance 200, the limiting protrusion 231 of the body 23 may be firstly clamped in the limiting groove 241 of the protecting member 24, so as to achieve the fixed connection between the protecting member 24 and the body 23, then the tilt switch 10 is installed in the installation cavity 21 from the opening of the body 23, and then the fastening protrusion 3111 of the upper cover 30 and the fastening groove 221 of the protecting member 24 are aligned and close to each other, the first guiding inclined surface 3113 may abut against the inner wall surface of the protecting member 24, and the connecting portion 3112 is elastically deformed to a certain extent so that the first guiding inclined surface 3113 may guide the inner wall surface of the protecting member 24 to the top of the fastening protrusion 3111, so that the top of the fastening protrusion 3111 may abut against the inner wall surface of the protecting member 24 and slide relative to the inner wall surface until the fastening protrusion 3111 completely slides into the fastening groove 221. Thus, the upper cover 30 can cover the opening of the base 20, so that the space where the pouring switch 10 is located can be a relatively closed space, and the base 20 and the upper cover 30 can play a role in protecting the pouring switch 10. Finally, the tilt switch assembly 100 is mounted on the body 201 of the household appliance 200, so that the tilt switch assembly 100 can be mounted on the body 201, and the tilt switch assembly 100 can protect the household appliance 200.

Referring to fig. 4, in some embodiments, the base 20 is formed with a wiring slot 25, and the tilt switch assembly 100 further includes a connection wire (not shown) electrically connected to the tilt switch 10, the connection wire passing through the wiring slot 25, and the connection wire is used for connecting a power source.

So, the connecting wire can be through the trough 25 of base 20, can be through the connecting wire connection power and empty switch 10 to make the power can be for empting the power supply of switch 10, guarantee to empty the normal work of switch 10.

In the description of the embodiments of the present application, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the described features. In the description of the embodiments of the present application, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

Although embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it is to be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and not to be construed as limiting the present application, and that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A dump switch assembly, comprising:

a tilt switch;

2. The pour switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein one of said first and second snap structures includes a snap groove and the other includes a snap portion, said snap portion snap-engaging with said snap groove.

3. The pour switch assembly according to claim 2, wherein said base includes a body forming said mounting cavity and a guard mounted outside of and disposed around said body, said first snap fit structure including said snap fit groove formed on said guard, said second snap fit structure including said snap fit portion formed on said upper cover.

4. The pour switch assembly of claim 3, wherein said snap groove extends through said guard.

5. The tilt switch assembly of claim 3, wherein the body defines an escape opening corresponding to the latch groove, the latch portion extending into the escape opening and the latch groove engaging.

6. The dump switch assembly according to claim 5, wherein the locking portion comprises a connecting portion and a locking protrusion, the connecting portion is protruded from the upper cover toward a side where the base is located, the locking protrusion is protruded from the connecting portion toward a side where the locking groove is located, the connecting portion extends into the avoiding opening and is matched with the avoiding opening, and the locking protrusion is matched with the locking groove.

7. The pour switch assembly according to claim 2, wherein said base includes a body forming said mounting cavity and a guard mounted outside of and disposed around said body, said first snap fit structure including said snap fit groove formed on an inner wall of said mounting cavity, said second snap fit structure including said snap fit portion formed on said upper cover.

8. The dump switch assembly according to claim 3 or 7, wherein the body is provided with a stopper protrusion, the protector is formed with a stopper groove, and the stopper protrusion cooperates with the stopper groove to restrict the relative positions of the protector and the body.

9. The tilt switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein a wiring slot is formed on the base, the tilt switch assembly further comprises a connecting wire electrically connected to the tilt switch, the connecting wire penetrates through the wiring slot, and the connecting wire is used for connecting a power supply.

10. The pour switch assembly according to claim 1, wherein the number of said first snap structures is plural, the number of said second snap structures corresponds to the number of said first snap structures, the plural first snap structures are located on different sides of said upper cover, and each of said first snap structures corresponds to one of said second snap structures.

11. A household appliance comprising a body and a dump switch assembly as claimed in any of claims 1-10 mounted on the body.