CN216675492U - Cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a cooking appliance, which comprises a panel, a control panel assembly and a knob assembly, wherein the knob assembly is used for adjusting the control panel assembly and comprises a knob and an elastic piece, and the knob is arranged on the control panel assembly and can drive at least part of the control panel assembly to rotate; the panel is provided with a knob hole, one end of the knob extends out of the knob hole, and the other end of the knob is positioned between the panel and the control panel component; the elastic piece is abutted against the knob and the control board assembly, so that one end of the knob, which is positioned between the panel and the control board assembly, is abutted against the panel. This cooking utensil increases an elastic component in the knob is inside to laminate each other between messenger's knob and the panel, reduce the knob along radial rocking when guaranteeing that the knob can smoothly rotate, thereby promote the user and experience cooking utensil's use.

Description

Cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a household appliance, in particular to a cooking appliance.

Background

Cooking appliances with knobs are now in widespread use. However, when the knob and the control panel component are assembled together, a certain gap must be reserved between the knob and the control panel component, otherwise the knob and the control panel component are easy to be deadly jacked; therefore, the knob is easy to shake to a certain extent; and the encoder rotating shaft in the control board assembly shakes a large amount, so that the shaking feeling of the knob is further increased. Thus, when the knob is used, the user can easily have a bad use experience, and even the poor assembly impression can be caused to the user.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, there is a need to provide an improved cooking appliance.

A cooking appliance comprising a panel, a control panel assembly and a knob assembly for adjusting the control panel assembly,

the knob assembly comprises a knob and an elastic piece, and the knob is mounted on the control board assembly and can drive at least part of the control board assembly to rotate; the panel is provided with a knob hole, one end of the knob extends out of the knob hole, and the other end of the knob is positioned between the panel and the control panel component; two ends of the elastic piece respectively abut against the knob and the control board component, so that one end of the knob, which is positioned between the panel and the control board component, abuts against the panel.

This cooking utensil increases an elastic component in the knob is inside, and elasticity through the elastic component is ejecting outward with the knob to make laminating each other between knob and the panel, reduce the knob and radially rock when guaranteeing that the knob can smoothly rotate, thereby promote the user and experience cooking utensil's use.

Furthermore, the knob assembly further comprises a rear cover, the rear cover is arranged between the elastic piece and the control board assembly, and the elastic piece abuts against the control board assembly through the rear cover. So set up, can alleviate the wearing and tearing of elastic component to the control plate seat.

Further, the knob comprises a body part and a skirt part, one end of the body part extends out of the knob hole, and the other end of the body part extends along the radial direction to form the skirt part; the skirt part is abutted against the panel under the action of the elastic piece. So set up, knob overall structure is simple, the installation of being convenient for.

Furthermore, the elastic element is arranged in the body part, and two ends of the elastic element respectively abut against the body part and the rear cover; or the like, or, alternatively,

two ends of the elastic piece respectively abut against the skirt edge part and the rear cover.

So set up, the assembly of the elastic component of being convenient for.

Furthermore, the edge of the rear cover is turned over towards the knob to form an abutting convex edge, and a gap is formed between the abutting convex edge and the skirt edge part. So set up, the knob not only can not be died, and the user of being convenient for is rotatory, has greatly promoted user's use and has felt.

Further, the knob still includes the knob fixed column, the knob fixed column sets firmly in this internal orientation of body one side extension of back lid, and the elastic component cover is located the knob fixed column.

Furthermore, the control panel assembly comprises a control panel seat and a control panel fixed on the control panel seat, the control panel seat is fixedly clamped with the panel, and the knob assembly is arranged between the control panel seat and the panel;

the control panel is arranged on one side of the control panel seat back to the knob assembly.

So set up for the control panel subassembly is convenient for fix mutually and is dismantled with the panel, and forms a whole control module, with the convenience is connected with cooking utensil's other part.

Further, the control panel includes control main part and protruding locating the encoder pivot on control main part surface, the encoder pivot passes the mounting groove that corresponds the setting on the control panel seat and with the knob fixed column is connected. So set up for the knob can be connected and the rotation of control encoder pivot, thereby realizes the purpose of adjusting control panel.

Furthermore, the inner edge of the knob hole extends towards the control board assembly to form a knob support rib, and the knob support rib is used for abutting against one end of the knob, which is positioned between the panel and the control board assembly. So set up, directly support in the panel to skirt portion relatively, can reduce the direct contact area of skirt portion and panel to reduce the turning resistance of knob.

Furthermore, the elastic part is a pressure spring or a silica gel part.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a partially disassembled schematic view of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1 from another perspective;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic view of the cooking appliance of FIG. 1;

fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the cooking appliance shown in fig. 3 at a.

Reference numerals: 100. a cooking appliance; 10. a panel; 11. a knob hole; 12. knob support ribs; 13. a first clasp; 20. a control board assembly; 21. a control board seat; 211. a second hook; 212. mounting grooves; 2121. an abutting portion; 213. assembling a groove; 22. a control panel; 221. a control body; 222. a coder rotating shaft; 30. a knob assembly; 31. a knob; 311. a body portion; 312. a skirt portion; 313. a knob fixing column; 314. an installation space; 32. an elastic member; 33. a rear cover; 331. avoiding holes; 332. abutting the convex edge.

The present invention is described in further detail with reference to the drawings and the detailed description of the preferred embodiments.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and the detailed description. It should be understood that the detailed description and specific examples, while indicating the scope of the utility model, are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the utility model.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "mounted on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When a component is referred to as being "disposed on" another component, it can be directly on the other component or intervening components may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "secured to" another element, it can be directly secured to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not represent the only embodiments.

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 invention belongs. The terminology used herein in the description of the utility model is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the utility model. As used herein, the term "or/and" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to fig. 1 to 4, fig. 1 is a partially disassembled schematic view of a cooking appliance 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the cooking appliance 100 of FIG. 1 from another perspective; FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional schematic view of the cooking appliance 100 shown in FIG. 1; fig. 4 is a partially enlarged schematic view of the cooking appliance 100 shown in fig. 3 at a.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a cooking appliance 100. As shown in fig. 1, the cooking appliance 100 includes a front panel 10, a control panel assembly 20, and a knob assembly 30. The panel 10 is fixed with the control panel assembly 20; the knob assembly 30 is disposed between the faceplate 10 and the control panel assembly 20, and is connected to at least a portion of the control panel assembly 20. The control panel assembly 20 is used for controlling various parameters of the cooking appliance 100; the panel 10 is mated with the control panel assembly 20 and forms a control module of the cooking appliance 100 to be conveniently installed in the cooking appliance 100. The knob assembly 30 is used to adjust the control panel assembly 20.

As shown in fig. 1, the panel 10 has a substantially square plate-like structure, and the panel 10 is provided with a knob hole 11. The knob hole 11 is used for mounting the knob 31. Preferably, the panel 10 is provided with a plurality of sets of first hooks 13 protruding toward the control panel assembly 20; the plurality of sets of first hooks 13 are respectively disposed on a side of the panel 10 facing the control board assembly 20 and are relatively close to the edge of the panel 10. The first hooks 13 are used for respectively fastening different edges of the control panel assembly 20, so that the panel 10 and the control panel assembly 20 are fastened to each other. So configured, the control board assembly 20 is easily fixed and detached from the panel 10, and forms a whole control module, which is easily connected to other components of the cooking appliance.

It is understood that in other embodiments, the knob hole 11 can be opened at a corresponding position of the panel 10 according to the specific setting position of the knob assembly 30; the number and position of the first hooks 13 can be set according to the shape and structure of the control panel assembly 20.

In the present embodiment, the shape of the knob hole 11 is adapted to the outer peripheral shape of the knob assembly 30.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the control board assembly 20 includes a control board base 21 and a control board 22 fixed to the control board base 21. The control board seat 21 and the control board 22 are arranged in a square structure matched with the panel 10; and the assembled size of the control board seat 21 and the control board 22 is slightly smaller than that of the panel 10, so that the control board assembly 20 can be mounted to the panel 10. The control board seat 21 is used for fixedly mounting a control board 22; the control board 22 serves as a circuit board component of the cooking appliance 100, and is used for controlling the on/off of each circuit of the cooking appliance 100 and the adjustment of each parameter.

In one embodiment, control panel 22 is fixedly coupled to control panel base 21 by threaded fasteners (not shown). It will be appreciated that in other embodiments, the two may also be secured to each other by means of a snap or glue, etc.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, second hooks 211 corresponding to the panel 10 are respectively disposed at the upper and lower edges of the control board base 21. The second hook 211 is used to cooperate with the first hook 13, so that the control panel seat 21 is fixed with the panel 10. It is understood that in other embodiments, the first hook 13 may be directly engaged with the edge of the control board seat 21, or engaged with a slot formed in the control board seat 21.

Further, the control board seat 21 is provided with a plurality of mounting grooves 212 penetrating through the control board seat 21. The mounting groove 212 is used for penetrating each display component and control component of the control panel 22, so that the data or indicator light condition on the control panel 22 can be directly displayed on the panel 10. And the position and shape of the mounting groove 212 are set accordingly according to the position and shape of each display and control part on the control board 22.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the control board 22 includes a control main body 221 and an encoder shaft 222 protruding from a surface of the control main body 221. The encoder shaft 222 passes through the mounting groove 212 of the control panel seat 21 and is connected with the knob assembly 30. The encoder shaft 222 is one of the above control components. Of course, the control panel 22 may further include some other indicator lights and display screens to assist the user in identifying the actual state of the cooking appliance 100, but this is not an important improvement of the present application and will not be described herein.

In one embodiment, the side of the control board seat 21 facing the panel 10 is partially recessed and forms a fitting groove 213. The fitting groove 213 is for fitting the knob assembly 30. Wherein, the mounting groove 212 for passing the encoder rotating shaft 222 is opened on the bottom wall of the mounting groove 213.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the fitting groove 213 is a square groove that can be used to accommodate the knob assembly 30. So configured, the knob assembly 30 can be easily assembled and positioned. It is understood that in other embodiments, the assembly slot 213 may be other slot structures for adapting the knob assembly 30.

In one embodiment, the knob assembly 30 includes a knob 31. One end of the knob 31 extends out of the panel 10 through the knob hole 11, and the other end is positioned in the assembling groove 213; the knob 31 is connected to the encoder shaft 222 on a side facing the control panel assembly 20, and is capable of controlling the encoder shaft 222 to rotate relative to the control body 221.

In the prior art, when the knob and the encoder rotating shaft are assembled together, a certain gap must be reserved between the knob and the bottom wall of the assembling groove, otherwise, the knob is easy to be blocked; therefore, the knob is easy to shake to a certain extent; and the encoder rotating shaft of the control panel shakes a lot of by itself, and the shaking sense of the knob can be further increased. Thus, when the knob is used, the user can easily have a bad use experience, and even the poor assembly impression can be caused to the user.

To ameliorate the above problem, the knob assembly 30 further includes an elastic member 32. The knob 31 is ejected outwards by the elastic force of the elastic member 32, so that the knob 31 and the panel 10 are attached to each other, the knob 31 is ensured to rotate smoothly, and meanwhile, the shaking of the knob 31 is reduced, and the use experience of a user on the cooking appliance 100 is improved.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, two ends of the elastic element 32 respectively abut against the knob 31 and the control board assembly 20, so that one end of the knob 31 between the panel 10 and the control board assembly 20 abuts against the panel 10. Thus, the knob 31 can be stably disposed in the mounting groove 213 by abutting against the panel 10 while having a certain gap with the bottom wall of the mounting groove 213, thereby reducing the amount of shaking of the knob 31.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the knob 31 includes a body portion 311 and a skirt portion 312. The body portion 311 has a substantially cylindrical button structure; one end of the body 311 extends out of the knob hole 11, and the other end extends in the radial direction and forms a skirt 312; the skirt portion 312 is held against the panel 10 by the resilient member 32. In the present embodiment, the body portion 311 is used to connect the elastic member 32; skirt portion 312 is adapted to abut panel 10. The elastic member 32 applies an outward pushing force to the body portion 311, so that the skirt portion 312 can be abutted against the panel 10, so that the knob 31 can be stably attached to the panel 10. So set up, knob 31 overall structure is simple, the installation of being convenient for.

It is understood that in other embodiments, the body portion 311 may have other structures, such as a prism-shaped structure, as long as it can rotate in the knob hole 11 and drive the encoder rotating shaft 222 to rotate; the elastic member 32 can also directly abut against the skirt portion 312.

Correspondingly, as shown in fig. 2, the knob hole 11 of the panel 10 is formed with a knob support rib 12 extending therein in a direction toward the skirt portion 312. Knob support ribs 12 the knob support ribs 12 are used to support one end of the knob 31 between the faceplate 10 and the control panel assembly 20, i.e. the skirt portion 312. With this arrangement, the direct contact area between the skirt portion 312 and the panel 10 can be reduced as compared with the case where the skirt portion is directly abutted against the panel, thereby reducing the rotation resistance of the knob 31.

Further, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, a knob fixing post 313 is disposed on one side of the body 311 facing the elastic element 32; a knob fixing post 313 is formed to extend in an axial direction from a central position of the body portion 311. The knob fixing post 313 is sleeved on an end of the encoder rotating shaft 222 and is rotatably connected with the encoder to drive the encoder rotating shaft 222 to rotate. So set up for knob 31 can drive control panel 22's encoder pivot 222 and rotate, thereby realizes the function of adjusting control panel 22.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the elastic element 32 is sleeved on the knob fixing post 313 and is located in the installation space 314 formed by the body portion 311 and the knob fixing post 313. Thus, the compression space of the elastic element 32 is reduced, so that the elastic element 32 is compressed substantially along the axial direction of the body 311, thereby preventing the knob 31 from being skewed due to unbalanced external pressure, and stably supporting the knob 31 against the panel 10.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the knob assembly 30 further includes a rear cover 33. The rear cover 33 is disposed between the elastic member 32 and the control panel assembly 20. And the elastic member 32 is supported against the control panel assembly 20 through the rear cover 33. The rear cover 33 is used to hold the elastic member 32. The rear cover 33 is provided with an avoiding hole 331 at a position corresponding to the mounting groove 212. The avoiding hole 331 is used for the encoder shaft 222 to pass through. With this arrangement, the wear of the spring 32 on the control plate base 21 can be reduced.

Correspondingly, abutting portions 2121 are formed in the mounting groove 212 for passing the encoder shaft 222 and extending in a direction toward the rear cover 33. The rear cover 33 is held against the control board base 21 by the contact portion 2121. The arrangement is such that the rear cover 33 is easy to install and stably abuts against the control board seat 21.

Preferably, the rim of the rear cover 33 is folded back towards the knob 31 and forms an abutment ledge 332. A gap is provided between the abutment flange 332 and the skirt portion 312. Because the knob 31 must have a certain clearance from the control plate 22, the amount of clearance between the abutment flange 332 and the skirt portion 312 is maximized when the knob 31 is acted upon by the outward ejection force of the elastic member 32. So set up, knob 31 not only can not be died, and the user of being convenient for is rotatory, has greatly promoted user's use and has felt.

Preferably, the elastic member 32 is a compression spring. So set up, can make knob subassembly 30 not only be convenient for assemble, and manufacturing cost is lower. Of course, the elastic member 32 may be made of a material having elasticity such as a silicone member.

It should be noted that the elastic force of the elastic member 32 is not too large, so that the knob 31 is firmly pressed against the panel 10. Typically, the spring force of the spring member 32 is within a range of forces that can be easily overcome by a user.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a cooking appliance. This cooking utensil increases an elastic component in the knob is inside, and elasticity through the elastic component is toward ejecting outward with the knob to make laminating each other between knob and the panel, reduce rocking of knob when guaranteeing that the knob can smoothly rotate, thereby promote the user and experience cooking utensil's use.

All possible combinations of the technical features of the above embodiments may not be described for the sake of brevity, but should be considered as within the scope of the present disclosure as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A cooking appliance comprising a faceplate (10), a control panel assembly (20), and a knob assembly (30), the knob assembly (30) being for adjusting the control panel assembly (20),

the knob assembly (30) comprises a knob (31) and an elastic piece (32), and the knob (31) is installed on the control board assembly (20) and can drive at least part of the control board assembly (20) to rotate; a knob hole (11) is formed in the panel (10), one end of the knob (31) extends out of the knob hole (11), and the other end of the knob is located between the panel (10) and the control panel assembly (20); two ends of the elastic piece (32) respectively abut against the knob (31) and the control board assembly (20), so that one end of the knob (31) between the panel (10) and the control board assembly (20) abuts against the panel (10).

2. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the knob assembly (30) further comprises a rear cover (33), the rear cover (33) is disposed between the elastic member (32) and the control plate assembly (20), and the elastic member (32) is abutted against the control plate assembly (20) through the rear cover (33).

3. The cooking appliance according to claim 2, wherein the knob (31) comprises a body portion (311) and a skirt portion (312), one end of the body portion (311) protruding out of the knob hole (11) and the other end extending in a radial direction and forming the skirt portion (312); the skirt part (312) is pressed against the panel (10) under the action of the elastic piece (32).

4. The cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein the elastic member (32) is disposed in the body portion (311), and two ends of the elastic member (32) respectively abut against the body portion (311) and the rear cover (33); or the like, or, alternatively,

two ends of the elastic piece (32) respectively abut against the skirt part (312) and the rear cover (33).

5. The cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein the rim of the rear cover (33) is folded back towards the knob (31) and forms an abutment ledge (332), the abutment ledge (332) being provided with a gap from the skirt portion (312).

6. The cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein the knob (31) further comprises a knob fixing post (313), the knob fixing post (313) is fixedly arranged in the body portion (311) and extends towards one side of the rear cover (33), and the elastic member (32) is sleeved on the knob fixing post (313).

7. The cooking appliance according to claim 6, wherein the control board assembly (20) comprises a control board seat (21) and a control board (22) fixed on the control board seat (21), the control board seat (21) is clamped and fixed with the panel (10), and the knob assembly (30) is arranged between the control board seat (21) and the panel (10);

the control plate (22) is arranged on one side, back to the knob component (30), of the control plate seat (21).

8. The cooking appliance according to claim 7, wherein the control board (22) comprises a control main body (221) and an encoder rotating shaft (222) protruding from the surface of the control main body (221), and the encoder rotating shaft (222) passes through a corresponding mounting groove (212) of the control board seat (21) and is connected with the knob fixing post (313).

9. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the knob hole (11) extends inwardly in a direction toward the control plate assembly (20) and forms a knob support rib (12), the knob support rib (12) being configured to abut against an end of the knob (31) between the panel (10) and the control plate assembly (20).

10. The cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member (32) is a compression spring or a silicone member.

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