CN216868604U - Visual module, oil cup and range hood - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a visualization module, an oil cup and a range hood, and relates to the technical field of oil fume purification devices, wherein the visualization module comprises a shell, a liquid cavity and a visualization liquid channel are arranged in the shell, and the visualization liquid channel is communicated with the liquid cavity through fluid; the shell that the liquid chamber corresponds has the stress surface under the user state, and the volume in liquid chamber is variable according to the pressure that the stress surface bore to when the pressure that makes the stress surface bore increases gradually, can make the liquid in the liquid chamber discharge into visual liquid passage gradually. The oil cup includes a visualization module. The oil fume suction device comprises an oil cup. Through this visual module, the increase along with range hood number of times of use that exists among the prior art has been alleviated, can adhere greasy dirt or spot on the transparent oil window, and the technical problem of the oil level in the oil cup or the oil mass can't be understood clearly through the eye observation to the user, has reached the technological effect of observing the oil mass in the oil cup directly perceivedly.

Description

Visual module, oil cup and range hood

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of oil fume purification devices, in particular to a visual module, an oil cup and a range hood.

Background

The oil cup is used as an accessory of the range hood and is a key part for collecting and storing oil stains. At present, most oil cups are bowl-shaped or rectangular box-shaped and are arranged on the lower edge of the range hood body in a buckling or inserting mode. When the range hood works, oil dirt collected by the oil collecting plate flows into the oil cup through the oil discharge hole at the bottom of the machine shell.

Generally, the liquid level of oil in the oil cup needs manual observation, and oil stain needs to be poured out in time after the oil is accumulated to a certain liquid level height so as to prevent the oil from overflowing.

In order to make users know the containing amount of the oil cup, the outer side of the oil cup of some range hoods is provided with a transparent oil window, and the users can roughly know the oil level condition in the oil cup by visual inspection, so that the condition of full discharge of dirty oil is avoided. However, as the number of times the range hood is used increases, oil stains or dirt may adhere to the transparent oil window, and in addition, most of the kitchen light is dark, so that a user cannot clearly know the oil level or the oil amount in the oil cup through visual inspection.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model aims to provide a visualization module, an oil cup and a range hood, and aims to solve the technical problems that oil stains or dirt can be adhered to a transparent oil window along with the increase of the use times of the range hood, and a user cannot clearly know the oil level or the oil amount in the oil cup through visual inspection in the prior art.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a visualization module comprising: the liquid level of the visual liquid channel is higher than that of the liquid cavity;

the shell corresponding to the liquid cavity is provided with a stress surface in a use state, and the volume of the liquid cavity is variable according to the pressure borne by the stress surface, so that when the pressure borne by the stress surface is gradually increased, the liquid in the liquid cavity can be gradually discharged into the visual liquid channel.

Further, the stress surface is a horizontal stress surface;

the visual liquid channel and the stressed surface are arranged at an angle, and the visual liquid channel and the stressed surface are communicated at a junction.

Furthermore, the stress surface is an elastically deformable surface, and the volume of the liquid cavity is changed through the elastic deformation of the stress surface.

Further, the force bearing surface is a movable force bearing surface, and the volume of the liquid cavity is changed through the movement of the force bearing surface;

the inside of liquid chamber is equipped with the elasticity piece that resets, the elasticity resets and is used for making the atress face has the trend of return.

Further, the housing includes a first plate structure and a second plate structure;

one end of the first plate structure is open, the circumferential direction and the bottom of the first plate structure are closed to form the liquid cavity, one circumferential side edge of the first plate structure extends upwards to form a side plate part, and the visual liquid channel is arranged on the side plate part;

the second plate structure closely covers the opening, and the upper surface of the second plate structure is the stress surface.

Further, the visualization liquid channel is provided with an exhaust port.

Further, the outer surface of the visual liquid channel is a convex arc-shaped surface.

Further, the liquid in the liquid cavity is colored liquid.

Has the advantages that:

according to the visualization module provided by the utility model, the liquid cavity and the visualization liquid channel are arranged in the shell, wherein the liquid cavity is filled with liquid, the shell corresponding to the liquid cavity is provided with the stress surface in the use state, the volume of the liquid cavity is variable according to the pressure borne by the stress surface, and in the use state, when the pressure borne by the stress surface is increased to reduce the volume of the liquid cavity, the visualization liquid channel is in fluid communication with the liquid cavity, so that the liquid in the liquid cavity can be discharged into the visualization liquid channel, and the highest liquid level of the visualization liquid channel is higher than that of the liquid cavity, so that the magnitude of the stress borne by the stress surface can be reflected by the liquid in the visualization liquid channel. When being applied to the oil cup, the visual module can further reflect the oil stain information in the oil cup body.

It can be seen that this visual module replaces the greasy dirt through the liquid of placing in advance, comes indirect oil level or the oil mass information of knowing the greasy dirt, and this liquid can not adhere to on visual liquid channel's inner wall, and the user can observe the liquid volume in the visual liquid channel clearly, and then can learn this internal greasy dirt information of oil cup to directly observe the greasy dirt among the solution prior art and lead to observing unclear problem.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides an oil cup comprising: an oil cup body with an oil cavity and the visualization module of any of the previous embodiments;

the bottom wall of the oil cup body is provided with a mounting opening communicated with the oil cavity;

the shell is fixedly connected to the oil cup body, and the stress surface of the shell is used for plugging the mounting opening;

the volume of the liquid cavity is inversely proportional to the oil stain pressure borne by the stress surface, and the visual liquid channel is used for reflecting the oil stain information in the oil cup body.

Further, the oil cup body comprises a first side wall and a second side wall which are oppositely arranged, and the first side wall and the second side wall both extend along the length direction;

wherein, the second lateral wall is close to the user, just the second lateral wall slope sets up, the inclination of visual liquid passageway with the inclination of second lateral wall equals.

Has the advantages that:

the oil cup provided by the utility model comprises the visualization module, so that the technical advantages and effects achieved by the oil cup also comprise the technical advantages and effects achieved by the visualization module, and are not repeated herein.

In a third aspect, the present invention provides a range hood, comprising: the oil cup according to the previous embodiment.

Has the advantages that:

the range hood provided by the utility model comprises the oil cup, so that the technical advantages and effects of the range hood also comprise the technical advantages and effects of the oil cup, and are not repeated herein.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a visualization module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a visualization module provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a partially broken-away schematic view of a visualization module provided by an embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of an oil cup according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic partially disassembled view of an oil cup provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the oil cup provided in the embodiment of the present invention, wherein the oil cup body has no oil stain therein;

fig. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of an oil cup according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein oil is smeared in the oil cup body.

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100-a housing; 110-a first plate structure; 120-a second plate structure; 111-liquid chamber; 112-visualization fluid channel; 121-stress surface; 1121-exhaust port; 1122-arc-shaped face;

200-an oil cup body; 210-an oil chamber; 220-mounting port; 230-a first sidewall; 240-second side wall.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings or orientations or positional relationships that the products of the present invention are conventionally placed in use, and are only for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element to which the description refers must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," "third," and the like are used solely to distinguish one from another and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Furthermore, the terms "horizontal", "vertical" and the like do not imply that the components are required to be absolutely horizontal or pendant, but rather may be slightly inclined. For example, "horizontal" merely means that the direction is more horizontal than "vertical" and does not mean that the structure must be perfectly horizontal, but may be slightly inclined.

In the description of the present invention, it should also be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "disposed," "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly and may, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

Some embodiments of the utility model are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below and the features of the embodiments can be combined with each other without conflict.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present embodiment provides a visualization module, which includes a housing 100, a liquid chamber 111 and a visualization liquid channel 112 are provided inside the housing 100, the liquid chamber 111 is filled with liquid, the visualization liquid channel 112 is in fluid communication with the liquid chamber 111, and a maximum liquid level of the visualization liquid channel 112 is higher than a maximum liquid level of the liquid chamber 111; the housing 100 corresponding to the liquid chamber 111 has a force-receiving surface 121 in a use state, and the volume of the liquid chamber 111 is variable according to the pressure received by the force-receiving surface 121, so that when the pressure received by the force-receiving surface 121 is gradually increased, the liquid in the liquid chamber 111 can be gradually discharged into the visible liquid passage 112.

In the visualization module provided by the embodiment, in the use state, when the pressure borne by the force-bearing surface 121 becomes larger to reduce the volume of the liquid cavity 111, since the visualization liquid channel 112 is in fluid communication with the liquid cavity 111, the liquid in the liquid cavity 111 can be discharged into the visualization liquid channel 112, and the maximum liquid level of the visualization liquid channel 112 is higher than the maximum liquid level of the liquid cavity 111, the magnitude of the force borne by the force-bearing surface 121 can be reflected by the liquid in the visualization liquid channel 112. When being applied to the oil cup, the visual module can further reflect the oil stain information in the oil cup body 200.

It can be seen that this visual module replaces the greasy dirt through the liquid of placing in advance, comes indirect acquisition oil level or the oil mass information of greasy dirt, and this liquid can not adhere to on visual liquid passageway 112's inner wall, and the liquid volume in visual liquid passageway 112 can be observed clearly to the user, and then can learn the greasy dirt information in the oil cup body 200 to direct observation greasy dirt leads to observing the problem unclear among the solution prior art.

In this embodiment, the lowest liquid level of the visual liquid passage 112 is equal to the highest liquid level of the liquid chamber 111, so that the amount of oil contamination in the oil cup can be reflected more accurately. Specifically, if there is oil stain in the oil cup, the force bearing surface 121 of the housing 100 corresponding to the liquid cavity 111 can receive pressure from the oil stain, so that the liquid in the liquid cavity 111 is discharged into the visual liquid channel 112.

Further, the stress surface 121 is a horizontal stress surface; the visualization liquid channel 112 is disposed at an angle to the force-bearing surface 121 and is in fluid communication at the intersection.

Alternatively, the angle between the visual liquid channel 112 and the force-bearing surface 121 may be an obtuse angle or an acute angle, and may be set as appropriate according to the type of the oil cup. It should be noted that, the aforementioned "horizontal" means that the stress surface 121 of the visualization module is a horizontal stress surface in the state shown in fig. 2, specifically, when the visualization module of this embodiment is installed on an oil cup, and the oil cup is installed on the range hood, the horizontal stress surface may be inclined by a certain angle according to the type of the range hood or the limitation of the installation angle of the range hood.

In this embodiment, the force-bearing surface 121 can be configured in various ways to change the volume of the liquid chamber 111.

In one embodiment of the present application, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the force-receiving surface 121 is an elastically deformable surface, and the volume of the liquid chamber 111 is changed by the elastic deformation of the force-receiving surface 121.

In the use state, the force-bearing surface 121 is under the action of pressure and can elastically deform downwards, so that the volume of the liquid cavity 111 gradually becomes smaller, and the liquid in the liquid cavity 111 is further extruded to be discharged into the visual liquid channel 112; the force-bearing surface 121 is elastically deformed when not being subjected to a force, and the liquid in the visual liquid channel 112 flows back to the liquid chamber 111.

In another embodiment of the present application, the force-bearing surface 121 is a movable force-bearing surface 121, and the volume of the liquid chamber 111 is changed by the movement of the force-bearing surface 121; the interior of the liquid chamber 111 is provided with an elastic return member for giving the force-receiving surface 121 a tendency to return.

In the use state, the force bearing surface 121 is acted by pressure and moves downwards, so that the volume of the liquid cavity 111 is gradually reduced, and the liquid in the liquid cavity 111 is further extruded and discharged into the visual liquid channel 112; under the unstressed state, the elastic resetting piece drives the stress surface 121 to move upwards in the process of recovering to the initial state, so that the volume of the liquid cavity 111 is gradually recovered to the initial volume, and at the moment, the liquid in the visual liquid channel 112 flows back to the liquid cavity 111.

Alternatively, the elastic return member may be a spring.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 3, the housing 100 includes a first plate structure 110 and a second plate structure 120; one end of the first plate structure 110 is open, the circumferential direction and the bottom are closed to form a liquid cavity 111, one circumferential side edge of the first plate structure 110 extends upwards to form a side plate part, and the visual liquid channel 112 is arranged on the side plate part; the second plate structure 120 closely covers the opening, and the upper surface of the second plate structure 120 is a stress surface 121.

In conjunction with the foregoing description, the elastically deformable surface is disposed on the second plate structure 120, and specifically, the second plate structure 120 may be a sheet structure capable of elastic deformation, such as a rubber sheet. Or, the second plate structure 120 is movably disposed at the opening of the first plate structure 110, and the elastic reset member is disposed between the second plate structure 120 and the bottom end of the first plate structure 110.

Referring to fig. 1 or fig. 3, the liquid channel 112 has an air outlet 1121, that is, the air in the liquid channel 112 can be discharged through the air outlet 1121, so that the liquid in the liquid chamber 111 can be smoothly discharged into the liquid channel 112.

With continued reference to fig. 1 or 3, the outer surface of the fluid channel 112 is a convex arcuate surface 1122, which is visually magnified to facilitate easy observation of the fluid location within the fluid channel 112 by a user.

Alternatively, the visualization fluid channel 112 may be made of a transparent material.

In this embodiment, the liquid in the liquid chamber 111 is a colored liquid, so that the user can more easily observe the liquid position in the visual liquid channel 112.

Referring to fig. 4 to 7, the present embodiment further provides an oil cup, which includes an oil cup body 200 having an oil chamber 210 and the visualization module in the foregoing embodiments; the bottom wall of the oil cup body 200 is provided with a mounting opening 220 communicated with the oil chamber 210; the shell 100 is fixedly connected to the oil cup body 200, and the stress surface 121 of the shell 100 is used for plugging the mounting port 220; the volume of the liquid cavity 111 is inversely proportional to the oil stain pressure borne by the force-bearing surface 121, and the visualized liquid channel 112 is used for reflecting the oil stain information in the oil cup body 200. The oil cup that this embodiment provided includes aforementioned visual module, and from this, the technical advantage and the effect that this oil cup can reach include technical advantage and effect that visual module can reach equally, and it is no longer repeated here.

In short, when the oil stain pressure borne by the force bearing surface 121 is large, the volume of the liquid cavity 111 is reduced; conversely, when the oil stain pressure borne by the force-bearing surface 121 is small, the volume of the liquid chamber 111 increases. Because the force bearing surface 121 of the housing 100 is used for blocking the mounting port 220, when oil dirt accumulates in the oil chamber 210, the oil dirt can generate moving pressure on the force bearing surface 121 of the housing 100 at the position for blocking the mounting port 220, so that the volume of the liquid chamber 111 is gradually reduced, and the liquid in the liquid chamber 111 is further squeezed to be discharged into the visual liquid channel 112; as the amount of oil contamination accumulated in the oil chamber 210 increases, the amount of liquid discharged into the visual liquid channel 112 increases gradually; after the user cleans the oil inside the oil chamber 210, the oil pressure borne by the force-bearing surface 121 is almost zero, and at this time, the liquid inside the visual liquid channel 112 flows back to the liquid chamber 111.

Referring to fig. 6 or 7, the oil cup body 200 includes a first sidewall 230 and a second sidewall 240 that are oppositely disposed, and each of the first sidewall 230 and the second sidewall 240 extends in a length direction; wherein the second sidewall 240 is close to the user, and the second sidewall 240 is disposed obliquely, wherein the angle of inclination of the visualization liquid channel 112 is equal to the angle of inclination of the second sidewall 240.

Specifically, the lowest liquid level of the oil chamber 210 is equal to the lowest liquid level of the visual liquid channel 112 and equal to the highest liquid level of the liquid chamber 111, and meanwhile, the inclination angle of the visual liquid channel 112 is equal to the inclination angle of the first side wall 230, so that the liquid level information in the visual liquid channel 112 and the liquid level information of the oil stain in the oil chamber 210 can be kept consistent, a user can visually observe the liquid level information in the visual liquid channel 112, and the liquid level information of the oil stain in the oil chamber 210 can be accurately known.

Further, the maximum liquid level of the visualization liquid channel 112 may be set equal to the maximum liquid level of the oil chamber 210; alternatively, the highest liquid level of the visualization liquid channel 112 may be set to be greater than the highest liquid level of the oil chamber 210, and an identification line for showing the highest liquid level of the oil chamber 210 may be provided on the visualization liquid channel 112.

The embodiment also provides a range hood, which comprises the oil cup in the embodiment. The range hood provided by the embodiment comprises the oil cup, and therefore the technical advantages and effects which can be achieved by the range hood also comprise the technical advantages and effects which can be achieved by the oil cup, and are not described in detail herein.

The range hood of the embodiment can be a top-suction range hood, a side-suction range hood or the like.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the utility model has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A visualization module, comprising: the liquid level display device comprises a shell (100), wherein a liquid cavity (111) and a visual liquid channel (112) are arranged inside the shell (100), the liquid cavity (111) is filled with liquid, the visual liquid channel (112) is communicated with the liquid cavity (111) in a fluid mode, and the highest liquid level of the visual liquid channel (112) is higher than that of the liquid cavity (111);

the shell (100) corresponding to the liquid cavity (111) is provided with a stress surface (121) in a use state, and the volume of the liquid cavity (111) is variable according to the pressure borne by the stress surface (121), so that when the pressure borne by the stress surface (121) is gradually increased, the liquid in the liquid cavity (111) can be gradually discharged into the visual liquid channel (112).

2. A visualization module as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the force-bearing surface (121) is a horizontal force-bearing surface;

the visual liquid channel (112) and the stress surface (121) are arranged at an angle, and the two are in fluid communication at a junction.

3. A visualization module as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the force-bearing surface (121) is an elastically deformable surface, by elastic deformation of the force-bearing surface (121) for changing the volume of the liquid chamber (111).

4. A visualization module according to claim 2, wherein the force-bearing surface (121) is a movable force-bearing surface, by movement of the force-bearing surface (121) to change the volume of the liquid chamber (111);

an elastic resetting piece is arranged in the liquid cavity (111), and the elastic resetting piece is used for enabling the stress surface (121) to have a resetting trend.

5. A visualization module according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the housing (100) comprises a first plate structure (110) and a second plate structure (120);

one end of the first plate structure (110) is open, the circumferential direction and the bottom of the first plate structure are closed to form the liquid cavity (111), one circumferential side edge of the first plate structure (110) extends upwards to form a side plate part, and the visual liquid channel (112) is arranged on the side plate part;

the second plate structure (120) is tightly covered at the opening, and the upper surface of the second plate structure (120) is the stress surface (121).

6. A visualization module as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the visualization liquid channel (112) has an air outlet (1121).

7. A visualization module according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the outer surface of the visualization liquid channel (112) is a convexly curved face (1122).

8. A visualization module according to any of claims 1-4, wherein the liquid in the liquid chamber (111) is a colored liquid.

9. An oil cup, comprising: an oil cup body (200) having an oil chamber (210) and the visualization module of any of claims 1-8;

the bottom wall of the oil cup body (200) is provided with a mounting opening (220) communicated with the oil cavity (210);

the shell (100) is fixedly connected to the oil cup body (200), and a stress surface (121) of the shell (100) is used for plugging the mounting opening (220);

the volume of the liquid cavity (111) is in inverse proportion to the oil stain pressure borne by the force bearing surface (121), and the visual liquid channel (112) is used for reflecting oil stain information in the oil cup body (200).

10. The oil cup of claim 9, wherein the oil cup body (200) comprises a first sidewall (230) and a second sidewall (240) that are oppositely disposed, each of the first sidewall (230) and the second sidewall (240) extending in a length direction;

wherein the second side wall (240) is close to the user, and the second side wall (240) is arranged obliquely, and the inclination angle of the visual liquid channel (112) is equal to the inclination angle of the second side wall (240).

11. A range hood, comprising: an oil cup according to claim 9 or 10.

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