CN217693754U - Electromagnetic heating unit and electromagnetic cooking utensil - Google Patents

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CN217693754U
CN217693754U CN202221459285.1U CN202221459285U CN217693754U CN 217693754 U CN217693754 U CN 217693754U CN 202221459285 U CN202221459285 U CN 202221459285U CN 217693754 U CN217693754 U CN 217693754U
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吴金华
张翼飞
彭文斌
刘博文
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The utility model discloses an electromagnetic heating unit and electromagnetic cooking utensil, the electromagnetic heating unit is used on electromagnetic cooking utensil, the electromagnetic heating unit includes installing support and coil winding, the installing support has relative first side and second side, the first side of installing support is provided with the buckle, the buckle be used for with buckling on electromagnetic cooking utensil's the mount pad, the coil winding is located the second side of installing support, electromagnetic cooking utensil's mount pad be provided with the buckling that the buckle closes soon, when the installation, only need press through preliminary counterpoint after the installing support, just can make the buckle with on the mount pad the buckling closes soon for the installation is convenient, solves when the electromagnetic cooking utensil of installing a plurality of electromagnetic heating units, and the installation is troublesome, the problem of the complex operation.

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Electromagnetic heating unit and electromagnetic cooking utensil
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a domestic appliance field especially relates to electromagnetic heating unit and electromagnetic cooking utensil.
Background
Traditional electromagnetism stove is single heating unit, and the pan can only heat and work in fixed region on the electromagnetism stove, if the pan off normal, because pan and IH heating wire coil pan relative position deviation will lead to receiving the end and accept the energy and receive the hindrance, its work will stop or arouse that internal resonance circuit is unstable to lead to inside components and parts to burn out. Meanwhile, the cookware is placed in a limited manner when a user uses the cookware, so that cooking experience is influenced.
In order to maximize the working range of the induction cooker, a plurality of heating units may be provided, that is, a plurality of small heating units may be provided in the heating area, but since a plurality of heating units are provided, the operation difficulty and the complexity of the process are large when each heating unit is installed.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing an electromagnetic heating unit and electromagnetic cooking utensil, aim at solving when the electromagnetic cooking utensil of installing a plurality of electromagnetic heating units, the installation is troublesome, the problem of operation complicacy.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an electromagnetic heating unit for use in an electromagnetic cooking appliance, wherein the electromagnetic heating unit comprises:
the mounting bracket is provided with a first side and a second side which are opposite, the first side of the mounting bracket is provided with a buckle, and the buckle is used for being screwed with a buckling part on a mounting seat of the electromagnetic cooking appliance; and the number of the first and second groups,
and the coil winding is arranged on the second side of the mounting bracket.
Optionally, the buckle includes a convex portion and a buckle portion disposed at an outer side of the convex portion, and a cross section of the convex portion is disposed in a circular shape.
Optionally, the buckle portion is arranged to protrude from an outer peripheral wall of the protrusion portion.
Optionally, the outer peripheral wall of the convex portion is provided with a plurality of the buckling portions, and the plurality of the buckling portions are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the convex portion.
Optionally, the end face of the buckle portion at the end facing away from the coil winding is inclined, and the end face of the buckle portion gradually approaches to the coil winding along the radial direction of the convex portion.
Optionally, a through hole is arranged through the mounting bracket corresponding to the position of the convex part, and the through hole is arranged through the free end of the convex part.
The utility model also provides an electromagnetic cooking appliance, the electromagnetic cooking appliance comprises a plurality of electromagnetic heating units, a mounting seat and a panel, a plurality of buckling parts are arranged on the mounting seat, the panel covers the mounting seat, the electromagnetic heating units are arranged on the mounting seat and correspondingly buckled with the buckling parts; wherein, the electromagnetic heating unit includes:
the mounting bracket is provided with a first side and a second side which are opposite, the first side of the mounting bracket is provided with a buckle, and the buckle is used for buckling with a buckling part on a mounting seat of the electromagnetic cooking appliance; and the number of the first and second groups,
the coil winding is arranged on the second side of the mounting bracket;
the buckle comprises a convex part and a buckling part arranged on the outer side of the convex part, and the cross section of the convex part is arranged in a circular shape.
Optionally, a plurality of fastening grooves are formed in the mounting seat at intervals, each fastening groove forms a fastening portion, and the fasteners are fastened in the corresponding fastening grooves.
Optionally, the catching groove is arranged in a circle.
Optionally, the convex part is used for penetrating through the buckle slot, and is floatably arranged in the thickness direction of the mounting seat, and the buckle part is used for limiting the mounting bracket when moving in the thickness direction of the mounting seat.
Optionally, the electromagnetic cooking appliance further includes an elastic abutting part disposed on the first side of the mounting bracket, and the elastic abutting part is used for elastically abutting against the mounting seat.
The utility model provides an among the technical scheme, the electromagnetic heating unit is including the installing support that is used for going on installing with electromagnetic cooking utensil's mount pad, the installing support has relative first side and second side, the first side of installing support is provided with the buckle, the second side of installing support is provided with the coil winding, electromagnetic cooking utensil's mount pad be provided with the lock portion that the buckle closed soon, when the installation like this, only need press after tentatively counterpointing the installing support just can make the buckle with on the mount pad the lock portion closes soon for the installation is convenient, solves when the electromagnetic cooking utensil of installing a plurality of electromagnetic heating units, and the installation is troublesome, the problem of operation complicacy.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of a mounting bracket of an electromagnetic heating unit according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the mounting bracket of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the electromagnetic heating unit and the mounting base of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of the electromagnetic heating unit of FIG. 1;
fig. 5 is a schematic partial structural view of an embodiment of an electromagnetic cooking apparatus according to the present invention. The reference numbers indicate:
reference numerals Name(s) Reference numerals Name (R)
100 Electromagnetic heating unit 1a Via hole
200 Electromagnetic cooking utensil 2 Coil winding
1 Mounting bracket 3 Mounting seat
11 Buckle 31 Fastening part
111 Convex part 4 Elastic abutting part
112 Fastening part
The realization, the functional characteristics and the advantages of the utility model are further explained by combining the embodiment and referring to the attached drawings.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that, if directional indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, 8230; \8230;) are provided in the embodiments of the present invention, the directional indications are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the motion situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the attached drawings), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indications are correspondingly changed.
In addition, if there is a description relating to "first", "second", etc. in the embodiments of the present invention, the description of "first", "second", etc. is for descriptive purposes only and is not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, the meaning of "and/or" appearing throughout includes three juxtapositions, exemplified by "A and/or B", including either A or B or both A and B. In addition, the technical solutions in the embodiments may be combined with each other, but it must be based on the realization of those skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory to each other or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.
Traditional electromagnetism stove is single heating unit, and the pan can only heat and work in fixed region on the electromagnetism stove, if the pan off normal, because pan and IH heating wire coil pan relative position deviation will lead to receiving the end and accept the energy and receive the hindrance, its work will stop or arouse that internal resonance circuit is unstable to lead to inside components and parts to burn out. Meanwhile, the cookware is placed in a limited manner when a user uses the cookware, so that cooking experience is influenced. In order to maximize the working range of the induction cooker, a plurality of heating units may be provided, that is, a plurality of small heating units may be provided in the heating area, but since a plurality of heating units are provided, the operation difficulty and the complexity of the process are large when each heating unit is installed.
In order to solve the above problem, referring to fig. 1 to 5, the present invention provides an electromagnetic cooking apparatus 200, wherein the electromagnetic cooking apparatus 200 includes a mounting base 3, a plurality of electromagnetic heating units 100, and a panel (not shown), the mounting base 3 is provided with a plurality of fastening portions 31, the plurality of electromagnetic heating units 100 are provided on the mounting base 3 and correspondingly fastened to the plurality of fastening portions 31, the panel is arranged to cover the mounting base 3, by providing a plurality of electromagnetic heating units 100, a plurality of positions of the electromagnetic cooking apparatus 200 can be heated, the electromagnetic cooking apparatus does not need to be aligned with the heating positions for use, the use is convenient, the plurality of fastening portions 31 are provided to fasten and fix the plurality of electromagnetic heating units 100, prevent electromagnetic heating unit 100 displacement influences the heating effect with the stability that electromagnetic cooking utensil 200 used, when using, only need to place cooking utensil on the panel, a plurality of electromagnetic heating unit 100 produce the magnetic line of force and pierce through the panel is to cooking utensil effect realization heating the utility model discloses in the technical scheme, electromagnetic cooking utensil 200 still includes controlling means, controlling means fixed mounting be in on mount pad 3 and respectively with a plurality of electromagnetic heating unit 100 electric connection, so that controlling means can be right a plurality of electromagnetic heating unit 100 subregion control realizes electromagnetic cooking utensil 200 can divide into a plurality of heating regions, improves the practicality.
Specifically, referring to fig. 1 to 3, in the present embodiment, the electromagnetic heating unit 100 includes a mounting bracket 1 and a coil winding 2, the mounting bracket 1 has a first side and a second side opposite to each other, a buckle 11 is disposed on the first side of the mounting bracket 1, the buckle 11 is configured to be buckled with a buckling portion 31 on a mounting base 3 of the electromagnetic cooking appliance 200, and the coil winding 2 is disposed on the second side of the mounting bracket 1.
The utility model provides an among the technical scheme, electromagnetic heating unit 100 is including being used for carrying out the installing support 1 of installing with electromagnetic cooking utensil 200's mount pad 3, installing support 1 has relative first side and second side, the first side of installing support 1 is provided with buckle 11, the second side of installing support 1 is provided with coil winding 2, electromagnetic cooking utensil 200's mount pad 3 be provided with buckle 11 closes the buckling parts 31 that sets up soon, when the installation like this, only need press the rotation after tentatively counterpointing mount pad 1, just can make buckle 11 with on the mount pad 3 buckling parts 31 are detained and are held spacingly for the installation is convenient, solves when installing a plurality of electromagnetic heating unit 100's electromagnetic cooking utensil 200, and the installation is troublesome, the problem of complex operation.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the buckle 11 includes a convex portion 111 and a buckle portion 112 disposed outside the convex portion 111, and the cross section of the convex portion 111 is set to be circular, so that when the mounting bracket 1 is pressed, the buckle 11 is buckled with the buckle portion 31, and when the buckle portion 31 is set to be a circular buckle slot, the convex portion 111 and the buckle slot form a clearance fit, the mounting bracket 1 is rotatably disposed in the buckle slot, and the mounting bracket 1 is prevented from being separated from the mounting seat 3 by the limitation of the buckle portion 112.
In order to cooperate with the buckle 11 of the mounting bracket 1 to buckle the electromagnetic heating unit 100, please refer to fig. 3 and 5, in an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of buckle grooves are disposed on the mounting seat 3 of the electromagnetic cooking appliance 200 at intervals, each buckle groove forms a buckling portion 31, the buckle 11 is buckled on the corresponding buckle groove to fix the electromagnetic heating unit 100, the mounting seat 3 is further provided with a plurality of keel mounting frames, the keel mounting frames extend in a longitudinal direction and are disposed at transverse intervals, and the buckle grooves are correspondingly disposed on the keel mounting frames.
Specifically, in this embodiment, the fastening groove is disposed in a circular shape, and corresponds to the protrusion 111, so that the protrusion 111 is adapted to the inner diameter of the fastening groove, and the protrusion 111 and the fastening groove form a clearance fit.
Specifically, referring to fig. 1 to 3, in the present embodiment, the fastening portion 112 is disposed to protrude from the outer peripheral wall of the protrusion 111. Because of detain portion 112 protruding locate the periphery wall of convex part 111, detain portion 112's form comparatively stable, when detaining, through detain portion 112 takes place elastic deformation and installs, after detaining and holding the completion, detain portion 112 protrusion setting, after the assembly completion, can prevent convex part 111 follows the catching groove internal separation, so set up detain portion 112 form is stable, is difficult for droing.
Further, in the present embodiment, the plurality of the locking portions 112 are provided on the outer circumferential wall of the projection 111, and the plurality of the locking portions 112 are provided at intervals in the circumferential direction of the projection 111. In this embodiment, the number of the fastening portions 112 is not limited herein, and is at least two, preferably four, so that the plurality of fastening portions 112 can uniformly and stably fasten in the circumferential direction, the convex portion 111 is used for penetrating through the fastening groove, in order to make the flexibility of the mounting bracket 1 stronger, the mounting bracket can be adapted to more electromagnetic cooking appliances 200 with different thicknesses, the convex portion 111 is floatably arranged on the mounting base 3 along the thickness direction of the mounting base 3, and the fastening portions 112 are used for limiting when the mounting bracket 1 moves along the thickness direction of the mounting base 3, so that the electromagnetic heating units 100 with different models and different heights are not required to be respectively designed and produced for products with different models.
Further, since the protrusion 111 can move along the thickness direction of the mounting seat 3, in order to enable the mounting bracket 1 to move freely after being assembled and to have a stable working state during working, please refer to fig. 4 and 5, in this embodiment, the first side of the mounting bracket 1 is provided with an elastic abutting member 4, the elastic abutting member 4 is used for elastically abutting against the mounting seat 3, and applies a pushing force to the mounting bracket 1 to cooperate with the fastening portion 31 to enable the electromagnetic heating unit 100 to be more stable on the mounting seat 3.
The utility model discloses an in the embodiment, elasticity butt piece 4 is established including the ring buckle 11 outlying spring, and install respectively at its elastic expansion direction's both ends on the fossil fragments mounting bracket with on installing support 1 to realize balanced stable elastic connection buckle 11 with when buckling portion 31 is detained, the spring receives mount pad 3 and installing support 1 extrusion compression to exert an elastic thrust to installing support 1, make electromagnetic heating unit 100 is stable on its installing direction, can not move about easily or the pine takes off.
Still further, the spring is a tower spring. Through setting up the spring is the tower type spring, the less one end of tower type spring is installed on installing support 1, and great one end is connected to on the fossil fragments mounting bracket, the tower type spring is in have bigger holding surface on the fossil fragments mounting bracket, and its load-carrying capacity is great, thereby further promote electromagnetic heating unit 100 install extremely stability on the fossil fragments mounting bracket.
In other embodiments, the elastic abutting member 4 includes a spring elastic pad or an elastic rubber ring annularly disposed on the periphery of the buckle 11, and the operation manner of the elastic abutting member is similar to that of the spring, and at this time, the limit buckle is annularly disposed and sleeved outside the elastic abutting member 4 to prevent the elastic abutting member from displacement.
Further, in order to enable the buckling portion 112 to be smoothly buckled, referring to fig. 2, in this embodiment, the end surface of the buckling portion 112 at the end away from the coil winding 2 is inclined, and the end surface of the buckling portion 112 is inclined toward the end gradually close to the coil winding 2 along the radial direction of the protrusion 111. With such an arrangement, the end face of the buckling portion 112 forms a guiding inclined plane, and when the mounting bracket 1 is pressed, the guiding inclined plane provides a guide to prevent the buckle 11 from deviating when being buckled with the buckling groove.
Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, because the electromagnetic heating unit 100 further includes a temperature measuring element, the mounting bracket 1 corresponds the position of the convex portion 111 is provided with a through hole 1a, the through hole 1a is provided with the free end of the convex portion 111 for the temperature measuring element to penetrate, one end of the temperature measuring element is fixedly connected to the mounting seat 3, and the other end is provided with the electromagnetic heating unit 100 far away from one end of the mounting seat 3, and abuts against the panel to sense the temperature of the panel.
It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the wall thickness of the convex portion 111 is w, and w is greater than or equal to 1mm and less than or equal to 2mm, which not only facilitates injection molding, but also meets the strength requirement.
The above only be the preferred embodiment of the utility model discloses a not consequently restriction the utility model discloses a patent range, all are in the utility model discloses a conceive, utilize the equivalent structure transform of what the content was done in the description and the attached drawing, or direct/indirect application all is included in other relevant technical field the utility model discloses a patent protection within range.

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1. An electromagnetic heating unit for use on an electromagnetic cooking appliance, the electromagnetic heating unit comprising:
the mounting bracket is provided with a first side and a second side which are opposite, the first side of the mounting bracket is provided with a buckle, and the buckle is used for being screwed with a buckling part on a mounting seat of the electromagnetic cooking appliance; and (c) a second step of,
and the coil winding is arranged on the second side of the mounting bracket.
2. The electromagnetic heating unit according to claim 1, wherein the catch includes a protrusion and a catch portion provided on an outer side of the protrusion, and a cross section of the protrusion is provided in a circular shape.
3. The electromagnetic heating unit according to claim 2, wherein said hook is provided so as to protrude from an outer peripheral wall of said protrusion.
4. The electromagnetic heating unit according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of said clasping portions are provided on an outer peripheral wall of said projection, and a plurality of said clasping portions are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of said projection.
5. The electromagnetic heating unit according to claim 2, wherein the buckle portion is inclined at an end surface facing away from the end of the coil winding and is inclined in a direction gradually closer to the end of the coil winding radially outward of the convex portion.
6. The electromagnetic heating unit of claim 2, wherein a via hole is provided through a position of the mounting bracket corresponding to the protrusion, the via hole being provided through a free end of the protrusion.
7. An electromagnetic cooking appliance, comprising:
the mounting seat is provided with a plurality of buckling parts;
a plurality of electromagnetic heating units comprising the electromagnetic heating unit according to any one of claims 2 to 6, the plurality of electromagnetic heating units being disposed on the mounting base and correspondingly fastened with the plurality of fastening portions; and the number of the first and second groups,
and the panel covers the installation seat.
8. The electromagnetic cooking device of claim 7, wherein a plurality of slots are spaced apart from each other on said mounting base, each of said slots forming a snap-fit portion, said snap-fit portion being snap-fit into a corresponding one of said slots.
9. The induction cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein said catch grooves are circularly disposed.
10. The induction cooking appliance of claim 8, wherein the protrusion is configured to penetrate through the groove and float on the mounting base along a thickness direction of the mounting base, and the buckle is configured to limit the position of the mounting bracket when the mounting bracket moves along the thickness direction of the mounting base.
11. The electromagnetic cooking appliance of claim 7, further comprising a resilient abutment member disposed on the first side of the mounting bracket, the resilient abutment member configured to resiliently abut the mounting seat.
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