CN218606133U - Food container - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a food container, which comprises a shell component, a weighing component and a container component, wherein the weighing component is connected in the shell component; the container assembly is connected with the weighing assembly and is separated from the shell assembly, the container assembly defines a cavity, and the cavity is used for containing food; the weighing assembly is used for weighing the food in the container assembly. The food container in this embodiment can weigh flourishing utensil subassembly weight alone through weighing the subassembly, and then obtains the weight of food in the flourishing utensil subassembly, can promote and weigh the precision.

Description

Food container

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of dining table apparatus technique and specifically relates to a food container is related to.

Background

For example, the food container such as the buffalo stove is widely used in the life of people, and along with the development of technology, the food container with the weighing function appears on the market, can know the amount of food taken by a user by measuring the weight change of the food, and is suitable for a dining room, a cafeteria and the like. In the related art, the food container is generally placed on the weighing device as a whole, and since the weight of the food container itself is greater than the weight of the stored food and generally much greater than the weight of the food taken once, it is difficult for the weighing device to accurately weigh the weight of the food taken once.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a food container can improve and weigh the precision.

According to the utility model discloses food container in the first embodiment includes:

a housing assembly;

a weighing assembly connected within the housing assembly;

the container assembly is connected with the weighing assembly and is separated from the shell assembly, and the container assembly defines a cavity which is used for containing food;

wherein, the weighing component is used for weighing the weight of the food in the containing component.

According to the utility model discloses food container has following beneficial effect at least:

food container in this embodiment can weigh flourishing utensil subassembly weight alone through weighing the subassembly, and then obtains the weight of food in the flourishing utensil subassembly, can promote and weigh the precision.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the container assembly comprises a food basin and a heating device, the food basin defines the cavity, and the heating device is used for heating food in the food basin.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the container assembly further comprises an installation housing, the installation housing is located in the housing assembly, the installation housing defines a heating cavity, and the food basin and the heating device are all at least partially located in the heating cavity.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the container further comprises a heat insulation member, the heat insulation member is connected to the weighing assembly and located between the heating device and the weighing assembly.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the food container further comprises a heating device, the heating device is connected to the housing assembly and separately disposed from the container assembly, and the heating device is used for heating the food in the container assembly.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the housing assembly includes a housing body and a cover, the cover is connected to the housing body and can be opposite to the housing body to rotate to a closed position, so as to hide the container assembly inside the housing assembly, and the cover is separated from the container assembly.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the housing assembly includes a housing body, the housing body has a first opening, the container assembly includes a food basin and a retainer ring, the food basin defines the cavity, and the food basin has a second opening for food to enter and exit the cavity, the retainer ring is disposed along a circumferential direction of the second opening, so that the container assembly covers the first opening, and the retainer ring is disposed separately from the housing body.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the food basin further includes a rim portion circumferentially disposed along the second opening, and the retainer ring is supported by the rim portion, so that the food basin can be separated upward from the retainer ring.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the food container further comprises an adjusting component, the weighing component is connected to the housing component through the adjusting component, and the levelness and/or height of the weighing component can be adjusted through the adjusting component.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the adjusting assembly includes a plurality of sets of first connecting members and second connecting members, the first connecting members are connected with the housing assembly by screw threads, and have a passage penetrating in the vertical direction, the second connecting members are disposed through the passage, and the weighing assembly is connected to enable the weighing assembly to move along the vertical direction along with the rotation of the first connecting members, wherein each of the first connecting members can be independently adjusted.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention 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 invention.

Drawings

The invention is further described with reference to the following figures and examples, in which:

fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a food container according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the food container of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 isbase:Sub>A cross-sectional view taken along line A-A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of area C of FIG. 3;

fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of a region D in fig. 4.

Reference numerals are as follows:

the housing assembly 100, the housing body 110, the first opening 111, the cover 120, and the first nut 130;

weighing assembly 200, base plate 210, flange 211;

the container assembly 300, the cavity 301, the heating cavity 302, the food basin 310, the rim 311, the second opening 312, the heating device 320, the mounting housing 330, the partition plate 340, the through hole 341, the heat insulation piece 350 and the retainer ring 360;

an adjustment assembly 400, a first connector 410, a channel 411, a second connector 420;

and a second nut 500.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like 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 drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the directional descriptions, such as the directions or positional relationships indicated by upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of the description, but not for indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, a plurality of means is one or more, a plurality of means is two or more, and the terms greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood as not including the number, and the terms greater than, less than, within, etc. are understood as including the number. If there is a description of first and second for the purpose of distinguishing technical features only, this is not to be understood as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.

In the description of the present invention, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like means 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 invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above 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.

For example, the food container of the buffy stove belongs to a common food appliance, which generally appears on the market in the form of a complete product, and a user usually purchases and directly uses the food container, and in order to reduce the volume of the food container, the internal space of the food container is generally compact, and for the above reasons, when the weight of food in the food container needs to be weighed, most of the users directly place the food container on a weighing device for weighing, however, the weight measured in this way is the weight of the whole food container, and the food container is composed of a plurality of parts, for example, besides a food basin for storing food, the food container also comprises parts such as a shell and an upper cover, and the parts such as the shell and the upper cover are usually made of metal materials, so the weight of the food container is far larger than the weight of the food stored in the food container, that is, the specific gravity of the weight of the food in the whole food container is small, and the proportion of the weight of the food taken at a single time is difficult to be far smaller than the total weight, which causes the weighing device to accurately measure the amount of the food taken at a single time.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the food container of the embodiment of the present invention includes a housing assembly 100, a weighing assembly 200 and a container assembly 300, wherein the housing assembly 100 has a large weight as a mounting base, the container assembly 300 is used for storing food, the weight is light, the weighing assembly 200 is used for weighing the weight of the food in the container assembly 300, and the weighing assembly 200 does not need to weigh the weight of the whole food container, so the weighing accuracy can be improved.

The main structure of the housing assembly 100 is the housing body 110, which is usually made of metal material such as stainless steel, and has a certain wall thickness to ensure the structural strength, so that the weight is heavy, and in addition, the housing assembly 100 further has other accessories such as a cover 120, a foot seat, and the like, so that the total weight of the housing assembly 100 is further increased. In the illustrated embodiment, the outer casing 110 is substantially rectangular, the top of the outer casing 110 is open and has a first opening, the cover 120 is connected to the upper end of the outer casing 110 and can rotate relative to the outer casing 110, and when the cover 120 rotates in the illustrated state, the cover 120 and the outer casing 110 jointly define a relatively closed inner cavity, so that the container assembly 300 is hidden inside the outer casing assembly 100, and heat preservation of food materials can be achieved, and food can be polluted.

The carrier assembly 300 is a container that is separately disposed from the housing assembly 100, and it should be noted that what is referred to herein as separate refers to the absence of a direct connection between the two components (but an indirect connection may exist, e.g., the absence of a direct connection between the carrier assembly 300 and the housing assembly 100, but an indirect connection may exist through the weighing assembly 200). The receptacle assembly 300 defines a cavity 301, the cavity 301 being adapted to receive food, and since the receptacle assembly 300 only needs to store light weight food and does not need to be pressure-bearing as a structural member, the overall volume and wall thickness thereof is less than that of the housing assembly 100, and thus the weight thereof is less than that of the housing assembly 100, and is even less than the total weight of the entire food container. In the illustrated embodiment, the top of the container assembly 300 has a second opening, such that when the cover 120 is in the open state, a user can access the cavity 301 through the second opening.

The weighing assembly 200 is connected inside the housing assembly 100, specifically, inside the outer shell 110, the weighing assembly 200 is connected with the container assembly 300, and can weigh the container assembly 300 alone (if food is placed in the container assembly 300, the total weight of the container assembly 300 and the food) so as to weigh the food finally, it should be noted that the weight of the food referred to herein can include the total weight of the food, or the weight of the food taken once, and the weight of the food taken once is a difference between the total weight of the food before and after taking. Since the weight of the receptacle unit 300 is fixed, the total weight of the food can be obtained by subtracting the weight of the receptacle unit 300 from the weight of the weighing unit 200. Since the weight of the container assembly 300 is light, when food is placed therein, the weight of the food accounts for a large proportion of the measurement result, and thus the weight of the food taken at a single time can be more easily measured, that is, the weighing accuracy can be improved.

In the illustrated embodiment, the weighing assembly 200 may be a strain gauge weighing assembly, although the weighing assembly 200 may be other types of weighing assemblies.

Based on the above, the food container in this embodiment can weigh the weight of the container assembly 300 through the weighing assembly 200 alone, and then obtain the weight of the food in the container assembly 300, can promote the weighing precision.

Based on the above structure, in other embodiments, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the container assembly 300 further includes a heating device 320, the heating device 320 is used for heating the food basin 310, so as to heat and preserve the heat of the food in the food basin 310, and the heating device 320 may be a heating tube, a heating wire, or other heating devices. In some embodiments, such as that shown in fig. 3, the food basin 310 of the receptacle assembly 300 may be separated individually so that the heating device 320 does not come into contact with the food basin 310, but rather conducts heat through the air. In other embodiments, the food basin 310 of the container assembly 300 is fixedly installed, and may not be separated alone, and the heating device 320 may conduct heat through air, or may be directly attached to the outer sidewall of the food basin 310, so as to improve the heat conduction efficiency.

As a specific forming manner of the container assembly 300, referring to fig. 2 and 3, it further includes a mounting housing 330, the mounting housing 330 is used as a mounting base of the container assembly 300, and is used for fixing or placing components such as the food basin 310 and the heating device 320, and also can define the heating cavity 302 (as shown in fig. 3), and both the food basin 310 and the heating device 320 are at least partially located in the heating cavity 302, so as to reduce heat transferred from the heating device 320 to the temperature sensitive device (e.g. an electric device) of the food container or the outer housing 110, and avoid that the temperature sensitive device works in a high heat environment for a long time to affect the service life, or the outer housing 110 is overheated to scald a user. Taking the example shown in the drawings, the mounting case 330 is a metal case having a substantially cylindrical structure, the food tub 310 is located at an upper end of the mounting case 330, and the heating unit 320 is located at a lower end of the mounting case 330, so that the hot air flows upward to heat the food tub 310. A gap is formed between the circumferential surface of the mounting case 330 and the outer case 110, so that the heat insulation effect can be further improved by air.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, in other embodiments, the container assembly 300 further includes a partition plate 340, the partition plate 340 is located between the food basin 310 and the heating device 320, specifically, the food basin 310 is located on the upper side of the partition plate 340, and the heating device 320 is located on the lower side of the partition plate 340, this embodiment is suitable for a case where the food basin 310 can be separately assembled and disassembled, and when the food basin 310 is disassembled, the partition plate 340 can prevent sundries from falling onto the heating device 320, and can also prevent a user from directly touching the heating device 320. The partition plate 340 is provided with a through hole 341, and the through hole 341 is used for the hot air to pass through, so that the heating device 320 can heat the food tub 310 on the upper side of the partition plate 340. The partition plate 340 may be fixed to the inner circumferential surface of the mounting case 330 by a fastener such as a screw.

When the container assembly 300 is provided with the heating device 320, since the weighing assembly 200 needs to be connected with the container assembly 300, the heating device 320 may be heated by the heating device 320 to affect the weighing accuracy, and based on this, in other embodiments, the container assembly 300 further includes the heat insulation member 350, the heat insulation member 350 is connected to the weighing assembly 200 and is located between the heating device 320 and the weighing assembly 200, that is, the weighing assembly 200 is connected with the container assembly 300 through the heat insulation member 350, so that the heat transferred from the heating device 320 to the weighing assembly 200 can be blocked, on one hand, the weighing assembly 200 can be prevented from being heated to affect the weighing accuracy and the service life, on the other hand, the heat dissipated by the heating device 320 can be reduced, and the heating efficiency can be improved. Taking the illustration as an example, one connection way of the container assembly 300 and the weighing assembly 200 is: along from last direction down, be food basin 310, heating device 320, heat insulating part 350 and weigh subassembly 200 in proper order, heating device 320 is located the heating chamber 302 that is injectd by installation casing 330 and heat insulating part 350, so can enough be convenient for the user to get and put food, can improve heating device 320's heating efficiency again simultaneously, can also avoid heating device 320 to heat the weight subassembly 200.

The utility model discloses still put forward another kind of heating methods, the food container includes heating device equally, but heating device connects in shell subassembly 100, rather than the component part as containing subassembly 300, because heating device and containing subassembly 300 separation set up, consequently can further reduce the total weight of containing subassembly 300, improve and weigh the precision. For example, a heating device may be disposed in the gap between the outer side of the receptacle assembly 300 and the outer housing 330 that heats the food within the receptacle assembly by side heating rather than bottom heating. Of course, the weighing unit 200 may be disposed in a gap between the outer surface of the container unit 300 and the outer case 330, the weighing unit 200 may be laterally connected to the container unit 300, and the heating device 320 may heat the container unit from the bottom.

When the food container is placed on the weighing device for weighing, the rotation of the cover 120 may also cause the weighing result to fluctuate, and based on this, in some embodiments, the cover 120 is connected to the outer housing 110, so that the cover 120 is also separately disposed from the receptacle assembly 300, and thus the weighing result is not affected by the rotation of the cover 120, which also helps to improve the weighing accuracy. It should be noted that, the cover 120 is separated from the container assembly 300, which means that the cover 120 does not touch the container assembly 300 during the rotation process.

Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5, in some embodiments, the top of the outer shell 110 has a first opening 111, correspondingly, the top of the food bowl 310 is provided with a second opening 312, the receptacle assembly 300 further includes a retaining ring 360, the retaining ring 360 has a ring-shaped structure and is disposed along the circumference of the second opening 312, for example, the retaining ring 360 may be directly connected to the outer edge of the food bowl 310, and the connection manner may be welding, integral molding, etc.; alternatively, the retainer ring 360 may be connected to other components of the carrier assembly 300, and as shown for example, the retainer ring 360 is connected to the top of the mounting housing 330 by welding, integral molding, etc. the retainer ring 360 radially extends beyond the outer housing 110, such that the carrier assembly 300 can cover the first opening 111 from above, thereby preventing food from falling into the inner portion of the outer housing 110. In this embodiment, the retaining ring 360 is separated from the outer shell 110, so that the food falling prevention function can be achieved, and the weighing result can be prevented from being influenced by direct contact of the food and the outer shell.

Based on the above structure, in some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, 3 and 5, the food tub 310 further includes a rim 311 disposed along a circumferential direction of the second opening 312, and the rim 311 is disposed to extend in a radial direction. The retaining ring 360 is located below the edge 311 and can support the food basin 310 through the edge 311, so that the food basin 310 can be separated from the retaining ring 360 upwards, the food basin 310 can be flexibly disassembled and assembled, and the food basin 310 can be cleaned conveniently.

In some embodiments, referring to fig. 2, the food container further includes an adjustment assembly 400, the weighing assembly 200 is connected to the housing assembly 100 through the adjustment assembly 400 and is adjustable to the weighing assembly 200 through the adjustment assembly 400, wherein the adjustment assembly 400 can adjust the levelness of the weighing assembly 200 to ensure that the weighing assembly 200 weighs in a horizontal state; the adjustment assembly 400 may also adjust the height of the weighing assembly 200 to accommodate different heights of the receptacle assembly 300.

Referring to fig. 6, a specific implementation manner of the adjusting assembly 400 is shown, which includes a first connecting member 410 and a second connecting member 420, the first connecting member 410 has a passage 411 running through in the axial direction, and the first connecting member 410 is screwed with the housing assembly 100 through an external thread, the second connecting member 420 is arranged in the passage 411 in a penetrating manner and connected with the weighing assembly 200, so that the weighing assembly 200 can move synchronously with the first connecting member 410, and thus, along with the rotation of the first connecting member 410, the second connecting member 420 and the weighing assembly 200 can move in the vertical direction relative to the housing assembly 100.

The adjusting assembly 400 includes a plurality of sets of first connecting members 410 and second connecting members 420, and the first connecting members 410 in each set can move independently, wherein when part of the first connecting members 410 is lifted, the levelness of the weighing assembly 200 can be adjusted, and when all the first connecting members 410 are lifted and lowered and the lifting distances are equal, the height of the weighing assembly 200 can be adjusted, that is, the adjusting assembly 400 in this embodiment can achieve both levelness adjustment and height adjustment.

Taking the drawings as an example, a through hole is formed in the bottom wall of the outer shell 110, the first nut 130 is fixed on the inner side of the bottom wall by welding, and the first connecting member 410 is inserted into the through hole in the bottom wall of the outer shell 110 and is in threaded connection with the first nut 130, but the first nut 130 may be a stud with an internal thread or a flange formed on the bottom wall, and the inner wall of the flange has an internal thread.

The weighing assembly 200 includes a base plate 210, a flange 211 formed on the base plate 210, an inner surface of the flange having an inner thread, a second connecting member 420 being a screw, a thread section of the screw passing through a passage 411 in the first connecting member 410 and being in threaded connection with the flange, a head of the screw abutting against a lower end surface of the first connecting member 410, so that the weighing assembly 200 can be connected to the first connecting member 410, and of course, the flange 211 may be replaced with a nut or a stud welded to the base plate 210.

In some embodiments, the food container further includes a second nut 500, the second nut 500 is threadedly coupled to the first connector 410, and the second nut 500 and the first nut 130 are respectively located at two opposite sides of the bottom wall of the outer housing 110, so that when the first connector 410 is adjusted to a desired height, the first connector 410 can be locked by the second nut 500, thereby preventing the first connector 410 from unnecessarily moving due to vibration or the like.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention within the knowledge of those skilled in the art. Furthermore, the embodiments of the present invention and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

Claims (10)

1. A food container, comprising:

a housing assembly;

a weighing assembly connected within the housing assembly;

the container assembly is connected with the weighing assembly and is separated from the shell assembly, and the container assembly defines a cavity which is used for containing food;

wherein, the weighing component is used for weighing the weight of the food in the container component.

2. The food container of claim 1 wherein the receptacle assembly includes a food basin defining the cavity and a heating device for heating food within the food basin.

3. The food container of claim 2 wherein the carrier assembly further includes a mounting housing positioned within the housing assembly, the mounting housing defining a heating cavity, the food basin and the heating device both being at least partially positioned within the heating cavity.

4. The food container of claim 2 wherein the receptacle assembly further comprises an insulation coupled to the weighing assembly between the heating device and the weighing assembly.

5. The food container of claim 1, further comprising a heating device connected to the housing assembly and disposed separately from the receptacle assembly, the heating device configured to heat food within the receptacle assembly.

6. The food container of claim 1, wherein the housing assembly includes an outer housing and a lid coupled to the outer housing and rotatable relative to the outer housing to a closed position to conceal the carrier assembly within the housing assembly, the lid being disposed separate from the carrier assembly.

7. The food container of claim 1, wherein the housing assembly includes an outer housing having a first opening, the receptacle assembly includes a food bowl defining the cavity and having a second opening for food to enter and exit the cavity, and a retainer ring disposed circumferentially around the second opening such that the receptacle assembly covers the first opening, the retainer ring disposed apart from the outer housing.

8. The food container of claim 7, wherein the food basin further comprises a rim disposed along a circumference of the second opening, the retainer ring supporting the food basin by the rim such that the food basin can be disengaged upwardly from the retainer ring.

9. The food container of claim 1, further comprising an adjustment assembly, wherein the weighing assembly is connected to the housing assembly by the adjustment assembly, and wherein the levelness and/or height of the weighing assembly can be adjusted by the adjustment assembly.

10. The food container of claim 9, wherein the adjustment assembly includes a plurality of sets of first and second connectors, the first connectors being threadably connected to the housing assembly and having a passage therethrough in a vertical direction, the second connectors being disposed through the passage and being connected to the weighing assembly such that the weighing assembly is movable in the vertical direction in response to rotation of the first connectors, wherein each of the first connectors is independently adjustable.

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