CN219962797U

CN219962797U - Kitchen appliance and kitchen appliance system

Info

Publication number: CN219962797U
Application number: CN202321225439.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 任富佳; 付豪; 姚春晓; 李先锋; 袁璐燕; 林欧阳; 黄晓鸿
Original assignee: Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Robam Appliances Co Ltd
Priority date: 2023-05-16
Filing date: 2023-05-16
Publication date: 2023-11-07
Anticipated expiration: 2033-05-16

Abstract

The utility model provides a kitchen appliance and a kitchen appliance system, comprising: an ionizer, a lamp, and a controller; the ion generator and the lamp are connected with the controller; the ion generator and the lamp are arranged in the cavity of the kitchen appliance; when the state of the ion generator is a working state, the ion generator is used for emitting electrons and purifying the air in the cavity of the kitchen appliance through the electrons; the controller is used for acquiring the state of the ionizer and the door body state of the kitchen electric appliance, and determining the state of the lamp based on the state of the ionizer and the door body state of the kitchen electric appliance; wherein, the state of ionizer includes operating condition and unoperated state, and the door body state of kitchen appliance includes: a door open state and a door closed state. The kitchen appliance can prompt the state of the user ion generator through the state of the lamp, so that the user intuitively senses the air purifying process, and the experience of the user can be improved.

Description

Kitchen appliance and kitchen appliance system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of kitchen appliances, in particular to a kitchen appliance and a kitchen appliance system.

Background

Currently, in order to purify the air in the dishwasher cavity, the dishwashers in the market may be provided with a plasma purification air device, which may eliminate the bad smell generated in the drying process or the automatic ventilation process of the dishwasher. The air taste when the user opens the door of the dishwasher is smaller, which can enhance the user experience.

However, although the dish washer in the above market is provided with the plasma air purifying device, the plasma air purifying device lacks the linkage with other devices in the dish washer. When a user opens a door of the dishwasher, the dishwasher cannot prompt the user of the state of the plasma air purifying device, and the user cannot intuitively feel the air purifying process, thereby causing poor user experience.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, the present utility model is directed to a kitchen appliance and a kitchen appliance system, which prompt a user of the state of an ionizer through the state of a lamp, so that the user intuitively experiences the air purifying process, and the experience of the user can be improved.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present utility model provides a kitchen appliance, including: an ionizer, a lamp, and a controller; the ion generator and the lamp are connected with the controller; the ion generator and the lamp are arranged in the cavity of the kitchen appliance; when the state of the ion generator is a working state, the ion generator is used for emitting electrons and purifying the air in the cavity of the kitchen appliance through the electrons; the controller is used for acquiring the state of the ionizer and the door body state of the kitchen electric appliance, and determining the state of the lamp based on the state of the ionizer and the door body state of the kitchen electric appliance; wherein, the state of ionizer includes operating condition and unoperated state, and the door body state of kitchen appliance includes: a door open state and a door closed state.

In the preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the ionizer is disposed at the top of the inner container of the cavity of the kitchen appliance.

In a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the controller is further configured to determine that the state of the ionizer is an operating state when the kitchen appliance is in a drying stage or an automatic ventilation stage.

In the preferred embodiment provided by the utility model, when the state of the ionizer is a working state and the door body state of the kitchen appliance is a door opening state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is a breathing lamp state; when the state of the ion generator is an unoperated state and the door body state of the kitchen appliance is a door opening state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is a normally-on state; when the door body state of the kitchen appliance is a door closing state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is an extinguishing state.

In a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the kitchen appliance further includes: the display panel is connected with the controller; the display panel is used for displaying the state of the ionizer.

In a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the kitchen appliance further includes: a fan and a heating element; the fan and the heating element are connected with the controller; the controller is also used for controlling the fan and the heating element based on the door body state of the kitchen appliance.

In a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the kitchen appliance further includes: a sensor; the sensor is connected with the controller; the sensor is used for detecting sensing data in the cavity of the kitchen appliance; wherein the sensing data includes temperature data and humidity data; the controller is also configured to control the blower and the heating element based on the sensed data.

In a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the kitchen appliance further includes: the button is connected with the controller; the button is used for generating a starting instruction of the ionizer; the controller is also used for determining that the state of the ionizer is an operating state based on the control instruction.

In a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the kitchen appliance includes: a dishwasher.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present utility model provides a kitchen appliance system, including a remote control device and the kitchen appliance described above; the remote control device is in communication connection with a controller of the kitchen appliance; the remote control device is used for generating a remote control instruction; the controller is used for determining the state of the ionizer based on the remote control instruction.

The embodiment of the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

the embodiment of the utility model provides a kitchen appliance and a kitchen appliance system, wherein an ion generator emits electrons to purify air in a cavity of the kitchen appliance, and a controller determines the state of a lamp based on the state of the ion generator and the state of a door of the kitchen appliance and controls the lamp to work. In the mode, the kitchen appliance can prompt the state of the ion generator to the user through the state of the lamp, so that the user intuitively senses the air purifying process, and the experience of the user can be improved.

Additional features and advantages of the disclosure will be set forth in the description which follows, or in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the techniques of the disclosure.

The foregoing objects, features and advantages of the disclosure will be more readily apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a kitchen appliance according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a control method of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of another kitchen appliance according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another control scheme of a dishwasher according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a kitchen appliance system according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Icon: 10-kitchen appliances; 1-an ionizer; 2-a lamp; 3-a controller; 4-a display panel; 5-a fan; 6-a heating element; 7-a sensor; 8-buttons; 100-kitchen appliance system; 20-remote control device.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

Currently, in order to purify the air in the dishwasher cavity, the dishwashers in the market may be provided with a plasma purification air device, which may eliminate the bad smell generated in the drying process or the automatic ventilation process of the dishwasher. The air taste when the user opens the door of the dishwasher is smaller, which can enhance the user experience. However, although the dish washer in the above market is provided with the plasma air purifying device, the plasma air purifying device lacks the linkage with other devices in the dish washer. When a user opens a door of the dishwasher, the dishwasher cannot prompt the user of the state of the plasma air purifying device, and the user cannot intuitively feel the air purifying process, thereby causing poor user experience.

Based on the above, the embodiment of the utility model provides a kitchen appliance and a kitchen appliance system, and particularly provides a dish washer and a linkage mode of a lamp and an ion generator in the dish washer, which can give a prompt to a user that the ion generator is working in the drying process and can also increase the interaction experience of the kitchen appliance.

For the convenience of understanding the present embodiment, a kitchen appliance disclosed in the embodiment of the present utility model will be described in detail.

Embodiment one:

an embodiment of the present utility model provides a kitchen appliance, referring to a schematic structural diagram of a kitchen appliance shown in fig. 1, the kitchen appliance 10 includes: an ionizer 1, a lamp 2 and a controller 3; the ion generator 1 and the lamp 2 are connected with the controller 3; the ion generator 1 and the lamp 2 are arranged in the cavity of the kitchen appliance;

when the state of the ion generator is a working state, the ion generator is used for emitting electrons and purifying the air in the cavity of the kitchen appliance through the electrons; the controller is used for acquiring the state of the ionizer and the door body state of the kitchen electric appliance, and determining the state of the lamp based on the state of the ionizer and the door body state of the kitchen electric appliance; wherein, the state of ionizer includes operating condition and unoperated state, and the door body state of kitchen appliance includes: a door open state and a door closed state.

The ion generator in this embodiment may be called a plasma generator, a plasma air cleaning device, or the like. The ion generator can generate negative ions (namely electrons) by utilizing a method of boosting the power frequency voltage to the required voltage by utilizing the high-voltage transformer, and release the negative ions into the surrounding air, thereby purifying the air and improving the living environment of people.

In this embodiment, the ionizer may be disposed inside a cavity of the kitchen appliance, and when the ionizer works, a large amount of high-energy electrons may be emitted, and these electrons collide with odor molecules in air inside the cavity of the kitchen appliance, so that the odor molecules may be decomposed, and other molecules that are non-toxic, harmless and odorless may be generated. Meanwhile, when the ionizer works, positive and negative charges can be neutralized by positive and negative ions generated in the air, huge energy is released instantaneously, and the bacterial structure and the energy transfer around the bacteria are changed, so that bacteria death is caused, and the aim of sterilizing the inside of a cavity of a kitchen appliance is fulfilled.

The controller in this embodiment may be a control chip such as an MCU (Microcontroller Unit, micro control unit), a CPU (Central Processing Unit ), or the like. The lamp in this embodiment may have different states, for example: an extinguished state, a normally on state, a breathing lamp state, etc.

The states of the ionizer may include an operating state and an inactive state, for distinguishing whether the ionizer is operating or not. The door body state of the kitchen appliance comprises: the door opening state and the door closing state are used for distinguishing the opening or closing of the door body of the kitchen appliance.

The controller in this embodiment may determine the state of the lamp based on the state of the ionizer and the door state of the kitchen appliance after acquiring the state of the ionizer and the door state of the kitchen appliance, and control the lamp to operate in this state. The user can confirm the state of ionizer through the state of observing lamps and lanterns to intuitively feel air purification process, can improve user's experience and feel.

For example, taking a kitchen appliance as a dishwasher, the present embodiment may start the ionizer in a drying stage and an automatic ventilation stage of the dishwasher, and when detecting that the door of the kitchen appliance is open during the operation of the ionizer, the controller may determine that the state of the lamp is a breathing lamp state, control the lamp to operate in the breathing lamp state, and control the lamp to operate in a normally-on operating state during the non-operation period of the ionizer.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a kitchen appliance, wherein an ion generator emits electrons to purify air in a cavity of the kitchen appliance, and a controller determines the state of a lamp based on the state of the ion generator and the state of a door of the kitchen appliance and controls the lamp to work. In the mode, the kitchen appliance can prompt the state of the ion generator to the user through the state of the lamp, so that the user intuitively senses the air purifying process, and the experience of the user can be improved.

Embodiment two:

the embodiment of the utility model provides another kitchen appliance, in particular, the ionizer in the embodiment can be arranged at the top of the inner container of the cavity of the kitchen appliance, for example: the ionizer may be disposed on the side of the top of the inner container of the cavity of the kitchen appliance or captured.

Specifically, when the state of the ion generator is a working state and the door body state of the kitchen appliance is a door opening state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is a breathing lamp state; when the state of the ion generator is an unoperated state and the door body state of the kitchen appliance is a door opening state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is a normally-on state; when the door body state of the kitchen appliance is a door closing state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is an extinguishing state.

In particular, the controller is also configured to determine that the state of the ionizer is an operating state when the kitchen appliance is in a drying phase or an automatic ventilation phase. The ionizer in this embodiment mainly operates in the drying stage and the automatic air exchanging stage. Taking a kitchen appliance as an example of a dishwasher, the washing procedure of the dishwasher in this embodiment may be divided into a washing stage and a drying stage. If the user chooses to turn on the ionizer, the dishwasher enters the drying phase after the washing phase has ended.

At this time, the temperature in the cavity of the dish washer is higher, air molecules are active, the ion generator can be turned on according to program setting after the drying stage begins, and the ion generator enters a working state. During the period, the controller can continuously detect whether a door body switch of the kitchen appliance is opened, if the door is detected to be opened, the lamp needs to be opened, and the state of the lamp at the moment can be a breathing lamp state so as to prompt a user that the state of the ionizer is a working state. Namely, when the state of the ionizer is a working state and the door body state of the kitchen electric appliance is a door opening state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is a breathing lamp state.

If the door is not detected, the controller can determine that the state of the lamp is an off state, and the lamp does not work, namely when the door body state of the kitchen appliance is a door closing state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is an off state.

In addition, when the state of the ionizer is in an inactive state and the door body state of the kitchen appliance is in an open state, the state of the lamp can be determined to be in a normally-on state in the air at the moment so as to prompt the user that the state of the ionizer is in an inactive state.

According to the kitchen appliance provided by the embodiment, when the state of the ionizer is the working state and the door body state of the kitchen appliance is the door opening state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is the breathing lamp state, and the lamp can provide illumination effect and prompt a user that the ionizer is working, so that the user intuitively senses the air purifying process, and the experience of the user can be improved.

Taking a kitchen appliance as an example of a dishwasher, reference may be made to a schematic diagram of a control scheme of the dishwasher as shown in fig. 2, wherein after a washing program of the dishwasher is started, a user selects to turn on the plasma generator. The controller detects a door state of the kitchen appliance. If the door body state of the kitchen appliance is in a door closing state, the lamp is in an extinguishing state, the plasma generator continuously works, and the washing program of the dish washing machine continuously runs.

If the door body state of the kitchen appliance is in a door opening state, the lamp works in a breathing lamp state, and the plasma generator continuously works. After a period of time, the controller re-detects the door state of the kitchen appliance. If the door body state of the kitchen appliance is the door opening state, the lamp works in a breathing lamp state, the plasma generator continuously works, and the washing program of the dish washer continues to run. If the door body state of the kitchen appliance is the door-closing state, the washing program of the dish washer continues to run.

In addition, referring to the schematic structural view of another kitchen appliance shown in fig. 3, the kitchen appliance 10 further includes: the display panel 4, the display panel 4 is connected with the controller 3; the display panel is used for displaying the state of the ionizer. The display panel in this embodiment may be a display screen, in which the state of the ionizer may be displayed, so as to more intuitively prompt the user whether the ionizer works.

As shown in fig. 3, the kitchen appliance 10 further includes: a fan 5 and a heating element 6; the fan 5 and the heating element 6 are connected with the controller 3; the controller is also used for controlling the fan and the heating element based on the door body state of the kitchen appliance.

The controller in this embodiment may detect a door state, and adjust the operating parameters of the fan and the heating element according to the door state, for example: the controller detects that the door body is opened, then can improve the rotational speed of fan, improves heating element's running power to accelerate air cycle, strengthen purifying effect.

As shown in fig. 3, the kitchen appliance 10 further includes: the kitchen appliance further comprises: a sensor 7; the sensor 7 is connected with the controller 3; the sensor is used for detecting sensing data in the cavity of the kitchen appliance; wherein the sensing data includes temperature data and humidity data; the controller is also configured to control the blower and the heating element based on the sensed data.

In this embodiment, a sensor may be further disposed in the kitchen appliance, for detecting temperature data and humidity data inside the cavity of the kitchen appliance. The sensor may be a temperature and humidity sensor. The controller can control the fan and the heating element according to the sensing data of the temperature and humidity sensor.

For example, after entering the drying stage, the controller may set a fan according to a washing program, the fan may be mounted on a side, a rear or a top, the fan may have two or more air inlets and air outlets, and the fan may start the rear cavity to implement air acceleration circulation. Meanwhile, the controller can acquire sensing data of the temperature and humidity sensor, and when the sensing data is detected to be reduced, the power of the fan and the heating element is increased, and circulation is accelerated; if the temperature and humidity are detected to be above the preset threshold, the power reduction of the fan and the heating element can be controlled, and the influence of the too fast temperature reduction on the drying effect of the machine is prevented.

Taking a kitchen appliance as an example of a dishwasher, referring to fig. 4, there is shown another control mode of the dishwasher, in which a user selects to turn on a plasma generator after a washing process of the dishwasher is started. And judging whether the sensing data detected by the temperature and humidity sensor is lower than a lower limit threshold value. If yes, the ion generator can be controlled to work, and the power of the fan and the heating element is increased; if not, the ionizer can be controlled to work, and the fan and the heating element work normally.

If the user chooses to turn on the plasma generator, after the washing program of the kitchen appliance enters the drying stage, the air temperature in the kitchen appliance is higher and the water vapor is sufficient, and at this time, the controller turns on the fan and the heating element to accelerate the air circulation.

As shown in fig. 3, the kitchen appliance 10 further includes: a button 8, said button 8 being connected to the controller 3; the button is used for generating a starting instruction of the ionizer; the controller is also used for determining that the state of the ionizer is an operating state based on the control instruction.

In this embodiment a button for one-touch activation of the ionizer may be provided in the kitchen appliance. The buttons may be physical buttons of a physical entity or virtual buttons of a non-physical entity. The user can click the button to generate a control instruction of the ionizer; the controller determines the state of the ionizer to be the working state based on the control instruction, so that the aim of starting the ionizer by one key is fulfilled, and the experience of a user is improved.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a kitchen appliance, wherein an ion generator emits electrons to purify air in a cavity of the kitchen appliance, and a controller determines the state of a lamp based on the state of the ion generator and the state of a door of the kitchen appliance and controls the lamp to work. In the mode, the kitchen appliance can prompt the state of the ion generator to the user through the state of the lamp, so that the user intuitively senses the air purifying process, and the experience of the user can be improved. The controller can control the fan and the heating element according to the door body state or the sensing data of the sensor, so as to accelerate circulation or prevent the machine drying effect from being influenced by too fast cooling. The kitchen appliance can be provided with a display panel for displaying the state of the ion generator, so that a user can be more intuitively prompted whether the ion generator works or not; the kitchen appliance can be provided with a button, and a user can click the button to start the ionizer, so that the experience of the user is improved.

Embodiment III:

an embodiment of the present utility model provides a kitchen appliance system, referring to a schematic structural diagram of a kitchen appliance system shown in fig. 5, the kitchen appliance system 100 includes a remote control device 20 and the kitchen appliance 10 described above. The remote control device 20 is in communication connection with a controller of the kitchen appliance 10; the remote control device is used for generating a remote control instruction; the controller is used for determining the state of the ionizer based on the remote control instruction.

The remote control device in this embodiment may be a remote controller, or may be an interactive device such as a mobile phone or a computer of a user. The user can generate a remote control instruction through the remote control device, so that the state of the ionizer is controlled.

It will be clear to those skilled in the art that, for convenience and brevity of description, the specific working process of the kitchen appliance system described above may refer to the corresponding process in the foregoing embodiment, which is not repeated herein.

In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model, and not for limiting the same; although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some or all of the technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit of the utility model.

Claims

1. A kitchen appliance, the kitchen appliance comprising: an ionizer, a lamp, and a controller; the ion generator and the lamp are connected with the controller; the ion generator and the lamp are arranged in a cavity of the kitchen appliance;

when the state of the ion generator is a working state, the ion generator is used for emitting electrons, and purifying the air in the cavity of the kitchen appliance through the electrons;

the controller is used for acquiring the state of the ionizer and the door state of the kitchen appliance, and determining the state of the lamp based on the state of the ionizer and the door state of the kitchen appliance; wherein, the state of ionizer includes operating condition and unoperated state, the door body state of kitchen appliance includes: a door open state and a door closed state.

2. The kitchen appliance of claim 1, wherein the ionizer is disposed on top of a liner of a cavity of the kitchen appliance.

3. The kitchen appliance of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to determine that the state of the ionizer is the operating state when the kitchen appliance is in a dry phase or an automatic ventilation phase.

4. A kitchen appliance according to claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to determine that the state of the light fixture is a breathing light state when the state of the ionizer is the operating state and the door state of the kitchen appliance is the door-open state;

when the state of the ionizer is the non-working state and the door body state of the kitchen electrical appliance is the door opening state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is a normally-on state;

when the door body state of the kitchen appliance is the door closing state, the controller is used for determining that the state of the lamp is an extinguishing state.

5. The kitchen appliance of any one of claims 1-4, further comprising: the display panel is connected with the controller; the display panel is used for displaying the state of the ionizer.

6. The kitchen appliance of any one of claims 1-4, further comprising: a fan and a heating element; the fan and the heating element are connected with the controller;

the controller is also used for controlling the fan and the heating element based on the door body state of the kitchen appliance.

7. The kitchen appliance of claim 6, further comprising: a sensor; the sensor is connected with the controller;

the sensor is used for detecting sensing data in the cavity of the kitchen appliance; wherein the sensing data includes temperature data and humidity data;

the controller is also configured to control the fan and the heating element based on the sensed data.

8. The kitchen appliance of any one of claims 1-4, further comprising: the button is connected with the controller;

the button is used for generating a control instruction of the ionizer;

the controller is also used for determining that the state of the ionizer is the working state based on the control instruction.

9. The kitchen appliance of claim 1, wherein the kitchen appliance comprises: a dishwasher.

10. A kitchen appliance system, characterized in that it comprises a remote control device and a kitchen appliance as claimed in any one of claims 1-9; the remote control device is in communication connection with a controller of the kitchen appliance;

the remote control device is used for generating a remote control instruction;

the controller is configured to determine a state of the ionizer based on the remote control command.