CN220297294U - Food processor - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a food processor comprising: a body defining a placement chamber thereon and a dish receiving area located below the placement chamber; the functional module is used for processing food materials, is arranged in the arranging cavity and is provided with a discharge hole for the processed food materials to flow out and is opposite to the vegetable receiving area; the dish receiving box can be pushed and pulled to enter and leave the dish receiving area; the pressing and ejecting device is arranged at a position on the machine body corresponding to the dish receiving area and is propped against the inner end of the dish receiving box, and in the process that the dish receiving box is continuously pressed twice by external force, the pressing and ejecting device can be switched from a retracted state to an ejected state to the retracted state, so that the dish receiving box is switched between a closed state accommodated in the dish receiving area and an open state ejected out of the dish receiving area. Connect dish box and press bullet device cooperation, the user just can realize the automatic closing and the opening action of connecing the dish box through pressing the dish box, convenient operation is swift, has improved user's use experience.

Description

Food processor

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of food material cutting and matching devices, in particular to a food processor.

Background

Food processors are mainly kitchen appliances used in the kitchen for processing food (food materials). Conventional food processors are functionally classified into a cutting and dispensing machine for cutting (e.g., slicing or dicing) food materials, a meat grinder for processing meat food materials, and the like. Taking a meat cutter as an example, the meat cutter generally comprises two groups of slicing knife assemblies, a meat comb and a driving device, wherein the blades on the two groups of slicing knife assemblies are arranged in a staggered manner, and comb teeth of the meat comb can extend between two adjacent blades to scrape meat slices stuck on the blades.

The utility model of China with the application number of CN98200965.8 (the authorized bulletin number is CN 2330474Y) discloses a meat cutter with a warm body, which consists of a case, a case cover and a cutter holder, wherein the upper side and the rear side of the case are open, but the rear side is fixed with a plate to form a closed rectangular three-dimensional case; the box comprises: the box cover is a cover body provided with a meat feeding funnel at the center, the rear edge of the box cover is pivotally connected with the upper edge of the rear side of the box body, and a group of movable buckles are arranged between the front edge of the box body and are buckled and combined with the box body accordingly; the frame-shaped plate of the case is fixedly arranged at the middle position of the inner side of the case body, and the cutter holder and the motor thereof are fixedly arranged according to the frame-shaped plate; the L-shaped plate is fixedly arranged on the lower side of the frame-shaped plate and forms a meat accommodating chamber.

However, a food processor such as the meat cutter in the above patent has a certain disadvantage in the actual use process, and the meat cutter only reserves a chamber for holding the food material after cutting and dispensing at the lower part of the case, which is very inconvenient for the user to take the food material, and in particular, the user needs to stretch his hand into the chamber, and the user easily touches the blade, thus having a certain potential safety hazard.

Therefore, there is a need for further improvements in existing food processors.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the current state of the art, the utility model provides the food processor which is convenient for a user to take the food materials after the cutting and the matching are finished and reduces the potential safety hazard.

The technical scheme adopted for solving the technical problems is as follows: a food processor comprising:

a body defining a placement chamber thereon and a dish receiving area located below the placement chamber;

the functional module is used for processing food materials, is arranged in the arranging cavity and is provided with a discharge hole for the processed food materials to flow out and is opposite to the vegetable receiving area;

the dish receiving box can be pushed and pulled to enter and leave the dish receiving area;

the pressing and ejecting device is arranged at a position on the machine body corresponding to the dish receiving area and is propped against the inner end of the dish receiving box, and in the process that the dish receiving box is continuously pressed twice by external force, the pressing and ejecting device can be switched from a retracted state to an ejected state to the retracted state, so that the dish receiving box is switched between a closed state accommodated in the dish receiving area and an open state ejected out of the dish receiving area.

The "push-pull manner" may refer to that the dish receiving box moves in and out of the dish receiving area in a linear movement manner, or may refer to that the dish receiving box moves in and out of the dish receiving area in a deflection movement manner around a set axis, or both movement manners. The "open state outside the pop-up dish receiving area" may refer to that a part of the dish receiving box is located at the outer side of the machine body, or may refer to that the whole of the dish receiving box is located at the outer side of the machine body.

In order to ensure that the dish receiving box can be well contained in the dish receiving area in a closed state and cannot be easily ejected, the pressing and ejecting device is provided with a driving end which is used for propping against the inner end of the dish receiving box, and the driving end of the pressing and ejecting device is connected with the inner end of the dish receiving box through a magnetic component which can enable the pressing and ejecting device and the inner end of the dish receiving box to be attracted together.

In order to realize the attraction between the spring pressing device and the dish receiving box, one of the driving end of the spring pressing device and the inner end of the dish receiving box is provided with a magnetic part, and the other one is provided with a magnetic conducting part which can be attracted with the magnetic part. The magnetic conduction piece can be an independent component arranged on the dish receiving box, or can be a part of the dish receiving box (for example, the part of the dish receiving box is made of a metal material which can be attracted by the magnetic piece), namely, the dish receiving box and the magnetic conduction piece are integrally designed.

In order to realize stable pulling and moving of the dish receiving box, the dish receiving box is arranged on the machine body in a sliding way through a sliding rail and enters and exits from a dish receiving area of the machine body.

Typically, the functional module may be fixed to the machine body, but in order to facilitate replacement and cleaning of the functional module, the functional module can be placed into and taken out of the placement chamber of the machine body.

In order to simplify the structure of the spring pressing device, as an improvement, the spring pressing device comprises:

the mounting seat is provided with a limit slideway which is opened at the front side and extends backwards, the inner wall of the limit slideway is provided with a movable groove which extends transversely, and a ball is arranged in the movable groove;

the sliding column is arranged in the limit slideway of the mounting seat in a front-back sliding way, a wall surface of the sliding column is provided with a first track groove, a second track groove and a third track groove which are connected end to end in sequence, the second track groove is positioned at the front part of the heart track groove and is partially recessed backwards to form a first stop part, the rear end of the first track groove is connected with the rear end of the third track groove to form a second stop part, and the rolling ball can be sequentially limited on the first stop part and the second stop part in the reciprocating movement process of the sliding column relative to the mounting seat, so that the sliding column has an ejection state of stretching relative to the mounting seat and a retraction state of retracting relative to the mounting seat;

the elastic piece is arranged in the movable groove of the mounting seat, acts on the sliding column and enables the sliding column to have a tendency of popping up relative to the mounting seat all the time.

In order to prevent a user from forgetting to push the dish receiving box into the dish receiving area, a micro switch for detecting whether the dish receiving box is placed in place in a closed state is further arranged in the dish receiving area of the machine body at a position corresponding to the rear end of the dish receiving box. The micro-switch can be electrically connected with the driving device of the food processor so that the driving device can be started only when the dish receiving box is pushed into the dish receiving area, and can also be connected with the alarm, and the alarm reminds a user in a sound and/or light mode when the condition that the dish receiving box is not pushed into the dish receiving area is detected.

As an improvement, the side part of the machine body is provided with an opening communicated with the placement cavity at a position corresponding to the dish receiving area, and the dish receiving box enters and exits the dish receiving area through the opening.

As an improvement, the functional module is one of a meat cutting module, a slicing module, a shredding module and a dicing module;

the machine body is provided with a driving device, and the functional module is in transmission connection with the power output end of the driving device in a state that the functional module is placed on the machine body.

In order to simplify the combination of the driving device and realize that the functional module can be in transmission fit with the driving device when placed in place on the machine body, the driving device comprises a driving motor, a power output shaft of the driving motor stretches into a placement cavity of the machine body, and a driving gear is further arranged on the power output shaft of the driving motor;

the functional module is a meat cutting module, the meat cutting module comprises a fixed seat and two slicing knife assemblies, the fixed seat is provided with a working cavity, the two slicing knife assemblies are all arranged in the working cavity and are oppositely arranged, each slicing knife assembly comprises a rotating shaft which can be rotatably arranged on the fixed seat and blades which are sequentially arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft of at least one slicing knife assembly is meshed with the driving gear through a gear transmission assembly.

As an improvement, the dish receiving box comprises a dish box body and a dish, wherein the dish box body is provided with a dish containing area formed by partially sinking, and the dish can be placed on the dish containing area of the dish box body and taken down from the dish containing area. The structural design of the dish receiving box enables the dish box body to be used for containing food, and a user can automatically select to place the dish on the dish box body (the concave part of the dish containing area of the dish box body can also realize positioning of the dish) to contain food.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that: after the cutting and matching processing is finished, the dish receiving box can be moved out of the dish receiving area to take out food materials, and a user does not need to stretch hands into the cavity, so that the potential safety hazard of touching the blade is eliminated. Especially, connect dish box and press the bullet device cooperation, the user just can realize the automatic closing and the opening action of connecing the dish box through pressing the dish box, convenient operation is swift, has improved user's use experience.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a food processor in accordance with an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a food processor according to an embodiment of the present utility model (the serving box is in an open state);

fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a food processor according to an embodiment of the present utility model (functional modules are separated);

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a housing according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the machine body according to the embodiment of the present utility model with a top cover plate omitted;

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view of a spring pressing device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 7 is an exploded view of a spring-loaded device according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a spring-loaded device according to an embodiment of the present utility model (in a retracted state);

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of a spring-loaded device (in an ejected state) according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a sliding column of the spring pressing device according to the embodiment of the utility model;

fig. 11 is a cross-sectional view of a food processor in accordance with an embodiment of the present utility model.

Detailed Description

The utility model is described in further detail below with reference to the embodiments of the drawings.

In the description and claims of the present utility model, terms indicating directions, such as "front", "rear", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "side", "top", "bottom", etc., are used to describe various example structural parts and elements of the present utility model, but these terms are used herein for convenience of description only and are determined based on the example orientations shown in the drawings. Because the disclosed embodiments of the utility model may be arranged in a variety of orientations, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting, such as "upper" and "lower" are not necessarily limited to being in a direction opposite or coincident with the direction of gravity.

Referring to fig. 1-11, a food processor includes a body 10 and a functional module 20 disposed on the body 10. The functional module 20 is used for processing food materials, and may specifically be one of a meat cutting module, a slicing module, a shredding module, and a dicing module, referring to fig. 11, a meat cutting module for slicing meat is shown.

The body 10 is generally square in shape and has a receiving chamber 11, a dish receiving area 12 below the receiving chamber 11, and a receiving chamber 13 disposed adjacent to the receiving chamber 11. The placement chamber 11 is used for placing the functional module 20, the top of the placement chamber 11 is provided with an opening, and the functional module 20 can be placed into the placement chamber 11 through the opening at the top and locked by screw fixation or other locking means. The dish receiving area 12 is provided with a dish receiving box 30, the side part of the machine body 10 is provided with an opening correspondingly communicated with the dish receiving area 12, and the dish receiving box 30 can enter the dish receiving area 12 and be moved out of the dish receiving area 12 through the opening at the side part of the machine body 10 in a push-pull mode.

Referring to fig. 5, the housing chamber 13 of the body 10 is used for housing the driving means. The driving device of this embodiment is a driving motor 14, and the main body of the driving motor 14 is placed in the accommodating chamber 13, and the output shaft thereof extends horizontally. The end of the output shaft extends into the receiving chamber 11 and is coaxially journalled with a drive gear 140. After the functional module 20 is installed or placed in place in the placement chamber 11, the functional module 20 can be in transmission connection with the driving gear 140, thereby driving the functional module 20 to execute a corresponding food processing action.

Referring to fig. 11, the body 10 is further provided with a spring device 40 at a position corresponding to the dish receiving area 12, and the spring device 40 is specifically located below the accommodating chamber 13 of the body 10 and abuts against the inner end (i.e., the side away from the opening of the accommodating chamber 11) of the dish receiving box 30. Due to the retraction and ejection working characteristics of the push device 40, the push device 40 (the push device 40 is also pushed) can be switched from the retraction state to the ejection state to the retraction state in the process that the dish receiving box 30 is continuously pushed twice by external force, so that the dish receiving box 30 is switched between the closed state accommodated in the dish receiving area 12 and the open state outside the dish receiving area 12.

Referring to fig. 6 to 10, the elastic device 40 includes a mounting seat 41, a sliding column 43, and an elastic member 44. The mounting seat 41 may be fixed to the body 10 by screws. The mounting seat 41 is provided with a limit slide 411 which is opened at the front side and extends backwards, the inner wall of the limit slide 411 is provided with a movable groove 412 which extends transversely (namely along the width direction of the limit slide 411), the movable groove 412 is provided with a ball 42, and the diameter of the ball 42 is basically consistent with the groove width of the movable groove 412, so that the ball 42 can move linearly along the movable groove 412.

The cross section of the sliding column 43 is square, and correspondingly, the cross section of the limiting slideway 411 of the mounting seat 41 is also square. The sliding column 43 is slidably disposed in the limit slide 411 of the mounting seat 41. The elastic member 44 is disposed at the rear side of the limiting slide 411, and the elastic member 44 is selected as a spring, which abuts against the inner end of the sliding post 43, and causes the sliding post 43 to always have a tendency to pop out relative to the mounting seat 41. The wall surface of the sliding column 43 facing the movable slot 412 of the mounting seat 41 is provided with a heart-shaped track slot 430, and the heart-shaped track slot 430 comprises a first track slot 431, a second track slot 432 and a third track slot 433 which are connected end to end in sequence. Wherein, the positions where the first track groove 431, the second track groove 432 and the third track groove 433 are connected are provided with limit steps, so that the balls 42 of the heart-shaped track groove 430 can roll along the heart-shaped track groove 430 in a unidirectional circulation manner during the reciprocating sliding process of the sliding column 43 relative to the mounting seat 41. Specifically, the second track groove 432 is located at the front of the heart-shaped track groove 430 and partially recessed rearward to form a first stop portion 434, and the rear end of the first track groove 431 forms a second stop portion 435 at a position where it meets the rear end of the third track groove 433. During the reciprocating movement of the sliding column 43 relative to the mounting seat 41, the balls 42 can be sequentially limited on the first stop portion 434 and the second stop portion 435, when the balls 42 are limited at the position of the first stop portion, the sliding column 43 is in a retracted state retracted relative to the mounting seat 41, and when the balls 42 are limited at the position of the second stop portion, the sliding column 43 is in an ejected state extended relative to the mounting seat 41.

The outer end of the sliding column 43 of the push-and-pull device 40 (i.e., the driving end of the push-and-pull device 40) may be provided with a magnetic member (not shown), the inner end of the dish-receiving box 30 may be provided with a magnetic member 33 at a position corresponding to the outer end of the sliding column 43, and specifically, the magnetic member 33 may be a metal sheet capable of being attracted by the magnetic member, and the metal sheet may be adhered to the inner side wall of the dish-receiving box 30. The magnetic conductive member 33 and the magnetic member together form a magnetic attraction assembly. The arrangement of the magnetic component ensures that the dish receiving box 30 can be well contained in the dish receiving area 12 in the closed state and cannot be easily ejected out, and plays a certain locking role. When the user presses the dish receiving box 30 to make the dish receiving box 30 ejected, the dish receiving box 30 is only partially exposed relative to the machine body 10 under the suction action of the magnetic component, and the dish receiving box 30 cannot be ejected outwards quickly and completely, so that the food in the dish receiving box 30 is prevented from scattering.

The functional module 20 of the present embodiment is exemplified as a meat cutting module, which includes a fixing base 21 and two slicing knife assemblies 22. The fixing base 21 is generally square. The fixing seat 21 is hollow to form a working chamber 210 for placing the slicing knife assembly 22, specifically, the working chamber 210 is penetrated up and down, a feeding port 211 is formed at the top of the working chamber 210, and a discharging port 212 is formed at the bottom. The outlet 212 of the functional module 20 is opposite the receiving area 12.

The two cutter blade assemblies are disposed between and oppositely disposed risers 213 of the mounting base 21. Specifically, each slicing knife assembly 22 includes a rotating shaft 221 and blades 222 sequentially arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 221, wherein the rotating shaft 221 is horizontally extended, two ends of the rotating shaft 221 are respectively connected to two vertical plates 213 in a rotating manner, and then specifically, one end of the rotating shaft 221 penetrates out of one vertical plate 213 and is coaxially connected with a gear 23, and the gear 23 can be meshed with a driving gear 140 on the output shaft of the external driving motor 14, so that the rotation can be driven by the external driving motor 14. Gears are connected to the rotary shafts 221 of the two slicing knife assemblies 22, and the two gears are meshed to be capable of synchronously rotating in opposite directions. A first gap is formed between two adjacent blades 222 on the shaft 221 of each slicing knife assembly 22. Specifically, the blades 222 on two slicing knife assemblies 22 are staggered in sequence along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 221, that is, the blade 222 of one slicing knife assembly 22 extends into the first gap of the other slicing knife assembly 22 correspondingly.

A cover plate is arranged at the top opening of the accommodating chamber 13, and fig. 5 is a structure of the machine body 10 after the cover plate is omitted. As can be seen from fig. 5, the accommodating chamber 13 is further provided with a micro switch 15, and the triggering end of the micro switch 15 extends into the adjacent dish receiving area 12 and abuts against the rear end of the dish receiving box 30, so that the micro switch 15 can identify the dish receiving box 30 when the dish receiving box 30 is placed in place in the closed state. Specifically, the micro-switch 15 of the present embodiment may be electrically connected to a driving device of the food processor so that the driving device can be started only when the dish receiving box 30 is pushed into the dish receiving area 12, and the micro-switch 15 may also be connected to an alarm, so that the alarm may sound and/or light to remind the user when detecting that the dish receiving box 30 is not pushed into the dish receiving area 12, so as to prevent the user from forgetting to push the dish receiving box 30 into the dish receiving area 12.

Referring to fig. 11, the dish receiving box 30 includes a box body 31 and a dish 32. The dish containing area 310 is formed by recessing the middle part of the dish box body 31, and the dish 32 can be placed on the dish containing area 310 of the dish box body 31 and removed from the dish containing area 310. The bottom shape of the dish 32 is matched with the shape of the dish containing area 310 of the dish box body 31, and when the dish 32 is placed on the concave part of the dish containing area 310 of the dish box body 31, the positioning of the dish 32 can be realized, so that the dish 32 is prevented from shaking or toppling. Of course, the dish 32 can be omitted directly, and the dish containing area 310 of the dish box body 31 can be used for containing food.

The left side and the right side of the bottom of the dish receiving box 30 are respectively arranged on the bottom wall of the dish receiving area 12 of the machine body 10 in a sliding way through two groups of sliding rails 34, so that the dish receiving box 30 can stably slide under the action of the spring pressing device 40.

Claims (11)

1. A food processor comprising:

a body (10) defining a housing chamber (11) thereon and a receiving area (12) located below the housing chamber (11);

the functional module (20) is used for processing food materials and is arranged in the arranging cavity (11), and the functional module (20) is provided with a discharge hole (212) for the processed food materials to flow out and is opposite to the vegetable receiving area (12);

characterized by further comprising:

a dish receiving box (30) which can be pushed and pulled to enter and leave the dish receiving area (12);

the spring pressing device (40) is arranged at a position on the machine body (10) corresponding to the dish receiving area (12) and is propped against the inner end of the dish receiving box (30), and in the process that the dish receiving box (30) is continuously pressed twice by external force, the spring pressing device (40) can be switched from a retracted state to an ejected state to the retracted state, so that the dish receiving box (30) is switched between a closed state accommodated in the dish receiving area (12) and an open state ejected out of the dish receiving area (12).

2. The food processor of claim 1, wherein: the spring pressing device (40) is provided with a driving end which is used for propping against the inner end of the dish receiving box (30), and the driving end of the spring pressing device (40) is connected with the inner end of the dish receiving box (30) through a magnetic attraction component which can attract the two components together.

3. The food processor of claim 2, wherein: one of the driving end of the spring pressing device (40) and the inner end of the dish receiving box (30) is provided with a magnetic part, and the other is provided with a magnetic conducting part (33) which can be attracted with the magnetic part.

4. The food processor of claim 1, wherein: the dish receiving box (30) is arranged on the machine body (10) in a sliding way through a sliding rail (34) and enters and exits from a dish receiving area (12) of the machine body (10).

5. The food processor of claim 1, wherein: the functional module (20) can be placed into a receiving chamber (11) of the machine body (10) and removed from the receiving chamber (11).

6. Food processor according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the spring-pressing means (40) comprise:

the mounting seat (41) is provided with a limit slide way (411) which is opened at the front side and extends backwards, a movable groove (412) which extends transversely is formed in the inner wall of the limit slide way (411), and a ball (42) is arranged in the movable groove (412);

a sliding column (43) which is slidably arranged in a limit slideway (411) of the mounting seat (41) back and forth, a heart-shaped track groove (430) which can be used for limiting the balls (42) in a one-way circulation sliding way is formed on the wall surface of the sliding column (43), the heart-shaped track groove (430) comprises a first track groove (431), a second track groove (432) and a third track groove (433) which are connected end to end in sequence, the second track groove (432) is positioned at the front part of the heart-shaped track groove (430) and is partially recessed backwards to form a first stop part (434), the rear end of the first track groove (431) forms a second stop part (435) at a position which is connected with the rear end of the third track groove (433), and the balls (42) can be limited on the first stop part (434) and the second stop part (435) in sequence in the reciprocating movement process of the sliding column (43) relative to the mounting seat (41), so that the sliding column (43) has a relative retracted state (41) and a relative retracted state;

and the elastic piece (44) is arranged in the movable groove (412) of the mounting seat (41), acts on the sliding column (43), and enables the sliding column (43) to always have a tendency to pop out relative to the mounting seat (41).

7. Food processor according to any of the claims 1-5, characterized in that: the dish receiving area (12) of the machine body (10) is also provided with a micro switch (15) which is used for detecting whether the dish receiving box (30) is placed in place in a closed state or not at a position corresponding to the rear end of the dish receiving box (30).

8. Food processor according to any of the claims 1-5, characterized in that: the side part of the machine body (10) is provided with an opening communicated with the placement cavity (11) at a position corresponding to the dish receiving area (12), and the dish receiving box (30) enters and exits the dish receiving area (12) through the opening.

9. Food processor according to any of the claims 1-5, characterized in that: the functional module (20) is one of a meat cutting module, a slicing module, a shredding module and a dicing module;

the machine body (10) is provided with a driving device, and the functional module (20) is in transmission connection with the power output end of the driving device in a state that the functional module (20) is placed on the machine body (10).

10. The food processor of claim 9, wherein: the driving device comprises a driving motor (14), a power output shaft of the driving motor (14) stretches into a placement cavity (11) of the machine body (10), and a driving gear (140) is further arranged on the power output shaft of the driving motor (14);

the utility model provides a meat cutting module, cuts meat module including fixing base (21) and two slicing knife subassembly (22), fixing base (21) have work cavity (210), and two slicing knife subassembly (22) are all located in work cavity (210), and the relative arrangement, every slicing knife subassembly (22) including can rotate locate pivot (221) on fixing base (21) and blade (222) of following the axial interval arrangement in proper order of pivot (221), pivot (221) of at least one slicing knife subassembly (22) pass through gear drive subassembly with driving gear (140) meshing.

11. Food processor according to any of the claims 1-5, characterized in that: the dish receiving box (30) comprises a box body (31) and a dish (32), wherein the box body (31) is provided with a dish containing area (310) formed by locally sinking, and the dish (32) can be placed on the dish containing area (310) of the box body (31) and taken down from the dish containing area (310).