CN220308963U - Shell assembly and air fryer with same - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a shell assembly and an air fryer. The housing assembly includes: the upper shell comprises an upper shell body and a buffer piece, and the buffer piece is connected to the upper shell body; the lower shell comprises a lower shell body and a supporting piece, the supporting piece is connected to the lower shell body, the upper shell body is pivotally connected with the lower shell body, when the upper shell body is located at a first limit position, the upper shell body and the lower shell body are in an open state, the buffering piece is abutted to a first limit portion of the supporting piece, when the upper shell body is located at a second limit position, the upper shell body and the lower shell body are in a closed state, and the buffering piece is abutted to a second limit portion of the supporting piece. The shell assembly slows down the rotation speed of the upper shell body relative to the lower shell body through the matching of the first limiting part and the second limiting part of the buffer part and the supporting part, so that the upper shell body is prevented from being damaged due to collision with the lower shell body when the upper shell body rotates to the first limiting position and the second limiting position, and the service life of the shell assembly is prolonged.

Description

Shell assembly and air fryer with same

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to a shell assembly and an air fryer with the shell assembly.

Background

An air fryer is a cooking appliance integrating an oven and a blowing system, and mainly blows the heat of a heating pipe to the surface of food through the internal blowing system, so that the flow of hot air in a cooking cavity of the air fryer is quickened.

In the prior art, the air fryer mostly adopts a flip-type structure or a drawer-type structure, parts such as a heating pipe and a motor are usually arranged in an upper shell of the flip-type air fryer, when the upper shell is opened, a user bears the weight of the parts such as the heating pipe and the motor arranged in the upper shell except the weight of the upper shell, so that the user needs to provide larger force to open the upper shell, when the upper shell reaches a limit position, the upper shell and the parts in the upper shell are heavier, the upper shell and the lower shell are easy to collide, the upper shell and the lower shell are easy to damage, the service lives of the upper shell and the lower shell are influenced, and meanwhile, if the upper shell and the lower shell collide, the user is also subjected to vibration transmitted by the upper shell if the user is in a contact state, so that the user experience is influenced.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model aims to at least solve the problem that the shell is easy to damage when the existing air fryer is opened and closed. The aim is achieved by the following technical scheme:

in a first aspect the present utility model provides a housing assembly for a lower housing of an air fryer, the housing assembly comprising:

the upper shell comprises an upper shell body and a buffer piece, and the buffer piece is connected to the upper shell body;

the lower shell comprises a lower shell body and a supporting piece, wherein the supporting piece is connected to the lower shell body, the upper shell body is in pivot connection with the lower shell body, when the upper shell body is in a first limit position, the upper shell body is in an open state with the lower shell body, the buffering piece is in butt joint with the first limit part of the supporting piece, when the upper shell body is in a second limit position, the upper shell body is in a closed state with the lower shell body, and the buffering piece is in butt joint with the second limit part of the supporting piece.

According to the shell assembly provided by the embodiment of the utility model, the upper shell body and the lower shell body are matched with the first limiting part and the second limiting part of the supporting piece through the buffer piece, so that the rotating speed of the upper shell body relative to the lower shell body is slowed down, the upper shell body and the lower shell body are prevented from being collided when the upper shell body rotates to the first limit position and the second limit position, the upper shell body and the lower shell body are prevented from being damaged, and the service lives of the upper shell body and the lower shell body are prolonged. Meanwhile, the vibration of the upper shell body generated in the use process of a user is slowed down, and the use experience of the user is improved.

In addition, the shell assembly according to the embodiment of the utility model can also have the following technical characteristics:

in some embodiments of the utility model, the upper housing further comprises a connecting member, the connecting member is connected with the upper housing body, the buffer member is embedded in the connecting member, and the buffer member protrudes out of the connecting member.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the cushioning member is a rubber member.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the support member is connected to a top of the lower case body, and the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are spaced apart in a height direction of the case assembly.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the first limit portion is located above the second limit portion.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the first limiting portion and the second limiting portion are protruding from the supporting member.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the housing assembly further includes an elastic member, the upper housing body and the lower housing body are respectively connected with the elastic member, the elastic member is in a natural state when the upper housing body and the lower housing body are in an open state, and the elastic member is in a compressed state when the upper housing body and the lower housing body are in a closed state.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, one end of the elastic member extends into the upper case body, and the other end of the elastic member abuts against the lower case body.

In some embodiments of the utility model, the elastic member is a torsion spring.

In a second aspect, the utility model provides an air fryer comprising a housing assembly according to any of the embodiments described above.

Drawings

Various other advantages and benefits will become apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art upon reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments. The drawings are only for purposes of illustrating the preferred embodiments and are not to be construed as limiting the utility model. Also, like reference numerals are used to designate like parts throughout the figures. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the overall structure of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the air fryer shown in FIG. 1 (with the housing assembly in an open state);

fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 2;

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the air fryer shown in FIG. 1 (with the housing assembly in a closed state);

fig. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion B of fig. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a portion of the air fryer shown in FIG. 1.

The various references in the drawings are as follows:

1000. an air fryer;

100. a housing assembly; 101. an accommodation space;

10. an upper housing; 11. an upper case body; 12. a buffer member; 13. a connecting piece;

20. a lower housing; 21. a lower case body; 22. a support; 221. a first limit part; 222. a second limit part;

30. an elastic member;

40. a rotating shaft.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

It is to be understood that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only, and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," and "including" are inclusive and therefore specify the presence of stated features, steps, operations, elements, and components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, steps, operations, elements, components, and groups thereof.

Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as "first," "second," and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the example embodiments.

For ease of description, spatially relative terms, such as "inner," "outer," "lower," "below," "upper," "above," and the like, may be used herein to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. Such spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" or "over" the other elements or features. Thus, the example term "below … …" may include both upper and lower orientations. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or in other directions) and the spatial relative relationship descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

As shown in fig. 1-6, a first aspect of the present utility model provides a housing assembly 100 for an air fryer 1000, the housing assembly 100 comprising: the upper shell 10 and the lower shell 20, specifically, the upper shell 10 includes an upper shell body 11 and a buffer member 12, the buffer member 12 is connected to the upper shell body 11, the lower shell 20 includes a lower shell body 21 and a support member 22, the support member 22 is connected to the lower shell body 21, the upper shell body 11 is pivotally connected to the lower shell body 21, when the upper shell body 11 is at a first limit position, the upper shell body 11 and the lower shell body 21 are in an open state, the buffer member 12 is abutted to a first limit portion 221 of the support member 22, when the upper shell body 11 is at a second limit position, the upper shell body 11 and the lower shell body 21 are in a closed state, and the buffer member 12 is abutted to a second limit portion 222 of the support member 22.

According to the housing assembly 100 of the embodiment of the utility model, the upper housing body 11 is pivotally connected with the lower housing body 21, and when the upper housing body 11 rotates to a first limit position relative to the lower housing body 21, the buffer member 12 abuts against the first limit portion 221 of the supporting member 22, so as to limit the upper housing body 11 to rotate relative to the lower housing body 21; when the upper case body 11 rotates to the second limit position relative to the lower case body 21, the buffer member 12 abuts against the second limit portion 222 of the supporting member 22, thereby limiting the relative rotation of the upper case body 11 relative to the lower case body 21. In the process of rotating the upper shell body 11 to the first limit position, the position relationship between the buffer member 12 and the first limit part 221 is gradually changed from non-contact, contact and abutting to slow down the rotation speed of the upper shell body 11 relative to the lower shell body 21 until the upper shell body 11 stops rotating relative to the lower shell body 21; in the process of rotating the upper shell body 11 to the second limit position, the position relationship between the buffer member 12 and the second limit portion 222 is gradually changed from non-contact, contact and abutting to slow down the rotation speed of the upper shell body 11 relative to the lower shell body 21 until the upper shell body 11 stops rotating relative to the lower shell body 21.

According to the upper shell body 11 and the lower shell body 21 of the embodiment of the utility model, the rotation speed of the upper shell body 11 relative to the lower shell body 21 is slowed down through the cooperation of the buffer piece 12 and the first limiting part 221 and the second limiting part 222 of the support piece 22, so that the upper shell body 11 and the lower shell body 21 are prevented from collision when the upper shell body 11 rotates to the first limiting position and the second limiting position, the upper shell body 11 and the lower shell body 21 are prevented from being damaged, and the service lives of the upper shell body 11 and the lower shell body 21 are prolonged. Meanwhile, vibration of the upper shell body 11 generated in the using process of a user is slowed down, and the using experience of the user is improved.

It should be understood that the first limit position of the upper case body 11 refers to a position where the upper case body 11 cannot continue to rotate during the process of converting the upper case body 11 and the lower case body 21 from the closed state to the open state. The second limit position of the upper case body 11 refers to the position of the upper case body 11 when the upper case body 11 and the lower case body 21 are in a closed state.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the upper housing 10 further includes a connecting member 13, the upper housing body 11 is connected to the connecting member 13, the connecting member 13 is disposed at the bottom of the upper housing body 11, the connecting member 13 is near the pivot connection between the lower housing body 21 and the upper housing body 11, and the connecting member 13 is used for accommodating the buffer member 12.

Specifically, the connecting member 13 is formed with a groove structure, and a part of the buffer member 12 is embedded in the groove of the connecting member 13, and the groove of the connecting member 13 provides a small contraction space for the buffer member 12, so that the buffer member 12 is elastically deformed to some extent. The rest of the buffer member 12 is located outside the groove, i.e. the rest of the buffer member 12 protrudes from the connecting member 13, so that the part of the buffer member 12 located outside the groove contacts the first limiting portion 221 or the second limiting portion 222 of the supporting member 22.

Specifically, the buffer member 12 is a rubber member, and the rubber member has a certain elastic deformation, and when the rubber member abuts against the first limiting portion 221 or the second limiting portion 222, the rubber member deforms to a certain extent, so that the upper shell body 11 is prevented from being in direct rigid contact with the lower shell body 21, the direct vibration of the upper shell body 11 and the lower shell body 21 is slowed down, and the upper shell body 11 and the lower shell body 21 are prevented from being damaged due to collision.

In other embodiments of the present utility model, the buffer member 12 may be a spring, which has a certain elastic deformation, and when the spring abuts against the first limiting portion 221 or the second limiting portion 222, the spring deforms to avoid the rigid contact between the upper housing body 11 and the lower housing body 21, so as to slow down the direct vibration between the upper housing body 11 and the lower housing body 21, and avoid the damage caused by the collision between the upper housing body 11 and the lower housing body 21.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the supporting member 22 is connected to the top of the lower case body 21, and the supporting member 22 is close to the pivot connection between the upper case body 11 and the lower case body 21, the supporting member 22 may also be used to support the rotating shaft 40 of the upper case body 11 and the lower case body 21, that is, the rotating shaft 40 is disposed on the supporting member 22, so that the upper case body 11 and the lower case body 21 may be pivotally connected. At the same time, support 22 is disposed on the outside of bumper 12 in the inside-to-outside direction of air fryer 1000 to provide a more compact and aesthetically pleasing appearance to housing assembly 100.

The direction of the air fryer 1000 from inside to outside in the present embodiment refers to the direction in which the accommodating space 101 formed by the housing assembly 100 of the air fryer 1000 faces the outer wall of the housing assembly 100.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the first limiting portion 221 and the second limiting portion 222 are spaced apart along the height direction of the housing assembly 100, so as to provide a certain movement space for the buffer member 12. The first and second limiting portions 221 and 222 may be spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to the height direction of the housing assembly 100. One skilled in the art may arrange the positions of the first and second stopper portions 221 and 222 according to the space within the housing assembly 100.

Specifically, when the first limiting portion 221 and the second limiting portion 222 are arranged at intervals along the height direction of the housing assembly 100, the first limiting portion 221 is located above the second limiting portion 222. When the upper case body 11 rotates from the first limit position to the second limit position, the buffer 12 moves from the first limit portion 221 located above to the second limit portion 222 located below; when the upper case body 11 is rotated from the second limit position toward the first limit position, the buffer 12 is moved from the second limit portion 222 located below toward the first limit portion 221. Further, the first limiting portion 221 is located outside the second limiting portion 222 along the direction from inside to outside of the housing assembly 100.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the first limiting portion 221 and the second limiting portion 222 protrude from the supporting member 22, that is, the first limiting portion 221 and the second limiting portion 222 are of a protruding structure, and when the buffer member 12 gradually moves towards the first limiting portion 221 or the second limiting portion 222, the buffer member 12 gradually contacts with the protruding structure until the buffer member 12 abuts against the protruding structure and cannot continue to act.

In other embodiments of the present utility model, the first limiting portion 221 and the second limiting portion 222 may be two ends of the groove, the buffer member 12 moves in the groove, when the buffer member 12 moves to either end of the groove, the buffer member 12 contacts the end of the groove until the buffer member 12 contacts the end, and the buffer member 12 contacts the end of the groove due to a certain elastic deformation of the buffer member 12, so as to reduce the moving speed of the buffer member 12 and reduce the vibration generated by the impact between the buffer member 12 and the end of the groove.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, the housing assembly 100 further includes an elastic member 30, specifically, the elastic member 30 is connected to the upper housing body 11, and the elastic member 30 is connected to the lower housing body 21, when the upper housing body 11 and the lower housing body 21 are in an open state, the elastic member 30 is in a natural state, at this time, the elastic member 30 is not in a compressed state nor in a stretched state, when the upper housing body 11 and the lower housing body 21 are in a closed state, the elastic member 30 is in a compressed state, and when the upper housing body 11 and the lower housing body 21 are in a closed state, the elastic member 30 is converted from the compressed state to the natural state, and an elastic force generated by the compression of the elastic member 30 is gradually reduced until 0. The elastic force generated by the compression of the elastic member 30 provides a certain auxiliary effect for the upper case body 11 to rotate to the open state, so that the user can make the upper case body 11 and the lower case body 21 in the open state with a small force. Even if the weight of the upper case body 11 and the heating pipe, motor and other parts inside the upper case body is large, under the action of the elastic member 30, the user can easily open the upper case body 11, thereby improving the use experience of the user.

In some embodiments of the present utility model, one end of the elastic member 30 extends to the inside of the upper housing body 11, and a corresponding limiting structure is provided in the upper housing body 11 to prevent the elastic member 30 from being separated from the upper housing body 11. The other end of the elastic member 30 abuts against the lower case body 21, specifically, a part of the lower case body 21 is located outside the support member 22, and the other end of the elastic member 30 abuts against a part of the lower case body 21 located outside the support member 22. Further, the elastic member 30 is sleeved on the rotating shaft 40, and the position of the elastic member 30 is limited by the rotating shaft 40. In some embodiments of the present utility model, the elastic member 30 is a torsion spring, one end of the torsion spring extends into the upper housing body 11, the other end of the torsion spring abuts against the outer side of the lower housing body 21, and the torsion spring is sleeved on the rotating shaft 40.

A second aspect of the present utility model contemplates an air fryer 1000, the air fryer 1000 comprising a housing assembly 100 according to any of the embodiments described above.

According to the air fryer 1000 of the embodiment of the utility model, the air fryer 1000 comprises a housing assembly 100, specifically, an upper housing body 11 and a lower housing body 21 of the housing assembly 100, and the rotation speed of the upper housing body 11 relative to the lower housing body 21 is slowed down through the cooperation of a buffer member 12 and a first limit part 221 and a second limit part 222 of a supporting member 22, so that the upper housing body 11 is prevented from colliding with the lower housing body 21 when the upper housing body 11 rotates to a first limit position and a second limit position, the upper housing body 11 and the lower housing body 21 are prevented from being damaged, and the service lives of the upper housing body 11 and the lower housing body 21 are prolonged. Meanwhile, vibration of the upper shell body 11 generated in the using process of a user is slowed down, and the using experience of the user is improved.

The present utility model is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily understood by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present utility model are intended to be included in the scope of the present utility model. Therefore, the protection scope of the present utility model shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. A housing assembly for an air fryer, the housing assembly (100) comprising:

an upper housing (10), wherein the upper housing (10) comprises an upper housing body (11) and a buffer member (12), and the buffer member (12) is connected to the upper housing body (11);

inferior valve body (20), inferior valve body (20) include inferior valve body (21) and support piece (22), support piece (22) connect in inferior valve body (21), epitheca body (11) with inferior valve body (21) pivoted connection, epitheca body (11) are in when first extreme position, epitheca body (11) with inferior valve body (21) are open state, bolster (12) butt in first spacing portion (221) of support piece (22), epitheca body (11) are in when second extreme position, epitheca body (11) with inferior valve body (21) are closed state, bolster (12) butt in second spacing portion (222) of support piece (22).

2. The housing assembly according to claim 1, wherein the upper housing (10) further comprises a connecting member (13), the connecting member (13) is connected with the upper housing body (11), the buffer member (12) is embedded in the connecting member (13), and the buffer member (12) protrudes from the connecting member (13).

3. The housing assembly according to claim 2, wherein the cushioning member (12) is a rubber member.

4. The housing assembly according to claim 1, wherein the support member (22) is connected to the top of the lower housing body (21), and the first stopper portion (221) and the second stopper portion (222) are arranged at intervals in the height direction of the housing assembly (100).

5. The housing assembly according to claim 4, wherein the first stop (221) is located above the second stop (222).

6. The housing assembly according to claim 5, wherein the first and second limiting portions (221, 222) each protrude from the support (22).

7. The housing assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the housing assembly (100) further comprises an elastic member (30), the upper housing body (11) and the lower housing body (21) are respectively connected with the elastic member (30), the elastic member (30) is in a natural state when the upper housing body (11) and the lower housing body (21) are in an open state, and the elastic member (30) is in a compressed state when the upper housing body (11) and the lower housing body (21) are in a closed state.

8. The housing assembly according to claim 7, wherein one end of the elastic member (30) extends into the upper housing body (11), and the other end of the elastic member (30) abuts against the lower housing body (21).

9. The housing assembly according to claim 8, wherein the elastic member (30) is a torsion spring.

10. An air fryer characterized in that the air fryer (1000) comprises a housing assembly (100) according to any one of claims 1 to 9.