TWI636754B - Pad interconnectable with similar pads for forming an insulation pad - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a mat material which can be spliced to each other to form a heat insulating mat. The mat material comprises a main body, at least one first joint groove, at least one second joint groove, at least one first joint piece and at least one second joint piece. . The first bonding piece of the mat is detachably coupled to the second bonding groove of a similar mat, and the first bonding groove of the mat is detachably coupled with the second bonding sheet of the similar mat. The mat can be easily interconnected with other similar mats to form a heat insulating mat that can be wrapped around the outside of the container, and the connection between the mats can be ensured to be firm and reliable.

Description

Mats that can be spliced to each other to form a thermal pad

The present invention relates to a mat which can be spliced to each other to form a heat insulating mat, and more particularly to a mat which can be spliced to each other to form a heat insulating mat which can be wrapped around the outside of the container.

For insulation and/or insulation, it is generally covered with a heat insulating mat around a container (such as a pot) containing hot soup or hot water. Conventional insulation/insulation mats are fixed in size, so consumers often need to purchase a variety of different sizes of insulation/insulation mats to provide containers of different sizes. However, the insulation mat surrounding the outer periphery of the container generally needs to have a considerable length and area. Therefore, if a large number of such large-area heat insulation/insulation mats are purchased in the household, in addition to wasting money, the collection is also Will take up a lot of space.

In the prior art, although the heat insulating mats which can be connected to each other are designed, the combined strength of the heat insulating mats after the joining is not sufficient, and therefore, generally only applicable to the heat insulation constituting the flat type. Pads are not suitable for insulating mats that form a cylindrical shape.

Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a mat that can be spliced to each other to form a thermal insulation mat that is bendable and detachably spliced with similar mats to combine to extend the desired size. Hot pad. Further, the mat is applied to a heat insulating mat constituting a cylindrical shape to be wrapped around the outside of the container, and the insulating mat is composed of a firm combination strength.

The mat constructed in accordance with the present invention can be joined to other similar mats to form a thermal pad. The mat comprises a main body, two first joint grooves, two second joint grooves, two first joint sheets and two second joint sheets. The main body includes a front surface and a back surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction. The main body defines a first side edge and a second side edge along a lateral direction. The first side edge extends outwardly with two first upper joint portions and a first lower joint portion, the two first upper joint portions and the two first lower joint portions are alternately spaced apart along a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction is perpendicular to the transverse direction and the thickness direction, and one of the first lower joint portions Between the two first upper joints, the second side edge has two second upper joint portions and two second lower joint portions, and the second second upper joint portion and the second second lower joint portion The longitudinally interlaced spaces are spaced apart, and one of the second lower joint portions is between the second and second upper joints. The two first coupling grooves are disposed on the main body and penetrate the back surface from the front surface, and the two first coupling grooves are adjacent to the first side edges and are respectively located at the inner ends of the two first upper joint portions, and the first joint grooves are respectively There is a cassette inside. The second joint groove is disposed on the main body and penetrates the back surface from the front surface, and the two second joint grooves are adjacent to the second side edge and are respectively located at inner ends of the second and second upper joint portions, and the second joint grooves are respectively There is a cassette inside. The two first bonding sheets are respectively disposed at the outer ends of the two first lower bonding portions and are respectively aligned with the two second coupling grooves in the lateral direction, and the bottoms of the first bonding sheets have a card slot. The two second bonding sheets are respectively disposed at the outer ends of the second lower bonding portions and are respectively aligned with the two first coupling grooves in the lateral direction, and the bottoms of the second bonding sheets have a card slot. When the first side of the mat is adjacent to the second side of a similar mat, the two first mats of the mat may be respectively inserted into the second joint grooves of the similar mat and the two The inner circumferences of the latches in the second joint groove can be respectively inserted into the slots of the two first joint sheets, and the second joint sheets of the similar mat material can be respectively inserted into the two first joint grooves of the mat material. The inner circumferences of the latches in the two first coupling slots can be respectively inserted into the slots of the two second bonding sheets.

In one embodiment, each of the first bonding sheets and each of the second bonding sheets includes a C-shaped outer periphery, the outer periphery of the first bonding sheet protruding from the first lower bonding portion, and the outer periphery of the second bonding sheet The edge of the first bonding piece is disposed at the bottom of the outer periphery of the first bonding piece, and the groove of the second bonding piece is disposed at the bottom of the outer periphery of the second bonding piece.

Preferably, each of the latches is C-shaped and a recess is formed between the top surface of each of the latches and the front surface of the body, and the bottom of the inner periphery of each of the latches has a slot.

Other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become apparent from

The preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described by way of example only, and not by way of limitation,

1 to 3 show a mat 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, which may be made of a material such as silicone or rubber such that the mat 10 is bendable and has a heat insulating effect. Furthermore, a plurality of mats 10 can be spliced to each other to form a thermal pad 12 (as shown in Figures 4-8).

The mat 10 includes a body 14 of a predetermined width, at least one first coupling groove 16 and at least one second coupling groove 18 , and at least one first bonding piece 20 and at least one second bonding piece 22 . In this embodiment, the mat 10 includes two first joint grooves 16 and two second joint grooves 18 and two first joint pieces 20 and two second joint pieces 22. The first coupling groove 16, the second coupling groove 18, the first bonding piece 20 and the second bonding piece 22 are respectively circular.

The body 14 includes a front side 24 and a back side 26 that are opposite in a thickness direction, and the body 14 defines a first side 28 and a second side 30 (see FIG. 1) along a lateral direction. The first side edge 28 extends outwardly with at least one first upper joint portion 32 and at least one first lower joint portion 34. The second side edge 30 extends outwardly with at least one second upper joint portion 36 and at least one first Two lower joints 38. In this embodiment, the first side edge 28 has two first upper joint portions 32 extending from the front surface 24 and two first lower joint portions 34 extending from the back surface 26 , the two first upper joint portions 32 and the second The first lower joint portion 34 is substantially rectangular and alternately spaced along a longitudinal direction, the longitudinal direction being perpendicular to the lateral direction and the thickness direction, and wherein a first lower joint portion 34 is located between the two first upper joint portions 32. . The second side 30 has two second upper joints 36 extending from the front surface 24 and two second lower joints 38 extending from the back surface 26 . The second upper joints 36 and the second lower joints 38 . The rectangles are generally rectangular and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction, and one of the second lower joints 38 is located between the second and second upper joints 36. Furthermore, the body 14 has a thickness between the front surface 24 and the back surface 26, and the body 14 has a thickness greater than the first upper joint portion 32, the first lower joint portion 34, the second upper joint portion 36, and the second lower joint portion. The individual thickness of 38. In this embodiment, the thickness of the first upper joint portion 32 plus the thickness of the second lower joint portion 38 is equal to the thickness of the main body 14, and the thickness of the second upper joint portion 36 is added to the first lower joint portion. The thickness of 34 is approximately equal to the thickness of the body 14. Preferably, the thicknesses of the first upper joint portion 32, the first lower joint portion 34, the second upper joint portion 36, and the second lower joint portion 38 are respectively half of the thickness of the body 14.

The first coupling groove 16 and the second coupling groove 18 are provided in the main body 14 and penetrate the back surface 26 from the front surface 24 . The two first coupling slots 16 are adjacent to the first side edges 28 and are respectively located at the inner ends of the two first upper joint portions 32, and the two second joint slots 18 are adjacent to the second side edges 30 and are respectively located at the second side The inner end of the upper joint portion 36. Each of the first coupling groove 16 and each of the second coupling grooves 18 has a latch 40, and a recess 42 is formed between the top surface of each of the latches 40 and the front surface 24 of the main body 14. In the present embodiment, the cassette 40 is substantially C-shaped, and the bottom of the inner periphery 44 of each of the cassettes 40 has a notch 46 such that the thickness of the inner periphery 44 of each of the cassettes 40 is thinned.

The two first bonding pieces 20 are respectively disposed at the outer ends of the two first lower bonding portions 34 and are respectively aligned with the two second coupling grooves 18 in the lateral direction, and the two second bonding pieces 22 are respectively disposed on the second The outer ends of the lower joint portions 38 are respectively aligned with the two first joint grooves 18 in the lateral direction. In this embodiment, each of the first bonding piece 20 and each of the second bonding pieces 22 includes a C-shaped outer peripheral edge 48, wherein the outer peripheral edge 48 of the first bonding piece 20 protrudes from the first lower bonding portion 34, and the second The second lower joint portion 38 is projected from the outer peripheral edge 48 of the bonding sheet 22. Furthermore, each of the first bonding sheet 20 and the bottom of the outer peripheral edge 48 of each of the second bonding sheets 22 has a card slot 50.

In Figures 4 to 6, the two mats 10, 10a are used to illustrate the mutual splicing between the plurality of mats of the present invention, wherein the mat 10a has a structure similar to that of the mat 10. When the first side 28 of the mat 10 abuts the second side 30 of the mat 10a, the two first bonding sheets 20 of the mat 10 can be respectively inserted into the second joint grooves 18 of the mat 10a. The two second bonding sheets 22 of the mat 10a can be combined and placed in the two first coupling grooves 16 of the mat 10 respectively. When the first bonding piece 20 is placed in the second coupling groove 18 (see FIG. 6), the outer peripheral edge 48 of the first bonding piece 20 is located on the cassette 40 inside the second coupling groove 18 and inside the cassette 40. The peripheral edge 44 is inserted into the card slot 50 of the first bonding piece 20 to engage. Similarly, when the mat members 10, 10a in Fig. 5 are bent and deformed in a ring shape so that the second side 30 of the mat member 10 abuts against the first side 28 of the mat member 10a (not shown), the mat member The two second bonding sheets 22 of the 10 can be respectively inserted into the two first coupling grooves 16 of the mat 10a, and the two first bonding sheets 20 of the mat 10a can be respectively inserted into the second second coupling grooves 18 of the mat 10 Internal combination. Similarly, when the second bonding piece 22 is inserted into the first coupling groove 16 (not shown), the outer peripheral edge 48 of the second bonding piece 22 is located on the cassette 40 inside the first coupling groove 16 and is jammed. The inner periphery 44 of the 40 is inserted into the card slot 50 of the second bonding piece 22 to engage.

According to the combination of FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, a plurality of mats 10 of the present invention are detachably spliced to each other to combine mats that extend into a larger area. Moreover, by the engagement of the cassette 40 with the card slot 50, the combination of the first bonding piece 20 (the second bonding piece 22) and the second coupling groove 18 (the first coupling groove 16) is relatively strong, and thus, After the mats 10 are spliced into a larger area of the mat, the mats of the larger area can be bent and combined into a cylindrical heat insulating mat 12 (see FIG. 7) for providing a container 52. (for example, pots) can be accommodated. As shown in FIG. 8, the heat insulating mat 12 is wrapped around the outer periphery of the container 52 to form a heat insulating and heat insulating mat.

As described above, the mat 10 of the present invention can select a desired amount of the mat 10 according to the size of the container 52 to be connected to a correspondingly sized insulating mat 12, which is not only suitable for the flat type. The insulation pad is also especially suitable for cylindrical insulation pads. In addition, since the thickness of the first upper joint portion 32 plus the thickness of the second lower joint portion 38 is equal to the thickness of the main body 14, the thickness of the second upper joint portion 36 plus the thickness of the first lower joint portion 34 is equal to Since the thickness of the main body 14 is such that the plurality of mats 10 are joined together, the thermal pad 12 has a flat surface.

The above description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the invention should be limited to the following claims. And the approximate structure should be included in the present invention.

10.10a‧‧‧Material

12‧‧‧Insulation pad

14‧‧‧ Subject

16‧‧‧First joint slot

18‧‧‧Second joint slot

20‧‧‧ first joint piece

22‧‧‧Second bond

24‧‧‧ positive

26‧‧‧ Back

28‧‧‧First side

30‧‧‧Second side

32‧‧‧The first upper joint

34‧‧‧ First joint

36‧‧‧Second upper joint

38‧‧‧Second lower joint

40‧‧‧Carmen

42‧‧‧ recess

44‧‧‧ inner circumference

46‧‧‧ Missing slots

48‧‧‧ outer periphery

50‧‧‧ card slot

52‧‧‧ Container

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a mat according to an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 shows a rear perspective view of the mat of Figure 1. Figure 3 shows a transverse cross-sectional view and a partial enlarged view of the mat of Figure 1. Figure 4 shows a schematic view of the two mats of Figure 1 being spliced together. Fig. 5 is a schematic view showing the splicing of the mat of Fig. 4; Figure 6 shows a cutaway view and a partial enlarged view taken along line 6-6 of Figure 5. Figure 7 shows a schematic view of a plurality of the mats of Figure 1 joined to form a cylindrical insulating mat to accommodate a pan. Figure 8 shows a schematic view of the insulating pad of Figure 7 surrounding the periphery of the pan.

Claims (6)

A mat material that can be joined to other similar mat materials, the mat material comprising: a body comprising a front side and a back side opposite to each other in a thickness direction, the body defining a first side edge and a section along a lateral direction Two first upper joint portions and two first lower joint portions extend outwardly from the two sides, and the two first upper joint portions and the two first lower joint portions are staggered along a longitudinal direction. The longitudinal direction is perpendicular to the lateral direction and the thickness direction, and one of the first lower joint portions is between the two first upper joint portions, and the second side edge extends outwardly to have two second upper joint portions and two second portions a lower joint portion, the two second upper joint portions and the two second lower joint portions are alternately spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction, and one of the second lower joint portions is between the two second upper joint portions; a groove is disposed in the main body and penetrates the back surface from the front surface. The two first coupling grooves are adjacent to the first side edge and are respectively located at the inner ends of the two first upper joint portions, and the inside of each of the first joint grooves has a a second coupling groove provided in the main body and being provided by the front surface The second bonding groove is adjacent to the second side edge and is respectively located at the inner ends of the two second upper bonding portions, and each of the second bonding grooves has a latch; and the first bonding piece is respectively The second end of the first lower joint portion is disposed in the lateral direction, and the bottom of each of the first joint sheets has a card slot; and two second joint sheets are respectively disposed at The outer ends of the second lower joints are respectively aligned with the two first joint grooves in the lateral direction, and the bottoms of the second joint sheets have a card slot, wherein the first side of the mat is similar to one When the second side of the mat is adjacent, the two first joints of the mat may be respectively inserted into the second joint grooves of the similar mat and the inner circumference of the cassette in the second joint grooves may be Inserting into the slots of the two first bonding sheets respectively, the second bonding sheets of the similar mats can be respectively inserted into the two first coupling grooves of the mat and the latches in the two first coupling slots The inner circumference can be inserted into the card slots of the two second bonding sheets respectively. The mat according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second bonding sheets comprises a C-shaped outer periphery, the outer periphery of the first bonding sheet protruding from the first lower bonding portion, the second bonding The outer peripheral edge of the sheet protrudes from the second lower joint portion, the card slot of the first joint sheet is disposed at the bottom of the outer peripheral edge of the first joint sheet, and the card slot of the second joint sheet is disposed at the outer circumference of the second joint sheet The bottom of the edge. According to the mat of claim 2, wherein each of the latches is C-shaped and a recess is formed between the top surface of each of the latches and the front surface of the body, and the bottom of the inner periphery of each of the latches has a slot. The mat according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the first upper joint portion plus the thickness of the second lower joint portion is equal to the thickness of the main body, and the thickness of the second upper joint portion is added to the first lower portion. The thickness of the joint is approximately equal to the thickness of the body. The mat according to claim 1, wherein the two first upper joints and the second upper joints extend from a front surface of the main body, and the two first lower joints and the second lower joints Extending from the back of the body. The mat according to claim 1, wherein the first joint groove, the second joint groove, the first joint sheet and the second joint sheet are respectively circular.