CN209846948U - Upper cover assembly of cooking utensil and cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a cooking utensil's upper cover subassembly and cooking utensil, the upper cover subassembly includes: an upper cover body; the locking piece is arranged on the upper cover body and can be switched between a locking position and an unlocking position; an operating member movable relative to the upper cover body; the driving part is connected with the operating part so as to move under the driving of the operating part, and a first insection is arranged on the driving part; the transmission gear is a multi-stage transmission gear and comprises a driving gear part and a driven gear part which are arranged up and down, and the driving gear part is meshed with the first gear grains to rotate under the driving of the driving part; the follower, the follower links to each other with the retaining member, and the follower is equipped with the second insection, and the second insection is in order to remove and drive the retaining member switching under driven gear portion's drive with driven gear portion's meshing. According to the utility model discloses upper cover subassembly passes through the operating parts and removes the position switching that realizes the retaining member, and user operation is more laborsaving.

Description

Upper cover assembly of cooking utensil and cooking utensil

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of cooking utensil technique and specifically relates to a cooking utensil's upper cover subassembly and cooking utensil are related to.

Background

In the related art, the cooking appliance opens and closes the cover by rotating the handle, and a user needs to provide a rotating torque in the process of opening and closing the cover, so that the operation is laborious.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, the utility model provides a cooking utensil's upper cover subassembly, the upper cover subassembly passes through the operating parts and removes the realization lid that opens and shuts, and user operation is more laborsaving.

The utility model discloses still provide a cooking utensil who has above-mentioned upper cover subassembly.

According to the utility model discloses cooking utensil's upper cover subassembly includes: an upper cover body; the locking piece is arranged on the upper cover body and can be switched between a locking position and an unlocking position; an operating member which is movable relative to the upper cover body and whose movement locus includes at least one of a straight line and an arc line; the driving part is arranged on the upper cover body and connected with the operating part so as to move relative to the upper cover body under the drive of the operating part, and a first insection is arranged on the driving part; the transmission gear is a multi-stage transmission gear and comprises a driving gear part and a driven gear part which are arranged up and down, and the driving gear part is meshed with the first gear grains so as to be driven by the driving part to rotate relative to the upper cover body; the follower, the follower is located the upper cover body and with the retaining member links to each other, the follower is equipped with the second insection, the second insection with driven gear portion mesh with the driven gear portion remove and drive under the drive of driven gear portion the retaining member switches.

According to the utility model discloses cooking utensil's upper cover subassembly can realize that the retaining member switches between latched position and unblock position through operating parts removal, realizes the lid that opens and shuts, and easy operation is convenient, and is more laborsaving to drive gear can realize the power transmission between driving part and the follower and the conversion of power direction, and driving part and follower mutually noninterfere are favorable to improving transmission efficiency, compact structure.

In addition, the upper cover assembly of the cooking utensil according to the above embodiments of the present invention may also have the following additional technical features:

according to the utility model discloses some embodiments's upper cover subassembly, the tooth footpath of initiative gear part is less than the tooth footpath of driven gear part.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the transmission gear further comprises: the connecting plate is arranged between the driving gear part and the driven gear part, the lower end of the driving gear part is connected with the upper surface of the connecting plate, and the upper end of the driven gear part is connected with the lower surface of the connecting plate.

Further, the upper cover body is provided with a gear installation shaft, the transmission gear is provided with an installation hole extending from the driven gear part to the driving gear part, and the gear installation shaft is inserted in the installation hole.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the central skew of drive gear the center of upper cover body and line between them are followed the moving direction of initiative piece extends.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the driven member includes an arc-shaped plate body, and the second gear is disposed on a side of the arc-shaped plate body and faces the transmission gear.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the second insection is followed the circumference of upper cover body extends and the central angle that extension length corresponds is less than or equal to 90 degrees.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the upper cover body is provided with a driven guide portion, and the driven member is provided with a driven guide fitting portion fitted with the driven guide portion to provide guidance when the driven member rotates.

Further, driven direction cooperation portion is for setting up the first surrounding edge of arc plate body both sides, driven direction portion is for setting up the second surrounding edge of upper cover body.

The utility model discloses an in some embodiments, be equipped with on the upper cover body be used for with what the retaining member was connected is curved dodges the mouth, the follower includes the round pin axle, the round pin axle is worn to establish dodge in the mouth and connect respectively the retaining member with the follower, the follower orientation the one side of retaining member is equipped with the chimb.

Furthermore, the driven piece is provided with a shaft hole, the pin shaft is arranged on the locking piece, and the free end of the pin shaft is inserted into the shaft hole.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the active part comprises: the transmission gear comprises a main body part, wherein one end of the main body part in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the driving piece is provided with a mounting convex part protruding downwards, and the first insection is arranged on the side surface, facing the transmission gear, of the mounting convex part.

Further, the lower surface of the main body part is provided with a mounting groove with a downward opening, one side wall of the mounting groove is formed into the mounting convex part, and the driving gear part extends into the mounting groove and is meshed with the first gear on one side of the driving gear part.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, the upper surface of initiative gear portion is provided with the spacing portion of angle, the neighbouring of initiative piece the one end of initiative gear portion is provided with dodges the breach, the spacing portion of angle is located dodge the breach and be in two rotation limit positions of initiative gear portion respectively with the border of dodging the breach offsets.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the upper cover body is provided with an active guide portion, the active member is provided with an active guide fitting portion fitted to the active guide portion, so that the active member provides a guide when moving.

Further, the upper cover body includes the inner cup, the drive piece install in the inner cup, the initiative guide part includes that two are located the upper surface of inner cup and parallel arrangement's direction muscle, the both sides of drive piece are provided with the step face including first face and second face, the step face forms initiative direction cooperation portion, first face with the second face respectively with the top surface and the medial surface of direction muscle offset.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the upper cover body is provided with a gear limiting portion, and the gear limiting portion is disposed around at least a part of the circumferential direction of the transmission gear.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the upper cover body comprises: the face lid, the operating parts is located the upside of face lid, the initiative piece is located the downside of face lid, the face lid is equipped with and is used for making the operating parts with the face lid that the coupling part of initiative piece wore to establish dodges the mouth, the face lid dodge the border of mouth with coupling part contactless.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the upper cover body comprises: a face cover; the inner cup, the inner cup is located the downside of face lid and with the face lid links to each other, the follower with drive gear all is located the inner cup with between the face lid, the retaining member is located the downside of inner cup, the inner cup is equipped with and dodges the mouth, the retaining member with the coupling part of follower wears to locate dodge the mouth.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the operating member is fixed to the driving member through a fastener, wherein the operating member is provided with a fixing hole, the driving member is provided with a fixing column, the fixing column is inserted into the fixing hole, a fastening hole is provided in the fixing column, one end of the fastener is fixed in the fastening hole, and the other end of the fastener abuts against the upper edge of the fixing hole.

According to the utility model discloses cooking utensil includes according to the utility model discloses cooking utensil's upper cover subassembly, the upper cover subassembly lid is located cooking utensil's pot body subassembly, the retaining member is in the latched position with it is rotatable between the unblock position, the retaining member is in it when the latched position with pot body subassembly lock just is located when it is in with pot body subassembly breaks away from the lock when the unblock position.

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

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of an upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 1 at circle A;

fig. 3 is a top view of an upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 3 at circle B;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the operating member, driving member, transmission gear and driven member of the upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a driving member, a transmission gear and a driven member of an upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is an angular schematic view of the upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the upper cover assembly is not included;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of another angle of the upper cover assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged schematic view of FIG. 8 at circle C;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a state of a cooking appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another state of the cooking appliance according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

a cooking appliance 300; a pan body assembly 200;

an upper cover assembly 100;

an upper cover body 10; a gear mounting shaft 11; a driven guide portion 12; an active guide portion 13; an inner lid 14; an avoidance port 141; a face cover 15; a face cover escape opening 151; a gear position limiting portion 16;

a retaining member 20; a pin 21;

an operating member 30; a fixing hole 301;

an active member 40; a first insection 401; avoiding the notch 402; a mounting groove 403; an active guide fitting portion 41; a fixed post 42; fastening holes 421; a body portion 43; a mounting boss 44;

a transmission gear 50; mounting holes 501; a drive gear part 51; a driven gear portion 52; the connecting plate 53; an angle limiting portion 54;

a follower 60; a second toothing 601; a shaft hole 602; a driven guide engagement portion 61; a flange 62; an arc-shaped plate body 63;

a fastener 70.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Numerous changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made herein by those skilled in the art without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

The upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking appliance 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to fig. 1, an upper cover assembly 100 of a cooking appliance 300 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: the upper cover comprises an upper cover body 10, a locking member 20, an operating member 30, a driving member 40, a transmission gear 50 and a driven member 60.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1, the locker 20 may be provided to the upper cover body 10, and the locker 20 may be switched between the locking position and the unlocking position. It should be noted that, here, when the locking member 20 is switched between the locking position and the unlocking position, the locking member 20 can rotate around the axis to realize the position switching, and the locking member 20 can move relative to the radial direction to realize the position switching, which is within the protection scope of the present invention.

In addition, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the operation member 30 is movable relative to the upper cover body 10, the active member 40 may be provided on the upper cover body 10, and the active member 40 may be movable relative to the upper cover body 10 by the operation member 30. As shown in fig. 2, 4 and 5, the transmission gear 50 is rotatably provided to the upper cap body 10, and the transmission gear 50 is a multi-stage transmission gear including a driving gear part 51 and a driven gear part 52, the driving gear part 51 and the driven gear part 52 being arranged up and down. The driving member 40 is provided with a first insection 401, and the driving gear part 51 can be engaged with the first insection 401, so that the transmission gear 50 can be driven by the driving member 40 to rotate relative to the upper cover body 10. Follower 60 can be located in upper cover body 10, and follower 60 is connected with retaining member 20, and follower 60 is equipped with second insection 601, and second insection 601 can mesh with driven gear portion 52, makes follower 60 can move or rotate under driven gear portion 52 to drive retaining member 20 and switch between latched position and unlatched position.

For example, in the example shown in fig. 1 to 3, the moving track of the operating member 30 extends in the front-rear direction, and the user can rotate the locking member 20 between the locking position and the unlocking position by pushing and pulling the operating member 30 to open and close the cover. Alternatively, the operating member 30 may be a handle.

When a user pushes the operating member 30, so that the operating member 30 moves backward in fig. 1 relative to the upper cover body 10, the operating member 30 can drive the driving member 40 to move backward relative to the upper cover body 10, the first tooth pattern 401 of the driving member 40 cooperates with the driving gear part 51 to drive the driving gear part 51 to rotate, the driving gear part 51 drives the connected driven gear part 52 to rotate, the driven gear part 52 cooperates with the second tooth pattern 601 to drive the driven member 60 to rotate, and the driven member 60 further drives the locking member 20 to rotate around the axis to the locking position along the first direction, so as to realize cover closing.

When a user pulls the operating element 30, so that the operating element 30 moves forward relative to the upper cover body 10 as shown in fig. 1, the operating element 30 can drive the driving element 40 to move forward relative to the upper cover body 10, the first tooth pattern 401 of the driving element 40 cooperates with the driving gear part 51 to drive the driving gear part 51 to rotate in reverse, the driving gear part 51 drives the connected driven gear part 52 to rotate in reverse, the driven gear part 52 cooperates with the second tooth pattern 601 to drive the driven element 60 to rotate in reverse, and the driven element 60 further drives the locking element 20 to rotate around the axis in a second direction opposite to the first direction to an unlocking position, so as to open the cover.

Of course, the direction in which the operation member 30 moves includes, but is not limited to, the front-back direction shown in fig. 1 and 3, and may be a left-right direction, a direction inclined to the front-back direction, or the like. In the process of opening and closing the cover, a user only needs to slide the operating part 30, the driving part 40, the transmission gear 50, the driven part 60 and the locking part 20 are matched, the movement of the operating part 30 can be converted into the movement or rotation of the locking part 20, the user does not need to provide torsional moment, the operation is more labor-saving, the operation is easy, and the transmission structure is simple and compact.

In addition, when the motion of the driving member 40 is transmitted to the driven member 60, the driving gear 50 functions as an idle member to initiate a power transmission function and a power direction conversion function, so that the movement of the driving member 40 can be converted into the movement or rotation of the driven member 60. And the driving part 40 is matched with the driving gear part 51, the driven part 60 is matched with the driven gear part 52, and the driving part 40 and the driven part 60 are respectively matched with different parts to realize transmission, so that the position interference between the driving part 40 and the driven part 60 can be prevented, and the transmission efficiency can be improved. And in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the transmission gear 50, the driving member 40 and the driven member 60 are arranged more compactly, so that the occupied space can be reduced.

Alternatively, the moving trajectory of the operating member 30 with respect to the upper cover body 10 may include at least one of a straight line and an arc line, as long as the requirement for opening and closing the cover by the movement of the operating member 30 is satisfied. For example, the operating member 30 may be linearly movable in the forward-backward direction shown in fig. 1, linearly movable, movable in an arc relative to the forward-backward direction shown in fig. 1, or movable in both a linear movement and an arc relative to the forward-backward direction shown in fig. 1.

It should be noted that, in the present invention, opening the lid is not generally considered to open the opening of the pot body assembly 200 of the cooking device 300 by opening the lid assembly 100, and closing the lid is not considered to close the opening of the pot body assembly 200 of the cooking device 300 by closing the lid assembly 100. When the locking member 20 is in the locking position by closing the lid, the upper cover assembly 100 is locked with the pot body assembly 200 of the cooking utensil 300, and the upper cover assembly 100 cannot be separated from the pot body assembly 200; when the locking member 20 is unlocked by opening the cover, the upper cover assembly 100 is unlocked from the pot assembly 200 of the cooking utensil 300, and the upper cover assembly 100 can move relative to the pot assembly 200 to be separated from the pot assembly 200. In the embodiment where pan body assembly 200 is hinged to upper cover assembly 100, separation of upper cover assembly 100 from pan body assembly 200 may be understood as rotation of upper cover assembly 100 about the hinge axis to open the opening of pan body assembly 200.

According to the utility model discloses cooking utensil 300's upper cover subassembly 100 moves through operating parts 30 and can realize retaining member 20 and switch between latched position and unblock position, realizes the lid that opens and shuts, and easy operation is convenient, and is more laborsaving to drive 40 and follower 60 pass through drive gear 50 transmission power, can realize the conversion of power direction, and drive 40 and follower 60 mutually noninterfere are favorable to improving transmission efficiency, compact structure, and transmission structure occupation space is littleer.

Optionally, in the embodiment that the rotation of the follower 60 drives the locking member 20 to rotate, the connection position between the follower 60 and the locking member 20 does not pass through the rotation axis of the locking member 20, thereby increasing the moment arm of the rotation of the locking member 20 driven by the follower 60, so that the driving force required by the follower 60 to drive the locking member 20 to rotate is smaller, and further the force required by the user to operate the operation member 30 to slide is smaller, and the user operation is more labor-saving.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 2, 4 and 5, the tooth diameter of the driving gear part 51 is smaller than that of the driven gear part 52. Accordingly, when the movement distance or the rotation angle of the lock member 20 is constant during opening and closing of the lid, the movement path of the operation member 30 is shorter, the user operation is easier and less labor-intensive, and the movement path of the operation member 30 is prevented from being too large to interfere with other components (e.g., an exhaust valve) of the upper lid assembly 100.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, 4 and 5, the transmission gear 50 may further include a connection plate 53, the connection plate 53 may be disposed between the driving gear part 51 and the driven gear part 52, the lower end of the driving gear part 51 may be connected to the upper surface of the connection plate 53, and the upper end of the driven gear part 52 may be connected to the lower surface of the connection plate 53. The driving gear part 51 transmits rotation to the driven gear part 52 through the connecting plate 53, the structure is simple and firm, the transmission efficiency is high, the connecting plate 53 can separate the first tooth marks 401 of the driving member 40 and the second tooth marks 601 of the driven member 60, the position deviation of the driving member 40 and the driven member 60 along the axial direction of the transmission gear 50 is prevented, and the first tooth marks 401 and the second tooth marks 601 interfere to influence the transmission.

Further, as shown in fig. 2 and 7, the upper cover body 10 may be provided with a gear mounting shaft 11, the transmission gear 50 may be provided with a mounting hole 501, the mounting hole 501 may extend from the driven gear part 52 to the driving gear part 51, the gear mounting shaft 11 may be inserted into the mounting hole 501, so that the driving gear part 51 and the driven gear part 52 may rotate coaxially, and the deviation is not easy to occur, the structure of the transmission gear 50 is simpler, and the connection structure of the transmission gear 50 and the upper cover body 10 is also simpler.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 7, the center of the transmission gear 50 is deviated from the center of the upper cover body 10, so that the distance between the matching position of the transmission gear 50 and the driven member 60 and the center of the upper cover body 10 is larger, which is beneficial to increasing the force arm of the driven member 60 for driving the locking member 20 to rotate, and the user operation is more labor-saving. And the connecting line of the center of the transmission gear 50 and the center of the upper cover body 10 extends along the moving direction of the driving part 40, the transmission structure is simpler, the transmission efficiency is higher, and the jamming is not easy to occur when the movement of the driving part 40 is converted into the rotation of the transmission gear 50.

For example, as shown in fig. 1 and 7, the center of the transmission gear 50 may be located at the front side of the center of the upper cover body 10, a line connecting the center of the transmission gear 50 and the center of the upper cover body 10 may extend in the front-rear direction, and the moving direction of the active member 40 also extends in the front-rear direction, so that the transmission structure and the operation member 30 are closer to the user and the user's operation is easier. And the size of the operating member 30 can be smaller, which is not only beneficial to reducing the cost, but also makes the structure of the upper cover assembly 100 simpler and not easy to interfere with other structures.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5, the driven member 60 may include an arc-shaped plate body 63, the second insection 601 may be disposed at a side of the arc-shaped plate body 63, and the second insection 601 is disposed toward the transmission gear 50, so that the second insection 601 is engaged with the transmission gear 50.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the second insection 601 extends along the circumferential direction of the upper cover body 10, and the central angle corresponding to the extending length of the second insection 601 is less than or equal to 90 degrees. From this, the rotation axis of follower 60 and the rotation axis coincidence of retaining member 20, it is easier that follower 60 drives retaining member 20 and rotates in order to realize the position switching to the turned angle of follower 60 is littleer, and the length of the removal orbit of operating parts 30 is littleer, and user operation is simpler, and the size of follower 60 is also littleer, is favorable to reducing occupation space, makes the structure of upper cover subassembly 100 more succinct compact, also is favorable to reduction in production cost.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, 5 and 7, the upper cover body 10 may be provided with the driven guide portion 12, the driven member 60 may be provided with the driven guide fitting portion 61, and the driven guide fitting portion 61 may be fitted with the driven guide portion 12 to provide guidance when the driven member 60 rotates. The follower 60 moves more smoothly and is not easy to deviate and deflect, so that the cover can be opened and closed more smoothly. Alternatively, the driven guide part 12 can be a driven guide rib, and the driven guide rib can extend into an arc shape, so that the structure is simple and the processing is easy.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, the driven guide engagement portion 61 may be first surrounding edges disposed at both sides of the arc-shaped plate body 63, and the two first surrounding edges define a groove with the arc-shaped plate body 63. As shown in fig. 6, the driven guide part 12 may be a second peripheral edge provided on the upper cover body 10. As shown in fig. 2, the second skirt may extend into the recess and the second skirt may cooperate with mutually opposite sides of the two first skirts to provide guidance for the follower 60. The guide structure is simple, the driven guide matching part 61 is matched with the driven guide part 12 in a surface mode, and the guide effect is better.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5 and 7, the upper cover body 10 may be provided with an active guiding portion 13, the active part 40 may be provided with an active guiding matching portion 41, and the active guiding matching portion 41 is matched with the active guiding portion 13 to provide guidance when the active part 40 moves. The driving part 40 moves more smoothly, and is not easy to deviate and deflect, so that the cover can be opened and closed more smoothly.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 7, the upper cover body 10 may include the inner cover 14, and the active member 40 may be mounted on the inner cover 14. The active guide portion 13 may include two guide ribs, which are provided on the upper surface of the inner lid 14 and are arranged in parallel. As shown in fig. 5 and 6, both sides of the driving member 40 may be respectively provided with a step surface, and the step surfaces may be formed as driving guide engagement portions 41. The step face comprises a first face and a second face, and when the guide ribs are matched with the step face, the first face and the second face can respectively abut against the top face and the inner side face of each guide rib (namely the opposite side faces of the two guide ribs). Therefore, the active guide part 13 can support the active part 40, and has a good guiding effect, and the active guide part 13 can limit the active part 40 in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the operating part 30.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 6, the upper cover body 10 may be provided with a gear limiting portion 16, the gear limiting portion 16 may be disposed around at least a part of the circumference of the transmission gear 50 to limit the transmission gear 50, so as to prevent the transmission gear 50 from deviating, and when the transmission gear 50 is assembled, the gear limiting portion 16 may guide the transmission gear 50, so that the transmission gear 50 is aligned more accurately with the upper cover body 10. Alternatively, the gear position restricting portion 16 may be a position restricting rib.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, the driving member 40 may include a main body portion 43, one end of the main body portion 43 in a horizontal direction perpendicular to a moving direction of the driving member 40 may be provided with a mounting protrusion 44, the mounting protrusion 44 protrudes downward, and the first insection 401 may be provided on a side of the mounting protrusion 44 facing the transfer gear 50. Therefore, when the transmission gear 50 is matched with the first insection 401, at least one part of the transmission gear 50 can be positioned below the main body part 43, so that the size of the transmission structure in the horizontal direction is reduced, the occupied space is reduced, and the structure is more compact.

Further, as shown in fig. 5, the lower surface of the main body portion 43 may be provided with a mounting groove 403 opening downward, and one of the side walls of the mounting groove 403 may be formed as the mounting projection 44. The driving gear part 51 can extend into the mounting groove 403 and mesh with the first tooth pattern 401 on one side of the driving gear part 51 to further make the transmission structure more compact, and the mounting groove 403 can protect the driving gear part 51 and prevent the driving gear part 51 from being affected and stuck.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 5 and 6, at least one end of the active member 40 in the moving direction of the active member 40 may be provided with an avoidance notch 402 to avoid structures (e.g., exhaust valves, etc.) located at both sides of the active member 40, so that the structure is more compact.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6, an upper surface of the driving gear part 51 may be provided with an angle limiting part 54, one end of the driving member 40 adjacent to the driving gear part 51 may be provided with an escape notch 402, and the angle limiting part 54 may be provided with the escape notch 402. In the two rotation limit positions of the driving gear part 51, the angle limiting parts 54 can respectively abut against the edges of the escape notches 402 to limit the rotation angle of the driving gear part 51, further limit the moving distance of the operating part 30, further limit the rotation angle of the locking part 20 between the unlocking position and the locking position, and prevent the operating part 30 from being disengaged from the upper cover body 10 due to the excessively large moving distance.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, 2, 7 and 8, the upper cover body 10 may include: the face cover 15, the operation member 30 can be located on the upper side of the face cover 15, so that the user can operate the operation member 30. The driving member 40 may be located at the lower side of the face cover 15, so that the driving member 40 is not exposed, the appearance of the upper cover assembly 100 is more concise and beautiful, and the transmission structure is not easily damaged.

In addition, as shown in fig. 8 and 9, the face cover 15 may be provided with a face cover avoiding opening 151, a connection portion of the operating member 30 and the driving member 40 may be inserted into the face cover avoiding opening 151, and the connection portion of the operating member 30 and the driving member 40 is not in contact with an edge of the face cover avoiding opening 151, and during the movement of the operating member 30, there is no friction between the connection portion of the operating member 30 and the driving member 40 and the edge of the face cover avoiding opening 151, so that the frictional resistance may be reduced, and the user operation is more labor-saving.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the upper cover body 10 may include a face cover 15 and an inner cover 14, the inner cover 14 may be disposed at a lower side of the face cover 15, and the inner cover 14 may be connected to the face cover 15. The driven member 60 and the transmission gear 50 may be both located between the inner lid 14 and the face cover 15, so that neither the driven member 60 nor the transmission gear 50 is exposed, the upper cover assembly 100 has a simpler and more attractive appearance, and the driving member 40 may also be located between the face cover 15 and the inner lid 14. Retaining member 20 may be located on the underside of inner lid 14 to facilitate locking with pan assembly 200 of cooking appliance 300. As shown in fig. 7, the inner lid 14 may be provided with an escape opening 141, and a connection portion of the locking member 20 and the follower 60 may be inserted through the escape opening 141, so that the connection structure is simple.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2 and 8, the operating member 30 may be fixed to the driving member 40 by a fastening member 70, wherein the operating member 30 may be provided with a fixing hole 301, the driving member 40 may be provided with a fixing post 42, the fixing post 42 is inserted into the fixing hole 301, and the fixing post 42 may be provided with a fastening hole 421. One end of the fastening member 70 may be fixed in the fastening hole 421, and the other end of the fastening member 70 may abut against the upper peripheral edge of the fixing hole 301, so as to realize the connection between the operating member 30 and the active member 40, and the connection between the operating member 30 and the active member 40 is simple and firm and is not easy to loosen.

In some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, an avoiding opening 141 may be provided on the upper cover body 10, the upper cover body 10 may be connected to the locking member 20 through the avoiding opening 141, and the avoiding opening 141 is arc-shaped, so that the locking member 20 may rotate relative to the upper cover body 10. In the embodiment where the driven guide portion 12 is a second peripheral edge, the second peripheral edge may be disposed at the outer periphery of the arc-shaped escape opening 141.

In addition, the upper cover assembly 100 may further include a pin 21, the pin 21 may pass through the avoiding opening 141, and the pin 21 may be connected to the locking member 20 and the follower 60, respectively, so as to achieve a fixed connection between the locking member 20 and the follower 60, and the connection structure is simple and firm.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 7, the follower 60 may be provided with a shaft hole 602, the pin 21 may be provided on the locker 20, and the free end of the pin 21 may be inserted into the shaft hole 602 of the follower 60 to connect the follower 60 and the locker 20.

In other embodiments, retaining member 20 can be provided with an axial hole 602, pin 21 can be disposed on follower 60, and pin 21 can be inserted into axial hole 602 of retaining member 20, which can also achieve the connection between follower 60 and retaining member 20.

In addition, as shown in fig. 5, a side of the follower 60 facing the locking member 20 may be provided with a flange 62, for example, the flange 62 may be disposed at a lower edge of the shaft hole 602, when the pin 21 is inserted into the shaft hole 602, the flange 62 may be engaged with the pin 21, the flange 62 may increase an engaging area of the follower 60 and the pin 21, so as to improve a driving force of the follower 60 on the locking member 20, and the flange 62 may improve a structural strength of the follower 60, so that the follower 60 has a firmer structure.

Optionally, in some embodiments, the lid assembly 100 may include an operating button. When locking member 20 is in the unlocked position, operating member 30 does not block the operating button, and the user can operate the operating button, so that cover assembly 100 can be separated from pan body assembly 200, and the opening of pan body assembly 200 can be opened. When the locking member 20 is in the locking position, the operating member 30 may be located above the operating button to hide the operating button and disable the user to operate, and at this time, the upper cover assembly 100 only presents the operating member 30 for the user to operate, and the user does not touch the operating button by mistake and the problems of incorrect opening and closing of the cover, incorrect opening of the cover, and the like occur. When a user needs to open the opening of the pot body assembly 200, only one operation mode is adopted, namely firstly sliding the operation member 30 and then operating the operation button, so that the operation member 30 and the operation button are prevented from being exposed at the same time, the user does not know which operation is firstly performed, and the use is safer and simpler.

The cooking appliance 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the upper cover assembly 100 of the cooking appliance 300 according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 10 and 11, upper cover assembly 100 may be covered on pan body assembly 200 of cooking utensil 300, and locker 20 may be rotated between a locked position and an unlocked position. Retaining member 20 can be snapped onto pan assembly 200 when retaining member 20 is in the locked position, and retaining member 20 can be disengaged from pan assembly 200 when retaining member 20 is in the unlocked position. The connecting structure of the locking member 20 and the pot body assembly 200 is simple and firm, and the cover is easy to open and close.

Because according to the utility model discloses cooking utensil 300's upper cover subassembly 100 has above-mentioned profitable technological effect, consequently according to the utility model discloses cooking utensil 300 removes through operating parts 30 and can realize retaining member 20 and switch between latched position and unblock position, realizes the lid that opens and shuts, easy operation is convenient, and is more laborsaving, and drive part 40 passes through drive gear 50 transmission power with follower 60, can realize the conversion of power direction, drive part 40 and follower 60 mutually noninterfere are favorable to improving transmission efficiency, compact structure.

Optionally, retaining member 20 has the lock tooth, and retaining member 20 passes through the mutual lock of lock tooth and pot body assembly 200's outer pot, and the lock tooth can be 2-6, has both guaranteed the firm degree of retaining member 20 with outer pot lock, makes retaining member 20 pivoted angle between unblock position and latched position less again, and user's slip operating parts 30's removal orbit is shorter, and the operation is more simple laborsaving. For example, in some embodiments, the fastening teeth may be 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

Other constructions and operations of the cooking appliance 300 and the upper cover assembly 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "embodiment," "specific embodiment," "example," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples without interference or contradiction.

Claims (21)

1. An upper cover assembly for a cooking appliance, comprising:

an upper cover body;

the locking piece is arranged on the upper cover body and can be switched between a locking position and an unlocking position;

an operating member which is movable relative to the upper cover body and whose movement locus includes at least one of a straight line and an arc line;

the driving part is arranged on the upper cover body and connected with the operating part so as to move relative to the upper cover body under the drive of the operating part, and a first insection is arranged on the driving part;

the transmission gear is a multi-stage transmission gear and comprises a driving gear part and a driven gear part which are arranged up and down, and the driving gear part is meshed with the first gear grains so as to be driven by the driving part to rotate relative to the upper cover body;

the follower, the follower is located the upper cover body and with the retaining member links to each other, the follower is equipped with the second insection, the second insection with driven gear portion mesh with the driven gear portion remove and drive under the drive of driven gear portion the retaining member switches.

2. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the gear diameter of the driving gear part is smaller than the gear diameter of the driven gear part.

3. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the transmission gear further comprises:

the connecting plate is arranged between the driving gear part and the driven gear part, the lower end of the driving gear part is connected with the upper surface of the connecting plate, and the upper end of the driven gear part is connected with the lower surface of the connecting plate.

4. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 3, wherein the upper cover body is provided with a gear mounting shaft, the transmission gear is provided with a mounting hole extending from the driven gear part to the driving gear part, and the gear mounting shaft is inserted into the mounting hole.

5. The upper cover assembly of cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the center of the transmission gear is offset from the center of the upper cover body and a line connecting the two extends along the moving direction of the active member.

6. The cover assembly of the cooking appliance as claimed in claim 1, wherein the follower includes an arc-shaped plate body, and the second gear is provided at one side of the arc-shaped plate body and faces the transmission gear.

7. The upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the second insection extends along the circumferential direction of the upper cover body and has a central angle of 90 degrees or less corresponding to the extending length.

8. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 6, wherein the upper cover body is provided with a driven guide portion, and the driven member is provided with a driven guide engagement portion engaged with the driven guide portion to provide a guide when the driven member moves.

9. The upper cover assembly of cooking utensil of claim 8 wherein the driven guide engagement portion is a first peripheral edge disposed on both sides of the arc plate and the driven guide portion is a second peripheral edge disposed on the upper cover body.

10. The upper cover assembly of the cooking utensil as claimed in any one of the claims 1 to 9, wherein the upper cover body is provided with an arc-shaped avoiding opening for connecting with the locking member, the upper cover assembly further comprises a pin shaft, the pin shaft is arranged in the avoiding opening and is respectively connected with the locking member and the driven member, and one side of the driven member facing the locking member is provided with a convex edge.

11. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 10, wherein the driven member is provided with a shaft hole, the pin is provided on the locking member, and a free end of the pin is inserted into the shaft hole.

12. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the active member comprises:

the transmission gear comprises a main body part, wherein one end of the main body part in the horizontal direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the driving piece is provided with a mounting convex part protruding downwards, and the first insection is arranged on the side surface, facing the transmission gear, of the mounting convex part.

13. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 12, wherein a lower surface of the main body portion is provided with a mounting recess opened downward, one of side walls of the mounting recess is formed as the mounting protrusion, and the driving gear part protrudes into the mounting recess and engages with the first insection at one side thereof.

14. The upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein an angle limiting portion is disposed on an upper surface of the driving gear portion, an avoiding notch is disposed at an end of the driving member adjacent to the driving gear portion, and the angle limiting portion is disposed on the avoiding notch and abuts against edges of the avoiding notch at two rotation limit positions of the driving gear portion.

15. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover body is provided with an active guide part, and the active member is provided with an active guide engagement part engaged with the active guide part to provide a guide when the active member moves.

16. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 15, wherein the upper cover body includes an inner cover, the driving member is mounted to the inner cover, the driving guide portion includes two guide ribs disposed on an upper surface of the inner cover and disposed in parallel, step surfaces including a first surface and a second surface are disposed on both sides of the driving member, the step surfaces are formed as the driving guide engagement portion, and the first surface and the second surface are respectively abutted against top surfaces and inner side surfaces of the guide ribs.

17. The upper cover assembly of the cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover body is provided with a gear position limiting portion, and the gear position limiting portion is arranged at least partially on the periphery of the transmission gear.

18. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover body comprises:

the face lid, the operating parts is located the upside of face lid, the initiative piece is located the downside of face lid, the face lid is equipped with and is used for making the operating parts with the face lid that the coupling part of initiative piece wore to establish dodges the mouth, the face lid dodge the border of mouth with coupling part contactless.

19. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the upper cover body comprises:

a face cover;

the inner cup, the inner cup is located the downside of face lid and with the face lid links to each other, the follower with drive gear all is located the inner cup with between the face lid, the retaining member is located the downside of inner cup, the inner cup is equipped with and dodges the mouth, the retaining member with the coupling part of follower wears to locate dodge the mouth.

20. The upper cover assembly of a cooking appliance according to claim 1, wherein the operating member is fixed to the active member by a fastener, wherein the operating member is provided with a fixing hole, the active member is provided with a fixing post, the fixing post is inserted into the fixing hole, a fastening hole is formed in the fixing post, one end of the fastener is fixed in the fastening hole, and the other end of the fastener abuts against an upper peripheral edge of the fixing hole.

21. A cooking appliance comprising a lid assembly of the cooking appliance of any one of claims 1 to 20, the lid assembly covering a pan assembly of the cooking appliance, the locking member being rotatable between the locked position and the unlocked position, the locking member being engageable with the pan assembly when in the locked position and disengageable from the pan assembly when in the unlocked position.