CN220256325U - Double door structure of electric oven - Google Patents

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CN220256325U
CN220256325U CN202321957126.9U CN202321957126U CN220256325U CN 220256325 U CN220256325 U CN 220256325U CN 202321957126 U CN202321957126 U CN 202321957126U CN 220256325 U CN220256325 U CN 220256325U
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郭建刚
曹家健
朱胜鹃
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The utility model discloses a double door structure of an electric oven, which comprises: oven main part and install in oven main part's door body, oven main part has roast chamber, and the door body is rotatable in order to open/close roast chamber, oven main part's side is provided with sliding component, and sliding component includes: a guide member and a slide seat; the guide piece is positioned on the side surface of the oven main body and extends from the front surface to the back surface of the oven main body, and the sliding seat is arranged on the guide piece and can move along the guide piece; the door body is connected with the sliding seat through the door locating piece, and the door body can rotate to a first position for closing the baking cavity and a second position for opening the baking cavity, and in the second position, the door body can move along the guide piece to slide to the side face of the oven main body. According to the utility model, the door body is driven to move to the side surface of the oven main body by the aid of the sliding component so as to be contained in the oven main body, and the door body does not influence a user to take and put food after the oven cavity is opened; the sliding seat assists the door body to move along the guide piece, and the moving process is more stable.

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Double door structure of electric oven
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of ovens, in particular to a double door structure of an electric oven.
Background
The oven on the market at present generally comprises an oven main body and an oven door, wherein the oven door is rotatably connected with the oven main body to be opened and closed, the oven door is connected with the oven main body through a hinge, the oven door occupies a desktop space after being opened, after baking food is finished, the whole oven is in a high-temperature state, the whole oven body is exposed at the front side of the oven body, a user can be easily scalded when taking out and placing the food, oil stains and food scraps fall on the oven body when taking out the food, the oven is not easy to clean, and in addition, in the opening state of the oven body, the user possibly touches the oven body when passing by a household appliance, so that accidental injury is caused;
in order to solve the problem, the prior China patent discloses a 201910581763.2 household appliance with a door body, the door body is rotatably arranged on a box body through two hinge structures which are respectively arranged at two ends of the box body, each hinge structure comprises a fixing frame fixed with the box body, a rotating arm and a telescopic spring, the left end and the right end of the door body are respectively provided with a sliding groove extending along the height direction of the door body, the rear end of the rotating arm is rotatably connected with the fixing frame, the front end of the rotating arm stretches into the door body, the front end of the rotating arm is provided with a pulley block, and the pulley block is embedded in the sliding grooves; still including sliding structure, be provided with openly open-ended on the box and accomodate the chamber, when outwards pulling the door body, the rear end of swinging boom rotates for the mount, and the assembly pulley on the front end of swinging boom slides along the spout and makes the door body slide into above-mentioned chamber of accomodating under above-mentioned sliding structure effect, can hide the door body in the bottom in the box under the state of opening the door, can avoid under the door body open state, the user runs into the door body or is scalded by the door body of opening, improves user and consumer's actual experience and feels. The door body is changed into the door body which can be stored at the bottom of the box body in the prior art, but the hinge structure is arranged at the bottom of the box body in the structure to assist, so that the whole structure of the product is more complex, heating pieces are arranged inside the baking cavity of the box body, the door body is stored at the bottom of the box body, and the height of the box body is increased.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present utility model provides a double door structure of an electric oven.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme: a double door structure of an electric oven, comprising: oven main part and install in oven main part's door body, oven main part has roast chamber, and the door body is rotatable in order to open/close roast chamber, oven main part's side is provided with sliding component, and sliding component includes: a guide member and a slide seat; the guide piece is positioned on the side surface of the oven main body and extends from the front surface to the back surface of the oven main body, and the sliding seat is arranged on the guide piece and can move along the guide piece;
the door body is connected with the sliding seat through the door locating piece, and the door body can rotate to a first position for closing the baking cavity and a second position for opening the baking cavity, and in the second position, the door body can move along the guide piece to slide to the side face of the oven main body.
According to the utility model, the door body is driven to move to the side surface of the oven main body by the aid of the sliding component so as to be contained in the oven main body, and the door body does not influence a user to take and put food after the oven cavity is opened; the sliding seat assists the door body to move along the guide piece, and the moving process is more stable.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, the front surface of the oven main body is provided with a face frame, the face frame forms a guide groove for inserting the door body, and the oven main body is connected with the guide groove to form a gap for accommodating the door body; according to the utility model, the door body can slide into the gap to be contained in the oven main body, and after the oven cavity is opened, the door body does not influence food taking and placing, and the user is prevented from being scalded by the door body.
As a preferable aspect of the present utility model, the guide is a slide bar; the door locating plate is fixed on the sliding seat, and an inserting shaft and an inserting hole are correspondingly arranged between the door body and the door locating plate, so that the door body and the door locating plate can rotate relatively; the door body can rotate to a first position after being completely pulled out of the guide groove; through setting up and inserting axle and jack, the door body can rotate around inserting the axle, changes between first position and second position, simple structure, convenient to use.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, the surface frame is provided with the limiting part for limiting the rotation angle of the door body, and the door body is abutted against the limiting part when the door body rotates to correspond to the guide groove.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, the door body is provided with a handle part, the handle part is abutted against the surface frame when the door body moves to the side surface of the oven main body, and the surface frame is provided with a limit groove for accommodating the handle part; according to the utility model, the handle part can be convenient for a user to open the door body, and after the door body is stored, the handle part is clamped in the limiting groove, so that the handle part is prevented from influencing food taking and placing.
In a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, the front surface of the oven main body is provided with two door bodies, the two sides of the face frame are respectively provided with the guide grooves, and when in use, the two door bodies are correspondingly inserted into the guide grooves and are accommodated in the gaps.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, two groups of sliding components are arranged corresponding to one door body, and the two groups of sliding components are correspondingly distributed up and down, so that the door body is more stable in sliding movement.
As a preferred aspect of the present utility model, the toaster body includes: the face frame, the side panel, the backplate and the convection cover.
As a preferable scheme of the utility model, one end of the sliding rod is fixedly connected with the face frame through a fixed seat, the other end of the sliding rod is connected with the back plate, or one end of the guide piece is fixedly connected with the convection cover through the fixed seat, and the other end of the guide piece is connected with the back plate; the sliding seat moves along the sliding rod, so that the door body is driven to move along the sliding rod.
The other beneficial technical effects of the utility model are embodied in the specific embodiments.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present utility model or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required to be used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings can be obtained according to the provided drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a double door structure of an electric oven according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an electric oven with a double door structure according to the present utility model after a door is opened;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a door hidden in a gap in a double door structure of an electric oven according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is an exploded view of a double door structure of the electric oven of the present utility model;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a process of inserting a door body into a gap in a double door structure of an electric oven according to the present utility model;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a double door structure of an electric oven according to the present utility model after a door is inserted into a gap;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a face frame in a double door structure of an electric oven according to the present utility model;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a face frame and a fixing base in a double door structure of an electric oven according to the present utility model;
fig. 9 is an exploded view of a double door structure heavy door body and a sliding assembly of the electric oven of the present utility model.
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an oven main body 100; a baking chamber 101; a face frame 110; a guide groove 111; a limit part 112;
a limit groove 113; a side panel 120; a back plate 130; a convection cover 140; a door body 200;
door spacers 210; a handle 220; a left door body 230; a right door 240; a sliding assembly 300;
a guide 310; a holder 320; a sliding seat 330.
Detailed Description
The utility model will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The drawings are simplified schematic representations which merely illustrate the basic structure of the utility model and therefore show only the structures which are relevant to the utility model.
Referring to fig. 1-9, the double door structure of an electric oven includes: the toaster body 100 and a door 200 mounted to the toaster body 100.
As shown in fig. 1-2, a roasting cavity 101 is arranged in a roasting box main body 100, a heating component is arranged in the roasting cavity 101, and food materials can be placed into the roasting cavity 101 for cooking; the door 200 is opened by rotating left and right to open/close the roast cavity 101, and heating elements are distributed at the upper and/or lower portions of the roast cavity 101 to heat the food material.
Currently, a commercial oven is generally rectangular in structure, and the door 200 is disposed on the front surface of the oven body 100 and is turned to open.
In this embodiment, the sliding component 300 is disposed on the side of the oven body 100, and the sliding component 300 assists to enable the door 200 to move from the front side of the oven body 100 to the side of the oven body 100 after being opened, and the door 200 is overlapped with the side of the oven body 100 in parallel, so as to prevent the door 200 from affecting the user to take and put food, and also prevent the user from being scalded by the door in the process of taking out food after cooking.
The sliding assembly 300 includes: a guide 310 and a sliding seat 330; the guide 310 is located at a side of the toaster body 100 and extends from the front surface to the back surface of the toaster body 100, and the sliding seat 330 is provided at the guide 310 and is movable along the guide 310;
the door body 200 is connected to the sliding seat 330 through the door positioning piece 210, and the door body 200 is rotatable to a first position closing the toaster cavity 101 and a second position opening the toaster cavity 101, in which the door body 200 is movable along the guide 310 to slide to the side of the toaster body 100.
As shown in fig. 2 and 3, after the cavity 101 is opened, the door 200 can be push-pull moved along the guide 310 to pull out the toaster body 100 or push in the toaster body 100.
The door body 200 may be configured to be a single door or a double door, and if the door is configured to be a single door, the sliding assembly 300 is disposed on one side surface of the oven body 100, for example, on the left side, and if the door is configured to be a double door, the sliding assemblies 300 are disposed on both the left and right side surfaces of the oven body 100.
The distance from the left side to the right side of the toaster body 100 is a length, the distance from the front side to the back side of the toaster body 100 is a width, and generally, the length of the toaster body 100 is larger than the width, and thus, it is preferable to provide a double door.
As shown in fig. 1, the door body 200 includes a left door body 230 and a right door body 240, the left door body 230 and the right door body 240 are rotated to be opened, as shown in fig. 2, the door body 200 is opened to be parallel to the side surface of the oven main body 100, and a user applies force to push the door body 200 to move towards the back surface of the oven main body 100, and moves to the state that the left door body 230 and the right door body 240 are respectively accommodated in the oven main body 100 as shown in fig. 3, so that food materials can not be taken and placed by the user, the overall structure is compact, and the overall shape of the oven is not affected.
In one embodiment, when the door 200 moves to the side of the oven body 100, the door 200 may be located outside the oven body 100 and stacked in parallel with the side of the oven body 100, and may also be located inside the oven body 100 and stacked in parallel with the side of the oven body 100, and the difference is whether the door 200 is exposed outside the oven body 100 after moving, preferably, the door 200 may be moved to be located inside the oven body 100 and stored in the door 200.
As shown in fig. 4 and 7, the front surface of the oven body 100 is provided with a face frame 110, the face frame 110 forms a guide groove 111 into which the door 200 is inserted, and the oven body 100 is connected to the guide groove 111 to form a gap for accommodating the door 200.
The surface frame 110 is frame-shaped, and is provided with an opening corresponding to the baking cavity 101, the surface frame 110 can be mounted on the front surface of the oven main body 100 in a fastening, screw locking or other manner, and the surface frame 110 can be provided with a control knob, a key, a touch screen or other structure.
The left and right sides of the face frame 110 are respectively provided with a guide groove 111, and the door body 200 can enter into the gap inside the toaster body 100 through the guide grooves 111.
As shown in fig. 5, the oven body 100 has an inner container formed with the oven cavity 101; the gap may be provided between the side panel 120 of the toaster body 100 and the liner side wall, or the door 200 may be accommodated by forming the gap between the side panel 120 of the toaster body 100 and one partition plate.
In one embodiment, the guide 310 guides the door 200 to move linearly to enter the gap or to draw out the gap, the guide 310 may be a sliding groove, a sliding rod or a sliding rail, etc., and the sliding seat 330 extends from the front surface to the back surface of the oven body 100, and moves along the guide, thereby driving the door 200 to move along the guide 310.
The guide 310 is preferably a guide bar, as shown in fig. 2 and 9, the guide 310 is fixedly installed inside the toaster body 100, the sliding seat 330 is provided with a through hole, the guide bar passes through the through hole of the sliding seat 330, and the sliding seat 330 can move along the guide bar.
The door positioning plate 210 is fixed on the sliding seat 330, the fixing mode between the door positioning plate 210 and the sliding seat 330 may be fastening or locking screw fixing, and here, the door positioning plate 210 is provided with two jacks, the sliding seat 330 is provided with two inserting shafts, the inserting shafts are inserted into the jacks, and the door positioning plate 210 and the sliding seat 330 are positioned through two points;
meanwhile, an insertion shaft and an insertion hole are correspondingly arranged between the door body 200 and the door positioning piece 210, so that the door body 200 and the door positioning piece 210 can rotate relatively, and the door body 200 can rotate to a first position and a second position.
In one embodiment, a limiting portion 112 for limiting the rotation angle of the door body 200 is provided at the face frame 110, and as shown in fig. 2, when the door body 200 rotates to correspond to the guide groove 111, the door body 200 abuts against the limiting portion 112.
In use, the door 200 is pushed into the guide slot 111 only when the door 200 needs to be rotated to the second position and when the door 200 is in the second position, the door is parallel to the side panel 120 of the oven body 100;
if the door body 200 rotates excessively, the door body 200 is not parallel to the side panels 120, and the door body 200 cannot be pushed into the gap through the guide groove 111;
the limiting part 112 is disposed beside the guide groove 111 and is located at the outer side of the guide groove 111, wherein the outer side is a side far away from the central axis of the oven main body 100, in fig. 2, the right door 240 rotates to abut against the limiting part 112 after being opened by rotation, and at this time, the right door 240 just corresponds to the guide groove 111; the limiting portion 112 is provided at two positions corresponding to the upper end and the lower end of the guide groove 111.
Optionally, the limiting portion 112 protrudes from the surface of the face frame 110, and if the face frame 110 is made of metal, the limiting portion 112 is integrally formed when the face frame 110 is formed.
In one embodiment, the door body 200 is provided with a handle portion 220, when the door body 200 moves to the side of the oven body 100, the handle portion 220 is abutted against the face frame 110, and the face frame 110 is provided with a limit groove 113 for accommodating the handle portion 220; as shown in fig. 2, the limiting groove 113 is located between the two limiting portions 112.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the handle 220 is perpendicular to the door 200, the door 200 is inserted into the gap through the guide slot 111, and after the door 200 moves, the handle 220 is locked in the limit slot 113, and as shown in fig. 3, the door 200 can be pushed/pulled to move and rotate by the handle 220.
Further, as shown in fig. 1, the handle 220 is disposed at an adjacent side of the left door body 230 and the right door body 240, so that the door body 200 is conveniently received in the gap as much as possible.
In one embodiment, two sets of sliding assemblies 300 are disposed corresponding to one door body 200, and the two sets of sliding assemblies 300 are correspondingly distributed up and down, as shown in fig. 4-6, in this embodiment, the door body 200 is provided with a left door body 230 and a right door body 240, and two sets of sliding assemblies 300 are correspondingly distributed up and down corresponding to each door body, so that the door body 200 can be guided to move more stably and smoothly;
further, the toaster body 100 includes: the face frame 110, side panels 120, back panel 130, and convection enclosure 140, the convection enclosure 140 forming part of the liner.
As shown in fig. 6 and 8, in a group of sliding assemblies 300 located below, one end of a guide 310 is connected to the face frame 110 through a fixing seat 320, and the other end is connected to the back plate 130; in the upper set of sliding assemblies 300, the guide 310 is connected to the convection cover 140 through the fixing base 320, and the other end is connected to the back plate 130.
In use, as shown in fig. 1-3, during cooking, the cooking cavity 101 is closed by the door 200 to cook food in the cooking cavity 101; when cooking is completed, a user opens the door body 200 through the handle 220, the rotation angle of the door body 200 is 90 degrees, the door body 200 rotates to be in contact with the limit part 112 of the face frame 110, meanwhile, the door body 200 rotates to correspond to the guide groove 111, the user applies force to push the door body 200 to move towards the back of the oven main body 100, the door body 200 is inserted into the gap through the guide groove 111 to be accommodated, and as shown in fig. 3, the door body 200 is hidden in the gap; if the baking chamber 101 is to be closed, the door body 200 is pulled out forward by applying force as shown in fig. 3, and the door body 200 is turned to be closed after the door body is pulled out, so that the whole use process is simple and convenient.
The previous description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present utility model. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the utility model. Thus, the present utility model is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

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1. A double door structure of an electric oven, comprising: oven main part (100) and install in door body (200) of oven main part (100), oven main part (100) have roast chamber (101), and door body (200) are rotatable in order to open/close roast chamber (101), its characterized in that:
the side of oven main part (100) is provided with slip subassembly (300), and slip subassembly (300) include: a guide (310) and a slide (330); the guide piece (310) is positioned on the side surface of the oven main body (100) and extends from the front surface to the back surface of the oven main body (100), and the sliding seat (330) is arranged on the guide piece (310) and can move along the guide piece (310);
the door body (200) is connected with the sliding seat (330) through the door locating piece (210), the door body (200) can rotate to a first position for closing the baking cavity (101) and a second position for opening the baking cavity (101), and when in the second position, the door body (200) can move along the guide piece (310) to slide to the side face of the oven main body (100).
2. The electric oven double door structure according to claim 1, wherein: the front surface of the oven main body (100) is provided with a face frame (110), the face frame (110) forms a guide groove (111) into which the door body (200) is inserted, and the oven main body (100) is connected with the guide groove (111) to form a gap for accommodating the door body (200).
3. The electric oven double door structure according to claim 1, wherein: the guide (310) is a sliding rod; the door positioning sheet (210) is fixed on the sliding seat (330), and an inserting shaft and an inserting hole are correspondingly arranged between the door body (200) and the door positioning sheet (210), so that the door body (200) and the door positioning sheet (210) can rotate relatively; the door body (200) can rotate to a first position after being completely pulled out of the guide groove (111).
4. The double door structure of an electric oven according to claim 2, wherein: the face frame (110) is provided with a limiting part (112) for limiting the rotation angle of the door body (200), and when the door body (200) rotates to correspond to the guide groove (111), the door body (200) is abutted against the limiting part (112).
5. The electric oven double door structure according to claim 4, wherein: the door body (200) is provided with a handle part (220), the handle part (220) is abutted against the face frame (110) when the door body (200) moves to the side face of the oven main body (100), and the face frame (110) is provided with a limit groove (113) for accommodating the handle part (220).
6. The electric oven double door structure according to claim 4, wherein: the front surface of the oven main body (100) is provided with two door bodies (200), and the two sides of the face frame (110) are respectively provided with the guide grooves (111).
7. The electric oven double door structure according to claim 6, wherein: two groups of sliding components (300) are arranged corresponding to one door body (200), and the two groups of sliding components (300) are distributed correspondingly up and down.
8. The electric oven double door structure according to claim 7, wherein: the oven body (100) includes: the face frame (110), side panels (120), back panel (130) and convection cover (140).
9. The electric oven double door structure according to claim 8, wherein: one end of the guide piece (310) is fixedly connected to the face frame (110) through the fixing seat (320), and the other end of the guide piece is connected to the back plate (130); or one end of the guide piece (310) is fixedly connected to the convection cover (140) through the fixing seat (320), and the other end of the guide piece is connected to the back plate (130).
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