CN105358024A

CN105358024A - small food processor

Info

Publication number: CN105358024A
Application number: CN201480034333.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汪恩光
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2013-08-28
Filing date: 2014-08-18
Publication date: 2016-02-24
Anticipated expiration: 2034-08-18
Also published as: AU2014313888B2; AU2014313888A1; HK1182581A2; CN105358024B; WO2015028914A2; WO2015028914A3

Abstract

A small-sized food processor comprises a container (100), a food processing assembly (500), a container cover assembly (200), a driving assembly (300) and a transmission assembly (400), wherein the driving assembly (300) comprises a pull rod (310), the pull rod (310) extends through the geometric center of the container cover assembly (200), a rack (335) is arranged on the pull rod (310), the transmission assembly (400) comprises a transmission shaft (410) and a driven shaft (430) coaxially arranged with the transmission shaft (410), the transmission shaft (410) is provided with a transmission gear (411) meshed with the rack (335) on the pull rod (310), and the driven shaft (430) is directly connected with the food processing assembly (500); the container cover assembly (200) comprises an upper shell (210) and a lower shell (220) which are combined with each other, a sliding groove (231) matched with a pull rod (310) is arranged between the upper shell (210) and the lower shell (220), the pull rod (310) forms a cavity structure with a recess, a rack (335) is formed on the inner surface of the side wall of the cavity structure, the transmission assembly (400) further comprises a positioning button (420), and the upper end of the positioning button (420) is accommodated in the cavity structure of the pull rod (310). The small-sized food processor is characterized in that the transmission shaft (410) and the driven shaft (430) are coaxially arranged, the driving assembly (300) is directly connected with the transmission shaft (410), and the driven shaft (430) is directly connected with the food processing assembly (500), so that the structure of the transmission assembly (400) is simplified.

Description

Small-sized food processor

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Description of the preferred embodiments

Small food processor technology field

The present invention relates to a kitchen appliance, and more particularly, to a small food processor. Background

In kitchen appliances, food processors are widely used, and people generally use the food processors to shred food, especially fruits, vegetables and the like into pieces needed by people, so that people can conveniently continue to process or eat the food. At present, a plurality of food processors are sold in the market, and most products adopt a manual knob to drive a shaft provided with a blade to rotate, so that the blade rotates to achieve the aim of chopping food. However, these food processors are generally complex in structure, for example, international patent application No. PCT/IB2012/051002, filed 3/2/2012 by the present applicant, provides a small food processor. The drive component in the food processor is connected with the food processing component through the transmission mechanism. However, the transmission mechanism is composed of a plurality of gears, and the structure is complicated, so that the manufacturing cost of the food processor is high, and the food processor is not beneficial to industry competition. Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to solve the technical problem of providing a small food processor which is simple in structure and convenient to operate, aiming at the problem of complex structure in the prior art.

A small food processor comprises a container for placing food, a food processing component which is arranged in the container and can rotate relative to the container, a container cover component which is fixed and covers an opening of the container, a driver component and a transmission component which are arranged on the container cover component, wherein the driver component drives the food processing component to rotate relative to the container, and the small food processor is characterized in that: the drive component comprises pull rods, the pull rods extend through the geometric centers of the container cover components, racks are arranged on the pull rods, the drive component comprises a transmission shaft and a driven shaft which is coaxial with the transmission shaft, the transmission shaft is provided with transmission gears meshed with the racks on the pull rods, the driven shaft is directly connected with the food treatment component, the container cover components comprise an upper shell and a lower shell which are combined with each other, a sliding groove matched with the pull rods is arranged between the upper shell and the lower shell, the pull rods form a cavity structure with recesses, the racks are formed on the inner surfaces of the side walls of the cavity structure, the drive component further comprises positioning buttons, and the upper ends of the positioning buttons are accommodated in the cavity structures of the pull rods.

Furthermore, the transmission gear is formed at the top of the transmission shaft, and an opening is formed in the upper end of the positioning button and used for exposing the transmission gear, so that the transmission gear is meshed with the rack of the pull rod.

Furthermore, the periphery of the lower end of the positioning button is provided with a clamping tenon, a clamping groove is formed at the corresponding position of the lower shell, and the positioning button is positioned between the pull rod and the lower shell through the mutual matching of the clamping tenon and the clamping groove.

Furthermore, a shaft hole is formed in the center of the lower shell, a positioning cavity is formed around the shaft hole and used for rotatably accommodating the driven shaft, the lower end of the driven shaft extends to form a connecting shaft, and the connecting shaft penetrates through the shaft hole and is connected with the food processing component in the container.

Further, the clamping groove is formed in the positioning cavity, and the positioning cavity accommodates the lower end portion of the positioning button, the bottom end portion of the transmission shaft and the upper end portion of the driven shaft at the same time.

In some embodiments, a clutch mechanism is disposed between the drive shaft and the driven shaft.

In some embodiments, the driven shaft is provided with a weight that rotates synchronously with the driven shaft.

Further, the clutch mechanism includes a dial wheel and a pawl disposed between the transmission shaft and the driven shaft.

In some embodiments, one end of the pull rod is provided with a handle, and the other end of the pull rod is provided with a tensile restoring elastic component.

Further, the upper shell and the lower shell are fixedly connected; a cavity is formed between the upper shell and the lower shell, and the transmission component is arranged in the cavity.

Furthermore, the handle is T-shaped handle, and is formed by combining an upper handle shell and a lower handle shell.

Further, the upper case is provided with a drain hole.

In some embodiments, the food processing component comprises a water-removing basket component.

Further, the food processing component also comprises a blade component.

Compared with the prior art, the small food processor provided by the invention has the advantages that the transmission shaft and the driven shaft are coaxially arranged, the driving component is directly connected with the transmission shaft, the driven shaft is directly used for food processing, the structure of the transmission component is simplified, and the power of the driving component can be transmitted to the food processing component through one-time transmission so as to be processed by food. The invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings and the embodiments. Drawings

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a compact food processor according to one embodiment of the present invention; fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a container cover component of the small-sized food processor shown in fig. 1, and fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a drive component of the small-sized food processor shown in fig. 1; FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the structure of the tie rod shown in FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a transmission component of the small food processor shown in fig. 1; FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a small food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention. Description of the main components

Container 100

Container cover component 200

Upper casing 210

Concave part 211

Lower case 220

Card slot 221

Axial hole 223

Positioning cavity 224

Chute 231

Drive component 300

Pull rod 310

Handle 311

Handle upper shell 312

Handle lower casing 313

The convex rod 314 transmission component 400

Drive shaft 410

Drive gear 411

Positioning button 420

Tenon 421

Opening 422

Driven shaft 430

Connecting shaft 431

Counterweight 432

Clutch mechanism 440

Toggle wheel 441

Pawl 442

Food processing component 500

Dewatering basket component 510

Embodiment of the blade component 520

As shown in fig. 1, a small-sized food processor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a container 100, a container cover component 200, a driver component 300 and a transmission component 400 provided on the container cover component 200, and a food processor component 500 provided in the container 100. The drive component 300 drives the food treating component 500 to rotate relative to the container 100 through the drive component 400, and the food treating component 500 performs water removing, cutting, stirring and other treatment on the food relative to the rotation of the container 100.

As shown in fig. 2, in the present embodiment, the container component 200 includes an upper shell 210 and a lower shell 220, the upper shell 210 and the lower shell 220 are fixedly connected together by fasteners such as screws, a cavity is formed between the upper shell 210 and the lower shell 220, and the transmission component 400 may be disposed in the cavity. The lower shell 220 mates with the opening of the container 100 such that the lower shell 220 can cover the opening of the container 100.

A slot 231 is provided between the upper shell 210 and the lower shell 220 through the geometric center of the container cover assembly 200. As will be appreciated, because the container cover assembly 200 matches the container 100, the vertical projection of the slot 231 on the container 100 also passes through the geometric center of the container 100.

As shown in fig. 3, the drive component 300 includes tie rods 310 disposed in the slots 231. The drawbar 310 is fitted with the slide groove 231 such that the drawbar 310 can slide reciprocally in the slide groove 231 in the horizontal direction. As can be appreciated, the rods 310 extend through the geometric center of the container cover component 200.

The lower surface of the pull rod 310 is provided with a recess, so that the pull rod 310 has a cavity structure with a side wall. Wherein a rack gear 335 is provided along the length direction of the drawbar 310 at the inner surface of one side wall. The upper surface of the drawbar 310 in fig. 3 is partially removed to expose the recess 330 and the rack 335 therein, or refer to fig. 4.

Preferably, a handle is provided at one end of the rod 310, and a tensile restoring elastic component (not shown) is provided at the other end. The spring component may be a tension spring, one end of which is fixed to the tension rod 310 and the other end of which is fixed to the container component 200. After the pull handle is pulled to pull the pull rod 310 out of the slide groove 231, the pull rod 310 automatically slides into the slide groove 231 under the action of the reset elasticity of the tension spring, so that the use is more convenient.

As shown in fig. 3, the T-shaped handle 311 may be provided as a T-shaped handle 311' the T-shaped handle 311 is formed by combining an upper handle shell 312 and a lower handle shell 313, and the upper and lower handle shells 312 and 313 are fixed to the ends of the tie rods 310 through protruding rods 314 provided on the upper handle shell 312 and the lower handle shell 313 and through holes 315 provided at the ends of the tie rods 310, thereby fixing the T-shaped handle 311 to the ends of the tie rods 310. When in use, the pull rod 310 can be pulled to reciprocate by holding the T-shaped handle 311 with hands, and the use is convenient. Preferably, a concave part 211 is arranged at one end of the upper shell 210 of the container cover component 200 positioned at the sliding groove 231 (namely, one end of the sliding groove close to the T-shaped handle 311), and the concave part 211 is matched with the T-shaped handle 311; when the rods 310 slide into the sliding grooves 231, the recessed portions 211 can just receive the T-shaped handles 311, so that the container cover component 200 and the drive component 300 are kept continuous in overall shape. The handle at the end of the pull rod 310 can be provided in other shapes such as a straight rod shape, a D shape and the like according to requirements. These different handle arrangements can be referred to in the applicant's international patent application No. PCT/IB 2012/051002.

As shown in fig. 5, the transmission component 400 includes a transmission shaft 410, a positioning knob 420, a driven shaft 430, and a clutch mechanism 440.

The transmission gear 411 is disposed on the top of the transmission shaft 410 and is used for cooperating with the rack 335 on the pull rod 310, so that when the pull rod 310 is pulled, the transmission shaft 410 is driven to rotate.

The upper end of the positioning button 420 is received in the cavity of the drawbar 310, and the lower end is covered on the transmission shaft 410. The upper end of the positioning knob 420 is opened with an opening 422 so that the driving gear 411 can be exposed therethrough to be engaged with the rack gear 335 of the drawbar 310.

The positioning button 420 is provided with a latch 421 at the lower end. Referring to fig. 2, a slot 221 is formed at a corresponding position of the lower shell 220 of the container cover assembly 200, and the positioning button 420 is positioned between the rod 310 and the lower shell 220 by the cooperation of the tenon 421 and the slot 221. The upper end of the positioning button 420 is contoured to match the cavity of the drawbar 310, so that the positioning button 420 has a function of positioning the driving shaft 410 and the like.

The driven shaft 430 has a connecting shaft 431 at a lower end thereof for direct connection with the food treating member 500 in the container 100. The driven shaft 430 and the transmission shaft 410 are coaxially arranged, when the transmission shaft 410 rotates, the driven shaft 430 is driven to rotate, the driven shaft 430 is directly connected with the food treating component 500, and therefore the rotation of the driven shaft 430 drives the food treating component 500 to rotate, and food in the container 100 is processed. In some embodiments, the driven shaft 430 and the driving shaft 410 may be integrally formed to set at °

Referring to fig. 2, the container cover assembly 200 has a shaft hole 223 formed at the center of the lower shell 220, and a positioning cavity 224 is formed around the shaft hole 223, the positioning cavity 224 being adapted to rotatably receive the driven shaft 430 therein. The connecting shaft 431 of the driven shaft 430 passes through the shaft hole 223 and extends downward for direct connection with the food component treating member 500.

The catching groove 221 of the lower case 220 may be provided on the positioning cavity 224 such that the positioning cavity 224 receives the lower end portion of the positioning knob 420, the bottom end portion of the driving shaft 410, and the upper end portion of the driven shaft 430 at the same time.

In order to always rotate the driven shaft 430 in one direction when the tie rods 310 are pulled back and forth, it is preferable to provide the clutch mechanism 440 in the transmission component 400. The present embodiment provides a clutch mechanism 440 between the transmission shaft 410 and the driven shaft 430.

Referring to fig. 5, the clutch mechanism 440 includes a dial 441 and a pawl 442 disposed between the driving shaft 410 and the driven shaft 430. In order to limit the dial wheel 441 and the pawl 442 between the transmission shaft 410 and the driven shaft 430, an accommodating cavity is provided between the transmission shaft 410 and the driven shaft 430, and the dial wheel 441 and the pawl 442 are both disposed in the accommodating cavity. The specific structure and the actuation principle of the clutch mechanism 440 can refer to the international patent application with application number PCT/IB2012/051002 of the present applicant, which is incorporated herein by reference, and the description of the relevant contents is included as a part of the present application, so that the details of the clutch mechanism 440 are not repeated.

Through the clutch mechanism 440, in the reciprocating motion process of the pull rod 310, the rack 335 can drive the transmission shaft 410 to drive the driven shaft 430 to synchronously rotate through the clutch mechanism 440 which is automatically folded when sliding in a single direction, so that the food processing component 500 is driven to rotate; when the rack 335 slides reversely, the clutch mechanism 440 can automatically disengage, so that the transmission shaft 410 rotates reversely, and the driven shaft 430 keeps the original rotation direction under the original rotation inertia, thereby ensuring that the whole small-sized food processor can continuously keep effective work. And the automatic clutching of the clutch mechanism 440 makes operation very convenient.

A weight 432 that rotates in synchronization with the driven shaft 430 may be further provided on the driven shaft 430 in order to increase inertia when the driven shaft 430 rotates. The weight 432 may be fixed directly to the driven shaft 430 or may be fixed to the connecting shaft 431.

The food processing component 500 may be divided into a plurality of components with different functions, such as a blade component, a mixing component, and the like, and the different components may be mounted in the container 100 according to the requirements of different food processing technologies so as to perform different processing on the food in the container 100. In fig. 1, the food processing component 500 is shown as a water removing basket component 510 and a partial blade component 520, one of which can be selected to be connected with the connecting shaft 431 of the driven shaft 430 according to specific requirements when in actual use.

The concrete structures of the water-removing basket component 510 and the blade component 520 may refer to the international patent application with the application number PCT/IB2012/051002 of the applicant, which is incorporated herein and the description of the relevant contents is part of the present application and will not be repeated.

Preferably, a drain hole 211 may be formed on the upper case 210, so that the excessive moisture in the small food processor can be drained through the drain hole 211, and the user's hand does not need to directly contact with the food in the processor when using the food processor, thereby keeping the food clean.

Referring to FIG. 6, the user only needs to pull the pull rod 310 when using the small food processor

310 drives the transmission gear 411 through the rack 335 so as to drive the transmission shaft 410 to rotate; the driven shaft 430 and the transmission shaft 410 are coaxially arranged, and the connecting shaft 431 of the driven shaft 430 is directly connected with the food treating component 500, so that the rotation of the transmission shaft 410 drives the rotation of the food treating component 500, and various food treatments are realized, for example, when the food treating component 500 is a water-removing basket component, the rotation of the water-removing basket greatly strengthens the contact of food and water, thereby cleaning the food; therefore, the purposes of convenient use, simplified structure and reduced manufacturing cost are achieved.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, without departing from the inventive concept, several modifications and improvements may be made, such as combining different features of the various embodiments, which fall within the protection scope of the invention

Claims

WO 2015/028914 , , , ,、 PCT/IB2014/063949

Claims book

1. A small food processor comprises a container for placing food, a food processing component which is arranged in the container and can rotate relative to the container, a container cover component which is fixed and covers an opening of the container, a driver component and a transmission component which are arranged on the container cover component, wherein the driver component drives the food processing component to rotate relative to the container, and the small food processor is characterized in that: the drive component comprises pull rods, the pull rods extend through the geometric centers of the container cover components, racks are arranged on the pull rods, the drive component comprises a transmission shaft and a driven shaft which is coaxial with the transmission shaft, the transmission shaft is provided with transmission gears meshed with the racks on the pull rods, the driven shaft is directly connected with the food treatment component, the container cover components comprise an upper shell and a lower shell which are combined with each other, a sliding groove matched with the pull rods is formed between the upper shell and the lower shell, the pull rods form a cavity structure with recesses, the racks form inner surfaces of side walls of the cavity structure, the drive component further comprises positioning buttons, the upper ends of the positioning buttons are accommodated in the cavity structures of the pull rods at angles

2. The small food processor as recited in claim 1, wherein a handle is provided at one end of said tie rod, and a recess is provided in said container cover component for receiving said handle.

3. The small food processor as defined in claim 1, wherein the driving gear is formed at a top portion of the driving shaft, and an opening is opened at an upper end of the positioning knob to expose the driving gear so that the driving gear is engaged with the rack of the pull rod.

4. The small food processor as defined in claim 3, wherein a tenon is formed on the lower end of the positioning button, a slot is formed on the lower case at a corresponding position, and the positioning button is positioned between the pull rod and the lower case by the cooperation of the tenon and the slot.

5. The small food processor as claimed in claim 4, wherein a shaft hole is formed at the center of the lower casing, a positioning cavity is formed around the shaft hole for rotatably receiving the driven shaft therein, and a connecting shaft is formed by extending the lower end of the driven shaft and passes through the shaft hole to be connected with the food processing component in the container.

6. The compact food processor of claim 5, wherein the catch is formed on a positioning cavity that receives a lower end portion of the positioning knob, a bottom end portion of the drive shaft, and an upper end portion of the driven shaft simultaneously.

7. The compact food processor of claim 1, wherein a clutch mechanism is disposed between the drive shaft and the driven shaft.

8. The compact food processor of claim 1, wherein the driven shaft is provided with a weight that rotates synchronously with the driven shaft.

9. The compact food processor of claim 7, wherein the clutch mechanism includes a toggle wheel and a pawl disposed between the drive shaft and the driven shaft.

10. The small food processor as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of the tie bar is provided with a handle, and the other end is provided with a tensile restoring elastic component.

11. The compact food processor of claim 10, wherein the upper and lower shells are fixedly attached; a cavity is formed between the upper shell and the lower shell, and the transmission component is arranged in the cavity.

12. A compact food processor as claimed in claim 11 wherein the handles are T-shaped handles formed from a combination of an upper handle shell and a lower handle shell.

13. The compact food processor of claim 15, wherein the upper housing is provided with drain holes.

14. The small food processor of claim 1, wherein the food processor component comprises a water-removing basket component.

15. The small food processor of claim 14, wherein the food processor component further comprises a blade component.