Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J42/00—Coffee mills; Spice mills
  • A47J42/22—Coffee mills; Spice mills having pulverising beaters or rotary knives
  • A47J42/26—Coffee mills; Spice mills having pulverising beaters or rotary knives mechanically driven
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J42/00—Coffee mills; Spice mills
  • A47J42/32—Coffee mills; Spice mills with other grinding or pulverising members
  • A47J42/36—Coffee mills; Spice mills with other grinding or pulverising members mechanically driven

Definitions

• the present application relates to the field of small home appliances, and in particular to a cup assembly for a food processor and the food processor.
• a food processor can mainly include, but are not limited to: making soybean milk, juicing, making rice paste, grinding meat, making shaved ice, making coffee, and/or preparing face masks.
• Food processors can include machines that crush and mix food materials such as soybean milk machines, mixers, or high-speed blenders.
• a food processor in the relevant art uses a mixer blade to crush and grind food materials, providing poor grinding results.
• the present application provides a cup assembly and food processor having better grinding results.
• the present application provides a cup assembly comprising a cup body, a cup holder assembled with the cup body, a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft assembled with the cup holder, a mixer blade assembly assembled with the second rotating shaft, and a grinding assembly assembled with the first rotating shaft, the grinding assembly comprising a dynamic grinding head and a static grinding head, the dynamic grinding head being assembled inside a space enclosed by the static grinding head, an axis of the second rotating shaft being parallel to an axis of the first rotating shaft.
• the invention can be effectively prevent the mixer blade assembly from covering an inlet of the grinding assembly and thereby affecting the entry of food materials into the grinding assembly.
• the mixer blade assembly can push food materials to the inlet of the grinding assembly, facilitating the entry of the food materials into the grinding assembly and their grinding.
• the mixer blade assembly and the grinding assembly can operate independently without affecting each other, and the rotating speeds of the mixer blade assembly and the grinding assembly can be adjusted, thereby facilitating the noise reduction and improving grinding results.
• the distance between the center of the second rotating shaft and the center of the first rotating shaft is greater than or equal to 5 mm and less than or equal to 100 mm.
• the space of the cup body can be made more compact, providing improved crushing results of the mixer blade assembly.
• the grinding assembly comprises an inlet, an outlet, and a grinding zone located between the inlet and the outlet, the level of the outlet is higher than the level of the inlet, and the inlet is provided on the static grinding head.
• the suction of food materials into the inlet is facilitated, improving crushing results.
• the outlet is higher than the mixer blade assembly.
• the operation of the mixer blade assembly better assists the suction of food materials into the inlet.
• the mixer blade assembly can crush food materials at the bottom of the cup body, providing improved crushing results.
• the minimum distance from an edge of the mixer blade assembly to the inlet is greater than or equal to 3 mm and less than or equal to 8 mm.
• the operation of the mixer blade assembly can better assist the suction of food materials into the inlet.
• the width of the inlet is greater than or equal to 25 mm and less than or equal to 35 mm.
• the width of the inlet being greater than or equal to 25 mm and less than or equal to 35 mm in the above-described technical solution, food materials can enter the inlet only after being stirred by the mixer blade assembly to a certain size, which effectively improves the grinding results of the grinding assembly.
• the width of the outlet is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm and less than or equal to 1 mm.
• the width of the outlet being greater than or equal to 0.5 mm and less than or equal to 1 mm, food materials can leave through the outlet only after being grinded to a certain size, which improves the fineness of the grinding assembly.
• the cup assembly comprises a handle connected to the cup body, and the grinding assembly is located between the handle and the mixer blade assembly.
• the cup assembly is made more compact, thereby improving the space efficiency of the cup body.
• center lines of the mixer blade assembly, the grinding assembly, and the handle are coplanar.
• the cup assembly is made more compact, thereby improving the space efficiency of the cup body.
• the mixer blade assembly is located at the center of the space enclosed by the cup body, and the grinding member is located between the mixer blade assembly and a side wall of the cup body.
• the mixer blade assembly being located at the center of the space enclosed by the cup body and the grinding member being located between the mixer blade assembly and a side wall of the cup body in the above-described technical solution, when the mixer blade assembly is in operation, food materials can easily enter into the inlet of the grinding assembly.
• the cup holder is provided with a gourd-shaped receiving portion which comprises a first receiving space and a second receiving space in communication with each other, the second receiving space being smaller than the first receiving space, the mixer blade assembly being located in the first receiving space, the grinding assembly being located in the second receiving space.
• the mixer blade assembly being located in the first receiving space, and the grinding assembly being located in the second receiving space in the above-described technical solution, food materials of a large particle size are prevented from entering the second space and thus affecting the crushing results of the mixer blade assembly.
• the second receiving space is provided with an entry in communication with the first receiving space, the width of which is greater than or equal to 25 mm and less than or equal to 60 mm.
• the second receiving space being provided with an entry in communication with the first receiving space the width of which is greater than or equal to 25 mm and less than or equal to 60 mm in the above-described technical solution, food materials of a large particle size are prevented from entering the second receiving space while not being able to be crushed therein. Therefore, the grinding assembly will not be stuck by such large particles.
• the ratio of the area of the first receiving space to the area of the second receiving space is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 3.5.
• the space is reasonably divided into an appropriate crushing zone and an appropriate grinding zone for food materials, thereby improving the grinding results of food materials.
• the ratio of the diameter of the second receiving space to the diameter of the grinding assembly is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2.
• the ratio of the diameter of the second receiving space to the diameter of the grinding assembly being greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2 in the above-described technical solution, food materials of a large particle size are prevented from entering the second receiving space while not being able to be crushed therein, therefore improving the grinding results of food materials.
• the mixer blade assembly is concentrically or eccentrically arranged with respect to the center of the first receiving space.
• rotation direction of the mixer blade assembly is opposite to the rotation direction of the grinding assembly.
• mixer blade assembly and the grinding assembly are not simultaneously driven.
• the mixer blade assembly and the grinding assembly can operate independently, without affecting each other.
• the rotating speed of the mixer blade assembly and the rotating speed of the grinding assembly can be adjusted, facilitating the noise reduction and improving the grinding results.
• the mixer blade assembly can be activated first and only after food materials are stirred to a certain size, the grinding assembly is activated, which can effectively reduce noises.
• the present invention further provides a food processor comprising a host and the above-described cup assembly.
• the host comprises a first motor and a second motor, and the second rotating shaft is connected to the second motor which is used to drive the mixer blade assembly to rotate, the first rotating shaft is connected to the first motor which is used to drive the grinding assembly to rotate.
• the activation and deactivation of the mixer blade assembly and the grinding assembly can be separately controlled, thereby facilitating the noise reduction and improving the grinding results.
• the mixer blade assembly and the grinding assembly can operate independently without affecting each other, and the rotating speeds of the mixer blade assembly and the grinding assembly can be adjusted, so as to facilitate the noise reduction and improve the grinding results.
• the ratio of the power of the second motor to the power of the first motor is greater than or equal to 1.5 and smaller than or equal to 3.
• the ratio of the power of the second motor to the power of the first motor being greater than or equal to 1.5 and smaller than or equal to 3 in the above-described technical solution, food materials can be more finely grinded and the noise of the food processor can be effectively reduced.
• the host comprises a first lower coupler assembled with the first motor and a second lower coupler assembled with the second motor
• the cup assembly comprises a second upper coupler assembled with the second rotating shaft and a first upper coupler assembled with the first rotating shaft
• the second upper coupler is used to cooperate with the second lower coupler so that the second motor can drive the mixer blade assembly to rotate
• the first upper coupler is used to cooperate with the first lower coupler so that the first motor can drive the grinding assembly to rotate.
• the host comprises a housing and a mounting bracket assembled with the housing, the first motor and the second motor being located in the space enclosed by the mounting bracket.
• the operation noise of the food processor is reduced.
• the housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing that are fixed together, the lower housing comprising an air outlet and an air inlet, the air outlet and the air inlet being located at different sides of the mounting bracket.
• the lower housing comprising an air outlet and an air inlet which are located at different sides of the mounting bracket in the above-described technical solution, hot air and cold air are prevented from converging, thereby improving the heat dissipation results of the food processor.
• the present invention further provides a food processor comprising a cup body, a cup holder assembled with the cup body, and a first motor and a second motor assembled with the cup holder, the first motor comprising a first shaft, the second motor comprising a second shaft, the food processor further comprising a grinding assembly assembled with the first shaft and a mixer blade assembly assembled with the second shaft, the axis of the first shaft being parallel to the axis of the second shaft.
• the first motor comprising a first shaft
• the second motor comprising a second shaft
• the food processor further comprising a grinding assembly assembled with the first shaft and a mixer blade assembly assembled with the second shaft in the above-described technical solution
• the production of noise between the second lower coupler and the second upper coupler and between the first lower coupler and the first upper coupler is avoided, which further reduces the noise of the food processor.
• Figure 1 is schematic view of a food processor according to a first embodiment of the present application.
• Figure 2 is an exploded view of a host of the food processor shown in Figure 1.
• Figure 3 is a schematic sectional view of the host of the food processor shown in Figure 1.
• Figure 4 is an exploded view of a cup assembly of the food processor shown in Figure 1.
• Figure 5 is a schematic sectional view of the cup assembly of the food processor shown in Figure 1 after being assembled with a lid assembly.
• Figure 6 is an exploded view of the grinding assembly shown in Figure 4.
• FIG 7 is a top view of the food processor shown in Figure 1, wherein, the lid assembly is not shown.
• Figure 8 is a partial schematic perspective view of the food processor shown in Figure 1.
• Figure 9 is a schematic sectional view of a food processor of a second embodiment of the present application.
• a food processor of an embodiment of the present invention can be a soymilk machine or a juicer.
• the food processor comprises a host 1, a cup assembly 2 detachably assembled to the host 1, and a lid assembly 3 detachably assembled with the cup assembly 2.
• the host 1 comprises a housing 10, a first motor 11 and a second motor 12 located within a space enclosed by the housing 10, a mounting bracket 13 enclosing the first motor 11 and the second motor 12, a first lower coupler 15 assembled with the first motor 11, and a second lower coupler 14 assembled with the second motor 12.
• the first motor 11 is provided with a first shaft 110.
• the first shaft 110 can be connected with the first motor 11 directly or indirectly.
• the second motor 12 is provided with a second shaft 120.
• the second shaft 120 can be connected with the second motor 12 directly or indirectly.
• the mounting bracket 13 is fixed to the housing 10.
• the first motor 11 and the second motor 12 are located in a space enclosed by the mounting bracket 13, so as to reduce noise when the food processor is in operation.
• the housing 10 comprises an upper housing 101 and a lower housing 120 that are fixed together.
• the upper housing 101 comprises a top wall 1010 and a first side wall 1011 and a second side wall 1012 extending from the top wall 1010.
• the first side wall 1011 and the second side wall 1012 are connected together.
• the top wall 1010 is provided with a first through hole 10101 and a second through hole 10102.
• the first shaft 110 of the first motor 11 passes through the first through hole 10101 before being fixed together with the first lower coupler 15.
• the second shaft 120 of the second motor 12 passes through the second through hole 10102 before being fixed together with the second lower coupler 14.
• the top wall 1010, the first side wall 1011, and the second side wall 1012 enclose a gourd-shaped receiving space 1013,
• the receiving space 1013 comprises a first space 10130 and a second space 10131 in communication with each other.
• the second space 10131 is smaller than the first space 10130, preventing food materials of a large particle size from entering the second space 10131 and affecting the crushing results of the mixer blade assembly 24.
• the first though hole 10101 is located at the center of the first space 10130 so that the second lower coupler 14 is located at the center of the first space 10130.
• the lower housing 102 comprises an air inlet 1020 and an air outlet 1021.
• the air inlet 1020 and the air outlet 1021 are located at different sides of the mounting bracket 13, preventing hot air and cold air from converging and thereby improving the heat dissipation results of the food processor.
• the cup assembly 2 comprises a cup body 20, a handle 28 connected with the cup body 20, a cup holder 21 assembled with the cup body 20, a second rotating shaft 22 and a first rotating shaft 23 assembled with the cup holder 21, a mixer blade assembly 24 and a second upper coupler 25 assembled with the second rotating shaft 22, and a first upper coupler 26 and a grinding assembly 27 assembled with the first rotating shaft 23.
• the distance between the center of the second rotating shaft 22 and the center of the first rotating shaft 23 is greater than or equal to 5 mm and less than or equal to 10 mm, so that the space of the cup body 20 is more compact and the crushing results of the mixer blade assembly 24 is improved.
• the second upper coupler 25 and the second lower coupler 14 cooperate with each other so as to enable the second motor 12 to drive the mixer blade assembly 24 to rotate to crush food materials.
• the first upper coupler 26 and the first lower coupler 15 cooperate with each other so as to enable the first motor 11 to drive the grinding assembly 27 to rotate to grind food materials.
• the ratio of the power of the second motor 12 to the power of the first motor 11 is greater than or equal to 1.5 and less than or equal to 3, which allows a finer grinding of food materials and effectively reduced noise of the food processor.
• the power of the second motor 12 is 200 W and the power of the first motor 11 is 100 W.
• the axis of the second rotating shaft 22 is set to be parallel to the axis of the first rotating shaft 23, i.e., they are not coincident.
• the projections of the mixer blade assembly 24 and the grinding assembly 27 on a horizontal plan do not overlap or partially overlap with each other.
• the mixer blade assembly 24 is located at a center position of the space enclosed by the cup body 20.
• the grinding member 27 is located between the mixer blade assembly 24 and a side wall of the cup body 20.
• the grinding assembly 27 is located between the mixer blade assembly 24 and the handle 28, making the cup assembly 2 more compact and improving the space efficiency of the cup body 20.
• the center lines of the grinding assembly 27, the mixer blade assembly 24, and the handle 28 are coplanar, making the cup assembly 20 more compact and improving the space efficiency of the cup body 20.
• the grinding assembly 27 comprises a dynamic grinding head 270 and a static grinding head 271 assembled together.
• the dynamic grinding head 270 is assembled inside a space enclosed by the static grinding head 271.
• the first rotating shaft 23 is fixedly assembled with the dynamic grinding head 270 so that the first rotating shaft 23 can drive the dynamic grinding head 270 to rotate.
• the dynamic grinding head 270 comprises a first toothed portion 2701 and a second toothed portion 2702.
• the second toothed portion 2702 is located above the first toothed portion 2701.
• the distance between the teeth of the first toothed portion 2701 is greater than the distance between the teeth of the second toothed portion 2702.
• the first toothed portion 2701 can preliminarily grind food materials, which are then grinded more finely by the second toothed portion 2702.
• the height of the dynamic grinding head 270 is greater than or equal to 35 mm and less than or equal to 45 mm.
• the static grinding head 271 comprises a third toothed portion 2710 and a fourth toothed portion 2711.
• the third toothed portion 2710 is located below the fourth toothed portion 2711.
• the third toothed portion 2710 cooperates with the first toothed portion 2701
• the fourth toothed portion 2711 cooperates with the second toothed portion 2701, so as to grind food materials.
• the static grinding head 271 comprises an inlet 2712, an outlet 2713, and a grinding area 2714 located between the inlet 2712 and the outlet 2713.
• the minimum distance between the edge of the mixer blade assembly 24 and the inlet 2712 is greater than or equal to 3 and less than or equal than 8 mm, facilitating the entry of food materials into the inlet 2712.
• the level of the outlet 2713 is higher than the level of the inlet 2712.
• the area in which the third toothed portion 2710 cooperates with the first toothed portion 2701 and the area in which the fourth toothed portion 2711 cooperates with the second toothed portion 2702 form the grinding area in which food materials are ground.
• the outlet 2713 is located at the top of the static grinding head 271 and is formed by the gap between the dynamic grinding head 270 and the static grinding head 271.
• the width of the inlet 2712 is greater than or equal to 25 mm and smaller than or equal to 42 mm. Food materials can enter the inlet 2712 only after being stirred to a certain size, which effectively improves the efficiency of the grinding assembly 27.
• the width of the outlet 2713 is greater than or equal to 0.5 mm and smaller than or equal to 1 mm. Food materials can leave through the outlet 2713 only after being grinded to a certain size, improving the grinding fineness of the grinding assembly 27.
• the level of the mixer blade assembly 24 is lower than the level of the outlet 2713.
• the operation of the mixer blade assembly 24 can better assist the suction of food materials into the inlet 2712.
• the mixer blade assembly 24 can crush food materials at the bottom of the cup body 20, which improves the crushing results.
• food materials in the cup body 20 enter the grinding area 2714 via the inlet 2712. Grinded food materials re-enter the space enclosed by the cup body 20 via the outlet 2713.
• the grinding assembly 27 can grind food materials multiple times so as to improve the grinding fineness.
• the present invention can effectively prevent the mixer blade assembly 27 from covering the inlet 2712 of the grinding assembly 27 and thus affecting the entry of food materials into the grinding assembly 27.
• the stirring of the mixer blade assembly 24 will push food materials to the inlet 2712 of the grinding assembly 27, facilitating the entry of the food materials into the grinding assembly 27 and their grinding.
• the mixer blade assembly 24 and the grinding assembly 27 operate independently without affecting each other, and the rotating speeds of the mixer blade assembly 24 and the grinding assembly 27 can be adjusted, which facilitates the noise reduction and improves the grinding results.
• the first motor 11 driving the grinding assembly 27 to rotate and the second motor 12 driving the mixer blade assembly 24 to rotate the activation and deactivation of the mixer blade assembly 24 and the grinding assembly 27 can be separately controlled, which also facilitates the noise reduction and improves the grinding results.
• the cup holder 21 comprises a gourd-shaped receiving portion 214.
• the receiving portion 214 comprises a first receiving space 2140 and a second receiving space 2141 in communication with each other.
• the second receiving space 2141 is smaller than the first receiving space 2140, and the ratio of the area of the first receiving space 2140 to the area of the second receiving space 2141 is greater than or equal to 1.5 and smaller than or equal to 3.5.
• the space is reasonably divided into an appropriate crushing area and an appropriate grinding area for food materials, which helps to improve their grinding results.
• the mixer blade assembly 24 is concentrically or eccentrically positioned with respect to the center of the first receiving space 2140.
• the grinding assembly 27 is located in the second receiving portion 2141.
• the ratio of the diameter of the second receiving space 2141 to the diameter of the grinding assembly 27 is greater than or equal to 1 and smaller than or equal to 2, preventing food materials of a large particle size from entering the second space 2141 and being unable to be crushed therein, which improves their grinding results.
• the width of the entry to the second receiving space 2141 is greater than or equal to 25 mm and less than or equal to 60 mm, preventing food materials of a large particle size from entering the second receiving space 2141, which could block the grinding assembly 27 and causing it to be stuck. Food materials of a large particle size can only appear in the first receiving space 2140, and can only enter the second receiving space 2141 after being crushed by the mixer blade assembly 24 so as to enter the inlet 2712 of the grinding assembly 27 to be grinded therein.
• the food processor comprises a cup body 20, a cup holder 21 assembled with the cup body 20, and a first motor 11 and a second motor 12 assembled with the cup holder 21.
• the first motor 11 comprises a first shaft 110
• the second motor 12 comprises a second shaft 120.
• the axis of the first shaft 110 is parallel to the axis of the second shaft 120, i.e. the two axis are not coincident.
• the food processor further comprises a grinding assembly 27 assembled with the first shaft 110 and a mixer blade assembly 24 assembled with the second shaft 120.
• the second lower coupler 14, the first lower coupler 15, the second upper coupler 25, and the first upper coupler 26 are all omitted, which simplifies the structure, reduces the costs, and improves the transmission efficiency.
• the noise between the second lower coupler 14 and the second upper coupler 25 and between the first lower coupler 15 and the first upper coupler 26 is avoided, thereby reducing the noise of the food processor.
• the food process of the present invention comprises a mixer blade assembly 24 and a grinding assembly 27 located on one side of the mixer blade assembly 24, preventing the mixer blade assembly 24 from blocking the entry of food materials into the inlet 2712 of the grinding assembly 27 and improving the grinding fineness of food materials.
• the rotation of the mixer blade assembly 24 can facilitate the entry of food materials into the inlet 2712 to the grinding assembly 27, improving the grinding fineness of food materials.
• the mixer blade assembly 24 and the grinding assembly 27 operate independently.
• the mixer blade assembly 24 can crush food materials at a relatively low rotation speed, to reduce the operation noise of the food processor.
• the food processor can be used to grind food materials of a relatively large particle size.
• the food processor comprises a first motor 11 for driving the grinding assembly 27 to rotate and a second motor 12 for driving the mixer blade assembly 24 to rotate.
• the crushing by the mixer blade assembly 24 and the grinding by the grinding assembly 27 are separately conducted, and the rotation speeds of the mixer blade assembly 24 and the grinding assembly 27 can be separately adjusted so as to reduce the operation noise of the food processor.
• the activation and deactivation of the mixer blade assembly 24 and the grinding assembly 27 can be separately controlled, so as to improve grinding results.

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