CN215686773U

CN215686773U - Electric heating kettle

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Publication number: CN215686773U
Application number: CN202023226754.9U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 朱泽春; 白朋飞
Original assignee: Hangzhou Joyoung Household Electrical Appliances Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hangzhou Joyoung Household Electrical Appliances Co Ltd
Priority date: 2020-12-28
Filing date: 2020-12-28
Publication date: 2022-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 2030-12-28

Abstract

The electric kettle comprises a kettle body and a base, wherein the base comprises an upper base cover and a lower base cover, the upper base cover and the lower base cover enclose to form an annular installation cavity, a light guide gap is formed between the upper base cover and the lower base cover, the electric kettle further comprises a light-emitting component, the light-emitting component comprises a light guide part and a light-emitting part, and the light guide part is provided with a light guide part for filling the light guide gap. And light guide part only leaks outside light guide gap department, can reduce the hourglass of leaded light spare to reduce the influence of leaded light spare to the wholeness of base, the probability that leaded light spare and external article collided with, touched by mistake when still reducible use takes place, the effectual problem that exists among the prior art of having solved.

Description

Electric heating kettle

Technical Field

The application belongs to the technical field of household appliances, and particularly relates to an electric kettle.

Background

The electric heating kettle is often provided with an indicator light to display the working state of the electric heating kettle. Among them, among the partial electric kettle, the kettle body and the base of components of a whole that can function independently have been included, when heating, the kettle body is arranged in on the base, among this kind of electric kettle, like the electric kettle power base that patent 2008200464970 disclosed, through having set up LED shot-light and printing opacity decoration circle at power base to through decorating the light that the circle passes through and showing usefulness, among this kind of electric kettle, decorate the circle and encircle in the base outside, it is great to the fixed degree of difficulty of installation of LED shot-light and decoration circle.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides the electric kettle which can display in an all-around manner without dead angles so as to be convenient for a user to observe, can connect the base upper cover and the base lower cover after the light guide part and the luminous part are arranged in the installation cavity during installation, can be conveniently assembled, and is easy to realize stable fixation of the light guide part and the luminous part. And light guide part only leaks outside light guide gap department, can reduce the hourglass of leaded light spare to reduce the influence of leaded light spare to the wholeness of base, the probability that leaded light spare and external article collided with, touched by mistake when still reducible use takes place, the effectual problem that exists among the prior art of having solved.

In order to solve the problems, the utility model provides an electric kettle which comprises a kettle body and a base, wherein the base comprises a base upper cover and a base lower cover, an annular mounting cavity is formed by the base upper cover and the base lower cover in an enclosing manner, a light guide gap is formed between the base upper cover and the base lower cover, and the light guide gap is communicated with the mounting cavity and the outside; the electric kettle further comprises a light-emitting assembly arranged in the mounting cavity, the light-emitting assembly comprises a light guide piece and a light-emitting piece, the light guide piece is provided with a light guide part for filling the light guide gap, and the light guide part conducts light emitted by the light-emitting piece to the outer side.

Further, the light guide notch is formed on the top surface of the base.

Further, the light guide notch is formed on the side surface of the base.

Further, the light guide member is formed with an installation groove, and the light emitting member is installed in the installation groove.

Furthermore, a positioning rib is formed on the wall of the mounting groove, the light-emitting piece comprises a lamp bead, and the positioning rib is abutted against the lamp bead so as to stop the lamp bead from moving along the annular direction of the mounting cavity; and/or, the cell wall of mounting groove is formed with the location breach, the illuminating part is equipped with spacing muscle, spacing muscle stretches into location breach, with the locking the illuminating part is followed the hoop of installation cavity removes.

Further, the base upper cover with the base lower cover is held fixedly the leaded light spare, the base upper cover or the base lower cover with the notch edge butt of mounting groove, with the stopping the luminous component to the mounting groove outside removes.

Further, at the edge of the light guide gap, sealing ribs are respectively arranged between the light guide piece and the upper base cover and between the light guide piece and the lower base cover.

Further, a fixing groove is formed on the surface side of the light guide member, and the sealing rib is embedded into the fixing groove; or, the light guide part and the sealing rib are integrally formed; or the base upper cover and the base lower cover are respectively integrally formed with the sealing ribs.

Furthermore, an annular groove is formed in the top of the lower base cover, a cover plate is formed on the upper base cover, and the cover plate covers the annular groove to form the installation cavity in an enclosing mode.

Further, when the light guide gap is formed on the top surface of the base, the outer groove wall of the annular groove is higher than the inner groove wall of the annular groove, the cover plate covers the inner groove wall of the annular groove, and the light guide gap is formed between the outer edge of the cover plate and the outer groove wall of the annular groove; or when the light guide gap is formed on the side surface of the base, the outer groove wall of the annular groove is lower than the inner groove wall of the annular groove, the cover plate extends to the upper side of the outer groove wall of the annular groove, and the light guide gap is formed between the cover plate and the upper edge of the outer groove wall of the annular groove.

The utility model has the advantages that the electric kettle can display in all directions without dead angles so as to be convenient for a user to observe, the light guide part and the luminous part can be arranged in the installation cavity and then the upper base cover and the lower base cover are connected when the electric kettle is installed, the electric kettle can be conveniently assembled, and the light guide part and the luminous part can be stably fixed easily. And light guide part only leaks outside light guide gap department, can reduce the hourglass of leaded light spare to reduce the influence of leaded light spare to the wholeness of base, the probability that leaded light spare and external article collided with, touched by mistake when still reducible use takes place, the effectual problem that exists among the prior art of having solved.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the application and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the application and together with the description serve to explain the application and not to limit the application. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a base according to an embodiment of the utility model.

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the base shown in fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a schematic sectional view of the mounting cavity in the embodiment of fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a schematic sectional view of the heating element in the embodiment of fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a partially enlarged structural view of a portion a in fig. 5.

FIG. 7 is an exploded cross-sectional view of a base according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a schematic sectional view of the embodiment of fig. 7 at the installation cavity.

Fig. 9 is a schematic structural view of a light guide member after being cut away in another embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a partially enlarged structural view of a portion B in fig. 9.

Wherein, 1, a base; 101. a base upper cover; 1011. a cover plate; 102. a base lower cover; 2. a mounting cavity; 3. a light guide notch; 4. a light guide; 401. a light guide part; 5. a light emitting member; 501. a lamp bead; 6. mounting grooves; 7. positioning ribs; 8. positioning the notch; 9. limiting ribs; 10. sealing the ribs; 11. fixing grooves; 12. an annular groove.

Detailed Description

In order to more clearly explain the overall concept of the present invention, the following detailed description is given by way of example in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

It should be noted that in the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described herein, and thus the scope of the present invention is not limited by the specific embodiments disclosed below.

In addition, in the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc., indicate orientations and positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only 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, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. However, the direct connection means that the two bodies are not connected to each other by the intermediate structure but connected to each other by the connecting structure to form a whole. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," 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 utility model. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to 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.

In the utility model, as shown in fig. 1 to 10, an electric kettle is provided, which comprises a kettle body and a base 1, wherein the base 1 comprises an upper base cover 101 and a lower base cover 102, the upper base cover 101 and the lower base cover 102 surround to form an annular mounting cavity 2, a light guide gap 3 is formed between the upper base cover and the lower base cover, and the light guide gap 3 is communicated with the mounting cavity 2 and the outside; the electric kettle further comprises a light-emitting assembly arranged in the installation cavity 2, the light-emitting assembly comprises a light guide part 4 and a light-emitting part 5, the light guide part 4 is provided with a light guide part 401 filled in the light guide gap 3, and the light guide part 401 guides light emitted by the light-emitting part 5 to the outer side.

When the electric kettle is used, the kettle body is arranged on the base 1 for heating, and the light-emitting part 5 can emit light outwards through the light-guiding part 4 to display the working state of the electric kettle. Moreover, since the installation cavity 2 is annular, the light guide part 401 of the light guide member 4 can emit light around the base 1, so that the display can be displayed in all directions without dead angles, and the user can conveniently observe the display. In addition, in the electric kettle, the base 1 is formed by connecting and enclosing the base upper cover and the base lower cover to form the installation cavity 2, so that the base upper cover and the base lower cover can be connected after the light guide part 4 and the luminous part 5 are arranged in the installation cavity 2 during installation, the assembly is convenient, and the light guide part 4 and the luminous part 5 are easily and stably fixed. Moreover, through the fixed mode of leaded light spare 4 of installation cavity 2, can only make leaded light portion 401 leak outside leaded light breach 3 department, can reduce the hourglass of leaded light spare 4 to reduce the influence of leaded light spare 4 to the wholeness of base 1, leaded light spare 4 collides with external article when still reducible use, the probability of mistake touching takes place (for example base 1 falls), can guarantee that leaded light spare 4 installs stably, difficult quilt damages when using.

As for the position selection of the light guiding gap 3, it is preferable that the light guiding gap 3 is formed on the top surface of the base 1 as shown in fig. 1 and 4. When the user uses the electric kettle, the user can observe the light guide portion 401 at an oblique overlooking angle, which makes it easier for the user to observe. Moreover, in some embodiments, the light emitted from the light guide portion 401 can be upward used for illumination, and the light emitting member 5 can be controlled to emit light so as to illuminate the top of the base 1 when the kettle body is placed in or taken off, thereby facilitating the user to take and place the kettle body, and particularly facilitating the matching connection of the connector and the kettle body when the connector is arranged on the top of the base 1.

Regarding the position of the light guiding indentations 3, in an alternative embodiment, the light guiding indentations 3 may also be formed on the sides of the base 1, as shown in fig. 7 and 8. As shown in fig. 8, this prevents water from leaking or dirt from accumulating in the light guide recess 3. Moreover, in some embodiments, when the light emitting member 5 emits light, the light can be prevented from directly stimulating the eyes of the user, and the use experience can be improved.

For the installation between the light emitting member 5 and the light guide member 4, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 7, and 9, the light guide member 4 is formed with an installation groove 6, and the light emitting member 5 is installed in the installation groove 6. Therefore, before the light guide member 4 and the light guide member 5 are placed in the installation cavity 2, the light guide member 5 and the light guide member 4 are assembled together, the light guide member 5 is installed in the installation groove 6, fixed connection between the light guide member 5 and the base 1 can be reduced or even avoided, the position between the light guide member 5 and the light guide member 4 can be determined outside the base 1, when the light guide member 4 is installed in the installation cavity 2, only the positions of the light guide member 4 and the base 1 need to be determined, installation and positioning of the light guide member 5 can be facilitated, and the installation is easier.

In order to determine the relative position of the light guide member 4 and the luminous member 5, the further optimization is that a positioning rib 7 is formed on the wall of the mounting groove 6, the luminous member 5 comprises a lamp bead 501, and the positioning rib 7 is abutted to the lamp bead 501 to stop the lamp bead 501 from moving along the annular direction of the mounting cavity 2; and/or, the cell wall of mounting groove 6 is formed with location breach 8, illuminating part 5 is equipped with spacing muscle 9, spacing muscle 9 stretches into location breach 8, with the locking illuminating part 5 is followed the annular of installation cavity 2 removes. As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the light guide member 4 is annular, the light emitting member 5 includes a plurality of lamp beads 501 and a connecting band connecting the lamp beads 501, the inner wall of the mounting groove 6 is provided with a positioning notch 8, and a positioning rib 7 is arranged on the inner surface of the mounting groove 6 to fix the position of the light emitting member 5 in the light guide member 4. Of course, only one of the positioning rib 7 and the positioning notch 8 may be provided in the mounting groove 6.

As for the structure of the light emitting member 5, the manner of combining the lamp beads 501 and the connection strips shown in the figure is not limited, and in an alternative embodiment, a plurality of lamp beads 501 may be further provided; or directly using a luminous band.

Regarding the structure of the base body, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 7, more specifically, the base upper cover and the base lower cover clamp and fix the light guide member 4, and the base upper cover or the base lower cover abuts against the notch edge of the mounting groove 6 to stop the light emitting member 5 from moving to the outside of the mounting groove 6. As shown in fig. 4 and 8, the notch of the mounting groove 6 faces downward, and the base lower cover closes the notch of the mounting groove 6, so that the light-emitting member 5 can be prevented from being separated from the mounting groove 6, and further the position of the light-emitting member 5 in the mounting groove 6 can be further ensured to be stable when in use, and the stability of the light-emitting effect is further ensured. Of course, the notch of the mounting groove 6 can be upward, and the base upper cover closes the mounting groove 6.

Moreover, the base upper cover and the base lower cover clamp and fix the light guide part 4, and the light guide part 4 can be prevented from loosening when in use, so that the fixing effect is further improved. When the equipment, only need arrange leaded light spare 4 in installation cavity 2 after, can realize fixing leaded light spare 4 when being connected base upper cover and base lower cover for it is more convenient to organize, has still simplified the fixed knot structure of leaded light spare 4.

The fixing manner of the light guide 4 in the installation cavity 2 is not limited to the manner of clamping and fixing the base upper cover and the base lower cover shown in fig. 4 and 8, and in alternative embodiments, other forms may also be adopted, for example, the light guide 4 is separately adhered to the base upper cover or the base lower cover, and the light guide 4 is fixed to the base upper cover or the base lower cover by a buckle or a screw.

A further optimization of the above embodiment is that at the edge of the light guide gap 3, a sealing rib 10 is respectively arranged between the light guide 4 and the upper and lower base covers. Through having set up sealed muscle 10, can prevent to intake in to base 1 by the leaded light breach.

For the installation setting of the sealing rib 10, preferably, a fixing groove 11 is formed on the surface side of the light guide member 4, and the sealing rib 10 is embedded in the fixing groove 11, as shown in fig. 4, 5 and 6, the sealing rib 10 may be an annular sealing rib 10 having a certain elasticity, and by embedding the sealing rib 10 in the fixing groove 11, after the installation, the sealing rib 10 can be pressed by the light guide member 4, thereby having a better sealing effect and being easy to install.

Alternatively, as shown in fig. 9 and 10, the light guide member 4 may be integrally formed with the sealing rib 10;

alternatively, as shown in fig. 7 and 8, the sealing rib 10 may be integrally formed on each of the base upper cover and the base lower cover.

Regarding the installation cavity 2 on the base 1, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1 and 7, more specifically, an annular groove 12 is formed at the top of the base lower cover, the base upper cover 101 is formed with a cover plate 2, and the cover plate 2 covers the annular groove 12 to enclose the installation cavity 2. As shown in fig. 4 and 8, when mounting, the light emitting assembly is placed in the annular groove 12, and the cover plate 2 is covered on the upper side of the mounting groove 6, thereby facilitating preliminary positioning of the light emitting assembly. The structure of the base upper cover is also simplified, the base upper cover is easy to process, in some embodiments, the electrical components in the base 1 can be installed on the base lower cover, such as a circuit board connector, etc., and at this time, the wiring operation of the light emitting assembly can be facilitated by placing the light emitting assembly in the annular groove 12 of the base lower cover.

As for the formation of the light guiding gap 3, in the embodiment shown in fig. 1, further specifically, when the light guiding gap 3 is formed on the top surface of the base 1, the outer groove wall of the annular groove 12 is higher than the inner groove wall of the annular groove 12, the cover plate 2 covers the inner groove wall of the annular groove 12, and the light guiding gap 3 is formed between the outer edge of the cover plate 2 and the outer groove wall of the annular groove 12.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 7, more specifically, when the light guiding gap 3 is formed on the side surface of the base 1, the outer groove wall of the annular groove 12 is lower than the inner groove wall of the annular groove 12, the cover plate 2 extends to the upper side of the outer groove wall of the annular groove 12, and the light guiding gap 3 is formed between the cover plate 2 and the upper edge of the outer groove wall of the annular groove 12.

The embodiments in the present specification are described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments are referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from the other embodiments. In particular, for the system embodiment, since it is substantially similar to the method embodiment, the description is simple, and for the relevant points, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiment.

The above description is only an example of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. Various modifications and changes may occur to those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of the claims of the present application.

Claims

1. An electric kettle comprises a kettle body and a base, and is characterized in that the base comprises a base upper cover and a base lower cover, the base upper cover and the base lower cover are enclosed to form an annular mounting cavity, a light guide gap is formed between the base upper cover and the base lower cover, and the light guide gap is communicated with the mounting cavity and the outside; the electric kettle further comprises a light-emitting assembly arranged in the mounting cavity, the light-emitting assembly comprises a light guide piece and a light-emitting piece, the light guide piece is provided with a light guide part for filling the light guide gap, and the light guide part conducts light emitted by the light-emitting piece to the outer side.

2. The electric kettle of claim 1, wherein the light guide notch is formed on the top surface of the base.

3. The electric kettle of claim 1, wherein the light guide notch is formed on a side surface of the base.

4. The electric kettle as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the light guide is formed with a mounting groove, and the light emitting member is mounted in the mounting groove.

5. The electric kettle of claim 4, wherein a positioning rib is formed on the wall of the mounting groove, the light-emitting member comprises a lamp bead, and the positioning rib abuts against the lamp bead to stop the lamp bead from moving along the annular direction of the mounting cavity; and/or, the cell wall of mounting groove is formed with the location breach, the illuminating part is equipped with spacing muscle, spacing muscle stretches into location breach, with the locking the illuminating part is followed the hoop of installation cavity removes.

6. The electric kettle of claim 4, wherein the base upper cover and the base lower cover clamp and fix the light guide member, and the base upper cover or the base lower cover abuts against the notch edge of the mounting groove to stop the light emitting member from moving to the outside of the mounting groove.

7. The electric kettle of claim 1, wherein sealing ribs are respectively arranged between the light guide member and the base upper cover and between the light guide member and the base lower cover at the edge of the light guide gap.

8. The electric kettle as claimed in claim 7, wherein the surface side of the light guide member is formed with a fixing groove, and the sealing rib is embedded in the fixing groove;

or, the light guide part and the sealing rib are integrally formed;

or the base upper cover and the base lower cover are respectively integrally formed with the sealing ribs.

9. The electric kettle as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the top of the lower base cover forms an annular groove, the upper base cover forms a cover plate, and the cover plate covers the annular groove to enclose the mounting cavity.

10. The electric kettle of claim 9, wherein when the light guide notch is formed on the top surface of the base, the outer groove wall of the annular groove is higher than the inner groove wall of the annular groove, the cover plate covers the inner groove wall of the annular groove, and the light guide notch is formed between the outer edge of the cover plate and the outer groove wall of the annular groove;

or when the light guide gap is formed on the side surface of the base, the outer groove wall of the annular groove is lower than the inner groove wall of the annular groove, the cover plate extends to the upper side of the outer groove wall of the annular groove, and the light guide gap is formed between the cover plate and the upper edge of the outer groove wall of the annular groove.