Foldable cookware handle easy to operate and position
By designing hinged parts, slide grooves, convex strips and limiting protrusions in the pot handle, the problem that existing pot handles cannot lock in position during long-term use is solved, and easy operation, adjustment and stable positioning are achieved , improves durability and space savings.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202420118526.9
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-01-17
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-03
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-01-17
AI Technical Summary
After long-term use, existing pot handles cannot effectively lock the handle position due to wear, deformation or misalignment, resulting in inconvenience in use and occupy a lot of space.
A foldable pot handle including a pot body handle seat, a handle piece, a top plug and an elastic piece is designed. The handle is flexible through the hinge part, a slide groove, a convex strip and a limiting projection. Adjust the position and stabilize the positioning to ensure that it is not easy to deform in the long-term use.
It realizes easy operation, position adjustment and stable positioning of the handle, improves durability and convenience of use, reduces space occupation, and ensures accuracy and firm support for long-term use.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to a cookware handle, in particular to a foldable cookware handle which is easy to operate and adjust. Background Art
[0002] Cookware is one of the main utensils commonly used for daily cooking. Often, each kitchen needs to use multiple cookware of different sizes for daily cooking operations. Therefore, placing multiple cookware separately will take up a lot of kitchen space. Therefore, in order to reduce the space occupied by the cookware, there are some cookware with foldable handles on the market. The handles can be folded when the cookware is not in use to avoid unnecessary space occupation. The structure of these handles is mostly to simply realize the folding and adjustment of the handles through built-in telescopic locking pins or snap-on structures. The structure is mostly hidden in the handles. After long-term use, due to wear, deformation, dislocation or other common structural reasons, the movable structure used for locking the position cannot lock the handle position or adjust the seasoning, which makes it inconvenient to use and needs to be improved. Utility Model Content
[0003] In order to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a foldable cookware handle which is easy to operate and adjust, has good durability and is convenient to use.
[0004] A foldable pot handle that is easy to operate and adjust comprises a pot handle seat, a handle piece and a top plug. The front end of the handle piece is protrudingly provided with hinged parts on both left and right sides. Both left and right ends of the handle seat are correspondingly provided with hinged grooves matching the hinged parts of the handle piece. The top plug is a rectangular body. The handle piece is provided with a slide groove extending from the front end to the rear end to the inside for slidingly matching the top plug. The upper side of the handle piece is provided with an opening connected to the slide groove and having a width smaller than the inner wall of the slide groove. The inner bottom surface of the slide groove is provided with a front and rear bottom surface of the handle piece. A convex strip extending in the end direction is provided on the upper side of the top plug with an operating part that can protrude from the opening of the handle piece, a directional bottom groove matching the convex strip is provided on the lower side of the top plug, an elastic part for pressing the top plug to move toward the front end is installed between the rear end of the top plug and the inner side surface of the slide groove, a clamping head is protrudingly provided at the front end of the top plug, and a limiting protrusion is also provided on the front end surface of the clamping head, a card slot matching the card slot is provided on the outer side of the handle seat, and at least one limiting part matching the limiting protrusion is provided on the bottom side of the handle seat and between the bottom side and the card slot.
[0005] The convex strip is rectangular, and the convex strip and the top plug are both arranged as arc-shaped smooth transition surfaces at the corners of their respective outer walls, and the directional bottom groove and the slide groove are also correspondingly arranged as arc-shaped smooth transition surfaces at the corners of their respective inner sides.
[0006] The elastic member is a spring and at least two of them are symmetrically distributed on the left and right. The rear end of the top plug is correspondingly provided with a spring positioning hole matching the elastic member. The rear side of the operating part has an arc-shaped wall surface, and the opening of the handle on the upper side is also provided with a matching arc-shaped edge.
[0007] Furthermore, the surface of the limiting protrusion facing the handle seat is in an arc strip shape, the limiting portion is a strip groove matching the limiting protrusion, and the upper side or the lower side of the limiting portion has a smooth transition edge corresponding to the adjacent limiting portion.
[0008] A foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust also includes a cookware body connector and a connecting bolt. The cookware body connector is provided with a connecting portion for connecting to the wall of the cookware body. A countersunk hole for inserting the connecting bolt is provided on the outer side of the handle seat in the horizontal direction. The countersunk hole is at least partially located in a slot, and the slot is larger than the countersunk hole. The handle seat is fixedly connected to the cookware body connector by the connecting bolt.
[0009] Both ends of the pot body connector are connecting parts, the middle part of the pot body connector has a raised bolt connecting part, and the inner middle part of the handle seat is provided with a groove corresponding to the bolt connecting part, and the groove corresponds to the position of the countersunk hole.
[0010] The hinge portion is convexly provided with an axle head matching the hinge groove, and the hinge groove is an open groove extending from the end to the inner side of the handle seat in the horizontal direction.
[0011] The handle seat is respectively provided with alignment convex edges at the upper and lower ends of the inner side, and the handle seat is detachably mounted with an annular sheath through the alignment convex edges.
[0012] The beneficial effect of the utility model is that when the foldable handle is applied to the cooker, when the handle is in a horizontal position, the elastic member presses the top plug forward to extend out of the slide slot, and the corresponding protrusion of the clamping head is connected to the slot. When the handle needs to be folded, the operating part is manually moved to make the top plug overcome the elastic force of the elastic member and move backward, so that the clamping head leaves the slot and retracts into the slide slot, and then the handle is driven to rotate downward around the hinge to the position of the corresponding limiting part, and then the operating part is released again to naturally allow the top plug to move forward, and the limiting protrusion falls into the limiting part, so that the handle is positioned at the position of the limiting part. The bottom side of the hand seat or the corresponding folding position between the card slot is very convenient to use. Since the top plug is a rectangular body and the slide slot is a corresponding rectangular slot body, the top plug can maintain stable forward and backward movement through the sliding cooperation of the two, and the convex strips and the directional bottom groove further guide and limit the movement and sliding cooperation of the top plug, so it is not easy to deform during long-term use and can maintain accurate positioning. Moreover, when the card head falls into the card slot, it can realize good force, so that the handle can achieve the effect of firm support. The structure of this foldable cookware handle is very durable and easy to produce and assemble, which can well ensure long-term use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] The utility model is further described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
[0014] Figure 1 It is an exploded schematic diagram of the installation structure of the utility model;
[0015] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the installation structure breakdown from another perspective;
[0016] Figure 3 It is a cross-sectional view of the structure in the unfolded position when the utility model is assembled on the pot body. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0017] Reference Figure 1-Figure 3The utility model discloses a foldable pot handle that is easy to operate and adjust, comprising a pot body handle base 2, a handle piece 4 and a top plug 6. The front end of the handle piece 4 is provided with hinged parts 41 protruding on both sides. The left and right ends of the handle base 2 are provided with hinged grooves 22 that match the hinged parts 41 of the handle piece 4. The top plug 6 is a rectangular body. The handle piece 4 is provided with a slide groove 43 extending from the front end to the rear end to the inside for slidingly matching the top plug 6. The upper side of the handle piece 4 is provided with an opening that is connected to the slide groove 43 and has a width smaller than the inner wall of the slide groove 43. The inner bottom surface of the slide groove 43 is provided with a convex strip 43 extending along the front and rear end directions of the handle piece 4. 1. The upper side of the top plug 6 is provided with an operating portion 61 that can protrude from the opening of the handle 4 for being easily moved by human fingers. The lower side of the top plug 6 is provided with a directional bottom groove 62 that matches the convex strip 431. An elastic member 7 that presses the top plug 6 to move toward the front end is installed between the rear end of the top plug 6 and the inner side of the slide groove 43. The front end of the top plug 6 is provided with a clamping head 63 protrudingly, and a limiting protrusion 64 is also provided on the front end surface of the clamping head 63. The outer side of the handle base 2 is provided with a clamping groove 26 that matches the clamping head 63. At least one limiting portion 23 that matches the limiting protrusion 64 is provided on the bottom side of the handle base 2 and between the bottom side and the clamping groove 26. When the handle is folded, the elastic member 7 presses the top plug 6 to extend forward from the slide slot 43 when the handle 4 is in the horizontal position, and the clamping head 63 is correspondingly protruded into the clamping slot 26. When the handle needs to be folded, the operating part 61 is manually moved to make the top plug 6 overcome the elastic force of the elastic member 7 and move backward, so that the clamping head 63 leaves the clamping slot 26 and retracts into the slide slot 43, and then the handle 4 is driven to rotate downward around the hinge to the position where the corresponding limit part 23 is located, and then the operating part 61 is released again to naturally allow the top plug 6 to move forward and fall into the limit part 23 through the limit protrusion 64, so that the handle 4 can be positioned at the handle seat where the limit part 23 is located. 2 or the corresponding folded position between the bottom side of the card slot 26, which is very convenient to use. Since the top plug 6 is a rectangular body, the slide groove 43 is correspondingly a rectangular groove body. Through the sliding cooperation between the two, the top plug 6 can maintain a stable forward and backward movement, and the convex strip 431 and the directional bottom groove 62 further guide and limit the movement and sliding cooperation of the top plug 6, so it is not easy to deform during long-term use and can maintain accurate positioning. Moreover, when the clamping head 63 falls into the card slot 26, it can be well stressed, so that the handle 4 can achieve the effect of firm support. Therefore, the structure of the foldable cookware handle is very durable and easy to produce and assemble, which can well ensure long-term use.
[0018] refer to Figure 1-Figure 2The convex strip 431 is in the shape of a rectangular strip, and the convex strip 431 and the top plug 6 are both arranged as arc-shaped smooth transition surfaces at the corners of their respective outer walls, and the directional bottom groove 62 and the slide groove 43 are also correspondingly arranged as arc-shaped smooth transition surfaces at the corners of their respective inner sides, thereby further avoiding narrow angle collision between the top plug 6 and the slide groove 43 at the corners, and greatly reducing sharp friction surfaces, more effectively extending the long-term stable use of the top plug 6 in the slide groove 43, and being more durable.
[0019] refer to Figure 1-Figure 2 The elastic member 7 is a spring and has at least two symmetrically distributed thereon. A spring positioning hole 65 matching the elastic member 7 is correspondingly provided at the rear end of the top plug 6. During assembly, the elastic member 7 is matched and placed in the spring positioning hole 65 to form an assembly. Then, the top plug 6 is placed in the slide groove 43 so that the elastic member 7 protruding out of the spring positioning hole 65 at the rear end can naturally abut against the inner wall of the slide groove 43, thereby being able to accurately and evenly apply force to push the top plug 6, ensuring that long-term and multiple reciprocating movements will not cause uneven force and displacement; the rear side of the operating portion 61 has an arc-shaped wall surface, and the opening of the handle member 4 on the upper side surface is also provided with a matching arc-shaped edge. When the operating portion 61 is manually driven to move the top plug 6 backward, unnecessary friction and wear can be avoided naturally through the cooperation of the arc-shaped surface, and no clamping will occur so that the top plug 6 cannot be pushed by the elastic member 7.
[0020] refer to Figure 1-Figure 3 The surface of the limiting protrusion 64 facing the handle seat 2 is an arc-shaped strip, the limiting portion 23 is a strip groove matching the limiting protrusion 64, and the upper side or the lower side of the limiting portion 23 has a smooth transition edge corresponding to the adjacent limiting portion 23. During the adjustment process of the handle piece 4, the limiting protrusion 64 can form a transition contact with the strip groove of the limiting portion 23 through the arc-shaped strip structure, which has less friction and a guiding effect, and can reduce the force strength of the manual operation of the top plug 6 to move backward, thereby making the operation easier.
[0021] refer to Figure 1-Figure 3The utility model is a foldable pot handle that is easy to operate and adjust. It also includes a pot body connector 1 and a connecting bolt 3. The pot body connector 1 is provided with a connecting portion 11 for connecting to the pot body wall. The handle seat 2 is provided with a countersunk hole 21 for inserting the connecting bolt 3 on the outer side in the horizontal direction. The countersunk hole 21 is at least partially located in the slot 26, and the slot 26 is larger than the countersunk hole 21. The handle seat 2 is fixedly connected to the pot body connector 1 through the threaded connection of the connecting bolt 3. Therefore, when assembling the pot handle, welding, riveting or other existing production processes are used according to actual needs. The connecting portion 11 of the pot body connecting member 1 is connected to the outer wall of the pot body, so that the pot body connecting member 1 is fixed on the outer wall of the pot body. When the handle member 4 is connected to the handle seat 2, the handle seat 2 only needs to be horizontally placed into the countersunk hole 21 from the outside through the connecting bolts 3 to fasten the handle seat 2 to the pot body connecting member 1 to complete the operation. In addition, the handle member 4 only needs to be adjusted to the bottom side of the handle seat 2 to make space in the horizontal direction, so as to avoid the handle member 4 blocking the countersunk hole 21 and hindering the installation operation. At the same time, the pot body can also save the insufficient space occupied by the handle by folding and adjusting the handle.
[0022] refer to Figure 1-Figure 3 Both ends of the pot body connecting member 1 are connecting parts 11, and the middle part of the pot body connecting member 1 has a raised bolt connecting part 12. The inner middle part of the handle seat 2 is provided with a groove 25 corresponding to the bolt connecting part 12. The groove 25 corresponds to the position of the countersunk hole 21. Therefore, when connecting the handle seat 2 and the pot body connecting member 1, the groove 25 can be correspondingly fitted into the bolt connecting part 12, and then the connecting bolt 3 can be accurately threadedly connected with the screw hole of the bolt connecting part 12 through the countersunk hole 21. The assembly process is fast in positioning and simple in operation.
[0023] refer to Figure 1-Figure 2 The hinged portion 41 is convexly provided with an axis head 411 matching the hinged groove 22. The hinged groove 22 is an open groove extending from the end portions at the left and right ends to the inner side of the handle seat 2 in the horizontal direction. During assembly, it is only necessary to insert the axis head 411 from the inner side of the handle seat 2 into the corresponding hinged groove 22. When the handle seat 2 is fastened to the pot body connecting piece 1, the inner side of the handle seat 2 will be fitted by the outer wall of the pot body, thereby blocking the opening of the hinged groove 22 on the inner side of the handle seat 22, so that the axis head 411 is limited in the hinged groove 22, thereby the handle piece 4 is well and stably connected to the handle seat 2, the assembly operation is also very simple, and the structural design is reasonable.
[0024] refer to Figure 1-Figure 3The handle seat 2 is respectively provided with alignment convex edges 24 at the upper and lower ends of the inner side. The handle seat 2 is detachably mounted with an annular sheath 5 through the alignment convex edge 24. When the annular sheath 5 is sleeved on the alignment convex edge 24, the annular sheath 5 naturally better covers the opening of the hinge groove 22 on the inner side of the handle seat 22, and abuts against the outer wall of the pot body to achieve limiting after the handle seat 2 and the pot body connector 1 are fastened, thereby better ensuring that the shaft head 411 is limited in the hinge groove 22, and at the same time making the appearance of the handle seat 2 more beautiful, and the structure is simple, and it is also easy to produce and assemble.
[0025] The above description is only a preferred implementation of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. As long as the technical effects of the present invention are achieved by any same or similar means, they should fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. A foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust, characterized in that: The invention comprises a pot body handle seat, a handle piece and a top plug. The front end of the handle piece is provided with hinged parts protruding on both sides. The left and right ends of the handle seat are provided with hinged grooves matching the hinged parts of the handle piece. The top plug is a rectangular body. The handle piece is provided with a slide groove extending from the front end to the rear end to the inside for slidingly matching the top plug. The upper side of the handle piece is provided with an opening connected to the slide groove and having a width smaller than the inner wall of the slide groove. The inner bottom surface of the slide groove is provided with a convex strip extending along the front and rear end directions of the handle piece. The upper side protrusion of the top plug is provided with an operating part that can protrude from the opening of the handle member, the lower side of the top plug is provided with a directional bottom groove matching the convex strip, an elastic member for pressing the top plug to move toward the front end is installed between the rear end of the top plug and the inner side surface of the slide groove, the front end of the top plug is protrudingly provided with a clamping head, and the front end surface of the clamping head is also provided with a limiting protrusion, the outer side of the handle seat is provided with a clamping groove matching the clamping head, and at least one limiting part matching the limiting protrusion is provided on the bottom side of the handle seat and between the bottom side and the clamping groove.
2. The foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust according to claim 1, characterized in that: The convex strip is rectangular, and the convex strip and the top plug are both arranged as arc-shaped smooth transition surfaces at the corners of their respective outer walls, and the directional bottom groove and the slide groove are also correspondingly arranged as arc-shaped smooth transition surfaces at the corners of their respective inner sides.
3. The foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust according to claim 1, characterized in that: The elastic member is a spring and at least two of them are symmetrically distributed on the left and right. The rear end of the top plug is correspondingly provided with a spring positioning hole matching the elastic member. The rear side of the operating part has an arc-shaped wall surface, and the opening of the handle on the upper side is also provided with a matching arc-shaped edge.
4. The foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust according to claim 1, characterized in that: The surface of the limiting protrusion facing the handle seat is in an arc strip shape, the limiting portion is a strip groove matching the limiting protrusion, and the upper side or the lower side of the limiting portion has a smooth transition edge corresponding to the adjacent limiting portion.
5. A foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: It also includes a pot body connecting piece and a connecting bolt. The pot body connecting piece is provided with a connecting portion for connecting to the wall of the pot body. The handle seat is provided with a countersunk hole for inserting the connecting bolt on the outer side in the horizontal direction. The countersunk hole is at least partially located in the slot, and the slot is larger than the countersunk hole. The handle seat is fixedly connected to the pot body connecting piece by the connecting bolt.
6. The foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust according to claim 5, characterized in that: Both ends of the pot body connector are connecting parts, the middle part of the pot body connector has a raised bolt connecting part, and the inner middle part of the handle seat is provided with a groove corresponding to the bolt connecting part, and the groove corresponds to the position of the countersunk hole.
7. A foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The hinge portion is convexly provided with an axle head matching the hinge groove, and the hinge groove is an open groove extending from the end to the inner side of the handle seat in the horizontal direction.
8. The foldable cookware handle that is easy to operate and adjust according to claim 7, characterized in that: The handle seat is respectively provided with alignment convex edges at the upper and lower ends of the inner side, and the handle seat is detachably mounted with an annular sheath through the alignment convex edges.