A disinfection cabinet

Abstract

This invention discloses a disinfection cabinet, comprising a cabinet body (1) with a disinfection chamber (11) inside; at least one drawer (2) that can be pulled in and out of the disinfection chamber (11); and an inner drawer (3) located at the top of the disinfection chamber (11) and also capable of being pulled in and out of the disinfection chamber (11). The inner drawer (3) and the uppermost drawer (2) are linked or separated by a clutch assembly (4). Compared with the prior art, the disinfection cabinet of this invention allows for convenient opening of the inner drawer without affecting the original function of the disinfection cabinet.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the kitchen equipment technical field, specifically points to a kind of disinfection cabinet. BACKGROUND

[0002] The existing disinfection cabinet is more provided with upper and lower two drawers for placing tableware.

[0003] In order to increase storage function, some disinfection cabinets are also provided with an inner drawer on the top of the upper layer for placing chopsticks, spoons and other small tableware, which can be specifically seen from Chinese patent application No.CN201210272461.5 (publication No.CN102813946B) entitled "Disinfection cabinet".

[0004] However, in the above scheme, opening the inner drawer involves two steps, i.e., first opening the upper drawer and then pulling the inner drawer, which is relatively troublesome. SUMMARY

[0005] The present application aims to solve the technical problems of the prior art and provide a disinfection cabinet that can facilitate opening of the inner drawer without affecting the original functions of the disinfection cabinet.

[0006] The technical solution adopted by the present application to solve the above technical problems is as follows: a disinfection cabinet comprising

[0007] a cabinet body having a disinfection cavity inside;

[0008] at least one drawer capable of being pulled in and out of the disinfection cavity; and

[0009] an inner drawer provided on the top of the disinfection cavity and capable of being pulled in and out of the disinfection cavity;

[0010] in a state where the uppermost drawer is closed, the inner drawer is accommodated on the top of the inner cavity of the drawer;

[0011] characterized in that the inner drawer and the uppermost drawer are connected or separated through a clutch assembly.

[0012] In order to simplify the structure of the clutch assembly, the front side of the drawer has a door body, the door body of the uppermost drawer has a first slot hole penetratingly formed in the front-rear direction, and the front side wall of the inner drawer has a second slot hole corresponding to the first slot hole and penetratingly formed in the front-rear direction;

[0013] the clutch assembly comprises a connecting column extending in the front-rear direction, the connecting column is provided in the first slot hole and can only slide in the length direction of the first slot hole, and the rear end of the connecting column has a limiting protrusion;

[0014] The second bar-shaped hole comprises a first hole part and a second hole part arranged along the length direction of the second bar-shaped hole, and the limiting protrusion can only pass through the second hole part along the front-rear direction.

[0015] In the state that the inner drawer is linked with the uppermost drawer, the limiting protrusion is opposite to the first hole part and is limited to the rear of the periphery of the first hole part.

[0016] In the state that the inner drawer is separated from the uppermost drawer, the limiting protrusion is opposite to the second hole part and can pass through the second bar-shaped hole along the front-rear direction.

[0017] In order to make the limiting protrusion pass through the second hole part along the front-rear direction, the cross section of the limiting protrusion is circular, the width of the first hole part is smaller than the diameter of the limiting protrusion, and the width of the second hole part is greater than or equal to the diameter of the limiting protrusion.

[0018] In order to manually move the connecting column by the user and avoid the influence of the exposed connecting column on the appearance, the front surface of the door body of the uppermost drawer is provided with a first handle slot penetrating the first bar-shaped hole, and the front end of the connecting column extends into the first handle slot.

[0019] In order to facilitate the user to operate the connecting column and realize the limiting of the connecting column on the door body, the clutch assembly further comprises an operating cap connected to the front end of the connecting column, the operating cap is accommodated in the first handle slot and abuts against the rear side wall of the first handle slot.

[0020] In order to facilitate the user to pull out the inner drawer in the state that the upper drawer is opened and avoid the clutch assembly colliding with the tableware in the inner drawer, the inner drawer comprises a box body and a handle provided on the front side of the box body, and the second bar-shaped hole is provided on the front side wall of the handle.

[0021] In order to drive the handle by the user, the handle has a second handle slot with a bottom opening for inserting fingers.

[0022] In order to facilitate the processing of the handle, the handle extends forward and then downward from the top edge of the front side of the box body, and the second handle slot is surrounded by the front end surface of the handle and the box body.

[0023] In order to ensure the stable movement of the inner drawer along the front-rear direction, the left and right sides of the inner drawer are installed on the top of the sterilization cavity through guide rails, the fixed rails of the guide rails are installed on the inner wall of the cabinet body along the front-rear direction, and the movable rails of the guide rails are installed on the inner drawer along the front-rear direction.

[0024] In order to reasonably divide the sterilization cavity, the number of the drawers is two, the upper drawer is recorded as the upper drawer, and the lower drawer is recorded as the lower drawer, and the inner drawer is arranged on the top of the inner cavity of the upper drawer in the closed state of the upper drawer.

[0025] Compared with the prior art, the advantages of the present application are that: by connecting or disconnecting the inner drawer and the uppermost drawer through the clutch assembly, in the state that the inner drawer is connected with the uppermost drawer, when the inner drawer needs to be opened, only the upper drawer needs to be opened to drive the inner drawer to move forward synchronously through the clutch assembly, which is simple to operate; in addition, in the state that the inner drawer is disconnected from the uppermost drawer, the upper drawer can be opened alone, which does not affect the original function of the sterilization cabinet. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0026] Figure 1 is a perspective view of the embodiment of the sterilization cabinet in the closed state of the drawer (the clutch moves to the position that the upper drawer and the inner drawer are connected);

[0027] Figure 2 is Figure 1 a longitudinal sectional view;

[0028] Figure 3 is Figure 1 a perspective exploded view of the upper drawer, the inner drawer and the clutch assembly;

[0029] Figure 4 is Figure 1 a perspective view after the upper drawer is opened;

[0030] Figure 5 is Figure 4 a longitudinal sectional view;

[0031] Figure 6 is Figure 2 a longitudinal sectional view in which the clutch moves to the position that the upper drawer and the inner drawer are disconnected;

[0032] Figure 7 is Figure 6 a longitudinal sectional view after the upper drawer is opened. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0033] The present application will be further described in detail below in combination with the embodiments of the drawings.

[0034] The specification and claims of this invention use terms indicating direction, such as "front," "rear," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," "side," "top," and "bottom," to describe various exemplary structural parts and elements of the invention. However, these terms are used herein merely for ease of explanation and are determined based on the exemplary orientations shown in the accompanying drawings. Since the embodiments disclosed in this invention can be arranged in different orientations, these terms indicating direction are for illustrative purposes only and should not be considered as limitations. For example, "upper" and "lower" are not necessarily limited to directions opposite to or consistent with the direction of gravity.

[0035] like Figures 1 to 7 The image shows a preferred embodiment of the disinfection cabinet of the present invention. The disinfection cabinet includes a cabinet body 1, a drawer 2, an inner drawer 3, and a clutch assembly 4.

[0036] The cabinet 1 has a disinfection chamber 11 inside and an opening on the front.

[0037] There are two drawers 2, with the upper drawer 2 referred to as the upper drawer and the lower drawer 2 referred to as the lower drawer. Each drawer 2 can be pulled in and out of the disinfection chamber 11 through the opening on the front side of the cabinet 1. Specifically, each drawer 2 includes a door 21 and a shelf 22 installed on the back of the door 21. The front of the door 21 of the upper drawer is provided with a first handle groove 212, and a first strip hole 211 is provided through the first handle groove 212 along the front-back direction on the rear side wall of the first handle groove 212. The first strip hole 211 is arranged in the left-right direction.

[0038] The inner drawer 3 is located at the top of the disinfection chamber 11 and can be pulled in and out of the disinfection chamber 11 through the opening on the front side of the cabinet 1. When the upper drawer is closed, the inner drawer 3 is housed at the top of the inner cavity of the upper drawer.

[0039] In this embodiment, the inner drawer 3 includes a box body 31 and a handle 32 located on the front side of the box body 31.

[0040] Specifically, the left and right sides of the box body 31 are mounted on the top of the disinfection chamber 11 via guide rails 311. The fixed rails of each guide rail 311 are mounted on the inner wall of the cabinet 1 in the front-back direction, and the movable rails of the guide rails 311 are mounted on the side wall of the box body 31 in the front-back direction.

[0041] The handle 32 extends forward and then downward from the top edge of the front side of the box body 31. The handle 32 and the front end face of the box body 31 form a second handle groove 321 with a bottom opening for inserting fingers to facilitate the user to pull out the inner drawer 3. A second strip hole 322 corresponding to the first strip hole 211 is provided through the front side wall of the handle 32 in the front-back direction. The second strip hole 322 includes a first hole portion 3221 on the left and a second hole portion 3222 on the right.

[0042] The clutch assembly 4 comprises a connecting column 41 and an operating cap 42, and the inner drawer 3 is connected or separated with the upper drawer 2 through the clutch assembly 4.

[0043] Specifically, the connecting column 41 extends in the front-rear direction, is arranged in the first strip-shaped hole 211 and can only slide along the length direction of the first strip-shaped hole 211, the front end of the connecting column 41 extends into the first handle groove 212, and the rear end of the connecting column 41 is provided with a limiting protrusion 411 with a circular cross section, the width of the first hole part 3221 is smaller than the diameter of the limiting protrusion 411, and the width of the second hole part 3222 is greater than or equal to the diameter of the limiting protrusion 411, so that the limiting protrusion 411 can only pass through the second strip-shaped hole 322 in the front-rear direction through the second hole part 3222.

[0044] The operating cap 42 is connected to the front end of the connecting column 41, is arranged in the first handle groove 212 and abuts against the rear side wall of the first handle groove 212.

[0045] As shown in Figure 2 and Figure 5 , in the state that the inner drawer 3 is connected with the upper drawer, the limiting protrusion 411 is opposite to the first hole part 3221 and is limited to the rear of the periphery of the first hole part 3221.

[0046] As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7 , in the state that the inner drawer 3 is separated from the upper drawer, the limiting protrusion 411 is opposite to the second hole part 3222 and can pass through the second strip-shaped hole 322 in the front-rear direction through the second hole part 3222.

[0047] The working principle of the embodiment is as follows:

[0048] (1) When the inner drawer 3 needs to be opened:

[0049] As shown in Figure 2 , the upper drawer and the inner drawer 3 are both in the closed state, the inner drawer 3 is arranged at the top of the inner cavity of the upper drawer, the limiting protrusion 411 is opposite to the first hole part 3221 and is limited to the rear of the periphery of the first hole part 3221, so that the inner drawer 3 is connected with the upper drawer.

[0050] At this time, the upper drawer is opened, and the inner drawer 3 can be driven by the clutch assembly 4 to move forward synchronously (as shown in Figure 5 , that is, only one step is needed to open the inner drawer 3.

[0051] (2) When the upper drawer needs to be opened alone:

[0052] Only the first handle groove 212 is inserted to drive the operating cap 42 to move the connecting column 41 to the right side, at this time, as shown in Figure 6As shown, the limiting protrusion 411 is opposite the second hole portion 3222;

[0053] Then the upper drawer is opened, the limiting protrusion 411 passes through the second hole portion 3222 along the front and back direction through the second strip hole 322, avoiding the synchronous opening of the inner drawer 3 (such as Figure 7 As shown, the limiting protrusion 411 is opposite the second hole portion 3222;

Claims

1. A sterilization cabinet comprising a cabinet body (1) having a sterilization cavity (11) inside; two drawers (2) capable of being pulled in and out of the sterilization cavity (11) in a forward and backward direction, the upper drawer being referred to as the upper drawer and the lower drawer being referred to as the lower drawer; and an inner drawer (3) provided at the top of the sterilization cavity (11) and capable of being pulled in and out of the sterilization cavity (11) in a forward and backward direction, the inner drawer (3) being accommodated at the top of the inner cavity of the upper drawer in a state where the upper drawer is closed; characterized in that the inner drawer (3) and the upper drawer are linked or separated through a clutch assembly (4); the front side of the drawer (2) has a door body (21), the door body (21) of the upper drawer has a first slot (211) penetratingly formed in a forward and backward direction, and the front side wall of the inner drawer (3) has a second slot (322) penetratingly formed in a forward and backward direction corresponding to the first slot (211); the clutch assembly (4) comprises a connecting column (41) extending in a forward and backward direction, the connecting column (41) is provided in the first slot (211) and can only slide in the length direction of the first slot (211), and the rear end of the connecting column (41) has a limiting protrusion (411); the second slot (322) comprises a first hole portion (3221) and a second hole portion (3222) arranged in sequence in the length direction thereof, and the limiting protrusion (411) can only pass through the second slot (322) in a forward and backward direction through the second hole portion (3222); in a state where the inner drawer (3) and the upper drawer are linked, the limiting protrusion (411) is opposite to the first hole portion (3221) and is limited to the rear of the periphery of the first hole portion (3221); in a state where the inner drawer (3) and the upper drawer are separated, the limiting protrusion (411) is opposite to the second hole portion (3222) and can pass through the second slot (322) in a forward and backward direction through the second hole portion (3222); when the inner drawer (3) needs to be opened, the upper drawer and the inner drawer (3) are both in a closed state, the inner drawer (3) is accommodated at the top of the inner cavity of the upper drawer, the limiting protrusion (411) is opposite to the first hole portion (3221) and is limited to the rear of the periphery of the first hole portion (3221), so that the inner drawer (3) and the upper drawer are linked, at this time, the upper drawer is opened, and the inner drawer (3) is driven by the clutch assembly (4) to move forward synchronously; when the upper drawer needs to be opened alone, the connecting column (41) is only moved to make the limiting protrusion (411) opposite to the second hole portion (3222), and then the upper drawer is opened, the limiting protrusion (411) passes through the second slot (322) in a forward and backward direction through the second hole portion (3222), avoiding the inner drawer (3) from being opened synchronously.

2. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein: The cross section of the limiting protrusion (411) is circular, the width of the first hole portion (3221) is smaller than the diameter of the limiting protrusion (411), and the width of the second hole portion (3222) is greater than or equal to the diameter of the limiting protrusion (411).

3. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein: The front surface of the upper drawer door body (21) is provided with a first handle slot (212) penetrating the first slot (211), and the front end of the connecting column (41) extends into the first handle slot (212).

4. The cabinet of claim 3, wherein: The clutch assembly (4) further comprises an operating cap (42) connected to the front end of the connecting column (41), which is accommodated in the first handle slot (212) and abuts against the rear side wall of the first handle slot (212).

5. The cabinet of claim 1, wherein: The inner drawer (3) comprises a box body (31) and a handle (32) arranged on the front side of the box body (31), and the second slot (322) is arranged on the front side wall of the handle (32).

6. The cabinet of claim 5, wherein: The handle (32) has a second handle slot (321) with a bottom opening for inserting fingers.

7. The cabinet of claim 6, wherein: The handle (32) extends forward and then downward from the top edge of the front side of the box body (31), and the second handle slot (321) is formed between the handle (32) and the front end surface of the box body (31).

8. The cabinet of any of claims 1-7, wherein: The left and right sides of the inner drawer (3) are installed on the top of the sterilization cavity (11) through guide rails (311), the fixed rails of each guide rail (311) are installed on the inner wall of the cabinet body (1) in the front-rear direction, and the movable rails of the guide rail (311) are installed on the inner drawer (3) in the front-rear direction.

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