Sink and microwave

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of microwave ovens, specifically a water tank and a microwave oven with the water tank. The water tank in the technical solution of the utility model includes a first tank and a tank cover; wherein the first tank includes a tank body and a notch extension, and the top surface of the tank body is provided with a notch; the notch extension is respectively arranged at both ends of the top surface of the tank body along the length direction, the notch is arranged between the notch extensions at both ends in the length direction, and the tank cover covers the notch. By optimizing the tank body of the water tank and the matching structure between the tank body and the notch, the possibility of water overflowing in the water tank during water filling is greatly reduced, and the convenience and experience of the user's water filling action are improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of microwave ovens, in particular to a water tank and a microwave oven with the water tank. Background Art

[0002] In recent years, most kitchen appliances such as microwave ovens have developed towards the technical direction of multifunctional integration, and equipment such as microwave ovens and steamers have developed rapidly. The working principle of the electric steaming function is to introduce water from the sink into the evaporator, vaporize it and then spray it into the inner cavity of the microwave oven, thus achieving a steam effect similar to that of a large steamer.

[0003] like Figure 1 As shown, in the prior art, the water tank 100 of the microwave oven includes a tank cover 101 and a tank body 102, the top surface of the tank body 102 is formed as a notch 103, and the tank cover 101 is connected with the notch. When the user uses the electric steaming function of the microwave oven, the water tank 100 needs to be pulled out of the microwave oven as a whole, and the water tank 100 is placed back to the bottom of the microwave oven after the tank body 102 is filled with water, so as to supply water to the evaporator of the microwave oven. Among them, the tank body 102 of the water tank 100 is relatively long along the length direction L. When the user fills the water tank 100 with water and carries it, the water tank 100 is slightly tilted toward the two ends of the length direction L, and the water in the tank body 102 is easy to overflow from the two ends of the length direction L of the tank body 102. The overflow of water in the water tank 100 in the microwave oven may affect the normal operation of the microwave oven, and it is also inconvenient for the user to perform the water filling operation. Summary of the invention

[0004] In view of the above problems, the technical solution of the utility model provides a water tank and a microwave oven having the water tank. By optimizing the tank body and the matching structure between the tank body and the notch, the possibility of water overflowing in the tank during water filling is greatly reduced, and the convenience and experience of the user's water filling action are improved.

[0005] On the one hand, the technical solution of the utility model provides a water tank, including a first tank and a tank cover. The first tank includes a tank body and a tank opening extension, the top surface of the tank body is provided with a tank opening; the tank opening extension is respectively arranged at two ends of the top surface of the tank body along the length direction, the tank opening is arranged between the tank opening extensions at the two ends in the length direction, and the tank cover covers the tank opening.

[0006] According to the technical solution of the utility model, by arranging notch extension parts at both ends of the top surface of the trough body along the length direction, the two ends of the top surface of the trough body along the length direction can be surrounded; when the water trough is inclined toward a certain end along the length direction, the water in the first trough flows to that side and will be blocked by the notch extension part arranged on that side, thereby preventing it from directly overflowing from the two ends of the water trough along the length direction and affecting the normal operation of the microwave oven.

[0007] In the technical solution of the utility model, the first groove in the water groove also includes an opening edge, which surrounds the outer periphery of the groove and protrudes from the groove extension portion; the groove cover also includes an outer peripheral edge, which surrounds the outer periphery of the groove cover and engages with the opening edge.

[0008] According to the technical solution of the utility model, the opening edge protrudes from the slot extension and has a certain height, so that a certain height difference is formed between the slot and the top surface of the slot body, thereby directly raising the water level required to be reached when the water flows overflow from the opening edge. Compared with the prior art, the structure in which the slot is flush with the top surface of the slot body can effectively reduce the situation in which the water in the first slot overflows from the slot.

[0009] Preferably, in the technical solution of the utility model, one of the opening edge and the outer peripheral edge of the water tank is provided with a plurality of engaging grooves, and the other is formed with a plurality of convex ribs, and the engaging grooves and the convex ribs are cooperatively connected.

[0010] According to the technical solution of the utility model, the connection between the opening edge and the outer peripheral edge, that is, the connection between the groove body and the groove cover of the first groove can be strengthened by cooperating with the engaging groove and the convex rib, thereby improving the overall sealing of the first groove.

[0011] In the technical solution of the utility model, the tank cover also includes a water inlet, which is arranged on the surface of the tank cover and is used to inject water into the first tank after the tank cover is closed.

[0012] According to the technical solution of the utility model, the trough cover also includes a water outlet pipe, which includes a first section and a second section; the first section is parallel to the surface of the trough cover and extends outward beyond the outer edge of the trough cover; the second section is connected to the first section and extends toward the bottom surface of the trough body.

[0013] According to the technical solution of the utility model, the first section of the water outlet pipe can be connected to the evaporator and other equipment in the microwave oven, and the second section is inserted into the tank body of the first tank, so that the water in the first tank can be introduced into the evaporator and other equipment in the microwave oven for water supply.

[0014] Preferably, in the technical solution of the utility model, the dimension of the slot extension portion along the length direction is one tenth to one third of the dimension of the slot body along the length direction.

[0015] According to the technical solution of the utility model, the quantitative relationship between the dimension of the slot extension along the length direction and the dimension of the slot body along the length direction can be determined according to the length dimension of the slot body and the liquid storage volume, and is preferably the above-mentioned proportional relationship.

[0016] Preferably, in the technical solution of the utility model, the water tank further includes a second tank, which is U-shaped, surrounds the outer circumference of the first tank and is connected to the first tank.

[0017] According to the technical solution of the utility model, the second tank surrounds the outer periphery of the first tank, and its slot opening is open without a tank cover, and can be used to receive residual water and waste water.

[0018] Furthermore, in the technical solution of the utility model, the first tank in the water tank is a water supply tank, and the second tank is a water collection tank.

[0019] Preferably, in the technical solution of the present invention, the second slot further includes a push-pull handle portion, and the push-pull handle portion is a slot opened at the bottom of the second slot and extending along the length direction.

[0020] According to the technical solution of the utility model, when the water sink is arranged in a device such as a microwave oven, the first sink is placed as a whole inside the microwave oven, and the water sink can be conveniently pushed into the microwave oven and / or pulled out of the microwave oven by a push-pull handle arranged at the bottom of the second sink surrounding the outer circumference of the first sink.

[0021] On the other hand, the technical solution of the present invention further provides a microwave oven having the above-mentioned water tank.

[0022] According to the technical solution of the utility model, the water tank can be used to supply water to the microwave oven so that the microwave oven can generate steam. Even if the water tank is tilted at a certain angle, it can prevent the water in the first tank from overflowing from both ends along the length direction to affect the normal operation of the microwave oven, thereby effectively improving the operating convenience of the electric steaming function of the microwave oven and the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of a water tank in the prior art.

[0024] Figure 2 It is a schematic structural diagram of the first embodiment of the utility model when the water tank is opened.

[0025] Figure 3 This is a front view of the water tank when the water tank is opened in the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] Figure 4 It is a side view of the tank cover in the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] Figure 5 It is a schematic structural diagram of a water tank in a closed state in the second embodiment of the present utility model.

[0028] Figure 6 This is a top view of the water tank in the second embodiment of the present invention when it is closed.

[0029] Figure markings: 100-water sink, 101-sink cover, 102-sink body, 103-slot opening, 1-water sink, 2-sink cover; 21-peripheral edge, 22-water inlet, 23-water outlet pipe, 231-first section, 232-second section, 3-first groove, 30-sink body, 31-slot opening extension, 32-slot opening, 33-opening edge, 331-engaging groove, 4-second groove, 41-slot opening, 42-push-pull handle, length direction L, width direction W. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without creative work are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0031] [First embodiment]

[0032] Figure 2 It is a schematic structural diagram of the first embodiment of the utility model when the water tank is opened.

[0033] like Figure 2 As shown, in the first embodiment of the utility model, a water tank 1 is disclosed, comprising a tank cover 2 and a first tank 3. The first tank 3 is the main part of the water tank 1 for storing water, and the tank cover 2 is engaged with the first tank 3 to close the first tank 3.

[0034] In this embodiment, the first slot 3 includes a slot body 30 and a slot extension 31. The slot body 30 is a rectangular parallelepiped structure and the length of the side of the slot body 30 along the length direction L is much greater than the length of the side perpendicular to the length direction, ie, the width direction W.

[0035] The top surface of the tank body 30 is provided with a notch 32, wherein the top surface is the upper side surface of the tank body 30 perpendicular to the height direction. Two notch extension portions 31 are respectively arranged at the two ends of the top surface of the tank body 30 along the length direction L (i.e. Figure 2 The left and right ends of the groove (in the middle), the size of the groove extension 31 in the width direction W is the same as the size of the groove body 30 in the width direction W, the two groove extensions 31 are connected along the two side wall grooves 32 in the width direction W and extend inward (in the direction close to the groove 32) along the length direction L, and the groove extension 31 is integrally formed with the groove body 30.

[0036] The slot 32 is disposed between two slot extensions 31 at both ends in the length direction 6. In this embodiment, the slot 32 is surrounded by two side edges of the slot body 30 along the length direction L and the side edges of the two slot extensions 31 away from the slot body 30. The slot cover 2 covers the slot 32.

[0037] like Figure 1 In the prior art shown in the figure, the tank body 102 is also a rectangular parallelepiped structure, wherein the notch 103 covers the entire top surface of the tank body 102. In the present embodiment, the notch extension 31 covers both ends of the top surface of the tank body 30 along the length direction L, and the size of the notch 32 along the length direction L is shortened without changing the size of the tank body 30 itself. Moreover, by arranging the notch extension 31 at both ends of the top surface of the tank body 30 along the length direction L, the two ends of the top surface of the tank body 30 along the length direction L can be surrounded; at one end of the tank 1 along the length direction L (such as Figure 2 When the left end of the first tank 3 is tilted, the water in the tank body 30 of the first tank 3 will flow to this side (such as Figure 2 The left end of the first slot 3 will be blocked by the slot extension 31 provided on this side, thereby preventing it from directly overflowing from both ends of the slot body 30 of the first slot 3 along the length direction L.

[0038] Preferably, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the dimensions L1 of the two slot extension portions 31 along the length direction L are the same, which is one fifth of the dimension L0 of the slot body 30 along the length direction L.

[0039] It is worth mentioning that in the actual application of the utility model, the dimensions L1 of the two slot extensions 31 along the length direction L can be different, and the proportional relationship between the dimension L1 of each slot extension 31 along the length direction L and the dimension L0 of the slot body 30 along the length direction L can be designed according to the length dimension of the slot body 30 and the liquid storage volume, etc., and is not limited here.

[0040] Figure 3 This is a front view of the water tank when the water tank is opened in the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0041] like Figure 3 As shown, in the first embodiment of the present utility model, the first groove 3 in the water tank 1 further includes an opening edge 33, which surrounds the outer periphery of the groove 32 and protrudes from the groove extension portion 31. The opening edge 33 is perpendicular to the top surface of the groove body 30 and extends in a direction away from the bottom surface of the groove body 30 ( Figure 3 middle upper) extension.

[0042] The slot cover 2 further includes an outer peripheral edge 21 surrounding the outer periphery of the slot cover 2. The outer peripheral edge 21 is perpendicular to the surface of the slot cover 2 and extends toward the direction close to the slot body 30 ( Figure 3 The outer peripheral edge 21 is engaged with the opening edge 33, so that the first slot 3 and the slot cover 2 are fixed.

[0043] In this embodiment, the opening edge 33 protrudes from the slot extension portion 31 and has a certain height h, so that a certain height difference h is formed between the slot 32 and the top surface of the slot body 30, thereby being able to directly increase the water level that needs to be reached when the water in the slot body 30 overflows from the opening edge 33. Compared with the prior art, the structure in which the slot 103 is flush with the top surface of the slot body 102 can effectively reduce the situation in which the water in the first slot 3 overflows from the slot 32.

[0044] Preferably, in the first embodiment of the utility model, a plurality of engaging grooves 331 are formed on the opening edge 33 of the groove body 30, and a plurality of convex ribs (not shown) are formed on the inner side of the outer peripheral edge 21 (the side abutting against the opening edge 33). The engaging grooves 331 on the opening edge 33 and the convex ribs on the inner side of the outer peripheral edge 21 are matched and connected, which can strengthen the connection between the opening edge 33 and the outer peripheral edge 22, that is, the groove body 30 of the first groove 3 and the groove cover 2, and improve the overall sealing of the first groove 3.

[0045] refer to Figure 2 In the first embodiment of the utility model, the tank cover 2 further includes a water inlet 22 and a water outlet pipe 23. The water inlet 22 is arranged on the surface of the tank cover 2, and is formed into a concave circular structure, which is used to inject water into the first tank 3 after the tank cover 2 is closed.

[0046] Figure 4 It is a side view of the tank cover in the first embodiment of the present invention.

[0047] like Figure 4 As shown, in the first embodiment of the utility model, the water outlet pipe 23 includes a first section 231 and a second section 232. The first section 231 is parallel to the surface of the tank cover 2 and extends outward to exceed the outer edge of the tank cover 2; the second section 232 is connected to the first section 231 and extends to the bottom surface of the tank body 30. The water in the first tank 3 can be led out of the tank body 30 through the water outlet pipe 23 and introduced into the external device connected to the first section 231 of the water outlet pipe 23.

[0048] [Second embodiment]

[0049] Figure 5 It is a schematic structural diagram of a water tank in a closed state in the second embodiment of the present utility model.

[0050] like Figure 5 As shown, in the second embodiment of the utility model, the water tank 1 further includes a second tank 4, which is U-shaped, surrounds the outer periphery of the first tank 3 and is connected to the first tank 3. The notch 41 of the second tank 4 is open and no tank cover 2 is provided, and can be used to receive residual water and waste water.

[0051] In this embodiment, the first tank 3 in the water tank 1 is a water supply tank with a tank cover 2, and the second tank 4 is an open water collection tank. The water tank 1 can be formed by splicing the independent first tank 3 and the second tank 4. In other embodiments of the utility model, the first tank 3 and the second tank 4 can also be an integrally formed structure, which is not limited here.

[0052] Figure 6 This is a top view of the water tank in the second embodiment of the present invention when it is closed.

[0053] like Figure 6 As shown, in the second embodiment of the present invention, the second slot 4 further includes a push-pull handle 42 , which is a slot opened at the bottom of the second slot 4 and extending along the length direction.

[0054] In this embodiment, when the water tank 1 is set in a device such as a microwave oven, the first tank 3 is placed as a whole inside the microwave oven. By setting a push-pull handle 42 at the bottom of the second tank 4 surrounding the outer circumference of the first tank 3, the water tank 1 can be easily pushed into the microwave oven and / or pulled out of the microwave oven.

[0055] [Third embodiment]

[0056] In a third embodiment of the present invention, a microwave oven is provided, which has a water tank 1 in the above embodiment. The water tank 1 is usually arranged at the bottom of the microwave oven. The water tank 1 can be used to supply water to the microwave oven so that the microwave oven can generate steam.

[0057] In the third embodiment of the utility model, even if the water tank 1 is tilted at a certain angle in the length direction, it is possible to prevent the water in the first tank 3 from overflowing from both ends along the length direction to affect the normal operation of the microwave oven, thereby effectively improving the operational convenience and user experience of the electric steaming function of the microwave oven.

[0058] In this embodiment, the user can fill water into the first groove 3 of the water groove 1 through the water inlet 22 on the groove cover 2. After the water filling is completed, the water groove 1 is pushed into the bottom of the microwave oven so that the water outlet pipe 23 is connected to the evaporator and other equipment in the microwave oven, and the water in the first groove 3 is introduced into the evaporator to realize the electric steaming function of the microwave oven. Under the electric steaming function, the microwave oven will generate a large amount of water vapor, which condenses on the inner wall of the microwave oven and can flow into the second groove 4 outside the first groove 3. The steam water supply and wastewater collection functions of the microwave oven can be realized through the above water groove 1.

[0059] Similarly, the water tank 1 can also be used in other kitchen appliances such as steam ovens to supply water and collect wastewater, which is not limited here.

[0060] The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A water tank, comprising a first tank and a tank cover, characterized in that: The first slot comprises: The trough body has a notch on its top surface; The slot extension parts are respectively arranged at two ends of the top surface of the slot body along the length direction, the slot is arranged between the slot extension parts at two ends in the length direction, and the slot cover covers the slot.

2. The water tank according to claim 1, characterized in that The first slot also includes an opening edge surrounding the outer periphery of the slot and protruding from the slot extension portion; The slot cover also includes an outer peripheral edge surrounding the outer periphery of the slot cover and engaging with the opening edge.

3. The water tank according to claim 2, characterized in that: One of the opening edge and the outer peripheral edge is provided with a plurality of engaging grooves, and the other is provided with a plurality of convex ribs, and the engaging grooves and the convex ribs are matched and connected.

4. The water tank according to claim 1, characterized in that: The tank cover also includes a water inlet, which is arranged on the surface of the tank cover.

5. The water tank according to claim 1, characterized in that: The tank cover also includes a water outlet pipe, and the water outlet pipe includes: The first section is parallel to the surface of the slot cover and extends outward to exceed the outer edge of the slot cover; The second section is connected to the first section and extends toward the bottom surface of the trough body.

6. The water tank according to claim 1, characterized in that: The dimension of the slot extension portion along the length direction is one tenth to one third of the dimension of the slot body along the length direction.

7. The water tank according to claim 1, characterized in that: The invention also includes a second groove, which is U-shaped, surrounds the outer circumference of the first groove and is connected to the first groove.

8. The water tank according to claim 7, characterized in that The first tank is a water supply tank, and the second tank is a water collection tank.

9. The water tank according to claim 7, characterized in that: The second slot also includes a push-pull handle portion, which is a slot opened at the bottom of the second slot and extending along the length direction.

10. A microwave oven, characterized in that: A water tank as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 9.

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