Control device and cooking equipment

By employing a multi-button assembly with a hinged connection and a flexible element design in the cooking equipment, the problems of buttons easily falling off and being misoperated are solved, achieving button stability and convenient operation.

CN223810571UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-20QINGDAO HAIS BAKERY ELECTRIC CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520133667.2
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-20
Publication Date
2026-01-20
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-20

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Technical Problem

The buttons on the control units of existing cooking equipment are prone to falling off, making repair and replacement inconvenient and posing a risk of misoperation.

Method used

The control device employs a combination of two or more button components, which are connected by a pivot and equipped with elastic elements and a limiting structure to ensure that the button components are not easily detached and to prevent accidental operation.

Benefits of technology

It improves the stability of the button assembly and the ease of user operation, avoids button detachment and accidental operation, and simplifies the structural design.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a control device, which is applied to cooking equipment, and comprises more than two key components, at least one key component comprises two pressing parts, and the two pressing parts are arranged at the two ends of the key component; the control panel is provided with a trigger element corresponding to the pressing part; and the key assembly base is connected with more than two key components through a rotating shaft. The control device comprises more than two key components, and at least one key component comprises two pressing parts, so that a single key component can be pressed through the two pressing parts, the structure is simplified, and user operation is facilitated; the key assembly base is connected with more than two key components through the rotating shaft, so that the key components are not easy to fall off, and the key components are relatively flat after being installed. The utility model discloses cooking equipment which comprises the control device of any one of the above items. According to the cooking equipment, the control device is adopted.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to cooking equipment technical field especially, it relates to a control device and cooking equipment. BACKGROUND

[0002] In cooking equipment, for example, cooking equipment such as oven, steamer, need to set up operation unit on the main body of cooking equipment or the door body of cooking equipment to operate cooking equipment, the existing operation unit includes multiple keys, a key corresponds to a trigger element, that is, a key is only provided with a pressing part, and the key is clamped or buckled with the main body of cooking equipment or the door body of cooking equipment, and the key is prone to falling off, and it is inconvenient to disassemble during maintenance and replacement. SUMMARY

[0003] In order to overcome the insufficient of prior art, one of purposes of the utility model is to provide a control device, including two or more key assemblies, at least one key assembly includes two pressing parts, so that a single key assembly can be pressed through two pressing parts, but only one pressing part can be effectively operated, to avoid misoperation of pressing at two places at the same time, not only simple structure, but also convenient for user operation, and the key assembly is not easy to fall off after installation, and the key assembly is relatively flat.

[0004] The second purpose of the utility model is to provide a cooking equipment, which adopts the control device, simplifies the structure and is convenient for user operation.

[0005] One of purposes of the utility model is achieved by the following technical scheme:

[0006] A control device applied to cooking equipment, comprising:

[0007] Two or more key assemblies, at least one key assembly includes two pressing parts, and the two pressing parts are arranged at two ends of the key assembly;

[0008] A control panel, the control panel is provided with a trigger element corresponding to the pressing part, the pressing part bears the pressing force, and the pressing force is transmitted to the corresponding trigger element;

[0009] A key assembly base, the key assembly base is arranged between the control panel and the key assembly, and the key assembly base is connected to the two or more key assemblies through a rotating shaft;

[0010] The pressing part at one end of the key assembly is close to the corresponding trigger element, and the pressing part at the other end of the key assembly is rotated away from the corresponding trigger element around the rotating shaft.

[0011] In a preferred embodiment, the rotating shaft is arranged on the side of the key assembly base facing the key assembly, and the elastic element is arranged between the key assembly base and the control panel.

[0012] In a preferred embodiment, the elastic element comprises an elastic body and an elastic extension end, the elastic body extends along the axial direction of the rotating shaft, the elastic extension end extends along a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the elastic extension end extends to correspond to the pressing part.

[0013] In a preferred embodiment, the side of the key assembly base away from the key assembly is provided with a fixing hook, and the elastic element is provided with a fixing groove matched with the fixing hook.

[0014] Alternatively, the side of the key assembly base away from the key assembly is provided with a fixing groove, and the elastic element is provided with a fixing hook matched with the fixing groove.

[0015] In a preferred embodiment, the elastic element is of an integrated structure, and the number of the elastic extension ends of the elastic element is consistent with the number of the pressing parts of the key assembly.

[0016] In a preferred embodiment, the side of the key assembly base facing the key assembly is provided with a limiting seat, the side of the key assembly facing the key assembly base is provided with a connecting seat, and the rotating shaft is inserted into the limiting seat and the connecting seat along the axial direction.

[0017] In a preferred embodiment, the key assembly comprises a key plate and a key support, the key support is arranged on the back of the key plate, the side of the key support facing the key plate is provided with a sliding groove, and the key plate is inserted into the sliding groove along the axial direction.

[0018] In a preferred embodiment, the side of the key support away from the key plate is provided with a first protruding part and a second protruding part, the first protruding part is arranged corresponding to the corresponding trigger element, and the second protruding part is arranged corresponding to the corresponding elastic extension end.

[0019] In a preferred embodiment, the key assembly base is provided with a through hole corresponding to the pressing part, the first protruding part abuts against the corresponding trigger element through the through hole, and the second protruding part abuts against the corresponding elastic extension end through the through hole.

[0020] The second purpose of the utility model is achieved by the following technical scheme.

[0021] A cooking equipment comprises a box body and a door body, and the door body is provided with the control device of any one of the above.

[0022] In summary, the utility model has the following technical effects.

[0023] 1. The utility model discloses a control device, including two above button subassembly, at least one button subassembly includes two pressing part, to single button subassembly can be pressed through two pressing part, but only to one pressing part effective action, avoid the misoperation of pressing at two places simultaneously, not only simple structure, and convenient for user operation, button assembly base is connected two above button subassembly through the pivot, to button subassembly is not easy to fall off, and button subassembly is relatively flat after installation.

[0024] 2. The utility model discloses a cooking equipment, adopt control device, simplify structure, convenient for user operation. DRAWINGS

[0025] Figure 1 It is whole structure schematic diagram of the utility model control device embodiment;

[0026] Figure 2 It is exploded structure schematic diagram of the utility model control device embodiment;

[0027] Figure 3 It is internal structure schematic diagram of the utility model control device embodiment;

[0028] Figure 4 It is structure schematic diagram of button assembly base of the utility model control device embodiment;

[0029] Figure 5 It is structure schematic diagram of elastic element of the utility model control device embodiment;

[0030] Figure 6 It is structure schematic diagram of button support of the utility model control device embodiment;

[0031] Figure 7 It is structure schematic diagram of the utility model cooking equipment embodiment.

[0032] Among them, the meaning of the reference sign is as follows:

[0033] 10, button subassembly, 101, pressing part, 102, button board, 103, button support, 104, sliding slot, 105, first protruding part, 106, second protruding part, 20, control board, 30, trigger element, 40, button assembly base, 50, pivot, 60, elastic element, 601, elastic main body, 602, elastic extension end, 70, fixed hook, 80, fixed slot, 90, limit seat, 100, connecting seat, 110, through -hole, 120, box, 130, door body. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0034] In order to better understand and implement, below will combine the drawings in the utility model embodiment, and the technical scheme in the utility model embodiment is clearly and completely described.

[0035] In the description of the utility model, it is explained that, the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, which is only for the convenience of describing the utility model and simplifying the description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the utility model.

[0036] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the utility model belongs. The terms used in the specification of the utility model herein are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the utility model.

[0037] Referring to Figures 1-6 The utility model discloses a kind of control devices, applied to cooking equipment, specifically, cooking equipment can be oven, steamer, steaming oven, microwave oven, micro steam oven, fermentation tank etc..The control device of the embodiment, specific installation position can be adjusted according to cooking equipment, can be set on the door body or box of cooking equipment.Using the control device of the embodiment, the cooking process of cooking equipment can be operated and controlled, for example, the time, temperature, mode etc.

[0038] The control device of the embodiment includes: two or more key assemblies 10, at least one key assembly 10 includes two pressing parts 101, two pressing parts 101 are arranged at both ends of the key assembly 10;Control panel 20, control panel 20 is provided with trigger element 30 corresponding to pressing part 101, pressing pressing part 101, the pressing force borne by pressing part 101 is transmitted to corresponding trigger element 30;Key assembly base 40, key assembly base 40 is arranged between control panel 20 and key assembly 10, key assembly base 40 is connected with two or more key assemblies 10 by pivot 50;Pressing part 101 of one end of key assembly 10 is close to corresponding trigger element 30, pressing part 101 of the other end of key assembly 10 rotates away from corresponding trigger element 30 around pivot 50.

[0039] It should be noted that the two pressing portions 101 are arranged at the two ends of the key assembly 10, which means that the two pressing portions 101 are arranged at the two side regions away from the center of the key assembly 10. The trigger element 30 on the control panel 20 corresponding to the pressing portion 101 means that the trigger element 30 corresponds to the position of the pressing portion 101, so that the pressing force borne by the pressing portion 101 can be transmitted to the trigger element 30 after the pressing portion 101 is pressed. It should be understood that the positions of the trigger element 30 and the pressing portion 101 correspond to each other, and the positions of the two do not need to be strictly aligned, but can be staggered and deviated from each other to a certain extent, as long as the transmission of the pressing force can be satisfied. The control panel 20 can be an electric control panel or a circuit board, and the trigger element 30 thereon can also be a common device. The structure of the control panel 20 and the trigger element 30 thereon is not the focus of improvement in the present embodiment, and will not be described here.

[0040] The rotation shaft 50 is designed to connect the key assembly 10 and the key assembly base 40, and after assembly, the key assembly 10 can be firmly held on the key assembly base 40 under the blockage of the rotation shaft 50, even if it is subjected to bumps during moving and transporting. In the user's operation, even if the user presses or moves it hard, the key assembly 10 will not be pulled out, solving the problem of easy falling of the existing key, and improving the product quality. Further, the rotation shaft 50 is used to connect multiple key assemblies 10, and the back surface of the key assembly 10 is limited by the key assembly base 40, so that the surfaces of the multiple key assemblies 10 are flat after assembly, avoiding the condition that the key assembly 10 is high or skewed, and the appearance effect of the whole machine is good.

[0041] The utility model discloses a control device, including two above button assembly 10, at least one button assembly 10 includes two pressing portion 101, press button assembly 10 one end's pressing portion 101 is close to corresponding trigger element 30, then button assembly 10 other end's pressing portion 101 rotates away from corresponding trigger element 30 around pivot 50, and single button assembly 10 can be pressed through two pressing portion 101, but only one pressing portion 101 can be effective action, namely, if the user misoperation simultaneously presses button assembly 10 two ends' two pressing portion 101, under the restriction of pivot 50, two pressing portion 101 can not be effectively pressed, avoid misoperation of simultaneously pressing two pressing portion 101, for example, one button assembly 10 is used to adjust the temperature of cooking equipment, and the pressing portion 101 of button assembly 10 one end corresponds to reduce temperature, and the pressing portion 101 of its other end corresponds to increase temperature, therefore there is no simultaneous increase and decrease adjustment demand to the temperature of cooking equipment, but, the button structure of only designing single pressing portion of prior art, for the increase or decrease control of temperature is realized by two buttons, there is the situation of user misoperation simultaneously two buttons, in view of above-mentioned defect, in the embodiment, two pressing portion 101 of one button assembly 10 are used to increase heating temperature or reduce heating temperature respectively, avoid two pressing portion 101 of the same button assembly 10 all effective action, and then avoid the situation of heating temperature simultaneously increasing and reducing, the button assembly 10 not only simple structure, and convenient for user accurate operation.

[0042] In the utility model embodiment, pivot 50 is installed at the side of button assembly base 40 towards button assembly 10, and elastic element 60 is arranged between button assembly base 40 and control panel 20, and when the pressing of pressing portion 101 is released, elastic element 60 pushes pressing portion 101 to reset.

[0043] Specifically, elastic element 60 is arranged at the back of button assembly base 40, and pivot 50 is arranged at the front of button assembly base 40, wherein the front refers to the side towards button assembly 10, that is, the side towards the user, and the back refers to the side away from button assembly 10. Avoid the situation that elastic element 60 and pivot 50 are arranged on the same side of button assembly base 40 and interfere with each other, to improve the control reliability of the whole control device.

[0044] It should be noted that the elastic element 60 and the control plate 20 have a movable gap; when the pressing part 101 of one end of the key assembly 10 is pressed close to the corresponding trigger element 30, the elastic element 60 is extruded by the pressing part 101, and the elastic element 60 moves towards the direction close to the control plate 20; when the pressing on the pressing part 101 is released, the elastic element 60 moves towards the direction close to the key assembly base 40 under the action of the elastic restoring force of the elastic element 60, thereby pushing the pressing part 101 to reset; thus, due to the existence of the movable gap, the elastic element 60 can move, and the size of the movable gap is determined according to the actual situation and is not limited.

[0045] Specifically, the elastic element 60 is a spring structure, which is convenient to install and can reduce the installation space of the control device; preferably, the elastic element 60 is a metal spring structure or a plastic or resin spring structure.

[0046] In the embodiment of the utility model, the elastic element 60 includes an elastic main body 601 and an elastic extension end 602, the elastic main body 601 is arranged along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 50, the elastic extension end 602 extends along the direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotating shaft 50, and the elastic extension end 602 extends to correspond to the pressing part 101.

[0047] It should be noted that the elastic extension end 602 extends to correspond to the pressing part 101, which means that when the pressing part 101 is pressed and moved, it can contact the elastic extension end 602, so that the pressing of the pressing part 101 on the elastic extension end 602 can be realized by the contact between the two, and after the pressing on the pressing part 101 is released, the elastic extension end 602 can push the pressing part 101 to reset under the action of the deformation restoring force of the elastic extension end 602. In addition, the elastic element 60 is designed as an elastic main body 601 and an elastic extension end 602, the elastic main body 601 can connect the two elastic extension ends 602 into a whole structure, compared with the design of a single elastic element for a single pressing part 101, the number of required parts can be reduced, and the assembly efficiency in processing can be improved.

[0048] In the embodiment of the utility model, the side, away from the key assembly 10, of the key assembly base 40 is provided with a fixed hook 70, and the elastic element 60 is provided with a fixed groove 80 matched with the fixed hook 70.

[0049] In other embodiments, the side, away from the key assembly 10, of the key assembly base 40 is provided with a fixed groove 80, and the elastic element 60 is provided with a fixed hook 70 matched with the fixed groove 80.

[0050] During installation, the key assembly base 40 and the elastic element 60 are connected together through the cooperation of the fixing groove 80 and the fixing hook 70. That is, the elastic element 60 is fixed on the back of the key assembly base 40, and then the key assembly base 40 is connected and fixed with the control panel 20, facilitating processing and assembly. Specifically, during assembly, the elastic element 60 can be inserted into the back of the key assembly base 40 along the axial direction until the fixing hook 70 is in contact with and clamped by the fixing groove 80, so as to realize the fixation of the elastic element 60 and the key assembly base 40. In this way, if it is desired to separate the elastic element 60 and the key assembly base 40, the two need to be disassembled from the axial direction. However, after the assembly of the control device is completed, the axial direction is limited and fixed, and the user operation is only performed in the front direction, so that the condition that the elastic element 60 is separated and displaced during use is avoided.

[0051] Therefore, the relative arrangement positions of the fixing groove 80 and the fixing hook 70 are determined according to actual conditions and are not limited, and are subject to the condition that the elastic element 60 can be installed on the key assembly base 40.

[0052] In the embodiment of the utility model, the elastic element 60 is of an integrated structure, thereby saving the number of parts and facilitating production and processing; the number of elastic extension ends 602 of the elastic element 60 is consistent with the number of pressing parts 101 of the key assembly 10.

[0053] In the embodiment, the pressing parts 101 of all the key assemblies 10 in the control device share one elastic element 60, that is, one elastic element 60 can meet the automatic reset requirement of the pressing parts 101 of the key assemblies 10 of the entire control device, the number of parts required during assembly can be further saved, and the processing and assembly efficiency is improved.

[0054] In the embodiment of the utility model, the side of the key assembly base 40 facing the key assembly 10 is provided with a limiting seat 90, the side of the key assembly 10 facing the key assembly base 40 is provided with a connecting seat 100, and the rotating shaft 50 is inserted into the limiting seat 90 and the connecting seat 100 along the axial direction.

[0055] In the embodiment, the rotating shaft 50 is connected with the key assembly base 40 and the key assembly 10 by using the structure of the limiting seat 90 and the connecting seat 100, which is simple in structure and reliable in assembly, and the rotating shaft 50 is inserted along the axial direction, so that after the assembly of the control device is completed, the axial direction is limited and cannot be damaged from the outside, and the connection firmness of the key assembly 10 is also improved.

[0056] Specifically, the rotating shaft 50 is rotationally connected with the connecting seat 100, so that when the user presses the pressing part 101, the key assembly 10 can rotate around the rotating shaft 50 to realize the pressing of one end of the pressing part 101 and the lifting of the other end of the pressing part 101.

[0057] Specifically, the plurality of limiting seats 90 are arranged along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 50, and the connecting seat 100 is installed between two limiting seats 90, so that the mounting stability of the key assembly 10 can be improved.

[0058] In the embodiment of the utility model, the key assembly 10 comprises a key plate 102 and a key support 103, the key support 103 is arranged on the back of the key plate 102, the key support 103 is provided with a sliding groove 104 on the side facing the key plate 102, and the key plate 102 is inserted into the sliding groove 104 along the axial direction, so that the assembly of the key plate 102 and the key support 103 can be facilitated.

[0059] Specifically, the front surface of the key plate 102 faces the user, and the front surface of the key plate 102 can be designed with adjustment parameters or parameter symbols, so as to facilitate the use of the user.

[0060] Specifically, the sliding groove 104 is arranged along the axial direction of the rotating shaft 50, so that the adjacent key assemblies 10 are limited from each other, the key plate 102 is difficult to be pulled out from the front surface of the sliding groove 104, and the situation that the key plate 102 falls off can be avoided.

[0061] In the embodiment of the utility model, the side, away from the key plate 102, of the key support 103 is provided with a first protruding part 105 and a second protruding part 106, the first protruding part 105 is arranged corresponding to the corresponding trigger element 30, and the second protruding part 106 is arranged corresponding to the elastic extension end 602 of the corresponding elastic element 60. By designing the first protruding part 105 and the second protruding part 106 on the back of the key support 103, the stroke of the user pressing the pressing part 101 can be shortened, and the user experience can be improved.

[0062] Preferably, the second protruding part 106 is wedge-shaped, the second protruding part 106 has a pointed end, the second protruding part 106 abuts against the elastic extension end 602 through the pointed end, so that the contact area of the second protruding part 106 and the elastic extension end 602 can be reduced, the second protruding part 106 is arranged close to the end of the elastic extension end 602, and further, the elastic element 60 can be driven to produce greater elastic deformation in the limited space, so that the reset of the key assembly 10 can be ensured.

[0063] In the embodiment of the utility model, the through hole 110 is arranged on the key assembly base 40, the through hole 110 is correspondingly arranged with the pressing part 101, the first convex part 105 is abutted with the corresponding trigger element 30 through the through hole 110, and the second convex part 106 is abutted with the corresponding elastic extension end 602 through the through hole 110. Through the mode that the through hole 110 is designed on the key assembly base 40, the contact of the first convex part 105, the second convex part 106, the trigger element 30 and the elastic extension end 602 is realized, and the structure is relatively simple, and processing is facilitated. Specifically, the through hole 110 can adopt the communication structure given in the drawing, and an interval wall can also be designed in the through hole 110, so that the first convex part 105 and the second convex part 106 pass through the separated parts of the through hole 110 respectively.

[0064] Referring to Figures 1-7 The utility model discloses a kind of cooking equipment, including box 120 and door body 130, door body 130 is equipped with the control device of any one of above.

[0065] In the cooking equipment of the utility model, the control device is adopted, structure is simplified, and user is facilitated to operate.

[0066] Specifically, the cooking equipment is oven, steamer, steaming oven, fermentation oven, microwave oven and other cooking equipment.

[0067] The technical means disclosed in the utility model scheme is not only limited to the technical means disclosed in the above embodiment, but also includes the technical scheme composed of any combination of the above technical features. It should be noted that, for ordinary skilled persons in the art, without departing from the principles of the utility model, a number of improvements and refinements can be made, and these improvements and refinements are also considered within the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A steering device applied to a cooking apparatus, characterized in that, The utility model relates to a control device, including: Two or more key assemblies, at least one of the key assemblies includes two pressing parts, and the two pressing parts are arranged at two ends of the key assembly; A control panel is provided with trigger elements corresponding to the pressing parts, and the pressing force borne by the pressing parts is transmitted to the corresponding trigger elements when the pressing parts are pressed; A key assembly base is arranged between the control panel and the key assembly, and the key assembly base connects two or more key assemblies through a rotating shaft; When the pressing part at one end of the key assembly is pressed close to the corresponding trigger element, the pressing part at the other end of the key assembly rotates around the rotating shaft away from the corresponding trigger element.

2. The steering device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating shaft is installed on the side of the key assembly base facing the key assembly, and an elastic element is arranged between the key assembly base and the control panel, which pushes the pressing part back to its original position when the pressing force on the pressing part is released.

3. The control device according to claim 2, wherein: The elastic element includes an elastic body and an elastic extension, the elastic body extends along the axial direction of the rotating shaft, and the elastic extension extends along a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the rotating shaft and extends to the corresponding pressing part.

4. The steering device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The side of the key assembly base facing away from the key assembly is provided with a fixed hook, and the elastic element is provided with a fixed slot matched with the fixed hook. Alternatively, the side of the key assembly base facing away from the key assembly is provided with a fixed slot, and the elastic element is provided with a fixed hook matched with the fixed slot.

5. The steering device according to claim 2, characterized by: The elastic element is of an integrated structure, and the number of elastic extensions of the elastic element is consistent with the number of pressing parts of the key assembly.

6. The steering device of claim 1, wherein: The side of the key assembly base facing the key assembly is provided with a limiting seat, and the side of the key assembly facing the key assembly base is provided with a connecting seat, and the rotating shaft is inserted into the limiting seat and the connecting seat along the axial direction.

7. The steering device of claim 2, wherein: The key assembly includes a key plate and a key support, the key support is arranged on the back of the key plate, the side of the key support facing the key plate is provided with a sliding groove, and the key plate is inserted into the sliding groove along the axial direction.

8. The control device according to claim 7, wherein: The side of the key support facing away from the key plate is provided with a first protrusion and a second protrusion, the first protrusion is arranged corresponding to the corresponding trigger element, and the second protrusion is arranged corresponding to the elastic extension of the corresponding elastic element.

9. The control device according to claim 8, wherein: The key assembly base is provided with a through hole corresponding to the pressing part, the first protrusion abuts against the corresponding trigger element through the through hole, and the second protrusion abuts against the corresponding elastic extension through the through hole.

10. A cooking apparatus comprising a cabinet and a door, characterized in that, The door body is provided with the control device according to any one of claims 1-9.