CN213066819U - Sterilizing device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application provides a sterilizer. The sterilizer comprises a drying cavity, a drying air channel communicated with the drying cavity, a drainage channel communicated with the drying air channel and a wind shield. The drying cavity is used for placing a vessel to be dried. The drain passage includes a water inlet. The wind shield is arranged at the water inlet and shields part of the water inlet so as to reduce hot air entering the drainage channel from the drying air duct. In this scheme, drainage channel can discharge the comdenstion water that steam formed after getting into the stoving wind channel from the stoving chamber to, the deep bead can reduce the hot air loss in the stoving wind channel, shortens the stoving time and improves drying efficiency.

Description

Sterilizing device

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of small household appliances, in particular to a sterilizer.

Background

The sterilizer on the market generally has multiple functions of milk warming, sterilizing, drying, hot eating, egg steaming and the like. The mode of realizing the drying function is to arrange a fan and a heating component in the air duct, and blow hot air through the fan to dry the vessel to be dried.

Present sterilizer is equipped with waterproof construction in the stoving wind channel, and waterproof construction can avoid vapor to get into the stoving wind channel and form the comdenstion water and persist in the stoving wind channel, influences electrical component such as fan and heating element and normally works, however, present waterproof construction causes the stoving time long, and drying efficiency is low.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The application provides a modified sterilizer, both had waterproof function, can shorten the stoving time again and improve drying efficiency.

Specifically, the method is realized through the following technical scheme:

a sterilizer, comprising:

the drying cavity is used for placing a vessel to be dried;

the drying air duct is communicated with the drying cavity;

the drainage channel is communicated with the drying air duct and comprises a water inlet; and

and the wind shield is arranged at the water inlet and shields part of the water inlet so as to reduce hot air entering the drainage channel from the drying air channel.

Optionally, a choke plate is arranged in the drainage channel, and the choke plate protrudes from the inner wall of the drainage channel to the inner wall of the opposite side, and a gap is reserved between the choke plate and the inner wall of the opposite side. The choke plate can block hot air entering the drainage channel to reduce the flow velocity of the hot air, so that the loss of the hot air can be reduced.

Optionally, the plurality of choke plates are arranged along the extending direction of the drainage channel and protrude from the inner wall of the drainage channel along different directions. The plurality of choke plates can further block hot air entering the drainage channel, so that the hot air loss can be further reduced.

Optionally, at least two adjacent choke plates project from an inner wall of the drain channel towards each other. The choke plates protruding oppositely obstruct the smooth flow of hot air, thereby reducing the flow velocity of the hot air and further reducing the loss of the hot air.

Optionally, the gap between the end parts of two adjacent choke plates which protrude oppositely is W3, and W3 is more than or equal to 0.5mm and less than or equal to 20 mm; and/or

The distance between two adjacent choke plates which protrude towards each other in the extending direction of the drainage channel is H1, and H1 is larger than or equal to 3mm and smaller than or equal to 20 mm. The distance H1 and the gap W3 ensure smooth drainage of the condensed water from the drain channel, and facilitate the production and manufacture of the baffle in the drain channel.

Optionally, the two adjacent choke plates protruding towards each other have ends that exceed ends of the other in the protruding direction to form mutually staggered choke structures. When hot air enters the drainage channel, the hot air flows along the circuitous direction due to the blockage of the wind blocking structure, so that the circulation of the hot air is greatly hindered, and the loss of the hot air can be reduced to a greater extent.

Optionally, the sterilizer includes a flow stopping rib protruding upward from a surface of the water inlet and located between the water inlet and the drying air duct to prevent water at the water inlet from flowing into the drying air duct. The flow stopping ribs can prevent water at the water inlet from flowing back into the drying air duct, and a waterproof effect is achieved.

Optionally, the protruding height of the flow stopping rib is H2, and H2 is more than or equal to 2mm and less than or equal to 10 mm. The protruding height of the flow stopping ribs is set in the range, so that the obstruction to hot air can be reduced, and the hot air can be smoothly blown out from the drying air duct.

Optionally, the sterilizer includes a flow guide rib, the flow guide rib is inclined downward from the drying air duct and extends to the water inlet, and the water inlet is opened on the flow guide rib and penetrates through the flow guide rib. The water guiding ribs arranged in an inclined mode enable condensed water in the drying air duct to flow into the water inlet more easily, and the condensed water is discharged conveniently.

Optionally, the wind deflector is arranged on one side of the water inlet close to the drying air duct and is inclined to one side far away from the drying air duct so as to extend obliquely above the water inlet, the extending direction of the wind deflector is inclined at an angle of A2 relative to the vertical direction, and the angle of inclination is more than 0 degrees and less than A2 and less than 90 degrees; and/or

The distance between the top of the wind shield and the surface of the wind shield is H3, and H3 is more than or equal to 2mm and less than or equal to 20 mm. After the arrangement, the wind shield can change the wind direction of hot wind blown out from the drying wind channel, and guide the hot wind to upwards enter the air inlet and further enter the drying cavity.

The technical scheme provided by the application can at least achieve the following beneficial effects:

the application provides a sterilizer, include the drainage channel with stoving wind channel intercommunication, on the one hand, drainage channel can discharge the comdenstion water that vapor formed after getting into the stoving wind channel from the stoving chamber for the sterilizer has waterproof function. On the other hand, the water inlet of the drainage channel is provided with a wind shield, and the wind shield can shield part of the water inlet so as to reduce the hot air loss in the drying air channel, thereby shortening the drying time and improving the drying efficiency.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a sterilizer shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a sterilizer shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of the structure of a sterilizer shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 4 is a further cross-sectional view of a portion of the structure of a sterilizer shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 4;

fig. 6 is an exploded view of the sterilizer shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The embodiments described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all embodiments consistent with the present application. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of the present application, as detailed in the appended claims.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the application. Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in the description and claims of this application do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather the terms are used to distinguish one element from another. Similarly, the terms "a" or "an" and the like do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one, and if only "a" or "an" is denoted individually. "plurality" or "a number" means two or more. Unless otherwise specified, "front", "back", "lower" and/or "upper", "top", "bottom", and the like are for ease of description only and are not limited to one position or one spatial orientation. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed as preceding "comprising" or "includes" covers the element or item listed as following "comprising" or "includes" and its equivalents, and does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, fig. 1 is a schematic view of a sterilizer 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present application. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the sterilizer 10 shown in fig. 1.

The sterilizer 10 provided by the embodiment of the application has multiple functions of milk warming, hot food, egg steaming, cleaning, sterilizing, drying and the like. The sterilizer 10 includes a body 11 and a cover 12 covering the body 11. The body 11 includes a receiving cavity 10 a.

The machine body 11 includes a casing 110 and a steam generation assembly 112, a control circuit (not shown), etc. provided in the casing 110. In one embodiment, the steam generating assembly 112 includes a heating assembly 112a and a water storage cavity 112b, the water storage cavity 112b is used for storing water, and the heating assembly 112a may be disposed at the bottom of the water storage cavity 112b for heating the water in the water storage cavity 112 b. The heating assembly 112a may be an electrical heating assembly or a magnetic induction heating assembly. The steam generating assembly 112 may heat water to form steam for warming milk, heating food, steaming eggs, cleaning, and sanitizing.

The housing 110 has a control panel 114, the control panel 114 is electrically connected to the control circuit, the control panel 114 provides signals for user input, and the control circuit can respond to the signals input by the user to control the program operation of the sterilizer 10.

In one embodiment, the housing 110 may include a first case 110a and a second case 110b surrounding the first case 110a, and the control circuit may be disposed in a gap between the first case 110a and the second case 110b, facing the control panel 114. The water storage chamber 112b may be defined by the first housing 110 a. In one embodiment, the heating assembly 112a may be formed as a bottom wall of the first housing 110 a. In another embodiment, the heating element 112a is disposed at the bottom of the first housing 110a, and the first housing 110a may be disposed as a metal housing.

In one embodiment, the sterilizer 10 further includes a waste water receiving assembly 13 mounted within the receiving chamber 10 a. Hold chamber 10a and separate through sewage storage assembly 13, form water storage chamber 112b and the stoving chamber 111 that distributes from top to bottom, sewage storage assembly 13's top is as stoving chamber 111, and stoving chamber 111 can hold the household utensils 20 of treating to wash, treating to disinfect, treating to dry. The lower part of the sewage storage unit 13 is partitioned into a water storage chamber 112b, and the water storage chamber 112b is located below the drying chamber 111.

Referring to fig. 3 to 5, fig. 3 is a sectional view showing a part of the structure of the sterilizer 10 shown in fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a further sectional view of a portion of the structure of the sterilizer shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present application. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 4;

the body 11 includes a drying duct 113 and a drainage channel 115. In the drying state, the drying cavity 111 may be disposed with the vessel 20 to be dried, and the vessel 20 to be dried includes, but is not limited to, a feeding bottle and a nipple. In one embodiment, the drying duct 113 and the drain passage 115 may be disposed in a gap between the first case 110a and the second case 110b, and may be disposed at an interval of 180 ° from the control circuit. The drying air duct 113 and the drainage channel 115 can be enclosed by rib plates 118.

The first casing 110a is provided with an air inlet 110aa, the air inlet 110aa is used for communicating the drying cavity 111 with the drying air duct 113, and hot air in the drying air duct 113 enters the drying cavity 111 to dry the vessel 20 to be dried. In one embodiment, the body 11 includes a fan 116 and a heating element 117 disposed in the drying air duct 113, the heating element 117 generates heat after being powered on, heats air in the drying air duct 113, and the hot air in the drying air duct 113 is blown into the drying cavity 111 by the fan 116.

The drainage channel 115 is communicated with the drying air duct 113, and is used for draining condensed water formed after water vapor enters the drying air duct 113 from the drying cavity 111, so as to avoid wading of electrical elements arranged in the drying air duct 113. The drain passage 115 includes a water inlet 1150 through which water in the drying duct 113 enters the drain passage 115. In one embodiment, the water inlet 1150 is disposed below the air inlet 110aa, the drying duct 113 is disposed at the upper right of the drainage channel 115, and the drying chamber 111, the drying duct 113 and the drainage channel 115 communicate with each other.

The body 11 further includes a wind shield 119 disposed at the water inlet 1150, and the wind shield 119 may shield a portion of the water inlet 1150. As shown in fig. 4, due to the shielding of the wind shield 119, most of the hot air blown out from the drying air duct 115 enters the drying cavity 111 from the air inlet 110aa, which plays a role of drying a dish, and only a small portion of the hot air enters the drainage channel 115 from the water inlet 1150, thereby reducing the hot air entering the drainage channel 115 from the drying air duct 113, further reducing the loss of the hot air, shortening the drying time and improving the drying efficiency. The arrows in fig. 4 point to the flow of hot air.

In one embodiment, the wind deflector 119 is disposed at a side of the water inlet 1150 near the drying duct 113 and inclined to a side far from the drying duct 113 such that the wind deflector 119 extends obliquely above the water inlet 1150 to shield a portion of the water inlet 1150. In a particular embodiment, the wind deflector 119 extends at an angle of inclination a2, 0 ° < a2 < 90 °, relative to the vertical, and/or the height of the top of the wind deflector 119 from the surface on which the wind deflector 119 is located is H3, 2mm ≦ H3 ≦ 20 mm. After the arrangement, the wind deflector 119 can change the wind direction of the hot wind blown out from the drying wind channel 115, and guide the hot wind to enter the wind inlet 110aa and further enter the drying cavity 111.

The body 11 further includes a fluid stopping rib 1130, the fluid stopping rib 1130 protrudes upward from a surface where the water inlet 1150 is located, and is located between the water inlet 1150 and the drying duct 113 to prevent water at the water inlet 1150 from flowing back into the drying duct 113. Specifically, the fan 116 is disposed at the innermost side of the drying air duct 113, the heating element 117 is disposed adjacent to the fan 116, and the flow stopping rib 1130 is disposed at a side of the heating element 117 away from the fan 116 to separate the drying air duct 113 from the water inlet 1150. The flow stopping rib 1130 may stop water at the water inlet 1150 from flowing into the drying duct 113. In one embodiment, the height of the protrusion of the flow stopping rib 1130 is H2, and H2 is greater than or equal to 2mm and less than or equal to 10mm, so that on one hand, the function of retaining water can be achieved, the obstruction to hot air can be reduced, and the hot air can be smoothly blown out from the drying air duct 113.

In one embodiment, H2 < H3 may be provided to facilitate the introduction of most of the hot air in the drying duct 113 into the air inlet 110aa by the guiding action of the wind deflector 119.

With reference to fig. 3 to fig. 5, the body 11 further includes a diversion rib 1132 disposed in the drying air duct 113, the diversion rib 1132 is inclined downward from the drying air duct 113 and extends to the water inlet 1150, and the water inlet 1150 is disposed on the diversion rib 1132 and penetrates through the diversion rib 1132. The flow guiding rib 1132 facilitates the condensed water entering the drying air duct 113 from the drying cavity 111 to be collected to the water inlet 1150, so as to facilitate the condensed water to be discharged from the drainage channel 115 (refer to fig. 6). In this embodiment, the wind shield 119 and the flow stopping rib 1130 are both disposed on the flow guiding rib 1132, and the flow stopping rib 1130 protrudes upward from the flow guiding rib 1132.

The ribs 1132 are inclined at an angle A1 with respect to the vertical upward line, in one embodiment 45 ° < A1 < 90 °.

Referring to fig. 5, a choke plate 1152 is provided in the drain channel 115, and the choke plate 1152 protrudes from one inner wall of the drain channel 115 to an opposite inner wall with a gap therebetween. The choke plate 1152 may block the hot wind entering the drain channel 115 to reduce the flow rate of the hot wind, so that the loss of the hot wind may be reduced.

In one embodiment, the choke plate 1152 is provided in plurality, and the plurality of choke plates 1152 are arranged in the extending direction of the drain channel 115 and protrude in different directions from the inner wall of the drain channel 1150. The plurality of choke plates 1152 may further block the hot wind from entering the drain 115, thereby further reducing the loss of hot wind.

In an alternative embodiment, at least two adjacent said choke plates 1152 protrude from the inner wall of the drain 115 to face each other, with one end portion exceeding the other end portion in the protruding direction, forming a choke structure staggered with each other. That is, when hot air enters the drainage channel 115, the hot air can only flow in a circuitous direction due to the obstruction of the wind blocking structure, so that the flowing of the hot air is greatly hindered, the flow velocity of the hot air is reduced, and the loss of the hot air can be reduced to a greater extent. The shape and the extending direction of the choke plates 1152 are not limited, and in this embodiment, two adjacent choke plates 1152 are each provided as a flat plate and each extend in the horizontal direction.

In another alternative embodiment, at least two adjacent said choke plates 1152 protrude from the inner wall of the drain channel 115 in opposite directions, and the gap between the ends of two adjacent said choke plates 1152 protruding in opposite directions is W3, 0.5mm ≦ W3 ≦ 20 mm; and/or the distance between every two adjacent choke plates 1152 protruding towards each other in the extending direction of the drainage channel 115 is H1, and H1 is more than or equal to 3mm and less than or equal to 20 mm. The opposite convex choke plates 1152 can block the smooth flow of hot air, reduce the flow rate of the hot air and further reduce the loss of the hot air. The distance H1 and the gap W3 ensure smooth drainage of the condensed water from the drain channel 115, and facilitate the production and manufacture of the baffle 1152 in the drain channel 115.

Referring to fig. 2 and 6, fig. 6 is an exploded view of the sterilizer 10 shown in fig. 1.

In one embodiment, the sewage housing assembly 13 includes a sewage housing box 130 and a box cover 132 covering an opening of the sewage housing box 130, and the sewage housing box 130 and the box cover 132 together enclose a sewage chamber 130 a. A sealing ring 133 may be provided between the sewage storage box 130 and the box cover 132 to prevent the sewage from overflowing. The cover 132 is provided with a sewage hole 132a through which sewage flows into the sewage housing box 130.

The sterilizer 10 further comprises a spray pipe assembly 14, the spray pipe assembly 14 penetrates through the sewage storage assembly 13, one end of the spray pipe assembly is arranged in the water storage cavity 112b, the other end of the spray pipe assembly is arranged in the drying cavity 111, and the spray pipe assembly is communicated with the water storage cavity 112b and the drying cavity 111. The spouting pipe assembly 14 includes a spouting port 140, and water in the water storage chamber 112b can be spouted through the spouting port 140 of the spouting pipe assembly 14 after being heated by the heating assembly 112a for washing and/or sterilizing dishes 20 to be washed and/or sterilized, such as feeding bottles, nipples, etc., placed in the drying chamber 111, and the dishes 20 can be supported upside down on the spouting pipe assembly 14. At this time, the drying chamber 111 may serve as a sterilizing chamber and a washing chamber. Sewage generated when the dishes 20 are washed and/or sterilized is collected and may flow into the sewage chamber 130a through the sewage hole 132 a.

In one embodiment, the jet tube assembly 14 and the waste collection box 130 are provided as a unitary structure, such as may be integrally formed by an injection molding process. In other embodiments, the jet tube assembly 14 and the waste water storage box 130 can be provided as a separate structure, and the jet tube assembly 14 is assembled to the waste water storage box 130. One or more of the spout assemblies 14 may be provided, and a plurality of the spout assemblies 14 may simultaneously clean and/or sterilize a plurality of vessels 20, such as nipples and feeding bottles.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the first casing 110a includes at least one water carrying channel 110ab communicating with the water storage cavity 112b and a water inlet hole 110ac for water in the water carrying channel 110ab to enter the drying cavity 111, and the water carrying channel 110ab and the water inlet hole 110ac communicating with each other, so as to clean and/or sterilize the outer surface of the dish 20. In this embodiment, the water transport channels 110ab are provided in plural, and the first casing 110a is provided with a plurality of water inlets 110ac respectively corresponding to the parts of the water transport channels 110 ab.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 6, the outer shell 110 further includes a bottom shell 110c, and the bottom shell 110c is disposed at the bottom of the first shell 110a and the second shell 110b and is connected with the first shell 110a and the second shell 110 b. The dishes in the drying chamber 111 can be dried by the fan 116 and the heat generating component 117 disposed in the drying air duct 113, and the fan 116 and the heat generating component 117 are disposed in the gap between the first casing 110a and the second casing 110 b. An air opening 110bb may be formed at a portion of the second casing 110b adjacent to the fan 116, and external air may enter the drying air duct 113 by rotation of the fan 116.

The above description is only exemplary of the present application and should not be taken as limiting the present application, as any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application should be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims (10)

1. A sterilizer, comprising:

the drying cavity (111) is used for placing a vessel to be dried;

a drying air duct (113) communicated with the drying cavity (111);

a drain channel (115) communicated with the drying duct (113), the drain channel (115) including a water inlet (1150); and

a wind shield (119) disposed at the water inlet (1150) to shield a portion of the water inlet (1150) to reduce hot wind entering the water discharge passage (115) from the drying duct (113).

2. A steriliser according to claim 1, wherein a choke plate (1152) is provided in the drain (115), the choke plate (1152) projecting from an inner wall of the drain (115) towards an opposite inner wall with a gap therebetween.

3. A steriliser according to claim 2, wherein the choke plate (1152) is provided in plurality, the plurality of choke plates (1152) being arranged along the extension of the drain channel (115) and projecting in different directions from the inner wall of the drain channel (115).

4. A steriliser according to claim 3, wherein at least two adjacent baffles (1152) project towards the inner wall of the drain (115).

5. A steriliser according to claim 4, wherein the gap between the ends of two adjacent baffles (1152) projecting towards each other is W3, 0.5mm ≦ W3 ≦ 20 mm; and/or

The distance between two adjacent choke plates (1152) which protrude towards each other in the extending direction of the drainage channel (115) is H1, and H1 is more than or equal to 3mm and less than or equal to 20 mm.

6. A steriliser according to claim 4, wherein two adjacent said choke plates (1152) projecting towards each other, one having an end portion projecting beyond the other in the direction of projection, form mutually staggered choke structures.

7. The sterilizer according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the sterilizer (10) comprises a flow preventing rib (1130), the flow preventing rib (1130) protruding upward from a surface on which the water inlet (1150) is located, between the water inlet (1150) and the drying duct (113) to prevent water at the water inlet (1150) from flowing into the drying duct (113).

8. A steriliser according to claim 7, wherein the stop ribs (1130) have a projection height H2, 2mm H2 mm 10 mm.

9. A steriliser according to any of claims 1 to 6, comprising a guide rib (1132), said guide rib (1132) being inclined downwardly from said drying tunnel (113) and extending to said water inlet (1150), said water inlet (1150) opening into said guide rib (1132) and extending through said guide rib (1132).

10. A steriliser according to any of claims 1 to 6, wherein said air baffle (119) is arranged on a side of said water inlet (1150) adjacent said drying air duct (113) and is inclined to a side remote from said drying air duct (113) so as to extend obliquely over said water inlet (1150), said air baffle (119) extending at an angle A2, 0 ° < A2 < 90 °; and/or

The distance between the top of the wind shield (119) and the surface of the wind shield (119) is H3, and H3 is more than or equal to 2mm and less than or equal to 20 mm.

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