BACKGROUND

Technical Field

This application relates to the field of gas cooktop technologies, and in particular, to a gas cooktop and a burner component of a gas cooktop.

Related Art

A gas cooktop is a common kitchen appliance in daily life, and usually includes a burner. The burner is equipped with a pot support for supporting a pot. The pot is located on the pot support. There is a specific distance between the burner and the pot. The burner is ignited to flame, to heat the pot. At present, pot supports on most gas cooktops are fixed and cannot be accommodated. When the gas cooktop is not in use, the pot support not only is useless, but also occupies a space, hinders a surface of the gas cooktop from being used, and prevents the surface of the gas cooktop from being wiped. Consequently, it is difficult to clean the surface of the gas cooktop, use requirements of customers cannot be met, and user experience cannot be improved well.

SUMMARY

In view of this, this application provides a gas cooktop and a burner component of a gas cooktop, to resolve the problems in the prior art that a burner and a pot support of a gas cooktop are fixedly disposed, occupy a relatively large space, and are adverse to cleaning of a surface of the gas cooktop.

The gas cooktop provided in this application includes a panel, a burner, a pot support, and a lifting mechanism; the panel is provided with a through hole; the burner is disposed in the through hole; the pot support is disposed at the burner; the lifting mechanism is configured to drive the burner to move between a first position and a second position, where when the burner is located at the first position, the burner and the pot support are both located on an upper side of the panel; and when the burner moves from the first position to the second position, the burner and the pot support descend along the through hole, and are at least partially accommodated on a lower side of the panel.

In a possible design, the pot support includes a supporting foot; the burner is provided with an avoidance slot having a one-to-one correspondence with the supporting foot, and the supporting foot is rotatably disposed in the corresponding avoidance slot; and when the burner is located at the first position, the supporting foot is partially located on an outer side of the corresponding avoidance slot; and when the burner is located at the second position, the supporting foot is located in the corresponding avoidance slot.

In a possible design, a rotary shaft passes through the avoidance slot, and the supporting foot is hingedly connected to the corresponding avoidance slot through the rotary shaft; and a drive member configured to drive the supporting foot to rotate around the rotary shaft is further disposed in the avoidance slot.

In a possible design, when the burner moves from the first position to the second position, the panel squeezes the supporting foot to make the supporting foot rotate around the rotary shaft and be accommodated in the avoidance slot, and the drive member stores potential energy; and when the burner moves from the second position to the first position, the drive member releases the potential energy to make the supporting foot rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft and be ejected from the avoidance slot.

In a possible design, the drive member is two magnetic members; one of the two magnetic members is embedded in the supporting foot, and the other is embedded in the avoidance slot corresponding to the supporting foot; and when the supporting foot is accommodated in the corresponding avoidance slot, the two magnetic members repel each other.

In a possible design, the drive member is an elastic member sleeved on the rotary shaft, and the elastic member is connected to the avoidance slot and the supporting foot separately; when the burner moves from the first position to the second position, the supporting foot rotates around the rotary shaft and is accommodated in the avoidance slot, and the elastic member stores potential energy; and when the burner moves from the second position to the first position, the elastic member releases the potential energy to make the supporting foot rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft and be ejected from the avoidance slot.

In a possible design, the elastic member is a torsion spring; the torsion spring includes a torsion spring body and a first torsion arm and a second torsion arm connected to the torsion spring body; and the first torsion arm is connected to the supporting foot, the second torsion arm is connected to a slot wall of the avoidance slot, and the first torsion arm and the second torsion arm act on the avoidance slot and the supporting foot correspondingly with repulsive forces.

In a possible design, the supporting foot includes a first section and a second section connected to each other; and the first section and the second section are disposed perpendicularly to each other, and the second section is hingedly connected to the avoidance slot through the rotary shaft.

In a possible design, when the burner is located at the first position, the second section is laid on the panel along a horizontal direction, the first section is perpendicular to the panel along a vertical direction, and a free end of the first section is higher than the burner; and when the burner is located at the second position, the first section is accommodated in the avoidance slot along the horizontal direction, and the second section is accommodated in the avoidance slot along the vertical direction and abuts against a side wall of the through hole.

In a possible design, the free end of the first section forms a first support surface and a second support surface; and when the burner is located at the first position, along a radial direction of the through hole, the first support surface is located on an inner side of the second support surface, the first support surface is an inclined plane inclining toward a center of the through hole, and the second support surface is a horizontal plane.

In a possible design, a rotation angle a of the supporting foot satisfies: 0°<a<90°.

In a possible design, there are at least three supporting feet, and all the supporting feet are arranged around the burner in a spaced manner.

In a possible design, the lifting mechanism includes a motor and a guide rod; one end of the guide rod is connected to the motor, and the other end is connected to the burner.

In a possible design, when the burner is located at the second position, a top of the gas cooktop is a flat surface.

In addition, an embodiment of this application further provides a burner component of a gas cooktop. The burner component of the gas cooktop includes a burner and a supporting foot; the burner is provided with an avoidance slot; and the supporting foot is movably mounted at the burner through a rotary shaft, where the supporting foot is capable of rotating around the rotary shaft and being accommodated in the avoidance slot or extending in a rotating manner out of the avoidance slot.

With reference to the foregoing technical solutions, the beneficial effects of this application are analyzed as follows:

The gas cooktop provided in this application includes a panel, a burner, a pot support, and a lifting mechanism; the panel is provided with a through hole; the burner is disposed in the through hole; the pot support is disposed at the burner; and the lifting mechanism is configured to drive the burner to move between a first position and a second position. When the burner is located at the first position, the burner and the pot support are both located on an upper side of the panel; and when the burner moves from the first position to the second position, the burner and the pot support descend along the through hole, and are at least partially accommodated on a lower side of the panel.

When the gas cooktop is in use, the burner is driven by the lifting mechanism to move from the second position to the first position. In this case, the burner and the pot support are located on an upper side of the panel. The pot support may be used for placing a pot, and the burner may normally bum gas to heat the pot. After use of the gas cooktop is ended, the burner is driven by the lifting mechanism to move from the first position to the second position. In this case, the burner and the pot support are both accommodated on a lower side of the panel and do not occupy a space above the panel, making it easy to clean the panel.

Based on the above, when the gas cooktop provided in this application is not in use, both the burner and the pot support can be accommodated on the lower side of the panel, leading to advantages of small space occupation and easy panel cleaning.

In addition, an embodiment of this application further provides a burner component of a gas cooktop. The burner component of the gas cooktop includes a burner and a supporting foot; the burner is provided with an avoidance slot; and the supporting foot is movably mounted at the burner through a rotary shaft, where the supporting foot is capable of rotating around the rotary shaft and being accommodated in the avoidance slot or extending in a rotating manner out of the avoidance slot.

When the burner component of the gas cooktop is in use, the supporting foot can rotate around the rotary shaft and extends from the avoidance slot of the burner, to support a pot. After use of the burner component is ended, the supporting foot can rotate around the rotary shaft and be accommodated in the avoidance slot of the burner, leading to advantages of small space occupation and convenient accommodation.

Other features and advantages of the embodiments of this application are described in a subsequent specification, and are partially apparent from the specification, or are understood by implementing the embodiments of this application. An objective and other advantages of the embodiments of this application are achieved and obtained in structures that are specially pointed out in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an exploded view of a gas cooktop according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a top view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a burner at a first position;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a side view of FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a cross-sectional view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a burner at a second position; and FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a cross-sectional view of FIG. 7. REFERENCE NUMERALS:

1 -panel;

2-burner;

21 -avoidance slot;

22-rotary shaft;

23 -drive member;

3 -pot support;

31 -first section;

311 -first support surface;

312-second support surface;

32-second section;

4-lifting mechanism.

The accompanying drawings herein, which are incorporated into the specification and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with this application and, together with the specification, serve to explain the principles of this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

To better understand the technical solutions of this application, the embodiments of this application are described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be clear that the described embodiments are merely some but not all the embodiments of this application. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of this application without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of this application.

The terms used in the embodiments of this application are merely for describing specific embodiments, but are not intended to limit this application. The terms "a", "said" and "the" of singular forms used in the embodiments and the appended claims of this application are also intended to include plural forms, unless otherwise specified in the context clearly.

The term "and/or" used in this specification describes only an association relationship for describing associated objects and represents that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or B may represent the following three cases: Only A exists, both A and B exist, and only B exists. In addition, the character "/" in this specification generally indicates an "or" relationship between the associated objects.

It should be noted that nouns of locality such as "above", "below", "left", and "right" described in the embodiments of this application are described from the perspective shown in the accompanying drawings, and should not be construed as a limitation to the embodiments of this application. In addition, in the context, it is further understood that when referring to an element connected "on" or "under" another element, the element may be not merely connected "on" or "under" another element, but also indirectly connected "on" or "under" another element through an intermediate element.

According to an installation structure of accessories of a gas cooktop provided in the embodiments of this application, the specific embodiments are described below.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an exploded view of a gas cooktop according to an embodiment of this application; FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a top view of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3; FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a burner at a first position; FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a side view of FIG. 4; FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a cross-sectional view of FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a burner at a second position; and FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a cross-sectional view of FIG. 7.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 8, an embodiment of this application provides a gas cooktop. The gas cooktop includes a panel 1, a burner 2, a pot support 3, and a lifting mechanism 4; the panel 1 is provided with a through hole; the burner 2 is disposed in the through hole; the pot support 3 is disposed at the burner 2; and the lifting mechanism 4 is configured to drive the burner 2 to move between a first position and a second position. When the burner 2 is located at the first position, the burner 2 and the pot support 3 are both located on an upper side of the panel 1 ; and when the burner 2 moves from the first position to the second position, the burner 2 and the pot support 3 descend along the through hole, and are at least partially accommodated on a lower side of the panel 1.

When the gas cooktop is in use, the burner 2 is driven by the lifting mechanism to move from the second position to the first position 4. In this case, the burner 2 and the pot support 3 are located on an upper side of the panel 1. The pot support 3 may be used for placing a pot, and the burner 2 may normally burn gas to heat the pot. After use of the gas cooktop is ended, the burner 2 is driven by the lifting mechanism to move from the first position to the second position 4. In this case, the burner 2 and the pot support 3 are both accommodated on a lower side of the panel 1 and do not occupy a space above the panel 1, making it easy to clean the panel 1.

Based on the above, when the gas cooktop provided in this application is not in use, both the burner 2 and the pot support 3 can be accommodated on the lower side of the panel 1, leading to advantages of small space occupation and easy panel cleaning.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, the pot support 3 includes a supporting foot; the burner 2 is provided with an avoidance slot 21 having a one-to-one correspondence with the supporting foot, and the supporting foot is rotatably disposed in the corresponding avoidance slot 21; when the burner 2 is located at the first position, the supporting foot is partially located on an outer side of the corresponding avoidance slot 21 ; and when the burner 2 is located at the second position, the supporting foot is located in the corresponding avoidance slot 21.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 7, the burner 2 in FIG. 4 is located at the first position, and the supporting foot is partially located on an outer side of the corresponding avoidance slot 21. In this case, the supporting foot may be used for normally supporting the pot. The burner 2 in FIG. 7 is located at the second position. In this case, the supporting foot is separately accommodated in the corresponding avoidance slot 21 of the burner 2, so that the burner 2 and the supporting foot occupy a smaller space inside the gas cooktop in an accommodated state, and an internal structure of the gas cooktop is more compact.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, a rotary shaft 22 passes through the avoidance slot 21, and the supporting foot is hingedly connected to the corresponding avoidance slot 21 through the rotary shaft 22; and a drive member 23 configured to drive the supporting foot to rotate around the rotary shaft 22 is further disposed in the avoidance slot 21.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, the supporting foot is hingedly connected to the avoidance slot 21 through the rotary shaft 22. When the burner is located at the first position, the drive member 23 can drive the supporting foot to rotate around the rotary shaft 22, so that the supporting foot is partially located on an outer side of the corresponding avoidance slot 21 , and is used for normally supporting the pot. When the burner is located at the second position, the drive member 23 can drive the supporting foot to rotate around the rotary shaft 22, so that the supporting foot is accommodated in the corresponding avoidance slot 21, to facilitate accommodation of the supporting foot. The foregoing drive member 23 may be set to an electrically controlled drive or may be a manual drive, provided that a function of driving the supporting foot to rotate around the rotary shaft 22 is implemented.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, when the burner 2 moves from the first position to the second position, the panel 1 squeezes the supporting foot to make the supporting foot rotate around the rotary shaft 22 and be accommodated in the avoidance slot 21, and the drive member 23 stores potential energy; and when the burner 2 moves from the second position to the first position, the drive member 23 releases the potential energy to make the supporting foot rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft 22 and be ejected from the avoidance slot 21.

The drive member 23 is set to an energy storage component. When the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the first position to the second position, the panel 1 squeezes the supporting foot to make the supporting foot rotate around the rotary shaft 22 and be accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 , and when rotating around the rotary shaft 22 and being accommodated in the avoidance slot 21, the supporting foot forces the drive member 23 to store potential energy; and when the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the second position to the first position, the drive member 23 releases the stored potential energy to make the supporting foot rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft 22 and be ejected from the avoidance slot 21.

The drive member 23 is set to an energy storage component, and can store potential energy when the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the first position to the second position, and release the potential energy when the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the second position to the first position. A function of driving the supporting foot to rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft 22 can be implemented without using an electrically controlled drive or a manual drive, leading to advantages of a simple structure and convenient use. This embodiment provides a first optional solution of the drive member 23, where the drive member 23 is two magnetic members; one of the two magnetic members is embedded in the supporting foot, and the other is embedded in the avoidance slot 21 corresponding to the supporting foot; and when the supporting foot is accommodated in the corresponding avoidance slot 21, the two magnetic members repel each other.

The drive member 23 is set to two mutually repelling magnetic members. In a process in which the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the first position to the second position, the magnetic member embedded in the supporting foot and the magnetic member embedded in the avoidance slot 21 overcome mutually repulsive magnetic forces. In a process in which the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the second position to the first position, the magnetic member embedded in the supporting foot and the magnetic member embedded in the avoidance slot 21 release stored potential energy of a magnetic field, and drive the supporting foot to rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft 22 under the action of the mutually repulsive magnetic forces and be ejected from the avoidance slot 21.

The drive member 23 is set to two mutually repelling magnetic members, so that the two magnetic members can store or release potential energy of a magnetic field, leading to advantages of a simple structure and convenient use.

This embodiment provides a second optional solution of the drive member 23, where the drive member 23 is an elastic member sleeved on the rotary shaft 22, and the elastic member is connected to the avoidance slot 21 and the supporting foot separately. When the burner 2 moves from the first position to the second position, the supporting foot rotates around the rotary shaft 22 and is accommodated in the avoidance slot 21, and the elastic member stores elastic potential energy; and when the burner 2 moves from the second position to the first position, the elastic member releases the potential energy to make the supporting foot rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft 22 and be ejected from the avoidance slot 21. The drive member 23 is set to an elastic member. When the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the first position to the second position, the supporting foot rotates around the rotary shaft 22 and is accommodated in the avoidance slot 21, and the elastic member stores potential energy; and when the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the second position to the first position, the elastic member releases the stored potential energy, to drive the supporting foot to rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft 22 and be ejected from the avoidance slot 21.

The drive member 23 is set to an elastic member, so that the elastic member can store or release elastic potential energy, leading to advantages of a simple structure and convenient use.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, the elastic member is a torsion spring; the torsion spring includes a torsion spring body and a first torsion arm and a second torsion arm connected to the torsion spring body; and the first torsion arm is connected to the supporting foot, the second torsion arm is connected to a slot wall of the avoidance slot 21, and the first torsion arm and the second torsion arm act on the avoidance slot 21 and the supporting foot correspondingly with repulsive forces.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the elastic member is set to a torsion spring, a torsion spring body is sleeved on the rotary shaft 22. A first torsion arm of the torsion spring is connected to the supporting foot, and a second torsion arm is connected to a slot wall of the avoidance slot 21, so that the torsion spring releases a torsion force to drive the supporting foot to rotate in an opposite direction around the rotary shaft 22 and be ejected from the avoidance slot 21, thereby having advantages of a simple structure and good stability.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, the supporting foot includes a first section

31 and a second section 32 connected to each other, the first section 31 and the second section

32 are disposed perpendicularly to each other, and the second section 32 is hingedly connected to the avoidance slot 21 through the rotary shaft 22.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the supporting foot is set to a first section 31 and a second section 32 that are perpendicular to each other and that form an L shape. The second section 32 is hingedly connected to the avoidance slot 21 through the rotary shaft 22, and the first section 31 is used to abut against the pot. In this case, the avoidance slot 21 is set to an L-shaped slot adapted to the supporting foot, and the supporting foot can be completely accommodated in the avoidance slot 21.

The supporting foot is set to the foregoing structure, leading to advantages of a simple structure and convenient storage.

Certainly, the foregoing supporting foot may alternatively be set to another structural shape, provided that a function of the supporting foot, that is, normally supporting the pot or being normally accommodated in the avoidance slot, 21 is not affected.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, when the burner 2 is located at the first position, the second section 32 is laid on the panel 1 along a horizontal direction, the first section 31 is perpendicular to the panel 1 along a vertical direction, and a free end of the first section 31 is higher than the burner 2; and when the burner 2 is located at the second position, the first section 31 is accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 along the horizontal direction, and the second section 32 is accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 along the vertical direction and abuts against a side wall of the through hole.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 8, when the burner 2 is located at the first position, the second section 32 is laid on the panel 1 along a horizontal direction, and the first section 31 is perpendicular to the panel 1 along a vertical direction, so that a supporting force of the first section 31 acting on the pot can be a vertically upward force, and the second section 32 can make the supporting foot be placed on the panel 1 more stably; and when the burner 2 is located at the second position, the first section 31 is accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 along a horizontal direction, and the second section 32 is accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 along the vertical direction and abuts against a side wall of the through hole, so that the supporting foot can fill up and be accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 exactly, thereby preventing dirt from entering the avoidance slot 21 in an accommodated state. In addition, the side wall of the through hole abuts against the second section 32, so that the supporting foot can be accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 more stably and firmly.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, the free end of the first section 31 forms a first support surface 311 and a second support surface 312. When the burner 2 is located at the first position, along a radial direction of the through hole, the first support surface 311 is located on an inner side of the second support surface 312, the first support surface 311 is an inclined plane inclining toward a center of the through hole, and the second support surface 312 is a horizontal plane.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the first support surface 311 is an inclined plane inclining toward a center of the through hole, and the first support surface 311 may be used to abut against and support a spherical pot. The second support surface 312 is a horizontal plane, and the second support surface 312 may be used to abut against and support a flat- bottomed pot, to improve applicability of the supporting foot.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, a rotation angle a of the supporting foot satisfies: 0°<a<90°.

In a process in which the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the first position to the second position or the lifting mechanism 4 drives the burner 2 to move from the second position to the first position, the supporting foot rotates between 0 and 90°, so that when the burner 2 is located at the first position, the supporting foot can support the pot along a vertical direction, and when the burner 2 is located at the second position, the supporting foot can be accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 along a horizontal direction.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, there are at least three supporting feet, and all the supporting feet are arranged around the burner 2 in a spaced manner.

Three supporting feet arranged around the burner 2 in a spaced manner can stably support the pot. Preferably, the supporting feet are arranged evenly around the burner 2 in a spaced manner, so that supporting forces of the supporting feet can evenly act on the pot.

Certainly, a quantity of the supporting feet may be flexibly increased according to a size of the gas cooktop, and may be set to four, five, six, or the like.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, the lifting mechanism 4 includes a motor and a guide rod; one end of the guide rod is connected to the motor, and the other end is connected to the burner 2.

The guide rod may be specifically, but is not limited to, a rack rod. A gear of an output shaft of the motor meshes with the rack rod to rotate, to drive the burner 2 to move up and down. Certainly, the foregoing lifting mechanism 4 may alternatively be set to some transmission mechanisms, provided that a function of driving the burner 2 to move up and down is implemented.

In an optional solution of this embodiment, when the burner 2 is located at the second position, a top of the gas cooktop is a flat surface.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, second support surfaces 312 of a plurality of supporting feet are at the same level and form a flat surface, to ensure that a pot can be placed horizontally.

In addition, an embodiment of this application further provides a burner component of a gas cooktop. The burner component of the gas cooktop includes a burner 2 and a supporting foot; the burner 2 is provided with an avoidance slot 21; and the supporting foot is movably

mounted at the burner 2 through a rotary shaft 22, where the supporting foot is capable of rotating around the rotary shaft 22 and being accommodated in the avoidance slot 21 or extending in a rotating manner out of the avoidance slot 21.

The burner component of a gas cooktop not only is applicable to the gas cooktop provided in this embodiment of this application, but also is applicable to a conventional fixed gas cooktop. When the burner component is in use, the pot may be supported by the supporting foot; and when the burner component is not in use, the supporting foot may be accommodated in the burner 2, leading to beneficial effects of a simple structure, convenient use, and space saving.

The foregoing descriptions are merely exemplary embodiments of this application, but are not intended to limit this application. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, or the like made without departing from the spirit and principle of this application shall fall within the protection scope of this application.

It should be noted that features of dependent claims may be combined with each other in any manner and combined with the features of independent claims without departing from the concept of this application.