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Grill with anti-shaking structure
Field of the invention
[0001] The present relates to a grill, more particularly, to a grill with anti-
shaking
structure.
Background of the invention
[0002] Referring to FIG. 1, grill in the market usually comprises an upper pan
20 and a
lower pan 10, and the two pans are heated by an upper heater and a lower
heater respectively.
In use, the two pans can be folded as a grill for grilling food, or be
unfolded as two cooking
pans. In unfolded status, it has position such as 1050 or 180' . The upper pan
20 and lower pan
10 are rotatably connected by a pair of shaft members. Each of the shaft
member comprises a
shaft base 21disposed on one end of the lower pan 2, and a shaft 11 disposed
on one end of
the upper pan 1. Herein an elongated hole 22' extended on vertical direction
is disposed on
the shaft base 21, and the shaft 11 is moveably inserted in the hole 22'. when
the upper pan
and the lower pan are closed, the shaft 11 is in the upper end of the hole
22'; when the upper
pan and the lower pan are unfolded to 180% the shaft 11 is in the lower end of
the hole 22'.
However, because the shaft 11 can move up or down freely in the hole 22', so
in the 180 , the
two shafts 11 disposed on the front side and rear side respectively can be
moved in two holes
22' respectively, thus the upper pan 1 may be shaken, and the oil with high
temperature may
be spilled out, or food may be fallen out.
Summary of the invention
[0003] Therefore, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a
grill with
anti-shaking structure to obviate the problem in above.
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[0004] This and other objects of the present invention are achieved by
providing:
[0005] A grill with anti-shaking structure comprising an upper pan and a lower
pan, and
an upper heater and a lower heater for heating the upper pan and lower pan
respectively,
wherein at least a shaft member is disposed between the upper pan and the
lower pan, said
shaft member comprising a shaft and a shaft base for containing the shaft,
said shaft base has
a triangular shaft hole, said triangular shaft hole has a protrusion in a side
of the triangle, and
said shaft is passing through in the triangular shaft hole and can be moved
among the three
angles for switching the using status of the upper pan and lower pan.
[0006] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the triangle of
said triangular
shaft hole is an isosceles triangle.
[0007] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, said protrusion is
disposed
between the two base angle of the isosceles triangle.
[0008] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, one side of the
equal sides of
the isosceles triangle is vertical to the pan surface, and the vertex angle is
on the top.
[0009] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, three angles of the
triangle
are smoothing angles (not sharp).
[0010] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, said shaft is
fixedly connected
to the upper pan, and the shaft base is fixedly connected to the lower pan.
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[0011] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, said shaft base
comprises a
triangular body connected to the edge of the lower pan via a connected rod; a
first inclined
plane is formed on the end of the connecting rod, beside the triangular body.
[0012] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, said shaft
comprising a shaft
body inserted in the shaft hole and a 1-shape body for fixedly connecting the
shaft body to the
pan; one end of the L-shaped body is fixed to the edge of the upper pan, and
an second
inclined plane is formed on the other end, the shaft body is disposed
horizontally on the side
of the L-shaped body.
[0013] In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when said shaft
body is
disposed in different angles of the shaft hole, then the upper pan and lower
pan are formed to
be three using status: 00,1050 and180 respectively.
[0014] Therefore, the present invention provided a grill with anti-shaking
structure,
wherein at least a shaft member is disposed between the upper pan and the
lower pan, said
shaft member comprising a shaft and a shaft base for containing the shaft,
said shaft base has
a triangular shaft hole, said shaft hole has a protrusion in a side. When the
upper pan and the
lower pan are unfolded to 180 , the shaft can be limited by the protrusion,
thus the upper pan
and the lower pan can be stable. And the present invention has simple
structure, and only
needed to change the shaft hole of the prior art. The present can be switch
among three using
status: 0 ,105 and 180 , and in each status both the upper pan and lower pan
are stable.
Brief description of the drawings
[0015] FIG. 1 is a front view of the grill in prior art;
[0016] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the present invention;
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[0017] FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the present invention;
[0018] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the upper pan of the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the lower pan of the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the present invention in 180 status;
[0021] FIG. 7 is a front view of the present invention in 180 status;
[0022] FIG. 8 is a front view of the present invention in 150 status.
Detailed description of preferred embodiment
[0023] Referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 8, The grill with anti-shaking structure
comprises a lower
shell 25, an upper shell 14, a lower pan 20 disposed on the top surface of the
lower shell 25,
and an upper pan 10 disposed on the bottom of the upper shell 14.
[0024] An electrical heating tube 12 for heating the upper pan is disposed
between the
upper shell 14 and the upper pan 10; an electrical heating tube 24 for heating
the lower pan is
disposed between the lower shell 25 and the lower pan 20. A handle 15 and a
grip element 13
are disposed on one side of the upper shell 14. A grip cover 23 corresponding
to the grip
element 13 is disposed on the corresponding side of the lower shell 25. A
temperature button
26, a time button 27 and a side cover 28 are disposed on the other side of the
lower shell 25.
[0025] The key point of the present invention is that: the upper pan 10 and
the lower pan
20 are connected by two shaft members. Each of the shaft member comprises a
shaft 11 fixed
on the edge of the upper pan 10, and a shaft base 21 fixed on the edge of the
lower pan 20.
[0026] The shaft 11 comprises a L-shaped body 111 and a shaft body 112, one
end of the
L-shaped body is fixed to the edge of the upper pan 10, and the other end is
formed a bottom
113, and the shaft body 112 is disposed horizontally to a side of the other
end.
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[0027] The shaft base comprises a triangular body 21 connected to the edge of
the lower
pan 20 via a connecting rod 217. An inclined plane 218 is formed on the end of
the connecting
rod 217, beside the triangular body 21. The triangular body 21 has a
triangular hole, and the
triangular hole has three smoothing angle 214, 215 and 216. The side 211 and
side 212 have
same length, and the third side has a protrusion 213, thus the hole is formed
a heart-shape.
The shaft body 112 is inserted in the hole, and can be moved along 215-214-216
direction or in
reverse. Herein the side 212 is vertical to the lower pan surface, and the
vertex 214 is on the
top.
[0028] In use, if the upper pan and the lower pan are needed to be unfolded,
then insert
the shaft body 112 of the shaft 11 of the upper pan in the vertex 214, in this
position the grill is
in 0 status.
[0029] Turn up the upper pan 10, and the shaft body 112 of the shaft 11 of the
upper pan
10 is disposed in the angle 216 of the triangular body 21 of the shaft base of
lower pan, the
inclined plane 113 of the L-shaped body 111 of shaft 11 is abut against the
inclined plane 218
of the connecting rod 217, in this position, the grill is in 105 status
(referring to FIG. 8). By the
action between the inclined plane 113 and the inclined plane 218, and the
limitation of the
angle 216 to the shaft body 112, the upper pan is stable.
[0030] Lift the upper pan 10, the shaft body 112 of the shaft 11 of the upper
pan 10 is
removed from the angle 216 of the triangular body 21, and inserted to another
angle 215,
because the incline plane 113 and inclined plane 218 are released, the grill
can be unfolded to
180 . In 180 status, the shaft body 112 of the shaft 11 of the upper pan 10
is disposed in the
angle 215. By the limitation of the side 211, protrusion 213 and angle 215,
the shaft 11 is
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limited in the angle 215, and will not move up or down. By action of the
weight of the upper
shell and pan, the shaft 11 in the angle 215 will not move to left or right
direction also.
[0031] In 180 status, if the upper pan 10 is lift, and the shaft body 112 is
disposed in the
angle 216, and the plane 113 of the L-shaped body 111 is abut against the
plane 218 of the
connecting rod 217, then grill is return to 105' status; if the upper pan is
lift, and the plane 113
of the L-shaped body 111 is depart from the plane 218 of the connecting rod
217, the shaft
body 112 is disposed in angle 214, the upper pan can be cover on the lower pan
20, and the
grill will return to 00 status again.
[0032] Certainly, when the upper pan and lower pan is in 180 , if the upper
pan 10 is lift,
and let the shaft body 112 to be disposed in angle 214, then the upper pan 10
can be cover on
the lower pan 20 directly, then the status of the grill can be return to 0
status, need not a
middle 105 status. vice versa, the upper pan and lower pan can be reach to
180' status from
0 status directly.
[0033] The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiment of the invention
has been
presented for the purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended
to be exhaustive
or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Many modifications
and variations are
possible in light of the above teaching. It is intended that the scope of the
invention be limited
not with detailed description, but rather by the claims appended hereto.
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