Patent Publication Number: US-2023141108-A1

Title: Seasoning box and mounting assembly thereof

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a seasoning box and a mounting assembly thereof. 
     BACKGROUND 
     The statements here only provide the background information related to the present disclosure, and do not necessarily constitute the prior art. 
     Seasonings are indispensable in a cooking process. In order to properly place the seasonings, there are various kinds of seasoning boxes, including separate seasoning boxes and combined seasoning boxes. According to an overall design, a seasoning box is a container for storing a seasoning, which is provided with a lid and a spoon for taking out the seasoning. However, this kind of seasoning box needs to be opened and closed frequently during use, which is troublesome. If there is oil stain on the hand, the seasoning box will be stained with the oil stain, making the seasoning box inconvenient to clean. In the process of taking out the seasonings with the spoon, the seasonings may be often scattered on a cooking bench, making the kitchen in a mess. After the seasoning box is used for a long time, the seasonings in it will be affected with damp since the seasoning box is frequently opened and closed, resulting in impact on the quality of the seasonings. 
     Later, there is a seasoning box that discharges seasonings and closes a valve by means of pushing a fixed plate. For example, in the Chinese patent No. CN217885826U, a fixed plate is moved, so that a through hole on the fixed plate is staggered from or opposite to a through hole on the seasoning box to realize discharging of the seasonings and closing of the seasoning box. 
     However, this seasoning box also has some shortcomings. The fixed plate is arranged at a lower end of the seasoning box, and the seasoning box is not used to limit and guide the movement of the fixed plate, which leads to the problem of movement stagnation and poor reliability during use. 
     Secondly, there is no corresponding optimization inside the seasoning box, and the problem of unsmooth discharging also easily occurs in the subsequent use process. 
     Therefore, it is necessary to study a new technical solution to solve the above problems. 
     SUMMARY 
     In order to solve the defects and shortcomings in the prior art, the present disclosure provides a seasoning box and a mounting assembly thereof. Compared with the existing seasoning box, the seasoning box of the improved design is better in discharging stability and reliability. Furthermore, a push-discharging design also has a reasonable and stable advantage. Meanwhile, the seasoning box of the present disclosure is simple and ingenious in overall design and has the advantage of low production cost. 
     In order to achieve the above-mentioned objective, the present disclosure adopts the following technical solution: 
     A seasoning box includes a box body, wherein the box body is provided with a first accommodating cavity used for placing seasonings; a mounting cavity is arranged on a lower side of the first accommodating cavity; an elastic resetting member and a baffle plate are arranged in the mounting cavity; a first discharging hole is formed in the lower side of the first accommodating cavity; the baffle plate is provided with a second discharging hole corresponding to the first discharging hole; furthermore, the elastic resetting member is in driving connection with the baffle plate; the baffle plate is arranged in the mounting cavity in a back and forth reciprocating movement manner; and the baffle plate downwards extends to form a push plate. 
     In some embodiments, the elastic resetting member is a spring; a mounting pillar is arranged at a rear end of the baffle plate; the spring sleeves the mounting pillar; and one end of the spring far from the baffle plate is fixedly connected to the box body. 
     In some embodiments, two mounting pillars are arranged on a rear side of the baffle plate along a left-right direction. 
     In some embodiments, a toggle wheel is arranged in the first accommodating cavity; a lower end of the toggle wheel is connected with a drive wheel; the drive wheel is located in the mounting cavity; and the baffle plate is provided with a drive protrusion corresponding to the drive wheel. 
     In some embodiments, the toggle wheel is provided with several toggle rods which are circumferentially arranged; the drive wheel is provided with a drive tooth groove; and the drive protrusion is located in the drive tooth groove. 
     In some embodiments, an upper end of the first accommodating cavity of the box body is detachably connected with an upper cover. 
     In some embodiments, a lower end of an inner side wall of the first accommodating cavity is provided with a guide slope. 
     A seasoning box and a mounting assembly thereof include a seasoning box and a wall-mounted member; the seasoning box is the foregoing seasoning box; and the wall-mounted member is provided with a mounting hole connected to a wall. 
     A groove matched with the wall-mounted member is arranged on a rear side of the box body; a fixing slot is arranged in the groove; and the wall-mounted member is provided with a fixing clip matched with the fixing slot. 
     In some embodiments, a width of the fixing slot gradually increases from top to bottom, and correspondingly, a width of the fixing clip gradually increases from top to bottom. 
     Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure has obvious advantages and beneficial effects. Specifically, according to the above technical solution, compared with the existing seasoning box, the seasoning box of the improved design is better in discharging stability and reliability. Furthermore, a push-discharging design also has a reasonable and stable advantage. Meanwhile, the seasoning box of the present disclosure is simple and ingenious in overall design and has the advantage of low production cost. 
     Secondly, due to the structural design of the toggle wheel and the design of the guide slope, the seasoning box also has the advantage of further improving the discharging smoothness, and solves the problem in the traditional technology that the seasonings are easy to accumulate in the accommodating cavity and will not flow. 
     In order to describe the structural features and effects of the present disclosure more clearly, the present disclosure is described in detail below in combination with the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a schematic three-dimensional diagram of an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  2    is a first schematic exploded diagram of an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  3    is a second schematic exploded diagram of an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  4    is a schematic sectional diagram of an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  5    is a partially enlarged diagram of  FIG.  4   ; 
         FIG.  6    is a third schematic exploded diagram of an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG.  7    is a partially enlarged diagram of  FIG.  6   ; 
         FIG.  8    is a schematic diagram of a rough discharging principle of an embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     Reference numerals in the drawings: 
       10 : box body;  11 : first accommodating cavity;  111 : first discharging hole;  112 : guide slope;  12 : mounting cavity;  13 : upper cover;  14 : groove;  15 : fixing slot;  20 : elastic resetting member;  30 : baffle plate;  31 : second discharging hole;  32 : push plate;  33 : mounting pillar;  34 : drive protrusion;  40 : toggle wheel;  41 : toggle rod;  50 : drive wheel;  51 : drive tooth groove;  60 : wall-mounted member;  61 : and fixing clip. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Apparently, the described embodiments are only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure. 
     It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being “fixed” to another element, it can be directly on the other element or an intermediate element may also exist. When one element is considered to be “connected” to another element, it can be directly connected to another element or there may be a central element at the same time. The terms “perpendicular”, “horizontal”, “left”, “right” and similar expressions used herein are for illustrative purposes only, and are not meant to be the only implementation modes. 
     Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein are the same as meanings of general understandings of those skilled in the art of the present disclosure. The terms used in the description of the present disclosure herein are merely to describe the specific implementation modes, not intended to limit the present disclosure. The term “and/or” used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items. 
     Referring to  FIG.  1    to  FIG.  8   , a seasoning box and a mounting assembly thereof in the embodiments of the present disclosure include a box body  10 . The box body  10  is provided with a first accommodating cavity  11  used for placing seasonings. A mounting cavity  12  is arranged on a lower side of the first accommodating cavity  11 . An elastic resetting member  20  and a baffle plate  30  are arranged in the mounting cavity  12 . A first discharging hole  111  is formed in the lower side of the first accommodating cavity  11 . The baffle plate  30  is provided with a second discharging hole  31  corresponding to the first discharging hole  111 . Furthermore, the elastic resetting member  20  is in driving connection with the baffle plate  30 . The baffle plate  30  is arranged in the mounting cavity  12  in a back and forth reciprocating movement manner; and the baffle plate  30  downwards extends to form a push plate  32 . 
     During use, tiny solid seasonings are stored in the first accommodating cavity  11 . The baffle plate  30  is moved back and forth by means of pushing the push plate  32 . When the second discharging hole  31  is located below the first discharging hole  111 , the seasonings flow out of the box body  10  via the first discharging hole  111  and the second discharging hole  31  from the first accommodating cavity  11 . When the first discharging hole  111  and the second discharging hole  31  are staggered, a portion of the baffle plate  30  except the second discharging hole  31  plays a role of closing the first discharging hole  111 , so that the seasonings are closed in the first accommodating cavity  11  and will not flow out of the box body  10 . In this way, the seasoning box of the present disclosure is ingenious in structure and easy to manufacture, and has the advantages of low manufacturing cost, convenience in operation, stable work and the like. 
     Preferably, the push plate  32  integrally extends forwards and downwards from the baffle plate  30 , making it more convenient for a user to perform a push operation. Specifically, the elastic resetting member  20  is a spring; a mounting pillar  33  is arranged at a rear end of the baffle plate  30 ; the spring sleeves the mounting pillar  33 ; and one end of the spring far from the baffle plate  30  is fixedly connected to the box body  10 . Preferably, two mounting pillars  33  are arranged on a rear side of the baffle plate  30  along a left-right direction. In this way, by means of arrangement of two springs which are respectively located on the left and right sides of the baffle plate  30 , when the baffle plate  30  is pushed backward or pushed forward, a stress balance can be guaranteed, so that the baffle plate  30  can be horizontally pushed in and out. The moving process is smoother, and the working stability is better. 
     Preferably, a toggle wheel  40  is arranged in the first accommodating cavity  11 ; a lower end of the toggle wheel  40  is connected with a drive wheel  50 ; the drive wheel  50  is located in the mounting cavity  12 ; and the baffle plate  30  is provided with a drive protrusion  34  corresponding to the drive wheel  50 . Specifically, the toggle wheel  40  is provided with several toggle rods  41  which are circumferentially arranged; the drive wheel  50  is provided with a drive tooth groove  51 ; and the drive protrusion  34  is located in the drive tooth groove  51 . In this way, since the toggle wheel  40  is arranged in the first accommodating cavity  11  to toggle the seasonings, it is ensured that the seasonings can effectively flow out from the first discharging hole  111  and the second discharging hole  31 , which further improves the practicability and reliability of the seasoning box. Meanwhile, the drive wheel  50  of the toggle wheel  40  is linked to the baffle plate  30 , so that the working frequency of the toggle wheel  40  can be equal to the moving frequency of the baffle plate  30  without an additional drive mechanism, which eliminates unnecessary actions and greatly simplifies the structural design of the seasoning box. That is, the effective toggle efficiency of the toggle wheel  40  can be improved, and no great pressure is caused on the design of the seasoning box. It is very ingenious. 
     In actual applications, an upper end of the first accommodating cavity  11  of the box body  10  is detachably connected with an upper cover  13  through snap-fit or other structures. Thus, the upper cover  13  is opened to supplement seasonings. Of course, the upper end of the first accommodating cavity  11  of the box body  10  can also be rotatably connected with the upper cover  13  through a rotating shaft or other structures, so that it is convenient for a user to open the upper cover  13  to supplement seasonings. 
     As mentioned above, the first discharging hole  111  is formed in a bottom wall of the first accommodating cavity  11 . Preferably, a guide slope  112  is arranged on a lower end of an inner side wall of the first accommodating cavity  11 . Furthermore, the guide slope  112  tilts towards the first discharging hole  111 , so as to guide the seasonings to the first discharging hole  111 , which further improves the use reliability and stability of the seasoning box and solves the problem that excessive seasonings cannot flow out from the first accommodating cavity  11 . 
     Further, the seasoning box further includes a wall-mounted member  60 . The wall-mounted member  60  is provided with a mounting hole connected to a wall. A groove  14  matched with the wall-mounted member  60  is arranged on a rear side of the box body  10 . A fixing slot  15  is arranged in the groove  14 . The wall-mounted member  60  is provided with a fixing clip  61  matched with the fixing slot  15 . Furthermore, the fixing slot  15  gradually increases from top to bottom, and the fixing clip  61  also gradually increases from top to bottom. In specific applications, one fixing slot  15  is arranged on each of the left side and the right side of the groove  14 , and correspondingly, one fixing clip  61  is also arranged on each of the left side and the right side of the wall-mounted member  60 . 
     The key point of the design of the present disclosure is mainly as follows. Compared with the existing seasoning box, the seasoning box of the improved design is better in discharging stability and reliability. Furthermore, a push-discharging design also has a reasonable and stable advantage. Meanwhile, the seasoning box of the present disclosure is simple and ingenious in overall design and has the advantage of low production cost. 
     Secondly, due to the structural design of the toggle wheel and the design of the guide slope, the seasoning box also has the advantage of further improving the discharging stability, and solves the problem in the traditional technology that the seasonings are easy to accumulate in the accommodating cavity. 
     The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and do not limit the technical scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, any minor changes, equivalent changes and modifications made to the above embodiments according to the technical essence of the present disclosure still fall within the scope of the technical solutions of the present disclosure.