Drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first protective housing of the combined electrical apparatus for housing an audio device of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the first protective housing accommodating the audio device in the combined electrical apparatus of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a second protective housing of the combined electrical appliance of the present invention housing a heating device.
Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the combination unit of the present invention with the first protective housing containing the audio device stacked with the second protective housing containing the heating device and the connecting assembly in a non-connected state.
Fig. 5 is a front view of the combination unit of the present invention, in which the first protective housing accommodating the audio device and the second protective housing accommodating the heating device are stacked to form a portable unit, and the connecting assembly is connected.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a third protective case of the combined electrical appliance housing a refrigeration apparatus according to the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the combination electrical apparatus of the present invention, in which the first protective housing accommodating the audio device, the second protective housing accommodating the heating device, and the third protective housing accommodating the refrigeration device are stacked together to form a portable whole, and the connecting assembly is in a connected state.
Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the combination unit of the present invention in which the first protective housing accommodating the audio device, the second protective housing accommodating the heating device, and the third protective housing accommodating the refrigeration device are stacked together to form a portable unit, and the connecting assembly is in a connected state. Wherein,
1. first protective shell 2, front wall 21, opening 3, rear wall
4. Bottom wall 5, upper wall 6, side wall 7, side wall
8. Containing groove 10, audio equipment 11, front wall 12 and handle
13. Loudspeaker 14, key 15, operation button 16, containing cavity
18. DC power supply socket 19, AC power supply socket 21, rear wall 22 socket
23. Power line 24, plug 40, second protective shell 41, heating device
42. Control button 43, control button 44, door 45 and visible glass
46. Rear wall 47, upper wall 48, handle 49, front wall
50. Side wall 51, side wall 53, rear wall 55, recess
58. Guide groove 59, groove 60, connecting component 61, first connecting element
62. Projection 63, projection 65, second connecting element 66, receiving groove
67. Receiving groove 70, third connecting element 71, projection 72, projection
73. Socket 75, positioning element 76, projection 77, projection
78. Power line 79, plug 80, third protective casing 81, refrigeration equipment
82. Door 83, upper wall 84, rear wall 86, handle
87. Side wall 88, side wall 90, socket 91, power cord
92. Plug with a locking mechanism
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the combined electrical appliance of the present invention includes at least two electrical appliances, i.e., a first electrical appliance, such as an audio device 10; second appliances, such as heating device 41, each have a housing. The first electrical appliance of the present invention may also be other non-audio devices, such as a heating device 41, a cooling device 81, etc.; the second appliance may also be other non-heating devices such as audio device 10, refrigeration device 81, etc.
The combined electrical apparatus of the invention also comprises a first protective shell 1 and a second protective shell 40. The protective casings 1, 40 are of unitary construction and may be made of aluminium or other material, preferably a plastics material such as ABS or polypropylene. When plastic material is used for the protective casing 1, 40, it is preferably injection molded. The shield case 1, 40 is substantially hollow and rectangular parallelepiped, and may be hollow and square. The front wall 2 of the first protective housing 1 comprises a rectangular opening 21, which opening 21 penetrates the front wall 2 and the rear wall 3 of the first protective housing. Wherein, four corners of the rectangular opening 21 are arc corners. From the front wall 2 of the first protective housing 1 extends vertically a bottom wall 4, an upper wall 5 of the U and two U-shaped side walls 6, 7.
Preferably, the second protective housing 40 is formed in a shape and a material that are identical to those of the first protective housing 1, except that it has a rear wall 46 having a rectangular cross section so as to be connectable to the first protective housing 1. Of course, the second protective housing 40 may take other shapes and be made of other materials.
Referring to fig. 2, the audio device 10 is accommodated in the first protective housing 1, and the first protective housing 1 may also be used for accommodating other non-audio devices, such as a heating device 41 or a cooling device 81. The audio device 10 may be a portable radio, a CD player, a cassette tape player, etc. The connection structure of the audio device 10 and the first protective housing 1 may be a structure known to those skilled in the art, such as a groove and projection connection, a screw connection, and the like. The audio device 10 includes a rectangular parallelepiped housing, and the housing of the audio device 10 may have other shapes such as a square shape.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the housing of the audio device 10 may also be integrally formed with the first protective housing 1, i.e. the first protective housing 1 is used directly as the housing of the audio device 10.
A speaker 13 is provided on the front wall 11 of the audio device 10, and the front wall 11 of the audio device 10 is exposed from the rectangular opening 21 of the front wall 2 of the first protective housing 1. The U-shaped handle 12 is rotatably provided on the upper wall 5 of the first protective housing 1, a U-shaped receiving groove 8 matching with the handle 12 is formed on the upper wall 5 of the first protective housing 1, and the handle 12 is received in the receiving groove 8 in a non-use state. The upper wall 5 of the audio device 10 is provided with an operation panel and various keys 14 and operation buttons 15 for operating the audio device 10, such as volume keys, channel buttons, and the like. The upper wall 5 of the audio device 10 is further provided with a receiving cavity 16 for receiving a player such as MP 3. The keys 14, the operation buttons 15, and the receiving cavities 16 are exposed from the U-shaped opening of the upper wall 5 of the first protective housing 1.
The audio device 10 has a plurality of power outlets 18, 19 on the side wall 6, and preferably, two dc power outlets 18 and two ac power outlets 19 may be provided on the side wall 6 for charging a battery pack and for charging a dc power tool or an ac power tool, and for supplying power to other objects requiring power. The power outlets 18, 19 are exposed from the U-shaped opening in the side wall 6 of the first protective housing 1.
Other walls of the audio device 10 may be provided with cassette tape reading means as well as CD reading means, plugs for connecting AC power lines, etc., which will not be described in detail herein.
Referring to fig. 3, the heating device 41 is housed in the second protective housing 40, and the second protective housing 40 may also be used to house the audio device 10 or the cooling device 81. The heating device 41 is used to heat or cook food. Preferably, the heating device 41 is a microwave oven having control buttons 42, 43 and a door 44 hinged to the housing with a viewing glass 45. The upper wall 47 of the second protective housing 40 is also provided with a portable handle 48, and the structure of the handle 48 and the connection with the second protective housing 40 are the same as the structure of the handle 12 and the connection with the first protective housing 1, which will not be described again.
The connection structure of the heating device 41 and the second protective housing 40 may be a structure known to those skilled in the art, such as a groove and protrusion connection, a screw connection, and the like. The heating device 41 includes a rectangular parallelepiped housing, and the housing of the heating device 41 may have another shape such as a square shape. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the housing of the heating device 41 may also be integrally formed with the second protective housing 40, i.e. the second protective housing 40 is used directly as the housing of the heating device 41.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the connecting assembly 60 detachably and stackable assembles the first protective housing 1 accommodating the audio device 10 and the second protective housing 40 accommodating the heating device 41 into a single body.
Preferably, four sets of connecting assemblies 60 are disposed on the protective housings 1, 40, including two sets of connecting assemblies 60 disposed on the front walls 2, 49 of the first and second protective housings 1, 40 and two sets of connecting assemblies 60 disposed on the rear walls 3, 46 of the first and second protective housings 1, 40.
The connecting assembly 60 includes a first connecting member 61 provided on the first protective housing 1, and a second connecting member 65 slidably provided on the second protective housing 40. Preferably, the connection assembly 60 further includes a third connection element 70 disposed on the second protective housing 40.
The combined electrical apparatus of the present invention further comprises a positioning element 75 provided on the second protective housing 40. The positioning element 75 comprises at least one protrusion provided at the bottom of the recess 59 of the front wall 49 of the second protective housing 40. Preferably, the positioning element 75 comprises two projections 76, 77. Preferably, the projections 76, 77 are integrally formed with the second protective shell 40.
The first connection element 61 comprises at least one protrusion arranged at the bottom of the recess 55 of the front wall 2 of the first protective casing 1, preferably the first connection element 61 comprises two protrusions 62, 63. The third connecting element 70 comprises at least one protrusion arranged at the bottom of the recess 59 of the front wall 49 of the second protective housing 40, preferably the third connecting element 70 comprises two protrusions 71, 72. Preferably, the shape of the protrusions 71, 72 is identical to the shape of the protrusions 62, 63, and the protrusions 62, 63 and the protrusions 71, 72 are integrally formed with the first protective housing 1 and the second protective housing 40, respectively.
Guide posts are formed on both side walls of the second connecting member 65 for mating with the guide grooves 58 formed on both side walls of the groove 59 of the front wall 49 of the second shield shell 40. At least two receiving grooves 66, 67 are formed on a surface of the second connecting member 65 facing the second protective shell 40 for selectively receiving the protrusions 62, 63, the protrusions 71, 72 and the protrusions 76, 77. Preferably, the second connecting element 65 has four receiving grooves 66, 67.
The two receiving slots 66 located at the upper portion of the second connecting member 65 are used for selectively receiving the two protrusions 62, 63 of the first connecting member 61 and the two protrusions 71, 72 of the third connecting member 70, and the two receiving slots 67 located at the lower portion of the second connecting member 65 are used for selectively receiving the two protrusions 71, 72 of the third connecting member 70 and the two protrusions 76, 77 of the positioning member 75.
Referring to fig. 2 to 4, in the non-connecting position of the connecting assembly 60, the upper two receiving grooves 66 of the second connecting member 65 are engaged with the two protrusions 71, 72 of the third connecting member 70, and the lower two receiving grooves 67 are engaged with the two protrusions 76, 77 of the positioning member 75.
In the coupling position of the coupling assembly 60, as shown in fig. 5, the upper two receiving grooves 66 of the second coupling member 65 engage with the two projections 62, 63 of the first coupling member 61, and the lower two receiving grooves 67 engage with the two projections 71, 72 of the third coupling member 70.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, when the first protective housing 1 and the second protective housing 40 are stacked together for carrying, a user only needs to stack the first protective housing 1 on the second protective housing 40 and align the grooves 55, 59 on the front walls 2, 49 and the grooves (not shown) on the rear walls 3, 46 of the two protective housings 1, 40, respectively. Thereafter, the second coupling member 65 is rotated in a direction away from the front walls 2, 49 of the first protective housing 1 and the second protective housing 40, so that the four receiving grooves 66, 67 of the second coupling member 65 are disengaged from the two protrusions 71, 72 of the third coupling member 70 and the two protrusions 76, 77 of the positioning member 75. Thereafter, the user may slide the second connecting member 65 upward along the guide groove 58 until the two upper receiving grooves 66 of the second connecting member 65 are aligned with the two protrusions 62, 63 of the first connecting member 61, and the two lower receiving grooves 67 of the second connecting member 65 are aligned with the two protrusions 71, 72 of the third connecting member 70. Then, the user can rotate the second coupling member 65 in a direction toward the front walls 2, 49 of the first and second shield shells 1, 40 such that the two receiving grooves 66 of the upper portion of the second coupling member 65 are engaged with the two protrusions 62, 63 of the first coupling member 61, and at the same time, the two receiving grooves 67 of the lower portion of the second coupling member 65 are engaged with the two protrusions 71, 72 of the third coupling member 70. At this time, the connecting assembly 60 can stack the first protective housing 1 and the second protective housing 40 into a portable unit, i.e., the audio device 10 and the heating device 41 can be stacked into a portable unit. The connection mode is very firm and is convenient to carry.
When the audio device 10 and the heating device 41 are to be used separately and the first protective housing 1 is to be separated from the second protective housing 40, the user only needs to rotate the second coupling member 65 in a direction away from the front walls 2, 49 of the first protective housing 1 and the second protective housing 40, so that the four receiving slots 66, 67 of the second coupling member 65 are disengaged from the two protrusions 62, 63 of the first coupling member 61 and the two protrusions 71, 72 of the third coupling member 70, and then the first protective housing 1 and the second protective housing 40 can be detached for use separately.
In order for the second connecting member 65 not to interfere with the normal use of the second protective housing 40, the user needs to slide the second connecting member 65 downward along the guide groove 58 until the two receiving grooves 66 of the upper portion of the second connecting member 65 are aligned with the two protrusions 71, 72 of the third connecting member 70 and the two receiving grooves 67 of the lower portion of the second connecting member 65 are aligned with the two protrusions 76, 77 of the positioning member 75. The user can then turn the second connecting member 65 in a direction towards the front wall 49 of the second protective housing 40 so that the upper two receiving slots 66 of the second connecting member 65 engage with the two projections 71, 72 of the third connecting member 70, while the lower two receiving slots 67 of the second connecting member 65 engage with the two projections 76, 77 of the positioning member 75, at which time the second connecting member 65 returns to the non-use position. When the second protective housing 40 and the heating device 41 are carried and used separately, the second connecting element 65 is firmly located at the non-use position, which does not cause unnecessary obstacles to the use of the heating device 41, for example, if the four grooves 66, 67 of the second connecting element 65 are located at any one of the non-receiving protrusions 71, 72, 76, 77, the user may be scratched or caught by the reinforcing bars, sundries, etc. on the construction site, which may cause unnecessary troubles to the user.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the connecting assembly 60 may also be disposed on the side walls 6, 7, 50, 51 of each of the protective housings 1, 40, and the composition and assembly manner of the connecting assembly 60 may be the same as those of the connecting assembly 60, or may be other compositions and assembly manners that may occur to those skilled in the art, and will not be described herein again.
Referring to fig. 6, the combined electrical appliance of the present invention further includes a third electrical appliance, such as a refrigeration device 81, and the third electrical appliance may also be other non-refrigeration devices, such as an audio device 10, a heating device 41, and the like.
The refrigeration apparatus 81 is housed in the third protective case 80. The third protective case 80 may be used to house the audio apparatus 1, the heating apparatus 41, and the like. The refrigerating device 81 is used for cooling beverages, water, etc. Preferably, the refrigeration device 81 is a refrigerator having a door 82 hinged to the housing. The upper wall 83 of the third protection casing 80 is also provided with a portable handle 86, and the structure of the handle 86 and the connection with the third protection casing 80 are the same as those of the handle 12 and the connection with the first protection casing 1, which will not be described herein again.
Preferably, the shape and material of the third protective shell 80 is identical to the shape and material of the second protective shell 40. Of course, the third protective housing 80 may take other shapes and be made of other materials.
The connection structure of the refrigerating apparatus 81 and the third protection casing 80 may be a structure known to those skilled in the art, such as a groove and projection connection, a screw connection, and the like. The refrigeration apparatus 81 includes a rectangular parallelepiped housing, and the housing of the refrigeration apparatus 81 may have another shape such as a square shape. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the housing of the refrigeration apparatus 81 may also be integrally formed with the third protective casing 80, i.e., the third protective casing 80 is used directly as the housing of the refrigeration apparatus 81.
Referring to fig. 7, the connecting assembly 60 detachably and detachably assembles the first protective housing 1 for accommodating the audio device 10, the second protective housing 40 for accommodating the heating device 41, and the third protective housing 80 for accommodating the cooling device 81 into a portable unit. Of course, the connecting assembly 60 may also be disposed on the side walls 6, 7, 50, 51, 87, 88 of the respective protective casings 1, 40, 80, and the composition and the assembly manner of the connecting assembly 60 may be the same as those of the connecting assembly 60 described above, or may be other compositions and assembly manners that may occur to those skilled in the art, and will not be described herein again.
Preferably, the dimensions and the structure and the shape of each protective shell 1, 40, 80 are completely the same. Thus, the stacking of the respective shield shells 1, 40, 80 is easy, and the connecting member 60 can easily connect the respective shield shells 1, 40, 80 into one body for convenient carrying.
As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, since the protective housings 1, 40, 80 can accommodate different devices, a plurality of audio devices 10 can be conveniently stacked as a portable unit, a plurality of heating devices 41 can be conveniently stacked as a portable unit, and a plurality of cooling devices 81 can be conveniently stacked as a portable unit. The combined electric appliance can also comprise an oven, an electric cooker, a television and other electric appliances. In any case, the user can detachably stack any desired device as a portable unit as desired.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the protective casings 1, 40, 80 may be integrally formed with the housings of the audio device 10, the heating device 41 and the cooling device 81, respectively, i.e. the connecting assembly 60 may be provided directly on the housings of the audio device 10, the heating device 41 and the cooling device 81. Furthermore, the connecting assembly 60 may take any configuration known to those skilled in the art that is capable of connection. The protective casing 1, 40, 80 can also have other configurations, and the connecting assembly 60 can also be arranged directly on the housing of the audio device 10, the heating device 41 and the cooling device 81 when the protective casing 1, 40, 80 is in use.
Of course, it is also possible that the respective device 10, 41, 81 does not have a protective housing, and the connecting assembly 60 is arranged directly on the housing of the audio device 10, the heating device 41 and the cooling device 81. The coupling assembly 60 is formed and arranged in the same manner as the coupling assembly 60 described above and as the protective casing 1, 40, 80, and comprises a first coupling element 61 arranged on the housing of a first electrical appliance, such as the audio device 10; a second connection element 65 slidingly arranged on a casing of a second electrical appliance, such as the heating device 41; a third connecting element 70, a positioning element 75 provided on a housing of a third electrical appliance, such as a refrigeration device 81. The structure of the connecting assembly 60 and the manner of integrally connecting the various electrical devices are the same as the structure of the connecting assembly 60 and the manner of integrally connecting the protective housings 1, 40, 80 together in a portable manner, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
Referring to fig. 8, a double-hole socket 22 and a power cord 23 having a double-headed plug 24 attached to a free end thereof are provided on the rear wall 21 of the audio device 10. A double-hole socket 73 and a power cord 78 with a double-ended plug 79 connected to the free end are provided on the rear wall 53 of the heating device 41. A double-hole socket 90 and a power cord 91 with a plug 92 connected to the free end are provided on the rear wall 84 of the refrigeration device 81. The power lines 23, 78, 91 are telescopically arranged on each electric appliance, in other words, the length of the power lines 23, 78, 91 exposed out of each electric appliance can be adjusted.
When used alone, each appliance can be connected to an AC power source via its own power cord with a plug to provide power alone.
When not detached for use, as shown in fig. 8, the plug 24 may be inserted into the socket 73, the plug 79 may be inserted into the socket 90, and then the plug 92 of the cooling device 81 may be connected to the AC power source, so that the audio device 10 and the heating device 41 may be powered by connecting the plug 92 of the cooling device 81 to the AC power source.
In another power supply mode, the plug 92 may be inserted into the socket 73, the plug 79 may be inserted into the socket 22, and then the plug 24 may be connected to the AC power source, so that the cooling device 81 and the heating device 41 may be powered by connecting the plug 24 of the audio device 10 to the AC power source.
Of course, the audio device 10 and the cooling device 81 may also be powered by connecting the plug 79 of the heating device 41 to an AC power source.
It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the plug may be a three-pin plug and the receptacle may be a three-pin receptacle.
The connecting assembly 60 detachably and stackable integrally assembles the first protective casing 1 for accommodating the audio device 10, the second protective casing 40 for accommodating the heating device 41 and the third protective casing 80 for accommodating the refrigerating device 81, and has simple structure and portability, and because the protective casings 1, 40 and 80 are uniformly formed and have stronger vibration resistance, the reliable protection is provided for the accommodated audio device 10, the heating device 41 and the refrigerating device 81, the possibility that the audio device 10, the heating device 41 and the refrigerating device 81 are damaged by falling weights on the construction site is greatly reduced, and even if the audio device 40, the heating device 41 and the refrigerating device 81 are accidentally fallen to the ground, the possibility that the audio device 40, the heating device 41 and the refrigerating device 81 are damaged is also greatly reduced.
Since the protective housings 1, 40, 80 can be stacked and assembled into a whole, the respective electric appliances housed therein, such as the audio device 10, the heating device 41, and the cooling device 81, are respectively disposed in separate housings, and are relatively safe when used at the same time.
If the user wants to use each appliance individually, the user only needs to operate the connecting member 60 to be located at the non-connecting position. Because each electrical apparatus can supply power alone, portable moreover, the user can give each electrical apparatus each worker and friend who has different demands and use.
Since the audio device 10 is provided with the AC power outlet and the DC power outlet, a user can charge the battery pack, the DC power tool or the AC power tool, and other objects requiring power driving, by using the AC or DC power outlet, which provides great convenience to the user.
The combined electrical appliance is not limited to the combination and carrying mode, and the structure based on the concept of the invention is within the protection scope of the invention.