Collapsible silicone pot

Abstract

A foldable silicone pot species, including a pot body including a thermally conductive substrate, the lower end of a silicone annular wall comprising a heat conducting bottom fixed in connection with the lower end of the annular wall of silicone and the upper end of the annular wall connected to a pot opening border. The small size body is composed of silicone material that is safe, non-toxic, environmentally friendly, resistant to high temperatures, can be cleaned and disinfected and is light weight. The cyclic silicone wall structure can be folded so that it is easy to store or carry.

Claims

1. A foldable silicone pot, including a pot body, wherein the pot body comprises a foldable annular silicone wall which is connected at a lower end to a thermally conductive substrate base, wherein the substrate base is fixedly connected to the foldable annular silicone wall and wherein the silicone wall is also fixedly secured to an outlet rim at its upper end, wherein the outlet rim provides an opening and stability to silicon pot when expanded.

2. The pot according to claim 1, wherein the annular wall is an integrally injection-molded flexible silicone wall comprised of silica gel.

3. The pot according to claim 1, wherein the annular silicone wall comprises a thick layer and a thin wall layer, the thick layer and the thin wall connected to an interlayer spacing providing the wall with foldability.

4. The pot according to claim 3, wherein the annular wall in the thin layer of a natural expanded state fits into a bucket cone-like structure.

5. The pot according to claim 2, wherein the annular wall and thermally conductive substrate base are connected such that the base is connected to a thick layer portion of silicone, which is the thick layer of the silicone wall on the maximum height of the thick layer.

6. The pot according to claim 2 wherein a radius at the lower edge of the top of a thick layer of silica gel on the annular wall is greater than in a thick layer on the bottom edge radius.

7. The pot according to claim 1, wherein the rim of the pot is constructed of a metal and wherein at least one handle is fixed to the metal rim.

8. The pot according to claim 7, wherein the handle comprises a thermal insulation layer such as a silicone layer.

9. The pot according to claim 1, and further comprising a pot cover, wherein the pot cover comprises a transparent glass cover and at least a portion of glass cover is coated with a silicone seal layer and the glass cover has a silicone handle.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0015] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the utility model;

[0016] FIG. 2 is a folded state of the utility model in a schematic pot body;

[0017] FIG. 3 is a new cross-sectional view of the utility.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0018] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 3, the foldable silicone pot 10, comprises a pot cover 2 and pot body 12, the pot body 12 is comprised of a silicone material and a lower end or bottom of the pot is comprised of a thermally conductive substrate such as aluminum or stainless steel. The lower end of the pot body is fixedly connected with the thermally conductive base 11 and the pot body 12 may be substantially an annular silicone wall 12. An upper end of the wall 12 provides a pot opening which has a border 13 where the border comprises a metal ring attached to the upper edge of the annular wall to provide stability to the pot in an expanded state. The annular or cyclic silicone wall 12 is fixedly connected at its lower end to an upper end of the bottom 11 of the pot which may be comprised of a thermally conductive stainless steel substrate in the shape of a circular disc, which terminates around the body 12 outwardly to open a funnel-shaped ramp surface. The stainless steel bottom pot body base 11 can guarantee hardness, strength and heat resistance, thermal conductivity to the bottom 11. The connection between the annular wall 12 pot body 12 and silicone pot opening frame 13 may comprise an adhesive forming a fixed edge. Adhesive is used to ensure the reliability of the connection and to prevent ease separation of the components from the thermal bottom 11 with ceramic or metal materials, mainly those used to conduct heat and styling and from which the pot opening frame 13 is constructed. The opening frame 13 may be constructed of a ceramic, metal or plastic material, or similar material. The cover or lid 2 is comprised of a transparent material such as glass. A least a portion of the glass, for example, the edge of the cover glass may be coated with a silicone seal layer and the top of the silica glass cover is fixed to the handle.

[0019] The thermally conductive substrate 11 and the annular wall 12 are secured or fixed to one another and this may be done using silicone adhesives. The annular wall 12 comprising the thermally conductive silicone substrate is provided with a bilateral wavy tooth structure on the card edge contact, the wave-shaped tooth structure of the card is a smooth transition arc tooth card and is provided with a corresponding card with wavy tooth structure with a groove structure of the annular wall of silica gel. The structure corresponding to the groove is provided with an undulating friction strip, the wavy card tooth structure and groove structure with the formation of a larger area of the contact surface, so that the thermal conductivity of the bottom wall 11 and a cyclic silicone adhesive is connected to provide a more stable pot, while avoiding thermal heating bottom 11, so that silica connected annular wall 12 does not deform when filled with liquid such as water. Tests show that the use of such a connection structure such that thermal heat transfer between the bottom 11 and the durable silicone annular wall 12 increased by a rate of more than 65%. In the actual production process, in the conventional bonding structure, overall defective product accounted for 4.8% of the product where defective means a failure rate of 64%. The adhesive structure with the use of wave-shaped structure, the failure wide product accounted for only 0.8% of the overall broad product, where the failure rate which accounted for 45%.

[0020] The annular wall 12 is fixedly connected with the silicone pot rim opening 13, using a combination of adhesive and shape. The opening 13 is provided on the upper edge of the frame of the cyclic silicone wall with the body 12 such that the body 12 is foldable to bring the rim opening 13 closer to the bottom 11. Unilateral Z-shaped teeth are positioned on the upper end of the body 12 and corresponding teeth are positioned on the opening border 13, the teeth of the tooth portion have an upward tilt, such that the silicone ring is provided with a wall facing the Z-shaped cards and matching the tooth structure on the upper edge of the body 12, and an adhesive is applied to this increased surface area between the rim 13 and the body 12 such that the connection is more stable, and when the pot is extending, into the pot shape for holding water or other liquid, the Z-shaped retaining tooth structure can withstand a certain vertical physical pull force, so that there is a more stable connection. Tests show that the use of such a connection structure makes the pot more durable and the connection rate increased by more than 35%. In the actual production process, the conventional bonding structure, overall defective product accounted for 4.8% of the product, including where the failure rate is 32%. Using adhesive structure Z-shaped card tooth structure, failure products accounted for 2.2% of the overall product, including where the failure rate of 14.5%.

[0021] In order to ensure a sealing silicone pot, and an easy to process (make) pot, the annular wall 12 is produced by an injection molding process such that the wall 12 is a silicone injection molded piece that is an integrally flexible silicone wall.

[0022] In order to fold the annular wall 12 of silica for a more structured and orderly shape, the annular wall 12 comprises a silica layer including a thick-walled and thin-walled layer that has a deformation capability. The thick layer and the thin wall layer are connected in intervals, in the folded state, the thick layer extending substantially maintain the original state, thin-walled layer is deformed to connect the shelves.

[0023] Silica gel thin-walled wall layer and the thick wall layer are provided on one piece of lines, the lines are surrounded by a closed loop of a wave pattern, where the highest point of the lines and the lowest point of the lines are respectively adjacent upper and lower ends of the thick-walled or thin-walled layer in the layer. Thus, the thin layer or a thick layer can maintain a certain strength, to maintain a cyclic structure, are not easily wrinkled or collapsed, thereby facilitating a better fold.

[0024] In order to facilitate folding the thin wall layer, the thin wall of the annular wall silicone layer in a state where natural expansion goes big, small, bucket, to cone-like structure, preferably, the difference between the radius of the conical upper and lower ends of 3-5 mm thin wall thickness, so that the thin wall layer can be more smoothly folded, and does not affect the overall structural strength.

[0025] Further, in order to make the silicone pot in the folded state of the inner layer to form a complete cavity structure, the annular wall having the thermally conductive silicone bottom portion is set to connect to a thick layer, the layer of the thick-walled the annular wall on silica gel at a maximum height of the thick layer.

[0026] In order to make a thick layer in the folded state so that the layers are smoothly set from the cyclic silicone wall in the lower edge radius is larger than the top of a thick layer of thick layers located below the upper edge of radius, in order to facilitate the folding, its radius difference in 2-4 mm thick wall thickness is better, at this time the smoothest silicone pot folded.

[0027] In order to facilitate movement of the silicone pot and prevent hand burns, the opening of the pot on the rim 13 also has a handle fixedly provided with a heat insulating layer.

[0028] Of course, in addition to the above-described embodiment, there may also be other variations on the structure of such equivalent technical solution should be within its scope of protection.