Towel warmer bucket
View Patent ↗A towel warmer bucket includes: a bucket body assembly, configured to heat towels and comprising a shell receiving the towels; and a lighting device. The shell includes a bucket body and a base mounted at a bottom of the bucket body; and the lighting device is mounted on the base and configured to emit light.
1 . A towel warmer bucket, comprising:
a bucket body assembly, configured to heat towels and comprising a shell receiving the towels, wherein the shell comprises a bucket body and a base mounted at a bottom of the bucket body; and a heating chamber being defined in the bucket body;
a heating device located in bucket body and surrounding the heating chamber, and
a lighting device, mounted on the base and spaced from the heating device; wherein the lighting device comprises a plurality of light emitters configured to emit light.
2 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 1 , wherein, the base comprises an edge portion and a recessed portion, the edge portion surrounding the recessed portion, the recessed portion is recessed towards the bucket body to form an accommodating groove, the edge portion has a vertical wall facing towards a central portion of the accommodating groove, the lighting device is mounted on the vertical wall and is configured to emit light towards the central portion of the accommodating groove.
3 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 2 , wherein the lighting device is a flexible light strip comprising a flexible strip and a plurality of light emitters arranged on the flexible strip, light-emitting surfaces of the plurality of light emitters face towards the central portion of the accommodating groove.
4 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 3 , wherein a light emitting manner of the plurality of light emitters is variable based on a temperature of the bucket body assembly, and the light emitting manner comprises a color of light emitted from the plurality of light emitters and/or a light flashing pattern.
5 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 4 , wherein, during a heating state, when the temperature of the bucket body assembly is less than a first temperature, the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters is in a first color, and the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters flashes at a first frequency.
6 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 5 , wherein, during the heating state, when the temperature of the bucket body assembly is equal to or higher than the first temperature and is less than a second temperature, the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters is in a second color different from the first color, and the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters flashes at the first frequency.
7 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 6 , wherein, during the heating state, when the temperature of the bucket body assembly is equal to or higher than the second temperature, the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters is in the second color, and the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters stops flashing.
8 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 3 , wherein an installation boss is arranged in the accommodating groove defined in the base; the plurality of light emitters are configured to emit light towards the installation boss.
9 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of light emitters are evenly distributed to surround the installation boss.
10 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 8 , wherein the installation boss defines a plurality of sound transmission holes to emit sound.
11 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 8 , further comprising a translucent cover, secured to the base, wherein the translucent cover covers the plurality of light emitters, the light emitted from the plurality of light emitters is capable of passing through the translucent cover.
12 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 11 , wherein the translucent cover is ring-shaped and has a through hole, the installation boss penetrates the through hole to be exposed.
13 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 1 , wherein the bucket body assembly further comprises a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) control board, the heating device and the PCBA control board are located inside the shell.
14 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 13 , further comprising a sound device, installed on the shell, wherein the heating device and the sound device are electrically connected to the PCBA control board.
15 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 14 , wherein a side of the base facing towards the bucket body defines an installation groove, the sound device is installed in the installation groove.
16 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 1 , further comprising: at least three support legs, wherein the at least three support legs are installed on the base to make the base be spaced apart from ground.
17 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 8 , wherein a side of the base facing the bucket body defines an installation groove, the installation groove extends into the installation boss, and a sound device is mounted in the installation groove.
18 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 1 , wherein the shell comprises: a bucket body and a top cover, the bucket body defines a heating chamber, a top of the heating chamber is provided with an opening, the bucket body defines at least two snap slots, the at least two snap slots extend circumferentially around the opening, slot openings of the at least two snap slots face towards an inside of the opening, tops of the at least two snap slots are respectively provided with entries communicating with the slot openings, and stop blocks are respectively provided next to the entries; and
the top cover is provided with at least two horizontally extending retaining tabs, the at least two retaining tabs are insertable into the at least two snap slots from the entries to pass through the slot openings; the at least two retaining tabs are capable of sliding along the at least two snap slots to below the stop blocks to be in contact with the stop blocks.
19 . The towel warmer bucket according to claim 17 , wherein the bucket body comprises: a shell cylinder, a top fixing ring, and a bottom fixing plate, the top fixing ring is bolted to a top of the shell cylinder, and the bottom fixing plate is located inside the shell cylinder; and
the heating device comprises: a cylindrical heating plate, a top of the cylindrical heating plate is embedded in the top fixing ring, and a bottom of the cylindrical heating plate is embedded in the bottom fixing plate, the cylindrical heating plate and the bottom fixing plate together define the heating chamber, the opening is defined on the top fixing ring, and the at least two snap slots are defined on the top fixing ring.
20 . A towel warmer bucket, comprising:
a bucket body assembly, configured to heat towels and comprising a shell receiving the towels, wherein the shell comprises a bucket body and a base mounted at a bottom of the bucket body; and
a lighting device, mounted on the base and configured to emit light; wherein the lighting device is a flexible light strip comprising a flexible strip and a plurality of light emitters arranged on the flexible strip, light-emitting surfaces of the plurality of light emitters face towards a central portion of the base.