Air fryer with high practicability

Abstract

The air fryer comprises a machine body with a cooking cavity and a frying basket detachably arranged in the cooking cavity, a food containing cavity with an opening in the top is formed in the frying basket, an air channel plate is arranged at the position, corresponding to the opening in the top of the frying basket, of the cooking cavity, and the air channel plate is of an upward sunken structure. A concave cavity is formed in the air duct plate, a heating pipe is arranged in the concave cavity of the air duct plate, a protective net with air holes is arranged at an opening in the lower portion of the air duct plate, a sealing piece is arranged on the periphery of the protective net, and the sealing piece is in sealing fit with the opening in the lower portion of the air duct plate and the opening in the top of the frying basket. By arranging the sealing piece which is in sealing fit with the opening in the lower portion of the air duct plate and the opening in the top of the frying basket on the periphery of the protective net, water vapor generated by cooking food in the frying basket can be prevented from flowing out of the frying basket, so that condensed water is formed in the cooking cavity, and the use experience of a user is effectively improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of air fryers, in particular to an air fryer with strong practicability. Background Art

[0002] With the development of society, people's living standards are getting better and better, and the usage rate of air fryers is also getting higher and higher. In existing air fryers, most of the frying baskets have flanges extending outward at the top. There will be a gap between the flange and the air duct plate. When the air fryer performs air frying cooking, the water vapor generated by the food in the frying basket will flow through the gap into the cooking cavity, thus forming condensed water on the inner wall of the cooking cavity. After flowing downward, these condensed waters are likely to accumulate at the bottom of the cooking cavity and be taken out when the frying basket is disassembled or directly flow out of the cooking cavity, thereby causing pollution to the external environment and poor user experience. Summary of the Utility Model

[0003] The present application provides an air fryer with strong practicability to solve the technical problem that the sealing performance between the frying basket and the air duct plate of the existing air fryer is poor, and the steam in the frying basket is likely to flow out to the cooking cavity, thus forming condensed water at the bottom of the cooking cavity and resulting in poor user experience.

[0004] To solve the above technical problem, the utility model provides an air fryer with strong practicability, which includes a body having a cooking cavity and a detachable frying basket disposed in the cooking cavity. A food placement cavity with an open top is formed in the frying basket. An air duct plate is provided at a position corresponding to the open top of the frying basket in the cooking cavity. The air duct plate is a downwardly concave structure. A heating tube is provided in the concave cavity of the air duct plate. A protective net with air holes is provided at the lower opening of the air duct plate. Sealing members are provided around the protective net, and the sealing members are respectively in sealed cooperation with the lower opening of the air duct plate and the open top of the frying basket. By providing the sealing members around the protective net in sealed cooperation with the lower opening of the air duct plate and the open top of the frying basket, it can not only prevent the water vapor generated by cooking food in the frying basket from flowing out of the frying basket, thus forming condensed water in the cooking cavity, but also prevent the oil fume generated by cooking food from flowing out and adhering to the inner wall of the cooking cavity, thus causing difficult cleaning and / or affecting the cooking hygiene, effectively improving the user experience.

[0005] In an optional embodiment, the sealing member includes a mounting portion connected to the protective net and a frying basket sealing lip extending downward from the mounting portion. The frying basket sealing lip is in sealed cooperation with the rim of the open top of the frying basket. The sealing member is in sealed cooperation with the rim of the open top of the frying basket through the frying basket sealing lip, which can not only effectively improve the sealing stability and sealing effect between the sealing member and the frying basket, but also facilitate the installation and disassembly of the frying basket, effectively improving the user convenience.

[0006] In an alternative embodiment, the outer wall of the mounting portion is sealingly fitted with the lower opening of the air duct plate. By setting the outer wall of the mounting portion to be sealingly fitted with the lower opening of the air duct plate, it is possible to prevent the oil fumes and / or water vapor generated by cooking food in the frying basket from flowing out of the frying basket through the connection gap between the seal and the air duct plate, thereby forming condensed water and / or oil stains in the cooking cavity, and effectively improving the sealing effect of the seal.

[0007] In an alternative embodiment, the seal further includes an air duct plate sealing lip extending upward from the mounting portion, and the air duct plate sealing lip is sealingly fitted with the lower opening of the air duct plate. By providing the air duct plate sealing lip on the mounting portion that is sealingly fitted with the lower opening of the air duct plate, a double seal can be achieved with the mounting portion, avoiding the situation where the mounting portion is not tightly sealed due to deformation or damage, and effectively improving the sealing stability and sealing effect of the seal.

[0008] In an alternative embodiment, the mounting portion is provided with an annular groove, and the mounting portion is sleeved around the protective net through the annular groove. By sleeving the mounting portion on the protective net through the annular groove, the difficulty of disassembling and installing the seal can be effectively reduced, thereby reducing the production cost and the user's usage cost.

[0009] In an alternative embodiment, the mounting portion is annular and is bonded or welded to the protective net. By bonding or welding the mounting portion to the protective net, the connection strength and connection stability between the mounting portion and the protective net can be effectively ensured, avoiding the situation of damage or pollution to the cooked food due to separation and dropping, and effectively improving the performance stability of the air fryer.

[0010] In an alternative embodiment, the top open edge of the frying basket is provided with a flanging extending outward, and the frying basket sealing lip is sealingly fitted with the flanging. By providing the flanging extending outward in the lateral direction at the top open edge of the frying basket, the contact area between the frying basket sealing lip and the top open edge of the frying basket can be increased, effectively improving the sealing stability and sealing effect between the frying basket and the seal.

[0011] In an alternative embodiment, the sealing lip of the frying basket is an arc-shaped structure bent in the extending direction of the flanging, and the connection point between the sealing lip of the frying basket and the flanging is located in the middle of the flanging. By setting the sealing lip of the frying basket as an arc-shaped structure bent in the extending direction of the flanging and setting the connection point between the sealing lip of the frying basket and the flanging in the middle of the flanging, not only can the sealing effect between the sealing lip of the frying basket and the flanging be effectively ensured, but also the installation and disassembly of the frying basket are facilitated, avoiding excessive deformation or damage of the sealing lip of the frying basket caused by the installation or disassembly of the frying basket, thereby resulting in poor sealing, and effectively improving the sealing stability between the sealing lip of the frying basket and the flanging.

[0012] In an alternative embodiment, a card slot corresponding to the protective net is provided at the lower opening of the air duct plate, and the protective net is detachably arranged in the card slot. By detachably arranging the protective net in the card slot, not only can the protective net be hidden, thereby improving the overall aesthetics of the air fryer, but also the disassembly, cleaning and replacement of the protective net are facilitated, effectively ensuring the performance stability and hygiene of the air fryer; at the same time, the card slot is also suitable for positioning and limiting functions. Through the card slot, not only can the protective net be positioned and limited, effectively reducing the installation difficulty of the protective net and improving the user's convenience of use.

[0013] In an alternative embodiment, a steam system is provided on the body, and the steam system includes a steam nozzle. The steam nozzle is fixed on the air duct plate and extends into the air duct plate, and the steam nozzle is arranged facing the food placement cavity. The steam system can spray high-temperature steam into the cooking cavity through the steam nozzle to perform steam cooking of food, effectively improving the functional diversity of the air fryer; at the same time, by extending the steam nozzle into the air duct plate and arranging it facing the food placement cavity, the steam cooking effect can be effectively improved, reducing the problem of regional aggregation of high-temperature steam, thereby resulting in cooking area differentiation.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present application are:

[0015] By providing the sealing member that is hermetically matched with the lower opening of the air duct plate and the top opening of the frying basket around the protective net in the present application, not only can the water vapor generated by cooking food in the frying basket be prevented from flowing out of the frying basket to form condensed water in the cooking cavity, but also the oil fume generated by cooking food can be prevented from flowing out and adhering to the inner wall of the cooking cavity, thereby causing difficult cleaning and / or affecting the cooking hygiene, effectively improving the user experience. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a highly practical air fryer of the present utility model.

[0017] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the partial structure decomposition of a highly practical air fryer of the present utility model.

[0018] Figure 3 It is a partial structure cross-sectional view of a highly practical air fryer of the present utility model. Detailed implementation manners

[0019] The following description is used to disclose the present utility model so that those skilled in the art can implement the present utility model. The preferred embodiments in the following description are only examples, and those skilled in the art can think of other obvious variations. The basic principles defined in the following description of the present utility model can be applied to other implementation manners, variant schemes, improvement schemes, equivalent schemes, and other technical schemes without departing from the spirit and scope of the present utility model.

[0020] It should be noted that the terms used herein are only for describing the specific implementation manners and are not intended to limit the exemplary implementation manners according to the present application. As used herein, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the singular form is also intended to include the plural form. In addition, it should be understood that when the terms "include" and / or "comprise" are used in this specification, they indicate the presence of features, steps, operations, devices, components, and / or combinations thereof.

[0021] Unless otherwise specifically stated, the relative arrangements, numerical expressions, and values of the components and steps set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present utility model. At the same time, it should be understood that for the sake of description, the sizes of the various parts shown in the drawings are not drawn in actual proportional relationships. Technologies, methods, and devices known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail, but where appropriate, the technologies, methods, and devices should be regarded as part of the authorized specification. In all the examples shown and discussed here, any specific value should be interpreted as merely exemplary and not as a limitation. Therefore, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that like reference numerals and letters indicate similar items in the following drawings. Therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, it does not need to be further discussed in subsequent drawings.

[0022] In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by orientation terms such as "front, rear, upper, lower, left, right", "lateral, vertical, perpendicular, horizontal" and "top, bottom", etc. is usually based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. It is only for the convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description. Without contrary description, these orientation terms do not indicate and imply that the device or component referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it should not be construed as a limitation on the protection scope of the present utility model; the orientation terms "inner, outer" refer to the inside and outside relative to the contour of each component itself.

[0023] And for the convenience of description, spatial relative terms such as "above...", "over...", "on the upper surface of...", "upper...", etc. can be used here to describe the spatial positional relationship between a device or feature shown in the figure and other devices or features. It should be understood that the spatial relative terms are intended to include different orientations in use or operation in addition to the orientation described in the figure for the device. For example, if the device in the drawing is inverted, the device described as "above other devices or structures" or "over other devices or structures" will then be positioned as "below other devices or structures" or "under other devices or structures". Thus, the exemplary term "above..." can include both the orientations of "above..." and "below...". The device can also be positioned in other different ways (rotated 90 degrees or in other orientations), and corresponding interpretations are made for the spatial relative descriptions used here.

[0024] In addition, it should be noted that the term "a" should be understood as "at least one" or "one or more". That is, in one embodiment, the number of an element can be one, while in other embodiments, the number of the element can be one or more. The term "a" should not be construed as a limitation on the quantity. The use of terms such as "first", "second", etc. to limit components is only for the convenience of distinguishing the corresponding components. Without otherwise stated, the above terms have no special meaning and therefore should not be construed as a limitation on the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0025] Attached Figure 1 to attached Figure 3 As shown, it is a schematic diagram of an air fryer with good sealing provided by the present utility model. The air fryer includes a body 10, a cooking cavity 11 with an open inner side portion provided in the body 10, and a hot air circulation system 20 provided in the body 10 and communicating with the cooking cavity 11. The cooking cavity 11 is adapted to place food to be cooked, and the hot air circulation system 20 is adapted to generate a circulating heat flow and introduce it into the cooking cavity 11 to perform air frying cooking on the food in the cooking cavity 11 to improve the user experience.

[0026] Specifically, asFigure 1 and Figure 2 As shown in Figure 2 , the hot air circulation system 20 includes a hot circulation fan 21 and a heating tube 22. The heating tube 22 is adapted to heat the air in the cooking cavity 11, and the hot circulation fan 21 is adapted to drive the heated hot air to circulate and flow to form a circulating heat flow, so as to heat the food in the cooking cavity 11.

[0027] As Figures 1 to 3 shown, a frying basket 30 is detachably provided in the cooking cavity 11 through a side opening. A food placement cavity 31 with an open top is provided in the frying basket 30. The food placement cavity 31 is adapted to place the food to be cooked. A duct plate 12 is provided at the top of the cooking cavity 11. The duct plate 12 is adapted to correspond to the open top of the frying basket 30. The duct plate 12 is a structure sunken upward. The hot circulation fan 21 and the heating tube 22 are provided in the concave cavity of the duct plate 12. A protective net 13 with air holes is provided at the lower opening of the duct plate 12. A seal 40 made of elastic high-temperature resistant materials such as rubber and silica gel is provided around the protective net 13. The seal 40 is hermetically engaged with the lower opening of the duct plate 12 and the open top of the frying basket 30 respectively. When the air fryer fries and bakes food, not only is it easy to form oil fumes, but the circulating heat flow that circulates and flows will also carry out the water in the food to form water vapor. Therefore, by providing the seal 40 around the protective net 13 that is hermetically engaged with the lower opening of the duct plate 12 and the open top of the frying basket 30, it is not only possible to prevent the water vapor generated by cooking the food in the frying basket 30 from flowing out to the outside of the frying basket 30, so as to form condensed water in the cooking cavity 11, but also to prevent the oil fumes generated by cooking the food from flowing out and adhering to the inner wall of the cooking cavity 11 to form oil stains, thus causing difficult cleaning and / or affecting the cooking hygiene, effectively improving the user experience.

[0028] In addition, in another alternative embodiment, a heating chamber is provided on the outer side of the cooking chamber 11. The hot air circulation fan 21 and the heating tube 22 are arranged in the heating chamber. The hot air circulation system 20 has a diversion channel communicating the heating chamber and the food placement chamber 41. One end of the diversion channel is provided with an air outlet facing the middle of the food placement chamber 41, and the other end is provided with an air outlet communicating with the heating chamber. The air outlet is adapted to be arranged outside the hot air circulation fan 21, so as to realize guiding the high-temperature hot air flow generated by the hot air circulation system 20 in the heating chamber into the frying basket 30 to heat the food in the frying basket 30. An insertion joint protruding from the inner side wall of the cooking chamber 11 and corresponding to the hot air circulation fan 21 is provided on the inner side wall of the cooking chamber 11. A return channel communicating with the heating chamber is arranged in the insertion joint. A jack matching with the insertion joint and communicating with the food placement chamber 31 is provided on the outer side wall of the frying basket 30. An annular sealing ring made of elastic materials such as rubber and silica gel is arranged in the jack. When the frying basket 30 is arranged in the cooking chamber 11, the insertion joint is adapted to extend into the jack, and the outer wall of the insertion joint is adapted to be in interference fit with the inner wall of the sealing ring. Such a setting can realize sucking the high-temperature hot air flow in the frying basket 30 into the heating chamber through the return channel, so as to form a circulating hot air flow under the action of the hot air circulation fan, thereby continuously heating the food in the frying basket.

[0029] As Figure 3 shown, the seal 40 includes an installation part 41 connected to the protective net 13 and a frying basket sealing lip 42 extending downward from the installation part 41. The frying basket sealing lip 42 is in sealing cooperation with the rim of the top opening of the frying basket 30. The seal 40 is in sealing cooperation with the rim of the top opening of the frying basket 30 through the frying basket sealing lip 42, which can not only effectively improve the sealing stability and sealing effect between the seal 40 and the frying basket 30, but also facilitate the installation and disassembly of the frying basket 30, effectively improving the user convenience.

[0030] As Figure 3 shown, the outer wall of the installation part 41 is adapted to be in sealing cooperation with the lower opening of the air duct plate 12. By setting the outer wall of the installation part 41 to be in sealing cooperation with the lower opening of the air duct plate 12, it can be avoided that the oil fume and / or water vapor generated by cooking food in the frying basket 30 flow out of the frying basket 30 through the connection gap between the seal 40 and the air duct plate 12, so as to form condensed water and / or oil stain in the cooking chamber 11, effectively improving the sealing effect of the seal 40.

[0031] As Figure 3As shown, in an alternative embodiment, the seal 40 further includes an air duct plate seal lip 43 extending upward from the mounting portion 41. The air duct plate seal lip 43 is adapted to be sealingly engaged with the lower opening of the air duct plate 12. By providing the air duct plate seal lip 43 on the mounting portion 41 that is sealingly engaged with the lower opening of the air duct plate 12, a double seal can be achieved with the mounting portion 41, avoiding the situation where the mounting portion 41 is not tightly sealed due to deformation or damage, and effectively improving the sealing stability and sealing effect of the seal 40.

[0032] As Figure 3 shown, in an alternative embodiment, the mounting portion 41 is provided with an annular groove 411. The mounting portion 41 is adapted to be sleeved around the protective net 13 through the annular groove 411. The annular groove 411 is adapted to function as a limit and positioning means. The mounting portion 41 of the seal 40 is sleeved on the protective net 13 through the annular groove 411, which can effectively reduce the difficulty of disassembling and installing the seal 40, thereby reducing the production cost and the user's usage cost.

[0033] In another alternative embodiment, the mounting portion 41 is adapted to be annular and is bonded or welded to the protective net 13. By bonding or welding the mounting portion 41 to the protective net 13, the connection strength and connection stability between the mounting portion 41 and the protective net 13 can be effectively ensured, avoiding the situation of damage or contamination of the cooked food due to separation and dropping, and effectively improving the performance stability of the air fryer.

[0034] As Figure 3 shown, the top open rim of the frying basket 30 is provided with a flange 32 extending outward. The frying basket seal lip 42 is adapted to be sealingly engaged with the flange 32. By providing the flange 32 extending outward at the top open rim of the frying basket 30, the contact area between the frying basket seal lip 42 and the top open rim of the frying basket 30 can be increased, effectively improving the sealing stability and sealing effect between the frying basket 30 and the seal 40.

[0035] As Figure 3As shown, in an alternative embodiment, the sealing lip 42 of the frying basket is adapted to be an arc-shaped structure bent in the extending direction of the flanging 32, and the connection point of the sealing lip 42 of the frying basket and the flanging 32 is adapted to be located in the middle of the flanging 32. By setting the sealing lip 42 of the frying basket as an arc-shaped structure bent in the extending direction of the flanging 32 and setting the connection point of the sealing lip 42 of the frying basket and the flanging 32 in the middle of the flanging 32, not only can the sealing effect between the sealing lip 42 of the frying basket and the flanging 32 be effectively ensured, but also the installation and disassembly of the frying basket 30 are facilitated, avoiding the situation that the sealing lip 42 of the frying basket is excessively deformed or damaged due to the installation or disassembly of the frying basket 30, resulting in poor sealing, and effectively improving the sealing stability between the sealing lip 42 of the frying basket and the flanging 32.

[0036] As Figure 3 shown, in an alternative embodiment, a card slot 121 corresponding to the protective net 13 is provided at the lower opening of the air duct plate 12, and the protective net 13 is adapted to be detachably arranged in the card slot 121. By detachably arranging the protective net 13 in the card slot 121, not only can the protective net 13 be hidden, thereby improving the overall aesthetics of the air fryer, but also the disassembly, cleaning and replacement of the protective net 13 are facilitated, effectively ensuring the performance stability and hygiene of the air fryer; at the same time, the card slot 121 is also adapted to play a positioning and limiting role, and the protective net 13 can be positioned and limited through the card slot 121, effectively reducing the installation difficulty of the protective net 13 and improving the user's convenience of use.

[0037] As Figure 1 and Figure 3As shown, a steam system 50 is provided on the body 10. The steam system 50 includes a water tank 51 provided on the body 10 and having a liquid storage cavity, a steam generation assembly provided inside the body 10, and a water supply pipeline and a gas supply pipeline provided inside the body 10 and connecting the water tank 51 and the steam generation assembly. The water tank 51 is adapted to store water and continuously supply water to the steam generation assembly through the water supply pipeline. The steam generation assembly is adapted to convert water into high-temperature water vapor and transport it into the cooking cavity 11 through the gas supply pipeline to perform steam cooking on the food in the cooking cavity 11. One end of the gas supply pipeline is connected to the steam generation assembly, and the other end is connected to a steam nozzle 52 extending into the cooking cavity 11. The steam nozzle 52 is adapted to be fixed on the air duct plate 12 and extend into the air duct plate 12, and is disposed opposite to the food placement cavity 31. The steam system 50 can realize spraying the high-temperature steam generated by the steam generation assembly into the cooking cavity 11 through the steam nozzle 52, so as to better cook the food in the cooking cavity 11, and can effectively improve the functional diversity of the air fryer. At the same time, by extending the steam nozzle 52 into the air duct plate 12 and disposing it opposite to the food placement cavity 31, the steam cooking effect can be effectively improved, and the problem of regional aggregation of high-temperature steam, resulting in cooking area differentiation, can be reduced.

[0038] The above content is a further detailed description of the present invention in combination with specific preferred embodiments, and the object of the present invention has been completely and effectively achieved. Those skilled in the art should understand that the embodiments of the present invention described above and shown in the drawings are only examples and do not limit the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, without departing from the premise of the present invention, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made, which should all be regarded as belonging to the scope of patent protection determined by the claims submitted for the present invention.

Claims

1. A highly practical air fryer, comprising a body having a cooking cavity and a frying basket detachably arranged in the cooking cavity, characterized in that: A food placement cavity with an open top is formed in the frying basket, an air duct plate is provided at a position of the cooking cavity corresponding to the top opening of the frying basket, the air duct plate is an upwardly concave structure, a heating pipe is provided in the concave cavity of the air duct plate, a protective net with air holes is provided at the lower opening of the air duct plate, a sealing member is provided around the protective net, and the sealing member is respectively sealed with the lower opening of the air duct plate and the top opening of the frying basket.

2. The air fryer with strong practicality according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sealing member comprises a mounting portion connected to the protective net and a frying basket sealing lip extending downward from the mounting portion, wherein the frying basket sealing lip is in sealing cooperation with an open edge of the top of the frying basket.

3. A highly practical air fryer according to claim 2, characterized in that: The outer wall of the mounting portion is sealed and matched with the lower opening of the air duct plate.

4. The air fryer with high practicality according to claim 2, characterized in that: The sealing member further comprises an air duct plate sealing lip extending upward from the mounting portion, wherein the air duct plate sealing lip is in sealing cooperation with a lower opening of the air duct plate.

5. The air fryer with high practicality according to claim 2, characterized in that: The mounting portion is provided with an annular groove, and the mounting portion is sleeved around the protective net through the annular groove.

6. The air fryer with strong practicality according to claim 2, characterized in that: The mounting portion is annular and is bonded or welded to the protective net.

7. A highly practical air fryer according to any one of claims 2 to 6, characterized in that: The top open edge of the frying basket is provided with a flange extending outward, and the sealing lip of the frying basket is in sealing cooperation with the flange.

8. The air fryer with high practicality according to claim 7, characterized in that: The frying basket sealing lip is an arc-shaped structure bent in the extending direction of the flange, and the connection point between the frying basket sealing lip and the flange is located in the middle of the flange.

9. The air fryer with high practicality according to claim 1, characterized in that: A slot corresponding to the protective net is provided at the lower opening of the air duct plate, and the protective net is detachably arranged in the slot.

10. The air fryer with strong practicality according to claim 1, characterized in that: The machine body is provided with a steam system, and the steam system comprises a steam nozzle, and the steam nozzle is fixed on the air duct plate and extends to the inside of the air duct plate, and the steam nozzle is arranged directly facing the food placement cavity.

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