Modular Air Fryer Assembly for Compact Storage and Transport
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional air fryers have a large footprint, making them unsuitable for storage, shipping, or travel due to their fixed size.
Innovation Solution
A modular air fryer design featuring a separable functional module with a heating element and airflow generator that fits partially or entirely inside a cooking compartment module, allowing for compact storage and transport by inverting and translating components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If a conventional air fryer uses a fixed large housing structure, then it provides sufficient internal chamber volume for cooking, but it occupies excessive space during storage, shipping, or travel
Solution Approach 1:
The air fryer is divided into separate functional modules: a cooking chamber module and a functional module containing the heating element and airflow generator. These modules can be detached and stored separately, allowing the cooking chamber to be compact while maintaining full cooking volume when assembled for use.
Solution Approach 2:
The functional module is designed to nest within the cooking chamber module when not in use. The heating element and airflow generator are positioned to fit inside the internal chamber space, reducing the overall footprint during storage while preserving the full internal chamber volume when operational.
2Area of stationary object
If the air fryer components are made separable and movable, then storage and transport space is reduced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The functional module serves multiple functions: it contains the heating element for cooking, the airflow generator for circulation, and acts as a sealable component when inverted into the cooking chamber. This multi-functionality reduces the number of separate parts needed, simplifying the modular assembly while achieving compact storage.
Solution Approach 2:
Multiple components (heating element, airflow generator, and sealing mechanisms) are integrated into a single functional module that can be easily attached to or separated from the cooking chamber. This consolidation reduces the complexity of managing multiple separate components while maintaining the benefits of modularity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables efficient storage and transport by reducing the overall size of the air fryer assembly while maintaining functionality, facilitating bulk shipment and user convenience.
Implementation Method 1
a heating element and an airflow generator... generates a flow of heated air within the internal cooking chamber by way of the airflow generator and the heating element
Implementation Method 2
components within the large housing heats air and controls circulation of hot air within the drawer or basket
Data Source
AI summary
An air fryer assembly is provided including a functional module having a heating element and an airflow generator and a cooking compartment module having an upper end providing access to an internal cooking chamber. The functional module has a fixation end for fixing the functional module to the upper end of the cooking compartment module, and the functional module generates a flow of heated air within the internal cooking chamber by way of the airflow generator and the heating element.