CN115956812A - Frying barrel assembly and air fryer comprising same - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a frying bucket assembly and an air fryer comprising the same. The frying barrel component comprises a frying barrel (1), a frying barrel buckle (2) and a handle (5). The frying bucket buckle (2) is fixed on the side wall of the frying bucket (1) and extends towards the outer side of the frying bucket (1). The end part of the frying bucket button (2) is provided with a frying bucket button hole (21). The handle (5) comprises a latch hook (53) and a push button (59). The key (59) is configured to control movement of the shackle (53) between the unlocked position and the locked position. When the locking hook (53) is in the locking position, the end of the locking hook (53) is embedded into the barrel buckle hole (21). When the latch hook (53) is in the unlocked position, the end of the latch hook (53) disengages from the blast bucket button hole (21). According to the technical scheme, the frying barrel assembly enables the locking hook and the frying barrel buckle to be locked and unlocked through the matching between the locking hook in the handle and the frying barrel buckle, so that the handle can be detachably mounted with the frying barrel.

Description

Frying barrel assembly and air fryer comprising same

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of kitchen appliances, in particular to a frying barrel assembly and an air fryer comprising the same.

Background

An air fryer is cooking equipment for frying food by utilizing hot air circulation and grease of the food, and the product is favored by consumers due to the green and healthy cooking concept.

Air fryers typically include a burner assembly and a fry vat assembly positioned below the burner assembly. The furnace end assembly comprises a motor cover, a heat insulation cover, a driving motor arranged above the motor cover, and a hot air fan blade and a heating pipe arranged below the heat insulation cover. A motor shaft of the driving motor is fixedly connected with the hot air fan blade, so that the hot air fan blade can rotate under the driving of the driving motor. Air near the hot air fan blade flows through the heating tube under the driving of the hot air fan blade to be heated and then flows downwards to the food to be cooked in the frying barrel, so that the food to be cooked is heated.

The frying barrel assembly comprises a frying barrel and a handle fixedly connected with the frying barrel. A frying barrel accommodating cavity is arranged below the main body of the air fryer. The user can push the frying barrel into the frying barrel accommodating cavity by holding the handle so as to cook food in the frying barrel. When cooking is completed, the user can pull the frying barrel out of the frying barrel accommodating cavity by holding the handle. Therefore, the handle can facilitate the user to take and place the frying barrel, and great convenience is provided for the user to operate the air frying pot.

However, the air fryer takes up more space due to the handle projecting outwardly from the side wall of the fry vat. Particularly when it is desired to house an air fryer, more space is required to accommodate the handle of the air fryer. Since the space around the handle cannot be effectively used, the space is wasted. Kitchen space in general user's family is very limited, and the existence of handle has influenced the availability factor in kitchen space simultaneously for the user accomodates the air fried pot and has brought inconvenience.

Accordingly, there is a need to provide a fry vat assembly that can be conveniently stored and an air fryer incorporating such a fry vat assembly.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of the above, the present invention provides a frying pan assembly and an air fryer comprising the same, so as to solve the above technical problems.

According to one aspect of the invention, a frying barrel assembly for an air fryer is provided, the frying barrel assembly comprising a frying barrel, a frying barrel buckle and a handle, the frying barrel buckle is fixed on the side wall of the frying barrel and extends towards the outer side of the frying barrel, the end of the frying barrel buckle is provided with a frying barrel buckle hole, the handle comprises a lock hook and a button, the button is configured to control the lock hook to move between an unlocking position and a locking position, when the lock hook is in the locking position, the end of the lock hook is embedded into the frying barrel buckle hole, so that the handle is fixedly connected with the frying barrel, and when the lock hook is in the unlocking position, the end of the lock hook is separated from the frying barrel buckle hole, so that the handle is separated from the frying barrel.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the frying barrel assembly further comprises a heat insulation block and a barrel front cover, wherein the side wall of the frying barrel is provided with a heat insulation block fixing hole, the heat insulation block is fixed on the side wall of the frying barrel through the heat insulation block fixing hole, and the barrel front cover is fixed on the outer side of the heat insulation block.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the heat insulation block is provided with a heat insulation block slotted hole, the barrel front cover is provided with a barrel front cover slotted hole, and the frying barrel buckle penetrates through the heat insulation block slotted hole and the barrel front cover slotted hole and extends to the outer side of the barrel front cover.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the side wall of the frying barrel is also provided with a frying barrel buckle fixing hole, and the frying barrel buckle is fixed on the side wall of the frying barrel through the frying barrel buckle fixing hole.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the handle comprises a handle seat, the latch hook and the button are disposed on the handle seat, and the button controls the latch hook to move between the unlocking position and the locking position through a tension spring.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the latch hook is provided with a latch pin, and when the latch hook moves between the unlocking position and the locking position, the latch hook rotates by taking the latch pin as an axis.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, a bolt fixing block is further arranged on the handle seat and used for fixing the position of the bolt.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the handle seat is further provided with a return spring and a movable block which is abutted against the return spring, two ends of the tension spring are respectively connected with the latch hook and the movable block, the button is movably connected with the movable block, when the button is pressed, the movable block pushes the return spring to be compressed, and simultaneously the tension spring is contracted, so that the latch hook moves to an unlocking position, when the button is released, the movable block and the button are reset under the action of the return spring, and simultaneously the movable block stretches the tension spring, so that the latch hook moves to the locking position.

According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, the handle further comprises an upper handle cover and a side handle cover, the upper handle cover and the side handle cover are respectively arranged above and at the side of the handle seat, the handle seat is further provided with a handle seat slotted hole, and the end part of the frying barrel buckle enters the inside of the handle through the handle seat slotted hole.

According to a second aspect of the invention, there is provided an air fryer comprising the fry vat assembly described above.

According to the technical scheme, the frying barrel assembly enables the locking hook to be locked and unlocked with the frying barrel fastener through the matching between the locking hook in the handle and the frying barrel fastener, so that the handle can be detachably mounted with the frying barrel.

When using the air fryer, a user can easily mount the handle with the fry vat for easy access to the fry vat. After using, the user can conveniently with handle and fried bucket separation to effectively reduce and accomodate the required space of accomodating fried bucket subassembly and air fryer, thereby submit the availability factor in kitchen space.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the claimed subject matter and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the subject matter and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the subject matter, and not limit the subject matter.

Fig. 1 is a partially exploded view of a fry vat assembly according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a handle in a fry vat assembly according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a handle in a fry vat assembly according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the latch hook in the handle shown in FIGS. 2 and 3;

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

1-frying barrel, 11-heat insulation block fixing holes and 12-frying barrel fastening fixing holes;

2-frying bucket buckle, 21-frying bucket buckle hole;

3-heat insulation block, 31-heat insulation block slot;

4-barrel front cover, 41-barrel front cover slot;

5-handle assembly, 50-handle side cover, 50 a-key hole,

51-handle upper cover, 52-bolt fixed block, 53-latch hook,

53 a-bolt hole, 53 b-tension spring hole, 53 c-lock hook head,

54-bolt, 55-handle seat, 55 a-handle seat slotted hole,

56-a tension spring, 57-a return spring, 58-a movable block,

59-a key, 59 a-a limit boss, 59 b-a movable column,

59 c-bead.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The description of the exemplary embodiments is merely illustrative and is not intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments disclosed herein. These embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. It should be noted that the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions, and numerical values set forth in these embodiments are to be construed as merely illustrative, and not as limitative, unless specifically stated otherwise.

Fig. 1 is a partially exploded view of a fry vat assembly according to the present invention. The frying barrel assembly comprises a frying barrel 1, a frying barrel buckle 2 and a handle 5. The handle 5 of the fry vat assembly is not shown in fig. 1. The structure of the handle 5 is shown in detail in fig. 2 and 3. The side wall of the frying barrel 1 can be provided with a frying barrel buckle fixing hole 12. The frying barrel buckle 2 can be fixed on the side wall of the frying barrel 1 through the frying barrel buckle fixing hole 12. The frying barrel buckle 2 extends towards the outer side of the frying barrel 1, and a frying barrel buckle hole 21 is formed in the end portion of the frying barrel buckle 2 and used for being detachably connected with the handle 5. The handle 5 comprises a latch hook 53 and a push button 59. The key 59 is capable of controlling the movement of the shackle 53 between the unlocked and locked positions. When the locking hook 53 is in the locking position, the end of the locking hook 53 is inserted into the frying-tub fastening hole 21, so that the handle 5 is fixedly connected with the frying tub 1. When the locking hook 53 is in the unlocked position, the end of the locking hook 53 disengages from the fry vat catch aperture 21 so that the handle 5 can be detached from the fry vat 1. Handle 5 is removably mountable to fry vat 1 by engagement of latch hook 53 with fry vat buckle aperture 21 on fry vat buckle 2. When the air fryer is required to be used, a user can easily fixedly mount the handle 5 on the frying bucket 1, and can conveniently detach the handle 5 from the frying bucket after the use is completed.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 1, the fry vat assembly may further comprise an insulating block 3 and a vat front cover 4. The side wall of the frying barrel 1 is provided with a heat insulation block fixing hole 11. The heat insulation blocks 3 are fixed on the side wall of the frying barrel 1 through heat insulation block fixing holes 11. The tub front 4 may be fixed outside the insulation block 3, for example, by a snap. Because the temperature of the frying barrel 1 is higher when the air fryer runs, the heat insulation blocks 3 are arranged on the side wall of the frying barrel 1, so that the user can be prevented from being scalded by the frying barrel. The barrel front cover 4 arranged on the outer side of the heat insulation block 3 can play a role in covering, and the whole visual effect of the frying barrel assembly can be improved.

In order to enable the frying barrel buckle 2 to penetrate through the heat insulation block 3 and the barrel front cover 4, a heat insulation block slot hole 31 is formed in the heat insulation block 3, and a barrel front cover slot hole 41 is formed in the barrel front cover 4. During installation of the frying pan assembly, the frying pan catch 2 extends through the insulating block slot 31 and the front cover slot 41 to the outside of the front cover 4 for connection with the handle 5. When the handle 5 is fixedly arranged with the frying barrel 1 through the frying barrel buckle 2, the end part of the handle 5 is abutted against the barrel front cover 4.

Fig. 2 and 3 are exploded and cross-sectional views, respectively, of a handle in a fry vat assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the latch hook 53 in the handle 5 shown in fig. 2 and 3. Handle 5 in the fry vat assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to fig. 2, 3 and 4.

As shown in fig. 2 and 3, the handle 5 includes a handle seat 55, and an upper handle cover 51 positioned above the handle seat and a side handle cover 50 positioned to the side of the handle seat 55. The handle upper cover 51 and the handle side cover 50 are connected to the handle holder 55 by, for example, snap-fitting, thereby closing the handle holder 55 from above and from the side, respectively. A latch hook 53, a tension spring 56 and a push button 59 are provided on a handle holder 55 inside the handle 5. The push button 59 is capable of controlling the movement of the latch hook 53 between the unlocked position and the locked position by the tension spring 56. Handle base slots 55a are provided in the side walls of the handle base 5 adjacent to the latch hook 53 so that the ends of the fry vat buckle 2 can enter the interior of the handle 5 to connect with the latch hook 53.

In the present embodiment, the latch hook 53 is provided with a latch pin 54. The latch 54 is fixed to the handle holder 55 so that the latch hook 53 can rotate about the latch 54. The movement of the lock hook 53 between the unlock position and the lock position is, for example, a rotational movement, that is, the lock hook 53 rotates about the latch 54. Two ends of the tension spring 56 are respectively provided with a hook. A hook at one end (left end in fig. 3 and 4) of the tension spring 56 is connected to a tension spring hole 53b provided in the latch hook 53. The hook at the other end (the right end in fig. 3 and 4) of the tension spring 56 is connected to a movable block 58. The key 59 is connected to the movable block 58 so that the movable block 58 can be moved by pushing the key 59.

As shown in fig. 2, the key 59 includes a stopper boss 59a, a movable post 59b, and a rib 59c provided on the movable post 59. The handle cover 50 is provided with a key hole 50a, and the end of the key 59 can be partially extended to the outside of the handle cover 50, so that the user can press the key 59 from the outside of the handle cover 50. Since the sectional area of the catching projection 59a is greater than that of the key hole 50a, the catching projection 59a limits the length of the end of the key 59 extending outward of the handle cover 50. The movable block 58 is provided with a through hole, and a movable column 59b at the end of the key 59 passes through the through hole on the movable block 58 so as to be movably connected with the movable block 58. Meanwhile, the diameter of the portion of the rib 59c of the movable post 59 is larger than the diameter of the through hole of the movable block 58, so that the rib 59c abuts against the movable block 58.

A return spring 57 is arranged on the handle base 5 on the side of the movable block 58 facing away from the push button 59. The return spring 57 abuts against the movable block 58 and can push the movable block 58 towards the key 59, thereby forcing the key 59 to return to the initial position before being pressed. In the initial position, the movable block 58 is moved away from the locking hook 53 by the return spring 57, the tension spring 56 being in tension and the locking hook 53 being in the locking position. When the user presses the button 59, the movable block 58 is moved toward the latch hook 53 by the pushing of the button 59, so that the tension spring 56 is contracted, and the latch hook 53 is rotationally moved from the locking position to the unlocking position. When the user no longer presses the key 59, the movable block 58 and the key 59 will move to the initial position under the action of the return spring 57, at which point the latch hook 53 returns to the latched position. Thus, the user can control the state of the shackle 53 by pressing the key 59.

Fig. 4 shows the structure of the latch hook 53 in the handle 5. As shown in fig. 4, the latch hook 53 includes two arm portions extending in two directions from the position of the latch hole 53 a. One of the arm portions has a tension spring hole 53b at an end thereof for connection with a tension spring 56. The end of the other arm is provided with a shackle head 53c. The latch 54 is inserted into the latch hole 53a and then fixed to the handle holder 55 by the latch fixing block 52, so that both arms of the latch hook can be rotated centering on the latch 54 by the tension spring 56. When the tension spring 56 contracts, both arms of the latch hook 53 rotate in the counterclockwise direction to the unlock position. The end of fry vat button 2 is now free to enter or withdraw from handle seat slot 55 a. When the tension spring 56 is stretched, both arm portions of the latch hook 53 rotate in the clockwise direction. At the moment, the locking hook head 53c can be inserted into the frying barrel locking hole 21 at the end of the frying barrel locking 2, so that the frying barrel locking 2 is locked inside the handle 5, and the handle 5 and the frying barrel 1 are fixedly installed together.

The invention also relates to an air fryer. The air fryer includes the fry vat assembly described above.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 5, the fry vat assembly is installed in an air fryer. When it is desired to install handle 5, the user aligns handle socket slot 55a with fry vat set 2 and pushes handle 5 to bring the end of fry vat set 2 into handle 5. Under the pushing force of the user, the end of the fryer vat buckle 2 abuts against the locking hook head 53c, so that the locking hook head 53c moves downward. When the fryer pot hole 21 moves over the latch hook head 53c, the latch hook head 53 snaps up into the fryer pot hole 21, thereby entering a locked position. At which point the handle 5 has been successfully fixedly mounted to the frying tub 1 (as shown in fig. 5). When the user needs to detach the handle 5, the key 59 needs to be pressed first. The push button 59 pushes the slider 58 toward the latch hook 53 under the user's pressure, so that the tension spring 56 contracts (while compressing the return spring 57), thereby rotationally moving the latch hook 53 from the locking position to the unlocking position (the latch hook head 53c is disengaged from the blast hole button 21). At this time, the end of the fry vat catch 2 is no longer locked by the locking hook 53 and can be freely pulled out of the handle 5, thereby realizing the disassembly of the handle 5. The handle 5 can be placed inside the frying barrel 1 after being detached, so that the storage space required by the whole frying barrel assembly and the air fryer is effectively reduced.

So far, some specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail by way of examples, but it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above examples are only for illustrative purposes and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.

Claims (10)

1. A fry vat assembly for an air fryer, characterized in that the fry vat assembly comprises a fry vat (1), a fry vat catch (2) and a handle (5), the fry vat catch (2) is fixed on the side wall of the fry vat (1) and extends to the outside of the fry vat (1), the end of the fry vat catch (2) is provided with a fry vat catch hole (21), the handle (5) comprises a latch hook (53) and a button (59), the button (59) is configured to control the latch hook (53) to move between an unlocking position and a locking position, when the latch hook (53) is in the locking position, the end of the latch hook (53) is inserted into the fry vat catch hole (21) so that the handle (5) is fixedly connected with the fry vat (1), and when the latch hook (53) is in the unlocking position, the end of the latch hook (53) is separated from the fry vat catch hole (21) so that the handle is separated from the fry vat (1).

2. The frying pan assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a heat insulating block (3) and a pan front cover (4), wherein the side wall of the frying pan (1) is provided with a heat insulating block fixing hole (11), the heat insulating block (3) is fixed on the side wall of the frying pan (1) through the heat insulating block fixing hole (11), and the pan front cover (4) is fixed on the outer side of the heat insulating block (3).

3. The frying pan assembly of claim 2, wherein the heat shield block (3) is provided with heat shield block slots (31), the front cover (4) is provided with front cover slots (41), and the frying pan fastener (2) extends through the heat shield block slots (31) and the front cover slots (41) to the outside of the front cover (4).

4. The frying pan assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that the sidewall of the frying pan (1) is further provided with a frying pan buckle fixing hole (12), and the frying pan buckle (2) is fixed on the sidewall of the frying pan (1) through the frying pan buckle fixing hole (12).

5. Fryer assembly according to claim 1, characterised in that said handle (5) comprises a handle seat (55), said catch (53) and said pushbutton (59) being provided on said handle seat (55), said pushbutton (59) controlling the movement of said catch (53) between the unlocked position and the locked position by means of a tension spring (56).

6. The fryer vat assembly according to claim 5, characterised in that the latch hook (53) is provided with a latch (54), the latch hook (53) rotating about the latch (54) when the latch hook (53) moves between the unlocked position and the locked position.

7. The fry vat assembly of claim 6 wherein the handle mount (55) is further provided with a latch mount (52) for fixing the position of the latch (54).

8. The frying pan assembly according to claim 5, wherein a return spring (57) and a movable block (58) abutting against the return spring (57) are further arranged on the handle holder (55), two ends of the tension spring (56) are respectively connected with the locking hook (53) and the movable block (58), the button (59) is movably connected with the movable block (58), when the button (59) is pressed, the movable block (58) pushes the return spring (57) to be compressed, and simultaneously the tension spring (56) is contracted, so that the locking hook (53) moves to an unlocking position, and when the button (59) is released, the movable block (58) and the button (59) are reset under the action of the return spring (57), and simultaneously the movable block (58) stretches the tension spring (56), so that the locking hook (53) moves to a locking position.

9. The fry vat assembly of claim 5 wherein the handle (5) further comprises a handle top cover (51) and a handle side cover (50), the handle top cover (51) and the handle side cover (50) being mounted above and to the side of the handle base (55), respectively, the handle base (55) further having a handle base slot (55 a), the end of the fry vat buckle (2) entering the interior of the handle (5) through the handle base slot (55 a).

10. An air fryer comprising a fry vat assembly according to any preceding claim.

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