CN216393852U

CN216393852U - Air fryer

Info

Publication number: CN216393852U
Application number: CN202122627220.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 吕挺; 陈锡雁; 梁郁庆; 廖志平; 廖鑫
Original assignee: Zhejiang Tianxi Kitchen Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Tianxi Kitchen Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-29
Filing date: 2021-10-29
Publication date: 2022-04-29
Anticipated expiration: 2031-10-29

Abstract

The utility model relates to an air fryer. The air fryer comprises a fryer main body and a fryer upper cover arranged above the fryer main body. The upper cover of the fryer is provided with a fan blade accommodating cavity. The fan blade accommodating cavity is internally provided with an auxiliary fan blade and comprises an air inlet and an air guide opening. The auxiliary fan blade can rotate under the driving of the driving motor in the fryer main body, so that air outside the fan blade accommodating cavity enters the fan blade accommodating cavity through the air inlet and is discharged through the air guide port to blow air out of the air fryer. According to the air fryer, the fan blade accommodating cavity and the auxiliary fan blade are arranged on the upper cover of the fryer, so that air outside the fan blade accommodating cavity can enter the fan blade accommodating cavity through the air inlet under the driving of the auxiliary fan blade and is discharged through the air guide opening. When the user operates the air fryer, the air blown outwards by the air fryer can accelerate the evaporation speed of the liquid on the body surface of the user, so that the sensible temperature of the user is reduced.

Description

Air fryer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of kitchen appliances, in particular to an air fryer.

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. The air near the hot air fan blade is driven by the hot air fan blade to flow through the heating pipe for heating and then flows downwards to the food to be cooked in the frying barrel so as to heat the food to be cooked.

During operation of the air fryer, some of the hot air is expelled from the back of the housing, causing the ambient temperature to rise. In addition, since air fryers are typically placed in a kitchen, the kitchen range also causes an increase in ambient temperature during operation. Elevated ambient temperatures can cause discomfort to the user. Particularly in summer, when a user operates the air fryer in the kitchen, excessive ambient temperatures can cause the user to sweat down. In severe cases, the health of the user is affected by heatstroke and even dusk.

Installing an air conditioner in a kitchen may reduce the temperature of the kitchen. However, the oil smoke in the kitchen can block the air inlet and the air outlet of the air conditioner, which leads to the reduction of the performance of the air conditioner and the reduction of the service life. In addition, the heat generated in the cooking process of the user is relatively large, so that the load of an air conditioner in a kitchen is correspondingly increased, and the energy consumption is greatly improved. Therefore, the use cost of installing the air conditioner in the kitchen is too high.

Some users increase the air flow speed in the kitchen by arranging an electric fan in the kitchen in order to reduce the body-sensory temperature. However, since the addition of the electric fan in the kitchen takes up the kitchen space, it is less feasible for general households having limited kitchen space.

Accordingly, there is a need to provide an air fryer that improves the environment of use to assist in cooling the user.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, the present invention provides an air fryer, which not only can perform an air-frying cooking function, but also can blow air to a user, thereby helping to reduce the sensible temperature of the user.

According to one aspect of the utility model, the air fryer comprises a fryer main body and a fryer upper cover arranged above the fryer main body, wherein a fan blade accommodating cavity is formed in the fryer upper cover, an auxiliary fan blade is arranged in the fan blade accommodating cavity and comprises an air inlet and an air guide opening, and the auxiliary fan blade can rotate under the driving of a driving motor in the fryer main body, so that air outside the fan blade accommodating cavity enters the fan blade accommodating cavity through the air inlet and is discharged through the air guide opening to blow air out of the air fryer.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the air fryer further comprises an air guide duct, and the outside of the air guide opening is communicated with the air guide duct, so that the air discharged from the air guide opening is blown out of the air fryer through the air guide duct.

According to the preferred embodiment of the utility model, the outside of the air guide opening is provided with the connecting rib, and the end part of the air guide pipe is sleeved on the connecting rib and can rotate by taking the connecting rib as an axis.

According to a preferred embodiment of the utility model, the wind guide pipe is annular and surrounds the fan blade accommodating cavity.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the air guiding duct is provided with an air outlet for blowing air from the air guiding duct.

According to the preferred embodiment of the utility model, the fan blade accommodating cavity comprises a side wall and a top cover, and the top cover is arranged on the side wall to seal the fan blade accommodating cavity.

According to the preferred embodiment of the utility model, the air inlet and the air guide opening are both arranged on the side wall of the fan blade accommodating cavity.

According to the preferred embodiment of the utility model, a motor shaft hole is formed in the bottom of the fan blade accommodating cavity, and an upper motor shaft of the driving motor extends into the fan blade accommodating cavity from the lower part of the upper cover of the fryer through the motor shaft hole and is fixedly connected with the auxiliary fan blade.

According to the preferred embodiment of the utility model, the air fryer also comprises a hot air fan blade positioned in the fryer main body, and the hot air fan blade is positioned below the driving motor and is fixedly connected with a lower motor shaft of the driving motor.

According to the preferred embodiment of the utility model, a plurality of buckling grooves are formed in the top of the fryer main body, a plurality of buckles are correspondingly formed in the bottom of the fryer upper cover, and the plurality of buckles are embedded into the plurality of buckling grooves, so that the fryer upper cover is installed on the fryer main body.

According to the technical scheme, the fan blade accommodating cavity and the auxiliary fan blades are arranged on the upper cover of the fryer, so that air outside the fan blade accommodating cavity can enter the fan blade accommodating cavity through the air inlet under the driving of the auxiliary fan blades and is discharged through the air guide opening. When the user operates the air fryer, the air blown outwards by the air fryer can accelerate the evaporation speed of the liquid on the body surface of the user, so that the sensible temperature of the user is reduced.

Furthermore, the fryer upper cover of the air fryer is also provided with an air guide pipe with an adjustable angle. The angle of the air guide pipe can be adjusted by a user according to needs, and then a more appropriate air supply angle is obtained, so that the body sensing temperature of the user is effectively reduced.

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 an exploded view of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a fryer lid in the air fryer shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

1-fryer body 1 a-motor accommodating cavity 2-top cover

3-air guide pipe 3 a-connecting port 3 b-air outlet

4-fryer upper cover 4 a-fan blade accommodating cavity 4 b-motor shaft hole

4 c-air inlet 4 d-air guide opening 4 e-connecting rib

4 f-side wall 5-auxiliary fan blade 6-driving motor

6 a-upper motor shaft 6 b-lower motor shaft 7-hot air fan blade

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 utility model, 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 utility model 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 an exploded view of an air fryer in accordance with the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of fryer lid 4 of the air fryer shown in FIG. 1.

As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the air fryer includes a fryer main body 1 and a fryer upper cover 4 installed above the fryer main body 1. The upper cover 4 of the fryer is provided with a fan blade accommodating cavity 4 a. An auxiliary fan blade 5 is arranged in the fan blade accommodating cavity 4 a. The fan blade accommodating cavity 4a further comprises an air inlet 4c and an air guide opening 4 d. The auxiliary fan blade 5 can rotate under the driving of the driving motor 6 in the fryer body 1, so that air outside the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a enters the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a through the air inlet 4c and is exhausted through the air guide opening 4d, and the air is blown out of the air fryer. When the air fryer is operated, the air discharged from the air guide opening 4d can accelerate the air around the air fryer to flow, so that the body sensing temperature of a user operating the air fryer is effectively reduced, and the cooking experience of the user is improved.

In the present embodiment, the fryer upper cover 4 is detachably mounted above the fryer main body 1 of the air fryer. Specifically, the fryer main body 1 has a horizontal upper wall in a ring shape at an upper portion. A plurality of clamping grooves are formed in the horizontal upper wall along the circumferential direction. The fryer lid 4 is circular and has a plurality of downwardly projecting catches at the bottom. The catch is provided corresponding to the catch groove, so that the fryer upper cover 4 can be detachably mounted to the fryer main body by the catch.

Fig. 2 shows the structure of the fryer upper cover 4 in the present embodiment. The upper cover 4 of the fryer is provided with a fan blade accommodating cavity 4 a. The fan blade accommodating cavity 4a comprises a side wall 4f and a top cover 2 for sealing the fan blade accommodating cavity 4 a. The bottom of the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a can be flush with the upper fryer cover 4 or lower than the upper fryer cover 4. The bottom of the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a is provided with a motor shaft hole 4b, and an upper motor shaft 6a of the driving motor 6 can enter the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a through the motor shaft hole 4b and then is fixedly connected with the auxiliary fan blade 5 so as to drive the auxiliary fan blade 5 to rotate. The top cover 2 is mounted on the side wall 4f to close the fan blade accommodating chamber 4a from above the side wall 4 f.

In this embodiment, the side wall 4f is annular and the top cover 2 is circular, so that the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a is cylindrical. The air inlet 4c may be disposed at a lower portion of the side wall 4f near the top cover 2, and the air guiding opening 4d is also disposed on the side wall 4 f. When the auxiliary fan blade 5 in the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a rotates, air outside the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a is sucked into the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a from the air inlet 4c, and then is discharged out of the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a through the air guide opening 4d, so that the air is guided to the outside of the air fryer.

In order to control the flow direction of the air guided out from the air guide opening 4d, the air fryer in this embodiment may further include an air guide duct 3. The air guide pipe 3 is provided with a plurality of air outlets 3b for blowing air outwards. The outside of the air guide port 4d is communicated with the connection port 3a of the air guide pipe 3, so that the air discharged from the air guide port 4d can be blown out of the air fryer through the air guide pipe 3.

The air guide opening 4d has an external substantially cylindrical shape, and outlets for discharging air entering inside the air guide opening 4d are respectively provided at two cylindrical bottoms. Each outlet outside the air guiding opening 4d can be provided with a connecting rib 4 e. The connecting rib 4e is annular and has an outer diameter substantially equal to or slightly larger than the inner diameter of the connecting port 3a of the air guide duct 3.

The air guide pipe 3 is symmetrical (for example, annular and arranged around the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a), and has two connecting ports 3 a. The two connection ports 3a of the air guide pipe 3 can be fixed to the connection ribs 4e so that the air guide pipe 3 can rotate about the connection ribs 4 e. Due to the tight connection between the air guide pipe 3 and the connecting rib 4e, the air guide pipe 3 can not only rotate by taking the connecting rib 4e as an axis, but also can be kept at any position in the rotating process, so that a user can adjust the air supply direction of the air guide pipe 3 by rotating the air guide pipe 3.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an air fryer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In fig. 3, fryer upper cover 4 has been installed over fryer body 1. The air duct 3 is held stationary on the upper surface of the fryer lid 4. The outlet 3b of the duct 3 is directed toward the upper surface of the fryer lid 4 and is therefore not visible in fig. 3. When the air fryer is operating, the air outlet 3b of the air duct 3 blows air onto the upper surface of the fryer upper cover 4, so that the air flow on the upper surface of the fryer upper cover 4 is accelerated, the heat of the fryer upper cover 4 is taken away, and the temperature of the fryer upper cover 4 is reduced.

In addition, the air blown by the air outlet 3b of the air guide pipe 3 can blow away dust on the surface of the upper cover 4 of the fryer, so that the cleaning condition of the air fryer is improved. When a user needs to blow air to the user to reduce the body sensing temperature, the air guide pipe 3 can be rotated to a position forming a certain angle with the upper cover 4 of the fryer, so that the air supply direction of the air outlet 3b of the air guide pipe 3 is changed. For example, when the air duct 3 is rotated to 90 degrees with respect to the fryer top lid 4, the air outlet 3b of the air duct 3 blows air in the horizontal direction. The user can adjust the angle of the air guide pipe 3 according to the own needs, thereby achieving the required air supply effect.

FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of the air fryer of FIG. 3. In fig. 4, the cross-section is a plane on which the motor shaft of the drive motor 6 in the air fryer is located. As shown in fig. 4, fryer main body 1 is located below fryer upper cover 4 and motor accommodating chamber 1a is located below fryer upper cover 4. The driving motor 6 is disposed in the motor accommodating chamber 1 a. The motor shaft of the drive motor 6 includes an upper motor shaft 6a extending upward of the drive motor 6 and a lower motor shaft 6b extending downward of the drive motor 6.

According to the embodiment, the upper motor shaft 6a penetrates through the motor shaft hole 4b at the bottom of the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a to enter the fan blade accommodating cavity 4a and is fixedly connected with the auxiliary fan blade 5 so as to drive the auxiliary fan blade 5 to rotate in the fan blade accommodating cavity 4 a. The lower motor shaft 6b extends downwards and is fixedly connected with the hot air fan blade 7 so as to drive the hot air fan blade 7 to rotate. The rotation of the hot air fan blade 7 enables air to flow through the heating pipe below the hot air fan blade 7 and then enter the frying barrel, so that the food in the frying barrel can be subjected to air-frying cooking.

In the air fryer of this embodiment, driving motor 6 can drive hot-blast fan blade 7 and supplementary fan blade 5 simultaneously and rotate to when realizing the air-fried culinary art, to the outside conveying mobile gas of air fryer, so that reduce user's body temperature.

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 in the above embodiments or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope and spirit of the utility model.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an air fryer, its characterized in that, the air fryer is including frying a pot main part (1) and installing frying a pot upper cover (4) in frying a pot main part (1) top, it holds chamber (4a) to be equipped with the fan blade on frying a pot upper cover (4), be equipped with in the fan blade holds chamber (4a) auxiliary fan blade (5) and including air intake (4c) and wind-guiding mouth (4d), auxiliary fan blade (5) can be in drive of driving motor (6) in frying a pot main part (1) is rotatory down for the outside air in fan blade holding chamber (4a) gets into through air intake (4c) hold chamber (4a), and pass through wind-guiding mouth (4d) are discharged, with to the air is fried a pot and is blown outward and send the air.

2. The air fryer according to claim 1, further comprising a duct (3) for guiding air, wherein the outside of the air guide opening (4d) communicates with the duct (3) for guiding air, so that the air discharged from the air guide opening (4d) is blown out of the air fryer through the duct (3).

3. The air fryer according to claim 2, wherein a connecting rib (4e) is arranged outside the air guide opening (4d), and the end part of the air guide pipe (3) is sleeved on the connecting rib (4e) and can rotate by taking the connecting rib (4e) as an axis.

4. Air fryer according to claim 3, characterised in that the duct (3) is annular and surrounds the blade housing (4 a).

5. Air fryer according to claim 3, characterised in that the air duct (3) is provided with an air outlet (3b) for blowing air from inside the air duct (3) towards the outside.

6. An air fryer according to claim 1, wherein the blade accommodating chamber (4a) comprises a side wall (4f) and a top cover (2), the top cover (2) being mounted on the side wall (4f) to close the blade accommodating chamber (4 a).

7. Air fryer according to claim 6, wherein the air inlet (4c) and the air guide opening (4d) are both arranged on a side wall (4f) of the blade receiving chamber (4 a).

8. An air fryer according to claim 1, wherein a motor shaft hole (4b) is formed at the bottom of the fan blade accommodating cavity (4a), and an upper motor shaft (6a) of the driving motor (6) extends into the fan blade accommodating cavity (4a) from the lower part of the fryer upper cover (4) through the motor shaft hole (4b) and is fixedly connected with the auxiliary fan blade (5).

9. An air fryer according to claim 8, wherein the air fryer further comprises hot air blades (7) located inside the fryer body (1), the hot air blades (7) being located below the drive motor (6) and being fixedly connected with a lower motor shaft (6b) of the drive motor (6).

10. An air fryer according to claim 1, wherein the top of the fryer body (1) is provided with a plurality of snap grooves, and the bottom of the fryer top cover (4) is correspondingly provided with a plurality of snap hooks, which are inserted into the plurality of snap grooves, so that the fryer top cover (4) is mounted on the fryer body (1).