CN217090393U - Lockable frying barrel assembly for air fryer and air fryer - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a can lock fried bucket subassembly for air is fried pot, including lower casing, motor cover, fried bucket, grab handle subassembly and spring bolt. Wherein, the motor cover is buckled on the lower shell, and a motor cover lock hole is arranged on the lower surface; the lock tongue is accommodated in the grab handle assembly, can rotate between a first position and a second position and is provided with a lock tongue bulge; the handle component is provided with a handle lock hole. When the frying barrel assembly is pushed into the lower shell, the handle lock hole is communicated with the motor cover lock hole, and if the lock tongue rotates to the first position, the lock tongue bulge protrudes out of the handle lock hole and is inserted into the motor cover lock hole, so that the frying barrel assembly cannot transversely slide relative to the lower shell; if the spring bolt rotates to the second position, the spring bolt protrusion slides out of the lock hole of the motor cover and retracts into the lock hole of the grab handle, so that the barrel frying component can transversely slide relative to the lower shell.

Description

Lockable frying barrel assembly for air fryer and air fryer

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a kitchen is with culinary art electrical apparatus field, especially relates to a can lock and explode a bucket subassembly and have this can lock and explode a bucket subassembly's air and explode pot for the air explodes pot.

Background

With the increasing demand for food health, air fryers are gaining increasing favor of consumers in a non-fried food processing manner. An air fryer is a small household appliance that utilizes high-speed air circulation technology for cooking. In the frying process, the high-temperature air circulating at high speed in the air fryer takes away the moisture on the surface of the food and heats the food, so that the food is heated and cooked in the air fryer to achieve the frying taste and effect, and therefore, the air fryer uses less grease than the traditional frying mode, and the prepared food is healthier.

An existing air fryer is generally composed of an upper shell and a lower shell, an opening is formed in the front side of the lower shell, a frying barrel and an air fryer body are combined in a drawer push-pull mode to load and take food materials, and a heating assembly is arranged in the upper shell to heat the food materials in the frying barrel assembly below. Because the air fryer adopts a high-temperature high-speed air circulation technology to heat food, the temperature of the frying barrel used for containing the food is very high in the cooking process and in a period of time after the cooking is finished. Therefore, if the frying tub is erroneously pulled out of the air fryer during and after the cooking is completed, the user is easily scalded.

In view of the above problems, utility model patent 202021436224.4 discloses a detachable structure of an inner pot of an air fryer, which comprises an outer pot and an inner pot detachably connected to the outer pot, wherein a handle is arranged on the side wall of the inner pot, a button is movably arranged on the handle, a locking structure is arranged in the handle, the button is in control fit with the locking structure, the locking structure comprises a seesaw rotatably arranged in the handle, the seesaw is provided with a hook part, the handle is provided with a through hole for the hook part to extend out, the outer pot is correspondingly provided with a lock hole for the hook part to be inserted and matched, and the hook part is hooked on the inner wall of the lock hole; the handle still slides and is equipped with the slip hasp, and the slip hasp is equipped with the backstop post, and the backstop post is kept out with the wane and is cooperated, keeps out the post restriction wane and rotates and prevent that collude portion breaks away from the lockhole.

Although adopt this locking structure's fried bucket can prevent to a certain extent that the user error will fry the bucket and pull out the air and fry the pot, still there is not enough: on the first hand, the air fryer can be pulled out of the frying barrel only by sliding the lock catch forwards and then pressing the key downwards, which is extremely not beneficial to the single-hand operation of a user; in the second aspect, because the locking structure needs to be integrated inside the fry vat handle and a large number of independent parts are needed to achieve the design purpose, the service life of the locking structure is affected.

Therefore, it is desirable to provide a fry bucket assembly for an air fryer that is reasonable in design, yet facilitates user operation while effectively locking the fry bucket assembly against accidental pull-out, and takes into account simple design to ensure durability.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve the above problem, according to the utility model discloses an according to the first aspect, provide a can lock fried bucket subassembly for air fryer, can lock fried bucket subassembly includes:

a frying barrel opening is arranged on the front side of the lower shell;

the motor cover is buckled on the lower shell, and a motor cover lock hole is formed in the lower surface of the motor cover;

a fryer vat received within said lower shell and slidable laterally to withdraw from and/or push into said lower shell at said fryer vat opening;

the grab handle component set up in fry bucket front side surface includes: the rotary shaft hole is arranged on the inner surface of the grab handle base, and the grab handle lock hole is arranged on the top surface of the grab handle base; and

the spring bolt hold in the grab handle subassembly, including the spring bolt arch, rotationally install in the spring bolt pivot in the pivot hole, the spring bolt can use the spring bolt pivot is rotatory between primary importance and second place as the axle center.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the frying barrel is pushed into the lower casing, the handle locking hole is communicated with the motor housing locking hole, and when the latch is rotated to the first position, the latch protrusion protrudes from the handle locking hole and is inserted into the motor housing locking hole, so that the frying barrel cannot slide laterally with respect to the lower casing,

when the lock tongue rotates to the second position, the lock tongue protrusion slides out of the motor cover lock hole and retracts into the handle lock hole, so that the frying barrel can transversely slide relative to the lower shell.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the handle assembly further comprises a return spring and a lower limit post, the lock tongue further comprises an upper limit post, wherein,

the two ends of the reset spring are respectively sleeved outside the lower limiting column and the upper limiting column, so that the reset spring is clamped between the lower surface of the lock tongue and the inner surface of the grab handle base.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the latch bolt does not receive an external force, the return spring acts on the latch bolt through a spring urging force, and the latch bolt is held at the first position.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, work as the spring bolt is because of receiving the exogenic action by the first position to when the second position is rotatory, reset spring receives oppression and shrink.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the handle assembly further comprises an unlocking switch, a switch through hole opened on the top surface of the handle base for the unlocking switch to slide, and a protrusion structure provided on the upper surface of the latch tongue, wherein,

when the unlocking switch slides in parallel to the frying barrel direction relative to the switch through hole, the lower surface of the unlocking switch is in contact with the bulge structure and pushes the lock tongue to rotate from the first position to the second position.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, switch through-hole's border still is provided with the switch slip muscle, the lateral wall of unblock switch is provided with around and is used for holding the switch sliding tray of switch slip muscle makes unblock switch for but the switch through-hole parallel slip only and unable longitudinal movement.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, the spring bolt upper surface still is equipped with the spacing arch of spring bolt, works as the spring bolt is located during the first position, the spacing bellied upper surface of spring bolt with the laminating of the internal surface of grab handle base is and contradict each other.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air fryer comprising the lockable fry vat assembly described above, and further comprising a heating assembly and an upper housing detachably fastened above the motor cover, wherein,

the heating assembly includes:

the hot air fan is arranged below the motor cover;

the heating pipe is arranged below the hot air fan;

the motor is arranged above the motor cover and used for driving the hot air fan to rotate; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the motor cover is hermetically arranged between the motor and the hot air fan.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lower housing further comprises a frying pan second opening to accommodate an additional said frying pan.

The utility model discloses at least, provide following technological effect:

1. the lock tongue in the grab handle assembly is rotated to be inserted into the lock hole of the motor cover, so that the air fryer is effectively prevented from being pulled out of the frying barrel accidentally;

2. the lock tongue is rotated by pushing the unlocking switch, and the lock tongue is reset by matching with the spring, so that the lock tongue is convenient for a user to operate and has simple design so as to ensure the durability.

Additional features and advantages of the application will be set forth in the description which follows, or may be learned by practice of the application.

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 schematic cross-sectional view of a lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2a is a perspective view of a handle base of the lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer according to the present invention;

FIG. 2b is another perspective view of the handle base of the lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer according to the present invention;

FIG. 3a is a perspective view of a locking tongue in a lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3b is a bottom view of a locking tongue of the lockable fry vat assembly of the present invention for use in an air fryer;

FIG. 4a is a schematic perspective view of an unlock switch in a lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4b is a side view of the release switch of the lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5a is a schematic cross-sectional view of a lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer in accordance with the present invention in a locked position;

FIG. 5b is a schematic cross-sectional view of the lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer of the present invention in an unlocked condition;

FIG. 5c is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of region A in FIGS. 5a and 5 b;

fig. 6 is a perspective view of the air fryer having a lockable fry vat assembly of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

1-a lower shell;

11-opening the frying barrel; 12-a second opening of the frying barrel;

2-motor cover;

21-motor cover lock hole;

3-frying the barrel;

31-a heat insulation block;

4-a handle assembly;

41-a grip base; 42-rotating shaft hole; 43-handle lock hole;

44-a return spring; 45-lower restraint posts;

46-an unlocking switch; 46 a-switch sliding groove; 46 b-switch ramp;

47-switch via; 47 a-switch slide rib;

48-handle cover plate;

5-a bolt;

51-bolt projection; 52-bolt rotation shaft; 53-upper limiting column;

54-a bump structure; 55-bolt limit protrusion;

6-a heating assembly;

61-a motor;

7-upper shell.

Detailed Description

Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The description of the exemplary embodiments is merely illustrative and is in no way 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 described 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 should be construed as merely exemplary, and not limiting, unless otherwise specified.

It should be noted that in the following description of the embodiments, the terms "upper/upper", "lower/lower", "outer/outer", "inner/inner" and "front/front side" or similar directional descriptors are used. Wherein "up/above" and "down/below" are defined as relative concepts of up and down produced in the longitudinal height direction of the air fryer, with reference to the longitudinal height direction; "outside/outside" and "inside/inside" are defined as the relative concepts of outside and inside that are generated in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the upper and lower shells of the air fryer with reference to the plane, wherein the concept of "outside/outside" corresponds to the side that is oriented perpendicularly to the direction of the outside of the air fryer with the air fryer shell as the starting plane, and the concept of "inside/inside" corresponds to the side that is oriented perpendicularly to the direction of the inside of the air fryer with the air fryer shell as the starting plane; "front/front side" is defined as the direction that a user normally uses the air fryer looking forward at the air fryer and perpendicular to the aforementioned longitudinal height of the air fryer (when the air fryer handle assembly is facing the user). Furthermore, in the following description of the embodiments, reference will be made repeatedly to the two descriptions "first position" and "second position", and such descriptions are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.

The utility model provides a can lock fried bucket subassembly and have an air fried pot of this subassembly for air fried pot.

In embodiments of the present invention, refer to fig. 1, fig. 2a, fig. 2b, fig. 3a, and fig. 3b, wherein fig. 1 illustrates a cross-sectional view of a lockable frying pan assembly for an air fryer, fig. 2a and fig. 2b illustrate a perspective view of a handle base at two different angles in a lockable frying pan assembly for an air fryer, and fig. 3a and fig. 3b illustrate a perspective view and a bottom view of a latch in a lockable frying pan assembly for an air fryer, respectively. The utility model is used for the fried pot of air can lock and explode bucket subassembly mainly comprises lower casing 1, motor cover 2, fried bucket 3, grab handle subassembly 4 and spring bolt 5.

Specifically, the lower casing 1 is substantially in the shape of a basin with an upward opening, and a tub opening 11 is opened at the front side. The motor cover 2 is arranged at an opening above the lower shell 1 in a buckling mode, and a motor cover lock hole 21 is formed in the lower surface of the front side of the motor cover 2 and used for matching with a locking mechanism to longitudinally slide at the opening. The frying tub 3, which is used to load food material for cooking and heating, is generally in the form of a drawer or tub open at the upper end and is received within the lower housing 1, and is laterally slidable to be drawn outwardly from the front of the tub opening 11 or pushed inwardly into the lower housing 1. The front outer surface of the frying barrel 3 is also provided with a handle component 4 for a user to hold, and a lock tongue 5 is arranged in the frying barrel, so that the handle component 4 provides a holding position for the user and can realize the locking function of the frying barrel component.

Preferably, the grip base 41 has two rotation shaft holes 42 formed in an inner surface thereof for rotation of the locking tongue 5, and a through grip locking hole 43 formed in a top surface of the grip base 41. In addition, the latch bolt 5 accommodated in the handle assembly 4 is substantially tongue-shaped, and includes a latch bolt protrusion 51 for locking the barrel 3, and both sides of the latch bolt 5 are respectively provided with a latch bolt rotating shaft 52 protruding outward and having a cylindrical shape, and the latch bolt rotating shaft 52 is rotatably installed in the rotating shaft hole 42, so that the latch bolt 5 can rotate clockwise and counterclockwise with the latch bolt rotating shaft 52 as an axis to realize locking and unlocking functions. When the latch protrusion 51 is located at the highest position to which the latch 5 rotates, the highest position is defined as a first position, and correspondingly, when the latch protrusion 51 is located at the lowest position to which the latch 5 rotates, the lowest position is defined as a second position.

Further, when the tub 3 is pushed into the lower casing 1 from the tub opening 11, the opening of the handle lock hole 43 and the motor housing lock hole 21 are communicated with each other, that is, the longitudinal projection of the handle lock hole 43 and the longitudinal projection of the motor housing lock hole 21 overlap each other. In the state that the lock holes are communicated with each other, the latch protrusion 51 can move longitudinally between the first position and the second position.

Specifically, in the process that the latch protrusion 51 is driven by the counterclockwise rotation of the latch 5 to move upwards from the second position to the first position, the latch protrusion 51 firstly slides upwards and longitudinally out of the handle lock hole 43, and then slides continuously and is inserted into the motor cover lock hole 21. At this moment, the relative position of motor cover lockhole 21 and grab handle lockhole 43 has transversely been injectd simultaneously to spring bolt arch 51 for the whole (promptly, grab handle subassembly 4 and fried bucket 3) at grab handle lockhole 43 place can't make lateral sliding for the whole (promptly, motor cover 2) at motor cover lockhole 21 place, motor cover 2 and casing 1's inter combination down in addition, make fried bucket 3 unable to make lateral sliding for lower casing 1, thereby realize the function of fried bucket subassembly safety locking.

Specifically, in the process that the latch protrusion 51 is driven by the rotation of the latch 5 to move downwards from the first position to the second position, the latch protrusion 51 firstly slides out of the motor cover locking hole 21 and then continues to slide downwards until the handle locking hole 43 is retracted. At this moment, the relative position of motor cover lockhole 21 and grab handle lockhole 43 is no longer transversely injectd to spring bolt arch 51 for the whole at grab handle lockhole 43 place (i.e. grab handle subassembly 4 and fried bucket 3) can resume to do the ability of lateral sliding for the whole at motor cover lockhole 21 place (i.e. motor cover 2), motor cover 2 and lower casing 1 inter combination in addition, make fried bucket 3 can resume to do the ability of lateral sliding for lower casing 1, thereby realize that fried bucket subassembly is by the transition operation of safe locking state to unblock state.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 1 and 3a, a latch bolt limiting protrusion 55 is further disposed on the upper surface of the latch bolt 5 at a position close to the latch bolt protrusion 51, so as to further ensure the positioning stability of the latch bolt 5 in the locked state. Specifically, when the latch bolt 5 is in the first position, the upper surface of the latch bolt limiting protrusion 55 is just attached to the inner surface of the handle base 41 and is abutted against the inner surface of the handle base 41, so that the situation that the latch bolt 5 shakes in the first position due to the irregular bolt-shaped surface on the upper surface of the latch bolt 5 is avoided.

Further, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 3b, in order to enable the locking tongue 5 to have a reset function while the barrel assembly realizes a locking function, the handle assembly 4 further includes a reset spring 44 and a lower limit post 45, and the locking tongue 5 further includes an upper limit post 53, in addition to the above-mentioned main components.

Specifically, the return spring 44 is disposed between the lock tongue 5 and the inner surface of the handle base, and in order to fix the return spring 44 and prevent the return spring 44 from loosening during movement, the upper and lower ends of the hollow spring tube of the return spring 44 are respectively sleeved outside the lower limit post 45 and the upper limit post 53, so that the return spring 44 is clamped between the lower surface of the lock tongue 5 and the inner surface of the handle base 41, and is also combined with the lower limit post 45 and the upper limit post 53 through the hollow spring tube of the return spring 44, thereby further fixing the return spring 44 and preventing the return spring 44 from loosening.

In a preferred embodiment, when the latch 5 of the lockable frying barrel assembly is in a state of not receiving external force, the latch 5 will not rotate clockwise around the latch rotating shaft 52 due to the external force. The bolt 5 is not pushed by external force, and the reset spring 44 can keep the bolt 5 at the first position only under the action of self spring pressure. In the first position, the longitudinally protruding latch protrusion 51 laterally defines the relative positions of the motor housing locking hole 21 and the handle locking hole 43, so that the frying tub 3 cannot slide laterally relative to the lower casing 1, and at this time, the user cannot pull out the frying tub 3 due to interference of the locking mechanism.

In the preferred embodiment, when the latch 5 of the lockable fry vat assembly is subjected to an external force, the latch 5 rotates clockwise around the latch rotating shaft 52. Meanwhile, in the process that the latch 5 rotates clockwise due to the action of external force, a downward acting force is applied to the top end of the return spring 44 through the lower surface of the spring latch 5 so as to compress the return spring 44. The latch protrusion 51 will first exit the motor housing locking hole 21 and then continue to move downward until it retracts into the handle locking hole 43 until the latch 5 reaches the second position. In the second position, the latch projection 51 does not project upwardly to the plane bordered by the motor housing locking hole 21 and the grip locking hole 43, so that the lateral movement of the fry vat 3 relative to the lower casing 1 is not restricted. At this time, the user can optionally pull out or push in the fry tub 3 without interference from the lock mechanism. It should be noted that the return spring 44 in this state is compressed by the external force, and elastic potential energy is accumulated.

In the preferred embodiment, when the user finishes taking and putting the frying barrel 3 and stops applying the pushing force to the latch bolt to rotate clockwise, the return spring 44 is no longer compressed by the external force, and tends to extend in the upward direction and release the elastic potential energy synchronously. In the process of extending upwards, the upper end of the return spring 44 applies an upward force to the lower surface of the latch bolt 5, and pushes the latch bolt 5 to move from the second position to the first position in a counterclockwise rotation manner, so as to drive the latch bolt protrusion 51 to move upwards. The latch protrusion 51 protrudes from the handle locking hole 43 and is inserted into the motor cover locking hole 21. In the first position, the longitudinally protruding latch protrusion 51 laterally defines the relative positions of the motor housing locking hole 21 and the handle locking hole 43, so that the frying tub 3 cannot slide laterally relative to the lower casing 1, and at this time, the user cannot pull out the frying tub 3 due to interference of the locking mechanism.

Further, with reference to fig. 4a and 4b, fig. 4a shows a perspective view of an unlocking switch 46 in the lockable fry vat assembly, and fig. 4b shows a side view of the unlocking switch 46, wherein the unlocking switch 46 is designed to facilitate the user to control the rotation of the latch 5, so as to realize the unlocking function. Accordingly, a switch through hole 47 for sliding the unlocking switch 46 is also provided on the top surface of the grip base 41, and when the lockable frying pan assembly is assembled, the unlocking switch 46 will protrude from the switch through hole 47 in the longitudinal height direction. In addition, the rectangular shape of the switch through hole 47 allows the unlocking switch 46 to slide laterally in parallel in the horizontal direction at the top end of the grip assembly 4.

Specifically, to combine the unlocking switch 46 with the grip assembly 4, a switch sliding rib 47a is further provided at the periphery of the switch through hole 47, and accordingly, a switch sliding groove 46a for accommodating the switch sliding rib 47a is circumferentially provided at the side wall of the unlocking switch 46, so that the unlocking switch 46 can only slide in parallel with respect to the switch through hole 47 and cannot move longitudinally. In addition, in order to realize the pushing of the unlocking switch 46 to the lock tongue 5, a rear side wall of the unlocking switch 46 is provided with a switch inclined surface 46b having a certain inclination, and a raised structure 54 is correspondingly provided on an upper surface of the lock tongue 5, and in the process that the unlocking switch 46 pushes the lock tongue 5 to rotate, the switch inclined surface 46b is attached to the lock tongue 5 and pushes the lock tongue 5 to rotate.

Referring to fig. 5a, 5b and 5c, fig. 5a and 5b are schematic cross-sectional views of the lockable fry vat assembly with the locking bolt 5 in the first and second positions, respectively, and fig. 5c is an enlarged view of the structure of area a in fig. 5a and 5 b.

Specifically, when the latch 5 is in the first position, the user pushes the unlock switch 46 inward to push the latch 5 to rotate clockwise about the latch rotation shaft 52 with respect to the grip assembly 4, so that the latch 5 rotates from the first position to the second position and compresses the return spring 44. At this time, the latch projection 51 is withdrawn from the motor cover locking hole 21 and retracted into the grip locking hole 43, so that the lateral movement of the fry tub 3 with respect to the lower casing 1 is not restricted. At this time, the user can optionally pull out or push in the fry tub 3 without interference from the lock mechanism.

Specifically, when the latch 5 is not in the first position (e.g., in the second position) and the user releases the external force applied to the unlock switch 46, the return spring 44 will push the latch 5 to rotate counterclockwise by the upward spring restoring force generated by the elastic potential energy accumulated by compression until the latch protrusion 51 protrudes from the handle lock hole 43 and is inserted into the battery cover lock hole 21. Meanwhile, the lock tongue 5, under the pushing of the return spring 44, synchronously drives the unlocking switch 45 to slide laterally outwards until the unlocking switch 46 reaches the outermost position of the stroke, and at this time, the user cannot pull out the frying barrel 3 outwards due to the interference of the locking mechanism.

In a preferred embodiment, see fig. 1, the front side of the frying tub 3 is provided with a heat insulating block 31 having a thickness to prevent excessive cooking temperature in the air fryer from being transferred to the outer surface in front of the frying tub 3 to reduce the risk of burning the user. In a preferred embodiment, grip assembly 4 is disposed on an outside surface of insulation block 31. Wherein, after the frying barrel 3 is pushed into the air fryer, the plane of the panel outside the heat insulation block 31 is approximately connected with the plane of the outer surface of the air fryer together to form the whole outer surface of the air fryer. In other words, when the tub 3 is pushed into the lower casing 1 so that the handle locking hole 43 is communicated with the motor housing locking hole 21, the outer side surface of the heat insulating block 31 is substantially in the same plane as the outer surface of the lower casing 1. In addition, the handle assembly 4 further includes a handle cover 48 disposed outside the handle base 41, and the handle cover 48 can cover the latch 5 at the outside and make the handle assembly 4 more beautiful.

In another aspect, referring to the schematic perspective view of an air fryer having a lockable fryer vat assembly shown in fig. 6, the present invention provides a lockable fryer vat assembly for an air fryer further comprising a heating assembly 6 and an upper housing 7. Wherein, go up casing 7 and detain and locate motor cover 2 top, locate between the two with lower casing 1 with motor cover 2 clamp jointly. Further, the heating unit 6 includes a hot air fan, a heating duct, and a motor 61. Wherein, the hot-blast fan sets up in the below of motor cover 2, and the heating pipe sets up in the below of hot-blast fan, and motor 61 sets up in the top of motor cover 2, and motor cover 2 sets up between motor 61 and hot-blast fan sealedly simultaneously. In the operation process of the air fryer, the motor 61 can be used for driving the hot air fan to rotate, the hot air fan accelerates the air flowing in the air fryer and flows to the heating pipe through rotation, and the accelerated air is heated by the heating pipe and then is blown downwards to the food materials in the frying barrel 3 so as to achieve the aim of air cooking.

In a preferred embodiment, referring to FIG. 6, the present lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer utilizing the novel provisions herein is applicable to an air fryer embodiment of a dual fry vat solution. Correspondingly, a second fry vat opening 12 is also provided in the front of the lower housing 1 to allow the air fryer to load an additional lockable fry vat assembly.

Therefore, the lockable frying barrel component for the air fryer can effectively prevent the frying barrel from being pulled out of the air fryer accidentally by rotating the lock tongue 5 in the handle component 4 to ensure that the lock tongue bulge 51 is inserted into the motor cover lock hole 21;

the utility model discloses a can lock fried bucket subassembly for air is fried pot promotes spring bolt 5 rotatory through unblock switch 46 to cooperation reset spring 44 makes spring bolt 5 reset for when receiving the external force, still has simple design in order to guarantee the durability when the convenience of customers operates.

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 illustration 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 or spirit of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A lockable fry vat assembly for an air fryer comprising:

a frying barrel opening (11) is arranged on the front side of the lower shell (1);

the motor cover (2) is buckled on the lower shell (1), and a motor cover lock hole (21) is formed in the lower surface of the motor cover; a fryer vat (3) housed within said lower casing (1) and slidable laterally to extract from and/or push into said lower casing (1) at said fryer vat opening (11);

a handle component (4) arranged on the outer surface of the front side of the frying barrel (3) and comprising: the handle comprises a handle base (41), a rotating shaft hole (42) arranged on the inner surface of the handle base (41), and a handle lock hole (43) arranged on the top surface of the handle base (41); and

the bolt (5) is accommodated in the grab handle assembly (4), comprises a bolt protrusion (51) and a bolt rotating shaft (52) rotatably installed in the rotating shaft hole (42), and the bolt (5) can rotate between a first position and a second position by taking the bolt rotating shaft (52) as an axis.

2. The lockable fry vat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the handle lock hole (43) is in communication with the motor housing lock hole (21) when the fry vat (3) is pushed into the lower housing (1), wherein when the lock tongue (5) is rotated to the first position, the lock tongue protrusion (51) protrudes from the handle lock hole (43) and is inserted into the motor housing lock hole (21) such that the fry vat (3) cannot slide laterally relative to the lower housing (1) and,

when the lock tongue (5) rotates to the second position, the lock tongue protrusion (51) slides out of the motor cover lock hole (21) and retracts into the handle lock hole (43), so that the frying barrel (3) can slide transversely relative to the lower shell (1).

3. The lockable fry vat assembly according to claim 2, wherein the handle assembly (4) further comprises a return spring (44) and a lower limit post (45), and the locking tongue (5) further comprises an upper limit post (53), wherein the return spring (44) is sleeved at two ends of the return spring (44) outside the lower limit post (45) and the upper limit post (53), respectively, so that the return spring (44) is clamped between the lower surface of the locking tongue (5) and the inner surface of the handle base (41).

4. The lockable fry vat assembly according to claim 3, wherein the return spring (44) acts by spring force to hold the locking bolt (5) in the first position when the locking bolt (5) is not under external force.

5. The lockable fry vat assembly according to claim 4, wherein the return spring (44) is compressed and retracted when the locking tongue (5) is rotated from the first position to the second position by an external force.

6. The lockable fry vat assembly according to claim 5, wherein the handle assembly (4) further comprises an unlocking switch (46), a switch through hole (47) opened in the top surface of the handle base (41) for the sliding of the unlocking switch (46), and a ridge structure (54) provided on the upper surface of the locking tongue (5), wherein when the unlocking switch (46) is slid in parallel in the direction of the fry vat (3) relative to the switch through hole (47), the lower surface of the unlocking switch (46) contacts the ridge structure (54) and pushes the locking tongue (5) to rotate from the first position to the second position.

7. The lockable fry tub assembly according to claim 6, wherein the switch through hole (47) is further provided with a switch sliding rib (47a) at a peripheral edge thereof, and the side wall of the unlock switch (46) is circumferentially provided with a switch sliding groove (46a) for accommodating the switch sliding rib (47a) so that the unlock switch (46) is only slidable in parallel but not movable longitudinally with respect to the switch through hole (47).

8. The lockable fry vat assembly according to claim 2, wherein the upper surface of the locking tongue (5) is further provided with a tongue retaining protrusion (55), and when the locking tongue (5) is in the first position, the upper surface of the tongue retaining protrusion (55) abuts against the inner surface of the handle base (41) and interferes therewith.

9. An air fryer comprising a lockable fry vat assembly according to any of the preceding claims 1 to 8, and further comprising a heating assembly (6) and an upper housing (7), the upper housing (7) being detachably snap-fitted over the motor enclosure (2), wherein,

the heating assembly (6) comprises:

the hot air fan is arranged below the motor cover (2);

the heating pipe is arranged below the hot air fan;

the motor (61) is arranged above the motor cover (2) and used for driving the hot air fan to rotate; wherein the motor cover (2) is hermetically arranged between the motor (61) and the hot air fan.

10. An air fryer according to claim 9, wherein the lower housing (1) further comprises a fry vat second opening (12) to accommodate one additional fry vat (3).

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