CN218246910U

CN218246910U - Inner pot assembly and air fryer

Info

Publication number: CN218246910U
Application number: CN202222773637.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 肖志一
Original assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhejiang Shaoxing Supor Domestic Electrical Appliance Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-21
Filing date: 2022-10-21
Publication date: 2023-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-21

Abstract

The invention provides an inner pot component and an air fryer, wherein the inner pot component comprises an inner pot body and a food supporting component, the inner pot body is provided with an inner cavity, and a supporting flange is arranged at the lower part of the side wall of the inner pot body in a protruding way towards the inner cavity; food supporting component sets up in inside cavity, food supporting component includes supporting baseplate and a plurality of subregion muscle, the circumference interval that pot body set up in the supporting baseplate below along interior pot body is followed to a plurality of subregion muscle, wherein, the subregion muscle includes the bottom lamellar body, the radial extension of pot body in the bottom lamellar body is followed to the bottom lamellar body, the radial outer end of bottom lamellar body supports on flange, the axial downwardly extending of pot body in bottom lamellar body edge is followed from supporting baseplate's basal surface to the bottom lamellar body, the bottom of bottom lamellar body sets up with the diapire interval of interior pot body, and the bottom of bottom lamellar body is located below the flange, in order to improve the homogeneity of being heated of cooking edible material, improve the culinary art taste of edible material.

Description

Inner pot assembly and air fryer

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of cooking utensil, especially, relate to an interior pot subassembly and air fryer that has this interior pot subassembly.

Background

The existing air fryer heats air and uses a centrifugal fan to convey hot air to a position where the hot air contacts with food materials, so as to cook the food materials with the hot air.

In the cooking process of food, because the position where hot air can reach is limited, some parts of the food to be cooked contact too much heat to become scorched, and some parts contact too little heat to be in a half-cooked state, how to improve the taste of the cooking food in the air fryer is a technical problem to be solved urgently by the technical personnel in the field.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

A primary object of the present disclosure is to provide an inner pot assembly and an air fryer to improve the mouth feel of cooking ingredients in the air fryer.

Aiming at the above purpose, the present disclosure provides the following technical solutions:

in one aspect of the present disclosure, an inner pot assembly is provided, which includes an inner pot body and a food supporting assembly, wherein the inner pot body has an inner cavity, and a supporting flange is protrudingly provided at a lower portion of a side wall of the inner pot body toward the inner cavity; food supporting component set up in the inside cavity, food supporting component includes supporting baseplate and a plurality of subregion muscle, and is a plurality of the subregion muscle is followed the circumference interval of interior pot body set up in the supporting baseplate below, wherein, the subregion muscle includes the bottom lamellar body, the bottom lamellar body is followed the radial extension of interior pot body, the radial outer end of bottom lamellar body support in on the supporting flange, the bottom lamellar body is followed supporting baseplate's basal surface is followed the axial downwardly extending of interior pot body, the bottom of bottom lamellar body with the diapire interval of interior pot body sets up, just the bottom of bottom lamellar body is located below the supporting flange.

This is disclosed through setting up a plurality of subregion muscle, separates into a plurality of heated air circulation regions with the inside cavity of interior pot body, and hot-blast can not series flow in different regions to the heat homogeneity in the inside cavity of interior pot body has been improved, has improved the culinary art taste of eating the material.

The food supporting component further comprises a surrounding plate, the surrounding plate extends upwards from the circumferential outer edge of the supporting bottom plate, the surrounding plate is arranged at the interval of the side wall of the inner pot body, the partition ribs further comprise a side sheet body, the side sheet body extends upwards from the radial outer end of the bottom sheet body, the side sheet body is fixed on the outer side wall of the surrounding plate, and the side sheet body is in interference fit with the side wall of the inner pot body. Therefore, the surrounding plates are matched with the partition ribs, the guiding effect on the flowing of hot air can be achieved, the hot air can flow in the area where the hot air flows circularly, the cross flow in different areas is avoided, the flowing uniformity of the hot air is improved, the heating uniformity of food materials is improved, and the cooking taste of the food materials is improved.

Optionally, the support flange is provided with a top wall and a radial inner wall, the partition rib is provided with a support notch matched with the support flange, the support notch is arranged at the joint of the lateral sheet body and the bottom sheet body, and the support notch is respectively attached to the top wall and the radial inner wall. So, through supporting the breach respectively with supporting flange roof and the laminating of radial inner wall, improved food supporting component's support stability.

Specifically, food supporting component still includes the turn-ups muscle, the turn-ups muscle is followed bottom sprag board downwardly extending just follows the radial extension of interior pot body, the radial outer end of turn-ups muscle is provided with the turn-ups plug, the bottom lamellar body be provided with the slot that the turn-ups plug matches. So, through setting up the turn-ups muscle, and the turn-ups muscle is connected with the subregion muscle, has improved the area of being connected of subregion muscle and supporting baseplate to improve the connection stability of subregion muscle.

Further, the slot set up in the bottom lamellar body is in pot body's circumference one side in, turn-ups plug inserts in the slot, just the turn-ups muscle with the laminating of bottom lamellar body. So, be connected through the turn-ups plug block that sets up slot and turn-ups muscle, reduced the adapting unit quantity of turn-ups muscle with the subregion muscle, and improved the reliability of being connected of turn-ups muscle and subregion muscle.

In another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the support bottom plate is provided with vent holes, and a ratio of a sum of areas of the vent holes to an area of the support bottom plate is not less than 0.9; or the supporting bottom plate is provided with a vent hole which is a waist-shaped hole, and the long axis of the waist-shaped hole extends along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body.

Optionally, the supporting baseplate still is provided with the muscle hole, the muscle hole is followed the radial extension of interior pot body, the turn-ups muscle set up in the muscle hole is in circumference one side of interior pot body.

The inner pot assembly further comprises a water cup, the water cup is arranged below the supporting bottom plate and supported on the bottom wall of the inner pot body, a central through hole is formed in the middle of the supporting bottom plate, and the water cup is communicated with the central through hole. So, through setting up the drinking cup, can provide moisture in the inside cavity of culinary art in-process inside pot body, avoid eating the material because toast and lead to the dehydration too much to the culinary art taste of eating the material has been improved.

Further, the diapire top surface undercut of interior pot body is provided with the constant head tank that the drinking cup matches, the drinking cup set up in the constant head tank.

The utility model discloses another aspect provides an air fryer, the air fryer include head assembly, outer pot and as above interior pot assembly, outer pot has the inner chamber, interior pot assembly set up in the inner chamber, head assembly set up in the top of outer pot.

Drawings

The above and/or other objects and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following description of the embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an air fryer provided in an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the air fryer of FIG. 1 with the head assembly in an open position.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the air fryer with the inner pot assembly of FIG. 2 separated from the outer pot.

Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the inner pot assembly of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is an exploded view of the inner pot assembly of fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the gas flow within the inner pot assembly of fig. 4.

FIG. 7 is a first perspective view of the food support assembly of FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 is a second perspective view of the food support assembly of FIG. 7.

Fig. 9 is a structural view of the support plate in fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a first perspective view of the partitioning rib of fig. 8.

Fig. 11 is a second perspective view of the partitioning rib of fig. 8.

Description of reference numerals:

10. a head assembly; 20. A pan body assembly;

21. an inner pot body; 22. An outer pot;

23. a food support assembly; 24. A water cup;

211. a support flange; 231. A support base plate;

232. enclosing plates; 233. Partitioning ribs;

234. flanging ribs; 2311. A vent hole;

2312. rib plate holes; 2321. Connecting holes;

2331. a bottom sheet; 2332. A lateral sheet body;

2333. a slot; 2334. An end connection hole;

2335. a support notch; 2341. And (4) flanging a plug.

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should not be understood that the embodiments of the present disclosure are limited to the embodiments set forth herein. The same reference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar structures, and thus their detailed description will be omitted.

Referring to fig. 1-3, the present disclosure provides an air fryer that may include a head assembly 10 and a pot assembly 20, wherein pot assembly 20 includes an outer pot 22 and an inner pot assembly, the outer pot 22 having an inner cavity, the inner pot assembly being disposed within the inner cavity of outer pot 22. Head assembly 10 is disposed above outer pot 22, such as, but not limited to, head assembly 10 being hinged to one side of outer pot 22 to form the air fryer as a clamshell air fryer.

Further, the machine head assembly 10 comprises a fan blade and a heating body, the heating body can heat air in the air fryer to form hot air, the hot air can be blown into the inner pot assembly through rotation of the fan blade to form hot air, and therefore food materials in the inner pot assembly are heated.

With continued reference to fig. 3-5, the inner pot assembly includes an inner pot body 21 and a food support assembly 23, the inner pot body 21 having an internal cavity, the food support assembly 23 being disposed in the internal cavity to be able to support food material.

The lower part of the side wall of the inner pot body 21 is provided with a supporting flange 211 protruding towards the inner cavity. The food supporting assembly 23 includes a supporting bottom plate 231 and a plurality of partition ribs 233, the partition ribs 233 are arranged along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21 at intervals, for example, but not limited to, the bottom plate body 2331 is arranged below the supporting bottom plate 231 to be able to support the supporting bottom plate 231, so that the supporting bottom plate 231 and the bottom wall of the inner pot body 21 are arranged at intervals, a hot air channel is formed below the supporting bottom plate 231, and hot air is convenient to pass through to cook food materials.

Referring to fig. 4 to 11, the partitioning rib 233 includes a bottom plate 2331, the bottom plate 2331 extends along a radial direction of the inner pot body 21, a radially outer end of the bottom plate 2331 is supported on the support flange 211, the bottom plate 2331 extends downward from a bottom surface of the support base 231 along an axial direction of the inner pot body 21, a bottom end of the bottom plate 2331 is spaced apart from a bottom wall of the inner pot body 21, and a bottom end of the bottom plate 2331 is located below the support flange 211. In this embodiment, the bottom end of the bottom plate 2331 is spaced from the bottom wall of the inner pot body 21, which reduces the difficulty of manufacturing the bottom plate 2331, thereby reducing the manufacturing cost of the bottom plate 2331.

In the present embodiment, a plurality of partitioning ribs 233 are disposed in the inner cavity of the inner pot body 21, and the partitioning ribs 233 are disposed at intervals along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, and a hot air circulation region is formed between an adjacent pair of partitioning ribs 233, in this region, hot air will flow downward along the side wall of the inner pot body 21 and flow downward into the space below the support base plate 231, and hot air will move toward the central position in the radial direction of the inner pot body 21 in the space below the support base plate 231 and enter the space above the support base plate 231 through the ventilation holes 2311 on the support base plate 231, so as to be able to contact with the food material located above the support base plate 231, thereby cooking the food material.

In the present embodiment, the partitioning ribs 233 are provided to partition the internal cavity of the inner pan body 21 into a plurality of hot air circulation regions, in each region, hot air flows downward to the lower side of the support bottom plate 231 along the side wall of the inner pan body 21 approximately, the hot air flows radially toward the center of the inner pan body 21 below the support bottom plate 231 and upward passes through the support bottom plate to the handpiece assembly 10, and then flows downward along the side wall of the inner pan body 21 again under the action of the fan blades in the handpiece assembly 10 to enter the next hot air circulation, as shown in fig. 6.

This is disclosed through setting up a plurality of subregion muscle 233, separates into a plurality of heated air circulation regions with the inside cavity of interior pot body 21, and hot-blast can not series flow in different regions to the heat homogeneity in the inside cavity of interior pot body 21 has been improved, has improved the culinary art taste of eating the material.

Further, with continued reference to the figures, the food support assembly 23 further includes a shroud 232, the shroud 232 extending upwardly from a circumferential outer edge of the support floor 231 to cooperate with the support floor 231 to generally form a cylinder, the shroud 232 forming a side wall of the cylinder, and the support floor 231 forming a bottom wall of the cylinder. In this embodiment, a hot air channel is formed between the surrounding plate 232 and the side wall of the inner pot body 21 for guiding the flow of hot air, so as to improve the flow speed of hot air.

The surrounding plate 232 is matched with the partition ribs 233, and the guiding effect on the flowing of hot air can be achieved, so that the hot air can flow in an internal circulation mode in the area where the hot air is located, the flowing in different areas is avoided, the flowing uniformity of the hot air is improved, the heating uniformity of food materials is improved, and the cooking taste of the food materials is improved.

Further, the zoned rib 233 further includes a side piece 2332, the side piece 2332 extends upward from the radially outer end of the bottom piece 2331, the side piece 2332 is fixed on the outer side wall of the enclosing plate 232, and the side piece 2332 is in interference fit with the side wall of the inner pot body 21.

In this embodiment, by providing the side plate 2332, the center of the supporting bottom plate 231 can be adjusted so that the distance between the enclosing plate 232 and the side wall of the inner pot body 21 can be kept consistent in the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, that is, the hot air passage formed by the enclosing plate 232 can be kept consistent in the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21.

The side plate 2332 extends upward from the radially outer end of the bottom plate 2331, so that the hot air channel formed by the enclosing plate 232 is partitioned by the side plate 2332, and the directionality of hot air flowing is further improved by matching with the bottom plate 2331, the flowing speed of hot air is improved, and the cooking uniformity of food materials is improved.

With continued reference to fig. 10 and 11, the partitioning ribs 233 are substantially formed in an L-shaped plate shape, the bottom plate 2331 is perpendicular to the side plate 2332, the bottom plate 2331 is attached to the bottom wall of the support bottom plate 231, and the side plate 2332 is attached to the outer side surface of the enclosing plate 232 so as to partition the inner cavity of the inner pot body 21.

In order to further improve the connection reliability of the bottom plate 2331 and the supporting bottom plate 231, the food supporting assembly 23 further includes a flanging rib 234, the flanging rib 234 extends downward from the supporting bottom plate 231 and extends along the radial direction of the inner pot body 21, the radially outer end of the flanging rib 234 is provided with a flanging plug 2341, and the bottom plate 2331 is provided with a slot 2333 matched with the flanging plug 2341.

The slot 2333 is disposed on one side of the bottom plate 2331 in the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, and the flanging plug 2341 can be inserted into the slot 2333, so that the flanging rib 234 is connected with the bottom plate 2331, and further, the flanging rib 234 is attached to the bottom plate 2331.

Specifically, the slot 2333 is disposed at one side of the bottom plate 2331, and the notch of the slot 2333 faces the center of the inner pan body 21 to be capable of being fitted with the flanging plug 2341 of the flanging rib 234, and the flanging plug 2341 is disposed at the radial outer end of the flanging rib 234.

Optionally, the supporting bottom plate 231 is further provided with a rib plate hole 2312, the rib plate hole 2312 extends along the radial direction of the inner pot body 21, and the flanging rib 234 is arranged on one circumferential side of the rib plate hole 2312 of the inner pot body 21. In this embodiment, the flanging rib 234 is formed by bending a part of the material of the support base plate 231, and a rib hole 2312 is formed at the original position of the flanging rib 234, but not limited thereto.

In order to improve the connection reliability between the partitioning ribs 233 and the surrounding plate 232, the side plate body 2332 is provided with end connection holes 2334, the surrounding plate 232 is provided with connection holes 2321, and the surrounding plate 232 and the partitioning ribs 233 can be connected by providing fasteners in the end connection holes 2334 and the connection holes 2321, but not limited thereto.

Further, the side plate 2332 is in interference fit with the side wall of the inner pot body 21, so that the food supporting assembly 23 is prevented from being accidentally separated from the inner pot body 21 in the process of pouring food, and the use safety of the food supporting assembly 23 is improved.

To further improve the support stability of the food support assembly 23, the support flange 211 is provided with a top wall and a radially inner wall, the zoning rib 233 is provided with a support notch 2335 matched with the support flange 211, the support notch 2335 is provided at the junction of the side plate 2332 and the bottom plate 2331, and the support notch 2335 is respectively attached to the top wall and the radially inner wall of the support flange 211. In this manner, the food support assembly 23 is supported by the support notch 2335 engaging the top wall of the support flange 211 and by the top wall of the support flange 211 supporting the section ribs 233. The partition ribs 233 are radially restrained by the radially inner wall of the support flange 211 to prevent radial play of the food support assembly 23.

In order to improve the ventilation of the supporting bottom plate 231 and improve the flow rate of the hot air in the internal cavity of the inner pot body 21, the supporting bottom plate 231 is provided with a vent hole 2311, and the ratio of the total area of the vent holes 2311 to the area of the supporting bottom plate 231 is not less than 0.9, but not limited thereto. As an example, the support bottom plate 231 is provided with a vent hole 2311, the vent hole 2311 is a waist-shaped hole, a long axis of the waist-shaped hole extends along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, but not limited thereto, and the vent hole 2311 may also be provided in a circular shape, a square shape, or the like.

In order to further improve the cooking taste of the food material, the inner pot assembly further comprises a water cup 24, the water cup 24 is arranged below the supporting bottom plate 231 and supported on the bottom wall of the inner pot body 21, a central through hole is arranged in the middle of the supporting bottom plate 231, and the water cup 24 is communicated with the central through hole. Before the food is cooked, drinking water can be added into the water cup 24, and in the cooking process of the food, the drinking water is heated and evaporated to form water vapor which is diffused into the cooking cavity, so that the food is prevented from being dehydrated too much.

In order to avoid the water cup 24 to shake accidentally, the bottom wall top surface of the inner pot body 21 is provided with the positioning groove matched with the water cup 24 in a downward concave manner, the water cup 24 is arranged in the positioning groove, the positioning groove is formed in the bottom wall of the inner pot body 21 in the embodiment, the water cup 24 can be conveniently placed at the preset position accurately and efficiently, and the use convenience of the air fryer is improved.

By way of example, the water cup 24 and the inner pot body 21 in the embodiment are movably disposed to facilitate adding drinking water to the water cup 24 or cleaning the water cup 24, but not limited thereto, the water cup 24 may also be fixed on the inner pot body 21 or on the supporting bottom plate 231.

In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing and simplifying the disclosure, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the disclosure.

The terms "first", "second" and "first" 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. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present disclosure, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "fixed" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection, a mechanical connection, an electrical connection, or a communication connection; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood in specific instances by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The described features, structures, or characteristics of the disclosure may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the above description, numerous specific details are provided to give a thorough understanding of embodiments of the disclosure. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the subject matter of the present disclosure can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the disclosure.

Claims

1. An inner pot assembly, comprising:

the inner pot comprises an inner pot body (21) and a support flange (211), wherein the inner pot body is provided with an inner cavity, and the lower part of the side wall of the inner pot body (21) is provided with the support flange (211) in a protruding mode towards the inner cavity;

a food supporting component (23) arranged in the inner cavity, wherein the food supporting component (23) comprises a supporting bottom plate (231) and a plurality of partition ribs (233), the partition ribs (233) are arranged below the supporting bottom plate (231) at intervals along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body (21),

the partition rib (233) comprises a bottom plate body (2331), the bottom plate body (2331) extends along the radial direction of the inner pot body (21), the radially outer end of the bottom plate body (2331) is supported on the support flange (211), the bottom plate body (2331) extends downwards along the axial direction of the inner pot body (21) from the bottom surface of the support bottom plate (231), the bottom end of the bottom plate body (2331) and the bottom wall of the inner pot body (21) are arranged at intervals, and the bottom end of the bottom plate body (2331) is located below the support flange (211).

2. The inner pot assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the food supporting assembly (23) further comprises a surrounding plate (232), the surrounding plate (232) extends upward from the circumferential outer edge of the supporting bottom plate (231), the surrounding plate (232) is spaced apart from the side wall of the inner pot body (21), the partition rib (233) further comprises a side plate body (2332), the side plate body (2332) extends upward from the radial outer end of the bottom plate body (2331), the side plate body (2332) is fixed on the outer side wall of the surrounding plate (232), and the side plate body (2332) is in interference fit with the side wall of the inner pot body (21).

3. The inner pot assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the support flange (211) is provided with a top wall and a radially inner wall, the partition rib (233) is provided with a support notch (2335) matching with the support flange (211), the support notch (2335) is provided at a junction of the side plate body (2332) and the bottom plate body (2331), and the support notch (2335) is respectively abutted with the top wall and the radially inner wall.

4. The inner pan assembly as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the food supporting assembly (23) further comprises a flanging rib (234), the flanging rib (234) extends downwards from the supporting bottom plate (231) and extends along a radial direction of the inner pan body (21), a flanging plug (2341) is arranged at a radial outer end of the flanging rib (234), and the bottom sheet body (2331) is provided with a slot (2333) matched with the flanging plug (2341).

5. The inner pan assembly as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the insertion groove (2333) is provided at a circumferential side of the bottom plate (2331) of the inner pan body (21), the burring plug (2341) is inserted into the insertion groove (2333), and the burring rib (234) is fitted with the bottom plate (2331).

6. Inner pot assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the support bottom plate (231) is provided with ventilation holes (2311), the ratio of the sum of the areas of the ventilation holes (2311) to the area of the support bottom plate (231) being not less than 0.9; or the like, or, alternatively,

the supporting bottom plate (231) is provided with a vent hole (2311), the vent hole (2311) is a waist-shaped hole, and the long axis of the waist-shaped hole extends along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body (21).

7. Inner pot assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the support bottom plate (231) is further provided with a rib plate hole (2312), the rib plate hole (2312) extending in the radial direction of the inner pot body (21), the flanging rib (234) being provided at the rib plate hole (2312) at one circumferential side of the inner pot body (21).

8. The inner pot assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a water cup (24), wherein the water cup (24) is arranged below the support bottom plate (231) and supported on the bottom wall of the inner pot body (21), a central through hole is arranged in the middle of the support bottom plate (231), and the water cup (24) is communicated with the central through hole.

9. Inner pot assembly according to claim 8, characterized in that the bottom wall top surface of the inner pot body (21) is recessed downwards with a positioning groove matching the cup (24), in which positioning groove the cup (24) is arranged.

10. Air fryer, characterized in that it comprises a head assembly (10), an outer pot (22) and an inner pot assembly according to any one of claims 1-9, the outer pot (22) having an inner cavity, the inner pot assembly being arranged in the inner cavity, the head assembly (10) being arranged above the outer pot (22).