CN218246911U

CN218246911U - Inner pot assembly and air fryer

Info

Publication number: CN218246911U
Application number: CN202222773640.9U
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 inner pot assembly comprises an inner pot body and a food supporting plate, wherein the inner pot body is provided with an inner cavity, the bottom wall of the inner pot body is upwards convexly provided with a plurality of partition ribs, and the partition ribs extend along the radial direction of the inner pot body; the food backup pad set up in inside cavity and support in on the subregion muscle, through subregion muscle with the spatial separation of inside cavity become a plurality of regions, hot-blast circulation in certain region can improve the homogeneity of being heated of eating the material to improve the culinary art taste of eating the material.

Description

Inner pot assembly and air fryer

Technical Field

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

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

It is a primary object of the present disclosure to provide an inner pot assembly and an air fryer to improve the mouthfeel of cooking materials in the air fryer.

In view of 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 plate, wherein the inner pot body has an inner cavity, the bottom wall of the inner pot body is provided with a plurality of partition ribs protruding upwards, and the partition ribs extend along the radial direction of the inner pot body; the food supporting plate is arranged in the inner cavity and supported on the partition ribs.

This is disclosed to become a plurality of regions with the spatial separation of inside cavity through setting up the subregion muscle, and hot-blast circulation in certain region can improve the homogeneity of being heated of eating the material to improve the culinary art taste of eating the material.

The partition rib comprises a supporting surface and a step, wherein the supporting surface is arranged at the top end of the partition rib, the step is arranged at the radial outer end of the partition rib and extends upwards from the supporting surface, the food supporting plate is supported on the supporting surface, and the outer periphery of the bottom end of the food supporting plate is arranged at the step. So, make things convenient for the food backup pad to pinpoint fast through setting up the step to the packaging efficiency of food backup pad has been improved.

Optionally, the food supporting plate includes a supporting bottom plate and a surrounding plate, the supporting bottom plate is supported on the supporting surface, the outer periphery of the supporting bottom plate is disposed at the step, the surrounding plate extends upwards from the outer periphery of the supporting bottom plate, and the surrounding plate and the side wall of the inner pot body are disposed at an interval. Therefore, the heating uniformity of the food materials is further improved through the matching of the enclosing plates and the partition ribs, and the cooking taste of the food materials is improved.

Specifically, the food supporting plate and the inner pot body are coaxially arranged.

Furthermore, a plurality of subregion muscle is along the circumference equiangular interval of interior pot body sets up, and a plurality of the radial inner end interval of subregion muscle sets up. Therefore, the uniformity of hot air partition is improved, the heating uniformity of food materials is further improved, and the cooking taste of the food materials is improved.

Optionally, the number of the partitioning ribs is 3.

In another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a groove is concavely disposed on the bottom surface of the bottom wall of the inner pan body toward the inner cavity of the inner pan body, and the groove and the partition rib are oppositely disposed in the axial direction of the inner pan body.

Optionally, the supporting baseplate is provided with a plurality of ventilation holes, the ventilation holes are waist-shaped holes, and the long axes of the ventilation holes extend along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body. So, set up the smooth and easy nature that hot-blast flows through setting up the ventilation hole on the supporting baseplate.

Specifically, the ratio of the sum of the areas of the plurality of vent holes to the area of the support base plate is not less than 0.9.

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 accordance with a first exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

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

Fig. 3 is a structural view of the inner pot assembly of fig. 2 in a state of being separated from the outer pot.

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

Fig. 5 is a partially enlarged view of the structure indicated by the circle I in fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is an exploded view of the inner pot assembly of fig. 3.

Fig. 7 is a first perspective view of the inner pot body in fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a second perspective view of the inner pot body in fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a schematic view of the air flow in the inner pot assembly of fig. 4.

Description of reference numerals:

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

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

211. partitioning ribs; 212. A step;

213. a bottom wall; 214. A side wall;

215. a groove;

23. a food supporting plate; 231. A support base plate;

2311. a vent hole; 232. Enclosing plates;

Detailed Description

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should not be understood that the aspects 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, 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, the inner pot assembly comprises an inner pot body 21 and a food support plate 23, the inner pot body 21 having an internal cavity in which the food support plate 23 is disposed to be able to support food material. In order to form a flow channel for hot air in the inner pot body 21, a gap is left below the food supporting plate 23, so that the hot air can pass through the gap conveniently.

Specifically, the bottom wall 213 of the inner pan body 21 is provided with a plurality of partition ribs 211 in an upward protruding manner, the partition ribs 211 extend along the radial direction of the inner pan body 21, and the food supporting plate 23 is supported on the partition ribs 211, so that the food supporting plate 23 and the bottom wall 213 of the inner pan body 21 are arranged at intervals, and hot air can pass through the food supporting plate.

In this embodiment, the space below the food supporting plate 23 is divided into a plurality of regions by the partition ribs 211, hot air flows downward along the side wall of the inner pot body 21 and then enters a certain region, the hot air flows radially toward the center of the inner pot body 21 in the region and passes through the food supporting plate 23 to contact with food materials on the food supporting plate 23 (as shown in fig. 9), in the hot air flowing process, the hot air in different regions cannot flow in series, hot air circulation is formed in each region and in the space above the region to the fan blades, and the directional flow of the hot air in each hot air circulation process improves the flowing speed of the hot air, so that the heat energy utilization rate of the hot air is improved.

This is disclosed through set up subregion muscle 211 in food backup pad 23 below, separates a plurality of heated air circulation passageways with the inside cavity of interior pot body 21 to improve the homogeneity of being heated of eating material, improved the culinary art taste of eating material.

Referring to fig. 4 to 7, in order to improve the assembly efficiency of the food supporting plate 23, the partitioning rib 211 includes a supporting surface and a step 212, the supporting surface is disposed at the top end of the partitioning rib 211 to enable the food supporting plate 23 to be supported on the supporting surface, the step 212 is disposed at the radial outer end of the partitioning rib 211 and extends upward from the supporting surface, and the outer periphery of the bottom end of the food supporting plate 23 is disposed at the step 212.

In this embodiment, the step 212 is disposed on the partitioning rib 211, so that the food supporting plate 23 can be quickly and accurately positioned on the step 212, thereby improving the assembling efficiency of the food supporting plate 23. As an example, the step 212 may be located on a circumference having a diameter identical to that of the food supporting plate 23, but not limited thereto.

With continued reference to fig. 4, in order to further improve the directionality of the flow of the hot wind, the food supporting plate 23 includes a supporting bottom plate 231 and a surrounding plate 232, the supporting bottom plate 231 is supported on the supporting surface, an outer peripheral edge of the supporting bottom plate 231 is disposed at the step 212, the surrounding plate 232 extends upward from the outer peripheral edge of the supporting bottom plate 231, and the surrounding plate 232 is disposed at a distance from the side wall of the inner pot body 21.

In this embodiment, the food supporting plate 23 is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape, for example, but not limited to, a cylindrical shape, wherein the supporting bottom plate 231 is located at a bottom position of the cylindrical shape for supporting the food material, and the enclosing plate 232 is located at a cylindrical wall position for limiting an outer boundary of the food material placing position, so as to prevent the food material from entering the hot air channel to affect the flow of the hot air. In addition, the enclosing plate 232 is arranged at a distance from the side wall 214 of the inner pot body 21, so that a hot air channel is formed between the enclosing plate 232 and the side wall 214 of the inner pot body 21 for guiding hot air.

In this embodiment, the connection point of the supporting bottom plate 231 and the enclosing plate 232 may be disposed at the step 212, but is not limited thereto.

In order to further improve the uniformity of the distribution of the hot air in the inner pot assembly, the hot air channel formed between the enclosing plate 232 and the side wall 214 of the inner pot body 21 is consistent along the circumferential dimension of the inner pot body 21, i.e. the food supporting plate 23 is coaxially arranged with the inner pot body 21, but not limited thereto.

In order to further improve the uniformity of the hot air area in the inner pot assembly, the partition ribs 211 are arranged at equal angular intervals along the circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, and the radial inner ends of the plurality of partition ribs 211 are arranged at intervals, but not limited thereto. As an example, the number of the partition ribs 211 is 3 in the present embodiment, but not limited thereto.

Referring to fig. 8, a groove 215 is concavely provided on the bottom surface of the bottom wall 213 of the inner pot body 21 toward the inner cavity of the inner pot body 21, and the groove 215 and the partition rib 211 are disposed opposite to each other in the axial direction of the inner pot body 21. By way of example, the partition rib 211 is formed by the bottom wall 213 of the inner pot body 21 being pressed and deformed to bulge in the inner cavity, and accordingly, the groove 215 is formed on the lower side of the bottom wall 213 of the inner pot body 21, but not limited thereto.

In order to further improve the fluidity of the hot air to improve the energy utilization rate of the hot air, the supporting base plate 231 is provided with a plurality of ventilation holes 2311 in the present embodiment, so that the hot air can pass through the supporting base plate 231 and enter the space above the supporting base plate 231 from the space below the supporting base plate 231. As an example, the vent hole 2311 is a kidney-shaped hole, and a long axis of the vent hole 2311 extends in a circumferential direction of the inner pot body 21, but not limited thereto.

In order to further improve the fluidity of the hot wind, the ratio of the sum of the areas of the plurality of ventilation holes 2311 to the area of the support base 231 is not less than 0.9 to secure the ventilation amount of the hot wind.

This is disclosed through setting up subregion muscle 211 in the below of food backup pad 23, separates into a plurality of regions with the inside cavity of interior pot body 21, and hot-blast formation heated air circulation in every region to improve hot-blast velocity of flow and heat utilization rate, improved the homogeneity of being heated of the culinary art edible material in the air fryer, just also improved the culinary art taste of edible material.

Through setting up subregion muscle 211 on interior pot body 21, simplified the structure of interior pot subassembly, reduced the manufacturing cost of interior pot subassembly.

The food supporting plate 23 comprises a supporting bottom plate 231 and a surrounding plate 232, and the surrounding plate 232 and the partition ribs 211 are matched to partition the inner cavity of the inner pot body 21, so that the heating uniformity of the cooking food in the air fryer is improved, and the cooking taste of the food is also improved.

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, merely for convenience in describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed in a particular orientation, and be operated, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present 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) provided with an inner cavity, wherein a plurality of partition ribs (211) are arranged on the bottom wall (213) of the inner pot body (21) in an upward protruding mode, and the partition ribs (211) extend along the radial direction of the inner pot body (21);

and the food supporting plate (23) is arranged in the inner cavity and supported on the partition ribs (211).

2. The inner pan assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the partitioning rib (211) comprises a supporting surface and a step (212), the supporting surface is disposed at a top end of the partitioning rib (211), the step (212) is disposed at a radially outer end of the partitioning rib (211) and extends upward from the supporting surface, the food supporting plate (23) is supported on the supporting surface, and a bottom end outer circumference of the food supporting plate (23) is disposed at the step (212).

3. The inner pot assembly according to claim 2, wherein the food supporting plate (23) comprises a supporting bottom plate (231) and a surrounding plate (232), the supporting bottom plate (231) is supported on the supporting surface, an outer circumference of the supporting bottom plate (231) is provided at the step (212), the surrounding plate (232) extends upward from the outer circumference of the supporting bottom plate (231), and the surrounding plate (232) is provided spaced apart from the side wall (214) of the inner pot body (21).

4. Inner pot assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the food supporting plate (23) is arranged coaxially with the inner pot body (21).

5. The inner pot assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a plurality of the partitioning ribs (211) are equiangularly spaced along a circumference of the inner pot body (21), and radially inner ends of the plurality of partitioning ribs (211) are spaced.

6. The inner pot assembly according to claim 5 wherein the number of partitioning ribs (211) is 3.

7. Inner pot assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the bottom surface of the bottom wall (213) of the inner pot body (21) is recessed towards the inner cavity of the inner pot body (21) with a groove (215), which groove (215) is arranged opposite the partitioning rib (211) in the axial direction of the inner pot body (21).

8. Inner pot assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that the support floor (231) is provided with a plurality of ventilation holes (2311), the ventilation holes (2311) being waist-shaped holes, and the major axis of the ventilation holes (2311) extending in the circumferential direction of the inner pot body (21).

9. The inner pot assembly according to claim 8, characterized in that the ratio of the sum of the areas of the plurality of ventilation holes (2311) to the area of the support bottom plate (231) is not less than 0.9.

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).