Patent Application
20250176761
This application claims the priority benefit of Chinese patent application No. 202323277771.9 filed to the China Patent Office on Dec. 1, 2023 and entitled “FRYING PAN, FRYING BASKET ASSEMBLY AND AIR FRYER”, and the Chinese patent application No. 202323285886.2 filed to the China Patent Office on Dec. 1, 2023 and entitled “FOOD BASKET ASSEMBLY AND AIR FRYER”. The entirety of each of the above-mentioned patent applications is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of kitchen household appliances and cooking appliances, in particular to a frying pan, a frying basket assembly and an air fryer.
Air fryers are favored by consumers for frying and baking food. Existing air fryers generally include a main body with a cooking chamber and a food basket detachably arranged in the cooking chamber. The food basket is internally provided with a frying pan with air vents, and the frying pan is suitable for the placement of food to be cooked. A frying pan of a traditional air fryer is generally of a flat plate structure, and after food is placed on the frying pan, hot air cannot reach the bottom of the food due to the obstruction of the food, so that users need to carry out a flipping operation when performing air frying cooking. In addition, a traditional frying basket assembly is usually of an undetachable structure, during use by users, it is inconvenient to clean, relatively singular in function and poor in adaptability, moreover, most frying basket assemblies have bottoms of a closed structure, and when food is fried and baked, grease is prone to accumulating at the bottoms of the food basket assemblies, affecting the taste of food and bringing poor user experience.
In a first aspect, a frying pan applied to an air fryer is provided. The frying pan is provided with a plurality of arched protrusions at intervals in a transverse extending direction, the arched protrusions are suitable for being formed by upwards recessing of the frying pan, and the arched protrusions are provided with a plurality of air vents for hot air to pass. In the present application, the plurality of arched protrusions protruding upwards are arranged on the frying pan at intervals, and the air vents are formed in the arched protrusions, such that food can be supported to enable a hot stream to heat the bottom of the food through the air vents, thereby avoiding a flipping operation during cooking, and the cooking effect on the food can further be improved effectively; and at the same time, the food is supported by the arched protrusions, which can further increase a thermal contact area of the food effectively, thereby improving heating efficiency.
In a second aspect, a frying basket assembly is provided. The frying basket assembly includes a frying basket body and an accommodating chamber with a top opening arranged inside the frying basket body, and the frying pan as described above is detachably arranged in the accommodating chamber. The frying basket assembly further includes an oil receiving tray or a steamer rack arranged under the frying basket body and matching with the frying basket body, hot air holes are formed in the bottom of the frying basket body, the oil receiving tray or the steamer rack is suitable for completely covering the hot air holes, and a gap is provided between the bottom of the frying basket body and the bottom of the oil receiving tray or the steamer rack; and the frying basket body and the oil receiving tray or the steamer rack are provided with corresponding latch assemblies, and the oil receiving tray or the steamer rack is suitable for being detachably fixed at the bottom of a frying basket through the latch assemblies.
In a third aspect, an air fryer is provided. The air fryer includes a fryer body, a cooking chamber with a top or lateral opening arranged inside the fryer body and an air frying system communicating with the cooking chamber and configured to produce a circulating hot stream, wherein the frying basket assembly as described above is detachably arranged in the cooking chamber through the top or lateral opening. The frying basket assembly is arranged inside the cooking chamber, so that the air fryer can cook food better, which effectively improves cooking efficiency and cooking effects of the air fryer.
In order to describe technical solutions in specific implementations of the present disclosure or in the prior art more clearly, the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the specific implementations or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are some implementations of the present disclosure, and for those of ordinary skill in the art, on the premise of no creative labor, other accompanying drawings may also be obtained from these accompanying drawings.
The present application provides a frying pan, a frying basket assembly and an air fryer, to solve the technical problems of poor steaming effect and poor user experience of existing electric steamers.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a frying pan 30, applied to an air fryer, wherein the frying pan 30 is provided with a plurality of arched protrusions 31 at intervals in a transverse extending direction, the arched protrusions 31 are suitable for being formed by upwards recessing of the frying pan 30, and the arched protrusions are provided with a plurality of air vents 32 for hot air to pass.
In an optional embodiment, opposite handle holes 33 are arranged on two sides of the arched protrusion 31 in the middle of the frying pan 30.
The present disclosure further provides a frying basket assembly 20, including a frying basket body 21 and an accommodating chamber 211 with a top opening arranged inside the frying basket body 21, and the frying pan 30 according to claim 1 is detachably arranged in the accommodating chamber 211.
In an optional embodiment, supporting structures 212 matching with the frying pan 30 are arranged on side walls of the accommodating chamber 211, and the frying pan 30 is suitable for being hung in the accommodating chamber 211 through the supporting structures 212.
In an optional embodiment, a plurality of protecting members 22 are arranged at intervals on a periphery of the frying pan 30, and the frying pan 30 is suitable for abutting against an inner wall of the accommodating chamber 211 and the supporting structures 212 respectively through the protecting members 22.
In an optional embodiment, a plurality of hot air holes 213, 3211 for hot air to pass are formed in an inner wall of the frying basket body 21; and an oil receiving tray 23, 322 is arranged under the frying basket body 21, the oil receiving tray 23, 322 is suitable for completely covering the hot air holes 213, 3211, a gap exists between the bottom of the frying basket body 21 and the bottom of the oil receiving tray 23, 322, the oil receiving tray 23, 322 and the frying basket body 21 are provided with corresponding latch assemblies 24, 330, and the oil receiving tray 23, 322 is suitable for being detachably fixed at the bottom of the frying basket body 21 through the latch assemblies 24, 330.
In an optional embodiment, the latch assemblies 24, 330 include a plurality of fixing members 331 and locking members 332, the fixing members 331 and the locking members 332 are suitable for being arranged on the oil receiving tray 23, 322 and the frying basket body 21 correspondingly, the locking members 332 are provided with locking grooves 3321 matching with the fixing members 331, when the fixing members 331 and the locking grooves 3321 are engaged, the oil receiving tray 23, 322 is suitable for being fixedly connected to the bottom of the frying basket body 21, and when the fixing members 331 and the locking grooves 3321 are disengaged, the oil receiving tray 23, 322 is suitable for being disengaged from the frying basket body 21.
In an optional embodiment, the frying basket assembly 20 further includes a steamer rack 323 matching with the frying basket body 21, the steamer rack 323 and the frying basket body 21 are provided with corresponding latch assemblies 24, 330, and the steamer rack 323 is suitable for being detachably and fixedly connected to the bottom of the frying basket body 21 through the latch assemblies 24, 330.
In an optional embodiment, the latch assemblies 24, 330 include a plurality of rotatable fixing members 331 and locking members 332, the locking members 332 are provided with locking grooves 3321 matching with the fixing members 331, the fixing members 331 are provided with holding parts 3311 for holding, and by rotating the fixing members 331 through the holding parts 3311, the fixing members 331 and the locking grooves 3321 may be engaged and disengaged.
In an optional embodiment, the locking members 332 are suitable for being fixed on a frying basket; and the steamer rack 323 and/or the oil receiving tray 23, 322 are/is provided with shaft holes corresponding to the fixing members 331, and the fixing members 331 are suitable for being detachably arranged on the steamer rack 323 and/or the oil receiving tray 23, 322 through the shaft holes.
In an optional embodiment, a surrounding edge 340 which is turned outwards and matches with the bottom of the frying basket body 21 is arranged at the top of each of the steamer rack 323 and the oil receiving tray 23, 322, and when the oil receiving tray 23, 322 or the steamer rack 323 is mounted and fixed to the bottom of the frying basket body 21, the surrounding edge 340 is suitable for abutting against the bottom of the frying basket body 21.
In an optional embodiment, the frying basket body 21 includes an annular side wall 3212 and a bottom wall 3213, the annular side wall 3212 is suitable for surrounding the bottom wall 3213 and defines a food storing chamber with the top open together with the bottom wall 3213, and the annular side wall 3212 is suitable for being formed by bending and splicing of meshed plates with meshes.
In an optional embodiment, the frying basket body 21 includes an annular side wall 3212 and a bottom wall 3213, the annular side wall 3212 is suitable for surrounding the bottom wall 3213 and defines a food storing chamber with the top open together with the bottom wall 3213, and the annular side wall 3212 is suitable for being formed by bending and splicing of meshed plates with meshes.
In an optional embodiment, a first wrapping edge 3214 for edge sealing is arranged at the top of the annular side wall 3212, a second wrapping edge 3215 is arranged at a connection of the annular side wall 3212 and the bottom wall 3213, and the second wrapping edge 3215 is suitable for connecting the annular side wall 3212 with the bottom wall 3213.
In an optional embodiment, the frying basket body 21 is provided with handles 25, 324.
In an optional embodiment, the handles 25, 324 are wrapped with handle sleeves 325, and the handle sleeves 325 are made of a heat-insulation high-temperature-resistant material.
The present disclosure further provides an air fryer, including a fryer body 10, a cooking chamber 11 with a top or lateral opening arranged inside the fryer body 10 and an air frying system 12 communicating with the cooking chamber 11 and configured to produce a circulating hot stream, and the frying basket assembly 20 according to claim 3 is detachably arranged in the cooking chamber 11 through the top or lateral opening.
In an optional embodiment, a top cover 313 capable of being turned to close and open the top opening is arranged at the top opening 312, and the top cover 313 is provided with a window assembly 314 corresponding to the frying basket assembly 20.
In an optional embodiment, the air frying system 12 is arranged on an outer side of a rear portion of the cooking chamber 11, a vent hole 111 corresponding to the air frying system 12 is formed in a side wall of a side of the cooking chamber 11 adjacent to the air frying system 12, and a circulating hot stream produced by the air frying system 12 is suitable for entering and exiting from the cooking chamber 11 through the vent hole 111; and a projection of a frying pan 30 on the side wall of the cooking chamber 11 is at least partially located in the middle of the vent hole 111.
In an optional embodiment, a flow guiding groove 34 with front and rear openings is formed between every two adjacent arched protrusions 31, and the rear openings of at least a portion of the flow guiding grooves 34 are suitable for directly facing the vent hole 111.
Compared with the prior art, the present application has the beneficial effects:
In the present application, the oil receiving tray is arranged at the bottom of the frying basket and detachably connected with the frying basket, such that disassembly of the oil receiving tray and the frying basket for cleaning and replacing is facilitated, and thus the adaptability of the frying basket assembly is improved; and meanwhile, the oil receiving tray is arranged at the bottom of the frying basket, such that, during food frying and baking in the frying basket assembly, redundant grease inside the frying basket can flow into the oil receiving tray, avoiding the impact on the taste of food due to accumulation of the grease, and thus the user experience is improved.
For the objects, technical solutions and advantages of embodiments of the present disclosure to be clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure rather than all the embodiments. Assemblies in the embodiments of the present disclosure described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings here can be usually arranged and designed in various different configurations.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present disclosure provided in the accompanying drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the present disclosure. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
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It should be noted that the terms used here are only intended to describe specific implementations and are not intended to limit exemplary implementations according to the present disclosure. As used herein, unless otherwise explicitly stated in the context, the singular form is also intended to include the plural form. Additionally, it should further be understood that, when the terms “comprising” and/or “including” are used in this specification, they indicate the presence of features, steps, operations, devices, assemblies and/or combinations thereof.
Unless otherwise specified specifically, the relative arrangement, numerical expressions and values of components and steps described in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present disclosure. At the same time, it should be understood that for ease of description, the dimensions of the various parts shown in the accompanying drawings are not drawn according to an actual proportional relation. For technologies, methods, and equipment known to those of ordinary skill in the related art, detailed discussions may not be made, but in appropriate circumstances, such technologies, methods, and equipment should be considered as part of the granted specification. In all the examples shown and discussed here, any specific value should be interpreted as merely illustrative and not restrictive. Therefore, other examples of exemplary embodiments may have different values. It should be noted that: similar numerals and letters represent similar items in the following accompanying drawings. Therefore, once an item is defined in one accompanying drawing, it does not need to be further discussed in subsequent accompanying drawings.
In the description of the present disclosure, it should be understood that, directional or positional relationships indicated by directional words such as “front, rear, upper, lower, left, right”, “transverse, vertical, perpendicular, horizontal”, and “top, bottom” are usually based on directional or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, only for the ease of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description. In the absence of contrary explanation, these directional words do not indicate or imply that devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the scope of protection of the present disclosure; and the directional words “inner, outer” refer to the inside and outside relative to own contours of each component.
For ease of description, spatial relative terms such as “above”, “over”, “on the upper surface of”, “on”, etc. can be used here to describe the spatial positional relationship between a device or feature shown in the drawing and other devices or features. It should be understood that the spatial relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations in use or operation in addition to the orientation of the devices described in the drawings. For example, if the devices in the accompanying drawings are inverted, the device described as “over other devices or structures” or “above other devices or structures” will be then positioned as “below other devices or structures” or “under other devices or structures”. Therefore, the exemplary term “over” may include two orientations: “over” and “below”. The device may also be positioned in other different ways (rotated by 90 degrees or in other orientations), and corresponding explanations should be provided for the spatial relative description used here.
In addition, it should be noted that the use of words such as “first” and “second” to define parts is only for the purpose of distinguishing corresponding parts conveniently. If not otherwise stated, the above words do not have a special meaning and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
The above provides a detailed introduction to the frying pan, the frying basket assembly and the air fryer provided in the present disclosure. Specific examples are applied herein to explain the principles and implementations of the present disclosure. The illustration of the above embodiments is only used to help understanding a method and its core idea of the present disclosure. Meanwhile, for those of ordinary skill in the art, there may be changes in the specific implementations and application scope based on the ideas of the present disclosure. In summary, the content of this specification should not be understood as limiting the present disclosure.
In the present application, the plurality of arched protrusions protruding upwards are arranged on the frying pan at intervals, and the air vents are formed in the arched protrusions, such that food can be supported to enable a hot stream to heat the bottom of the food through the air vents, thereby avoiding a flipping operation during cooking, and the cooking effect on the food can further be improved effectively; and at the same time, the food is supported by the arched protrusions, which can further increase a thermal contact area of the food effectively, thereby improving heating efficiency. Meanwhile, the oil receiving tray is arranged at the bottom of the frying basket and detachably connected with the frying basket, such that disassembly of the oil receiving tray and the frying basket for cleaning and replacing is facilitated, and thus the adaptability of the frying basket assembly is improved; and meanwhile, the oil receiving tray is arranged at the bottom of the frying basket, such that, during food frying and baking in the frying basket assembly, redundant grease inside the frying basket can flow into the oil receiving tray, avoiding the impact on the taste of food due to accumulation of the grease, and thus the user experience is improved.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202323277771.9 | Dec 2023 | CN | national |
| 202323285886.2 | Dec 2023 | CN | national |
