1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a teppanyaki assembly, particularly to one able to decrease a wind resistance and efficiently increase an interception to which oil fumes are subjected.
2. Description of the Related Art
A typical teppanyaki assembly 1 includes a platform 11 having a cooking plane 111 disposed thereon, an air pump 12 having an air channel 121 defined on a side of the cooking plane 111 and a covering 122 disposed on the air channel 121, a filter screen 13 disposed inside the air pump 12, and an electrostatic apparatus 14 disposed in the platform 11. Further, the air pump 12 also has a receiving hole 123 defined on the air channel 121 for taking the filter screen 13 out. When the cooking plane 111 generates oil fumes and smelly air while cooking, the oil fumes pass through the covering 122 and the air channel 121. The oil fumes are thence filtered by the filter screen 13 and removed by the electrostatic apparatus 14. Generally, the filter screen 13 needs to be often cleaned up for keeping the air circulation. Whereas, due to the fact that the filter screen 13 occupies part of the air channel 121, the space of the air channel 121 is relatively reduced while filtering the oil fumes, which however causes a large wind resistance and influences the discharge of the air by a low flow of wind, hence decreasing the efficiency of extracting oil fumes and even incurring the air pollution. The tradition way to solve these problems is to higher the air pressure and the mechanism power, but such a way leads to a consumption of energy and noisiness. Further regard to the problem that the inner wall of the air channel 121 may be covered with grime from the oil while passing the oil fumes therethrough, the solution is to simply take out and rinse the filter screen 13. There may still be a layer of oil grime difficult to remove stunk on the invisible places within the air channel 121 and the receiving hole 123 when in a long term of using, which is probably detrimental to the sanitary problem and becomes an oxidizer of a fire accident.
An object of the present invention is to provide a teppanyaki assembly which decreases a wind resistance and efficiently promotes to filter oil fumes, so as to increase the efficiency of extracting the oil fumes.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a teppanyaki assembly able to increase a cleaning efficiency and a using convenience.
The teppanyaki assembly in accordance with the present invention comprises a platform having a cooking plane disposed thereon, an air pump having an air channel defined on a side of the cooking plane and a covering disposed on the air channel, and an air filter connecting to the air pump. Particularly, the air channel has a housing with an air room communicated with the air channel of the air pump and a filter screen slantwise disposed within the air room. By the housing structure and the disposition of the inclined filter screen, the teppanyaki assembly is able to expand the filtering area thereof and increase the quantity of transient air flow, thereby efficiently decreasing the wind resistance and allowing capturing the oil fumes from the cooking plane for preventing the air pollution. Preferably, an addition of a cleaning door can be attained to allow the filter screen to be promptly taken out for conducing to a washing and a maintaining proceedings, thus increasing the using convenience.
Preferably, a filter device for re-filtering communicates with a wind outlet disposed on the housing.
Preferably, a cleaning channel is disposed by the side of the air channel for fluid to flow therealong and is communicated with a filtered area of the air room, and a water outlet is disposed on the housing for discharging the fluid therefrom.
Preferably, a guiding channel is formed between the air channel and the filter screen and is communicated with the cleaning channel, beneficial of cleaning.
Preferably, a water inlet is formed on the air channel for an entrance of the fluid.
Preferably, a cleaning door is disposed on the housing for easily taking out the filter screen.
Preferably, a drawing opening is disposed on the housing for easily taking out the filter screen.
Preferably, a guiding board is disposed in the air room relative to a wall of the housing to promote the air circulation and keep a preferable extracting effect.
The advantages of the present invention over the known prior arts will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon reading following descriptions in junction with the accompanying drawings.
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Still further, the air filter 33 having a housing 331 connecting to the air channel 321 and provided with an air room 3311 defined therein and a filter screen 332 slantwise disposed within the air room 3311. On the housing 331, a wind outlet 3312 is disposed, and a water outlet 3313 is additionally formed at the bottom of the housing 331. The air room 331 is divided by the filter screen 332 into a collecting area 3311a and a filtered area 3311b, wherein the collecting area 3311a is communicated with the air channel 321, and the filtered area 3311b is communicated with the wind outlet 3312. Furthermore, to promote the air circulation within the housing 331, a guiding board 332 can be preferably disposed in the air room 3311 and arranged relative to a wall of the housing 331. Regarding to the installation of the filter screen 332 as shown in
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To sum up, the present teppanyaki assembly capable of removing the oil grime takes advantage of the air filter comprising the housing and the filter screen in a slantwise disposition, so as to increase the area of the filter screen available of catching the oil fumes and allowing the increased transient air flow to pass therethrough. The oil fumes is efficiently delayed while passing the filter screen, which facilitates to a decreased wind resistance from the filter screen and an increased wind flow for promoting an effect of extracting and intercepting the oil fumes. Further, the present invention can directly flush the air channel and the housing or execute the removal of oil grime from the housing via the cleaning door, thereby benefiting to cleaning and inspecting efficiency and the using convenience.
While we have shown the embodiment for the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
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