Automatic stir-fryer

• US 9,775,466 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jianhao Zhang
• Original Assignee: Jianhao Zhang
• Inventors: Zhang, Jianhao
• Primary Examiner(s): ALEXANDER, REGINALD
• Application Number:
  US14/373,148
• Publication Number:
  US 20150122133A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,066 Days
• Field of Search: 99348, 99423, 99424, 99427
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/165 Stirring devices operatively connected to cooking vessels when being removably inserted inside mixing, whipping, or beating devices A47J43/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 36/34 Supports for cooking-vessels
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/10 Frying pans, e.g. frying pans with integrated lids or basting devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/1242 heated with burners

Abstract

Disclosed is an automatic stir-fryer comprising: a machine stand (1); a base (2) pivotably provided on the machine stand (1); a rotary shaft (211) providing rotary power and connected to a stir-frying rotary tank (22) containing foodstuffs; a stove unit (3) disposed on the base (2) and situated right below the stir-frying rotary tank (22); a tilting unit (4) pivotably disposed on the base (2); a receiving tank (5) provided in the machine stand (1) for receiving the cooked foodstuffs; a cleaning unit (6) assembled on the machine stand (1) and corresponding to the stir-frying rotary tank (22) after tilting by the tilting unit (4) for water cleaning the stir-frying rotary tank (22); a control unit (8) vertically disposed on the machine stand (1) and provided with an control panel (81) for controlling the operating time of the automatic stir-fryer and the temperature of the stove unit (3).

Claims

1. An automatic stir-fryer, comprising:

a machine stand;

a base pivotably disposed on the machine stand, wherein a dynamic power source having a rotary shaft is disposed on the base and the rotary shaft is connected with a stir-frying rotary tank containing foodstuffs;

a stove unit disposed on the base and situated under the stir-frying rotary tank;

a tilting unit disposed on the base for driving and pivoting the base to turn over and to return back to an original position;

a receiving tank disposed on the machine stand for receiving the foodstuffs dumped out from the stir-frying rotary tank, wherein the receiving tanks is capable of being drew out from and pushed back into the machine stand;

a cleaning unit disposed on the machine stand and situated in correspondence to the stir-frying rotary tank after being turned over for cleaning the stir-frying rotary tank; and

a drying unit disposed on the machine stand and comprising a funnel-shape tank; and

a control unit disposed on the machine stand and having a control panel for controlling an action period and a temperature for the automatic stir-fryer.

2. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control unit further comprises a temperature transceiver for detecting a heating temperature for the stir-frying rotary tank.

3. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tilting unit further comprises an actuator disposed at one of the two later sides of the machine stand, which actuator has a driving rod with a power output end, which power output end is pivotably connected with the base, so as to drive the base to turn over or to return back to the original position.

4. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 3, wherein the actuator is selected from one of a hydraulic cylinder and a screw linear actuator.

5. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cleaning unit further comprises a water hose and an air hose for cleaning the stir-frying rotary tank.

6. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cleaning unit further comprises a water hose and an air hose for cleaning the stir-frying rotary tank.

7. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stove unit further comprises a thermal power adjusting unit and the thermal power adjusting unit comprises a main rack, which main rack is connected with a thermal power source providing a thermal power for the stove unit, and comprises multiple electromagnetic valves, each of which electromagnetic valves have a tuning knob for controlling a supplying discharge for the thermal power inputted by the thermal power source.

8. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 5, wherein the stove unit further comprises a thermal power adjusting unit and the thermal power adjusting unit comprises a main rack, which main rack is connected with a thermal power source providing a thermal power for the stove unit, and comprises multiple electromagnetic valves, each of which electromagnetic valves have a tuning knob for controlling a supplying discharge for the thermal power inputted by the thermal power source.

9. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drying unit further comprises a set of slide tracks disposed in the machine stand and situated under the receiving tank, a drawer recycling tank sliding on the set of slide tracks, which drawer recycling tank has a bottom opened with multiple apertures, and the funnel-shape tank disposed under the drawer recycling tank, for draining out the wasted water.

10. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 2, wherein the drying unit further comprises a set of slide tracks disposed in the machine stand and situated under the receiving tank, a drawer recycling tank sliding on the set of slide tracks, which drawer recycling tank has a bottom opened with multiple apertures, and the funnel-shape tank disposed under the drawer recycling tank, for draining out the wasted water.

11. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 3, wherein the drying unit further comprises a set of slide tracks disposed in the machine stand and situated under the receiving tank, a drawer recycling tank sliding on the set of slide tracks, which drawer recycling tank has a bottom opened with multiple apertures, and the funnel-shape tank disposed under the drawer recycling tank, for draining out the wasted water.

12. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 7, wherein the drying unit further comprises a set of slide tracks disposed in the machine stand and situated under the receiving tank, a drawer recycling tank sliding on the set of slide tracks, which drawer recycling tank has a bottom opened with multiple apertures, and the funnel-shape tank disposed under the drawer recycling tank, for draining out the wasted water.

13. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a looped guiding plate disposed under the receiving tank.

14. The automatic stir-fryer as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sensor disposed in correspondence to the receiving tank, wherein the sensor is electrically connected with the control unit for detecting whether a drew-out state or a stored-in state the receiving tank is currently to be placed in.