US 12,220,082 B2
Advanced air fryer
Jan Vaupot, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 18/268,123
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 14, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/085771
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/129100, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20215257 (EP), filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0049909 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0641 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air-based fryer, comprising:
a housing to define a cooking chamber;
a basket to support food items to be cooked, the basket is configured to be mounted in the cooking chamber during a cooking operation;
an air guiding element located above the basket;
a fan to circulate air within the cooking chamber; and
a heater to heat the air circulated by the fan,
wherein the heated air flows upwards towards the air guiding element through a channel formed between the heater and the housing,
wherein the air guiding element is configured to deflect the heated air vertically downwards into the basket,
wherein the fan comprises:
a base plate;
a circumferential side wall extending axially from an upper surface of the base plate; and
a plurality of fan blades, and
wherein the basket is further configured to be at least partially mounted within a volume formed by the base plate and the side wall of the fan.