US 12,232,655 B2
Handle mounting structure for air fryer and an air fryer
Yichi Zhang, Zhejiang (CN)
Assigned to NINGBO CARELINE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD., Ningbo (CN)
Filed by NINGBO CARELINE ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD., Zhejiang (CN)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/728,507.
Claims priority of application No. 202121761138.5 (CN), filed on Jul. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032181 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 45/07 (2006.01); A47J 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 45/07 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0641 (2013.01); A47J 37/0664 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle mounting structure for an air fryer, the air fryer comprising a door panel and a handle, wherein the handle is separately mounted on the door panel; and the handle mounting structure comprises:
a mounting groove, arranged on the door panel, wherein a first mounting member is provided on the mounting groove; and
a mounting plate, arranged on the handle, wherein a second mounting member is provided on the mounting plate,
wherein at least one of the first mounting member and the second mounting member is an elastic element; and the first mounting member and the second mounting member abut against each other, to mount the handle onto the door panel;
wherein the first mounting member is a door panel rib, and the second mounting member is a handle retaining rib, wherein the door panel rib abuts against the handle retaining rib to fix the handle onto the door panel;
wherein the door panel rib is provided with a clamping table, and the handle retaining rib is provided with a limit protrusion, wherein the limit protrusion performs position limitation on the clamping table to prevent the mounting plate from moving;
wherein the handle mounting structure further comprises: a limit assembly arranged on the mounting plate and/or the mounting groove, wherein the limit assembly is configured to prevent the mounting plate from moving out from an upper opening of the mounting groove;
wherein the limit assembly comprises:
two strip-shaped grooves, which are respectively arranged on contact surfaces of the mounting plate that are in contact with the mounting groove,
wherein the mounting groove protrudes from the door panel; the two strip-shaped grooves clamp two side walls of the mounting groove, respectively, so as to prevent the mounting plate from moving out from the upper opening of the mounting groove.