US 12,329,314 B2
Air-frying cooker
Hannes Uwe Floessholzer, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 16/307,257
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Jun. 7, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/063761
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 5, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/215988, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 201610424252.6 (CN), filed on Jun. 15, 2016; application No. 201620583147.2 (CN), filed on Jun. 15, 2016; application No. 16174515 (EP), filed on Jun. 15, 2016; and application No. 17168212 (EP), filed on Apr. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0298105 A1, Oct. 3, 2019
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01)
CPC A47J 37/0641 (2013.01) [A23L 5/17 (2016.08); A47J 37/0664 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air-frying cooker, comprising:
a vessel;
a food support located in the vessel and having an air-permeable bottom;
a guide member located on a bottom wall of the vessel; and
a partition located in the vessel and located below the food support,
wherein the partition includes a supporting structure that extends from a periphery of a lower portion of the partition onto the bottom wall of the vessel,
wherein the partition divides a space in the vessel into a first chamber accommodating the food support and a second chamber located below the first chamber,
wherein the partition at least partially blocks heat transfer from the first chamber to the second chamber, and guides materials falling from the air-permeable bottom of the food support into the first chamber to the second chamber,
wherein the partition comprises a guide surface having an opening at or near a center,
wherein the shape of the opening matches the cross-sectional shape of the guide member so
that the opening is fit around the guide member,
wherein the guide surface, from an edge of the guide surface to the opening, gradually inclines towards a bottom of the vessel to guide the materials falling into the first chamber to move along the guide surface and enter the second chamber through the opening,
wherein the guide member guides the materials, falling from the air-permeable bottom of the food support into the first chamber to the second chamber, to a location underneath the partition, out of a flow path of airflow generated in the first chamber, and
wherein the guide member further guides the materials entering the second chamber from the first chamber towards a direction away from a radial center of the vessel.