US 12,465,172 B2
Air cooking device
Hongyuan Wang, Hangzhou (CN); Yude Han, Zhejiang (CN); and Jiwei Wang, Ottawa (CA)
Assigned to IB APPLIANCES US HOLDINGS, LLC, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by IB APPLIANCES US HOLDINGS LLC, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Filed on Feb. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/438,769.
Application 18/438,769 is a continuation of application No. 17/390,488, filed on Jul. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,930,959.
Claims priority of application No. 202010905476.5 (CN), filed on Sep. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0180364 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01); A47J 36/38 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0641 (2013.01) [A47J 36/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cooking device comprising:
a main unit provided with an internal cavity defined by a top wall above the internal cavity and a bottom wall below the internal cavity;
a drawer comprising a cooking bucket, the drawer being removably insertable into the internal cavity to perform cooking, the cooking bucket comprising an upward facing mouth portion;
a sealing element positioned between the top wall of the internal cavity and the mouth portion of the cooking bucket surrounding the mouth portion, the sealing element configured to prevent fumes generated during cooking from entering the internal cavity; and,
an upward projecting ramp positioned on the bottom wall of the internal cavity, the upward projecting ramp configured to lift the cooking bucket upward upon insertion into the internal cavity into sealing engagement between the mouth portion of the cooking bucket and the top wall of the internal cavity; and,
wherein the upward projecting ramp is positioned in a rear portion of the internal cavity.