Apparatus for preparing food having a drawer with a sliding mechanism
The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing food, said apparatus comprising: —a shell ( 1 ) having internal walls ( 2 ), —a drawer ( 3 ) placed inside the shell ( 1 ), the drawer comprising a pan ( 4 ) and a food basket ( 5 ), the food basket ( 5 ) being placed inside the pan ( 4 ), —an air heating system ( 6 ) and an air fan ( 7 ) placed inside the shell ( 1 ), —a sliding mechanism ( 8 ) placed between the internal walls ( 2 ) and the drawer ( 3 ). The sliding mechanism allows to correctly position the drawer inside the apparatus, and reduces efforts of use to manipulate the drawer.
1. An apparatus for preparing food, the apparatus comprising:
a shell having internal walls;
a drawer placed inside the shell,
wherein the drawer includes a pan and a food basket that is removably placeable inside the pan, and
wherein the food basket includes a handle detachably attachable to the drawer;
an air heating system and an air fan placed inside the shell; and
at least one slider placed between the internal walls and the drawer,
wherein at least one slider is positioned along a longitudinal symmetry axis of a bottom part of the internal walls.
2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one slider or each of the at least two sliders is placed between the bottom part of the internal walls, and the bottom part of the drawer.
3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one sider includes a first slider and a second slider positioned parallel to each other.
4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first slider and the second slider are ball-bearing sliders.
5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first slider and the second slider are roller-mounted sliders.
6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first slider and the second slider are two-part sliders.