IP Library Granted Patent US 10,448,786
Granted Patent B2
US 10,448,786 · App. 14/912,663 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Apparatus for preparing food having a drawer with a sliding mechanism

Inventors: Johan Michiel Van Der Burg (Eindhoven, NL); Godwin Dirk Zwanenburg (Eindhoven, NL)
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
A47J37/0641A47J37/04A47J37/049
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Patent No.
US 10,448,786
App. No.
14/912,663
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

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.

Claims (13)

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.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 17, 2023
From: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
To: VERSUNI HOLDING B.V.
Reel/Frame 064618/0115 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2016
From: VAN DER BURG, JOHAN MICHIEL; ZWANENBURG, GODWIN DIRK
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 037764/0280 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0374660 · Aug 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160192808A1 · Jul 7, 2016
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