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US 2022/0142403 A1Published application
Air fryer cooking appliance
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorPaul R. Staun
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for an air fryer cooking appliance. The air fryer cooking appliance may include an upper body and a lower body configurable between at least one stowed position and at least one deployed position. The upper body may include a heating device and an air circulating device. The lower body may include a food container. The food container may receive the upper body in the stowed position
Claims21
An air fryer cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing having an upper body and a lower body;
- wherein the lower body includes a food container having a volume therein, and wherein the food container is movable between a closed position and an open position different from the closed position relative to a remaining portion of the lower body;
- wherein the upper body includes a heating device and an air circulating device;
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- wherein the upper body is configurable between a stowed position and a deployed position relative to the lower body, when in the deployed position the heating device and the air circulating device is in communication with the food container to circulate heated air within the food container of the lower body, and when in the stowed position the upper body is positioned in a portion of the volume of the food container.
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An air fryer cooking appliance comprising:
- a housing having an upper body and a lower body;
- wherein the lower body includes a food drawer with a basket therein, wherein the lower body includes a volume therein, and wherein the food drawer is movable between a closed position and an open position different from the closed position relative to a remaining portion of the lower body;
- wherein the upper body includes a heating device and an air circulating device;
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- wherein the upper body is configurable between a stowed position and a deployed position relative to the lower body, when in the deployed position the heating device and the air circulating device is in communication with the food drawer to circulate heated air within the food drawer of the lower body, and when in the stowed position the upper body is positioned in a portion of the volume of the food drawer.
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A method of operating an air fryer cooking appliance comprising the steps of:
- providing a housing having an upper body and a lower body, wherein the lower body includes a food container having a volume therein, and wherein the food container is movable between a closed position and an open position different from the closed position relative to a remaining portion of the lower body, wherein the upper body includes a heating device and an air circulating device;
- removing the upper body from a stowed position within a portion of the volume of the food container;
- coupling the upper body to the lower body in a deployed position different from the stowed position;
- circulating air and heat to the food container after coupling the upper body to the lower body in the deployed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.