Cooking appliance and pivotal device for raising and lowering a basket for draining cooked food

A cooking appliance comprising:

• a housing having an upper edge;
• and a device for raising and lowering a basket out of and into a tank of the cooking appliance, said device comprising a support adapted to rest on said upper edge of said housing, the basket being mounted to be moveable with respect to the support between a raised position and a lowered position, said device further comprising a handle having a longitudinal axis extending between the basket and the handle and mounted for movement about a pivot axis transverse to the longitudinal axis between a first position to place the basket in the raised position, and a second position to place the basket in the lowered position;
• and a lever mechanism connected between said handle and the basket to perform a pivotal movement that moves the basket between the raised position and the lowered position in response to movement of said handle between the first and second positions, wherein said appliance further comprises a moveable reception element arranged on said upper edge of said housing, provided to carry said support, and wherein said moveable reception element is coupled to said support, to the basket and to the handle in order to rotate said moveable reception element, said support and the basket in unison with rotation of the handle with respect to said housing about the longitudinal axis.