Patent ID: 11925292
Assignee: INSTANT BRANDS HOLDINGS INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  F  B | IPC A  B  F

Claim 11:
12. An air fryer comprising:
a base provided with a receiving chamber and a frying barrel disposed in the receiving chamber, the receiving chamber being defined by at least one wall, and the frying barrel being provided with a cooking chamber configured to receive food to be cooked and an opening causing the cooking chamber to open upwards, the base being provided with a heating element and an air supply fan capable of supplying and circulating hot air in the receiving chamber, the air supply fan achieving hot air circulation by means of the opening and the air in the cooking chamber such that food in the receiving chamber is heated and cooked by the hot air;
wherein the base is provided with an air exhaust port formed in the at least one wall and disposed at a bottom of the receiving chamber, distally from the air supply fan to reduce noise and oily fume emissions;
wherein a cooling gap is formed in the receiving chamber between the frying barrel and a wall of the at least one wall, the air exhaust port being in communication with the cooling gap, the cooling gap forming at least a portion of a flow path from the cooking chamber to the air exhaust port such that hot air traversing the flow path is cooled in the cooling gap; and,
wherein during the process of cooking by the hot air cooking appliance, water vapor generated in the receiving chamber is discharged into the atmosphere through the cooling gap and the air exhaust port.