Patent ID: 7347139

Claim:
A food purifier for sterilizing foods immersed in water, comprising: a supporting base having an outlet; a food container, which is supported on said supporting base, having an air inlet communicating with said outlet of said supporting base, and a receiving cavity adapted for containing said water and foods therein; an ozone generator communicated with said outlet of said supporting base, and arranged to generate a flow of ozone flowing toward said outlet; a releasable valve sealedly mounted at said outlet for selectively allowing fluid flow between said food container and said supporting base, in such a manner that said releasable valve is arranged to allow said gaseous ozone to flow into said receiving cavity through said air inlet for contacting with said food, while blocking said water from flowing into said supporting base; and an air dispenser disposed at a bottom portion of said receiving cavity of said food container for evenly distributing said ozone coming from said air inlet via said releasable valve over an entirety of said receiving cavity, wherein said ozone in said receiving cavity is arranged to substantially kill microorganism disposed on said food so as to optimally prolong a period by which said food can be kept without significant quality deterioration, said air dispenser having a plurality of air diffusing holes evenly provided thereon for generating said flow of said fluid in an optimally bubble form in said water so as to evenly diffuse said ozone within said receiving cavity, said food container comprising an outer bucket defining said air inlet at a bottom surface thereof, and an inner drainer, having a plurality of through draining slots spacedly formed thereon, slidably disposed within a lower portion of said outer bucket in said receiving cavity, wherein said food container is adapted for containing said water and said foods within said receiving cavity, in such a manner that when said inner drainer is slidably lifted up in said outer bucket, said inner drainer is capable of retaining said foods therewithin while said water is drained out of said inner drainer to said outer bucket via said draining slots.