Patent ID: 8783170

Claim:
A device for raising and lowering a basket out of and into a tank of a cooking appliance, said device comprising a support adapted to rest on the cooking appliance, the basket being mounted to be movable with respect to the support between a raised position and a lowered position, said device further comprising: a handle having a longitudinal axis and mounted for pivotal 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 support includes a hub coupled to the handle and to the basket in order to rotate the basket in unison with rotation of the handle, with respect to the appliance, about the longitudinal axis of said handle transverse to said pivot axis, the longitudinal axis extending in the direction from the handle to the basket, and said handle is connected to said lever for movement relative to said hub about the pivot axis between the first position and the second position.