Food cooking utensil with lid-cooling means
First Claim
1. Food cooking utensil comprising:
- a vertically disposed vessel (2) adapted to contain food to be cooked in a liquid;
a lid (31) mounted on said vessel and having a temperature which rises above ambient air temperature during cooking of the food, said lid having spaced apart outer and inner lid walls (32,
33) which form a space between said lid walls;
first inlet opening means (34,
52) in said lid (31) for introducing ambient air into said space between said lid walls;
outlet opening means in the lid for evacuating from the utensil the air introduced into said space; and
cooling means (25) for producing a current of ambient air between said first inlet opening means and said outlet opening means in only a substantially horizontal direction so that said ambient air circulates through said space, absorbs heat from the lid and lowers the temperature of the lid.
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Abstract
The food cooking utensil comprises a vessel (2) which is intended to contain the foods to be cooked in a liquid and is provided with a lid (31), at least one opening (23) for the admission of air into a space, at least one outlet opening (24) for the air introduced into the space, and means (25) for producing a current of air between said inlet opening or openings and said outlet opening or openings.
The utensil according to the invention is characterized in that at least a part of said space (22) is bounded by two walls (32, 33) of the lid (31) which are spaced apart so that the air circulating in said space (22) through the action of said means (25) absorbs heat and lowers the temperature of the lid (31).
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13 Claims
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1. Food cooking utensil comprising:
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a vertically disposed vessel (2) adapted to contain food to be cooked in a liquid; a lid (31) mounted on said vessel and having a temperature which rises above ambient air temperature during cooking of the food, said lid having spaced apart outer and inner lid walls (32,
33) which form a space between said lid walls;first inlet opening means (34,
52) in said lid (31) for introducing ambient air into said space between said lid walls;outlet opening means in the lid for evacuating from the utensil the air introduced into said space; and cooling means (25) for producing a current of ambient air between said first inlet opening means and said outlet opening means in only a substantially horizontal direction so that said ambient air circulates through said space, absorbs heat from the lid and lowers the temperature of the lid. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. Food cooking utensil comprising:
- a vessel (2) which is adapted to contain food to be cooked in a liquid and which has a lid (31) whose temperature rises above ambient air temperature during cooking of the food;
at least one inlet opening means for the introduction of ambient air into a space;
at least one outlet opening means for evacuation of the ambient air introduced into the space; and
cooling means (25) for producing a current of ambient air between said inlet opening means and said outlet opening means, wherein at least a part of the space is bounded by two walls of the lid which are spaced apart so that the air circulating in the space between said two walls through the action of said cooling means is heated by the lid and lowers the temperature of the lid (31);
said utensil further comprising a sight window (49) having an upstream edge (50) and a downstream edge (51) lying opposite one another, characterized in that said inlet opening means comprises a first opening (52) for the introduction of air into the vessel (2) and located adjacent to the upstream edge (50) of the sight window (49), and that said outlet means comprises a second opening (53) for the evacuation of this air and located adjacent to the downstream edge (51) of said sight window (49), so that, through the action of the cooling means (25) producing the current of air, a layer of air is displaced over that face (54) of the sight window (49) which is directed towards the vessel (2). - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- a vessel (2) which is adapted to contain food to be cooked in a liquid and which has a lid (31) whose temperature rises above ambient air temperature during cooking of the food;
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