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US 10,813,493 B2Granted
Food preparation appliance
AssigneeUnovo, Inc.
InventorEhsan Alipour
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Abstract
An apparatus for heating food includes a base and a lid coupled to one another by a hinged handle. Two fluid-filled thermal fluid vessels with flexible surfaces are installed in the lid and base to form a chamber for holding a food item in a low temperature cooking container f. The thermal fluid vessels may be replaced with high temperature cooking plates to sear or brown the food items. A user of the appliance is protected from exposure to hot thermal fluid retained in the vessels during low temperature cooking.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a thermal fluid vessel, comprising:
- a container heating element;
- a heat transfer plate;
- and
- a flexible panel attached to said heat transfer plate with a fluid chamber formed between said flexible panel and said heat transfer plate;
- a base configured for removable attachment of a first of said thermal fluid vessel;
- a lid movably coupled to said base, said lid configured for removable attachment of a second of said thermal fluid vessel;
- a controller electrically connected to said container heating element in each of said first and second thermal fluid vessels;
- a motor electrically connected to said controller;
- and
- an agitator configured to be rotated by said motor, said agitator rotatably coupled to said heat transfer plate in at least one of said first and second thermal fluid vessels, and said agitator positioned to stir a fluid in said fluid chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.