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US 10,945,550 B2Granted
Cooling multi-cooker
AssigneeThe Steelstone Group LLC
InventorBinyumen Itzkowitz
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Abstract
A cooker including: an inner pot; a cooling system coupled to the inner pot for cooling the inner pot; a heating system coupled to the inner pot for heating the pot; and a processor configured to control the cooling system and the heating system according to a programmed sequence.
Claims20
A cooker comprising:
- an inner pot including an outer side wall, the outer side wall of the inner pot extending upward;
- a cooling system coupled to the inner pot for cooling the inner pot;
- a heating system coupled to the inner pot for heating the inner pot;
- a processor configured to control the cooling system and the heating system according to a programmed sequence, and
- an outer pot,
- wherein the inner pot nests within the outer pot, and the outer pot includes an inner side wall,
- wherein the cooling system includes a first heatsink that is in contact with the inner pot, and the heating system is separated from the first heatsink of the cooling system,
- wherein the first heatsink of the cooling system extends inward from the inner side wall of the outer pot to directly support the outer side wall of the inner pot, such that the inner pot is spaced apart from the inner side wall of the outer pot.
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A method for heating food comprising:
- locating food in a first pot;
- extracting heat from the first pot during a first time period by way of a cooling system;
- applying heat to the first pot during a second time period by way of a heating system;
- wherein the cooling system includes a first heatsink, the first heatsink is in contact with the first pot in the extracting heat during the first time period,
- in the applying of the second heat, the heating system is separated from the first heatsink of the cooling system, and
- wherein the first heatsink of the cooling system extends inward from an inner side wall of a second pot to directly support an outer side wall of the first pot, such that the first pot is spaced apart from the second pot, each of the outer side wall of the first pot and the inner side wall of the second pot extending upward.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.