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US 11,589,699 B2Granted
Cookware with metal mesh embedded in the base
AssigneeMeyer Intellectual Properties Limited
InventorsStanley Kin Sui Cheng, Roberto Tarenga
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Abstract
Cookware has both as copper and a stainless steel mesh embedded in the exterior facing surface of the bottom of the base. The embedding process work hardens the bottom of an aluminum cooper vessel. A ferromagnetic stainless steel is embedded into the cooper mesh, forming portion of the exterior bottom surface of the cookware to render the cookware compatible with induction cooking heat sources.
Claims12
An article of cookware, comprising:
- a. a substantially horizontal bottom, having an interior bottom surface and an exterior bottom surface on the side opposing the interior bottom surface,
- b. a substantially upright sidewall extending upward from and encircling said bottom to form a fluid retaining interior region,
- c. a first metal mesh embedded in the exterior bottom surface, wherein the first metal mesh is copper,
- d. a second metal mesh embedded in the exterior bottom and at least portions of the first metal mesh, wherein the second metal mesh is stainless steel,
- e. wherein the exterior bottom surface consists essentially of exposed portions of the first metal mesh and the second metal mesh and the portion of the exterior bottom that extends through spaces within the first metal mesh and the second metal mesh, and the second metal mesh is at least partially embedded in the first metal mesh.
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A process for forming a cookware vessel, the process comprising the steps of:
- a. providing an aluminum disk,
- b. providing a stainless steel mesh and a copper mesh,
- c. deep drawing the aluminum disk to form a vessel capable of retaining a fluid, the vessel having an interior bottom surface and an exterior bottom surface,
- d. embedding the copper mesh in a portion of one of the aluminum disk and the vessel to at least partially extend into the interior bottom surface of the vessel,
- e. embedding the stainless steel mesh into the copper mesh and one of portions of the aluminum disk and the exterior bottom portions of the vessel that are between holes in the copper mesh.
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