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US 11,589,700 B2Granted
Food steamer
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorYau Shan Bernadette Leung
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Abstract
A food steamer includes a base, a cooking container receivable by said base, a lid receivable atop said cooking container, a boiler housed within the base, a steam flow pathway extending from said boiler to said lid for directing steam generated by said boiler into said container through said lid, a control unit configured to control operation of said food steamer in response to a user input. The control unit is configured to automatically deactivate the boiler when the lid is removed from the cooking container.
Claims5
A food steamer, comprising:
- a base;
- a cooking container receivable by said base;
- a lid receivable atop said cooking container;
- a boiler housed within the base;
- a steam flow pathway extending from said boiler to said lid for directing steam generated by said boiler into said cooking container through said lid;
- and
- a control unit configured to control operation of said food steamer in response to a user input;
- wherein said lid includes a housing containing a portion of said steam flow pathway;
- and
- wherein said lid includes an outlet adjacent to a peripheral edge of said lid and in communication with said steam flow pathway for directing said steam into said container through said lid, such that said steam exits said lid thru said outlet and adjacent to an upper portion of a sidewall of said container.
7 more elements
A food steamer, comprising:
- a base;
- a cooking container receivable by said base;
- a lid receivable atop said cooking container;
- a boiler housed within the base;
- a water reservoir receivable by said base, said water reservoir being in fluid communication with said boiler;
- a steam flow pathway extending from said boiler to said lid for directing steam generated by said boiler into said container through said lid;
- and
- a buffer box intermediate said boiler and said lid along said steam flow pathway, said buffer box being configured as a condensing chamber;
- wherein said lid includes an outlet thru said outlet and adjacent to a peripheral edge of said lid and in communication with said steam flow pathway, such that said steam exits said lid adjacent to an upper end of a sidewall of said cooking container.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.