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US 11,759,054 B2Granted
Electric deep cooker
OwnerBrandon Eli Levinventor
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Abstract
An electric deep cooker including a main body and cover adapted to fully enclose food therein that includes a plurality of main electric heating elements connected along the interior surfaces of the main body and cover and are adapted to uniformly heat and cook food through its entire outer surface from the outside in, and further includes an electric interior heating element attached to the cover and adapted to be placed within the food being cooked and thereby heat and cook the food from the inside out while the plurality of main heating elements heat and cook the food from the outside in, to thereby uniformly and properly heat and cook the food, and in a shorter amount of time, than prior art electric deep cookers, and without the need to rotate the food within the main body of the electric deep cooker.
Claims15
A deep cooker comprising:
- a main body including:
- at least one side panel, each including:
- an exterior surface;
- an interior surface;
- a top edge portion;
- and
- a bottom edge portion;
- a bottom panel including:
- an exterior surface;
- an interior surface;
- and
- at least one side edge portion;
- wherein said at least one side edge portion is connected to said bottom edge portion of each of said at least one side panel;
- wherein said at least one side panel and said bottom panel define an interior volume;
- and
- a plurality of primary heating elements;
- wherein said plurality of primary heating elements are connected to said interior surface of said at least one side panel;
- and
- wherein said plurality of primary heating elements are adapted to heat the interior volume of said main body;
- a cover including:
- a top panel including:
- an exterior surface;
- an interior surface;
- at least one side edge portion;
- wherein said top panel is adapted to be securely and releasably connected to said top edge portion of each of said at least one side panel of said main body;
- and
- an elongated interior heating element including:
- an elongated hollow cylindrical tube including:
- a proximal end;
- a distal end;
- an interior surface;
- an exterior surface;
- and
- an external diameter;
- a plurality of secondary heating elements;
- wherein said plurality of secondary heating elements are connected to said elongated hollow cylindrical tube;
- wherein said elongated interior heating element is connected at said proximal end to, and extends perpendicularly from, a center section of said interior surface of said top panel;
- and
- wherein when said top panel is securely and releasably connected to said top edge portion of each of said at least one side panel of said main body, said elongated interior heating element extends into said interior volume of said main body;
- an aperture;
- wherein said aperture extends through said center section of said top panel;
- a handle;
- wherein said handle is adapted to rotate upon said exterior surface of said top panel and above said aperture;
- two elongated rods, each including:
- a proximal end;
- a distal end;
- and
- a length therebetween;
- wherein said two elongated rods are spaced from one another and connected to said handle at their respective proximal ends, and are adapted to extend through said aperture and into said elongated hollow cylindrical tube of said elongated interior heating element;
- wherein said elongated hollow cylindrical tube of said elongated interior heating element is formed comprising:
- two elongated tube sections, each including:
- a linkage attachment;
- wherein said linkage attachment is formed on an interior surface of each elongated tube section;
- wherein each of said two elongated tube sections are formed having a semi-cylindrical cross-section;
- and
- an elongated hinge;
- wherein said elongated hinge is connected between adjacent edges of said two elongated tube sections and is adapted to allow said two elongated tube sections to pivot with respect to one another;
- and
- two linkages, each including:
- a proximal end;
- wherein said proximal end includes an aperture therethrough adapted to receive one of said two elongated rods therethrough;
- and
- a distal end;
- wherein said distal end includes an aperture therethrough adapted to pivotally connect with said linkage attachment of a respective one of said two elongated tube sections;
- wherein when said handle is rotated in a first direction said two linkages push said two elongated tube sections causing them to pivot away from one another thereby increasing said external diameter of the cylindrical tube of said elongated interior heating element;
- and
- wherein when said handle is rotated in a second direction said two linkages pull said two elongated tube sections causing them to pivot toward one another thereby decreasing said external diameter of the cylindrical tube of said elongated interior heating element;
- wherein said external diameter of said elongated interior heating element can be adjusted to fit within different sized interiors of material being cooked within said deep cooker;
- and
- a power source;
- wherein said power source is electrically connected to said plurality of primary heating elements and to said plurality of secondary heating elements and is adapted to provide power to said plurality of primary heating elements and to said plurality of secondary heating elements;
- wherein said plurality of primary heating elements are adapted to heat at least the entire outer layer of material placed within said deep cooker;
- wherein said elongated interior heating element of said cover is adapted to be inserted into an interior portion of said material to be cooked within said deep cooker before said cover is securely and releasably connected to said main body;
- and
- wherein when said cover is securely and releasably connected to said main body, said deep cooker is adapted to cook said material from the inside out and the outside in simultaneously.
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