Machine and method for cooking food
AssigneePastificio Rana S.P.A.
InventorGian Luca Rana
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Abstract
A machine for cooking food has a dispenser configured to be arranged over a container containing food and to close the container and comprising at least one first opening to dispense steam into the container and at least one second opening to dispense hot water into the container; at least one first boiler and one first duct to supply steam to the first opening; and at least one second boiler and one second duct to supply hot water to the second opening and a third duct to supply hot water to the first boiler from the second boiler.
Claims10
A machine for cooking food, the machine comprising:
- a dispenser configured to be arranged over a container containing food and to close the container and comprising at least one first opening to dispense steam into the container and at least one second opening to dispense hot water into the container;
- at least one first boiler and one first duct to supply steam to the first opening;
- at least one second boiler and one second duct to supply hot water to the second opening and one third duct to supply hot water to the first boiler from the second boiler;
- a first solenoid valve to control the supply of steam along the first duct;
- a second solenoid valve to control the supply of hot water along the second duct, and a third solenoid valve to control the supply of hot water along the third duct;
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- a control unit configured to control the first, the second and the third solenoid valves;
- wherein the control unit is configured to control the third solenoid valve depending on the state of the first solenoid valve.
A method for cooking food, the method comprising:
- dispensing steam into a container containing food through at least one first opening of a dispenser arranged over the container;
- dispensing hot water into the container containing food through at least one second opening of the dispenser;
- supplying steam to the first opening from at least one first boiler and through a first duct;
- supplying hot water to the second opening from at least one second boiler and through a second duct;
- supplying hot water to the first boiler from the second boiler through a third duct;
- controlling the supply of steam along the first duct by means of a first solenoid valve;
- controlling the supply of hot water along the second duct by means of a second solenoid valve;
- and controlling the supply of hot water along the third duct by means of a third solenoid valve;
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- controlling the third solenoid valve depending on the state of the first solenoid valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.