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US 2020/0046157 A1Published application
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.
Claims10
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 container through said lid;
- and
- a control unit configured to control operation of said food steamer in response to a user input;
- and
- wherein said control unit is configured to automatically deactivate said boiler when said lid is removed from said cooking container.
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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 container through said lid;
- a control unit configured to control operation of said food steamer in response to a user input;
- and
- a condensing chamber located above said boiler along said steam flow pathway, said condensing chamber having an enlarged flow area as compared to said steam flow pathway;
- wherein said condensing chamber is configured to receive rising steam from said boiler and to facilitate condensing of a portion of said rising steam within said condensing chamber, for direction back to said boiler.
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A food steamer, comprising:
- a base;
- a cooking container receivable by said base for receiving a food item;
- a lid receivable atop said cooking container;
- a boiler housed within the base for heating water to generate steam;
- a steam flow pathway outside of said cooking container, for directing said steam from said boiler into said container through said lid, such that said steam reaches said food item when it descends downwardly from said lid, and only thereafter reaching the top part of said food item.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.