Cooking utensils
OwnerWyndham Hodges, Collin E. Symondsinventors
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Abstract
A saucepan of cast aluminium or moulded ceramics or glass has a trough around its rim to catch liquid boiling over. Small bore ducts lead down within the casting from the base of the trough into the main portion of the pan to return boiled-over liquid. The ducts trap bubbles in the boiling liquid to prevent upward flow. A vented lid may be provided to direct water condensate on its underside to drip into the trough, where it may again vaporize and escape via the vent. A basket can also be fitted within the main portion of the pan.
Claims9
A cooking pan comprising an integrally formed structure having a base and a wall upstanding from the periphery of the base and dividing around the rim to form an overspill trough, there being small bore ducting of a diameter in the range 2-7 mm and 8 to 25 mm in length formed within the thickness of the wall leading down from the base of the trough to open into the interior of the pan, said small bore ducting being entirely surrounded by said wall and tapering, being wider at the lower end than at the upper.
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