Apparatus for the fast cooking of pasta and the like
AssigneeElectronics For Industry, Ltd.
InventorModesto Pratolongo
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Abstract
In a process for the fast cooking of pasta and the like, a metered quantity of food is introduced from the top, into a containing chamber 8 embodied in a broiler 7, in said containing chamber 8 pasta being homogeneously distributed. Subsequently water at high pressure and temperature coming from the boiler is also introduced into the containing chamber. The expansion of water in the containing chamber takes place without forming overheated vapor so that water can homogeneously impregnate and soften pasta within a period shorter than 40 seconds. Pasta is then conveyed into a pause chamber 9 where cooking goes on for a period shorter than 40 seconds. The last cooking operation takes place in the consuming vessel 76 where pasta is finally transferred, while the final consumer is putting dressing thereon.
Claims13
An apparatus for the fast cooking of pasta and the like comprising:
- a containing chamber vertically extending inside a boiler;
- an outflow duct extending from an upper end of the boiler and leading off to a lower part of the containing chamber;
- at least one shutoff valve disposed along the outflow duct;
- a pause chamber closed at the bottom by a movable cover;
- a passage port extending from the lower part of the containing chamber to the pause chamber;
- at least a second shutoff valve designed to selectively close open the passage port;
- at least a delivery pump to deliver water to said boiler;
- a delivery pipe bringing the pump into communication with
- a lower part of the boiler, said pipe having a first preheating section extending internally at an upper part of the pause chamber and a second pre-heating section extending in an upper part of the boiler;
- a metering device to introduce a predetermined amount of pasta into the containing chamber at the beginning of each operating cycle carried out by the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.