Machine for preparing pasta based dishes
AssigneeZini Prodotti Alimentari S.r.l.
InventorsEnrico Vezzani, Mario Caliari
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Abstract
A machine for preparing pasta-based dishes for direct consumption starting from precooked deep-frozen pasta products, comprises at least one basket adapted to receive the dosages of precooked deep-frozen pasta, a vat containing heated water, a drive arrangement for moving the basket between a dipped position where the basket is submerged under the heated water contained in the vat for heating the precooked deep-frozen pasta and a removed position where the basket is removed from the vat.
Claims19
A machine for preparing pasta-based dishes for direct consumption starting from precooked deep-frozen pasta products, comprising at least one basket adapted to receive dosages of precooked deep-frozen pasta, a vat containing heated water, a means for moving the basket between an immersed position where the basket is submerged under the heated water contained in the vat for heating the precooked deep-frozen pasta and a removed position where the basket is removed from the vat;
- loading means for loading precooked deep-frozen pasta dosages into said basket comprising at least one chest slidable in a box-type seat within a body of the machine, the chest having at least a first opening which, in one operational position of the chest, overlies a first opening in the seat for introducing the precooked deep-frozen pasta into the chest, the chest also having at least a second opening which, in a successive operational position of the chest, overlies a second opening in the seat for unloading the precooked deep-frozen pasta into the basket;
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- external drive means for driving said loading means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.