Domestic electrical appliance for steam cooking with reduced release of steam
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorNicolas Pretre
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Abstract
A domestic electrical appliance for cooking with steam, having a steam production device (43) composed of a steam reservoir (45) associated with a heating unit (46), a cooking enclosure (41) supplied with steam by the steam production device, and a steam detector (49) associated with elements for reducing the power of the heating unit, the cooking enclosure (41) having at least one exhaust (61, 61′, 62, 62′) to the outside. The cooking enclosure (41) communicates through a descending conduit (63) with a chamber (64) of the appliance in which the steam detector (49) is disposed.
Claims20
A domestic electrical appliance for steam cooking, comprising:
- a steam production device (3;
- 43) that includes a water reservoir (5;
- 45) and heating means (6;
- 46) for heating water in said water reservoir;
- a cooking enclosure (1;
- 1′;
- 41) associated with said steam production device to be supplied with steam by said steam production device, said cooking enclosure having at least one exhaust (21, 22;
- 21′;
- 61, 61′, 62, 62′) to the outside;
- a steam detector (9;
- 9′;
- 49);
- control means operatively associated with said steam detector for reducing the rate of heat generation by said heating means;
- and
- a descending conduit (23;
- 32;
- 63) communicating between said cooking enclosure and said steam detector for directing a flow of steam from said cooking enclosure to said steam detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.