Cooking device and procedure
AssigneeDe'Longhi S.p.A.
InventorGiuseppe De'Longhi
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Abstract
The cooking device has a tank with an electrical heater means containing a basket for the food connected to an actuator suitable for moving it between a position inside and a position at least partially outside the tank. A first temperature sensor of a portion of the tank and a timer are connected to a control for moving the basket in relation to the signals which the control receives from the temperature sensor and from the timer. In the cooking procedure when the first sensor detects the cooking temperature, the basket is lowered and, at the same time, the timer is started for a preset time period. At the end of the time period the control deactivates the heater and commands the removal of the basket from the tank.
Claims40
A cooking device comprising:
- a body;
- a tank carried on the body and adapted to hold water;
- a basket received in the tank for containing a food to be cooked in the water in the tank;
- electrical heating means on the body for heating the water in the tank and thereby cooking the food in the water in the tank;
- actuation means connected to said basket for moving said basket between a lower position inside said tank with the food in the basket submersed in the water in the tank and an upper position at least partially outside of said tank with the food in the basket substantially out of the water in the tank;
- a first temperature sensor for at least one portion of said tank;
- a timer;
- control means for said actuation means connected to said sensor and said timer for moving said basket in response to signals received from said temperature sensor and from said timer;
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- stirring means including a drive part carried on the body and a rotatable element mounted on the basket, movable in the basket, and couplable to the drive part when the basket is in the lower position for stirring said food when the basket is in the lower position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.