| US 7,565,862 B2 | ||
| Food pressure-cooking device with a rotary locking/unlocking control device | ||
| Michel Pierre Cartigny, Mirebeau sur Beze (France); and Eric Chameroy, Veronnes (France) | ||
| Assigned to SEB S.A., Ecully Cedex (France) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/507,222 PCT Filed Mar. 10, 2003, PCT No. PCT/FR03/00755 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 25, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO03/075724, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 18, 2003. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 02 03091 (FR), filed on Mar. 08, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0166908 A1, Aug. 04, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. A23L 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 99—337 [99/403; 220/314; 220/316; 220/912] | 29 Claims |
| 1. An appliance for cooking food under pressure, the appliance comprising:
a vessel (1) and a lid (2) for being fitted to and locked on said vessel (1) in order to form a leaktight cooking enclosure;
at least one jaw (4) and corresponding drive means 5, said jaw mounted to move in translation between a position in which the lid (2) is locked relative to the vessel (1), and an unlocking position; and
a control device (6, 7, 8) for controlling the movement of the at least one jaw (4), the control device comprising:
an intermediate part (7) comprising maneuvering means (7A, 7B) and clutch means (7C, 19), and mounted to turn freely relative to the drive means (5) so that the maneuvering means (7A, 7B) co-operates with said drive means (5) so as to control the displacement thereof; and
a main control member (6) comprising transmission means (6C, 18, 30, 31), said main control member (6) being positioned relative to the intermediate part (7) so that the transmission means (6C, 18, 30, 31) co-operates with the clutch means (7C, 19) so as to control turning of the intermediate part (7) when the main control member (6) is actuated;
wherein the main control member (6) is mounted to move in translation relative to the lid (2).
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