Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
  • A47J—KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
  • A47J36/00—Parts, details or accessories of cooking-vessels
  • A47J36/02—Selection of specific materials, e.g. heavy bottoms with copper inlay or with insulating inlay
  • A47J36/022—Cooking- or baking-vessels or supports thereof for using only once

Definitions

• the present invention is concerned with a disposable article for use in cooking food. More particularly it relates to a disposable article for use in the grilling or roasting of meat and other foodstuffs. 10 At present the appliances used to support meat and other foodstuffs whilst they are being grilled or roasted require considerable effort to scour and clean after the cooking process. The ' present invention either totally or substantially eliminates the cleaning effort 15 subsequent to such grilling or roasting.
• the present invention provides an article for supporting meat and other foodstuffs during a cooking process, said article being in the form of a mat comprised of two superimposed sheets of metal foil forming the top 20 and bottom of the mat, with one or more intermediate layers of heat resistant material therebetween, the top sheets of metal foil being provided- with perforations or holes, and the intermediate layer or layers of heat resistant material acting to support the top sheet of metal 25 foil in spaced relationship to the bottom non-perforated sheet of metal foil.
• a mat comprising an assembly of three super ⁇ imposed sheets of aluminium foil, the upper sheet being 30 provided with holes or slits and the intermediate sheet being deformed from its plane by being crinkled, or being
• the deformed intermediate 35 sheets is also provided with perforations or holes in the
• the intermediate sheet does not extend to cover the whole area of the top and bottom sheets, leaving a margin around the periphery where the top and bottom sheets of aluminium foil are sealed by folding, crimping or some other similar means or process.
• Such sealed area around the periphery may be bent upwards to form a barrier at the periphery which assists in containing any material which may flow off the top surface during cooking.
• the article is formed as a continuous mat by providing two superimposed continuous webs of aluminium foil with a continuous layer of heat resistant supporting material therebetween, said supporting material not extending to the longitudinal edges of the aluminium foil webs, the upper web being perforated and the upper and lower webs being sealed along each longitudinal edge but not transversely.
• any desired length of the continuous mat may be cut or torn off and sealed transversely by folding the transverse edges.
• a plurality of the disposable articles is formed by providing two superimposed continuous webs of aluminium foil with spaced areas or sections of intermediate material 5 therebetween, said areas or sections of intermediate material not extending to the longitudinal edges of the aluminium foil webs, the two webs being sealed along each longitudinal edge and transverely in the areas between the spaced areas or sections of intermediate material, the upper web being 10 perforated in the areas thereof overlying the areas or sections of intermediate material.
• Figure 1 is a perspective view from above of a 15 single mat.
• Figure 2 is a perspective view from below of a single mat.
• Figure 3 is an end view of a single mat.
• Figure 4 is a perspective view from above of a 20 continuous mat.
• Figure 5 is a cross section view of a continuous mat.
• Figure 6 is a longitudinal section of a plurality of mats in the form of a continuous strip. 25
• the upper perforated sheet is shown at 1 with the sealed edges shown at 2.
• the bottom non- perforated sheet is shown at 3 and the intermediate supporting material at 4. *: It will be appreciated that the article can be g 30 packed for sales in a variety of forms for example a number of individual articles can be arranged in a container or the plurality of articles described in the previous paragraph could be sold in the form of a roll similar to the manner in which conventional aluminium foil 35 is marketed.
• the article has a further advantage of being capable of almost complete recycling.

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