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
  • A47J37/00—Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
  • A47J37/06—Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
  • A47J37/07—Roasting devices for outdoor use; Barbecues
  • A47J37/0786—Accessories
• • 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
  • A47J37/00—Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
  • A47J37/06—Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
  • A47J37/07—Roasting devices for outdoor use; Barbecues
  • A47J37/0754—Roasting devices for outdoor use; Barbecues with blowers providing forced air circulation
• • 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
  • A47J37/00—Baking; Roasting; Grilling; Frying
  • A47J37/06—Roasters; Grills; Sandwich grills
  • A47J37/07—Roasting devices for outdoor use; Barbecues
  • A47J37/0786—Accessories
  • A47J2037/0795—Adjustable food supports, e.g. for height adjustment

Definitions

• Cooking device with multi-supports and / or multi-utensils The present invention relates to a cooking device with multi-supports and / or multi-utensils.
• the problem posed by the Applicant is precisely to provide a cooking device which allows others to optimize the production capacity per household, to guarantee control of the different types of cooking with ease, to offer and manage a occasional, sequential or simultaneous use of one or more cooking supports and / or utensils.
• the present invention provides a solution to this problem as well as others.
• It relates to a cooking device comprising:
• the fixing means comprises at least one mast for fixing to one or more stages, each stage comprising a body, a hollow female end-piece formed in the hollow body and a shaped male end-piece of protruding rod and adapted to engage in the peripheral lateral wall of the hollow body of the cooking device and / or to engage in the female end piece of a lower stage in the case of nesting of two stages one in the other, the female end piece of each stage of the fixing mast comprising a rim capable of supporting a tongue perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the cooking device and suitable for fixing the cooking support, accessory and / or utensil.
• the Applicant has observed that the fixing mast uses a minimum of space for maximum cooking capacity. It offers punctual, sequential and / or simultaneous use of one or more accessories and / or cooking utensils (grill, plancha, wok, spit and / or functions (firebreak, serving)). This results in an optimization of the production capacity per household and a perfect mastery of the different types of cooking with ease.
• the fixing mast makes it possible to design a cooking system which can be transposed to other cooking devices. It is advantageously adaptable to a single cooking device or even common to several cooking devices. It can be used with any type of heat source (gas, electric, fuel).
• the fixing mast can be placed in the hearth and / or outside the hearth, or even outside the cooking system.
• the fixing mast thus offers multi-positions for the cooking supports, accessories and / or utensils according to rotational and / or elevation movements, which makes it possible to optimize the production capacity per household, with perfect control. different types of cooking and with ease.
• the device comprises one or more of the following characteristics, taken alone or in any technically possible combination:
• the cooking support belongs to the group formed by grid, plancha, wok; brooch;
• the material of the fixing mast belongs to the group formed by ceramic, stainless steel sheet food, cast iron;
• the accessory and / or utensil belongs to the group formed by firebreak, spit, cooking grate, serving table, plancha, wok, pizza stone, cooking bell.
• the fixing mast is movable in rotation
• the fixing mast is movable in elevation.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a cooking device, in the closed state, with an interchangeable cooking subassembly in the retracted position in which it is in longitudinal alignment with the cooking support; the cooking device being equipped with a set of fixing masts nested one inside the other and supporting accessories and cooking utensils;
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fixing mast
• FIG. 3 and 4 schematically show different examples of fixing cooking accessories and / or utensils
• FIGS. 5 and 6 are perspective views of a cooking device in the open state and with an interchangeable cooking subassembly in the retracted position in which it is in longitudinal alignment with the cooking support;
• FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the cooking device in the open state with the interchangeable cooking subassembly in the offset position relative to the longitudinal axis of the cooking device;
• FIGS. 8 to 10 are top views of the cooking device illustrating the kinematics of the opening of the device and the lateral offset of the interchangeable cooking sub-assembly;
• - Figure 11 is a view of the cooking device of Figure 1 equipped with a propeller;
• FIG. 12 schematically shows a cooking device equipped with a propeller with the cooking support and a fire stop
• FIG. 13 shows schematically the propeller placed in the intermediate cooking space from below without the cooking support
• FIG. 14 schematically shows the propeller of Figure 13 in a top view
• a cooking device 1 which comprises a hollow body frame C of substantially tubular shape in asymmetrical diabolo with inverted cones 2 and 3, oriented vertically.
• the cooking device 1 is designed to rest on its base on a surface such as the floor 4.
• the device 1 is in the open state (doors not shown open).
• a food support G ( Figures 3 and 4) is provided for receiving and supporting food to be cooked.
• the food support G is designed to be positioned in a cooking position by a fixing means F (described in detail with reference to FIG. 2) in a cooking space delimited by the hollow body C of the cooking device 1.
• the food positioned on the food support G is cooked thanks to the heat emitted by a heat source S provided below the food support G and at a distance therefrom by defining an intermediate space I.
• the food support G is a substantially circular grid. In other embodiments not shown, the food support G can be a grid of square, rectangular shape or of any other shape. Alternatively, the food support G is a plancha, a spit support, or a wok.
• the heat source S belongs to the group formed by a coal or other solid fuel fireplace; gas burner; electrical resistance.
• the fixing means F may consist of protrusions (not shown) provided on the inside of the rigid lateral envelope E of the hollow body C of the cooking device 1 and on which the food support G.
• the fixing means F comprises at least one mast for fixing to one or more stages.
• Each stage comprises a body 12, a hollow female end piece 14 formed in the body 12 and a male end piece 10 in the form of a projecting rod.
• the male end piece 10 is adapted to engage in a window O formed in the peripheral side wall 20 of the hollow body C of the cooking device 1.
• 4 windows O have been shown, individualized in 01 to 04.
• the male end piece 10 is also suitable for engaging in the female end piece of a lower stage in the event of two stages interlocking one in the other.
• the male end piece 10 has a small diameter. Part 10 is full and forms a rod 1 1 intended to pass right through the edge 20 of the rigid lateral envelope E of the hollow body C of the device 1.
• the body 12, also called the intermediate part, is of diameter greater than that of the lower part 10.
• the intermediate part 12 is hollow and intended to receive the rod 11 of another mast in the event of stacking / nesting of mast one inside the other (figure 4).
• the female end 14, also called the upper part 14, has a diameter greater than that of the intermediate part 12.
• the part 14 is hollow. It is intended to receive the intermediate part 12 in the event of stacking (nesting) of several masts F1, F2, F3 and F4 as illustrated in FIG. 4.
• the free end 15 of the upper part 14 includes recesses 16 for the fixing by screw V of a tongue L.
• the tongue L forms a handle for supporting cooking accessories, in particular the food support G which will be described in more detail below.
• the fixing means F can be used to support one or more accessories or cooking utensils belonging to the group formed by firewall P, serving tray D, cooking support G and other cooking utensils / accessories.
• the mast F can be used with a single tongue L so as to support a single accessory.
• the fire screen (firebreak) P is supported by a single mast F by means of a tongue L.
• the cooking grid G is supported by an arrangement with two masts F1 and F2 stacked one inside the other to allow the cooking grate G to be supported at a height greater than that of the fire screen ( Figure 3).
• the service trolley D is supported by an arrangement with two masts F1 and F2 stacked one inside the other and placed near the fixing of the cooking grate G on the rigid edge 20 of the lateral envelope E of the hollow body of the cooking device 1.
• the cooking accessories P, G and D are supported by an arrangement of four masts F1 to F4, stacked in each other with the mast F1 associated with the firewall P via the tongue L1 , with the mast F2 associated with the cooking grid G via the tongue L2 and the masts F3 and F4 associated with the serving table D via the tongue L3.
• the rod 11 of the mast F1 crosses the edge 20 of the lateral envelope E of the hollow body C of the cooking device.
• Other configurations and layouts are of course possible with stacks of one or more F poles.
• the cooking device 1 comprises several masts F, some of which can perform the function of supporting utensils or accessories outside the cooking space and others can perform the function of supporting other accessories and cooking supports in the cooking space according to the options, utensils and accessories available to the user.
• the mast F can be rotatably mounted, which makes it possible to move the cooking accessories, in particular the cooking support G from a cooking position to a non-cooking position and vice versa.
• the mast F may also be subject to vertical translation. Height adjustment of the masts can be achieved by a manual or motorized mechanism (not shown).
• the material of the mates F belongs to the group formed by ceramic, stainless steel sheet food, cast iron, stone, or equivalent material meeting similar or superior characteristics. Thanks to the fixing mechanism F thus described, the cooking appliance 1 is adaptable to any type of heat source. It uses a minimum of space for maximum cooking capacity. It offers punctual, sequential and / or simultaneous use of one or more cooking accessories (grid, plancha, wok, spit and / or functions (fire stop, serving)). This results in an optimization of the production capacity per household and in fact guarantees perfect control of the different types of cooking with ease.
• the fixing mast thus described makes it possible to design a cooking system which can be transposed to other cooking devices, adaptable to a single cooking device or even common to several cooking devices. It can be used with any type of heat source (gas, electric, fuel). It allows you to mix the functions (firebreak, spit, cooking, grid, serving, plancha, wok, pizza stone, cooking bell, ).
• the fixing mast can be placed in the hearth and / or outside the hearth, or even outside the cooking system.
• the fixing mast offers multi-positions for cooking supports, accessories and / or utensils according to rotational and / or elevation movements, which optimizes the production capacity per household, thus guaranteeing perfect mastery of different types of cooking with ease.
• the tubular structure of the body of the cooking device is formed by the assembly of four elements D, also called sectors and individualized in D1 to D4 which have an arc profile and which are identical.
• Each element D comprises, on a first edge, a covering rebate and on a second opposite edge, a complementary rebate.
• the elements D may have a different profile, for example in broken lines to constitute a polygonal outline.
• the tubular peripheral wall C has a fixed part forming a rigid connection means which connects the base or frame 2 and 3 to the upper part. of the cooking device 1.
• the part forming the rigid connection means is formed by two fixed wall sectors D, here D1 and D2.
• the movable sectors are movable by pivoting between a position of closing and an open position. In the open position, access to the interior space is freed.
• the articulation of the movable sectors D3 and D4 is effected by means of hinges 50 along a pivot axis parallel to the longitudinal axis.
• the heat source S and its fixing means form an interchangeable cooking subassembly attached to the rigid connection means.
• the interchangeable cooking sub-assembly comprises a fixed upper part and a movable lower part 30 and 31, said movable lower part 30 and 31 being able to assume a retracted position in which it is in longitudinal alignment with the food support and an exit position in which after opening the peripheral wall it is laterally offset
• the interchangeable cooking sub-assembly comprises a peripheral ring constituting the fixing means intended to be fixed by means of rigid connection formed by the fixed sectors of the peripheral wall and which can support such a food support.
• the interchangeable cooking sub-assembly includes a source in the form of a gas burner, an electric resistance or else a coal or other solid fuel hearth.
• the hearth has a frustoconical shape flared towards the food support, the bottom of which is obscured by a grid letting the ashes pass which are recovered with the cooking residues in a lower conical receptacle which pours into a removable tank.
• the removable tank 30 further comprises adjustable air inlet flaps for adjusting the combustion in the home.
• the heat source S is mounted movable by rotation of the longitudinal lateral axis with respect to the fixing device.
• the axis of rotation of the heat source S is placed in the vicinity of the periphery of the fixing means oriented in a longitudinal direction parallel to the longitudinal axis and arranged so that the possible lateral offset of the heat source takes place in the opening made by the mobile sectors of the peripheral wall.
• the cooking device 1 comprises hinges 50 of the double travel type.
• the first movement corresponds to the articulation of the mobile part of the peripheral wall along a pivot axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and integral with the fixed part of the rigid wall.
• the second travel follows the first travel.
• the open position of the movable part of the peripheral wall it corresponds to the lateral articulation of the movable lower part of the interchangeable sub-assembly along a pivot axis parallel to the longitudinal axis and integral with the movable part of the wall rigid.
• Such a double movement hinge 50 not only facilitates access to the interior space but also makes it easy to pivot in the deported position of the movable part of the cooking sub-assembly. This results in improved safety in the use of cleaning or refueling operations.
• Such a hinge 50 with double clearance along first and second pivot axes parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cooking device but separate from each other, the first being integral with the fixed part while the second is integral with the movable part of the rigid wall offer many advantages.
• access to the interior space is facilitated both in the upper part and in the lower part and in addition the pivoting in the deported position of the movable part of the cooking sub-assembly makes access particularly easy both in the upper part only in the lower part with the interchangeable cooking sub-assembly. This results in improved safety in the use of cleaning or refueling operations.
• the cooking device 1 is equipped with a propeller H disposed in the intermediate space I delimited by the cooking support G and the heat source S.
• the propeller H is here a means of circulating clean air to stir the air located in the intermediate space I in order to obtain a blown and stirred heat for a homogeneous and optimal cooking
• the propeller H is formed of at least one blade or fin A, radial, and arranged in a star along an axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cooking device 1.
• the material of the blades A of the propeller H belongs to the group formed by ceramic, sheet steel, food-grade stainless steel, cast iron, equivalent material having similar or better characteristics.
• the shape of the blades A is advantageously chosen to stir the air efficiently, for example in the form of a spoon.
• the Applicant has observed that the rotational movement of the blades of the propeller not only generates a blown and stirred heat inside the intermediate space I thus defined between the cooking support G and the heat source S but also forms an at least partial screen against the flame of the heat source S.
• the blades protect the food from the flames of the heat source S without affecting the transmission of heat.
• the arrangement of the blades is chosen to recover the cooking residues which fall from the cooking support G.
• the propeller H then acts as a filter and as an anti-flame and anti-burnt fat screen.
• a fiberglass screen (not shown) can be placed between the grid G and the propeller H in order to stop the cooking residue before falling on the propeller.
• the propeller H is autonomous. The movement of the blades A of the propeller H is then generated by the upward flows of hot air thus created by the heat source S.
• the propeller H is mounted integral with the cooking support G, for example by connecting a hub M of the propeller H to the cooking grid.
• a ball bearing (not shown) can be incorporated to facilitate the rotational movement of the propeller blades.
• the propeller H can be non-integral with the cooking grid and fixed by a mast type fastening means F dedicated to the propeller.
• the propeller H is suspended using a mounting for fixing the propeller in the intermediate space I, said mounting comprising at least two hollow tubes 100 and 104 arranged in a cross and each extending on either side of the cooking hearth, the hub M of the propeller H being placed in the center of the cross 107.
• the hollow tube 100 includes a tip 101 which passes through the flange 1 10 while diametrically opposite the tip 103 passes through the flange 110 of the frame.
• the hollow tube 104 includes a tip 1013B which passes through the flange 110 while diametrically opposite the tip 106 passes through the flange 1 10 of the frame.
• a pommel 105 is fixed to the lower base of the hub M under the blades A of the propeller H.
• the pommel is equipped with a plurality of nozzles B suitable for projecting an air flow, a flow of fluid, a flow of vapor, a flow of gas, a flow of flavored fluid, said flow being conveyed from a source to the nozzles via the hollow tubes 100 and 104.
• the knob 105 comprises three rings of nozzles B, the nozzles of the first ring are individualized in B1 1 to B12. They are oriented horizontally for horizontal flow projection.
• the nozzles of the second ring are identified in B21 to B22.
• They are oriented at a positive angle to the horizontal (for example + 45 °) for an upward flow projection.
• the nozzles of the third ring are identified in B31 to B32.
• They are oriented at a negative angle to the horizontal (for example -45 °) for a downward flow projection.
• the propeller H can also be associated with a mechanical drive means of the chain transmission, rack and pinion type (not shown).
• the cooking device can be equipped with a blower / ventilation device arranged in a crown R ( Figure 1) all around the cooking hearth with nozzles B oriented horizontally at 360 ° to project / spray / pulsate an air flow, a gas flow, and / or a fluid flow on the blades A of the propeller.
• the nozzles B are formed in a crown arranged at 360 ° around the open hearth at the intermediate space I delimited by the cooking grid G and the heat source S.
• the nozzles B can be fixed or orientable
• the nozzles can be associated with a control system which controls the opening / closing of the nozzles B.
• the flow thus pulsed by the nozzles can be controlled, oriented and variable in power and direction.
• the Applicant has surprisingly observed that the nozzles can be oriented in different orientations and that by controlling the orientation of the nozzles one can obtain different surprising and advantageous effects.
• a breath of hot air is generated on the heat source (embers).
• a turbine (not shown) can supply the nozzles B thus distributed around the intermediate space I via an inlet pipe (not shown).
• the turbine can push hot air through the nozzles B.
• the hollow body C is double-shell (not shown) to form a reservoir of water or fluid.
• the turbine then projects a water vapor and / or a fluid which can be flavored in order to offer different cooking and flavor variants.
• the propeller H is suspended from a single round tube 201.
• the mounting of the propeller H in the intermediate space I comprises a screw system 205, washers 206, 207, 209, rod 203 and nut 21 1.
• the mounting between the round tube 201 and the mounting of the propeller calls for a particular choice of the clearance of the washers 206 and 207.
• the diameter of the clearance 202 of the washer 206 is chosen with a diameter less than the diameter of the clearance 204 to allow the rod 203 supporting the propeller H to oscillate around its axis.
• the diameter of the clearance 204 is chosen with a diameter less than the diameter of the clearance 208 of the washer 207 to allow the rod 203 supporting the propeller H to oscillate around its axis.
• Such an assembly also makes it possible to dispense with the horizontal leveling of the propeller.
• FIG. 16 to 25 there are shown different embodiments of the blades of the propeller H in which for example the propeller is 12 fins A which completely obscure the focus (Figure 19), or partially obscure with fins of different sizes ( Figure 25).
• the number and orientation of the fins can be chosen according to the expected effect on the air circulation and the concealment of the hearth.

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