FR2904207A3 - Cover for cooking container e.g. pan and paella pan, has body with glass part allowing to visualize interior of container when cover covers container, and lifter connected to valve tilting with respect to upper inlet loop of funnel - Google Patents

Abstract

The cover has a body (1) comprising a part (1`) that is made of a non-glass type material and has orifices (3) and tabs (4). The body has a glass part (1``) allowing to visualize interior of a cooking container e.g. pan, when the cover covers the container. A lifter (5) is connected to a valve (6) which tilts with respect to an upper inlet loop of a funnel. The funnel extends towards the bottom through an opening that is defined in the part (1``) which is terminated by an evacuation mouth for allowing free access to the container to introduce additional products.

Description

The present invention applies to stove-type cooking vessels

  and / or paella pan, and relates to a cover covering said containers in order to avoid projections to the outside.

  The invention relates to the integration of means for viewing the food that is cooked in the container and to add food lid in liquid or solid form, such as condiments, without having to remove the one of the container.

  When cooking food in kitchen containers, such as paella stoves or stoves, and in order to avoid splashing and / or to increase the cooking temperature, lids that cover the entire container are usually used.

  Some developments of lids having a button on their upper face and incorporating complementary orifices of reduced size partially covered by corresponding lugs and oriented so as to avoid, as far as possible, projections to the outside are already known. , while facilitating the evacuation of the steam generated during cooking. Lids are also known which, independently of the solution described above, can be complementarily provided, on their underside, with a series of circular flanges of different diameter with a common central point, and dimensioned according to standard measurements. so that the lid can adapt to stoves of different sizes.

  When preparing certain foods, for example in a pan-type container, it is necessary to temporarily remove the lid in order to add condiments, whether they be liquids such as oil, water, or solid additives in general, which implies that, when adding these products, the lid no longer assures its role and leaves 2904207 2 projections jump outside the pan and dirty Area. The lid must also be momentarily removed when the cook wishes to know the cooking state of the food, which again involves projections to the outside. In order to know the cooking state of the food, a lid made entirely of glass is used to visualize the food through it without having to remove it, which reduces the time during which the pan remains. discovered, the lid being removed only when intervention on the food is necessary. This type of lid, which is entirely made of glass, nevertheless has the problem that, in the case of a lid 15 fitted to the pan, high temperatures are reached therein, causing a large accumulation of steam, the evacuation towards the stove. outside is impossible. The container lid object of the present invention solves quite satisfactorily the problem described above. This lid offers the possibility of visualizing the food that is cooked inside the container, such as a pan, facilitates the evacuation of the steam generated during cooking, avoids projections, while allowing the introduction additional liquids and / or condiments inside the container, without having to remove said lid. On the one hand, in accordance with the content of the main claim, the fundamental interest of the lid is that the body comprises a glass part for viewing the inside of the container and another part of a material other than glass , and in that the body has an opening 35 allowing the introduction of additional solids or liquids without having to remove the lid.

The opening of the body is of reduced size in order to avoid outward projections and has a sufficient size to facilitate the entry of liquids and solids, of the condiment type, the opening being preferably provided in the glass part. The part of a material other than glass is preferably provided with a series of small orifices partially covered by tabs allowing the evacuation of steam.

The lid is preferably provided with a button and opening and closing means opening or closing said opening, which can be integrated with said button. In a possible embodiment of the invention, the opening and closing means comprise a pusher and a flap which tilts to close, in the closed position, a funnel passing through the opening and at the base of which is formed a mouth of evacuation communicating with the interior of the container.

The pusher is preferably located on the button and is connected to the valve, so that when it is actuated, it causes the tilting up of the valve and therefore its opening, which allows the introduction by the funnel of food that is directed into the pan. When the pusher is released, it returns to its initial position, the valve finding its closed position above the funnel. The evolution of the cooking of the food can be visualized by the glass part, lid placed on the pan, while the steam is evacuated by said orifices. If it is necessary to introduce an additional product inside the pan, the user grasps the button with one hand and presses the pusher with one finger of this hand, the other hand remaining free for handle and introduce the product through the funnel cleared by the valve after the pusher has been actuated. In order to complete the present description and in order to assist in a better understanding of the features of the invention, in accordance with a preferred preferred embodiment thereof, drawings forming an integral part of said description have been appended, in which, by way of illustration and not limitation: Figure 1.- Shows a perspective view of an embodiment of the lid object of the invention with the valve in the closed position. Figure 2.- Shows a plan view of the lid with the flap in the closed position.

Figure 3.- Shows a perspective view of the lid with the valve open. Figure 4.- Shows a side view of the lid with the valve open. Figure 5.- Shows a plan view on which the front face of the lid is observed. A preferred embodiment of the container lid object of the present invention is described below in accordance with the figures. The lid, as can be seen in FIG. 1, is designed to cover a kitchen container, such as a pan, and essentially comprises a body (1) and a handle (2), the body ( 1) having a series of orifices (3) partially covered by tabs (4) allowing free evacuation of steam produced by cooking food in the container. The body (1) is composed of a part of a material other than glass (1 '), in which are the orifices (3) and their legs (4), and a glass part (1 ") through which it is possible to view the inside of the container when the lid covers said container.

On the other hand, the cover comprises, formed in one of the wings of the handle (2), a push (5) movable, connected to a valve (6) which tilts relative to an upper mouth of inlet of a funnel (7), said funnel (7) constituting an extension of said flange and extending downwardly through an opening (9) defined in the glass portion (1 ") terminated by a outlet mouth (8), as can be seen in FIG. 5, which leaves free access to the container for introducing additional products through the funnel (7), when the valve (6) is open and that a pressure is exerted on the pusher (5) This open position of the valve (6) can be observed in Figures 3 and 4.

Claims (6)

  1. Lid for a container having a body (1) for covering a pan-style cooking container, paella pan or the like, and to avoid projections and, optionally, a handle (2) facilitating the manipulation, characterized in that the body (1) is formed of a glass part (1 ") for viewing the inside of the container and a part of a material other than the glass (1 '), and in that the body (1) incorporates an opening (9) allowing the introduction of additional solids or liquids without having to remove the lid of the container.   2. Lid for container according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises means for opening and closing (5, 6) of the opening (9).   Container lid according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the opening and closing means (5, 6) comprise a displaceable pusher (5) connected to a valve (6) which tilts relative to an upper mouth. inlet funnel (7), said funnel (7) extending downwardly through an opening (9) terminated by a discharge mouth (8), thereby leaving free access to container for introducing by the funnel (7) additional products, when the valve (6) is open and that pressure is exerted on the pusher (5).   Container lid according to the preceding claims, characterized in that the opening (9) is formed in the glass part (1 ,,).   5. Lid for container according to claim 3, characterized in that the pusher (5) is formed in one of the wings of the handle (2).   Container lid according to claim 1, characterized in that the material part other than the glass (1 ') has a series of openings (3) 2904207 7 partially covered by tabs (4) leaving freely evacuate the steam produced by cooking food in the container.