FR2968182A1 - Kitchen utensil e.g. wok, for cooking food, has peripheral side wall whose lower part is in form of peripheral curvature, where edge of upper end of utensil is bent and curved inward of cooking chamber - Google Patents

Abstract

The utensil (1) has a peripheral side wall (3), where a peripheral edge of bottom of the utensil is extended upwardly by the peripheral side wall to form a cooking chamber (10). Height of the peripheral side wall is less than diameter of the bottom of the utensil. An edge of an upper end (3a) of the utensil is bent and curved inward of the cooking chamber, and a lower part of the peripheral side wall is in form of a peripheral curvature. The height of the peripheral side wall is less than 100 mm. The side wall has a C-shaped curved profile.

Description

KITCHEN UTENSIL FOR FOOD COOKING

The present invention relates to an improvement for kitchen utensils for cooking food such as frying pan, frying pan or wok, said improvement facilitating the reversal of food that must be baked on both sides.

Cooking utensils for cooking are usually made by a bottom extended upwardly by a perimeter sidewall extending upward, vertically or inclined outward and one or more handles. Foods often need to be cooked on at least two sides.

When cooking certain foods, the cook must turn them over to cook them on both sides. The food is returned either by handling with an accessory or by creating a movement with the pan to turn. This action is not easy, but we know devices such as the one disclosed by the French patent FR 2 753 363, which is a reversible frying pan with two bottoms allowing the user to return the pan and thus cook the food on both their faces. But this reversible pan is heavy and does not allow to see the food during their cooking. Thus, the kitchen cooking utensil which has a bottom, the peripheral edge of which is extended upwards by a peripheral side wall in order to constitute a cooking chamber whose height of the peripheral lateral wall is inferior. the diameter of the bottom, is according to the invention characterized in that at least the upper part of the peripheral wall is curved towards the inside of the enclosure, while the lower part of the peripheral side wall is in the form a peripheral curvature. In other words, the peripheral side wall forms at its lower part a curvature and on its upper part, a return towards the inside of the enclosure.

According to one embodiment, the peripheral side wall has a curved profile having the general shape of a "C" open towards the inside of the cooking chamber.

According to other embodiments, the peripheral side wall has several successive sections of different profiles, facing inwards.

According to a complementary feature, the peripheral side wall has at least a portion of its height a rectilinear profile.

According to other features of the invention, the overall diameter of the pan is greater than the bottom diameter, while the diameter measured at the top edge is smaller than the diameter and is smaller or larger than the diameter.

It should be added that the height of the peripheral side wall of the kitchen utensil has a dimension less than 15% to 85% of the diameter of the bottom, while it has a dimension of less than 100 mm. It has been understood that the overturning of food is made possible by the particular shape of the peripheral wall of the cooking utensil. Indeed, when the movement of the food to the peripheral wall for example caused by the user with or without a tool the overturning of the food is naturally caused by inclined portion towards the inside of the peripheral wall.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the description which follows with reference to the accompanying drawings which are given by way of non-limiting example.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the kitchen utensil for cooking food of the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view along the transverse plane P-P of the kitchen utensil of the invention.

Figure 2a is a detail view.

Figures 3a to 3h are views similar to Figure 2a, illustrating variants of the profile of the peripheral side wall according to the invention.

Figures 4a to 4d are views similar to Figure 2a, illustrating variants of the profile of the peripheral side wall according to the invention.

The cooking utensil of the invention is intended for cooking food (1) and comprises a bottom (2), the peripheral edge (2a) of which is extended upwards by a peripheral lateral wall (3) so as to to constitute a cooking chamber (10). The pan may include one or more sleeves (11).

It will be noted that the height (H) of the peripheral lateral wall (3) is smaller than the diameter (D) of the bottom (2).

Thus, the height (H) of the peripheral side wall (3) of the cooking utensil (1) of the invention has a dimension less than 15% to 85% of the diameter (D) of the bottom (2).

Add that according to a complementary feature, the height (H) of the peripheral side wall (3) has a dimension less than or equal to 100 mm.

The utensil (1) consisting of a cooking chamber (10) delimited by a bottom (2) extended by a peripheral side wall (3) is according to the invention such that the upper part (3a) is curved inwards (INT) of the enclosure (10).

According to another characteristic of the invention, the lower part (S1) of the peripheral lower side wall (3) connected to the bottom, is in the form of a peripheral curvature (SI).

According to a first embodiment, illustrated in FIG. 1, 2 and 2a, the diametral section along (PP) of the peripheral lateral wall (3) has a curved profile having the general shape of a "C" more or less open inward (INT) of the cooking chamber (10). The side wall (3) thus forms a curvature (S1) at its lower part and at its upper part (3c) an inward return (INT) of the enclosure (10), its lower end (3b ) being consecutive and adjacent to the peripheral edge (2a) of the bottom (2) of the enclosure (10).

According to other embodiments, as illustrated by FIGS. 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, the peripheral lateral wall (3) has at least one portion having a peripheral rectilinear profile whose upper part (3c) is oriented inwards (INT) at an acute angle with respect to the plane (F) constituted by the bottom (2).

According to still other embodiments, as illustrated by FIGS. 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, the peripheral lateral wall (3) has a succession of several sections (S1-S2). , (S1-S2-S3-S4), (S1-S2-S3), (S1-S2-S3-S4-S5), successive of different profiles.

Thus, by way of nonlimiting example, nor exhaustive, the various successive sections (S1-S2-S3-S4-S5) are described from bottom to top, that is to say starting with the section consecutive to the peripheral edge (2a) of the bottom of the enclosure (2):

As illustrated in Figure 3a; A first section (S1) having a curved profile open towards the inside of the enclosure (10) and a second section (S2) consecutive and adjacent having a rectilinear profile whose upper part is oriented towards the inside of the enclosure (10) at an inclination substantially close to 35 °, but may be of different inclinations.

As illustrated in Figure 3b; A first section (S1) having a curved profile open towards the inside of the enclosure, followed by three successive and adjacent sections (S2-S3-S4) having a rectilinear profile, whose upper end is oriented towards the inside the enclosure, following different inclinations. By way of example, the three successive inclinations are advantageously and respectively 10 °, 20 ° and 30 °, but may be of different inclinations.

As illustrated in Figure 3c; A first section (S1) having a curved profile open towards the inside of the enclosure, followed by two successive and adjacent sections (S2-S3) having a rectilinear profile, whose upper part is oriented towards the inside of the enclosure. pregnant, following different inclinations. By way of example, the two successive inclinations are advantageously and respectively 10 ° and 30 °, but may be of different inclinations.

As illustrated in Figure 3d; A first section (S1) having a curved profile open towards the inside of the enclosure, followed by four successive and adjacent sections (S2-S3-S4-S5) having a rectilinear profile, whose upper part is oriented towards the inside the enclosure, following different inclinations. By way of example, the three successive inclinations are advantageously and respectively 10 °, 20 °, 30 ° and 40 °, but may be of other inclination values.

As illustrated in Figure 3e, 3f, 3g; A first section (S1) having a rectilinear profile whose upper end is oriented outward followed by at least one consecutive section and adjacent rectilinear or curved, the upper part is oriented towards the inside of the enclosure.

- Figure 3h is a partial sectional view illustrating an alternative embodiment, wherein the peripheral side wall (3) has in the lower part a curvature (S1) 20 extended upwardly and inwardly a rectilinear profile portion (S2), itself extended by a curved wall (S3) so that the upper part (3c) is bent inward (INT) of the cooking chamber (10).

In general, and according to different modes of construction, the wall sections are either curved or rectilinear to be oriented inward, and follow each other in different orders. These sections are advantageously two, three, four or five, but, according to other embodiments not shown, are six, seven or more without departing from the scope of the invention.

The succession of several sections with different profiles prevents food sticking to the walls and thus breaks the suction effect.

According to other embodiments (represented by FIGS. 4a to 4c), the inner face (3c) of the peripheral lateral wall (3) comprises at least one projection (5) which projections are advantageously made all around the periphery of the wall, but according to other embodiments, the projections (5) are arranged in interrupted ways, so according to this embodiment, the inner face (3c) of the peripheral wall has a profile different from the external face (3d). ) of this same wall (3).

Also, in order to obtain the same advantages according to another variant embodiment (represented by FIG. 4d), dents (6) are made on the inner face (3d) of the peripheral wall.

According to another variant of the invention (not shown) the peripheral wall (3) has a general evolutionary profile. That is, the succession of sections is different depending on its position on the perimeter of the peripheral edge. This profile can take the form of a vertical ripple such as that found on pie dishes, see a horizontal ripple.

Note that according to the invention the diameter (D1) overall of the pan 25 is greater than the diameter (D) of the bottom (2), while the diameter (D2) measured at the upper edge (3a) is lower to the diameter (D1) and smaller or larger than the diameter (D).

It should be added that the cooking utensil of the invention advantageously comprises a spout as illustrated in FIG.

Note also that the cooking utensil illustrated in Figure 1 is circular but it could have another shape such as square, oval, rectangular or other.5

Claims (9)

REVENDICATIONS1. Cooking utensil (1) for cooking which has a base (2), the peripheral edge (2a) of which is extended upwards by a peripheral side wall (3) so as to constitute a cooking chamber (10) of which the height (H) of the peripheral lateral wall (3) is smaller than the diameter (D) of the bottom (2), characterized in that the edge of the upper end (3a) is curved inwards (INT) of The chamber (10), while the lower part of the peripheral lateral wall (3) is in the form of a peripheral curvature (S1). 2. Cooking utensil (1) for cooking food according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the peripheral side wall (3) forms at its lower part a curvature (S1) and on its upper part (3c), a return inward (INT) of the enclosure (10). 2 0 Kitchen utensil (1) for cooking food according to the preceding characteristic, characterized in that the peripheral side wall (3) has a curved profile having the general shape of a "C" open towards the inside (INT ) of the cooking chamber (10). 2 5 Cooking utensil (1) for cooking food according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the peripheral side wall (3) has a plurality of successive sections of different profiles facing inwards. 30 Cooking utensil (1) for cooking food according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the peripheral side wall (3) has at least a part of its height a straight profile (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5). Kitchen utensil (1) for cooking food according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the overall diameter (D1) of the pan is greater than the diameter (D) of the bottom (2), while that the diameter (D2) measured at the upper edge (3a) is smaller than the diameter (D1) and is smaller than or greater than the diameter (D). Cooking utensil (1) for cooking food according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the height (H) of the peripheral side wall (3) is smaller than the diameter (D) of the bottom (2). ). 8. Cooking utensil (1) for cooking food according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the height (H) of the peripheral side wall (3) of the cooking utensil (1) has a smaller dimension of 15 % to 85% of the diameter (D) of the bottom (2). Cooking utensil (1) for cooking food according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the height (H) of the peripheral side wall (3) of the cooking utensil (1) has a smaller dimension at 100 mm. 25 30