FR3036933A1 - STEAM BELL AND APPARATUS FOR COOKING AND / OR COOKING FOOD. - Google Patents

Abstract

The subject of the invention is in particular a steam bell (1) configured to be positioned on a food warming and / or cooking device (50), said steam bell (1) comprising a body (2), a first end (3) closed comprising at least one steam evacuation hole (9), an open second end (4) equipped with at least one fastener (6) configured to cooperate in complementary form with a complementary fastener (56) provided on the heating device and / or cooking food (50). The invention also relates to a device for heating and / or cooking food (50) comprising at least a first device part (51), said first device part (51) comprising: - at least one cavity of receiving (57) a fluid to be heated, at least one steam generator (53) positioned in or at the receiving cavity (57), - at least one complementary fixing member (56) configured to cooperate by complementarity form with a fastener (6) of a steam bell (1) according to the invention.

Description

The present invention relates to the field of small household electrical appliances for heating food containers and / or cooking food. In childcare, there are more and more small appliances for the preparation and cooking or heating of meals, each dedicated to a function: bottle warmer, cookers, mixers, sterilizers ... etc. The profusion and accumulation of these devices have the disadvantage of cluttering living spaces, including kitchens. To reduce the size of these devices, some manufacturers 10 offer more compact devices and others offer multifunction devices for the purchase of a single device having at least two functions. FR2774274 B1 is known from a document intended to allow the heating and / or cooking of foodstuffs comprising a part dedicated to steam generation and a portion, with a container, dedicated to cutting, cooking and / or heating. food, the two parts being in free communication by a single opening forming a steam pipe and thus guiding the steam from one part of the device to the other. Thus, with this device it is possible to steam or heat food and cut food into one and the same container. The steam generating part has the same volume as the container and only serves to boil water, which is not optimal. Thus, the present invention aims to optimize the function of the steam generating part by using said steam generating part in a bottle-warmer function or heater-container. The invention relates to a steam bell configured to be positioned on a food warming and / or cooking device (50), said steam bell comprising a body, a closed first end comprising at least one evacuation hole steam, a second open end equipped with at least one fastener configured to cooperate in complementary form with a complementary fastener provided on the heating device and / or food cooking. The steam bell according to the invention is configured to releasably attach to a food warming and / or cooking device, thereby adding a new cooker function to a warming device. and / or cooking food. According to a characteristic of the invention, the fastener is positioned at the second end of the steam bell. According to one characteristic of the invention, the fastener is in the form of a flange. According to one characteristic of the invention, the fastener extends substantially over the circumference of the body of the steam bell. Preferably, the fixing member is positioned projecting with respect to the external surface of the body. According to a feature of the invention, the body of the steam bell is elongated to allow the warming of tall containers that can not be contained in the warming device and / or cooking food alone. According to one characteristic of the invention, the steam bell is positioned on a first device part of the heating device and / or cooking food comprising a steam generator. Advantageously, the steam bell is configured to extend the first device portion of the food warming and / or cooking device. Thus, it is possible to heat high containers such as bottles by concentration of steam in the first part of the device. According to a feature of the invention, said steam bell comprises at least one shutter member shaped to close off a steam evacuation pipe formed in the heating and / or cooking food device. Thus, the water vapor remains within the steam bell, which makes it possible, for example, to heat a container in the first device part without using the second device part that can be used in parallel for other purposes. According to a feature of the invention, the closure member forms with the fastener a receiving space of a portion of the complementary fastener. According to a characteristic of the invention, the closure member is a fin, extending in the extension of the body at the second end 30 of the steam bell. According to a feature of the invention, the first closed end of the steam bell comprises a hood whose first portion is substantially curved. According to a characteristic of the invention, the cover comprises a second oblique portion. Preferably, the at least one evacuation hole is provided at the junction between the first portion and the second portion of the cover. According to a characteristic of the invention, the first closed end of the steam bell is provided with at least one gripping surface, which makes it possible to grip the steam bell without being burned. According to one characteristic of the invention, the gripping surface is textured, and preferably comprises at least one streak. According to a feature of the invention, the steam bell further comprises a metering member positioned on the outer surface of the body of said steam bell. The dosing member makes it possible to measure a quantity of water, for example to be placed in the steam generator part. According to a feature of the invention, the metering member is cone-shaped whose base is open and preferably positioned at the first closed end of the body of said steam bell. Preferably, the dosing member extends between the first end and the second end of the body of the steam bell. According to one characteristic of the invention, the vapor bell is translucent or transparent, which makes it possible to visualize the vapor formed in said bell. The invention also relates to a device for heating and / or cooking food at least a first device part, said first device part comprising: - at least one cavity for receiving a fluid to be heated, at less a steam generator positioned in or at the receiving cavity, at least one complementary fastener configured to cooperate in complementary form with a fastener member of a steam bell according to the invention. According to a characteristic of the invention, the complementary fastening member comprises a projecting longitudinal portion extending in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the receiving cavity. According to a characteristic of the invention, the complementary fixing member comprises a radial portion extending radially with respect to the receiving cavity, and forming a receiving surface of the fastening member of the steam bell. Thus, when positioning the steam bell on the food warming and / or cooking device, the fastening member of the steam bell comes to cooperate by interlocking with the radial portion of the complementary fastening member. and the longitudinal portion of the complementary fastener is housed in the receiving space formed between a closure member and the fastening member of the steam bell. According to a feature of the invention, the food warming and / or cooking device further comprises a second device part comprising at least one container configured to receive foods for heating and / or cooking and / or for cooking. cut. According to one characteristic of the invention, the vapor discharge pipe is a through orifice opening on the one hand into the receiving cavity of the first device part and on the other hand into the container of the second device part. . According to one characteristic of the invention, the food warming and / or cooking device comprises a steam evacuation duct 15 configured to allow the steam to pass from the first device part to the second device part, said vapor outlet pipe being configured to be closed by a shutter member of a steam bell when said steam bell is attached to the first device portion. According to a characteristic of the invention, the device for heating and / or cooking food also comprises a support configured to receive a container to be heated and to keep said container away from the steam generator. Advantageously, the support is in the form of a base with recesses to allow the passage of the fluid to be heated. The invention also relates to a heating and / or cooking assembly comprising a device for heating and / or cooking food according to the invention, a steam bell according to the invention, removably attached to the device of heating and / or cooking food by the cooperation of the at least one fixing member of the steam bell with the at least one additional fixing member of the heating device and / or cooking food. According to one characteristic of the invention, when said steam bell is fixed on said heating and / or cooking food device, the steam bell extends partially into the receiving cavity of the heating and / or cooking device. of food so as to at least partially seal the steam evacuation pipe of the heating device 35 and / or food cooking. The invention will be better understood, thanks to the following description, which relates to an embodiment according to the present invention, given by way of non-limiting example and explained with reference to the appended diagrammatic drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the steam bell according to the invention, FIG. 2 is a top view of the steam bell shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the steam bell shown in FIG. FIG. 1 is a partial view in longitudinal section of the device for heating and / or cooking food according to the invention; FIG. 5 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the heating and / or heating assembly; food cooking according to the invention, FIG. 6 is a detailed perspective view according to the dashed box A of FIG. 5, FIG. 7 is a longitudinal sectional view of the assembly according to the invention, FIG. 8 is a view detail according to the dotted box B of Figure 7, Figure 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of the assembly according to the invention comprising a lid replacing the steam bell, Figure 10 is a detail view according to the box dotted line C in Figure 9.

According to the invention and as shown in Figures 1 to 3, the steam bell 1 comprises a body 2, a first closed end 3 and a second open end 4. The body 2 is elongated. The body is substantially cylindrical in shape. The body 2 comprises an outer surface 2a and an inner surface 2b, the inner surface 30b defining an internal space configured to concentrate water vapor. As illustrated for example in Figures 1 to 3, the first closed end 3 of the steam bell 1 comprises a cover 5, a first portion 5a is substantially curved. The cover 5 comprises a second portion 5b oblique. At the junction between the first portion 5a and the second portion 5b of the cap 35 are formed through openings forming steam evacuation holes 9.

3036933 6 Well Heard the number of evacuation holes is not limited to the number shown in Figure 2. In the example illustrated in Figure 2, the cover 5 is substantially circular.

On the first closed end 3 of the steam bell 1 is provided a gripping surface. Said gripping surface is equipped with a plurality of grooves 10 extending over a portion of the circumference of the body 2. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, there are three grooves 10. Advantageously, the ridges 10 are regularly distributed on the circumference the first end 3 of the steam bell 1.

The steam bell 1 further comprises a metering member 8 extending from the first end 3 to the second end 4. The metering member 8 comprises an open end forming a spout 8a and a closed end opposite the open end 8a. The metering member 8 has a cone shape, the open end 8a of the metering member 8 being the base of the cone.

The second end 4 of the steam bell 1 is equipped with a flange-shaped attachment member 6 extending substantially around the circumference of the body 2. The fastener 6 is positioned projecting from the outer surface 2a of the body 2 as illustrated in Figure 3 for example. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the second end of the metering member 8 is merged with the fixing member 6. The fixing member 6 is configured to cooperate in complementary fashion with a complementary fixing member 56 provided on a steam generator part 51 of a food warming and / or cooking device 50 according to the invention.

The steam bell 1 further comprises two shutter members 7. Of course the number of shutter members is not limited to the example illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 8. As illustrated in FIG. shutter 7 are configured to close a steam evacuation pipe 55 illustrated in particular in Figures 4 to 8 and detailed later. The closure members 7 are in the form of fins and extending in the extension of the body 2 at the second end 4 of the steam bell 1. The closure members 7 form with the fastener 6 a receiving space 11 of the complementary fixing member 56. FIG. 4 partially illustrates a device for heating and / or cooking food 50 according to the invention. The food warming and / or cooking device 50 comprises at least a first device part 51. Said first device part 51 comprises a receiving cavity 57 of a fluid to be heated, at least one steam generator 53 intended producing steam from the fluid to be heated. Said first device part 51 further comprises at least one complementary fastener 56 configured to cooperate in complementary form with the fastening member 6 of the steam bell 1. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the complementary fastener 56 comprises a protruding longitudinal portion 56a extending in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the receiving cavity and a radial portion 56b extending radially with respect to the receiving cavity, and forming a receiving surface; of the fastening member 6 of the steam bell 1. Thus, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, when the steam bell 1 is positioned on the food warming and / or cooking device 50, the organ 6 of the steam bell 1 is cooperating with the radial portion 56b of the complementary fastener 56 and the longitudinal portion 56a of the complementary fastening member 56 comes to housed in the reception space 11 formed between a closure member 7 and the fixing member 6 of the steam bell 1. When the steam bell 1 and the food warming and / or cooking device 50 are assembled, a warming and / or cooking assembly 100 is formed, as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 7. When the steam bell 1 is assembled on the food warming and / or cooking device 50, the organ shutter 7 extends partially into the receiving cavity 57 of the food warming and / or cooking device 50. More particularly and as can be seen in detail in FIG. 6, the closure member 7 blocks the evacuation pipe steam 55 formed in the heating device and / or food cooking 50, 25 preferably in the upper part of a container 58 configured to receive food to be heated and / or to cook and / or cut for example in the form of bowl. As detailed in FIGS. 7 and 8, the steam evacuation conduit 55 includes a connecting insert 59 positioned in the vapor discharge conduit 55 and allowing the connection of the first device portion 51 with the second device portion 51. 52. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the device for heating and / or cooking food 50 also comprises a support 54 configured to receive a container to be heated and to keep said container away from the steam generator 53. Advantageously, the support 54 present in the form of a base with recesses to allow the passage of the fluid to be heated.

In addition, the food warming and / or cooking device 50 comprises a second portion 52 comprising the container 58 configured to receive food to be heated and / or to cook and / or cut for example in the form of a bowl. The first device portion 51 and the second device portion 52 are fluidly connected through the vapor discharge conduit 55 shown in FIGS. 4 to 10 and in detail in FIG. 8 and FIG. Steam 55 is a through-orifice opening on the one hand into the receiving cavity 57 of the first device part 51 and on the other hand into the container 58 of the second device part 52.

According to the invention, replacing the steam bell 1, a cover 60 is arranged on the receiving cavity 57 of the first device part 51, as illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10. As can be seen in FIG. comprises a collar in the lower part, said flange being configured to cooperate with the complementary fixing member 56 provided on the heating and / or cooking food device 50. The lid 60 once positioned, allows the sealing of the receiving cavity 57 of the first device part 51. Advantageously, the cover 60 comprises a gripping member 61 as illustrated in FIG. 9. Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described and shown in FIGS. annexed figures. Modifications are possible, particularly from the point of view of the constitution of the various elements or by substitution of technical equivalents, without departing from the scope of the invention.

Claims (10)

REVENDICATIONS1. Steam bell (1) configured to be positioned on a food warming and / or cooking device (50), said steam bell (1) comprising a body (2), a closed first end (3) comprising at least one steam evacuation hole (9), an open second end (4) equipped with at least one fastening member (6) configured to cooperate in complementary form with a complementary fastening member (56) provided on the heating and / or cooking food (50). 2. Steam bell according to claim 1, comprising at least one closure member (7) shaped to close a steam evacuation pipe (55) formed in the heating device and / or cooking food (50) . 3. Steam bell according to claim 2, wherein the closure member (7) is a fin, extending in the extension of the body (2) at the second end (4) of the steam bell (1). ) 4. Steam bell according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the first end (3) closed of the steam bell (1) is provided with at least one gripping surface. 5. Steam bell according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a metering member (8) positioned on the outer surface (2a) of the body (2) of said steam bell (1). 6. A food warming and / or cooking device (50) comprising at least a first device part (51), said first device part (51) comprising: at least one receiving cavity (57) of a fluid to be heated, at least one steam generator (53) positioned in or at the receiving cavity (57), at least one complementary fastening member (56) configured to cooperate in complementary form with a fixing (6) a steam bell (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. A food warming and / or cooking device according to claim 6, further comprising a second device portion (52) having at least one container (58) configured to receive food for heating and / or cooking. and / or cut. A food warming and / or cooking device according to claim 7, comprising a vapor discharge conduit (55) configured to allow passage of steam from the first device portion (51) to the second device part (52), said vapor outlet pipe (55) being configured to be closed by a closure member (6) of a steam bell (1) when said steam bell (1) is fixed on the first device part (51). 15 9. A warming and / or cooking assembly (100) comprising a food warming and / or cooking device (50) according to any one of claims 6 to 8, a steam bell (1) according to one of any of claims 1 to 5, removably attached to the heating device 20 and / or cooking food (50) by the cooperation of the at least one fastening member (6) of the steam bell (1) with the minus a complementary fixing member (56) of the heating and / or cooking food device (50). 10. The assembly according to claim 9, wherein when said steam bell (1) is attached to said food warming and / or cooking device (50), the steam bell (1) extends partially into the receiving cavity (57) of the food warming and / or cooking device (50) so as to at least partially seal the steam evacuation line (55) of the food warming and / or cooking device (50).