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
  • A47J45/00—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery
  • A47J45/06—Handles for hollow-ware articles
  • A47J45/07—Handles for hollow-ware articles of detachable type
• • 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
  • A47J45/00—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery
  • A47J45/06—Handles for hollow-ware articles
  • A47J45/07—Handles for hollow-ware articles of detachable type
  • A47J45/071—Saucepan, frying-pan handles
• • 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
  • A47J45/00—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery
  • A47J45/06—Handles for hollow-ware articles
  • A47J45/07—Handles for hollow-ware articles of detachable type
  • A47J45/072—Bowl handles
• • 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
  • A47J45/00—Devices for fastening or gripping kitchen utensils or crockery
  • A47J45/10—Devices for gripping or lifting hot cooking utensils, e.g. pincers, separate pot handles, fabric or like pads

Definitions

• the invention relates to a detachable gripping device for handling cooking utensils having at least one gripping lug in which is formed a light substantially parallel to the inner edge of said lug, the device comprising a shell comprising an internal cavity which opens laterally. on a front face of the device by an oblong orifice, said cavity being able to accommodate the ear when the ear is introduced through the oblong orifice, the device also comprising a locking device housed inside a chamber deflection formed in the shell and capable of cooperating with the light of the ear when said ear lodges in the cavity.
• Such devices are generally used in pairs, or with a handle facing, to grasp, lift manipulate and pour hollow cooking utensils, such as pots or pans, having two diametrically opposed ears and bent outward.
• Such devices can handle cooking utensils, even hot, without danger, without risk of burns in particular.
• Such a gripping device is in particular known from patent application FR 2 813 516.
• a locking device is provided to prevent unwanted disconnection of the ear and the gripping device and thus avoid any risk of burns.
• the locking device is positioned in a clearance chamber inside a shell formed by two half-shells assembled by screws.
• the locking device comprises a plate pivotally mounted about an axis whose ends form pivot bearings and are held in position in cylindrical grooves formed by the two half-shells assembled on either side of the clearance chamber. .
• the invention proposes a new gripping device comprising a particularly small number of elements, and whose assembly is facilitated. More specifically, the invention provides a gripping device (also called handle) removable for handling cooking utensils having at least one gripping lug in which is formed a substantially parallel to an inner edge of said ear.
• the device comprises a shell comprising an internal cavity which opens laterally on a front face of the shell by an oblong orifice; said internal cavity is adapted to house the ear when the ear is introduced through the oblong orifice.
• the gripping device also comprises a locking means housed inside a clearance chamber formed in the shell; the locking means is adapted to cooperate with the light of the ear when said ear lodges in the internal cavity.
• the clearance chamber is at least partially closed on the top which limits the risk of pressing inadvertently on the locking means when grasping the gripping device.
• the risks of an unwanted stall of the gripping device of the cooking utensil are thus reduced.
• the shell of the gripping device according to the invention is monobloc. Thus, no screws, no tools are needed to assemble the elements forming the shell. The assembly of the parts of the gripping device is thus greatly facilitated and the manufacturing time is particularly limited.
• the locking means comprises a plate pivotally mounted inside the clearance chamber between a locking position and an unlocked position, said plate comprising at a front end a beak adapted to lodge in the light. of the ear in the locked position of the locking means and when the ear lodges in the internal cavity, said plate also comprising a pivot axis positioned on a bottom face of the plate and near a rear end of the plate, said pivot axis extending substantially parallel to the oblong orifice, a length of the pivot axis being less than or equal to a width of the plate.
• the pivot axis does not protrude on either side of the plate, the locking means can be positioned without difficulty within the one-piece shell as will be seen later.
• the pivot axis of the plate being positioned near the rear end of the plate, the length of the plate is limited, and the width of the shell is limited accordingly.
• the locking means also comprises an elastic return means tending to bring or maintain the plate in the locking position.
• the elastic return means is for example a spring positioned between a top face of the plate and an upper wall of the shell.
• the spring can be positioned between a bottom face of the plate and a bottom wall of the shell if the spring works in extension instead of working in compression.
• the number of parts necessary for producing a loop according to the invention is limited to three: a one-piece shell, a pivoting plate and a return means such as a spring. This number is particularly low and results in obvious technical and economic advantages: ease of assembly, reduced assembly time, time of manufacture of the parts of the handle reduced to a minimum, etc.
• FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section along a plane of vertical symmetry of a removable device according to the invention in a locked position on an ear of a cooking utensil,
• FIG. 2 is an external view of the device of FIG.
• FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the device of FIG. 1, a shell of the device having been cut to show its interior construction,
• FIGS. 4 to 6 are respectively an external view, a longitudinal section and a plan view of the plate of the device of FIG. Description of an embodiment of the invention
• FIG. 1 shows an ear 10 of a cooking utensil which only a peripheral portion of a vertical side wall 2 is shown.
• the cooking utensil is for example a hollow utensil such as a saucepan, and may include an ear, or two similar ears diametrically opposed.
• the lug 10 may be made of metal or any other suitable material, for example a plastic; the ear has a substantially planar shape and extends substantially horizontally outwardly of the utensil.
• the lug 10 includes an inner edge 1 1 extended by a fastening lug 12 attached to the side wall 2 of the utensil, for example by welding, riveting, gluing, etc.
• the lug 10 comprises a lumen 13 substantially parallel to the inner edge 11.
• the device (or handle) according to the invention comprises a shell 20 comprising an internal cavity 21 which opens laterally on a front face 22 of the shell 20 by an oblong orifice 23.
• the internal cavity 21 is similar to the internal cavity of the gripping device according to the patent FR 2 813 516.
• the dimensions of the internal cavity 21 are such that when the ear 10 is inserted through the oblong orifice 23, the ear lodges without any appreciable play in the internal cavity 21, and on its largest extent to effectively protect a user's hands when the cookware is hot. In this normal position of use, the light 13 also lodges, almost entirely, in the internal cavity 21.
• the shell 20 is in one piece, as is clearly visible in FIG. 2.
• FIG. 3 a part of the upper wall of the shell 20 has been cut out and the handle has been represented in an exploded view. to highlight the different elements of the handle and the internal elements of the hull, as will be seen later.
• the shell 20 may be made of a thermally insulating material, or a material that is poorly heat-conductive. It will be noted, however, that a gripping loop according to the invention is not intended to remain positioned on a utensil ear during a heating phase of utensil, but is rather intended to be installed on the ear of a patient. utensil only during a handling phase of said utensil and then to be removed. In these circumstances, a thermal conductive material can also be used for the realization of the hull of the handle.
• the one-piece shell for example a liquid metal molding process, a plastic injection method, etc., the difficulty naturally being to make the cavities and obviously to inside the hull.
• the handle also comprises a locking means 60 housed inside a clearance chamber 40 formed in the shell 20.
• the locking means is adapted to cooperate with the light 13 of the ear 10 when the said ear 10 is housed in the internal cavity 21.
• the clearance chamber is at least partially closed on the top to limit the possibilities of unwanted access to the locking means when the handle is locked on the ear of a utensil and is used to carry said utensil.
• the locking means 60 comprises a plate 61 pivotally mounted inside the clearance chamber 40 between a locking position and an unlocked position, and an elastic return means tending to bring or maintain the plate in locking position.
• the plate 61 is shown alone in FIGS. 4 to 6. It comprises at a front end 62 terminated by a spout 63, and a pivot axis 64.
• the means for holding the spindle in the shell are described below.
• the spout 63 is adapted to fit in the lumen 13 of the ear 10 in the locked position of the locking means and when the ear lodges in the internal cavity 21.
• the spout 63 is curved downwards and has on its front face a chamfer 63a forming a guide ramp for lifting the plate 61 by a horizontal push on the handle towards the cooking utensil .
• the pivot axis 64 is integral with the plate 61 and is positioned on a bottom face 65 of the plate 61 and near a rear end 66 of the plate 61. Thus, a zone of movement of the plate is not necessary at the rear of the handle.
• the pivot axis 64 extends substantially parallel to the oblong orifice 23 and the length of the pivot axis is less than or equal to a width of the plate 61.
• the pivot axis does not protrude either side of the plate; thus, the insertion of the locking means into the interior of the hull is facilitated and it is not necessary to maintain the ends of the axis inside the hull.
• the clearance chamber being closed at least partially on the top, it is adapted to allow insertion of the plate in the deflection chamber in a substantially horizontal direction.
• the elastic return means is a spring 81 and the plate 61 comprises on a top face 67, between the front end 62 of the plate 61 and the pivot axis 64 of the plate, a groove 68 of lateral retention of the spring, a first end 82 is immobilized in the groove 68 of the plate 61; a second end 83 is supported on a lower face of an upper wall 41 of the clearance chamber 40.
• the lower face of the upper wall 41 of the displacement chamber 40 comprises a lateral retention groove of the spring whose second end 83 is held in the groove of the upper wall 41 of the deflection chamber 40, the first end 82 of the spring being simply resting on the top face 67 of the plate 61, between the front end of the plate 61 and the pivot axis 64 of the plate 61.
• the first end 82 of the spring being simply resting on the top face 67 of the plate 61, between the front end of the plate 61 and the pivot axis 64 of the plate 61.
• two grooves are provided, one on the upper face of the plate, one on the lower face of the upper wall 41 and one on the upper face of the plate 61.
• both ends of the spring are held laterally by a groove, so that the spring can not move laterally.
• the spring works in extension and is positioned under the plate, between the bottom face 65 of the plate 61 and a top face of the bottom wall of the shell 20, at least one groove being provided on the bottom face 65 of the plate 61 and / or on the upper face of the bottom wall of the shell 20 for laterally holding at least one end of the spring.
• the clearance chamber 40 opens at the rear of the handle laterally on an upper part of a rear wall 43 of the clearance chamber 40 through an insertion orifice 45 allowing the insertion of the locking means 60. in the deflection chamber 40.
• the insertion of the locking means in the clearance chamber is thus done by the rear of the handle, in a substantially horizontal direction.
• the clearance chamber being closed on the top, the locking means is not very accessible.
• the insertion orifice 45 extends on the upper part of the rear wall 43 of the clearance chamber 40 and on a rear part of the upper wall 41 of the clearance chamber 40.
• the insertion orifice is thus particularly wide, which facilitates the insertion of the locking means inside the displacement chamber.
• such an embodiment of the insertion orifice makes it possible to limit the length of the locking plate because the excess thickness 69 and especially the support flange 70 (see below) are made accessible at the level of the upper wall of the shell ; the rear face of the excess thickness 69 can thus be made flush with the rear face of the shell 20.
• Limiting the length of the locking plate also makes it possible to limit the width Lac of the shell 20.
• the Lake width of the shell is limited to the distance between the light and the outer edge of the ear 10 plus the thickness of the two ribs 47, 48 plus the diameter of the pivot axis 64.
• the hull of the handle is barely wider and only slightly longer than the ear of the cooking utensil.
• the insertion orifice extends only on the upper part of the rear wall 43 of the deflection chamber 40.
• the plate is made a little longer than in the example shown, so as to make accessible to the rear of the handle flange 70, and possibly all or part of the extra thickness 69 for handling the locking means.
• the plate 61 has, at its rear end 66, an extra thickness 69. Once the plate 61 inserted into the clearance chamber, the extra thickness closes the insertion orifice 45. Manual pressure on one side from above the extra thickness 69 does not allow to easily rotate the plate 61 to the unlocked position, because said top face is positioned just above the pivot axis 64.
• the extra thickness 69 of the plate is extended by a support flange 70. By pressing on the rim 70 rather than directly on the upper face of the excess thickness 69 to unlock the handle, the force provided does not apply in a vertical direction, at a very short distance from the pivot axis 64, but in an oblique direction further from the pivot axis.
• the rim 70 is flush with the upper wall of the shell 20 (FIGS. 1, 2), and does not protrude above the upper wall of the shell 20. The risk of accidental support on the rim 70 is thus eliminated. , which eliminates the risk of accidental unlocking of the handle.
• the shell also comprises a second rib 48 extending from a lower wall 49 of the clearance chamber.
• the first rib and the second rib extend in a direction substantially parallel to the oblong orifice 23 at a distance from one another substantially equal to the diameter of the pivot axis of the plate.
• the two ribs together form a groove for holding the pivot axis 64 of the plate 61 in the horizontal plane.
• the axis is also maintained in the groove, along a vertical axis, by the elastic return means of the locking means so that, once set up inside the groove, the pivot axis can not out of the throat and the locking means can not leave the chamber without the intervention of an informed person.
• a distance between an upper face 50 of the second rib and the upper wall 41 of the deflection chamber is chosen substantially equal to a thickness of the plate plus a thickness of the pivot axis of the plate of the locking means. This distance is thus chosen as low as possible, while still sufficient to insert the locking means inside. of the deflection chamber, the thickness of the loop is thus made as small as possible.
• the height of the spring 81 in the compressed position is slightly greater than the height of the groove 68 for holding the spring made on the top face of the plate 61, it will be possible to choose a distance between the upper face 50 of the second rib and the upper wall 41 of the deflection chamber substantially equal to the thickness of the plate 61 plus the thickness of the pivot axis 64 plus the height of the spring 81 minus the height of the groove 68.
• the hull 20 of the handle is large enough to be grasped by hand to easily handle a cookware on which the handle is locked.
• the shell also comprises a gripping portion 25, substantially U-shaped, the ends of the two branches 26, 27 extend from a rear face 29 of the shell 20 (which is also the outer face of the wall 43 of the clearance chamber), a bottom 28 of the U forming a gripping area of the gripping device.
• the bottom of the U shown in the form of a bar with a diameter substantially equal to the thickness of the shell, may in certain situations facilitate handling of the handle. Gripping parts of different shapes can naturally be envisaged to further facilitate the handling of a utensil or for aesthetic reasons, for example parts with more rounded shapes, or flat parts in the extension of the shell 20 as represented, similarly to the handle object of the patent FR 2 813 516, without departing from the scope of the invention. Nomenclature

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