WO2020050800A2

WO2020050800A2 - Cooking mechanism

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Publication number: WO2020050800A2
Application number: PCT/TR2019/050484
Authority: WO
Inventors: Ali Murat ARIKUSU
Original assignee: Arikusu Ali Murat
Priority date: 2018-06-21
Filing date: 2019-06-21
Publication date: 2020-03-12
Also published as: WO2020050800A3

Abstract

The present invention relates to a cooking mechanism (1) which allows the meals distributed heterogeneously due to it ingredients'sizes desired to be within the mixture are also cooked according to their recipes as well as the meals distributed homogeneously such as soup, rice, pasta, desert etc. by separating the inner portion of the cooking vessel (40) into two separate sections (within one of them, shredder operation is actualized while within other one, the shredder operation is not actualized) via perforated reservoir (30); if desired allows the ingredients desired to cooked within the steam to be cooked without water contact via an additional modular perforated surface (35) fixed on the middle of the reservoir outer surface (30.3), as being parallel to the base of the cooking vessel (40); has modularity convenient to usage of different operation tools; automatically starts and stops the motor during cooking by tracking the temperature and time according to meal programs loaded within its memory; changes the temperature within the cooking vessel according to the requirement of the ingredients in the recipe.

Description

COOKING MECHANISM

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a cooking mechanism which allows ingredients to be cooked in accordance with the homogeneous or heterogeneous distributions desired to be formed within the mixture by forming two separate sections within the cooking vessel, as well as this if desired, allows ingredients that are not desired to contact with water, to be cooked within steam by providing a separate third section in the cooking vessel.

Especially, the present invention relates to a cooking mechanism which allows the meals distributed heterogeneously due to it ingredients’ sizes desired to be within the mixture are also cooked according to their recipes as well as the meals distributed homogeneously such as soup, rice, pasta, desert etc. by separating the inner portion of the cooking vessel into two separate sections (within one of them, shredder operation is actualized while within other one, the shredder operation is not actualized) via perforated reservoir; if desired allows the ingredients desired to cooked within the steam to be cooked without water contact via an additional modular perforated surface fixed on the middle of the outer surface of mentioned perforated reservoir, as being parallel to the base of the cooking vessel; has modularity convenient to usage of different operation tools; automatically starts and stops the motor during cooking by tracking the temperature and time according to meal programs loaded within its memory; changes the temperature within the cooking vessel according to the requirement of the ingredients in the recipe.

Prior Art

In our society, as women started to take part in business life, the time spending to housework has decreased considerably. Families who do not want to waste time with preparing dinner, have started to consume the fast foods more frequently than before. In our society which is rapidly getting away from the habit of healthy eating, the health problems such as fatigue, anorexia, anemia, obesity, cancer and etc. are becoming more common.

The technology which has started to take shape with the change in our living conditions and habits and which has come together with new solutions that will make our lives easier each time has recently introduced the concept of smart kitchen which is one of most important components of smart home solutions. As in all other tasks in the home, important improvements have been made in the automation of the kitchen works and specialized mechanisms for automatically making meals such as custard, soup, rice, paste and etc. according to their recipes have started to emerge. However, the mechanisms including mixer and/or shredder are convenient for the homogeneous distributed meals but are insufficient for the meals where some ingredients should show heterogeneous distribution within the meal.

In the conventional cooking mechanisms, the direct contact between the ingredients and heater causes the burns to occur, as allowing the ingredients to stick onto the bottom of the vessel. The meals prepared in this way causes the health problems such as cancer etc. as a result of long usage. Besides, it is difficult to clean the burns formed at the bottom of the cooking vessel after usage.

The document US9439530B2 mentions an intelligent cooking mechanism that can send and receive data via wireless communication and provide the mixing operation according to the recipe thanks to its magnetic mixer. However, the mechanism mentioned here is convenient for cooking just the meals requiring mixing operation. It does not contain separate sections in which the ingredients desired to be homogeneous within the mixture are smashed and the ingredients desired to be cooked within determined dimensions cook without smashing.

The document US6976420B1 mentions a cooking mechanism. It does not contain a separate section in which the ingredients that will become homogeneous by smashing are separated from the ingredients that will be cooked in a determined sizes. Since the heater is in the itself, the ingredients stick at the bottom and causes the system to shut down and the burns to be formed within the meal.

As a result, the need for a cooking mechanism which allows the meals distributed heterogeneously due to it ingredients’ sizes desired to be within the mixture are also cooked according to their recipes as well as the meals distributed homogeneously such as soup, rice, paste desert etc. by separating the inner portion of the cooking vessel into two separate sections (within one of them, shredder operation is actualized while within other one, the shredder operation is not actualized) via perforated reservoir; if desired which allows the ingredients desired to cooked within the steam to be cooked without water contact via an additional modular perforated surface fixed on the middle of the outer surface of mentioned perforated reservoir, as being parallel to the base of the cooking vessel; which has modularity convenient to usage of different operation tools; automatically starts and stops the motor during cooking by tracking the temperature and time according to meal programs loaded within its memory; changes the temperature within the cooking vessel according to the requirement of the ingredients in the recipe causes the present innovative solution to emerge. Objectives and Short Description of the Invention

The aim of the invention is to present a cooking mechanism which allows the meals distributed heterogeneously due to it ingredients’ sizes desired to be within the mixture are also cooked according to their recipes as well as the meals distributed homogeneously such as soup, rice, pasta, desert etc. by separating the inner portion of the cooking vessel into two separate sections (within one of them, shredder operation is actualized while within other one, the shredder operation is not actualized) via perforated reservoir; if desired allows the ingredients desired to cooked within the steam to be cooked without water contact via an additional modular perforated surface fixed on the middle of the outer surface of mentioned perforated reservoir, as being parallel to the base of the cooking vessel; has modularity convenient to usage of different operation tools; automatically starts and stops the motor during cooking by tracking the temperature and time according to meal programs loaded within its memory; changes the temperature within the cooking vessel according to the requirement of the ingredients in the recipe.

Another aim of the present invention is allowing the ingredients desired to be homogeneous to be smashed and allowing the ingredients desired to be heterogeneous to be cooked within the steam or water according to the desire of the user.

Another aim of the present invention is allowing the user to add the ingredients directly to the desired section without removing the perforated surface each time thanks to the asymmetric configuration of the perforated surface and the reservoir insertion hole on the middle of the perforated surface.

Another aim of the present invention is providing a third section for the ingredients desired to be cooked without water contact for saving minerals (such as spinach).

Another aim of the present invention is allowing the both homogeneous and heterogenous recipes to be prepared via same mechanism.

Another aim of the present invention is to present a modular structure convenient to the mounting of the different operation apparatus such as cutter, mixer, beater, kneader etc.

Another aim of the one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is to eliminate the biggest problem of the prior art (burning or sticking of the ingredients to the bottom of the vessel) by using special design cooking vessel preventing the contact between the bottom of the cooking vessel and the heater at the regions where the circulation is not provided sufficiently. Another aim of the present invention is to provide ease of cleaning after usage thanks to that its parts are easily removed and suitable for dishwasher.

Another aim of the present invention is to provides automatic process without the user intervention instead of the manuel operations requiring during preparing soup, custard, sauce, popcorn etc.

The present cooking mechanism which, comprising

a body which has a control interface allowing the user to make adjustment of recipe selection, time etc.,

a motor located within mentioned body,

a modular operation apparatus that is located on the lower portion of the body,

a shaft transmitting the rotational motion received from the motor to the modular operation apparatus,

cover,

a perforated reservoir which separates the conventional cooking vessel into two different regions as being first section and second section and in which mentioned modular operation apparatus operates as being located from upside to the first section,

allows different recipes to be cooked as desired according to the programs stored in the memory.

The cooking mechanism mentioned above comprises preferably

a heater (12) which, having heater-shaft mounting slot (12.1) and heater-outer thread (12.2) structure, is located on the body (10)

a modular operation apparatus (20) that is located onto mentioned heater (12) by being engaged to mentioned heater-outer thread (12.2) via the apparatus-inner thread structure located inner side surface and that has an apparatus-shaft mounting slot at its bottom side, a specialized cooking vessel (40) that includes an apparatus mounting slot (42) in which mentioned modular operation apparatus (20) is inserted, a reservoir nest (41) where mentioned perforated reservoir (30) is inserted on, a heater non-contact surface (43) that do not contact with the heater (12),

a perforated reservoir (30) which separates mentioned cooking vessel (40) into two different regions as being first section (31) and second section (32) and in which mentioned modular operation apparatus (20) operates as remaining within the first section (31).

The cooking mechanism mentioned above comprises preferably

a perforated surface which is fixed within the cooking vessel as being parallel to the bottom of the vessel at a determined height and so, which provides a third section within the vessel for the ingredient desired to be cooked without water contact. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a perforated plate which separates the cooking vessel into two different sections as being first section and second section by using the wall of the cooking vessel to form these two sections is used instead of the perforated reservoir structure.

Descriptions of the Figures

In Figure 1 a, a perspective view of the perforated reservoir providing two separated sections for the ingredients desired to be smashed and the ingredients desired to be remained in certain dimensions without being smashed is given.

In Figure 1 b, a perspective view of perforated surface providing a third section (by using together mentioned perforated reservoir) where the ingredients desired to be cooked without water contact, can cook within the steam is given.

In Figure 2, a detailed technical drawing of the present cooking vessel in which perforated reservoir and perforated surface are located is given.

In Figure 3a, a front view of the present cooking mechanism is given.

In Figure 3b, cross-sectional view of the present cooking mechanism is given.

In Figure 4, an exploded perspective view of the present cooking mechanism is given.

In Figure 5a, a perspective view of the a perforated reservoir belong to other embodiment of the present cooking mechanism is given.

In Figure 5b, a cross-sectional view of mentioned embodiment of the present cooking mechanism is given.

In Figure 6, an exploded perspective view of the said embodiment of the present cooking mechanism is given.

In Figure 7, a top view of the another embodiment of the present cooking mechanism is given.

In Figure 8, a detailed technical drawing of mentioned embodiment of the present cooking mechanism is given.

In Figure 9, an exploded perspective view of the said embodiment of the present cooking mechanism is given. Reference Numbers

I . Cooking mechanism

10. Body

I I . Control interface

12. Heater

12.1. Heater-shaft mounting slot

12.2. Heater-outer thread

20. Modular operation apparatus

21. Shredder blade

22. Outer thread

30. Perforated reservoir

30.1. Upper mouth

30.2. Lower mouth

30.3. Reservoir outer surface

30.4. Protrusion

31. First section

32. Second section

33. Third section

34. Ingredient adding opening

35. Perforated surface

35.1. Reservoir insertion hole

35.2. Symmetric structure

35.3. Asymmetric structure

36. Perforated plate

40. Cooking vessel

41. Reservoir nest

42. Apparatus mounting slot 42.1. Inner thread

43. Heater non-contact surface 45. Conventional cooking vessel 50. Cover Detailed Description of the Invention

The invention relates a cooking mechanism (1) which allows the meals distributed heterogeneously due to it ingredients’ sizes desired to be within the mixture are also cooked according to their recipes as well as the meals distributed homogeneously such as soup, rice, pasta, desert etc. by separating the inner portion of the cooking vessel (40) into two separate sections (within one of them, shredder operation is actualized while within other one, the shredder operation is not actualized) via perforated reservoir (30); if desired allows the ingredients desired to cooked within the steam to be cooked without water contact via an additional modular perforated surface (35) fixed on the middle of the reservoir outer surface (30.3), as being parallel to the base of the cooking vessel (40); has modularity convenient to usage of different operation tools; automatically starts and stops the motor during cooking by tracking the temperature and time according to meal programs loaded within its memory; changes the temperature within the cooking vessel (40) according to the requirement of the ingredients in the recipe. Mentioned perforated reservoir (30) structure constitutes two separate sections for allowing homogeneous distribution of desired ingredients and heterogeneous distribution of the desired ingredients in the same mixture. The other embodiments of said perforated reservoir (30) such as perforated cage, perforated chamber, basket etc. are possible under the condition of having hole or interval structures in the dimensions which prevent the passage of the ingredients placed within the inner section to the outer section before reaching homogeneous consistency and at the same time which prevent the ingredients (desired to be cooked in the determined dimensions) placed within the outer section to pass to the inner section for preventing smashing of them. Here, the present invention is described on the basis of the perforated reservoir (30) which is only one of the preferred embodiments of the subject matter of the present invention but these descriptions are inclusive for other embodiments having the same function. Likewise, the portion referred to the above as perforated surface (35) are also inclusive for the other embodiments under the condition of having hole or interval structures in the dimensions and geometries which prevent the passage of the ingredient located on it top to the bottom side while allowing the passage of the steam to the upside.

A front view of the preferred embodiment of the present cooking mechanism (1) is given in Figure 3a. The present cooking mechanism (1) comprises a body (10) including a control interface (11) allowing the user to adjust the selection of the recipe, time etc. and at least one heater (12) having heater-shaft mounting slot (12.1) and heater-outer thread (12.2), a modular operation apparatus (20) including a shredder blade (21) at its upper portion, outer thread (22) portion throughout its side surface, apparatus-shaft mounting slot at its lower portion and apparatus-inner thread portion throughout the inner side surface, a shaft transmitting the rotational motion received from the motor within the body (10) to mentioned modular operation apparatus (20) by being located its lower portion to mentioned heater-shaft mounting slot (12.1) while its upper portion to the apparatus-shaft mounting slot,

a cooking vessel (40) including an apparatus mounting slot (42) having inner thread (42.1) portion convenient to mentioned outer thread (22) of the modular operation apparatus (20), a reservoir nest (41) formed upwardly as an extension from mentioned apparatus mounting slot (42) and a heater non-contact surface (43) formed thanks to that the heater (12) is in contact with modular operation apparatus (20) at just the apparatus mounting slot (42) portion,

a perforated reservoir (30) which, including upper mouth (30.1) portion, lower mouth (30.2) portion, reservoir outer surface (30.3) portion and preferable at least one outwardly protrusion (30.4) element on mentioned reservoir outer surface (30.3), is located within mentioned reservoir nest (41) and so separates the cooking vessel (40) into two different sections as being first section (31) and second section (32),

a perforated surface (35) which is fixed as being parallel to the bottom of the cooking vessel (40) at a determined height via mentioned outwardly protrusions (30.4) or inwardly protrusions formed on the inner side surface of the cooking vessel (40), and so which forms a third section within the vessel for the ingredients desired to be cooked without water contact, which has a reservoir insertion hole (35.1) where the perforated reservoir (30) pass through and at the same time it provides the users to add the ingredients to the first section (31) without removing any part, which provides the user to add the ingredients to the second section (32) without removing any part during cooking process via the ingredient adding opening (34) formed between side wall of the cooking vessel (40) and the asymmetric structure (35.3) thanks to the its outer frame consisting of mentioned asymmetric structure (35.3) as well as symmetric structure (35.2) and,

a cover (50).

In one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is also possible to produce the modular operation apparatus (20) as being fixed to the cooking vessel (40).

Besides, in one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, it is also possible that the perforated surface (35) is produced as being fixed to the reservoir outer surface (30.3). The perforated reservoir (30) structure located within the cooking vessel (40) separates the cooking vessel (40) into two different sections as being a first section (31) where the modular operation apparatus (20) operates and the ingredients desired to be cooked in homogeneous consistency such as lentil, potato, onion etc. within the mixture are placed within and as being a second section (32) (lying between the perforated reservoir (30) and the cooking vessel (40)) where the ingredients desired to cooked in contact with the fluid of the mixture and in heterogenous consistency such as chickpea, noodle, meatballs etc. within the mixture are placed within. The perforated surface (35) used preferably (or according to the recipe) as integrated with the perforated reservoir (30) forms a third section (33) within the cooking vessel (40) for the ingredients desired to be cooked within the steam to prevent the lose of vitamin or just to benefit from their aromas. According to the recipe, it is possible to use binary combination of them as well as using just one section or three sections. It s possible to see these three sections in the detailed technical drawing given in Figure 2.

A perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the perforated reservoir (30) is given in Figure 1a. Under condition of separating the interior of the cooking vessel (40) into two different sections for the ingredients desired to become homogeneous consistency by being smashed and the ingredients desired to be remain in a determined sizes, mentioned perforated reservoir (30) can be in different geometries and sizes such as cylinder prism, rectangular prism, triangular prism, cone, truncated cone etc. In the other embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to use a perforated plate (36) having different dimensions and surfaces in different geometries instead of perforated reservoir (30). In this embodiment, two different section is formed by using the wall of the cooking vessel (40). Within one of these two sections, modular operation apparatus (20) is located. The ingredients desired to be cooked in homogeneous consistency are placed within this first section (31) having modular operation apparatus (20). The ingredients desired to be cooked in the determined sizes are placed within the second section (32). This embodiment requires just one motor for actuating the modular operation apparatus (20). Besides, here it is also possible to use a second motor. Mixing operation can be provided by the second motor that will be located within the second section (32) where the ingredient desired to remain in a determined sizes. The figures belong to the embodiment having two motors are given in Figures 7, 8 and 9.

The size of the perforations on the perforated reservoir (30) or the perforated plate (36) is small enough to prevent the ingredients placed within the first section (31) to pass to the second section (32) before being shredded while big enough to allow them to pass to the second section (32) after being shredded. Besides, the size of these perforations is small enough to prevent the ingredients placed within the second section (32) to pass to the first section (31). Thus, it prevents the ingredients desired to be remain in the desired dimensions within the mixture to pass to the first section (31). A perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the perforated surface (35) is given in Figure 1 b. The perforated surface (35) is fixed to the middle of the reservoir outer surface (30.3) without having a contact with the water, as being parallel to the base of the cooking vessel (40). The fixing operation is provided by the protrusions formed on the middle of the inner side wall of the cooking vessel (40) in the other embodiments of the present invention while the fixing operation is provided by the protrusions (30.4) on the reservoir outer surface (30.3) in the preferred embodiment of the present invention. In the other embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to adjust the height of the protrusions (30.4) and consequently the height of the position of the perforated surface (35) from the bottom of the cooking vessel (40).

The symmetric structure (35.2) forming biggest portion of the outer frame of the perforated surface (35) has the geometry convenient to the geometry of the cooking vessel (40) and close dimensions to it. So, it is provided that the gap between symmetric structure (35.2) of the perforated surface (35) and the side wall of the cooking vessel (40) is small enough to prevent the ingredients (desired to be cooked within the steam) placed onto the perforated surface (35) to fall within the second section (32). The asymmetric structure (35.3) forming the rest portion of the outer frame of the perforated surface (35) provides an ingredient adding opening (34) allowing the user to add the ingredient to the second section (32) without removing the perforated surface (35) during any time of the cooking process. It is possible to clearly see mentioned ingredient adding opening (34) in the Figure 2.

Besides, the cooking vessel (40), the perforated reservoir (30) (or perforated plate (36)) that is placed within the cooking vessel (40), reservoir nest (41) where the perforated reservoir (30) is located within the cooking vessel (40), the perforated surface (35) that can be used as integrated with the perforated reservoir (30) (or with the perforated plate (36)) are representative and can be used in different geometries and combinations as providing same function. For example; in the other embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to be used a rectangular prism cooking vessel (40), a hexagonal perforated reservoir (30), a hexagonal reservoir nest (41) in which mentioned hexagonal perforated reservoir (30) is placed within the cooking vessel (40), a perforated surface (35) which, including a hole on its middle where said hexagonal perforated reservoir (30) can pass throughout, is in the geometry compatible with the geometry of the cooking vessel (40) or in a completely different geometry. Preferably, it is possible to use the embodiments of the perforated surface (35) such as flat, convex, concave, curved etc. Also, in one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, the cooking vessel (40), the perforated reservoir (30) (or perforated plate (36)), the perforated surface (35), the modular operation apparatus (20) are made of metal material but in the other alternative embodiments it is possible that they are made of other type materials under condition of providing same function. Thanks to the rotational motion provided by the modular operation apparatus (20), it is possible to mix the ingredients in both the first section (31) and the second section (32). During this mixing motion, the ingredients within the second section (32) continue to mix without being shredded while the ingredients within the first section (31) (within the perforated reservoir (30)) are shredded. Thus, it is prevented that the ingredients stick to the bottom of the cooking vessel (40) thanks to the mixing motion provided in the whole mixture. As well as this, thanks to the special design of the preferred embodiment of the present cooking vessel (40), it completely eliminates the sticking (burning) problem by preventing the base of the second section (32) to contact directly with the heater. In the cross-sectional view in Figure 3b, it is clearly seen the heater non-contact surface (43) where the direct contact between the heater (12) and the base of the cooking vessel (40) is prevented.

On the body (10) structure of the preferred embodiment of the present cooking mechanism (1), there is a control interface (11) that allows the user to turn the mechanism on and off, and to make meal- related selections and adjustments. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, mentioned control interface (11) is a touchscreen. However, in the other embodiments of the present invention, it is also possible to use preferably an interface displaying options/selection details and the select buttons allowing the mechanism to be turn on and off, an meal-related selections and adjustments to be done. Thanks to the memory card in the body (10), it is possible to store the different recipes and the different selections/settings for these recipes. Thus, the user does not need to re-adjust each time for the recipes that user made once its selections and sets, a user-specialized mechanism (1) is obtained by allowing that each recipe in the memory is adjusted according to the user’s own cooking method.

In the other embodiments of the present cooking mechanism (1), it is possible to make preferences, adjustments and operations without using the control interface (11) on the body (10) thanks to the user interface opened on the application installed on the user’s mobile phone or thanks to the command given to the smart home assistants. All features of the programs written in Android and IOS operating system can be easily used by the users. Through the same software, it is possible to develop applications that report the nutritional value of the cooked meal for encouraging healthy nutrition or suggest daily menu, prepare weekly or monthly ingredient list according to the user’s preferences.

An exploded perspective view of the present invention is given in Figure 4. As seen from this figure, in this preferred embodiment, a cutting apparatus is used as the modular operation apparatus (20). The present invention is convenient to use different modular operation apparatus (20) for allowing the operations such as mixing, whipping, kneading etc. according to the require of the recipe as well as the cutting operation.

The present cooking mechanism (1) provides ease of cleaning after usage thanks to the easy removal of its parts and their suitability for being washed within the dishwasher. Modular operation apparatus (20), perforated reservoir (30) and if used the perforated surface (35) are just included in the cleaning process in addition to the cooking vessel (40) and the cover (50).

The present cooking mechanism (1) can be tracing heat and time according to the recipe loaded within its memory. It controls the operation and operation speed of the modular operation apparatus (20) by allowing the motor within the body (10) automatically to operate, accelerate, decelerate or stop according to the processes of the selected recipe. Besides, according to the processes of the selected recipe, it provides to automatically change and close the power of the heater (12). In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, thanks to an intermediate module added to the aspirators, wireless ventilation can be switched on and off, power of the ventilation can be increased or decreased according to the processes of the selected recipe.

In the above mentioned embodiments of the present invention, the heater (12) is controlled via the commands given to the resistance of the heater (12) since the heater (12) is powered as electrically. So, it is possible to prevent burnings and overflowing.

In the other embodiment of the present invention, the perforated reservoir (30) is used by being placed within the conventional cooking vessel (45). The bottom portion of the perforated reservoir (30) is here closed. Here, there is no need a special cooking vessel. The modular operation apparatus (20) operates within the perforated reservoir (30) by being placed from upside. The views belong to this embodiment of the present invention are given in Figure 5a, 5b and 6. Here, an external heater or stove is used and they can be controlled by the command given through bluetooth or Wi-Fi. So, it is possible to prevent burnings and overflowing.

For better understanding the difference of the invention from the prior art, it is useful to mention how the invention is used. Firstly, modular operation apparatus (20) is mounted within the apparatus mounting slot (42). After mounting of the modular operation apparatus (20) within the cooking vessel (40), the montage of the cooking vessel (40) onto the body (10) is provided by that apparatus inner- thread structure is engaged to the heater-outer thread (12.2) structure on the heater (12), so the shaft is remained between them. Then, the perforated reservoir (30) is placed on the reservoir nest (41) within the cooking vessel (40). Preferably, the perforated surface (35) is located on the reservoir outer surface (30.3). The ingredients desired to become homogeneous distribution within the mixture are placed within the interior space of the perforated reservoir (30). The ingredients desired to be cooked in determined dimensions with contact the mixture without being shredded are placed from the ingredient adding opening (34) to the heater non-contact surface (43) remaining outside of the perforated reservoir (30). The ingredients desired to get benefit from their aromas or desired to not loss their vitamins by being cooked within the steam in determined dimensions without mixture contact are placed on the perforated surface (35). The mechanism is became ready and one of the recipe presented on the activated control interface (1 1) is selected by using the control interface (11) on the body (10). Cooking time of the meal, warnings, the adjustments regarding operation way of the modular operation apparatus (20), heater (12) and aspirator are made according to the desire of the user. Thanks to the application installed on the user’s phone, it is also possible to make all selections and settings by using the control interface (1 1). Thus, according to the selected recipe and the user’s preferences and selections, the tracing of the heat and time, the control of the operation time, duration, interval of the motor that allows modular operation apparatus (20) to operate, the control of the operation time, duration and interval of the heater (12) are provided and preferably the operation of the aspirator is changed automatically according the program defined in the selected recipe. Thanks to the reservoir insertion hole (35.1) on the perforated surface (35), it is possible that user adds the ingredients to the first section (31) without removing the perforated surface (35) during cooking process; thanks to the ingredient adding opening (34) formed between the perforated surface (35) and the cooking vessel (40), it is possible that user adds the ingredients to the second section (32) without removing the perforated surface (35) during cooking process.

For example; pasta and rice are placed within the second section (32) while the ingredients (such as seafood, vegetables, chicken or etc.) desired to be benefitted from their aromas are placed within the first section (31). So, it is possible to benefit from these aromas at maximum and to exchange aromas between the foods. Thus, it is possible to cook the rice with vegetables or the pasta with seafoods in just one cooking vessel (40) instead of using different vessels. In the conventional cooking method of the rice with chicken, the water is filtered after the boiling of the chicken and is added within the rice for being soaked. However, in the present invention the meat, intensity of obtained aroma is greater than the conventional cooking method since the meat, chicken or vegetables are shredded within the first section (31).

Claims

A cooking mechanism (1) which, comprising

a body (10) which has a control interface (1 1) allowing the user to make adjustment of recipe and time selection etc.

a motor located within mentioned body (10),

a modular operation apparatus (20) that is located on the lower portion of the body (10), a shaft transmitting the rotational motion received from the motor to the modular operation apparatus (20),

cover (50),

allows different recipes to be cooked as desired according to the programs stored in the memory and characterized by; comprising

a perforated reservoir (30) which separates the conventional cooking vessel (45) into two different regions as being first section (31) and second section (32) and in which mentioned modular operation apparatus (20) operates as being located from upside to the first section (31).

A cooking mechanism (1) according to the claim 1 and characterized by; comprising preferably a heater (12) which, having heater-shaft mounting slot (12.1) and heater-outer thread (12.2) structure, is located on the body (10)

A cooking mechanism according to the claim 1 or 2, and characterized by; comprising

a perforated surface (35) which is fixed within the cooking vessel (40) as being parallel to the bottom of the vessel at a determined height and so, which provides a third section (33) within the vessel for the ingredients desired to be cooked without water contact.

4. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, and characterized by; instead of the perforated reservoir (30) structure, comprising a perforated plate (36) which separates the cooking vessel (40) into two different sections as being first section (31) and second section (32) by using the wall of the cooking vessel (40) to form these two sections.

5. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein perforated reservoir (30) or the perforated plate (36) has hole and interval dimensions providing the passage of the ingredients that are only in the homogeneous consistency between the first section (31) and the second section (32).

6. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein mentioned perforated reservoir (30) could preferably have different geometries such as cylindrical, conical, truncated cone etc., different dimensions and their combinations.

7. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the entire outer frame of the perforated surface (35) may have a symmetry compatible with the cooking vessel (40), preferably may have both a symmetric structure (35.2) compatible with the cooking vessel (40) in the one portion and an asymmetric structure (35.3) in the rest portion.

8. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims and characterized by; comprising a reservoir insertion hole (35.1) where mentioned perforated reservoir (30) can pass through in and which allows the user to add the ingredients to the first section (31) during cooking process without removing any part,

an ingredient adding opening (34) which, being formed between side wall of the cooking vessel (40) and the asymmetric structure (35.3), provides the user to add the ingredients to the second section (32) without removing any part during cooking process thanks to the its outer frame consisting of mentioned asymmetric structure (35.3) as well as symmetric structure (35.2).

9. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the perforated surface (35) can preferably have surface properties such as flat, convex, concave and curved etc.

10. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the modular operation apparatus (20) preferably has a shredder blade (21) as an operation tool.

11. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein it is possible to use sealing element such as o-ring etc. or any mounting technology for allowing the modular operation apparatus (20) and mentioned apparatus mounting slot (42) to be mounted to each other as impermeable way.

12. A cooking mechanism (1) according to the claim 11 and characterized by; comprising the modular operation apparatus (20) having outer threads (22) on the outer side surface, apparatus mounting slot (42) having inner threads (42.1) compatible to the mentioned outer threads (22) on the inner side surface.

13. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein mentioned reservoir nest (41) is preferable an upwardly extension from mentioned apparatus mounting slot (42) and has a diameter allowing the perforated reservoir (30) to be fixed on it from inside or outside.

14. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the perforated reservoir (30) includes an upper mouth (30.1), a lower mouth, a reservoir outer surface (30.3) and at least one outwardly protrusion (30.4) element preferably on mentioned reservoir outer surface (30.3) for allowing the perforated surface (35) to be placed at a determined height as being parallel to the bottom of the cooking vessel (40)

15. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooking vessel (40) has at least one inwardly protrusion on the inner side surface of the cooking vessel (40) for allowing the perforated surface (35) to be placed at a determined height as being parallel to the bottom of the cooking vessel (40).

16. A cooking mechanism (1) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooking vessel (40), the perforated reservoir (30) or perforated plate (36) that are placed within the cooking vessel (40), reservoir nest (41) where the perforated reservoir (30) is located within the cooking vessel (40), the perforated surface (35) that can be used as integrated with the perforated reservoir (30) or as integrated with the perforated plate (36) are representative and can be used in different geometries and combinations as providing same function.

17. A cooking method belong to the present cooking mechanism (1), and characterized by; placing the ingredients desired to become homogeneous consistency within the mixture by being shredded to the first section (31) in which mentioned modular operation apparatus (20) operates,

placing the ingredients desired to be cooked without being shredded in a determined sizes in contact with the mixture on the heater non-contact surface (43) staying the outside of the perforated reservoir (30) from the ingredient adding opening (34),

turning on the mechanism by using the control interface (11) on the body (10), selecting one of the recipes presented on the activated control screen (11),

making adjustments regarding cooking duration of the meal, warnings, the other settings regarding the operation process of the modular operation apparatus (20), of the heater (12) and of the aspirator,

if desired making all selections and settings that were done by using control interface (11) via user interface on the phone screen, so tracking the temperature and time according to the selected recipe or to user’s preferences and settings,

controlling the operation time, duration and intervals of the motor providing operation of the modular operation apparatus (20),

likewise controlling the operation time, duration and intervals of the heater (12), preferably changing automatically operation of the aspirator via wireless communication such as bluetooth etc. as specified in the program.

18. A cooking method according to the claim 17, and characterized by; placing the ingredients desired to be cooked in a determined sizes without contacting with the mixture, on the perforated surface (35) for benefitting from their aromas and for preventing loss of their vitamins,

placing the ingredients into the first section (31) without removing of the perforated surface (35) by the user thanks to the reservoir insertion hole (35.1) on the perforated surface (35); the ingredients into the second section (32) without removing of the perforated surface (35) by the user thanks to the ingredient adding opening (34) formed between the perforated surface (35) and the cooking vessel (40).