Patent ID: 7568581
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: A22C

Abstract:
1. A stackable unit comprising at least one cell for carrying a foodstuff during cooking, said at least one cell including a pressing structure for causing pressing of a foodstuff contained in a corresponding cell of a second identical stackable unit of a lower rank, the stackable unit including a support structure for seating the stackable unit on the second identical stackable unit, a centering structure for laterally positioning the stackable unit during stacking thereof on the second identical stackable unit in such a way that the stackable unit can be disposed vertically in line with said second stackable unit, and a guidance structure for guiding, after the lateral positioning and during stacking of said stackable unit on the second identical stackable unit, the stackable unit in at least one plane containing the vertical stacking direction, the support structure including a seating wall having a foot having the shape of a U and a pillar (a) substantially parallel to the stacking direction resting on said seating wall and (b) having a height equal to the distance between two stackable units minus the thickness of the seating wall, the seating wall of a stackable unit being arranged to rest on the free end of a pillar of another stackable unit on which the stackable unit is arranged to rest, said pillar comprising a centering stud arranged to enter without play into a positioning hole which the frame forming said stackable unit comprises, said pillar having a U-shaped section, and said foot including a centering stud centered with play parallel to the stacking direction in a positioning hole which the frame forming said stackable unit comprises.