Patent ID: 8944272
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A utensil ( 1 ) for cooking food under pressure, which utensil comprises a vessel ( 2 ), a lid ( 3 ), locking/unlocking means ( 4 ) for locking/unlocking the lid ( 3 ) relative to the vessel ( 2 ), and a control member ( 6 ) for controlling locking/unlocking of the lid ( 3 ) relative to the vessel ( 2 ), said utensil being characterized in that said control member ( 6 ) is mounted to pivot on the lid ( 3 ) about a pivot axis (Y-Y′) between firstly a deployed position corresponding to the lid ( 3 ) being unlocked and in which said control member ( 6 ) is designed to be taken hold of manually in order to enable the lid ( 3 ) to be handled, and secondly a retracted position corresponding to the lid ( 3 ) being locked and in which said control member ( 6 ) is designed to be more difficult to take hold of manually than it is in the deployed position, said locking/unlocking means ( 4 ) having jaws mounted to move in radial translation along a translation axis parallel to said pivot axis (Y-Y′), wherein the ( 4 A, 4 B) are mounted, via corresponding drive arms ( 4 C, 4 D), to move between firstly a locking position in which each jaw ( 4 A, 4 B) clamps the lid ( 3 ) and the rolled top rim of the vessel ( 2 ) and secondly an unlocking position obtained by moving the jaws ( 4 A, 4 B) outwards from their locking position and in which the jaws ( 4 A, 4 B) are no longer in engagement with the rolled rim of the vessel ( 2 ), thereby enabling the lid ( 3 ) to be released from the vessel ( 2 ) freely by the user, and wherein each drive arm ( 4 C, 4 D) extends between an inner end designed to co-operate with the locking/unlocking control member ( 6 ), and an outer end that carries the corresponding jaw ( 4 A, 4 B).