Patent ID: 7856170
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: F22B

Abstract:
1. Device for producing steam, comprising at least one container that has an interior chamber that can be filled, at least partially, through an inlet with a liquid, which is heatable, from which steam can be guided to a steam discharge and that can be emptied at least partially through a discharge, the container comprises at least one heatable housing with at least one wall which delimits an interior chamber surrounded by the housing at least in areas, for holding a liquid to be evaporated, and the wall comprises at least one hollow for holding at least one heating device, the device being designed for producing steam for a cooking appliance, and each heating device comprising at least one heating wire through which electrical current can flow, whereby the heating wire is surrounded at least in areas by at least one of a first cladding tube and a second cladding tube, and at least one geometrical dimension of the first cladding tube can be altered by the application of one of a compressive and a tensile force, in order to at least one of: