Patent ID: 7314001
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. Cooking appliance having in a housing ( 1 ) a vessel ( 2 ) provided to receive a cooking bath, furnished with an emptying device ( 10 ) provided for pouring of the contents of the vessel ( 2 ) into an emptying receptacle ( 3 ) arranged in a removable manner with respect to the housing ( 1 ), wherein said emptying device ( 10 ) comprises a thermostatic valve ( 16 ) and a second valve ( 20 ), both of said valves being in the path of flow or the contents or said vessel to said emptying receptacle, said thermostatic valve being disposed upstream of said second valve with respect to the direction of flow of the contents of said vessel to said emptying receptacle, said thermostatic valve comprising a thermosensitive mechanical organ movable as a function of temperature to prevent emptying of said vessel as long as the temperature of the cooking bath exceeds a selected threshold and to open said thermostatic valve in response to the temperature of the cooking bath dropping below the selected threshold, and wherein said second valve comprises a movable blocking part ( 21 ) maneuvered by a maneuvering button ( 45 ).