Patent ID: 6540097
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A47J,Y10S

Abstract:
A cooking utensil, comprising:a container for holding goods to be cooked, said container having an outwardly bent peripheral container rim; a lid which can be placed on said container, said lid having an outwardly bent peripheral lid rim; and a closing mechanism which can pressure-tightly close said container with said lid by acting on said container rim and said lid rim, said closing mechanism comprising a rigid closing ring extending over almost the entire periphery of said container, said closing ring being essentially non-deformable in height and elastically deformable in a radial opening direction, having a C-profile cross section that is radially inwardly open, has a lower arm, has an upper arm that is longer than said lower arm, and has a back, a sealing ring intermediate said container rim and said lid rim, an activation mechanism arranged on said lid which can bring said closing ring from an open position of greater diameter to a closed position of smaller diameter in which said container rim and said lid rim are clamped together between said lower arm and said upper arm; wherein said closing ring has radial slots in said lower arm and said upper arm of a given length and width open towards an inner side of said lower arm and said upper arm, said radial slots ending at a point spaced from said back of said C-profile cross section.