Patent ID: 8047128
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: B65B,F24C,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for vacuum cooking for household use, comprising, on a supporting structure which has a column-like extension, at least one unit for packaging in pouches vacuum food products to be cooked, at least one unit for cooking said food products arranged in pouches and at least one unit for quick refrigeration of said food products arranged in pouches and cooked, said at least one unit for packaging food products in pouches in vacuum comprising a vacuum packaging machine which is mounted on a drawer-like element which is supported so that it can slide by said supporting structure in order to pass from a retracted position, in which said vacuum packaging machine is arranged within the outer peripheral contour of said supporting structure, to an extracted position, in which said vacuum packaging machine is positioned at least partially outside said supporting structure, and vice versa wherein said vacuum packaging machine comprises a base which defines a packaging chamber which is adapted to accommodate at least one pouch for the packaging of said food products, and a lid which can move with respect to said base between a closed condition and an open condition of said packaging chamber, said packaging chamber being connectable on command to a pump for creating vacuum and accommodating internally means for sealing a mouth of said at least one pouch, and wherein said lid is adapted to pass automatically from said closed condition to said open condition following the passage of said drawer-like element from said retracted position to said extracted position, and is adapted to pass from said open condition to said closed condition upon the passage of said drawer-like element from said extracted position to said retracted position.