Patent ID: 6807900
Filing Date: 2004-10-26
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
An automatic machine for cooking food in a liquid, comprising a vessel for the cooking liquid, means for heating the cooking liquid, and means for maintaining the liquid level in the cooking vessel substantially constant, characterized by comprising a series of liquid-permeable seats, each arranged to receive food to be cooked or food whose cooking has to be completed, means for moving the seats along a predetermined cyclic path, during a part of which the food contained in the seats is immersed in the cooking liquid for a time sufficient to cook the food or to complete its cooking, a station in which the food to be cooked or the food for completion of cooking can be fed into each seat, and a station in which the cooked food can be extracted from the relative seat,wherein the predetermined cyclic path undergone by the seats is circular and lies in a vertical plane, and wherein the seats are provided in a wheel element rotatable about its horizontal axis, the seats opening at the periphery of the wheel element, this latter being contained in a perforated cylindrical element fixed to the machine structure, the cylindrical element externally closing the seats except in correspondence with the loading station.