Patent NZ-605475-A (NZ)
Title: Method and device for homogenising a fibrous, viscous food mass
Inventor: CLIVE SOLARI
IPC: A47J36/06
Filed: 2013-01-07
Abstract: 605476 A set of stackable or nestable cooking pans with handles and accompanying lids are disclosed. Each cooking pan (20, 30, 40) in the set includes a pan body (22, 32, 42) including a base and a wall defining an internal space, the base including a planar internal surface and a planar external surface. The wall includes an upper rim edge wherein at least a portion of the upper rim edge is level. A rim height is defined by a height of the level portion of the upper rim edge above the plane of the internal surface of the base, wherein the rim height of a smaller one of the cooking pans is substantially less than the rim height of a next larger one of the cooking pans in the set. A handle (25, 35, 45) is connected to the wall of the pan body in the region of the level portion of the upper rim edge, the handle including a connection portion fixed directly to the wall of the pan body, a gripping portion and a transition portion extending between the connection portion and the gripping portion. The transition portion of the handle defines a downward facing recess having a height above the plane of the external surface of the base to which the handle is attached that is greater than the rim height of the next larger one of the cooking pans of the set, whereby when a smaller one of the cooking pans is nested within a next larger one of the cooking pans, the external surface of the base of the smaller cooking pan rests flat on the internal surface of the base of the next larger one of the cooking pans and the recess of the handle of the smaller one of the cooking pans clears the level portion of the upper rim edge of the next larger one of the cooking pans of the set. Each of the pans of the set has a removable lid (130, 140, 150) having opposite upper and lower surfaces. Each of the lids include a lifting knob attached to the upper surface and a protuberance protruding from the lower surface, each of the lifting knobs includes a depression in an upper surface thereof for receiving the protuberance of another one of the lids when the lids are stacked one upon the other. urface. The wall includes an upper rim edge wherein at least a portion of the upper rim edge is level. A rim height is defined by a height of the level portion of the upper rim edge above the plane of the internal surface of the base, wherein the rim height of a smaller one of the cooking pans is substantially less than the rim height of a next larger one of the cooking pans in the set. A handle (25, 35, 45) is connected to the wall of the pan body in the region of the level portion of the upper rim edge, the handle including a connection portion fixed directly to the wall of the pan body, a gripping portion and a transition portion extending between the connection portion and the gripping portion. The transition portion of the handle defines a downward facing recess having a height above the plane of the external surface of the base to which the handle is attached that is greater than the rim height of the next larger one of the cooking pans of the set, whereby when a smaller one of the cooking pans is nested within a next larger one of the cooking pans, the external surface of the base of the smaller cooking pan rests flat on the internal surface of the base of the next larger one of the cooking pans and the recess of the handle of the smaller one of the cooking pans clears the level portion of the upper rim edge of the next larger one of the cooking pans of the set. Each of the pans of the set has a removable lid (130, 140, 150) having opposite upper and lower surfaces. Each of the lids include a lifting knob attached to the upper surface and a protuberance protruding from the lower surface, each of the lifting knobs includes a depression in an upper surface thereof for receiving the protuberance of another one of the lids when the lids are stacked one upon the other.