Patent ID: 7886656

Claim:
Automatic pasta-cooker, comprising: a cooking chamber for pasta; a stabilization chamber for said pasta; an expansion chamber of vapor; and a boiler, said cooking chamber having a feeding valve and a discharge valve through which said cooking chamber is connected to a junction device that opens into said stabilization chamber, said stabilization chamber having an openable bottom and at least one portion with a lateral wall which has a curvature of a constant sign, said expansion chamber being arranged above said stabilization chamber and communicating with said stabilization chamber through a vapor-permeable septum, and said boiler being suitable for heating water to be supplied to said cooking chamber, wherein said junction pipe opens into said stabilization chamber eccentrically with respect to a central axis of said stabilization chamber, wherein said stabilization chamber is connected to a pipe for discharging said water which terminates in a heat exchanger suitable for preheating water before supplying said water to said boiler, and wherein said expansion chamber is connected to a pipe for discharging the vapor which terminates in said heat exchanger.