US 12,108,903 B2
Apparatus for preparing foodstuffs with steam
Thomas Grendelmeier, Hombrechtikon (CH)
Assigned to Carogusto AG, Amriswil (CH)
Appl. No. 16/768,833
Filed by Carogusto AG, Amriswil (CH)
PCT Filed Nov. 26, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/082485
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 1, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/110340, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2017 128 767.1 (DE), filed on Dec. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0145200 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 27/04 (2006.01); B08B 3/02 (2006.01); F16L 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 27/04 (2013.01) [B08B 3/02 (2013.01); F16L 21/005 (2013.01); A47J 2027/043 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device (1) for preparing foods received in a vessel, comprising a steam generator unit for generating steam, a steam delivery unit having a steam probe containing at least one steam discharge opening, the steam delivery unit being connected to the steam generator unit in a steam-conducting manner via a steam feed line, and drive means for the displacement of the steam delivery unit relative to a rinsing device (2), wherein the rinsing device comprises:
a rinsing tank (3) and rinsing water application means for rinsing the steam probe after a food preparation process, the rinsing tank (3) comprising a body formed of a first material and defining a tank drain opening, and further comprising a sealing means (11) formed from a second material and extending radially inwardly from the tank drain opening and defining a drain funnel opening, wherein the sealing means is formed of a second material, wherein the body and the sealing means are a singular multicomponent injection molded component, wherein the second material is an elastomer and the first material is rigid relative to the second material; and
a drain funnel (10) fixed to a drain line section (13), wherein the drain funnel (10) can be detached from and engaged with the sealing means (11) of the rinsing tank (3) for cleaning and/or exchange purposes and is sealed in relation to the rinsing tank (3) by the sealing means (11).