IP Library Granted Patent US 12690709
Granted Patent B2
US 12690709 · App. 18/245,742 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Cooking vessel

Inventors: Christoph Mueller (Roedinghausen, DE); Britta Hoelscher (Hannover, DE); Nils Marius Gehring (Bielefeld, DE)
Assignee: MIELE & CIE. KG
A47J27/002A47J36/16A47J36/36H05B6/062A47J2202/00
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Patent No.
US 12690709
App. No.
18/245,742
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cooking vessel includes: a vessel body with at least one handle arranged on the vessel body, the vessel body delimiting a space for receiving food to be cooked, which space is open at a top in a use position of the cooking vessel and is intended for receiving food to be cooked, the vessel body having an outer shell which is connected or connectable to the handle, and an inner shell which is connected to the outer shell when the cooking vessel is assembled, the outer shell receiving the inner shell when the cooking vessel is assembled, and the space for receiving food to be cooked being formed in the inner shell. A wall inner face of the outer shell, which faces the inner shell, and a wall outer face of the inner shell, which faces the outer shell, are each conical.

Claims (19)

1 . A cooking vessel, comprising:

a vessel body with at least one handle arranged on the vessel body, the vessel body delimiting a space for receiving food to be cooked, which space is open at a top in a use position of the cooking vessel and is intended for receiving food to be cooked, the vessel body comprising an outer shell which is connected or connectable to the handle, and an inner shell which is connected to the outer shell when the cooking vessel is assembled, the outer shell receiving the inner shell when the cooking vessel is assembled, and the space for receiving food to be cooked being formed in the inner shell,

wherein a wall inner face of the outer shell, which faces the inner shell when the cooking vessel is assembled, and a wall outer face of the inner shell, which faces the outer shell when the cooking vessel is assembled, are in each case designed conically in a mutually corresponding manner, and

wherein the outer shell, on a base inner face of a base of the outer shell facing the inner shell, and the inner shell, on a base outer face of a base of the inner shell facing the outer shell, in each case comprise mutually corresponding centering means which are in engagement with one another when the cooking vessel is assembled,

wherein the cooking vessel has a plurality of sensors which are arranged distributed over a height of the wall inner face of the outer shell, the plurality of sensors being connected to a controller of the cooking vessel in a signal-transmitting manner, the plurality sensors being arranged on the outer shell so as to be movable, relative to the outer shell, in a resilient manner,

wherein at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors is arranged on a wedge of the outer shell that diverges in a direction of the base of the outer shell, and

wherein the wedge is designed as a resilient wedge and is fastened to the outer shell and/or the wedge is resiliently fastened to the outer shell.

2 . The cooking vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the inner shell is releasably connected to the outer shell when the cooking vessel is assembled.

3 . The cooking vessel according to claim 2 , wherein the inner shell and the outer shell have mutually corresponding interlocking means for forming the releasable connection.

4 . The cooking vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the mutually corresponding interlocking means are designed as bayonet locking means for forming a bayonet closure.

5 . The cooking vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the centering means are arranged centrally on a respective base.

6 . The cooking vessel according to claim 1 , wherein a peripheral seal is arranged between the outer shell and the inner shell when the cooking vessel is assembled.

7 . The cooking vessel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the outer shell is made of an electrically non-conductive material.

8 . The cooking vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the inner shell or the inner shell and the outer shell is/are formed from a material suitable for a dishwasher.

9 . The cooking vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensors are arranged on a wall inner face of the outer shell, the wall inner face facing the inner shell.

10 . The cooking vessel according to claim 1 , wherein a thermal insulation means is arranged between the outer shell and the inner shell when the cooking vessel is assembled.

11 . The cooking vessel according to claim 10 , wherein the thermal insulation means is arranged between a base inner face of the outer shell and a base outer face of the inner shell.

12 . The cooking vessel according to claim 10 , wherein the thermal insulation means is designed as an aerogel.