RU-2861431-C1 - ITEM OF KITCHENWARE

Abstract

FIELD: cookware. SUBSTANCE: item of kitchenware comprises a body bounded by a bottom and a side wall. A pair of concave recesses is made on the side wall of the body diametrically opposite, the upper planes of which form gripping elements, wherein the recesses are located at a distance from the upper edge of the side wall and enable stable stacking of several items of kitchenware inside one another. The depth of the recess in its widest part is at least 20 mm, and a protrusion 4-5 mm wide is made on the outer edge of each recess. EFFECT: improving the performance characteristics of cookware, compactness and ease of storage, reducing production costs. 6 cl, 12 dwg

Inventors

• Goriunov Mikhail Iurevich
• Kulkov Andrei Anatolevich

Dates

Publication Date

20260505

Application Date

20250822

Claims (6)

1. 1. An item of kitchen utensils comprising a body bounded by a bottom and a side wall, characterized in that a pair of concave recesses are made diametrically opposite each other on the side wall of the body, the upper planes of which form gripping elements, wherein the recesses are located at a distance from the upper edge of the side wall and provide the ability to stably stack several items of kitchen utensils one inside the other, wherein the depth of the recess in its widest part is at least 20 mm, and a protrusion 4-5 mm wide is made on the outer edge of each recess.
2. 2. A kitchen utensil according to paragraph 1, characterized in that the side wall has a narrowing towards the bottom or is made with a constant diameter.
3. 3. A kitchen utensil according to any one of paragraphs 1, 2, characterized in that the concave recesses are made cylindrical, trapezoidal, or rectangular in cross-section.
4. 4. An item of kitchen utensil according to any one of paragraphs 1-3, characterized in that along the upper edge of the side wall of the body on the outside there is a thickening for installing removable grip-type handles.
5. 5. An item of kitchen utensil according to any of paragraphs 1-4, characterized in that the body is made of aluminum with a minimum wall thickness of 2.5 mm.
6. 6. A kitchen utensil according to any of paragraphs 1-5, characterized in that the angle of inclination of the side walls is 4-6°.

Description

The invention relates to a kitchen utensil, such as a saucepan, a sauté pan or a roasting pan, and can be used in cooking at home and in catering establishments. It is known that a saucepan essentially contains a base and a side wall, which, together with the base, limits the volume in which food is placed for cooking. A saucepan typically has one or two handles located on the outside of the pan, shaped to make it easy to grip. The handles may be welded or riveted to the pan itself, or made integral with it. The main drawback of this type of pot is that it's difficult to store it compactly when not in use. The handles, located on the outside of the pot, make it difficult to fully insert a pot of this diameter into a larger pot, making it difficult to store multiple pots nested together, for example, on a shelf or in a kitchen cabinet. To partially solve this problem, saucepans with removable handles have been developed. These handles have an engagement adapter, firmly attached to the saucepan itself and typically located on the outside of the sidewall, onto which the handle is attached. This type of saucepan is also not free from the aforementioned drawback, as the dimensions of the engagement adapter do not allow one saucepan to be fully inserted into another if their diameters differ only slightly. Furthermore, manufacturing a saucepan with an engagement adapter requires the use of complex tooling, more complex deburring, and the manufacturing process always requires joining the adapter to the saucepan body. Saucepans are made of steel, cast iron, and aluminum, with or without a non-stick coating. Aluminum cookware is currently the most common. This type of cookware can be cast or stamped. Stamped cookware has thin walls and a base of equal thickness and is the most cost-effective option. Cast aluminum cookware typically has a thicker base than the walls. This allows for even heating during cooking and allows for a higher cooking temperature without warping. Cast cookware lasts longer than stamped cookware. The non-stick coating application technology and the thickness of its layers are also superior in cast cookware. All of these qualities make this type of cookware the most popular among consumers. Several technologies are used in the manufacture of aluminum cookware: die casting, pressure die casting (PDC), and gravity die casting. All of the above require the manufacture of complex tooling. The highest-quality cookware is produced using pressure die casting, in which molten metal is poured into a mold and then crystallized under the pressure exerted by a press, resulting in castings with high density and a fine-crystalline structure. This type of cookware is non-porous and has excellent non-stick coating adhesion. A SET OF STACKABLE POTS is known from the prior art (EP 2 037 780 B1, published 2014. 07. 23). A set of two or more saucepans, each consisting of a saucepan body with a base, an upper rim, and at least one handle, wherein the saucepan bodies have a gradually decreasing diameter and height and can be stacked within each other for storage, and when so stacked, each saucepan body fits completely within the next larger saucepan body, wherein its base is parallel to the base of the next larger saucepan, wherein each saucepan handle from the smallest saucepan to the second largest saucepan in the set extends over the upper rim of the next larger saucepan in the set, closely fitting with the corresponding handle of the next larger saucepan in the set, and wherein each handle is provided with an arrangement profile such that when the handle fits closely with the corresponding handle of the next larger saucepan in the set, the two overlapping handles are positioned together as one, so that the handles so arranged can be used to lift the saucepans of the set that are stacked on top of each other, and is characterized in that the largest saucepan of the set creates the outer shell of the stacked on top of each other in a set of pots, and when the pots are stacked together for storage, all the bodies of the smaller pots in the set, as well as all their pot handles, are completely enclosed within this outer shell. However, when removing a single pot from a similar, larger one, the user feels unable to grasp it and must therefore seek an alternative solution, such as turning the entire stack so that they can slide relative to one another. However, such manipulations result in collisions between different cookware items, which can damage them. Also known is a KITCHEN UTENSIL EQUIPPED WITH A ROTATING GRIP ELEMENT (RU 2 559 143 C2, published 2015.08.10), which has a body and two rotary handles placed on the body with the ability to be moved from the working position, in which they extend from the body in a radial direction, to the storage position, in which these handles are bent toward the body so that they extend from it an insignificant distance. However, when the handles of such a kitchen utensil are in