Electric heating – Heating devices – Combined with container – enclosure – or support for material...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-21
2001-11-06
Walberg, Teresa (Department: 3742)
Electric heating
Heating devices
Combined with container, enclosure, or support for material...
C220S573100, C099S447000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06313446
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to cooking systems and more particularly to a disposable liner formed of aluminum sheeting having a liner cooking compartment formed therein and sized to fit into the cooking cavity of a pot and a liner lip formed into an upper perimeter lip engaging configuration; and a cooker system with disposable liner that is easy to clean and that includes a burner unit, a ceramic pot, a disposable, formed aluminum sheeting liner member, a cooking lid, and a storage lid; the burner unit including a cooker housing, an electric burner element positioned within a ceramic pot receiving cavity formed into the cooker housing and a burner intensity controller having a selector knob rotatably mounted to an exterior of the cooker housing and wired in connection between a power supply cord and the electric burner element; the ceramic pot having a cooking cavity defined within a bottom exterior portion sized to fit into the ceramic pot receiving cavity of the cooker housing and an upper perimeter lip sized to contact and sit on an upper lip of the cooker housing when the bottom exterior portion is fit into the ceramic pot receiving cavity of the cooker housing; the disposable, formed aluminum sheeting liner member having a liner cooking compartment formed therein and sized to fit into the cooking cavity of the ceramic pot and having a liner lip formed into an upper perimeter lip engaging configuration for form fitting into connection with the upper perimeter lip of the ceramic pot; the cooking lid being sized to sit onto the liner lip to seal the liner cooking compartment; the storage lid having a lid lip shaped to engage and hold the liner lip of the aluminum sheeting liner member such that the liner cooking compartment is sealed.
BACKGROUND ART
Many individuals find cleaning pots and/or pans after cooking to be time consuming and undesirable. It would be a benefit, therefore, to have a disposable liner that could be positioned into the cooking pot or pan within which the food would be cooked. After cooking the disposable liner could removed from the pot or pan and disposed of without the need for scrubbing burnt on food residue from the interior of the pot or pan.
Because slow cookers provide a simple cooking method for cooking particular dishes such as stews, pot roasts, and the like. Although slow cookers cook these types of dishes in a desirable fashion, the ceramic cooking pot of the slow cooker can often become encrusted with burned on food residue which is difficult to clean. It would be desirable, therefore, to have a slow cooker system that included a disposable liner member that fit into the ceramic cooking pot of the slow cooker that could be removed and discarded leaving ceramic cooking pot needing little or no clean up. Because all of the food cooked may not be consumed in one meal, it would be further desirable if the cooker system also included a storage lid member that snap fit onto the disposable liner member to seal the food cooking compartment of the liner member for storage in a refrigerator or freezer.
GENERAL SUMMARY DISCUSSION OF INVENTION
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a disposable liner formed of aluminum sheeting having a liner cooking compartment formed therein and sized to fit into the cooking cavity of a pot pot and a liner lip formed into an upper perimeter lip engaging configuration.
It is thus an object of the invention to provide a cooker system with disposable liner that includes a burner unit, a ceramic pot, a disposable, formed aluminum sheeting liner member, a cooking lid, and a storage lid; the burner unit including a cooker housing, an electric burner element positioned within a ceramic pot receiving cavity formed into the cooker housing and a burner intensity controller having a selector knob rotatably mounted to an exterior of the cooker housing and wired in connection between a power supply cord and the electric burner element; the ceramic pot having a cooking cavity defined within a bottom exterior portion sized to fit into the ceramic pot receiving cavity of the cooker housing and an upper perimeter lip sized to contact and sit on an upper lip of the cooker housing when the bottom exterior portion is fit into the ceramic pot receiving cavity of the cooker housing; the disposable, formed aluminum sheeting liner member having a liner cooking compartment formed therein and sized to fit into the cooking cavity of the ceramic pot and having a liner lip formed into an upper perimeter lip engaging configuration for form fitting into connection with the upper perimeter lip of the ceramic pot; the cooking lid being sized to sit onto the liner lip to seal the liner cooking compartment; the storage lid having a lid lip shaped to engage and hold the liner lip of the aluminum sheeting liner member such that the liner cooking compartment is sealed.
Accordingly, a cooker system with disposable liner is provided. The cooker system with disposable liner includes a burner unit, a ceramic pot, a disposable, formed aluminum sheeting liner member, a cooking lid, and a storage lid; the burner unit including a cooker housing, an electric burner element positioned within a ceramic pot receiving cavity formed into the cooker housing and a burner intensity controller having a selector knob rotatably mounted to an exterior of the cooker housing and wired in connection between a power supply cord and the electric burner element; the ceramic pot having a cooking cavity defined within a bottom exterior portion sized to fit into the ceramic pot receiving cavity of the cooker housing and an upper perimeter lip sized to contact and sit on an upper lip of the cooker housing when the bottom exterior portion is fit into the ceramic pot receiving cavity of the cooker housing; the disposable, formed aluminum sheeting liner member having a liner cooking compartment formed therein and sized to fit into the cooking cavity of the ceramic pot and having a liner lip formed into an upper perimeter lip engaging configuration for form fitting into connection with the upper perimeter lip of the ceramic pot; the cooking lid being sized to sit onto the liner lip to seal the liner cooking compartment; the storage lid having a lid lip shaped to engage and hold the liner lip of the aluminum sheeting liner member such that the liner cooking compartment is sealed.
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Breaux Joseph N.
Fastovsky Leonid
Walberg Teresa
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