UTENSIL FOR THERMAL TREATMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTS Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: utensil used in home, public catering and food-processing industry. SUBSTANCE: utensil has metal vessel with heat-accumulating bottom, replaceable inserts, and cover. Contacting surfaces of vessel and cover are made in the form of sealing flanges. Two of replaceable inserts are made in the form of additional vessels with continuous side wall and bottom and put for joining with one another outside of metal vessel, when one of inserts is placed on vessel. One of these inserts is additionally equipped with heat-insulating layer, sealing flange and pipe extending through heat-insulating layer into insert. Two joined inserts are contacting with one another along sealing flange. Part of pipe protruding into one of said joined inserts is positioned between these two inserts. Such construction allows various types of utensils to be modified for obtaining of drink liquids based on ethyl alcohol: Russian vodka, fruit, infusions, medicinal plant balsams. EFFECT: wider range of food products prepared in stainless steel utensil with heat-accumulating bottom and improved characteristics of utensil. 1 dwg