DE29922331U1 - Kitchen utensil, especially colander with bowl - Google Patents

Description

Name: Kitchen utensil, especially strainer with bowl Description

The invention relates to a kitchen appliance comprising a strainer or a sieve in the form of a bowl in combination with an associated container in the form of a bowl with a full wall, for washing, rinsing, swirling, storing salad, vegetables, fruit, or the like, wherein the sieve is essentially received by the container in a first position of use and in a second position of use the sieve and container sit on top of one another with their opening areas and form an essentially closed container.

Washing and drying lettuce is currently quite complicated. The lettuce is first washed in a water bath and then dried. Drying can be done, for example, by placing the lettuce in a sieve or colander to drain the liquid, which can then be placed in a bowl if necessary.

Salad spinners are also already known, into which the wet salad leaves are placed. When the basket is set in rotation, the liquid is thrown radially outwards from the salad leaves due to centrifugal force, passes through the openings in the basket and is collected in the outer container. However, salad spinners of this type are very complex to manufacture and are only suitable for salad or similar vegetables.

A kitchen appliance with the features mentioned above is known, for example, from DE-OS 21 29 294 with a plastic strainer in the form of a round or square

Bowl and a vessel assigned to the colander of essentially the same basic shape with full walls, into which the colander can be hung or adjusted in a first position of use. In a second position of use, the colander and associated vessel can be assembled opening to opening. This well-known kitchen appliance is operated as follows: In the first position of use, the product to be cleaned is placed in the colander and washed and rinsed under a constant flow of water, whereby the draining water can flow out of the outer container. The cleaned product is then lifted out of the associated vessel with the colander and the latter is emptied by turning it 180° and placed with its opening on the opening of the colander. By grasping both vessels forming a hollow space at the edge sections and making jerky downward movements, the water still adhering to the product is swung off. However, this well-known kitchen appliance has the disadvantage that when handled carelessly, the outer container can slip off the strainer and the product to be cleaned can accidentally escape from the container. This well-known kitchen appliance is also difficult to use and requires some explanation.

Based on this, the present invention is based on the object of developing a kitchen appliance of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that it is extremely easy to wash and dry lettuce and similar vegetables, the kitchen appliance is essentially self-explanatory and can also be used for further purposes in the household.

According to the invention, this object is essentially achieved in the kitchen appliance with the features mentioned at the outset in that the sieve and the container are connected to one another by a pivot bearing.

This measure allows the container and the sieve to be pivoted relative to each other from the first position of use to the second position of use, which is extremely simple and practically self-explanatory. This measure ensures easy handling. The lettuce to be washed is placed in the sieve arranged in the outer container and then water is added to the container to wash the lettuce. By pivoting the sieve back and forth within the outer container, an extremely good, if not optimal, cleaning effect is achieved as a result of the water flow, with the dirt particles adhering to the lettuce leaves collecting on the bottom of the outer container. Once this cleaning process is complete, the water is poured off. To do this, the sieve is held in its horizontal position while the outer container is pivoted relative to the sieve until all the water has drained from the container. By further turning the outer container by a total of around 180°, the openings of the sieve and container essentially coincide, creating an essentially closed container in which the items to be cleaned or dried are safely held. By shaking the entire kitchen appliance, any water that may still be on the lettuce leaves can be stripped off of them and can escape from the interior through the openings in the sieve.

According to a first advantageous embodiment of the invention, the sieve and container are essentially half-shell-shaped or essentially hemispherical. This not only provides a large storage volume in relation to the surface of the kitchen appliance, but also ensures that the sieve can be easily pivoted relative to the container.

The pivot bearing is advantageously formed by two preferably essentially diametrical pivot pins and associated receptacles, such as bearing eyes or the like, which are each arranged on the container and/or the sieve. For example, the two pivot pins can be arranged on the sieve and penetrate the bearing eyes of the container. The reverse arrangement of bearing eyes and pivot pin is also easily possible. Finally, it is also possible to attach a bearing eye and a pivot pin to the sieve and container, which are then also preferably arranged diametrically. It is particularly advantageous if the pivot axis runs centrally through the sieve and container and is arranged in the upper edge area of the sieve and container.

According to another advantageous embodiment of the invention, a handle, for example a rotary handle, is provided for pivoting the sieve relative to the container, the handle being formed, for example, by an extension of one of the pivot pins. According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, if the pivot pins are arranged on the sieve and the bearing eyes on the container, then by lifting the kitchen appliance using the extended pivot pin, the container can be pivoted relative to the sieve, which remains essentially horizontal, and the liquid can be removed from the container until the container rests with its opening on the opening of the sieve after a pivot angle of approximately 180°. The second pivot pin is only long enough to enable the container to be stored safely. However, if the container and sieve are to be temporarily separated from one another, for example for cleaning purposes, the container, which is preferably made of plastic, can be deformed due to its elasticity so that the short pivot pin emerges from the bearing eye of the container. For this purpose, the short bearing pin, which like the long bearing pin is preferably designed as a hollow pin, is slightly bevelled at the side. The second bearing eye of the

The container can be moved over the longer bearing pin designed as a handle so that the container and sieve are completely separated from each other. The latter preferably takes place in the second position of use of the kitchen appliance. The sieve and container are connected in the corresponding order. The longer bearing pin has an acute-angled bevel, which makes handling easier.

The container has support bars on the bottom, which ensures that it stands securely on the work surface.

According to a further particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, the container has at least one collar-shaped edge section, which is preferably arranged over a peripheral section to the side of the pivot bearing. This edge section also serves as a handle for easier pivoting of the container relative to the sieve.

Because the edge section is profiled in a wave-like manner and/or preferably has a sickle shape, pouring liquid out of the container is easy and controlled.

Advantageously, the sieve also has a collar-shaped edge section which is arranged over a peripheral section to the side of the pivot bearing.

The edge section of the sieve is also profiled in a wave-like manner and has a shape comparable to the edge section of the container, preferably sickle-like. The edge section of the sieve is only arranged on one side, whereby the edge sections of the container and sieve have complementary wave shapes and are arranged on the sieve and container in such a way that they essentially coincide in the second use position of the kitchen appliance. In this second use position, the kitchen appliance is then connected to the

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one hand on the handle and the other hand on the
superimposed edge sections of sieve and container
taken, whereby the kitchen appliance is in the second
position of use and on the other hand easily shaken to remove moisture residues
can be moved.

The water passage openings of the sieve are in a
central, preferably recessed floor area evenly
distributed, while adjacent to this central area the water passage openings extend in a star shape, possibly slightly curved, along the wall of the sieve.
This allows the rinsing liquid to flow preferentially through the sieve.

Further objects, advantages, features and possible applications of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of an embodiment based on the
Drawings. All described and/or illustrated features form the subject matter of the present invention, either individually or in any meaningful combination, including
regardless of their summary in the claims or
their relationship back.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a

Embodiment of the inventive
Kitchen appliance in the first use position,

Figure 2 the kitchen appliance of Figure 1 in plan view,

Figure 3 shows the outer container of the kitchen appliance according to figure or 2 in side view and

Figure 4 shows the sieve of the kitchen appliance according to Figure 1 or 2 in a plan view.

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The kitchen appliance according to the embodiment chosen here consists of an outer, approximately half-shell-shaped container 1, in which a correspondingly shaped sieve 2 is pivotally held by means of a pivot bearing 10. For this purpose, the sieve 2 has opposing pivot pins 3, which can be inserted into associated bearing eyes 4 or eyelets on the outer container or bowl. One of the bearing pins 3 of the sieve 2 forms a handle 5 in its extension, for example a rotary handle for turning the sieve 2 relative to the outer container 1. In order to place the kitchen appliance on a base, there are support webs 6 on the underside of the outer container 1 in the embodiment chosen here.

As can be seen in particular from Figures 2 and 3, the outer container 1 has on one side a wave-shaped edge section 7 in the embodiment chosen here, which serves as a handle part, but also at the same time for pouring liquid out of the bowl part 1. A radially outward-pointing edge section 8 is also formed on the sieve 2, which has a wave shape complementary to the edge section 7 of the container 1.

The water passage openings of the sieve 2 are designated by reference numeral 9 in the figures.

The functionality of the kitchen appliance in the case of washing and drying salad is as follows:

In the kitchen appliance with its outer container and sieve 2 positioned as shown in Figures 1 and 2, the salad to be washed is first placed in the sieve 2 and then or before water is let in. The salad is washed by swinging the sieve 2 back and forth within the container 1. The water is poured out by holding the sieve 2 by its handle 5 in the position shown in Figure 1.

and the outer container 1 is pivoted with its handle part 7. When the container 1 comes to rest with its edge section 7 on the edge section 8 of the sieve 2 during further pivoting, the salad is held within the hollow sphere thus formed, so that further water can be removed from the salad by shaking the entire kitchen appliance. The container 1 is then pivoted back into its position according to Figure 1, so that any residual water still adhering to the salad can drip off.

It is also possible, starting from the position of the kitchen appliance according to Figure 1, to create a container that is closed to the outside by pivoting the sieve through 180°, so that any fruit contained therein is protected against flies, etc., particularly in the warmer seasons.

List of reference symbols

1 Container 2 Sieve 3 Pivot pin 4 Bearing eye 5 Handle 6 Uprising Bridge 7 Edge section 8th Edge section 9 Water passage opening 10 Swivel bearing

Claims (10)

1. Kitchen appliance, comprising a strainer or a sieve ( 2 ) in the form of a bowl in combination with an associated container ( 1 ) in the form of a bowl with full walls, for washing, rinsing, swirling, storing salad, vegetables, fruit, or the like, wherein the sieve ( 2 ) is essentially received by the container ( 1 ) in a first position of use and in a second position of use the sieve ( 2 ) and container ( 1 ) sit on top of one another with their opening areas and form an essentially closed container, characterized in that the sieve ( 2 ) and container ( 1 ) are connected to one another by a pivot bearing ( 10 ). 2. Kitchen appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the sieve ( 2 ) and container ( 1 ) are essentially half-shell-shaped or essentially hemispherical. 3. Kitchen appliance according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the pivot bearing ( 10 ) is formed by preferably substantially diametrical pivot pins ( 3 ) and associated receptacles, such as bearing eyes ( 4 ) or the like, which are each arranged on the container ( 1 ) and/or the sieve ( 2 ). 4. Kitchen appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a handle ( 5 ), for example a rotary handle, is provided for pivoting the sieve ( 2 ) relative to the container ( 1 ), wherein the handle ( 5 ) is preferably formed by an extension of a pivot pin ( 3 ). 5. Kitchen appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container ( 1 ) has support webs ( 6 ) on the bottom. 6. Kitchen appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container ( 1 ) has at least one collar-shaped edge section ( 7 ), which is preferably arranged over a peripheral section laterally of the pivot bearing. 7. Kitchen appliance according to claim 6, characterized in that the edge portion ( 7 ) is profiled in a wave-like manner and/or preferably has a sickle shape. 8. Kitchen appliance according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sieve ( 2 ) has a collar-shaped edge portion ( 8 ) which is arranged over a peripheral portion laterally of the pivot bearings ( 10 ). 9. Kitchen appliance according to claim 8, characterized in that the edge portion ( 8 ) is profiled in a wave-like manner and/or preferably has a sickle shape. 10. Kitchen appliance according to one of the preceding claims 6 to 9, characterized in that the edge sections ( 7 , 8 ) of the container ( 1 ) and the sieve ( 2 ) have a complementary wave shape and are arranged on the sieve ( 2 ) and the container ( 1 ) such that they essentially coincide in the second position of use.