EP4191142A1 - Cooking device with a sieving device - Google Patents

Abstract

Sieve device (1) for a cooking appliance (100) and use of a sieve device (1) in a cooking appliance (100), the sieve device (1) comprising a sieve body (2) with two passages (3) for draining liquid and one passage (3) is formed as a hole (4). A passage (3) is provided by an embossing (5). The cooking appliance (100) comprises a cooking chamber (101) with an opening (102) for filling the cooking chamber (101) and a door (103) for closing the opening (102) of the cooking chamber (101), the cooking chamber (101) from a bottom wall (104) and can be heated by means of a steam source (105). The bottom wall (104) has a liquid outlet opening (106), by means of which a liquid can be discharged from the cooking chamber (101) into a liquid outlet device (107). Furthermore, a sieve device (1) as described above is arranged in sections above the liquid outlet opening (106).

Description

The present invention relates to a sieve device for a cooking appliance, comprising at least one sieve body with at least two passages for draining off liquid, with at least one passage being designed as a hole. Furthermore, the present invention relates to the use of such a sieve device in a cooking appliance and a cooking appliance, in particular a steam cooking appliance, comprising at least one cooking chamber with at least one opening for filling the cooking chamber and at least one door for closing the opening of the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber is delimited by at least one bottom wall and can be heated by at least one steam source, the bottom wall having at least one liquid outlet opening, by means of which at least one liquid can be discharged from the cooking chamber into a liquid outlet device.

A large number of screening devices are known in the prior art which, in particular, separate and retain solids from a liquid-solids mixture. These known screening devices function largely reliably.

Sieve devices are also built into or used in cooking appliances. Such screening devices for cooking appliances often have to meet special requirements. Typically, a sieve device for a cooking appliance not only has to separate solids from a liquid-solids mixture, but preferably also has to provide a visually appealing design, drain off liquid particularly quickly and reliably and be easy to clean.

For example, steam cooking appliances, in which steam or water vapor is introduced into a cooking chamber by means of a steam source, in particular for food preparation, or cooking appliances with a steam function typically have a sieve device in order to remove a liquid produced during the condensation of the steam, such as e.g. B. water from the cooking chamber while retaining solids, such as food residue, debris and / or particles in the cooking chamber.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a filter device for a cooking appliance, which advantageously develops the prior art and in particular enables liquid to be drained off quickly and reliably.

This object is achieved by a cooking appliance with a sieve device having the features of claim 1. Preferred developments of the invention are the subject matter of the dependent Expectations. Further advantages and features of the invention result from the exemplary embodiments.

The sieve device according to the invention for a cooking appliance comprises at least one sieve body with at least two passages for draining off liquid, with at least one passage being selected as a hole. At least one passage is provided by at least one embossing.

In expedient developments, the screen body has more than two passages, with several passages in particular being designed as a hole.

A hole is in particular an expression, an opening, a through-hole, a recess and/or the like.

Preferably, at least one passage is suitable and designed to largely separate and hold back the solids from a solid-liquid mixture.

In advantageous developments, all passages are suitable and designed to largely separate and hold back the solids from a solid-liquid mixture.

In this case, separating is also to be understood in particular as screening and/or filtering.

Solids are to be understood in particular as solid particles, foodstuffs, food residues, food residues, dirt deposits, in particular solid deposits detached in the manner of foils and/or other particles.

The screen body is preferably formed from sheet metal, plastic and/or a similarly suitable material.

The screening device, in particular the at least one hole and/or the at least one embossing, preferably separates solid particles with dimensions greater than 7 mm, preferably greater than 5 mm, preferably greater than 3 mm, particularly preferably greater than 1 mm, very particularly preferably greater than 0.5 mm or even smaller from the solid-liquid mixture and holds it back.

In expedient developments, the at least one embossing has a width of 3 mm to 5 mm, in particular 5 mm to 7.5 mm, preferably 7.5 mm to 10 mm, particularly preferably 10 mm to 15 mm and very particularly preferably 15 mm to 20 mm or even more.

In preferred developments, the at least one embossing has a height of 1 mm to 2 mm, in particular 2 mm to 3 mm, preferably 3 mm to 4 mm, particularly preferably 4 mm 5 mm or even more.

In this case, a cross section of the embossing is in particular an area which is given by the product of the width and the height of the embossing.

The at least two passages are preferably suitable and designed to drain liquid through the screen device, in particular from an area above the upper side of the screen body to an area below the underside of the screen body.

The screening device according to the invention has many advantages. A significant advantage is that at least one passage is provided by at least one embossing.

Because at least one passage is provided by at least one embossing, solids can be separated and retained particularly reliably from a solid-liquid mixture. So are e.g. B. solid particles, food residues and / or detached deposits of various shapes and sizes of a screening device, in which at least one passage is designed as an embossing, separable from a solid-liquid mixture and retained.

Furthermore, a passage designed as an embossing in combination with a section, in particular a section of a bottom wall, can form and/or provide a channel which enables liquid to be discharged particularly reliably and quickly, in particular from a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance.

In particular, a passage designed as an embossing enables liquid to be drained off reliably and quickly even if a larger quantity of solids and/or larger solid deposits, in particular larger flat or film-like solid deposits, have been separated from a solid-liquid mixture by the screening device and removed from the screening device be held back. This is because a passage designed as an embossing clogs less quickly or reduces the probability of the screening device becoming clogged.

A passage provided by an embossing can also be produced in a particularly simple and cost-effective manner and gives a screening device a design that is visually appealing and appears valuable.

The screen body preferably comprises a plurality of embossings along its circumference, each of which provides at least one passage.

The screening device preferably comprises a plurality of, in particular 2 to 4, preferably 4 to 6, particularly preferably 6 to 8 or even more embossings along its circumference, which in particular each provide at least one passage.

In advantageous developments, the at least one embossing and in particular all embossings are arranged on the outer edge of the screen body.

In expedient developments, the at least one embossing is designed in the form of a scoop and/or in the form of steps. In particular, the at least one embossing protrudes outwards or out of the upper side of the screen body.

Preferably, a reshaping of the embossing is oriented toward the top of the body.

In this case, the upper side of the body faces in particular the solid-liquid mixture and the lower side of the body faces a drained liquid.

In particular, solids are held back by the screen device and/or the screen body on the upper side of the screen body.

A plurality of embossings are preferably arranged symmetrically on the screen body.

The screen body is particularly preferably configured in a largely circular manner.

Largely circular is to be understood as meaning, in particular, circular, oval and/or the like.

In expedient developments, the at least one embossing is aligned radially.

In preferred developments, the screen body has a convex top side at least in sections.

The screen body preferably has an outwardly cambered upper side, at least in sections.

In expedient developments, solids are held back by the screen device and/or the screen body on the upper side of the screen body.

In advantageous configurations, the screen body is convex and/or cambered.

In a particularly preferred development, the screen device comprises at least one locking device, by means of which at least the screen body can be locked in an installed state in a cooking appliance, at least on a section of the cooking appliance.

Lockable is to be understood in particular as being reversibly mountable, fastenable, receivable and/or the like.

In an installed state in a cooking appliance, the filter body can preferably be locked by means of the locking device on a section of the liquid outlet device and/or the liquid outlet opening of the cooking device.

The locking device preferably locks and/or holds the sieve device on at least one section of the cooking appliance, so that the sieve device does not become unintentionally displaced, for example by shocks, vibrations and/or a flow pressure of a liquid and/or solid material partially flowing through and/or around the sieve device. Liquid mixture dissolves from the cooking appliance and/or the sieve device slips out of its predetermined position.

In advantageous developments, the locking device is suitable and designed to releasably orient the sieve device on at least one section of the cooking appliance, in particular above or above a liquid outlet device of the cooking appliance.

The locking device is preferably accommodated on the screen body. In expedient developments, the locking device is provided by, for example, a U-shaped body, an oversized clip or the like.

In particular, when the sieve device is locked and/or advantageously locked on at least one section of the cooking appliance by means of the locking device, this can be felt and/or acoustically perceived by a user.

The sieve device, in particular the locking device, is preferably designed in such a way that the sieve device can only be accommodated in at least one section of a cooking appliance in such a way that the upper side of the sieve body faces the cooking chamber.

In particularly preferred developments, the screen device comprises at least one orientation device, which enables the screen body installed in a cooking appliance to be positioned in at least one predetermined orientation on at least one section of the cooking appliance.

The orientation device is preferably provided at least in sections by the locking device.

In advantageous developments, the orientation device enables the screening device to be locked exclusively in at least one, preferably in a plurality of, predetermined orientations.

In expedient developments, the number of predetermined orientations is equal to the number of embossings, in particular equal to the number of embossings that provide a passage.

A predetermined orientation is in particular a predetermined rotation of the screen device and/or the screen body about a normal through the center point of the surface of the screen body.

The cooking appliance according to the invention is designed in particular as a steam cooking appliance or an oven with a steam supply or a microwave oven with a steam supply and comprises at least one cooking chamber with at least one opening for filling the cooking chamber and at least one door for closing the opening of the cooking chamber, the cooking chamber being delimited at least by a bottom wall and can be heated by at least one steam source. The bottom wall has at least one liquid outlet opening, by means of which at least one liquid can be discharged from the cooking chamber into a liquid outlet device. At least one screening device, as described above, is arranged at least in sections above the liquid outlet opening.

The cooking appliance is preferably provided by a steam cooker or by a cooking appliance with a steam function, for example an oven or a microwave oven.

In expedient developments, the cooking appliance comprises at least one control device and/or at least one display device and/or at least one operating device.

In advantageous developments, the cooking chamber is delimited by a housing device which, in addition to the base wall, in particular comprises two side walls, a rear wall and a top wall.

The cooking chamber can preferably be heated by means of at least one steam source. In particular, the steam source allows steam or water vapor to be fed into the cooking chamber, so that food can be cooked and, in particular, steamed in the cooking chamber. In particular, the condensation of water vapor on sections of the cooking chamber with a low temperature and/or the introduction of water preferably produces a liquid and/or a solid-liquid mixture in the cooking chamber, which is preferably to be drained from the cooking chamber and in particular for reuse or disposal of the Liquid is largely free from solids.

The liquid outlet device preferably provides at least one outlet, by means of which at least one liquid can be drained. In this case, the liquid outlet device is preferably at least partially encompassed by the cooking appliance. Depending on the task and However, the liquid outlet device can also be provided by an external device and/or connection.

In expedient developments, the sieve device can be removed and preferably removed from the cooking appliance, in particular for cleaning.

The cooking appliance according to the invention has many advantages. A significant advantage is that at least one screening device, as described above, is arranged at least in sections above the liquid outlet opening.

Because the cooking appliance includes at least one sieve device, as described above, which is arranged at least in sections above the liquid outlet opening, solids can be particularly reliably separated from a solid-liquid mixture and retained in the cooking chamber. So e.g. B. solid particles, food residues and / or detached deposits, which typically occur in the cooking chamber of a cooking appliance, in particular steam cooking appliance, are separated from a solid-liquid mixture and retained in the cooking chamber.

This enables a liquid drained through the liquid outlet opening to be reused after further processing or even directly for generating vapor by means of the vapor source. This enables the cooking appliance to be operated in a particularly energy-saving and/or resource-saving manner.

It is also possible to largely prevent the liquid outlet opening and/or the liquid outlet device from clogging and/or solid deposits from building up or forming in the liquid outlet opening and/or in the liquid outlet device after a short period of operation of the cooking appliance, which typically can only be prevented by an often expensive and complicated or user-unfriendly cleaning of the respective components can be removed.

Furthermore, solids can be easily removed from the cooking chamber and the cooking chamber can be cleaned in a user-friendly manner.

Another significant advantage of the cooking appliance is that the sieve device, as described above, can form and/or provide a channel in combination with a section of the bottom wall, which enables liquid to be drained off particularly reliably and quickly, in particular from a cooking chamber of a cooking appliance .

This can largely prevent a larger amount of solid-liquid mixture and/or a liquid from accumulating when the cooking appliance is operated appropriately accumulates on the bottom wall and thus disrupts or even completely prevents the preparation of food in the cooking appliance. This also largely prevents a mixture of solids and liquids and/or a liquid from accumulating on the bottom wall and then escaping from the opening of the cooking chamber.

Particularly preferably, the at least one bottom wall comprises at least one guiding device, by means of which at least one liquid and/or a solid/liquid mixture can be guided in the direction of the liquid outlet opening. As a result, a liquid and/or a solid-liquid mixture can be guided particularly reliably and quickly in the direction of the liquid outlet opening.

In expedient developments, the at least one base wall provides the at least one guide device at least in sections. The at least one guide device is preferably provided by a depression and/or bead in the bottom wall.

In advantageous developments, the at least one guide device has a width of 3 mm to 5 mm, in particular 5 mm to 7.5 mm, preferably 7.5 mm 10 mm, particularly preferably 10 mm 15 mm and very particularly preferably 15 mm to 20 mm mm or even more up. The width of at least one guiding device preferably corresponds largely to the width of the at least one embossing of the screening device.

The width of at least one guiding device preferably corresponds essentially to at least one width of the at least one embossing of the screening device.

In advantageous developments, the at least one guide device has a constant width. Depending on the task and design, however, the width of the at least one guide device can also vary, in particular over a longitudinal extension of the guide device. In particular, the width of the at least one guide device decreases and/or increases in the direction of the liquid outlet opening.

The at least one guide device preferably has a depth of 0.5 mm or 1 mm to 2 mm, in particular 2 mm to 3 mm, preferably 3 mm to 4 mm and particularly preferably 4 mm to 5 mm or even more. The depth of at least one guiding device preferably corresponds largely to the height of the at least one embossing of the screening device.

The at least one guide device preferably has a constant depth. Depending on the task and design, the depth of the at least one guiding device can also vary. In particular, the depth of the at least one guide device decreases and/or increases in the direction of the liquid outlet opening.

A cross section of the at least one guiding device is in particular an area which is given by the product of the width and the depth of the guiding device.

In particular, when the sieve device is positioned in the cooking appliance according to use, the at least one embossing of the sieve device is aligned with the guide device in such a way that the at least one guide device and the at least one embossment form at least one common channel for draining off liquid and/or that the embossing is in an end section of the guide device arranged to allow liquid to be drained into the liquid outlet opening.

In advantageous developments, the at least one guiding device is oriented at least in sections so that it slopes down towards the liquid outlet opening.

In particular, the at least one guide device has, at least in sections, a gradient to the liquid outlet opening in the range of 1° or 2° to 5°, preferably in the range of 5° to 7°, preferably in the range of 7° to 10° or even more.

The at least one bottom wall is preferably aligned so that it slopes down at least in sections towards the liquid outlet opening and/or the at least one guide device.

In particular, the at least one bottom wall has, at least in sections, a gradient to the liquid outlet opening and/or the guide device in the range from 2° to 5°, preferably in the range from 5° to 7°, preferably in the range from 7° to 10° or even more .

Particularly preferably, the at least one bottom wall comprises several, in particular eight guide devices.

The bottom wall preferably comprises two or three or four or five or six or seven or eight or even more guide devices.

In expedient developments, the screening device can be locked on the liquid blow-out device by means of the locking device.

Preferably, the sieve device can be locked by means of the locking device in a transitional section, such as in a section of a welded seam between the bottom wall and the liquid outlet device.

The sieve device can preferably be locked at the liquid outlet opening by means of the locking device.

The cooking appliance and in particular the base wall and/or the liquid outlet device preferably comprises at least one positioning device which enables a reproducible positioning of the sieve device in and/or above the liquid outlet opening.

In particular, the positioning device enables a flush and/or form-fitting positioning of the sieve device in at least one section of the bottom wall, in particular in and/or on the liquid outlet opening.

The positioning device preferably enables or supports positioning of the screening device in the at least one predetermined orientation, in particular through interaction with the orientation device.

Particularly preferably, the sieve device can only be locked in the at least one predetermined orientation by means of the locking device over the liquid outlet opening.

The at least one predetermined orientation is in particular a predetermined rotation of the screen device and/or the screen body about a normal through the center point of the surface of the screen body and/or about a normal to the bottom wall.

In advantageous developments, in the at least one predetermined orientation, at least the cross section of the at least one embossing of the sieve device and the cross section of the at least one guide device are arranged largely congruently with one another, so that at least one liquid from the cooking chamber via the at least one guide device and through the at least one embossing can be conducted and/or is conducted to the liquid outlet opening.

In particular, in the at least one predetermined orientation, at least one liquid can be guided optimally to the liquid outlet opening.

In the at least one predetermined orientation, the width of the at least one embossing and the width of the at least one guide device are preferably arranged largely congruent with one another, so that at least one liquid can be guided from the cooking chamber via the at least one guide device and through the at least one embossment to the liquid outlet opening .

According to the invention, a screening device as described above is used in a cooking appliance.

The use of a screening device according to the invention, as described above, also provides the screening device with the advantages of the screening device described above.

Further advantages and features of the present invention result from the exemplary embodiments, which are explained below with reference to the enclosed figures.

Figur 1

eine rein schematische Darstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels eines erfindungsgemäßen Gargeräts mit einer erfindungsgemäßen Siebeinrichtung in einer perspektivischen Ansicht;

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eine rein schematische Darstellung eines Ausführungsbeispiels einer erfindungsgemäßen Siebeinrichtung für ein Gargerät in einem installierten Zustand in einem Gargerät in einer perspektivischen Ansicht;

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eine rein schematische Darstellung eines weiteren Ausführungsbeispiels einer erfindungsgemäßen Siebeinrichtung für ein Gargerät in einem installierten Zustand in einem Gargerät in einer Schnittansicht von der Seite; und

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eine rein schematische Darstellung eines anderen Ausführungsbeispiels einer erfindungsgemäßen Siebeinrichtung für ein Gargerät in einem installierten Zustand in einem Gargerät in einer Ansicht von oben.

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figure 1

a purely schematic representation of an embodiment of a cooking appliance according to the invention with a sieve device according to the invention in a perspective view;

figure 2

a purely schematic representation of an embodiment of a sieve device according to the invention for a cooking appliance in an installed state in a cooking appliance in a perspective view;

figure 3

a purely schematic representation of a further embodiment of a screening device according to the invention for a cooking appliance in an installed state in a cooking appliance in a sectional view from the side; and

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a purely schematic representation of another embodiment of a screening device according to the invention for a cooking appliance in an installed state in a cooking appliance in a view from above.

In figure 1 an exemplary embodiment of a cooking appliance 100 according to the invention with a sieve device 1 according to the invention is shown in a purely schematic perspective view.

The cooking appliance 100, which is designed here as a steam cooking appliance 200, here comprises a cooking chamber 101 with an opening 102 for filling the cooking chamber 101 and at least one door 103 for closing the opening 102 of the cooking chamber 101. The cooking appliance 100 also comprises the one shown here Exemplary embodiment, a control device 111 for controlling the cooking appliance 100, a display device 112 for displaying functions and operating settings of the cooking appliance 100, and an operating device 113 for operating the cooking appliance 100.

The cooking chamber 101 is delimited here by a bottom wall 104, two side walls 114, a rear wall 115 and a top wall, not shown in detail.

The cooking space 101 of the cooking appliance 100 can be heated here by means of a steam source 105 . Thus, here z. B. steam during operation of the cooking appliance 100 in the cooking chamber 101, which partially condenses here on the bottom wall 104, the side walls 114, the rear wall 115 and the top wall. This can result in a liquid and/or a solid-liquid mixture in the cooking chamber.

The bottom wall 104 here has a liquid outlet opening 106, by means of which a liquid can be discharged from the cooking chamber 101 into a liquid outlet device 107, not shown in detail here. The liquid outlet opening 106 is round here and is arranged in a central section of the bottom wall 104 here. Depending on the task and design, it is also possible that the liquid outlet opening 106 in another, z. B. in an outer portion of the bottom wall 104 is arranged.

In the exemplary embodiment shown here, the bottom wall 104 slopes in the direction of the liquid outlet opening 106 . The liquid outlet opening 106 is thus arranged at the lowest point of the bottom wall 104 here, so that a solid-liquid mixture and/or a liquid can flow in the direction of the liquid outflow opening. The bottom wall 104 here has a gradient of about 5° to the liquid outlet opening 106 . However, depending on the design, the inclination can also be larger or smaller.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated here, the bottom wall 104 comprises four guiding devices 108, by means of which a liquid and/or a liquid-solids mixture can be guided in the direction of the liquid outlet opening 106. The four guide devices 108 are each provided here by a deformation in the form of a recess in the bottom wall 104 .

Each of the four guide devices 108 is designed here to fall in the direction of the liquid outlet opening 106 . In this case, the slope of each of the four guide devices 108 to the liquid outlet opening 106 is approximately 5°.

In the exemplary embodiment shown here, a sieve device 1 according to the invention is arranged above the liquid outlet opening 106 . The screening device 1 can separate solids, such as food residues and deposits, from a mixture of solids and liquids and hold them back in the cooking chamber 101 . The screening device 1 thus largely prevents solids from entering the liquid outlet device 107 through the liquid outlet opening 106 . At the same time, the sieve device 1 in the exemplary embodiment shown here enables liquid to be quickly drained from the cooking chamber 101 through the liquid outlet opening 106 into the liquid outlet device 107. This enables particularly advantageous operation of the cooking appliance 100, which is designed here as a steam cooking device 200.

In figure 2 an exemplary embodiment of a screening device 1 according to the invention for a cooking appliance 100 in an installed state in a cooking appliance 100 is shown purely schematically in a perspective view.

As in figure 1 Here, cooking appliance 100 includes a cooking chamber 101, not shown in detail here, with a bottom wall 104. In the exemplary embodiment shown here, bottom wall 104 includes a liquid outlet opening 106, through which a liquid can be discharged from cooking chamber 101 into a liquid outlet device 107, not shown in detail here.

Here too, the bottom wall 104 slopes in the direction of the liquid outlet opening 106 and has eight guide devices 108 here.

The bottom wall 104 and the guide devices 108 , arranged here in a star shape around the liquid outlet opening 106 , are designed here to fall in the direction of the liquid outlet opening 106 . Thus, the eight guide devices 106 are aligned radially to the liquid outlet opening 106 here and enable a liquid and/or a liquid-solids mixture to be discharged in the direction of the liquid outlet opening 106 arranged here at the lowest point of the bottom wall 104 . A solid-liquid mixture and/or a liquid can thus flow in the direction of the liquid outflow opening.

The eight guide devices 108 are each provided here by a recess in the bottom wall 104 . In this case, the slope of each of the four guide devices 108 to the liquid outlet opening 106 is approximately 5°.

In the exemplary embodiment illustrated here, each of the guide devices 108 has a width 116 of 10 mm and a depth 117 of 2 mm in a section in the vicinity of the liquid outlet opening 106 . Depending on the task and design, each of the guiding devices 108 can also have a different width 116 and/or depth 117. The width 117 and/or depth 117 can also vary over the longitudinal extent of a guide device 108 .

As in figure 1 a sieve device 1 is arranged above the liquid outlet opening 106 here. Here, the screening device 1 is arranged here largely in a form-fitting manner with respect to the bottom wall 104 above the liquid outlet opening 106 .

The sieve device 1 here comprises a largely circular sieve body 2 with a convex upper side 6 here, which faces the cooking chamber 101 here. Depending on the task and design, the screen body 2 can also be bombarded, so that the top 6 is arched into the cooking space 101 .

The screen body 1 here has a plurality of passages 3 for draining off liquid. Here, in an inner section of the screen body 2, there are several passages 3 as holes 4 executed. Along the circumference of the screen body 1, the screen device 1 has eight passages 3 here, each of which is designed as an embossing 5 here.

The eight embossings 5 are stepped or scoop-shaped here and aligned radially along the circumference of the screen body 2 .

In the exemplary embodiment shown here, each of the embossings 5 has a width 10 of approximately 10 mm and a height 11 of approximately 2 mm. Depending on the task and design, each of the embossings 5 can also have a different width 10 and/or height 11 .

In the exemplary embodiment shown here, each passage 3, ie each hole 4 and each embossing 5, enables liquid to be drained from the cooking chamber 101 through the sieve device to the liquid outlet opening 106. Solids, such as food residues and deposits, with dimensions greater than or equal to the dimensions of the holes and embossings cannot pass through the passages 3 and will thus be separated from a solid-liquid mixture by the screening device 1 and retained in the cooking chamber 101. The screening device 1 thus largely prevents solids from entering the liquid outlet device 107 through the liquid outlet opening 106 .

In the installed state of the sieve device 1 in the cooking appliance 100 shown here, the sieve device 1 is oriented such that the cross sections 12 of each of the eight embossings 5 and the cross section 110 of each of the eight guide devices 108 are arranged largely congruent with one another.

The sieve device 1 is thus rotated around a normal through the center point of the sieve body 2 in such a way that in such a predetermined orientation 9 each of the embossments 5 together with one of the guide devices 108 form a common continuous channel through which a liquid can flow particularly well and can be directed quickly out of the cooking space 101 through the liquid outlet opening 106 .

The screening device 1 thus makes it possible here both to separate solids from a solid-liquid mixture and to retain them in the cooking chamber 101 and to convey liquid from the cooking chamber 101 to the liquid outlet opening 106 .

In figure 3 a further exemplary embodiment of a screening device 1 according to the invention for a cooking appliance 100 is shown purely schematically in an installed state in a cooking appliance 100 in a sectional view from the side.

The cooking appliance 100 here includes a cooking chamber 101, not shown in detail, with a bottom wall 104. Here, the bottom wall 104 has a liquid outlet opening 106, through which a liquid can be discharged from the cooking chamber 101 into a liquid outlet device 107. Furthermore, the bottom wall 104 here has a plurality of guide devices 108 sloping down towards the liquid outlet opening 106 .

In the exemplary embodiment shown here, the screening device 1 is arranged largely in a form-fitting manner with the bottom wall 104 above the liquid outlet opening 106 .

A positioning device 109, which is provided here by a depression in the bottom wall 104 around the liquid outlet opening 106 with largely the same lateral dimensions as those of the sieve device 1, enables a reproducible and expedient positioning of the sieve device 1 over the liquid outlet opening 106.

As in figure 2 the sieve device 1 here has a largely circular, bombarded sieve body 2 with a top side 6 that curves into the cooking chamber and with a plurality of passages 3 for draining off liquid. In this case, a plurality of passages 3 are embodied as holes 4 in an inner section of the screen body 2 and a plurality of passages 3 are embodied as embossing 5 along the circumference of the screen body 2 . The screening device 1 thus makes it possible here to separate and hold back solids from a solid-liquid mixture.

The screening device 1 here has a locking device 7, by means of which the screening device 1 is locked here on a section of the liquid outlet device 107 in the vicinity of the liquid outlet opening 106, so that the screening device 1 cannot slip out of the predetermined position and the predetermined orientation 9. The locking device is designed here as a U-shaped clip, which causes a perceptible noise when the screening device 1 is properly locked by a user.

In the exemplary embodiment shown here, the locking device 7 provides an orientation device 8 so that the sieve device 1 can be locked here exclusively in a predetermined orientation 9 by means of the locking device 7 above the liquid outlet opening.

In the one possible predetermined orientation 9 shown here, the embossings 5 are oriented in such a way that one of the embossings 5 together with one of the guide devices 108 form a common continuous channel through which a liquid can be removed particularly well and quickly from the cooking chamber 101 through the liquid outlet opening 106 is conductive.

In figure 4 is shown purely schematically another embodiment of a screening device 1 according to the invention for a cooking appliance 100 in an installed state in a cooking appliance 100 in a view from above.

As in figure 4 the cooking appliance 100 here includes a cooking chamber 101, not shown in detail, with a bottom wall 104. In the exemplary embodiment shown here, the bottom wall 104 has a liquid outlet opening 106 and eight guide devices 108 sloping down to the liquid outlet opening 106.

A sieve device 1 with a plurality of passages 3 for draining off liquid is arranged here above the liquid outlet opening, which are designed here as holes 4 and as embossing 5 . The screening device 1 thus makes it possible here to separate and hold back solids from a solid-liquid mixture.

Also in the exemplary embodiment shown here, the sieve device 1 can only be locked in the predetermined orientation 9 shown here above the liquid outlet opening 106 .

In the predetermined orientation 9 shown here, too, the embossings 5 are oriented in such a way that one of the embossings 5 together with one of the guide devices 108 each form a common continuous channel through which a liquid can flow particularly well and quickly from the cooking chamber 101 through the liquid outlet opening 106 is conductive.

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Cooking device (100) comprising at least one cooking space (101) with at least one opening (102) for filling the cooking space (101) and at least one door (103) for closing the opening (102) of the cooking chamber (101), at least one steam source (105) for generating steam, the steam being generated by the at least one steam source (105) in the cooking chamber (101) and /or is introduced into the cooking chamber (101) by the at least one steam source (105), wherein the cooking space (101) is delimited by at least one bottom wall (104), the bottom wall (104) having at least one liquid outlet opening (106), by means of which at least one liquid can be let out of the cooking space (101) into a liquid outlet device (107), characterized in that the cooking appliance (100) has at least one sieve device (1) which is arranged at least in sections above the liquid outlet opening (106), wherein the screen device (1) comprises at least one screen body (2) with at least two passages (3) for draining off liquid, wherein at least one passage (3) is designed as a hole (4) and at least one passage (3) being provided by at least one embossing (5). Cooking appliance (100) according to the preceding claim, wherein the at least one base wall (104) comprises at least one guide device (108) by means of which at least one liquid and/or at least one solid-liquid mixture can be guided in the direction of the liquid outlet opening (106). Cooking appliance (100) according to the preceding claim, wherein the at least one guide device (108) is designed to slope down at least in sections towards the liquid outlet opening (106). Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the two preceding claims, wherein the at least one bottom wall (104) at least partially to the Liquid outlet opening (106) and/or at least one guide device (108) is designed such that it slopes down. Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the at least one base wall (104) comprises a plurality, in particular eight, guide devices (108). Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the sieve device (1) can be locked on the liquid outlet device (107) by means of the locking device (7). Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooking appliance (100), in particular the bottom wall (104) and/or the liquid outlet device (107), comprises at least one positioning device (109) which enables reproducible positioning of the sieve device (1) in and / or allows via the liquid outlet opening (106). Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the sieve device (1) can be locked exclusively in the at least one predetermined orientation (9) by means of the locking device (7) above the liquid outlet opening (106). Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein in the at least one predetermined orientation (10) at least the cross sections (12) of the at least one embossing (5) and the cross section (110) of the at least one guide device (108) largely coincide are arranged so that at least one liquid from the cooking chamber (101) via the at least one guide device (108) and through the at least one embossing (5) to the liquid outlet opening (106) can be conducted. Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the screen body (2) comprises a plurality of embossings (5) along its circumference. Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the sieve body (2) is designed to be largely circular. Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the filter body (2) has an upper side (6) which is designed convexly at least in sections. Cooking appliance (100) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the screening device (1) comprises at least one locking device (7), by means of which at least the screen body (2) can be locked in an installed state in a cooking appliance (100) on at least one section of the cooking appliance (100). Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the sieve device (1) comprises at least one orientation device (8) which positions the sieve body (2) installed in a cooking appliance (100) in at least one predetermined orientation (9) on at least one Allows section of the cooking appliance (100). Cooking appliance (100) according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the cooking appliance (100) is designed as a steam oven or as an oven or as a microwave oven or as a combination of steam oven and/or oven and/or microwave oven.

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