ES1070312U - Mat (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Trivet, of those destined to be established between the surface of a table and/or tablecloth and a kitchen container recently separated from the fire, characterized by being constituted by a rigid body in which a central core and three radial arms are defined equiangularly distributed, topped in corresponding legs that conveniently raise the arms and the core, said arms also having fixing means for a conventional mat, which is located below the support area of the container and consequently does not come into contact with it latest. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Mat.

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Object of the invention

The present invention relates to a table mats, that is to a support acting as an insulator thermal, with a view to protecting a table and / or a tablecloth from heat placed on it, when a container is deposited on it high temperature cooking such as a paella, a pot, a clay dish, a pan, etc., just removed from the fire.

The object of the invention is to achieve said insulation both against heat and dirt from containers, with a mat that is able to withstand large weights without deformation and which also offers a high degree of stability for the containers.

The placemat is applicable both at the level domestic and industrial level, in restaurants, buffets, hotels and hospitality in general.

Background of the invention

Conventionally and when it comes to protecting the table and / or tablecloths of both heat and dirt, use mats consisting of circular mats, of appropriate thickness and diameter. This solution while acceptable from the point of view of the pursued objectives of isolation both heat and dirt, it presents in counterpart and as a fundamental problem that such dirt is absorbed by the mat, which is difficult to clean, so that your deterioration and total uselessness occurs in a while relatively short

Trying to ignore this problem are known metal table mats, specifically materialized in one piece foundry that in addition to being expensive have a very heavy weight considerable impact on the management of same.

Description of the invention

The placemat proposed by the invention, belonging to the second group of those mentioned, that is to say of metallic nature, resolves the problem discussed above.

More specifically the placemat that advocates combining the benefits or advantages of the two types of previously mentioned mats, the mat and the metal, without any of the inconveniences of the latter.

Specifically the placemat is constituted by a small stainless steel core, preferably of circular plan, from which three arms emerge radially and angularly also made of sheet steel, ribbed profile and concavity bottom to stiffen its structure with minimal participation of material, and with a slight ascending inclination towards the free limb thereof, where its middle branch extends to the time it is orthogonally layered down defining a leg with an appreciable support surface determined in turn by another elbow close to its free limb.

This slight inclination of the arms converging towards the central nucleus makes when depositing the container in question on the placemat, there is a self-centered tendency over the latter.

As a complement to the structure described and according to another feature of the invention, the cited arms have a widening of their lateral branches in its terminal area, in correspondence with whose beginning it establish a pair of slots determining tabs oriented towards the core, so that these slots are distanced from each other, according to their positioning on the respective arms and also have a thickness, suitable for fix on its periphery a conventional mat, which is thus easily mountable and detachable from the metal component of the mat.

In this way the mat constitutes a important thermal barrier, due to the nature of the material constitutive of it, but being located below the metal arms never comes into contact with the bottom of the container, and consequently does not receive dirt from it last, which exclusively affects the said metal component that besides being light and of reduced weight, it is easily washable.

Description of the drawings

To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as an integral part of said description, a set of drawings where with character Illustrative and not limiting, the following has been represented:

Figure 1.- Shows, according to a view in lateral perspective, a placemat made in accordance with the object of the present invention.

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Figure 2.- Shows a plan view of the set represented in the previous figure.

Figure 3.- Shows another perspective similar to that of figure 1, but in which only the component appears metal of the placemat, having removed from it the complementary mat.

Preferred Embodiment of the Invention

In view of the figures outlined you can be observed as the placemat that the invention proposes, as already It has been said before, it is constituted from a metal core (1), preferably stainless steel, materialized in two superimposed and substantially separated discs between which the inner ends of three arms (2) fit in noticeably radial arrangement, evenly distributed, is say arranged at 120º, and fixed to the core (1) by welding or by any other means that makes them immovable.

These arms (2) adopt a configuration corrugated, specifically a "U" section of concavity downward oriented, which increases significantly its mechanical resistance, presenting its middle branch (3) a width slightly growing towards your free limb, as you note especially in figure 2, and a slight inclination in ascending direction towards your free limb (4) that makes any tendency to displace the disposed container on the mat, this always occurs towards the core central (1), that is, towards a centering situation.

The aforementioned arms (2), beyond their free limb and exclusively through its middle branch (3), it prolong down after an orthogonal bending, defining legs (5) of a suitable height to conveniently distance the support plane of the table surface container, legs (5) that are topped by its lower limb in another bend orthogonal in the same direction, determining a support (6) flat.

As previously stated the set described is preferably obtained in stainless steel and presents its outer surface in contact with the containers, that is to say the middle branch (3) of its arms (2), satin to avoid accidental displacements of the containers.

As also particularly observed in the Figure 3, the lateral branches of the arms (2), which correspond to the reference itself (2) present the sector noticeably widened end (7) that defines with the rest of the arm a step (8) in correspondence with which and as single-piece arm extension there is a tab or pin (9) out of phase down and oriented towards the core (1), defining in the middle area of said arms grooves or recesses (10) facing the core (1), properly sized to receive to a conventional mat (11), through its periphery, such as shown in figure 1, so that said mat constitutes a thermal barrier to heat detached by the container located about the placemat, but nevertheless does not come in contact with said container and cannot be soiled with the latter.

Finally, it should be noted that, at least parts whose surface will come into contact with the container of kitchen in question, will present a superficial machining, determinant of a micro-grated, with which achieves a certain roughness of said surface, in order to determine a non-slip surface for said container.

Claims (5)

1. Table mats, of those intended to be established between the surface of a table and / or tablecloth and a kitchen container freshly separated from the fire, characterized by being constituted by a rigid body in which a central core and three radial arms are defined equiangularly distributed, topped on corresponding legs that conveniently raise the arms and the core, said arms also having fixing means for a conventional mat, which is located below the support area of the container and consequently does not come into contact with it. latest. 2. Salvamanteles, according to claim 1, characterized in that the central core is embodied in two stainless steel discs, superimposed, conveniently spaced so that the ends of said arms penetrate between them, which are fixed to the core preferably by welding. 3. Table mats, according to previous claims, characterized in that the arms, based on stainless steel sheet, have a "U" grooved section, with downwardly oriented concavity, whose lateral branches are interrupted in correspondence with the free end of the same, where its middle branch is orthogonally layered downward constituting the corresponding flat leg, free end in turn orthogonally angled inwards, defining a flat support. 4. Placemat, according to previous claims, characterized in that the middle branch of each arm has a slight inclination with descent towards the central core. 5. Table mats, according to previous claims, characterized in that the lateral branches of each arm have a medium level stepped widening, in correspondence with which they incorporate pin or flanges oriented towards the central core, determining grooves with the same orientation, dimensionally suitable to receive the edge of said complementary mat.