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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Jean-Claude Bizard, Fontaine les Dijon, FR;
SEB S.A., Ecully, FR;
Abstract
A cooking appliance composed of: a housing; a vessel provided to be placed in the housing and arranged to receive a cooking bath; an emptying device provided in the vessel for permitting the cooking bath to be drained from the vessel; an emptying receptacle for receiving the cooking bath from the vessel; a first valve associated with the emptying device; a maneuvering button associated with the emptying device; and a control mechanism mounted on the emptying receptacle and interposed between the maneuvering button and the first valve for moving the first valve between open and closed positions and response to movements of the maneuvering button, wherein the emptying receptacle is removable from the housing.