초록 ▼

A lid for a pressure cooker has two radially slidable jaws with upstanding lips, respectively. A locking plate can slide transversely outwards from the position shown so that the lips ride along limbs of apertures and are thereafter held, to prevent radial movement, by the plate. The plate is held i

A lid for a pressure cooker has two radially slidable jaws with upstanding lips, respectively. A locking plate can slide transversely outwards from the position shown so that the lips ride along limbs of apertures and are thereafter held, to prevent radial movement, by the plate. The plate is held in its transverse outward position by a plunger (not shown) of a locking valve that is engaged in an aperture in the plate. The plunger is released to fall from an uplifted locking position when pressure in the cooker falls below a predetermined level and to enable the plunger to become slidable along the aperture. This allows the plate to move and unlock the jaws so that the lid can be removed.

대표청구항 ▼

[ I claim:] [1.] A pressure cooker lid for a container having two aligned jaws slidingly and radially movable in opposite directions between locking positions and unlocking positions with respect to the container, each jaw having a mechanical abutment surface extending transverse to the radial direc

[ I claim:] [1.] A pressure cooker lid for a container having two aligned jaws slidingly and radially movable in opposite directions between locking positions and unlocking positions with respect to the container, each jaw having a mechanical abutment surface extending transverse to the radial direction, and a transverse jaws locking plate that removably fits in one position between the abutment surfaces to mechanically maintain a separation between such surfaces to prevent radial movement of each jaw from its locking position, in which a pressure operable locking valve is mounted to the lid and arranged to mechanically cooperate with the plate to prevent movement thereof from the one position whenever a pressure inside the container exceeds a predetermined pressure.