US Patent Issued to Carogusto on May 27 for "Device and method for preparing foods arranged in a vessel" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,522, issued on May 27, was assigned to Carogusto AG (Amriswil, Switzerland).

"Device and method for preparing foods arranged in a vessel" was invented by Thomas Grendelmeier (Hombrechtikon, Switzerland), Philipp Schenk (Schonenberg, Switzerland) and Lukas Schmutz (Bern, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device (I) for preparing foods received in a vessel (2), in particular ready meals, the device (1) including a steam generator unit for generating steam, and a steam delivery unit (4) which is connected to the steam generator unit in a steam-conducting manner via a steam feed line (23) and which has a steam probe (5) with a...