The DUROMATIC pressure cookers
by KUHN RIKON belong to the new
second generation of pressure cook-
ers. These pressure cookers are built with safety
features that make it impossible for experiences
such as your grandmother had.
First, the automatic lid-locking device of the
DUROMATIC pressure cookers insures that no
pressure can build up until the lid is put on cor-
rectly. It also insures that the lid cannot be
removed or come off until all of the pressure has
been released.
The DUROMATIC pressure cookers provide the
ultimate protection against excess pressure. The
first indication that too much pressure has built
up inside the cooker is the audible hiss of the
valve as excess pressure is released through the
valve. When the user hears this, the heat should
be turned down. As long as the valve is not
clogged, it will take care of any over pressuriza-
tion by allowing steam to escape through the
radial escape holes located on the valve stem.
Other safety releases will come into effect only if
the central valve is clogged. If that occurs,
excess pressure will also escape through the
safety holes in the rim of the lid.
Additionally, another spring-loaded safety valve
is set to release steam in case of a clogged
main valve due to overfilling or too-high heat.
This valve is not a blow plug like some old
domestic cookers had, but a highly accurate
spring-loaded valve which will open at a preset
internal pressure and release steam safely and
effectively.
Finally, at higher pressure, the gasket is forced
out through the six bayonet flanges in the lid,
and a jet of excess steam escapes once again in
a downward direction.
Aren’t
pressure
cookers
dangerous?
Although DUROMATIC pressure cookers have all these built-in safety
sytems, nothing can take the place of care and common sense.
When using your pressure cooker, do not leave it unattended while in use.
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