Saucepan and cover for a cooking utensil, particulary a steam pressure cooking pan

Claim 1

A cooking vessel comprising a saucepan of heat conductive material and a cover, particularly a steam pressure cooker, to which heat is applied from an external heat source underneath said saucepan and to which a temperature-dependent resistor is attached as a temperature sensor and connected to a computing device for determination of the temperature in said saucepan and for transmission of electrical signals corresponding to the temperature measured, characterized by a measuring point (13) being located on the external surface of said saucepan (10) in the transition region between the pan wall and the pan bottom, said temperature sensor (19) being mounted to said pan (10) at said measuring point (13) in a heat-conducting fashion; said measuring point (13) and said temperature sensor (19) being covered by an attachment portion (12) of a handle (11) which is mounted detachably on said pan (10); said handle (11) mounted on said pan (10), facing a handle (22) mounted on said cover (20), said handle (11) provided on an upper surface with a connection contact (15) and said handle (11) aligned with said handle (22) when said cover (22) is positioned on said saucepan (10), said connection contact (15) in electrical connection with a counter-contact (29) provided on a lower surface of said handle (22) mounted on said cover (20); said handle (22) having a plug receptacle (28) to receive said computing device formed as separate plug unit (17) in which a connection contact (27) is provided to match a counter-contact (18) provided on said plug unit (17); said counter-contact (29) and said connection contact (27) in said handle (22) are in electrical contact with each other; and said plug unit (17) is mechanically insertable in said plug receptacle (28), whereby said counter-contact (18) provided on said plug unit (17) is in electrical contact with said connection contact (27) provided in said plug receptacle (28).