Automatic cooker

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A THERMALLY AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH A HEATER AND A REMOVABLE LID TO ENCLOSE AND SELECTIVELY VENT A CHAMBER CONTAINING LIQUID AND VAPOR PRODUCED THEREFORM BY CONDUCTION OF HEAT TO THE CONTAINER; INSULATING MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE CONTAINER AND LID TO ESTABLISH A HEAT TRANSFER BARRIER FOR THE LIQUID IN THE CONTAINER, MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SUPPLYING LIQUID AND HEAT ENERGY TO THE CONTAINER AND THE HEATER, RESPECTIVELY, DURING A PREDETERMINED PERIOD, MEANS DIRECTLY RESPONSIVE TO AN ELEVATED TEMPERATURE OF THE CONTAINER ABOVE THE BOILING TEMPERATURE OF THE LIQUID TO INSTANTANEOUSLY INTERRUPT SUPPLY OF ENERGY TO THE HEATER DURING SAID PREDETERMINED PERIOD, IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE RATE OF SUPPLY OF HEAT ENERGY TO THE CONTAINER AND LIQUID THEREIN, LEVEL SENSING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A RISE OF LIQUID IN SAID CONTAINER TO A PREDETERMINED LEVEL FOR INTERRUPTING SAID SUPPLY OF LIQUID DURING SAID PREDETERMINED PERIOD AND MEANS MOUNTING SAID LEVEL SENSING MEANS ON THE LID OPERATIVE UPON REMOVAL OF THE LID TO OPEN THE CHAMBER AND DISABLING SAID LEVEL SENSING MEANS.