Abstract: A folding table having a table board supported on and projecting outwardly from a wall in an open position, and foldable against the wall in such manner that the upper surface of the board faces outwardly from the wall and the support and mounting mechanism is entirely concealed. This mechanism includes a pair of parallel vertical tracks, slide elements that move along the tracks and are pivotally linked to the rear end of the board, and an articulated, pivotally mounted strut extending between the wall and the bottom surface of the board and foldable between the board and the wall. To open the table the rear end of the board, guided and supported by the tracks and slide elements, is moved vertically from an upper position to a lower position as the board pivots from a vertical to a horizontal orientation and the strut unfolds to support the board.

Abstract: Apparatus for mixing food ingredients is disclosed including a cabinet for supporting a mixer for the ingredients. A frame is arranged within the cabinet for being raised and lowered relative thereto. The frame supports a plate having a through hole for receiving the mixer and a movable tray for supporting a container for the ingredients. The tray is moved under the plate and the frame is raised by a weight arrangement, whereby the mixer engages the container and is actuated for mixing the ingredients therein.

Abstract: Cooking apparatus having a plurality of individual portion sized pots disposed in a pot chamber is provided for cooking pasta and other foods "to order". Each pot has a cooking fluid admitting opening in the bottom thereof which receives a cooking fluid nozzle therein. The pot opening is covered by a mesh or other apertured cap which admits cooking fluid but prevents the pasta from escaping. The head of the nozzle has a "hat-shaped" cap slidably mounted thereon which closes the pot opening and injects heated cooking fluid into the pot when the nozzle is connected to a source of heated cooking fluid and which opens the pot opening and drains the pot when the nozzle is disconnected from the cooking fluid source. Cooking and draining are accomplished without moving the nozzle or the pot. The drained cooking fluid is collected in the pot chamber and recirculated by means of a filter and pump so that it may be used again for the same or other pots.

Abstract: A cooker for foodstuff in particulate form, in particular pasta, comprises a plurality of perforate pots, each of which is of a size to cook an individual portion. The pots are individually movable vertically in a tank between a raised position and a lower position. The foodstuff is put in the pot when in raised position. When the pot is lowered, boiling water pumped from a reservoir is injected into the pot to cook the foodstuff while stirring it to prevent its sticking to the pot or to itself. The water drains into the tank and is returned to a hot water reservoir. After a preset time interval the pot is returned to its raised position for discharge of the cooked foodstuff.