Abstract: An egg cooker device comprises a water container 1 and an electric heating element, the container including a support platform 7 capable of lowering an egg into a body of water in the container 1, an electric motor 13 arranged for moving the platform 7 from a rest position at an open top of the container to an egg heating position within the container, a timer device connected to the motor such that the platform will remain in the egg heating position for a predetermined time interval, in which the support platform 7 includes a drive means 3 linked by a magnetic coupling to a drive source 12 located outside the container 1. This construction uses a magnetic coupling to get a drive from the motor 13 shaft through the wall of the container, it thus avoids a need to provide a water sealed opening for the shaft in the container 1 wall.

Abstract: An automatic egg boiler has a water container 2, an electric heating element, a drive means able to move an egg on a platform 6 from a rest position at an open top of the container 2 down into heated water for a predetermined time interval and to lift the egg out of the water at the end of the interval. The unit includes a timer 8 and this allows the cooking process to run for a period which is able to be set before starting the operation. This provides an egg boiler which has its own timer and thus is able to work without needing to be closely watched.