I just got one, and I'm being dumb here.

The assembly instructions say:

"Place the gasket carefully into the lid,
ensuring that it lies on the roof and under the flanges."

That much seems easy, and the gasket appers symmetrical,
so no need to guess which side is up.

Then there are two pictures, with the text:

"Check that the coloured safety bolt is pushing into the gasket."

To me, that suggests the bolt should be deflecting the gasket
towards the center of the lid.

This is accompanied by two photos. One shows the
bolt deflecting the gasket towards the center, and is
accompanied by a large red cross. The other shows the
gasket tucked between the bolt and the roof, and
is accompanied by a large red tick. This is the exact
opposite of what I assumed by the text.

Then there's a diagram that I think is consistent with
the text.

Neither approach was obviously the correct one when
I look at the hardware. Perhaps the Swiss use a
cross to signify correct, and a tick to signify wrong.

Please help.

You've proably figured it out by now, but...

Pete Fraser wrote:

I just got one, and I'm being dumb here.

no comment

The assembly instructions say:

"Place the gasket carefully into the lid,
ensuring that it lies on the roof and under the flanges."

That much seems easy, and the gasket appers symmetrical,
so no need to guess which side is up.

Then there are two pictures, with the text:

Are you sure there aren't three pictures? (Assuming your owner's book is
the same as mine, which is likely.)

"Check that the coloured safety bolt is pushing into the gasket."

This being one of them (although technically it's a diagram)...

To me, that suggests the bolt should be deflecting the gasket
towards the center of the lid.

That's right.

This is accompanied by two photos. One shows the
bolt deflecting the gasket towards the center, and is
accompanied by a large red cross. The other shows the
gasket tucked between the bolt and the roof, and
is accompanied by a large red tick.

....and these being the other two. Look at them more closely-- does the
picture with the red tick also have a red arrow pointing at something?
That "something" would be a bit of metal, what the text calls a
"flange." You can distinguish it from the bolt because 1) the bolt is
plastic, 2) the bolt is colored (mine is blue), and 3) the bolt is
located where the handle is, while the flanges are not. Also, the gasket
won't fit under the bolt, but it tucks neatly under the flange just as
shown in the picture.

Neither approach was obviously the correct one when
I look at the hardware. Perhaps the Swiss use a
cross to signify correct, and a tick to signify wrong.

Nope, it's meant the same way we use it.

"Jeff" wrote in message
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You've proably figured it out by now, but...

I'd got it working, but felt I was ignoring the manual.

...and these being the other two. Look at them more closely-- does the
picture with the red tick also have a red arrow pointing at something?
That "something" would be a bit of metal, what the text calls a "flange."

That's the answer.
I wasn't paying enough attention, and assumed that was the bolt.

Thanks

In article , Pete Fraser
wrote:

"Jeff" wrote in message
news:eBRJe.1008$0d.817@trnddc04...
You've proably figured it out by now, but...

I'd got it working, but felt I was ignoring the manual.


Hard to believe you felt you had to carefully read a manual to fit a
silicone gasket into the only place it would fit.

(When I got my first Kuhn-Rikon pressure cooker, circa 1999-2000, it
was utterly obvious where the gasket went. I didn't have to read any
instructions. That you have belabored this in several posts, expecting
readers here to help you to understand the manual, gives new meaning
to the initials "AR.")


--Tim May