Cooking appliance
AssigneeBSH Hausgeräte GmbH
InventorsJuan Jose Galindo Perez, Sergio Llorente Gil, Dan Neumayer, Carlos Obon Abadia, Enrique Javier Perez Visa
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Abstract
A cooking appliance apparatus includes at least one fan unit having at least one fan wheel which is mounted for rotation about a rotation axis. A heating element is provided to heat the fan wheel in at least one operating state, with the heating element being configured as an induction heating element.
Claims16
A cooking appliance apparatus, comprising:
- a fan unit including a fan wheel mounted for rotation about a rotation axis, the fan wheel having a side region and a rear face, the fan wheel generating at least one air flow when rotated about the rotation axis;
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- a heating element configured to heat the fan wheel in an operating state, the heating element forming a holding region for holding the fan wheel and enclosing a partial region of the fan wheel when viewed along a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, said heating element being configured as an induction heating element to heat the fan wheel along both the side region and the rear face.
A cooking appliance, comprising a cooking appliance apparatus, said cooking appliance apparatus comprising a fan unit including a fan wheel mounted for rotation about a rotation axis, the fan wheel having a side region and a rear face, the fan wheel generating at least one airflow when rotated about the rotation axis, and a heating element configured to heat the fan wheel in an operating state, the heating element forming a holding region for holding the fan wheel and enclosing a partial region of the fan wheel when viewed along a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis, said heating element being configured as an induction heating element to heat the fan wheel along both the side region and the rear face.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.