# US 12,108,907 B2 · User interface for a cooking appliance

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 12,108,907 B2
- Document ID: US12108907B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/425,422
- Filed: 2019-09-30
- Published: 2022-05-26
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2019-01-24
- Assignees: Breville Pty Limited
- Applicants: Breville Pty Limited
- Inventors: Michael Thorogood; Emma Larkin; Richard Hoare
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12108907B2

## CPC

- A47J 36/32: Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices
- A47J 37/0629: {with electric heating elements}
- A47J 37/0658: {specially adapted for cooking pizza}
- F24C 7/082: {on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination}
- F24C 15/007: {Removable panels}
- G05G 1/01: Arrangements of two or more controlling members with respect to one another (double foot control, e.g. for instruction vehicles G05G1/34; mounting units comprising an assembly with two or more pedals G05G1/36)
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- F24C: DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES (exclusively for solid fuels F24B); DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- G05G: CONTROL DEVICES OR SYSTEMS INSOFAR AS CHARACTERISED BY MECHANICAL FEATURES ONLY ("Bowden" or like mechanisms F16C1/10; gearings or mechanisms not peculiar to this purpose F16H; speed changing or reversing mechanisms for gearings conveying rotary motion F16H59/00 - F16H63/00)

## Abstract

A cooking appliance (10) including: a body (12) with a front face; at least one projection (24, 26, 28) extending from the front face, and that is manipulated by a user to control the appliance (10); and an interface (30) releasably mounted on the front face adjacent the projection (24, 26, 28), the interface (30) being mountable in a first orientation or a second orientation, with the orientation to be selected by the user when mounting the interface (30) on the front face.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A cooking appliance including:
a hollow body providing a cooking cavity, the body having an opening via which product to be cooked can be moved relative to the cavity;
a heating element located in the cavity to deliver radiant energy to cook the product;
a controller operatively associated with the heating element to provide for selective delivery of electric power to the heating element to provide a heating profile across the product, with the controller being configured to switch between a first mode and a second mode to alter the electric power to the heating element to vary the heating profile across the product;
a control projecting from the body and operatively associated with the controller to alter the electric power to the heating element in both the first mode and the second mode of the controller;
an interface releasably mounted to the body, with the interface having an opening through which the control projects when the interface is mounted to the body; and wherein
the controller is configured to switch from the first mode to the second mode upon mounting the interface to the body,
wherein the interface is magnetically attracted to the body so as to be removably mounted thereon, and
wherein the body includes a sensor operatively associated with the controller, with the sensor being configured to detect a magnetic field of the interface and to switch the controller from the first mode to the second mode upon the sensor detecting the magnetic field of the interface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The appliance of claim 1, wherein the sensor is a Hall effect transducer.