Control System for an Electrical Appliance
AssigneeEika, S. Coop
InventorsBegona Morillas Bueno, Daniel de los Toyos Lopez, Asier de la Torre Abaunza
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Abstract
A control system for an electrical appliance, such as a cooking range, that includes a safety switch and one or more auxiliary switches arranged in proximity to the safety switch. The control system is configured to interrupt power to the electrical appliance when only the safety switch is activated and to permit the supply of power to the electrical appliance when the safety switch and an auxiliary switch are simultaneously activated.
Claims14
A control system for a cooking range having a heater element arranged under a ceramic glass cooking plate, the control system configured to control the supply of power to the heater element and the control system comprising:
- a safety switch arranged under the cooking plate that can be activated from a top surface of the cooking plate;
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- an auxiliary switch arranged under the cooking plate that is activated from the top surface of the cooking plate, the auxiliary switch hidden from a user of the cooking range and positioned a first distance from the safety switch,
- the control system configured to interrupt the supply of power to the heater element when only the safety switch is activated and to permit the supply of power to the heater element when the safety switch and the auxiliary switch are simultaneously activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.