US 2015/0021312 A1 · COOKING APPARATUS HAVING LIGHTING ELEMENTS

Abstract

A cooking apparatus with a cooktop composed of a glass or glass-ceramic material is provided. The cooking apparatus includes a heating element and a lighting element that are disposed in the region below the underside of the cooktop. The heating element is applied to the underside of the cooktop indirectly by a pressing device or directly by pre-stressing one or a plurality of spring elements. The lighting element and the heating element are disposed on a common support section of the pressing device in such a way that they are adjustable with an oscillation of the cooktop.

Claims26

Dependent claims

A cooking apparatus comprising:

a cooktop of a glass or a glass-ceramic material, the cook top having an underside;
and
at least one heating element and at least one lighting element are disposed in a region below the underside,
wherein the heating element is applied directly or indirectly to the underside by a spring-action pressing device, and
wherein the at least one lighting element and the at least one heating element are disposed on a common support section of the pressing device in such a way that they can be adjusted by a deflection and/or oscillation of the cooktop.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/332,432Filed 16 Jul 2014

Priority

DE 10 2013 107 523.116 Jul 2013

Published

22 Jan 2015

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

F24C 7/083
On ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination: on tops, hot plates
F24C 7/067
Arrangement or mounting of electric heating elements: on ranges
F24C 15/10
Details: tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings
F24C 15/105
Electrically heated: constructive details concerning the regulation of the temperature

Cooking apparatus having lighting elements

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Cooking apparatus having lighting elements

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Abstract

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