Cooktop appliance having a removable griddle assembly and sensors therefor
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsPaul Bryan Cadima, Aaron Zarate-Hernandez
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Abstract
A cooking appliance includes a heating element, a controller configured to operate the heating element, and a plate comprising a top cooking surface. The top cooking surface extends perpendicular to the vertical direction to receive a cooking item thereon. The cooking appliance also includes a temperature probe. The temperature probe is in signal communication with the controller. The temperature probe is spring-loaded, and the temperature probe includes an integrated circuit switch.
Claims18
A cooktop appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the cooktop appliance comprising:
- a top panel;
- a heating element attached to the top panel;
- a controller configured to operate the heating element;
- a griddle plate selectively disposable in a griddle-cook position above the top panel along the vertical direction, the griddle plate comprises a top cooking surface, the top cooking surface extending perpendicular to the vertical direction in the griddle-cook position to receive a cooking item thereon;
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- a temperature probe attached to the top panel and horizontally spaced apart from the heating element, the temperature probe in signal communication with the controller, the temperature probe spring-loaded away from the top panel, the temperature probe comprising an integrated circuit switch.
A cooking appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral, and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the cooking appliance comprising:
- a heating element;
- a controller configured to operate the heating element;
- a plate comprising a top cooking surface, the top cooking surface extending perpendicular to the vertical direction to receive a cooking item thereon;
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- a temperature probe, the temperature probe in signal communication with the controller, the temperature probe spring-loaded, the temperature probe comprising an integrated circuit switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.