Temperature limiter for a glass-ceramic cooking unit
AssigneeE.G.O. Elektro-Gerate Blanc u. Fischer
InventorsGerhard Goessler, Eugen Wilde, Willi Essig, Edgar Hanss
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Abstract
A temperature sensor for a temperature limiter is made up of an outer tube and a number of inner component rods. The temperature sensor extends transversely over the top side of a moulding of a heating system for a glass-ceramic cooking unit. The heating system comprises a central heating surface and an outer connectable heating surface disposed in a circle therearound. Disposed in the zone of the central heating surface is an inner component rod whose coefficient of expansion is lower than that of the outer tube, while in the zone of the connectable heating surface the component rods have a higher coefficient of expansion than the outer tube.
Claims12
A temperature limiter for a glass-ceramic cooking unit, comprising:
- a substantially rod-shaped sensor which has an outer tube containing an inner rod with a differennt coefficient of expansion, the inner rod comprising a number of component rods, the inner rod actuating a signal switch disposed in a base to indicate a heating state potentially harmful to users of the glass-ceramic cooking surface, and the inner rod actuating via a pivotable lever a circuit breaker also disposed in the base for switching the heating system of the glass-ceramic cooking unit off at a limiting temperature potentially harmful to the cooking unit, the limiting temperature lying just below a permissible temperature of the glass-ceramic cooking surface, the outer tube being rigidly connected to the base and the actuating point of the signal switch lying on the axis of the inner rod, so that the inner rod directly actuates the signal switch, and force being transmitted from the lever to the circuit breaker by an adjusting screw and a flat-head rivet which is attached to the free end of a drag lever attached to the lever and has at least one flat bearing surface and is disposed resiliently between the adjusting screw and the actuating point of the circuit breaker.
A temperature limiter for a glass-ceramic cooking unit, comprising:
- an elongate outer tube containing an inner rod, relative movement between the outer tube and the inner rod being made possible by their different coefficients of expansion, acting on an electric switch, wherein for use with a cooking unit having at least one additional heating surface controllably operable with a basic heating surface, the inner rod is subdivided into component rods substantially corresponding to a subdivision between the basic heating surface and the at least one additional heating surface into a basic zone and an additional zone, and the coefficient of expansion of the component rod associated with the basic heating surface differs from the coefficient of expansion of the additional component rod associated with the additional heating surface.
A temperature limiter for a a glass-ceramic cooking unit having an elongate outer tube containing an inner rod, relative movement between the outer tube and the inner rod being made possible by their different coefficients of expansion, acting on an electric switch, wherein for use with a cooking unit having at least one additional heating surface connectable to a basic heating surface, the outer tube is subdivided into component tubes substantially corresponding to a subdivision between the basic heating surface and the at least one additional heating surface, and the coefficient of expansion of at least one component tube associated with the basic heating surface differs from the coefficient of expansion of at least one component tube associated with the additional heating surface.
A temperature limiter for a glass-ceramic cooking unit, comprising:
- a substantially rod-shaped sensor which has an outer tube containing an inner rod with a different coefficient of expansion, the inner rod comprising a number of component rods, the inner rod actuating a signal switch disposed in a base to indicate a heating state potentially harmful to users of the glass-ceramic cooking surface, and the inner rod actuating via a pivotable lever a circuit breaker also disposed in the base for switching the heating system of the glass-ceramic cooking unit off at a limiting temperature potentially harmful to the cooking unit, the limiting temperature lying just below a permissible temperature of the glass-ceramic cooking surface, the outer tube being rigidly connected to the base and the actuating point of the signal switch lying on the axis of the inner rod, so that the inner rod directly actuates the signal switch, the base being borne by two connecting parts engaging in slots with which a sheet metal plate of the heating system is formed, and further comprising an additional bowed member between the base and the sheet metal plate.
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