Radiant heating unit for cookers or the like
AssigneeE.G.O. Elektro-Gerate Blanc u. Fischer
InventorFelix Schreder
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Abstract
In a radiant heater (1) a support tray (3) receiving the radiant heating elements (10, 11) and hotplate (4) are displaceable with respect to one another by sliding guides (27) immediately adjacent to hotplate (4) and are self-adjustably tensioned with respect to one another by tension springs that an insulating material bearing rim (9) of support tray (3) always reliably engages on the inside of hotplate (4). The thus formed, self-adjusting unit can be supported as an entity on base (6) by means of actuating spindles (31), so that its level can be adjusted at any time without impairing the engagement of support tray (3) on hotplate (4).
Claims35
A radiant heating unit (2) for cooking and similar appliances, comprising:
- a hotplate (4) having an inner side, an outer side and an edge face (16);
- at least one radiant heater (1) having at least one radiant heating element (10,11) defining a heating field;
- a support tray (3) having a bearing rim (9) formed from an insulating material and surrounding the heating field, an end face (25) of said bearing rim (9) engaging on the inner side of the hotplate (4);
- said support tray (3) receiving the radiant heater (1) and having a base side facing the hotplate;
- wherein said bearing rim (9) is at least slightly shrinkably compressible over a predetermined maximum amount, and further comprising guiding means laterally slidably guiding said hotplate (4) and said support tray (3) permanently with respect to each other in a self-adjusting centering manner over a distance at least equal to said maximum amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.