Electric hotplate with receptacle presence detecting and temperature measuring means
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorGilles Miquelot
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Abstract
Electric hotplate (1) comprising a temperature sensor (3) which includes a temperature-sensitive surface (4) projecting with respect to the surface of the hotplate intended to receive a cooking receptacle. The sensor (3) comprises in combination a device (5) for measuring the temperature of the temperature-sensitive surface (4); a detector (7, 8) for detecting the presence of the receptacle on said hotplate; and a fuse (6, 23) comprising a thermal safety element in contact with the temperature-sensitive surface (4) for cutting off the electrical supply to the hotplate (1) when the temperature reaches a predetermined maximum value.
Claims9
Electric hotplate (1) comprising a temperature sensor (3) which includes a temperature-sensitive surface (4) projecting with respect to the surface of the hotplate intended to receive a cooking receptacle, wherein said sensor (3) comprises in combination:
- means (5) for measuring the temperature of said temperature-sensitive surface (4);
- means (7, 8) for detecting the presence of the receptacle on said hotplate;
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- means (6, 23) forming a fuse comprising a thermal safety element in contact with said temperature-sensitive surface (4) for cutting off the electrical supply to the hotplate (1) when the temperature reaches a predetermined maximum value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.