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US 5,467,695 AGranted
Device for preparing foods
AssigneeBLANCO GmbH + Co KG
InventorsDieter Keller, Manfred Muck
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Abstract
A table-like device is provided for preparing foods. A one-piece tabletop is made of stainless steel sheet metal. The tabletop has a central downward curvature. A heating device is arranged beneath the tabletop for heating the central region thereof. A plate-like heat transfer element, an electric heating element and a plate-like reflector are arranged, one below the other, under the central region of the tabletop for efficiently and uniformly heating the central region.
Claims35
An apparatus for preparing foods, said apparatus having the shape of a table and comprising:
- an upper unit having:
- a one-piece tabletop of stainless steel sheet metal having a shallow concavity at least in a central region,
- a heating device beneath said tabletop, said heating device for heating the central region of said tabletop,
- a single, one-piece, metal, heat transfer plate at least approximately equal in lateral extent to said central region of said tabletop, said heat transfer plate arranged between said tabletop and said heating device, and having a thermal conductivity greater than that of stainless steel for reducing temperature gradients throughout the extent of the plate, and
- connectors holding said heat transfer plate in contact with an underside of said tabletop substantially over said central region and allowing sliding movement between said tabletop and said heat transfer plate so as to compensate for differing thermal expansions of said tabletop and said heat transfer plate;
- and
- a support having a central column with a foot device at a lower end thereof, said support carrying said upper unit.
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