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AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorsLuca Frasnetti, Davide Cabri, Guido Gagliardi, Daniele Valassina
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A safety device associated with a heating element of a glass ceramic cooking hob and arranged to prevent overheating of the cooking hob, the element comprising an insulating body defining a seat containing at least one heat generator, the device comprising a measuring member arranged to measure the temperature of the heating element and to deactivate the operation of the heat generator whenever this temperature exceeds a predetermined value, the measuring member being associated externally with a side wall of the insulating body and having a measuring part connected to a body passing through said wall and projecting to a limited extent above the heat generator.
A safety device associated with a heating element of a glass ceramic cooking hob and arranged to prevent overheating of the cooking hob, said element comprising an insulating body defining a seat containing at least one heat generator, said device comprising a measuring member sensitive to the temperature of said heating element and arranged to deactivate the operation of the heat generator whenever such temperature exceeds a predetermined value, wherein said measuring member is external to a side wall of the insulating body and has a measuring part responsive to internal temperature connected to a heat transmitting elongate part passing through said wall and projecting partially above the heat generator, said body becoming heated following the generation of heat by said generator, said heat being transferred to the measuring part external to the heating element so as to be measured by said measuring part, and so enable the measuring member to act on the power supply to said generator, in order to interrupt said power whenever such temperature exceeds the predetermined value.
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