Cooking device with luminous display
AssigneeBSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
InventorGerd Wilsdorf
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Abstract
A cooking device containing a housing with a cooking chamber and a door to close off the cooking chamber and at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display. The control and display panel can display the different operation modes of the cooking chamber and the on and/or off modes of the cooking chamber.
Claims15
A cooking device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a cooking chamber arranged in said housing, the cooking device having multiple operating modes indicating a stage of a cooking cycle and including at least a heating-up phase and a cooling phase, the heating-up and cooling phases dependent on activation and deactivation of at least one heating element;
- a door on said housing for closing said cooking chamber;
- and
- at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display which can display the different operating modes of said cooking chamber and the on and/or off modes of said cooking chamber, wherein said luminous display includes a substantially linear luminous band and has at least one of:
- a light or color intensity which is in direct relation to the temperature of said cooking chamber;
- and
- a color which is in direct relation to the temperature of said cooking chamber.
A cooking device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a cooking chamber arranged in said housing, the cooking device having multiple operating modes indicating a stage of a cooking cycle and including at least a heating-up phase and a cooling phase, the heating-up and cooling phases dependent on activation and deactivation of at least one heating element;
- a door on said housing for closing said cooking chamber;
- at least one control and display panel having control elements for controlling operation of the cooking device and the cooking chamber, with said display panel being separate and distinct from said control elements;
- and
- said display panel comprising an optical luminous display configured for displaying each operating mode of the cooking chamber, including at least current operating mode, residual heat present in the chamber after the cooking chamber is no longer being heated, and the on and/or off modes of said cooking chamber, wherein said luminous display includes a substantially linear luminous band and has at least one of:
- a light or color intensity which is in direct relation to the temperature of said cooking chamber;
- and
- a color which is in direct relation to the temperature of said cooking chamber.
A method of displaying operating conditions of a cooking device having a housing, a cooking chamber arranged in said housing, the cooking device having multiple operating modes indicating a stage of a cooking cycle and including at least a heating-up phase and a cooling phase, the heating-up and cooling phases dependent on activation and deactivation of at least one heating element, a door on said housing for closing said cooking chamber;
- and at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display including a substantially linear luminous band having at least one of a light or color intensity which is in direct relation to the temperature of said cooking chamber and a color which is in direct relation to the temperature of said cooking chamber, the method comprising the acts of:
- indicating the on and/or off modes of said cooking chamber with the display;
- indicating the current operating mode of said cooking chamber with the display;
- indicating a current temperature within the cooking chamber in the heating-up phase as a first band portion on the linear luminous band width a steady light and indicating a desired yet to be reached temperature within the cooking chamber as a second band portion with a blinking light, the illuminated length of said substantially linear luminous band being variable in relation to the temperature of said cooking chamber.
A cooking device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a cooking chamber arranged in said housing, the cooking device having multiple operating modes indicating a stage of a cooking cycle and including at least a heating-up phase and a cooling phase;
- a door on said housing for closing said cooking chamber;
- and
- at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display which can display the different operating modes of said cooking chamber and the on and/or off modes of said cooking chamber, wherein said luminous display includes a substantially linear luminous band;
- wherein said door includes a viewing window having a width and said luminous display having a length substantially equal to said window width.
A method of displaying operating conditions of a cooking device having a housing, a cooking chamber arranged in said housing, the cooking device having multiple operating modes indicating a stage of a cooking cycle and including at least a heating-up phase and a cooling phase, a door on said housing for closing said cooking chamber;
- and at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display including a substantially linear luminous band, the method comprising the acts of:
- indicating the on and/or off modes of said cooking chamber with the display;
- indicating the current operating mode of said cooking chamber with the display;
- indicating a current temperature within the cooking chamber in the heating-up phase as a first band portion on the linear luminous band width a steady light and indicating a desired yet to be reached temperature within the cooking chamber as a second band portion with a blinking light, the illuminated length of said substantially linear luminous band being variable in relation to the temperature of said cooking chamber;
- wherein said door includes a viewing window having a width and said luminous display having a length substantially equal to said window width.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.