One-piece fastening element for a cooking hob and a cooking hob with one-piece fastening elements
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsBernd Buck, Bjorn Leyh, Alwin Neukamm
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AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsBernd Buck, Bjorn Leyh, Alwin Neukamm
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The present invention relates to a one-piece fastening element (10) with a cooking hob (24). The fastening element (10) comprises an upper portion (12) being permanently connectable to an upper part (26) of the cooking hob (24) and a lower portion (14) being detachably connectable to a lower part (28) of the cooking hob (24), so that the upper part (26) and the lower part (28) form the cooking hob (10). The lower portion (14) of the fastening element (10) comprises at least one lug element (18) engageable with a recess (30) in the lower part (28) of the cooking hob (24) and at least one spring element (22) for clamping the cooking hob (24) within a cutout (38) enclosing circumferentially said cooking hob (24). Further, the present invention relates to a cooking hob with such one-piece fastening elements.
A one-piece fastening element (10) for a cooking hob (24), wherein:
A cooking hob comprising at least two one-piece fastening elements arranged or mountable at outer portions of the cooking hob, wherein the fastening element comprises an upper portion being permanently connected or connectable to an upper part of the cooking hob and a lower portion being detachably connected or connectable to a lower part of the cooking hob, so that the upper part and the lower part form the cooking hob, the lower part of the cooking hob comprises at least two recesses in sidewalls, and at least two slots in a bottom of the lower part wherein each of said two slots is associated with a respective one of said two recesses in order to allow a tool to penetrate through each of said two slots in order to release at least one lug element from the respective one of said two recesses, the lower portion of the fastening element comprises the at least one lug element engaged or engageable with the recess, the lower portion of the fastening element comprises at least one spring element at a side wall of the cooking hob in order to clamp the cooking hob within a cutout enclosing circumferentially the cooking hob, and at least two fastening elements are arranged at opposite side walls of the cooking hob.
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