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US 9,191,998 B2Granted
Multi cooker
AssigneeBreville Pty Limited
InventorsTibor Hegedis, David Davenport, Richard Hoare
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Abstract
A cooking appliance and method, the appliance including: at least one temperature controlled heating element; a user interface for enabling a user to select a predefined subject for cooking; and a processor module that maintains a cooking data for cooking the selected predefined subject, and provides prompts to the user during cooking. The cooking data can be indicative of a cooking sequence or procedure. A cookware sensor can automatically identifying cookware being used.
Claims18
A cooking appliance for heating an item used in food preparation or food serving or cooking, the appliance including:
- a chassis having an upper platform for supporting the item in use;
- an induction element located below the platform for heating the item in use;
- a temperature sensing assembly having a temperature sensing element;
- the temperature sensing element providing a temperature signal indicative of a current temperature of the item;
- a cooling assembly within the chassis for providing airflow about the induction element;
- wherein the cooling assembly includes a housing that defines a first cooling region about the induction element and a first fan for providing the airflow about the induction element;
- wherein the housing defines a substantially separate second cooling region about the processor module;
- and a second fan provides airflow about the processor module;
- a user interface for enabling a user to select a desired temperature of the item in use;
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- a processor module that receives the temperature signal and controls power to the induction element for providing the desired temperature;
- wherein the temperature sensing assembly is exposed to a fan cooling path such that the temperature sensing element is selectively cooled from below.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.