Cooking appliance and method for implementing same
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsSebastien Volatier, Joel Lecerf
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Abstract
Provided is a cooking appliance comprising a first structure having a hot plate for cooking food, and a measuring device for measuring the thickness of the food arranged thereon and comprising a pivoting rocker connected to a pivotable shaft by a first end thereof, and a means for measuring the pivoting angle of the rocker in order to estimate the thickness of the food. The appliance comprises a second mobile structure which, when moved away from the first structure, generates a pivoting of said shaft in relation to the first structure, causing the pivoting of the rocker, and the measuring means interacts with the rocker towards a second end thereof.
Claims15
A cooking appliance comprising:
- a first structure including a heating plate for cooking a food;
- and,
- a measuring device for measuring the thickness of the food thus disposed and comprising:
- a pivoting rocker connected at a first end to a pivotable shaft;
- and,
- a means for measuring the pivoting angle of the rocker to estimate the thickness of the food;
- wherein the appliance comprises a second movable structure of which a separation movement relative to the first structure generates a pivoting of said shaft relative to the first structure, resulting in the pivoting of the rocker, and the measuring means interacts with the rocker toward a second end thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.