| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 219451100 | Having support for a heating unit | 37 |
| 20090120927 | FASTENING ELEMENT FOR ATTACHING A PART TO A SUPPORTING ELEMENT - A fastening element for attaching a part such as a cooking hob to a supporting element, such as a frame supporting/surrounding the cooking hob, can include a spring secured to the supporting element. In one implementation, the fastening element can be secured by engaging a locking element of the spring into a first recess in the supporting element. In the mounted state, the spring has at its free end a gripping portion for holding the part, and the spring being embodied, as an element which is bent in a leaf-shaped manner. For ease in mounting the spring, the spring can have at the other end a width-reduced end that can penetrate a second slit-shaped recess in the supporting element. The width-reduced end and the slit-shaped recess are narrower than the region of the spring that is bent in a leaf-shaped manner. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20140110393 | ECONOMICAL AND VERSATILE SYSTEM FOR FIXING A HOB IN A WORKSHOP - A universal cooking hob fixing system for the installation of the cooking hob in a worktop is disclosed. The fixing element has a hooking snap element to the cooking hob support and presents elastic means for keeping the hob into the installed position, suitable to prevent its lifting. The configuration of the hooking snap elements allows the release of the hob by acting from the top side of the installed hob, with a specially shaped tool. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20160123602 | ECONOMICAL AND VERSATILE SYSTEM FOR FIXING A HOB IN A WORKTOP - A cooking hob retention system includes a support element having a major surface and a pocket disposed therealong and defining a strip having a first opening and a second opening on vertically opposite sides thereof. The system also includes a fastening member including an engagement end and a free end resiliently compressible toward the engagement end about a central fold disposed therebetween. The engagement end is coupled with the support element by a deformable portion opposite the central fold received within the first opening and a protruding element extending toward the deformable portion and received within the second opening. The free end includes a body defining an acute angle with respect to the engagement end. A tab extends from the body generally parallel to the engagement end, and a first countering element extends from the body beyond the tab to an end thereof. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160198524 | MULTIPLEXED HEATER ARRAY USING AC DRIVE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING | 07-07-2016 |
| 219452110 | Frame, casing, or housing (e.g., range top, stove top, countertop, etc.) | 29 |
| 20080264926 | COOKING RANGE - A cooking range ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080264927 | COOKING RANGE HAVING A MOTORIZED STOVE BASE - A cooking range having a motorized stove base ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080264928 | Casing for electric stoves - A casing for electric stoves includes an annular frame and a bottom board that are detachably coupled through a plurality of connectors. The frame has at least one lateral side with an air convection means located thereon. The bottom board has an upper surface with a heat control means installed thereon. Through the detachable bottom board, the entire electric stoves need not to be disassembled or removed when malfunction occurs and needs repair. By separating the bottom board from the frame, the electric link between the heat control means and the electric stove can be disconnected to replace the heat control means. Thus the malfunction can be fixed quickly, and interruption or delay of cooking that might otherwise happen can be prevented. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080290082 | Glass-Ceramic Plates, Their Manufacturing Process, and Cooktops Equipped with These Plates - A glass-ceramic plate, and production methods and apparatuses in relation to the plate. The plate is designed for example to equip a cooktop, and includes, on at least one of its faces, a differentiated surface finish formed in the body of the bare glass-ceramic plate. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090127246 | Treated structural components for a cooking appliance - A structural component for a cooking appliance includes a core structure formed from metal in a general configuration of the structural component for a cooking appliance; and an outer coating defining a ceramic layer formed by a plasma electrolytic oxidation treatment applied to the core structure of the structural component. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090127247 | Arrangement for a cooktop and a worktop - An arrangement with a worktop and a cooktop with a cooking surface, a mounting frame and a decorative frame, which is arranged in a recess in the worktop, with the distance elements, embodied for relative positioning of the cooktop in relation to the recess and on which the cooktop rests, being arranged between the cooktop and the worktop. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090321413 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A HOB, HOB AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH A DISPLAY DEVICE - A hob comprising a plurality of heating elements further comprises a support for a plurality of illuminating means, said support being of elongate construction and typically arcuate in shape. In one embodiment, two rows of illuminaries in the form of LEDs are provided wherein a cover with light zones is positioned thereover. The cover may indicate various symbols and letters to a user of the hob. Separate light zones may be defined to prevent light from one illuminary zone spilling over to the next illuminary zone. A controller may illuminate one row of illuminaries indicating the heating element is hot, even after power is removed from the heating element, and illuminate another row indicating a level of operation of the heating element. The hob may comprise a plurality of heating elements each having an associated illuminating means located in front of the heating area facing the operator. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100089905 | GLASS-CERAMIC PANEL AND ITS MANUFACTURING PROCESS - The present invention relates to a glass-ceramic panel, intended for example to cover or receive at least one heating element, in particular intended to serve as a cook-top, said panel being coated, in at least one region of a face, with a coating such that the total color difference delta E*, measured on the opposite face, between said coated region and an uncoated region, is less than about 1 and/or such that this coating has a luminance L* of greater than about 70. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100326980 | ELECTRIC COOKING APPARATUS - Various embodiments of a portable cooking apparatus are disclosed. For example, in one embodiment, a portable cooking system is provided comprising a cooking plate having a continuous cooking surface, a heating element assembly disposed beneath the cooking surface, a temperature controller for varying the temperature of the cooking surface, and a base that supports the cooking plate on an underlying surface. The base comprises an integrally formed drip pan located beneath the cooking surface, the integrally formed drip pan comprising a recessed portion formed in a top surface of the base. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110017721 | Filament Supporter and Tube Heater, Electric Hob Having the Same - The present invention relates to a filament supporter and a tube heater having the same. In the present invention, the contact between a tube and a filament is prevented by the filament supporter. Accordingly, according to the present invention, there is an advantage in that the filament is efficiently prevented from being contacted to the tube. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110017722 | Heater Supporter and Electric Hob Including the Same - Provided are a heater supporter and an electric hob including the heater supporter. A tube heater is supported by the heater supporter, and at least a portion of the heater supporter is formed of a ceramic containing material. Therefore, food can be cooked more rapidly, and the tube heater can be easily installed. Furthermore, damages caused by heat generated from the tube heater can be minimized. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110068094 | High energy efficient electric cooking system - A new electric cooking system is described. This cooking system can be installed on the conventional residential electric ranges. The cooking system contains an electric burner, a cooking pot, a ceramic base plate and a thermal insulation sleeve. The electric burner has a vertical heating structure and two terminal mounting legs, the cooking pot has an inward open slot to host the vertical heating structure of the electric burner; the ceramic base plate is installed on the surface opening of the electric range where the dip pan and electric burner is located. The thermal insulation sleeve is made of the non-flammable fibers or ceramic materials and placed around the side of the cooking pot to prevent the heat lose. Almost 100% of the heat generated by the burner is absorbed by the cooking content and the energy efficiency is about 3 times of the conventional cooking system. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20120325799 | Electric Hot Plate - An electric hot plate includes an electric roasting portion and a fume extraction portion coupled by a support rod, and the electric roasting portion includes a base, a control system installed on the base and coupled to an upper heating plate; and the fume extraction portion includes a plurality of fume extraction fans installed on a fume cover and coupled to the control system, and an oil filter portion. The electric hot plate features low power consumption and low electromagnetic radiation and can timely extract the fume produced in the roasting process to reduce the production of harmful toxic matters and protect the users' health, and the electric hot plate of the invention is applicable for indoor and outdoor usage including the use at home or in barbeque restaurants. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130008885 | COOKING ARRANGEMENT - The invention relates to a cooking arrangement ( | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130292371 | HOME APPLIANCE WITH IMPROVED GRIDDLE INSULATION RETAINER - A home appliance having a griddle includes an appliance body; a cooktop on the appliance body and defining a griddle space; a griddle housing in the body adjacent the griddle space and operatively associated with the griddle; a griddle insulation retainer for removable disposition within the griddle space for supporting insulation material intermediate the griddle and the griddle insulation retainer, the griddle insulation retainer including a base and a wall; and a mounting arrangement for mounting the griddle insulation retainer to the range body including a first mating component on the griddle insulation retainer and a second mating component on the griddle housing, wherein the first mating component is removably joined to the second mating component in a press-fit manner. | 11-07-2013 |
| 219452120 | Supporting an imperforate exposed horizontal planar surface to overlie the heating unit (e.g., cooktop, etc.) | 14 |
| 20110290783 | COOKTOP CONTROL PANEL MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A domestic appliance includes a control panel and a control panel mounting bracket which includes a frame shaped for being installed on a surface panel of a domestic appliance. The surface panel has an opening therein for receiving the frame. The frame has an open portion for receiving a control mount adhered over the open portion. The surface panel has a top surface and a bottom surface, and the frame has a main securing member having at least one tab extending therefrom. The tab is bendable along a line off-set from vertical such that when the tab is bent, it bears against the bottom surface of the surface panel to urge the frame against the surface panel. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20130140293 | HIGH-STRENGTH COLORED GLASS CERAMICS AS A COOKTOP, SMOOTH ON BOTH SIDES - A glass-ceramic cooktop is provided that is made of glass-ceramic material with a flat upper side and an underside. The glass-ceramic material has transmittance values of greater than 0.1% in the visible light range in the total wavelength region greater than 420 nm, a light transmittance in the visible range of 0.8-2.5%, and a transmittance of 0-85% in the infrared at 1600 nm, and wherein the glass-ceramic material has high quartz mixed crystals as the prevalent crystal phase. The underside is flat, unstructured, and coplanar with the upper side. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130228564 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A COOKTOP - A cooktop includes a boundary element which borders the cooktop at least on one side, and a camera for recognition of operating gestures, wherein the camera is arranged in a recess of the boundary element. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130256295 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE PLATE AND DOMESTIC APPLIANCE DEVICE HAVING A DOMESTIC APPLIANCE PLATE - A method for producing a domestic appliance plate from a starting mixture. In order to provide a domestic appliance plate having a high resistance to thermal shock, good thermal insulation, and advantageous mechanical properties, at least magnesium silicate hydrate, kaolinite, calcined kaolinite, and aluminum oxide are used for the starting mixture. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130306618 | GLASS-CERAMIC COOKTOP AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A cooking appliance includes a glass cooktop panel and a cooktop frame. A radiant heating element is positioned between the cooktop frame and the glass cooktop panel. The heating element has an upper surface biased toward a lower surface of the glass cooktop panel. A screwless spring clip is coupled to both the heating element and the cooktop frame so as to secure the heating element to the cooktop frame. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140001173 | KITCHEN APPLIANCE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140076881 | HOT PLATE AND HOB COMPRISING A CORRESPONDING HOT PLATE - A hot plate includes a base plate having an underside. A coating has at least two metallic layers and at least two dielectric layers and is formed on the underside of the base plate in such a way that a reflectivity of the hot plate is lower than 15% in a wavelength range between 380 nm and 780 nm. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140097176 | HEATER ASSEMBLY - An assembly suitable for controlling the temperature of a workpiece operatively engaged thereby is provided. The assembly generally comprises a housing characterized by first and second housing members sealingly united at their peripheries, and a heater cartridge enclosed within the housing and compressively retained interior of the sealingly united peripheries of the housing members. The heater cartridge comprises a heat conducting casing characterized by first and second heat conducting casing members and a composite heating element compressively retained between the heat conducting casing members. The first and second heat conducting casing members are selectively united interior of their peripheries so as to delimit heat conduits for the heater cartridge. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140197152 | HOT PLATE COMPRISING A COATING APPLIED TO THE LOWER SIDE THEREOF - A cooktop plate includes a base plate having a lower side. A coating is formed on the lower side of the base plate and includes at least two metal layers and at least two dielectric layers in such a manner that a first color parameter a* or a second color parameter b* of the cooktop plate has a value greater than +10 or smaller than −10. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140238971 | NON-OPAQUE ARSENIC-FREE BETA-SPODUMENE GLASS CERAMIC EXHIBITING BROWN-GREY COLORATION - Methods, compositions, and articles provide for LAS-type glass-ceramics having specific thermo-mechanical, optical and coloration characteristics to yield generally brown-grey products. The glass-ceramic materials may include as colorants iron oxide, vanadium oxide, chromium oxide, cobalt oxide, nickel oxide and/or cerium oxide. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140251977 | GLASS CERAMIC COOKTOP WITH KNOB PATTERN - A glass ceramic cooktop is provided, which has a knob pattern that is ground off in a peripheral area of the cooktop to create a flat facet with a shallow angle, which can be used as a display area. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20150373785 | FIXING MEMBER, COOKING RANGE AND OVEN WITH THE SAME - A fixing member, a cooking range and an oven with the same are provided. The fixing member includes: a base plate defining a mounting hole; a connecting plate comprising a first plate segment connected at a first side of the base plate, a second plate segment, and a third plate segment substantially parallel to the base plate, the second plate segment being connected between the first and third plate segments; and a fixing plate defining a first end connected at a second side of the base plate and perpendicular to the base plate, and a second end having a snapping tongue bent and extended in a direction away from the connecting plate, a vertical distance between a free end of the snapping tongue and the base plate being equal to or greater than that between the third plate segment and the base plate. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160010873 | HIGH PERFORMANCE SURFACE UNIT FOR HEATING | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160169532 | INTERIOR MOUNTED COOKTOP BRACKET FOR CONCEALED AND SURFACE MOUNTED INSTALLATION | 06-16-2016 |
| 219453110 | Allowing heating unit movement | 3 |
| 20140319122 | RANGE WITH SUSPENDED COOKTOP - A slide-in or drop-in cooking range includes an upper cooktop in the form of a module suspended above an oven cavity. For installation purposes, the upper cooktop can be vertically repositioned relative to the oven cavity to assure proper alignment with the countertop and avoid damage to the cooktop as a result of combined thermal and mechanical stresses over time. The disclosure is particularly applicable to ranges employing glass cooktops having a periphery designed to rest upon edge portions of a countertop and contemplates various mechanisms to perform the cooktop repositioning function, including select mechanisms for locking, ratcheting and biasing the cooktop to establish a desired vertical position for the cooktop. | 10-30-2014 |
| 219453130 | Using hinge for tilting or pivoting | 2 |
| 20140158676 | FLIP TOP INDUCTION COOKTOP - Provided is a cooktop assembly that includes a generator that produces a high-frequency alternating current and is configured to be coupled to a surface of a cabinet. An adjustable cooking surface with a heating coil is electrically connected to the generator to conduct the high-frequency alternating current produced by the generator and induce an induced current in a cooking vessel supported by the adjustable cooking surface in a cooking orientation. An adjustable coupling pivotally couples the adjustable cooking surface to the generator and supports the adjustable cooking surface at a plurality of different angular orientations relative to the generator. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20160037588 | INDUCTION COOKER HOB AND WORKTOP ARRANGEMENT - An induction cooker hob which includes a cooking plate configured for placing cookware to be heated on an upper side thereof. At least one induction heating element is attached to an averted lower side of the cooking plate. The hob further includes a self-contained electronics housing accommodating therein essentially all electronic components required for operating and powering the at least one induction heating element. | 02-04-2016 |
| 219454110 | Bracket having a hub and three or more angularly spaced horizontal projections (e.g., a spider, etc.) | 1 |
| 219454120 | Having means to secure to the heating unit or a surrounding support | 1 |
| 20140263276 | SPRING CLIP ATTACHMENT FOR A SURFACE COOKING MODULE OF A HOUSEHOLD COOKING APPLIANCE - A surface cooking module for a household cooking appliance is provided in which the surface cooking module includes a frame having a front end and a rear end, a front fixation bracket on the front end of the frame, the front fixation bracket for engaging a corresponding first fixation element in a chassis of the household cooking appliance and enabling the frame to pivot about the front end of the frame when engaged with the first fixation element, and a spring clip coupled to the rear end of the frame, the rear end of the frame being opposite the front end of the frame, the spring clip for engaging a second fixation element in the chassis of the household cooking appliance when the cooking module is pivoted downward about the front end of the frame into a mounted position on the household cooking appliance. | 09-18-2014 |
