Method for measuring a temperature inside a kitchen appliance

US10048135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• VORWERK & CO. INTERHOLDING GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Hendrik Koetz · Wetter, DE
• Christopher Fricke · Wuppertal, DE
• Stefan Hilgers · Essen, DE
• Maximilian Koennings · Zürich, CH
• Arno Koch · Wollerau, CH
• Maria Jose Resende · Lisbon, PT
• Georg Hackert · Bochum, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 12, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 14, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 24, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01K2207/06
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for measuring a temperature inside a kitchen appliance (1), in particular of a temperature of an item to be cooked of an item to be cooked (21), which is to be prepared inside a kitchen appliance (1), comprising the method steps: transmitting an electromagnetic excitation signal by means of a transmission-receiving device (2), receiving the excitation signal by a temperature sensor (3), which is arranged in the kitchen appliance (1), in particular in the item to be cooked (21), transmitting a temperature-dependent response signal by the temperature sensor (3), receiving the response signal by the transmission-receiving device (2), determining the current temperature by comparing the response signal to temperature-dependent reference signals. To also provide for an interaction between a plurality of kitchen appliances (1, 4), it is proposed for the transmission-receiving device (2) to transmit the response signal or partial information of the response signal and/or the value of a current temperature, which is determined by means of the transmission-receiving device (2), to a control device of a further kitchen appliance (4) or to an external process…