Method for measuring a temperature inside a kitchen appliance

US10378966B2 · 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: May 24, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 13, 2019
• Expiry date: May 24, 2038

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for measuring a temperature inside a kitchen appliance, in particular a temperature of an item to be cooked, inside a kitchen appliance, includes: transmitting an electromagnetic excitation signal using a transmission-receiving device, receiving the excitation signal by a temperature sensor, which is arranged in the kitchen appliance, in particular in the item to be cooked, transmitting a temperature-dependent response signal by the temperature sensor, receiving the response signal by the transmission-receiving device, 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, the transmission-receiving device transmits the response signal or partial information of the response signal and/or the value of a current temperature, which is determined by the transmission-receiving device, to a control device of a further kitchen appliance or to an external processor. In addition, a system carries out the method.