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Heating zone with an illumination device for a cooking hob

US11224100B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag · SE

Inventors

Peter Negretti · Forlì, IT
Gabriel Papp · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE
Jochen Holzinger · Rothenburg ob der Tauber, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2019
Grant date	Jan 11, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH05B2213/03
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An illumination device for a heating zone of a cooking hob. The illumination device comprises a light source element and a reflecting element. Further, the illumination device comprises an insulating layer horizontally arranged within the heating zone. Said insulating layer includes a light channel formed as a cut-out. The illumination device comprises a reflecting, diffusing and/or refracting layer covering at least the light channel. The light source element and the reflecting element are arranged such that a light beam from said light source element is redirected by the reflecting element into the light channel.

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