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Electrical heating units

US4253012A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 16, 1979
Grant dateFeb 24, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 16, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B3/68
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is an electrical heating unit for smooth top cookers. The unit comprises a heating element in the form of a spiral coil of bare wire which has then been helically rolled together with a strip of flexible thermal and electrical insulation such as a ceramic paper around a central core. The resulting rolled structure is some-what analogous to a "Swiss roll". This structure rests on and is supported on a base layer of thermal and electrical insulation which is desirably dish-shaped and contained an outer metal pan for earthing and mechanical protection. The rolled structure is retained in its configuration and held against the base layer by a number of spoke-like members of heat resistant and electrically insulating material across the top of the element.

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