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Cooking appliance having a plate made of a material transparent to thermal radiation and having at least two types of heat sources

US5402767A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 23, 1993
Grant dateApr 4, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B40/00
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooking appliance having a plate of a material transparent to thermal radiation, such as glass-ceramic, having adjustable heat sources distributed under, in, or on the plate, which are heated by direct or indirect heat transfer, electrically, and/or by gas and/or other heating means, the plate possessing at least two types of heat sources which use different kinds of heat transfer, these all being heated by means of gas.

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