Gas cooking apparatus and cooking vessel support for same

US6196212A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Schott Glas · DE

Inventors

• Martin Taplan · Rheinböllen, DE
• Herwig Scheidler · Mainz, DE
• Michael Kahlke · Bingen, DE
• Christof Koester · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Eva Haase · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 4, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 6, 2001
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C3/085
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The cooking apparatus includes a glass or glass-ceramic plate (1) providing a cooking surface with a cooking area and provided with a throughgoing opening (2) in the cooking area; a gas burner (3, 19, 21) arranged in or under the throughgoing opening (2) in the glass or glass-ceramic plate (1), which has a burner ring (3b) for supporting an open flame (3a, 19a, 21a); a cooking vessel support (5,5a) arranged on the glass or glass-ceramic plate over the throughgoing opening (2) which has a resting surface for a cooking vessel (6) and a device for supplying a mixture of combustible gas and primary air to the burner ring (3b) to form the open flame, whereby substantially all of the secondary air is drawn from a chamber or space under the glass or glass-ceramic plate (1). Because the secondary air is drawn from below the glass or glass-ceramic plate the height of the resting surface of the cooking vessel support (5,5a) can be substantially reduced to less than 10 mm without impairing the combustion process.