Patent · US Expired

Cooking apparatus

US6455819B1 · kind B1 · utility

6Cited by

5References

30Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Schott Glas · DE

Inventors

Joerg Pohl · Klein-Winternheim, DE
Roland Schnabel · Hofheim, DE
Ulrike Bader · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 1999
Grant date	Sep 24, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 2, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF24C15/102
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The cooking apparatus has at least one cooking area including a glass-ceramic panel providing a cooking surface and at least one glass molded part made from glass with definite mechanical stability, such as technical glass or hardened glass. The glass molded part or parts act as an adapter for the glass-ceramic panel. In a preferred embodiment the glass-ceramic panel is bordered or enclosed by an assembly of the glass molded parts that form the adapter and protect the edges of the glass-ceramic panel. Some of the glass molded parts provide signaling and/or control panels, e.g. for residual heat. The glass molded parts replace prior art molded parts, such as eloxated aluminum and stainless steel parts, that are disadvantageously sensitive to direct mechanical surface loads.

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