Patent · US Expired

Gas cooktop and vessel for the cooktop

US6554197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

28Claims

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Assignee

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Marbach · Traunwalchen, DE
Maximilian Neuhauser · Chieming, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 2002
Grant date	Apr 29, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF23N2241/08
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas cooktop includes a gas supply control controlling flames applied to a cooking vessel through a control circuit connected to an infrared sensor that is directed at an infrared-radiation-generating outer surface region of the cooking vessel and receives temperature-related information from the surface of the vessel.

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