EP0751354A1 - Plaque de cuisson complètement rétractable incorporée dans un meuble de cuisine - Google Patents

Plaque de cuisson complètement rétractable incorporée dans un meuble de cuisine Download PDF

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EP0751354A1
EP0751354A1 EP96109377A EP96109377A EP0751354A1 EP 0751354 A1 EP0751354 A1 EP 0751354A1 EP 96109377 A EP96109377 A EP 96109377A EP 96109377 A EP96109377 A EP 96109377A EP 0751354 A1 EP0751354 A1 EP 0751354A1
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cooking hob
hob
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Vincenzo Cuoco
Gigliana Orlandi
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Whirlpool Europe BV
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C15/00—Details
    • F24C15/10—Tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings
    • F24C15/102—Tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings electrically heated
    • F24C15/103—Tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings electrically heated being movable or rotatable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B77/00—Kitchen cabinets
    • A47B77/04—Provision for particular uses of compartments or other parts ; Compartments moving up and down, revolving parts
    • A47B77/08—Provision for particular uses of compartments or other parts ; Compartments moving up and down, revolving parts for incorporating apparatus operated by power, including water power; for incorporating apparatus for cooking, cooling, or laundry purposes
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C15/00—Details
    • F24C15/10—Tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings
    • F24C15/102—Tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings electrically heated
    • F24C15/105—Constructive details concerning the regulation of the temperature
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C15/00—Details
    • F24C15/30—Arrangements for mounting stoves or ranges in particular locations

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  • This invention relates to a cooking hob in accordance with the introduction to the main claim.
  • the sink dimensions can be chosen according to need (for example a common sink or one with two bowls, with or without a lateral overflow), however the dimensions of the cooking hob (generally provided with four heating elements) are substantially standard and cannot be changed (without reducing its functionality). The result is that especially in small kitchens the useful surface area of the worktop is considerably limited by the (necessary) presence of the cooking hob.
  • Cooking hobs are currently fixed to the worktop and occupy a considerable area thereof, with the aforesaid consequences.
  • such cooking hobs are constructed of materials (such as glass ceramic, materials resembling the constituent material of the worktop, etc.), and by methods, which considerably affect the cost of the entire kitchen.
  • An object of the present invention is therefore to provide a cooking hob which overcomes the aforesaid drawbacks.
  • a particular object of the invention is to provide a cooking hob, the presence of which in the kitchen furniture unit does not penalize the useful woking surface area of this unit.
  • a further object is to provide a cooking hob of simple and reliable use, and of low cost.
  • FIGS 1 and 2 show a cooking hob 1 with a structure 2 carrying known electrically powered heating elements 3 (for example electric hotplates).
  • a control panel 5 for the elements or hotplates 3 comprising a plurality of knobs 6 (in a number equal to the number of hotplates 3).
  • knobs 6 can be covered by a cover element 8 hinged at 9 along its sides 10 to the structure 2.
  • this latter On its side walls 12 this latter supports rectilinear elements (for example of T-shape as visible in Figure 2) movable along C-shaped guides 14.
  • These guides are associated with a kitchen furniture unit 15 comprising upperly a worktop 16 and on one side 17 a compartment 18 from which the hob 1 can be extracted when it is to be used.
  • the guides 14 are associated with lateral walls (not shown) of this compartment and can be fixed or, as in the figure, telescopic so as to also guide and support the structure 2 when it is at least partly extracted from the compartment 18.
  • the structure 2 is returned to this latter when the hob 1 is not required for use.
  • Said structure also comprises a front wall 20 provided with handles 21 to enable the hob 1 to be moved relative to the furniture unit 15.
  • the heating elements 3 are powered electrically in any known manner (for example by flexible or windable cables or by sliding contacts). This powering is possible only when the heating element 1 is in its operating position. This is achieved by a microswitch 25 positioned on the structure 2 to sense when this has been completely extracted from the compartment 18, and in any known manner closes a power circuit for the elements 3. If the hob 1 is also to be able to be used in a position partly extracted from the compartment 18 (allowing the two elements closest to the front wall 20 to be used), a second microswitch (not shown) is positioned in a suitable position, for example in correspondence with the guides 14, such that only when the partially extracted position has been attained and maintained for a predetermined minimum time can the elements 3 be activated. This positioning and its maintaining for said minimum time are evaluated by a control unit 26 associated with the structure 2. To the unit 26 there are preferably connected temperature sensors 28 associated with the elements 3 and at least one element 29 for locking the movement of the structure 2 along the guides 14.
  • the sensors 28 enable the unit 26 to recognize when each element 3 has cooled down after its use and to allow the structure 2 to be reinserted into said compartment 18 only when said element has cooled.
  • the locking element 29 comprises a body 33 having a socket-shaped end 34 and an elongate opposite end 35 able to move relative to the adjacent end 13 within a hole 34 therein.
  • the end 35 supports a permanent magnet 36 arranged to cooperate with a coil 37 controlled by the unit 26.
  • the end 35 also cooperates with a free end 38A of a compression spring 38 having its other end 38B fixed to a wall 39, relative to which the body 33 moves.
  • the structure 2 of the hob is now extracted by sliding it along the guides 14.
  • the microswitch 25 enables activation of the elements 3.
  • Opening the element 8 provides access to the knob 6 for the element 3 to be activated.
  • the heating element 1 can be returned into the compartment 18. This can be done only after the unit 26 senses, via the temperature sensor 28 associated with that element 3 used, that this latter has cooled down, and hence releases the structure 2 to enable it to be slid along the guides 14. This sliding had been made impossible by the extraction of the hob 1 from the compartment 18 because this had caused the locking element to become positioned (as shown in Figure 2) such as to prevent the structure 2 from sliding along the guides 14. This was achieved automatically by the thrust of the spring 38 on the body 33 of said element, causing it to emerge from the hole 34 on complete extraction of the hob 1 from said compartment.
  • the unit 25 powers the coil 37 to magnetically attract the magnet 36. This causes the body 33 to move towards the wall 39 against the spring 38, hence causing the end 35 of said body to withdraw into the hole 34.
  • the hob 1 is hence able to slide along the guides 14.
  • the coil 37 is maintained powered until the hob 1 has been reinserted into the compartment 18, a suitable limit switch enabling the unit 26 to recognize that this insertion has taken place.
  • the power feed than ceases.
  • FIGS 3 to 5 in which parts corresponding to those of the already described figures are indicated by the same reference numerals, show a cooking hob in which the heating elements are fed by gas.
  • a pipe 50 present in the furniture unit 15 feeds gas to a U-shaped tube 51 carrying usual taps 59 for shutting off and regulating the gas and associated with the structure 2 of the hob 1.
  • the pipe 50 has its axis K perpendicular to the axis W of the tube 51 and terminates with a sleeve 52 within which the tube 51 can slide (arrows A and B of Figure 5).
  • Usual seal elements 53 such as double toric joints are provided within said sleeve.
  • the tube 51 has its ends 55 and 56 closed and comprises a through hole 57 in its lateral wall 58. This wall intercepts the pipe 50 when the hob 1 is within the compartment 18. When however it is in its extracted position, the hole 57 lies within the sleeve 52 and only in this case is there communication between the interior of the tube 51 and the pipe 50. The gas can then flow from this latter into the tube and reach the taps 59 (on which the knobs 6 are positioned) from which, by way of usual hoses (not shown) connected to said taps, it can reach the heating elements (in this case burners) 3.
  • the heating elements in this case burners
  • the gas burner hob 1 can also be provided with safety members (such as the element 29, the sensors 28, the unit 26 etc.) similar to those provided for the hob 1 of Figures 1 and 2.
  • the worktop 16 of the furniture unit 15 can be totally used.
  • the user has therefore a greater space on which to rest containers for food preparation or other objects usually used in kitchens.

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EP1627579A1 (fr) * 2004-08-19 2006-02-22 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Placard, en particulier placard de cuisine
EP1783434A3 (fr) * 2005-11-03 2009-01-07 E.G.O. ELEKTRO-GERÄTEBAU GmbH Arrangement d'un appareil électrique dans un mobilier encastrable et méthode de commande pour cela
ITTO20100292A1 (it) * 2010-04-13 2011-10-14 Indesit Co Spa Piano cottura
ITVR20100104A1 (it) * 2010-05-18 2011-11-19 Hicook S R L Dispositivo di cottura per alimenti
FR3050604A1 (fr) * 2016-04-25 2017-10-27 Eurokera Article vitroceramique
IT201900005468A1 (it) * 2019-04-09 2020-10-09 Andrea Cingoli Piano Cottura

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US3790750A (en) * 1973-01-12 1974-02-05 A Giannini Kitchen range with folding heater units
EP0190716A2 (fr) * 1985-02-06 1986-08-13 Iveco Magirus Aktiengesellschaft Combinaison d'une cuisinière et d'un évier dans la cabine du chauffeur de camion
GB2192127A (en) * 1986-07-05 1988-01-06 Paul Somers Kitchen unit
DE4028814A1 (de) * 1990-09-11 1992-03-26 Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete Herd fuer kuechenbenutzung
EP0623787A1 (fr) * 1993-04-30 1994-11-09 Rosenfeld, Eliahu Cuisinière

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US3790750A (en) * 1973-01-12 1974-02-05 A Giannini Kitchen range with folding heater units
EP0190716A2 (fr) * 1985-02-06 1986-08-13 Iveco Magirus Aktiengesellschaft Combinaison d'une cuisinière et d'un évier dans la cabine du chauffeur de camion
GB2192127A (en) * 1986-07-05 1988-01-06 Paul Somers Kitchen unit
DE4028814A1 (de) * 1990-09-11 1992-03-26 Bosch Siemens Hausgeraete Herd fuer kuechenbenutzung
EP0623787A1 (fr) * 1993-04-30 1994-11-09 Rosenfeld, Eliahu Cuisinière

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EP1627579A1 (fr) * 2004-08-19 2006-02-22 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Placard, en particulier placard de cuisine
DE102004040443B4 (de) * 2004-08-19 2011-03-17 Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V. Schrank, insbesondere Küchenschrank
EP1783434A3 (fr) * 2005-11-03 2009-01-07 E.G.O. ELEKTRO-GERÄTEBAU GmbH Arrangement d'un appareil électrique dans un mobilier encastrable et méthode de commande pour cela
ITTO20100292A1 (it) * 2010-04-13 2011-10-14 Indesit Co Spa Piano cottura
WO2011128803A1 (fr) * 2010-04-13 2011-10-20 Indesit Company S.P.A. Table de cuisson
ITVR20100104A1 (it) * 2010-05-18 2011-11-19 Hicook S R L Dispositivo di cottura per alimenti
FR3050604A1 (fr) * 2016-04-25 2017-10-27 Eurokera Article vitroceramique
WO2017187072A1 (fr) * 2016-04-25 2017-11-02 Eurokera S.N.C. Article vitrocéramique
CN109076652A (zh) * 2016-04-25 2018-12-21 尤罗科拉公司 玻璃陶瓷物品
JP2019517844A (ja) * 2016-04-25 2019-06-27 ユーロケラ ソシエテ オン ノーム コレクティフ ガラスセラミック物品
US11147130B2 (en) 2016-04-25 2021-10-12 Eurokera S.N.C. Appliance with means to separate electric coils from a glass ceramic worktop
IT201900005468A1 (it) * 2019-04-09 2020-10-09 Andrea Cingoli Piano Cottura

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