EP1865752B1 - Radiant heater mounted with a thermal switch in a cooking hob - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a radiant heater for an electric cooking hob, provided with a thermal switch for turning on and off a warning lamp to indicate a state of the hot plate during heating and cooling.
- Radiant heaters of the above-mentioned type are known, with a built-in thermal switch whose electrical contact is used for switching on a warning lamp indicating that the cooking plate is still "hot” with a hazardous residual temperature, the threshold of which is set at 60-70°C.
- the thermal switch has to switch the warning contact during the onset of the heating of the cooking plate as well as during cooling to warn of a residual temperature higher than the aforesaid threshold value.
- the bimetallic sensor does not make direct contact with the hot plate, but the switch response time should be correlated to the actual temperature of the heated plate zone.
- the thermal switch is situated on an peripheral insulating zone of the heater receiving proportionally the heat transmitted to the plate, so that the temperature value reached in the sensing element, always higher than on the plate, closely follows the changes in said real value in the plate.
- the switch actuating point is set at a suitable temperature point for switching in both plate heating and cooling process or directions, taking into account also the thermal hysteresis of the switch, which leads to a lower switching point during cooling.
- the problem of the temperature in the outer wall of the heater becomes critical when the ceramic body of the bimetallic sensor is submitted directly to heating from the adjoining heaters, so that the sensitive disc of the bimetallic switch may reach a temperature of around 100°C, and it loses correlation with the actual temperature of the plate area it has to detect.
- the outer heating of the built-in bimetallic switch may come from heat sources below the heater.
- the thermal switch for turning on the warning lamp is fixed at the peripheral edge of the heater and for its operation it has an expanding rod coupled to the heating resistors from which it receives heat.
- Publication US-6,756,569-B2 describes a radiant heater or "warmer” only for warming, which uses a bimetallic switch for turning on a "hot” plate warning lamp.
- the sensor is built into the heater secured between the peripheral insulating ring and the horizontal base of the heater, in a hole space shaped to the outline of the body of the sensor. Owing to the fact that the ceramic body has no heat insulation against the transmission of external heat, the bimetallic disc may reach a temperature of more than 100°C, even when the heater if off.
- the temperature detected at the bimetallic sensor follows an almost asymptotic slope above 100°C (represented by the dotted line in figure 4 ) and the response time of the sensor in opening the electrical contact is very long and out of touch.
- the sensor bimetallic disc reaches a temperature 40°C lower than in the other case. It is thus hard to find a setting point for the switching of the electrical contact in both directions.
- one certain point of actuation of the sensor being set after adding the differential interval due to the actual switching hysteresis of the switch, the temperature difference in the plate area, the difference between the moment of closure and the moment of opening, may reach as much as 70°C, even larger than an acceptable signalling interval of 50 - 80°C.
- thermal switch or bimetallic sensor used in the heaters in the prior art are of the type described in US-A-4059817 , provided with a cylindrical sensor body and a heat receiving metallic base in direct contact with the internal bimetallic temperature-sensitive disc.
- Another type of known bimetallic thermal switch incorporated in a radiant heater is described in publication DE-1123059-A , and it is also compact with a ceramic body whose heat-receiving side presents a recess through which a bimetallic plate is deformed, while the terminals are situated on the opposite side of the body, facing longitudinally.
- GB-A-2 316 283 discloses an electric heater with a cooking plate, a heating resistor and a thermal sensor comprising bimetallic sensors.
- the heating resistor is provided in an electrically insulating layer, said insulating layer being fixed to the cooking plate.
- EP-A1-0 249 721 describes an electric hotplate comprising a cooking plate, heating resistors and a thermal sensor comprising a rod-like, linear temperature sensor.
- US-A-2005/0274710 discloses a radiant heater according to the preamble of claim 1.
- the object of the present invention is an electric radiant heater as defined by the combination of features enumerated in claim 1.
- the thermal sensing switch is fixed inside the heater separate from the cooking plate, isolated there from the influence of the adjacent heaters of the cooking hob.
- the temperature value detected is faithfully correlated to the true value in the heated plate area, both during heating and during cooling. Thereof the actuation of the switch is thereby achieved in both directions within an acceptable residual temperature range in the plate area of 65° ⁇ 15.
- the preferably bimetal type thermal switch is disposed in an air cavity within the heater under the cooking plate, wherein the heating resistors are mounted.
- the thermal switch used as a bimetal sensor has a compact body whose heat receiving side for the sensing element is directly facing the radiation of the heating resistor, said receiving side resting according two embodiments closed to a portion of the heating resistor or otherwise over a resistor segment engaging therewith, depending on how is conformed the insulating surface for the heating resistor portion support and guide. Positioned in this way, the bimetal sensor is isolated from the influence of the external heating produced by the adjacent cooking heaters switched on at the same time. A quick sensor response to plate heating is also achieved as well as precise temperature detection during cooling, closely correlated to the real value in the heated plate area.
- the response time to cooling is not delayed unnecessarily, due to the fact that the bimetallic sensor is isolated from the metal cover of the warmer heater, through the interposition between them of the peripheral isolating wall thereof, and its air cavity in which the sensor is enclosed inside the heater.
- the radiant heater according to the invention does not use additional fixing means either for the bimetallic sensor, since it is situated up against a central surface of the heating resistor insulating carrier or base.
- the sensor is secured and pressed here by the elastic force of rigid electrical connection cables. In this way, its position relative to the heating resistors is fixed and does not vary either moved by the thermal constraints in the sensor body.
- a preferred embodiment of radiant heater 101 is attached to cooking plate 2 of a cooker hob with various radiant heaters (not represented in the drawings), which are arranged below the cooking plate and close to one another, and the radiant heater 101 is formed of a cover or metal tray 3, an insulating base 4 holding a least one heating resistor, a peripheral insulating ring 6 in contact with the cooking plate, a compact thermal switch or bimetallic sensor 107, disposed in an air cavity 13 formed below the heated plate area 2a, between the insulating base 104 and the insulating ring 6, and an electrical connector 8, which transmits the power directly to the resistors.
- the bimetallic sensor 107 has a compact, electrically insulating body 107a made of ceramic material resistant to the high temperature that is transmitted from the heating resistor 105. It is constructed with an external metal base 107b, 107d receiving heat on one side of the compact body 107a, and a bimetal disc 107c sensitive to the temperature connected thermally to said metal base 107b, 107d.
- a normally-open electrical contact 109 of the sensor is actuated at the regulated switching point SWC' ( FIG. 4 ), which, upon closing, provokes the ignition of a signalling lamp or other "plate hot" warning device (not represented in the drawings) advising of the residual temperature of the heated plate area 2a.
- the power of the heater described here as a specimen embodiment is 250 W, normally lower than the power of the adjacent 750-1250-watt hotplates.
- the heating resistor 5 may be made in planar or wire coil form and it is installed on a central surface area 104a of the insulating base guided in a groove 110.
- a commercial bimetal sensor 107 is chosen on grounds of economic cost and its compact body 7a is preferably square section and low height so as not to interfere in the installation of the glass ceramic plate on the radiant hotplate.
- the height "H” of the air cavity 13 is 20-25 mm, similar to that of other heaters.
- a separating space "B" for instance of 3 mm or less, i.e. a fitting clearance "B” the same as that of other cooking hotplates in order to use the same insulating ring 6 and metal tray 3 pieces.
- a minimal separating space "B” from the plate area 2a is preferable in order to improve the correlation between the "ZT" temperatures in the area of plate 2 and the "ST" in the bimetal sensor 107.
- the compact body of the sensor 107a is insulated from the external thermal influence of the adjacent heaters, separated from the insulating ring 6 by an intervening space "S", the size of which depends on the distribution of the segments of heating resistor 105 and its coil-like configuration.
- the bimetal sensor 107 is disposed in the air cavity 13 of the radiant heater 101, resting on the central surface area 104a of the insulating base above a segment of resistor 105a in order to improve heat transmission form the heating resistor 105 to the bimetal sensor 107.
- Said heating resistor segment 105a is guided in a segment of insulating guiding groove 120, 120'.
- the heat-receiving metal base 107b, 107d is supported on the segment of guiding groove 120, substantially in contact with the resistor segment 105a, or separated from the latter by a very small accidental space, depending on the dimensional deviations of the insulating base 104a and the compact body of the sensor 107a.
- the metal base 107b, 107d is insulated electrically from the resistor segment 105a.
- an embodiment of heater 101 is shown in which said resistor segment 105a is housed in an insulating groove 120, of a width "W” and a depth "P".
- the metal base 107b of the bimetal sensor is completely flat and straight and the resistor segment 105a is fully sunken in the housing groove 120.
- the depth "P” and the width "W” of the groove are greater than the diameter " ⁇ " of the resistor 105a.
- an air channel 121 is formed which constitutes a source of heat for the bimetal disc 107c.
- a version of radiant heater 101 is shown in which said resistor segment 105a is fixed in a surface guiding groove 120' the same as the heating resistor 105 guiding groove 120'.
- the resistor segment 105a stands proud here of the insulating support surface area 104a, and the sensor metal base 107d lies above the guiding groove 120' in contact with the resistor segment 105a, forming an air channel 122 that transmits heat to the metal base 107d.
- the metal base 107d is substantially straight but with two projections squared on the side edges, between which the resistor segment 105a passes, standing proud of the insulating base 104a.
- the metal base 107d may also be formed according to other versions, for example by means of two inclined walls 114 forming a triangular cavity for the resistor segment 105a on the insulating support surface area 104a, or else with a single lateral projection 114 forming an angle with the straight metal base 107d, thus positioned with an inclination on the insulating support surface area 104a.
- a cavity is formed on the insulating surface area 104a, by way of which the resistor segment 105a passes, making substantially a thermal contact with it.
- the sensor electrical contact 109 is connected by two rigid cables 111 to the peripheral electrical connector 8, from which the signalling lamp is illuminated via a line 12.
- the elasticity of the metal cables 111 extended with a small angle of inclination produces a force "E" applied to the body of the sensor 107a against the insulating support surface 104a. The position of the sensor 107 is thus held fixed against the movements produced by the thermal stresses.
- the temperature curve "ZT" has been measured in the heated plate area 2a, with a food container on top, and has reached around 150°C.
- Characteristic of a commercial type thermal switch or bimetal sensor 107 it is an intermediate setting of the switching point SWC', SWO' of the electrical contact between the two rising and falling values, respectively, which has been found as appropriate 100°C.
- a differential hysteresis value "AThy" between SWC' and SWO' is represented.
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- The invention relates to a radiant heater for an electric cooking hob, provided with a thermal switch for turning on and off a warning lamp to indicate a state of the hot plate during heating and cooling.
- Radiant heaters of the above-mentioned type are known, with a built-in thermal switch whose electrical contact is used for switching on a warning lamp indicating that the cooking plate is still "hot" with a hazardous residual temperature, the threshold of which is set at 60-70°C. The thermal switch has to switch the warning contact during the onset of the heating of the cooking plate as well as during cooling to warn of a residual temperature higher than the aforesaid threshold value. The bimetallic sensor does not make direct contact with the hot plate, but the switch response time should be correlated to the actual temperature of the heated plate zone. For this purpose the thermal switch is situated on an peripheral insulating zone of the heater receiving proportionally the heat transmitted to the plate, so that the temperature value reached in the sensing element, always higher than on the plate, closely follows the changes in said real value in the plate. The switch actuating point is set at a suitable temperature point for switching in both plate heating and cooling process or directions, taking into account also the thermal hysteresis of the switch, which leads to a lower switching point during cooling.
- In the prior art radiant heaters, detecting the residual cooking plate temperature is effected by means of a bimetallic sensor separated from the plate itself, presents the problem of the influence of the heat transmitted from external adjacent heaters, which raises the ambient temperature and heats the peripheral wall of the heater equipped with the bimetal switch. This problem is particularly evident in the case of the so-called "warmer" type radiant heater, which is used solely for warming precooked foods or holding them at the maximum plate temperature of around 300°C. The power of the heater is low compared with the adjacent cooking heaters of the same hob, which heat their respective hob area up to 550°C. For this reason the cover or metal support tray that encircles the heater, ends up hot due to the transmission of the adjoining heaters switched on at the same time. The problem of the temperature in the outer wall of the heater becomes critical when the ceramic body of the bimetallic sensor is submitted directly to heating from the adjoining heaters, so that the sensitive disc of the bimetallic switch may reach a temperature of around 100°C, and it loses correlation with the actual temperature of the plate area it has to detect. Alternatively, the outer heating of the built-in bimetallic switch may come from heat sources below the heater.
- In the known solutions, for example that disclosed in
DE-A-2627373 , the thermal switch for turning on the warning lamp is fixed at the peripheral edge of the heater and for its operation it has an expanding rod coupled to the heating resistors from which it receives heat. - In
US-A-6,121,587 a second bimetallic switch built into the radiant heater operates at a temperature of less than 100°C to indicate residual heat and is disposed in an air duct built into the insulating outer wall of the heater, so that no expanding rod is needed for its actuation. But attached to the sensitive element this sensor has an additional heat transmitting member that receives the radiation of the heating resistors in order to obtain a quick response of the heat sensitive element of the cooking plate. Owing to the influence of external heating on the sensor, the bimetal disc does not follow the variation in the plate area heated closely, and it therefore requires a high adjusting point for actuating the switching contact, well separated from the maximum warning threshold value of 80°C at the hot plate. - Publication
US-6,756,569-B2 describes a radiant heater or "warmer" only for warming, which uses a bimetallic switch for turning on a "hot" plate warning lamp. The sensor is built into the heater secured between the peripheral insulating ring and the horizontal base of the heater, in a hole space shaped to the outline of the body of the sensor. Owing to the fact that the ceramic body has no heat insulation against the transmission of external heat, the bimetallic disc may reach a temperature of more than 100°C, even when the heater if off. Therefore, while the heater plate area is cooling, the temperature detected at the bimetallic sensor follows an almost asymptotic slope above 100°C (represented by the dotted line infigure 4 ) and the response time of the sensor in opening the electrical contact is very long and out of touch. When the adjacent heaters are off, the sensor bimetallic disc reaches a temperature 40°C lower than in the other case. It is thus hard to find a setting point for the switching of the electrical contact in both directions. Further, one certain point of actuation of the sensor being set, after adding the differential interval due to the actual switching hysteresis of the switch, the temperature difference in the plate area, the difference between the moment of closure and the moment of opening, may reach as much as 70°C, even larger than an acceptable signalling interval of 50 - 80°C. - The type of thermal switch or bimetallic sensor used in the heaters in the prior art are of the type described in
US-A-4059817 , provided with a cylindrical sensor body and a heat receiving metallic base in direct contact with the internal bimetallic temperature-sensitive disc. Another type of known bimetallic thermal switch incorporated in a radiant heater is described inpublication DE-1123059-A , and it is also compact with a ceramic body whose heat-receiving side presents a recess through which a bimetallic plate is deformed, while the terminals are situated on the opposite side of the body, facing longitudinally. -
GB-A-2 316 283 -
EP-A1-0 249 721 describes an electric hotplate comprising a cooking plate, heating resistors and a thermal sensor comprising a rod-like, linear temperature sensor. -
US-A-2005/0274710 discloses a radiant heater according to the preamble of claim 1. - The object of the present invention is an electric radiant heater as defined by the combination of features enumerated in claim 1.
- The thermal sensing switch is fixed inside the heater separate from the cooking plate, isolated there from the influence of the adjacent heaters of the cooking hob. The temperature value detected is faithfully correlated to the true value in the heated plate area, both during heating and during cooling. Thereof the actuation of the switch is thereby achieved in both directions within an acceptable residual temperature range in the plate area of 65° ± 15.
- The preferably bimetal type thermal switch is disposed in an air cavity within the heater under the cooking plate, wherein the heating resistors are mounted. The thermal switch used as a bimetal sensor, has a compact body whose heat receiving side for the sensing element is directly facing the radiation of the heating resistor, said receiving side resting according two embodiments closed to a portion of the heating resistor or otherwise over a resistor segment engaging therewith, depending on how is conformed the insulating surface for the heating resistor portion support and guide. Positioned in this way, the bimetal sensor is isolated from the influence of the external heating produced by the adjacent cooking heaters switched on at the same time. A quick sensor response to plate heating is also achieved as well as precise temperature detection during cooling, closely correlated to the real value in the heated plate area. The response time to cooling is not delayed unnecessarily, due to the fact that the bimetallic sensor is isolated from the metal cover of the warmer heater, through the interposition between them of the peripheral isolating wall thereof, and its air cavity in which the sensor is enclosed inside the heater.
- The radiant heater according to the invention does not use additional fixing means either for the bimetallic sensor, since it is situated up against a central surface of the heating resistor insulating carrier or base. The sensor is secured and pressed here by the elastic force of rigid electrical connection cables. In this way, its position relative to the heating resistors is fixed and does not vary either moved by the thermal constraints in the sensor body.
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Figure 1 is a plan view of a radiant electric heater adapted to a cooking plate, with a built-in thermal switch positioned as a bimetal sensor for a temperature indicator, according to first embodiment. -
Figure 2 is a partial sectional view of the radiant heater under the cooking plate according to line II-II infigure 1 . -
Figure 2A shows a detail of the heater infigure 2 , the relative position of the bimetal sensor within the radiant heater. -
Figure 3 is a close view of the radiant heater infigure 1 , showing a variant of the thermal switch construction. -
Figure 4 is a diagram of the resultant temperature in the cooking plate area by the radiant heater offigures 1-3 , compared with the temperature value at the bimetal sensor. - In reference to
figures 1-4 , a preferred embodiment ofradiant heater 101 is attached tocooking plate 2 of a cooker hob with various radiant heaters (not represented in the drawings), which are arranged below the cooking plate and close to one another, and theradiant heater 101 is formed of a cover or metal tray 3, aninsulating base 4 holding a least one heating resistor, aperipheral insulating ring 6 in contact with the cooking plate, a compact thermal switch orbimetallic sensor 107, disposed in an air cavity 13 formed below theheated plate area 2a, between theinsulating base 104 and theinsulating ring 6, and anelectrical connector 8, which transmits the power directly to the resistors. - The
bimetallic sensor 107 has a compact, electrically insulatingbody 107a made of ceramic material resistant to the high temperature that is transmitted from theheating resistor 105. It is constructed with anexternal metal base compact body 107a, and a bimetal disc 107c sensitive to the temperature connected thermally to saidmetal base electrical contact 109 of the sensor is actuated at the regulated switching point SWC' (FIG. 4 ), which, upon closing, provokes the ignition of a signalling lamp or other "plate hot" warning device (not represented in the drawings) advising of the residual temperature of theheated plate area 2a. - The power of the heater described here as a specimen embodiment is 250 W, normally lower than the power of the adjacent 750-1250-watt hotplates. The heating resistor 5 may be made in planar or wire coil form and it is installed on a
central surface area 104a of the insulating base guided in agroove 110. Acommercial bimetal sensor 107 is chosen on grounds of economic cost and its compact body 7a is preferably square section and low height so as not to interfere in the installation of the glass ceramic plate on the radiant hotplate. - The height "H" of the air cavity 13 is 20-25 mm, similar to that of other heaters. Between the
plate area 2a and thebimetal sensor 107 there is a separating space "B", for instance of 3 mm or less, i.e. a fitting clearance "B" the same as that of other cooking hotplates in order to use the sameinsulating ring 6 and metal tray 3 pieces. A minimal separating space "B" from theplate area 2a is preferable in order to improve the correlation between the "ZT" temperatures in the area ofplate 2 and the "ST" in thebimetal sensor 107. The compact body of thesensor 107a is insulated from the external thermal influence of the adjacent heaters, separated from theinsulating ring 6 by an intervening space "S", the size of which depends on the distribution of the segments ofheating resistor 105 and its coil-like configuration. Thebimetal sensor 107 is disposed in the air cavity 13 of theradiant heater 101, resting on thecentral surface area 104a of the insulating base above a segment ofresistor 105a in order to improve heat transmission form theheating resistor 105 to thebimetal sensor 107. - Said
heating resistor segment 105a is guided in a segment of insulating guidinggroove 120, 120'. The heat-receivingmetal base groove 120, substantially in contact with theresistor segment 105a, or separated from the latter by a very small accidental space, depending on the dimensional deviations of theinsulating base 104a and the compact body of thesensor 107a. Owing to the formation of a protective layer of surface metallic oxide on theresistor 105, themetal base resistor segment 105a. - In reference to
FIG. 2 , an embodiment ofheater 101 is shown in which saidresistor segment 105a is housed in aninsulating groove 120, of a width "W" and a depth "P". Themetal base 107b of the bimetal sensor is completely flat and straight and theresistor segment 105a is fully sunken in thehousing groove 120. The depth "P" and the width "W" of the groove are greater than the diameter "ϕ" of theresistor 105a. Between themetal base 107b and thehousing groove 120 anair channel 121 is formed which constitutes a source of heat for the bimetal disc 107c. In the event of said spatial clearance "A" being such that there is no actual contact between theresistor segment 105a and themetal base air channel 121 transmits with the same efficacy the heat from the resistor segment as if said thermal contact actually existed between them. In this way, consistency of results is achieved on all the units ofradiant heater 101 manufactured with the built-inbimetal sensor 107 in the detection of an "ST" temperature in the sensor (FIG. 1 ) correlated to the range 65 "C ± 15 of temperature "ZT" in theheated area 2a of the cooking plate. - In reference to
FIG.3 , a version ofradiant heater 101 is shown in which saidresistor segment 105a is fixed in a surface guiding groove 120' the same as theheating resistor 105 guiding groove 120'. Theresistor segment 105a stands proud here of the insulatingsupport surface area 104a, and thesensor metal base 107d lies above the guiding groove 120' in contact with theresistor segment 105a, forming an air channel 122 that transmits heat to themetal base 107d. To prevent it from being flattened, themetal base 107d is substantially straight but with two projections squared on the side edges, between which theresistor segment 105a passes, standing proud of the insulatingbase 104a. Themetal base 107d may also be formed according to other versions, for example by means of two inclined walls 114 forming a triangular cavity for theresistor segment 105a on the insulatingsupport surface area 104a, or else with a single lateral projection 114 forming an angle with thestraight metal base 107d, thus positioned with an inclination on the insulatingsupport surface area 104a. By means of these versions of themetal base 107d a cavity is formed on the insulatingsurface area 104a, by way of which theresistor segment 105a passes, making substantially a thermal contact with it. - The sensor
electrical contact 109 is connected by tworigid cables 111 to the peripheralelectrical connector 8, from which the signalling lamp is illuminated via aline 12. For the fastening of thebimetal sensor 107 on the heater, the elasticity of themetal cables 111 extended with a small angle of inclination, produces a force "E" applied to the body of thesensor 107a against the insulatingsupport surface 104a. The position of thesensor 107 is thus held fixed against the movements produced by the thermal stresses. - If the
radiant heater 101 has theresistor segment 105a protruding from thesurface 104a of the insulating base, thebimetal sensor 107 may optionally be positioned very close to theresistor segment 105a, with themetal base 107b oriented towards it and a very small distance "A" apart, including also the contact distance A=0 between them, in order that the installation of thebimetal sensor 107 will not interfere with theresistor 105. - In reference to
figure 4 , in a temperature (T)/time (t) diagram the results are shown of the actual measurement at theplate area 2a, represented by a curve ZT, and of the temperature detected by thebimetal sensor 107, represented by a curve ST', wherein thebimetal sensor 107 has been positioned above theresistor segment 105a, in either of the two embodiments ofFIG. 2-2A andFIG. 3 . Curve PA represents the changes in the temperature in the bimetal sensor in afore-mentioned heater of the prior art. - The temperature curve "ZT" has been measured in the
heated plate area 2a, with a food container on top, and has reached around 150°C. Thebimetal sensor 107 has been regulated at the switching point SWC SWO' of theswitch contact 109, for example SWC' = 100°C and SWO' = 90°C, the most suitable during the cooling process, in the most unfavourable condition for the cooling of thebimetal sensor 107, theradiant heater 101 being subject to the influence of the adjacent cooking heaters that are also in operation. Characteristic of a commercial type thermal switch orbimetal sensor 107, it is an intermediate setting of the switching point SWC', SWO' of the electrical contact between the two rising and falling values, respectively, which has been found as appropriate 100°C. A differential hysteresis value "AThy" between SWC' and SWO' is represented. - The instants of time "t0" to "t5" marked in the diagram of
figure 4 correspond to: t0: heater ON; t1: temperature ST' rising, the setting point SWC' = 100 is reached for the closure switching of theelectrical contact 109; t2: temperature "ZT" rising, theplate area 2a reaches a value in the signalling range TU=65°C ± 15; t3: heater OFF; t4:plate 2a falls until reaching a value in the signalling range TU=65°C ± 15; t5: it is reached with the setting point SWO' = 100°C - "AThy" dropping, for the opening switching of theelectrical contact 109. - Due to a rapid heating of the
bimetal sensor 107, the switching instant "t1" of theelectrical contact 109 is reached quickly, before 1 minute has passed from the start t0 of the heating of the plate ZT, when the latter reaches the minimum signalling lamp ignition threshold value TU = 50°C. - During the lowering of temperature ZT, the switching instant "t5" at the setting point SWO' = 90°C of the
electrical contact 109 is reached without delay in respect of the mean value TU = 65°C of theplate area 2a, since curve ST' of the bimetal sensor has a down-slope in close correlation to the plate curve ZT. Theair channel 121 below thebimetal sensor 107 cools at the same time asplate area 2a when the heating resistor is OFF. With regard to instant "t4" in the fall down to the maximum admissible temperature without signalling TU (max) = 80°C of the plate, the delay interval t5-t4, around 10 minutes, in the opening switching of theelectrical contact 109 without the lamp going off is acceptable by the user. - In the diagram in
figure 4 the curve PA obtained in the afore-mentioned prior art heater, wherein the bimetal sensor is inserted in the peripheral wall of the heater, has been interposed. Due to its indirect warming from the adjacent cooking heaters, during cooling the sensor does not detect the variation in the temperature of the plate area below 100°C, so the switch has to be set at a very high opening point in relation to the highest plate temperature TU (max) = 80°C admissible, or otherwise the delay in switching, instant "t5", may be extended indefinitely, even when the plate temperature has dropped below the minimum indication value "TU (min)" = 50°C.
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- A radiant heater adapted to an electric cooking hob comprising
a cooking plate (2);
a warning indicator for indicating when the cooking plate (2) is hot;
an insulating base (4) substantially parallel to the top hotplate (2) located below and spaced a distance from the cooking plate (2);
a peripheral insulating ring (6) positioned between the insulating base (4) and the cooking plate (2), the cooking plate (2), the insulating base (4) and the peripheral insulating ring (6) defining an internal air cavity;
a heating resistor (5) supported by the insulating base (4) for heating the cooking plate (2); and
a thermal sensor (107) located in the internal air cavity that is thermally insulated from the peripheral insulating ring (6), the thermal sensor (107) comprising an internal housing formed by a heat insulated body (107a) and a thermally conductive metal base (107b;107d), the thermal sensor (107) further comprising a bimetallic sensor (107c) thermally coupled to the metal base (107b;107d) and mechanically coupled to a normally open electrical switch (109), the electrical switch (109) electrically coupled to the warning indicator, the bimetallic sensor (107c) being configured to close the electrical switch (109) to activate the warning indicator when the temperature of the metal base (107b;107d) is at a designated temperature or within a designated temperature range,
characterised in that the metal base (107b;107d) is supported on the insulating base (4) substantially parallel to said insulating base (4) and covering a segment (105a) of the heating resistor (5). - A radiant heater according to claim 1, wherein the heating resistor (5) is positioned within a groove (120) in the insulating base (4), said heating resistor (5) being entirely housed in said groove (120), the metal base (107b;107d) of the thermal sensor (107) receiving heat by air within a gap (121) formed within the heating resistor (5), the groove (120) and the metal base (107b;107d).
- A radiant heater according to claim 2, wherein the heating resistor (5) is in direct contact with the metal base (107b;107d) of the thermal sensor (107).
- A radiant heater according to claim 1, wherein the heating resistor (5) is positioned within a groove (120) in the insulating base (4), a portion of said heating resistor (5) extending outside the groove (120) and being in direct contact with the metal base (107b;107d) of the thermal sensor (107).
- A radiant heater according to claim 4, wherein the metal base (107b;107d) of the thermal sensor (107) receives heat by air within a gap (121) formed within the heating resistor (5), the groove (120) and the metal base (107b;107d).
- A radiant heater according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the thermal sensor (107) is spaced a distance from the cooking plate (2).
- A radiant heater according to claim 6, wherein the distance between the thermal sensor (107) and the cooking plate (2) is less than about 3 millimeters.
- A radiant heater according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the thermal sensor (107) comprises terminals that are connected to an outer electrical connector located on a peripheral wall of the cooking appliance via at least one rigid cable (111) that is located within the air cavity, the rigid cable (111) exerting a force (F) on the body of the thermal sensor (107) to secure it against the insulating base (4).
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