EP3126747B1 - Cooking hob - Google Patents

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EP3126747B1
EP3126747B1 EP15718097.7A EP15718097A EP3126747B1 EP 3126747 B1 EP3126747 B1 EP 3126747B1 EP 15718097 A EP15718097 A EP 15718097A EP 3126747 B1 EP3126747 B1 EP 3126747B1
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Vittorio BERTAZZONI
Carlo Zambruni
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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
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    • F24C15/10—Tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings
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  • the present invention relates to a cooking hob that is provided with grids and gas burners.
  • the cooking hob of the present invention are used in house kitchens.
  • Cooking hobs comprising gas burners are provided with grids that are positioned at the gas burners so as to support, in a stable manner, one or more saucepans above respective gas burners.
  • the grid consists of a set of linear support elements, possibly arranged crossing one another, which rise from a peripheral base for resting on the cooking hob.
  • a peripheral base has a size such as to surround a plurality of gas burners.
  • the linear support elements define a raised support plane with respect to the peripheral base, which makes it possible to support many saucepans above the gas burners and each at a gas burner.
  • the support elements rise from a base element having a size such as to exclusively surround the gas burner which the grid is associated to, and are shaped so as to define a support plane for supporting saucepans at and above such a burner.
  • a single element grid according to the state of the art is illustrated in figure 1 .
  • the Applicant has focused his attention on single element grids.
  • the grid with the single element overall has less volume and can be more easily managed with respect to a grid for many gas burners. It is sufficient to think about the greater ease of cleaning, making it is possible and certainly easier to house single element grids inside household dishwashers.
  • the single element grid is moreover preferred where it is desired to cover as less as possible a cooking hob that has a particular appearance (for example in the case in which the cooking hobs are all made from glass with a mirror finish).
  • the Applicant has moreover observed that to this day the user is not inclined to change the aesthetic appearance of a cooking hob once the cooking hob has been chosen and purchased. Therefore, if for example there is the need of replacing a damaged or ruined grid, this will be replaced with a grid having an identical shape as the original one so as to restore the original aesthetic appearance of the cooking hob.
  • WO 2013/045297 A1 discloses a cooking hob according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the technical problem at the basis of the present invention is that of avoiding the aforementioned technical prejudices, by providing a cooking hob that is capable of satisfying the requirements in terms of appearance that are required by the market today and giving the cooking hob a different aesthetic appearance from the original one, respecting the technical functions for which it was originally conceived.
  • the idea of solution of the present invention is that of altering the original appearance of the cooking hob changing the conventional geometry and symmetry of the grids for cooking hobs while keeping unaltered the function of making a stable support plane which is defined at the top of the gas burner to which the grid is associated.
  • the present invention thus relates, in a first aspect thereof, to a cooking hob according to claim 1.
  • the grid of the cooking hob of the present invention comprises a base element in which a resting plane is defined for resting on the cooking hob and to which at least three support elements are constrained, wherein the at least three support elements are shaped so as to define a support plane which is raised and parallel with respect to the resting plane, the base element enclosing an internal space which is configured to house a single gas burner of the cooking hob.
  • At least one of the at least three support elements has a different shape with respect to the other support elements and/or it has a relative orientation with respect to the base element different than the relative orientation of the other support elements, wherein the at least three support elements extend from the base element toward the outside with respect to said internal space.
  • the grid of the cooking hob of the present invention despite keeping unaltered its function of stably resting on the cooking hob and stably supporting a saucepan, additionally has a pleasant and certainly original aesthetic appearance, thanks to the choice of replacing the support elements having a substantially linear shape with support elements having a shape or a relative arrangement that is not homogeneous.
  • the cooking hob according to the present invention comprises at least one gas burner and at least one grid, each grid enclosing a single gas burner. According to the present invention such a grid is made according to what has been described so far.
  • the cooking hob according to the invention achieves the technical and appearance effects described above with respect to the cooking hob grid.
  • the present invention can have at least one of the following preferred characteristics; the latter in particular can be combined with one another as desired with the purpose of satisfying specific requirements of application.
  • the grid comprises at least four support elements that are constrained to the base element in an angularly asymmetric fashion.
  • the support elements therefore are not homogeneous not only in their shape and/or in their orientation with respect to the base element, but also in the angular distribution around such a base element.
  • each of the support elements comprises at least one upper surface portion that is comprised in its support plane.
  • the at least one upper surface portion is substantially flat.
  • At least one of the support elements comprises a plurality of substantially flat surface portions.
  • such a provision makes it possible to arrange the support elements according to a plurality of relative orientations with respect to the base element, ensuring always the stable support of the saucepan.
  • the support element has one of its substantially flat surface portions that is facing upwards, contributing to define the stable support plane.
  • the plurality of possible orientations of the support elements makes it possible to even more drastically vary the conventional geometry and symmetry of the grids for cooking hobs.
  • At least one of the support elements has a substantially two-dimensional or three-dimensional shape.
  • the support elements with a substantially two-dimensional shape comprise at least one stamped plate obtained by positively or negatively removing material, for making an ornamental design.
  • the support elements with a substantially two-dimensional shape comprise at least one plate having a peripheral edge that is shaped according to an ornamental design.
  • At least one of the support elements is coloured.
  • At least one of the support elements has a different colour than the other support elements.
  • the colouring therefore constitutes a further possibility of characterising the grids so as to give them a pleasing aesthetic appearance.
  • the gas burner preferably comprises an annular slot that is configured for supplying an air/gas mixture to a laminar flame exiting from the gas burner, preferably in a substantially vertical direction.
  • a housing seat is made, wherein the at least one grid is stopped with respect to radial movements by a shape-coupling with such a housing seat and it is free to be coupled with the housing seat in a plurality of relative angular positions.
  • the stopping with respect to radial movements ensures that there is a stable support of a saucepan at a gas burner, whereas the freedom of angular arrangement between the grid and the housing seat offers a wide range of freedom to the user in positioning the support elements of the grid to the angular position he likes.
  • FIG 2 a first embodiment of a grid of a cooking hob according to the present invention is shown, wholly indicated with reference numeral 10.
  • the grid 10 comprises a perimetric base element 11 that is shaped as a flat closed ring.
  • the base element 11 defines a resting plane to a cooking hob 100.
  • the base element 11 encloses an internal space 11a which houses a single gas burner 110 of the cooking hob 100.
  • the base element 11 has a shape and size such as to enclose a single gas burner 110 of the cooking hob 100, as shown in figure 4a , thus achieving a grid 10 of the type with a single element.
  • three support elements 12a,12b,12c are constrained to the base element 11 of which one first support element 12a has a first shape, specifically it is pear-shaped, and a pair of second support elements 12b,12c have a second shape that is different from the first one, specifically apple-shaped.
  • the three support elements 12a,12b,12c are angularly arranged at around 120° from one another.
  • the support elements 12a,12b,12c extend from the base element 11 toward the outside with respect to said internal space 11a.
  • All the support elements 12a,12b,12c are associated (preferably welded) to respective flat base plates 18, in the specific case they are leaf/leaves-shaped in turn associated (preferably welded) to the base element 11.
  • the elements of the pair of second apple-shaped support elements 12b,12c have an orientation that is different with respect to the base element 11.
  • a first apple-shaped element 12b has a vertical orientation, therefore with the stalk 14 facing upwards
  • the second apple-shaped element 12c has an orientation that rests on one side, therefore with the stalk 14 facing one side.
  • the first support element 12a can have a different colour with respect to the pair of second support elements 12b,12c.
  • the support elements 12a,12b,12c define a support plane which is raised and parallel with respect to the resting plane that is defined by the base element 11.
  • the support elements 12a,12b,12c define a support area such as to allow the positioning of a saucepan 20. In the specific case illustrated herein, such a support area is above the area that is enclosed by the base element 11.
  • each support element 12a,12b,12c comprises at least one substantially flat surface portion 13',13",13"'.
  • the support elements 12a,12b,12c are oriented, with respect to the base element 11, so that the at least one substantially flat surface portion 13',13",13'" faces upwards so as to be comprised in the raised support plane.
  • the support elements 12a,12b,12c comprise many substantially flat surface portions 13',13",13'" that allow them to take up different orientations with respect to the base element 11 and, in each of the allowed orientations, to have their substantially flat surface portion 13',13",13'" facing upwards, therefore enclosed in the raised support plane.
  • the substantially flat surface portions 13',13" of the apple-shaped support element 12b,12c consist of the upper surface 13' of the apple in which the stalk 14 is drawn, and by at least one portion 13" of the surface that makes an angle between the upper surface 13' and the side wall 17 of the apple.
  • the substantially flat surface portion 13'" consists of a side portion 13'" of the rounded bottom portion of the pear.
  • the support elements 12a,12b,12c have a substantially three-dimensional shape.
  • support elements 15b that have a mainly flat or two-dimensional shape, as shown in figures 3 , 6 , 7 and 8 .
  • a second embodiment of a grid of a cooking hob according to the present invention comprising in detail, four support elements 15a,15b of which one group of first support elements 15a has a first shape, specifically the shaped of a three-dimensional bird, and a second support element 15b has a second shape that is different from the first one, in detail the shape of a two-dimensional or flat bird.
  • Each bird is welded to the base element 11 at the respective beak.
  • the support elements 15a,15b extend from the base element 11 toward the outside with respect to the internal space 11a.
  • the special shape of the flat support element 15b is obtained by the bird-shaped edge of a pair of flat plates that form the second support element 15b.
  • all the support elements 15a,15b can be coloured, possibly in a different manner from one another, and are associated (preferably welded) to flat base plates 18, in this case having a substantially quadrangular or triangular shape.
  • the four support elements 15a,15b are angularly arranged at about 90° from one another.
  • the support elements 15a, 15b define a support plane which is raised and parallel with respect to a resting plane defined by the base element 11.
  • the support elements 15a, 15b define a support area such as to allow a saucepan 20 to be positioned above the area that is enclosed by the base element 11.
  • each support element 15a, 15b comprises at least one substantially flat surface portion 16', 16" facing upwards so as to be comprised in the raised support plane.
  • the substantially flat surface portion 16" corresponds to a portion of the thickness 16" of the two plates that form the support element 15b.
  • the orientation of the plates with respect to the base element 11 is such that the flat surface thereof is arranged inclined with respect to the resting plane defined by the base element 11 or, in a corresponding manner, with respect to the support plane defined by the support elements 15a, 15b themselves.
  • the flat surfaces of the plates that constitute the support element 15b are arranged perpendicular with respect to such planes.
  • a first embodiment of a cooking hob 100 according to the present invention comprising five gas burners 110 to which grids 10 according to what has been described above with particular reference to figure 2 are associated, respectively.
  • the support elements 12a,12b,12c indeed have the three-dimensional designs of the apple 12b,12c and of the pear 12a.
  • the arrangement of the support elements that form some of the grids 10 illustrated in figure 4a is angularly asymmetrical.
  • the apple-shaped support elements 12b,12c are at a shorter angular distance from one another, with respect to the angular distance from the pear-shaped support element 12b.
  • the grid 10 can vary in number, shape (apple/pear, cut/whole), orientation and angular distribution of the support elements 12a,12b,12c, whilst still ensuring a stable support for saucepans 20 above the relative burner 110.
  • the gas burners 100 are of the type provided with an annular slot 111 that is configured for supplying an air/gas mixture to a laminar flame exiting from the gas burner in a substantially vertical direction.
  • the cooking hob 100 comprises, at each burner 110, a seat 112 for housing a grid 10 as described above.
  • the grid 10 is held against radial movements by a shape-coupling with such a housing seat 112 and is able to be coupled with the housing seat 112 in a plurality of relative angular positions.
  • a second embodiment of a cooking hob 100 according to the invention is shown that differs from the cooking hob of figure 4a in the type of grids 10 used which, in detail, have the design of the three-dimensional and two-dimensional birds described above with particular reference to figure 3 .
  • a third, a fourth and a fifth embodiment of a cooking hob 100 according to the present invention are respectively shown, using different types of grids 10.
  • the grids 10 are made up of flat support elements 19, whose special shape is given by the stamp of an ornamental design on a plate by positively or negatively removing material , specifically a branch with leaves in the embodiment illustrated in figure 6 , and fruit (apple/pear) in the embodiment illustrated in figure 7 .
  • the grids 10 are made up of flat support elements 15b, 15b' consisting of a single flat plate 15b' in the shape of a bird or a pair of flat plates 15b in the shape of a bird.
  • the support elements 15b, 15b', 19 of figures 6-8 extend from the base element 11 toward the outside with respect to it, i.e. in opposite direction with respect to the internal space 11a.

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