EP3441534A1 - Appareil modulaire étanche - Google Patents

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EP3441534A1
EP3441534A1 EP17185187.6A EP17185187A EP3441534A1 EP 3441534 A1 EP3441534 A1 EP 3441534A1 EP 17185187 A EP17185187 A EP 17185187A EP 3441534 A1 EP3441534 A1 EP 3441534A1
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appliance
trough
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Gokay YURDAKUL
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Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS
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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
    • F24C15/108—Mounting of hot plate on worktop
    • 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
    • F24C15/14—Spillage trays or grooves
    • 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
    • A47B77/06—Provision for particular uses of compartments or other parts ; Compartments moving up and down, revolving parts for incorporating sinks, with or without draining boards, splash-backs, or the like
    • 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

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  • the present disclosure relates to a surface-mountable appliance, in particular a surface-mountable appliance having a trough in which a quantity of liquid may accumulate.
  • an upward annular projection surrounds an annular support region of a mounting plate.
  • An annular extension of the cooking surface of the cooker engages with the upward projection to prevent liquids bypassing the projection and reaching the support region.
  • a surface-mountable appliance comprising a chassis, a perimeter portion extending outwardly of the chassis for engaging with a mounting surface, and a supporting member supporting or providing a trough in which a quantity of liquid may accumulate, the supporting member being arranged to support the trough below the perimeter portion such that any liquid in use penetrating a point of engagement between the perimeter portion and the mounting surface is trapped by the trough before reaching the chassis.
  • the drainage guide is positioned, when fixed to the appliance, beneath the perimeter section of the appliance to trap any liquid passing between points or a line of engagement of the appliance and the mounting surface before it is able to reach the chassis of the appliance.
  • This technique provides an alternative to prior art techniques attempting to improve a seal and so prevent liquid reaching a region beneath the appliance.
  • a surface-mountable appliance according to the present disclosure provides means to trap any such liquids when they do pass into that region despite the presence of the seal, so preventing contact with electrical components housed within the chassis.
  • the supporting member of the drainage guide is provided with one or more apertures arranged to correspond with one or more apertures or fixing points formed in the chassis. In this way, access to any features provided in the chassis is enabled rather than prevented when the drainage guide is fixed to the appliance.
  • the aperture or at least one of the apertures provided in the supporting member is arranged to enable a flow of air into and out of an aperture in the chassis.
  • a flow of air may be for the purposes of cooling the appliance or to enable heated air to escape from the appliance.
  • an outlet may be formed in the trough to enable liquid to be released from the trough.
  • a tube may be attached to the outlet to carry accumulated liquid away from the appliance.
  • the perimeter section of the appliance comprises a bracket to which the supporting member may be attached.
  • the drainage guide comprises plural supporting members each supporting or providing a trough, wherein the troughs are joined together to provide a continuous trough extending around the chassis.
  • a drainage guide of any required shape and dimension may be manufactured using, for example, straight sections of drainage guide.
  • the appliance is an electrical appliance and the chassis houses an electrical component.
  • Electric cookers with glass or ceramic cooking surfaces, of the induction cooking type or those with a direct heat source, are particularly suited to being integrated within a wider mounting surface such as a food preparation surface. It is also known to integrate display devices and other types of electrical equipment into horizontal mounting surfaces. This introduces an obvious danger of contact with liquids which may have been spilt onto a surrounding surface or onto the equipment surface directly.
  • such electrical appliances are generally sealed around their perimeter where they contact the mounting surface using a flexible rubber or silicone seal, for example. While an exposed surface of the appliance may be assumed to be sealed against liquid ingress, the main vulnerability is usually around a perimeter of the appliance where integrity of the seal is relied upon to exclude liquids. Seals are known to fail over time, not necessarily with any visible evidence of failure initially, potentially allowing liquid to come into dangerous contact with electric components inside the appliance.
  • a chassis of the appliance generally intended to be hidden and sealed beneath the horizontal mounting surface, may have ventilation slots to enable heat to escape. Such slots are not generally designed to provide any resistance to liquid that may have bypassed a failing seal.
  • liquid capture devices for use with such appliances. However, they can have the effect of enclosing the chassis of the appliance, so reducing heat dissipation from the slots provided. They may also limit access to removable sections of the chassis intended to remain accessible for maintenance from below the mounting surface.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a liquid drainage guide around a perimeter of a 'built-in' or surface-mountable appliance.
  • the drainage guide is positioned between a chassis of the appliance and any seal provided around the perimeter of the appliance surface or other interface between the appliance and mounting surface.
  • a sectional view is provided representing a portion of an electric induction cooker having a glass or ceramic cooking surface 10 with a perimeter section 11 and a chassis 12 for enclosing electrical components (not shown in Figure 1 ) of the cooker, fixed to an underside of the cooking surface 10 by means of a bracket 14.
  • the induction cooker is mounted in a hole provided in a horizontal mounting surface 16 and the perimeter 11 of the cooking surface 10 is sealed where it contacts the horizontal mounting surface 16 by means of a rubber or silicone seal 18.
  • the appliance here an electric induction cooker, has a drainage guide 20 that may be fixed to the bracket 14, for example.
  • the drainage guide 20 may be fixed directly to an underside surface of the cooking surface 10, attached directly to the chassis 12, or formed as an integral part of the chassis 12.
  • the drainage guide 20 may be made from a sheet material, such as stainless steel, which may be bent into the required cross-section or formed by moulding a plastic material.
  • the drainage guide 20 has a substantially J-shape cross-section forming a trough 22 into which liquid may accumulate and flow.
  • An upright supporting section 26 of the channel 20 may be fixed as suggested above to support the trough 22 such that the upright supporting section 26 lies between the trough 22 and the chassis 12 of the cooker.
  • the channel is positioned so as to leave a gap 24 to enable air to flow to and from any cooling slots formed in a wall 28 of the chassis 12.
  • Any liquid bypassing the seal 18 may be expected either to flow along the underside surface of the perimeter 11 of the cooking surface 10 until it meets the upright supporting section 26 of the drainage guide 20 or to flow around the end of the mounting surface 16 before falling into the trough 22.
  • a deflecting strip (not shown in Figure 1 ) may be attached to each edge of the mounting surface after the cooker is installed in the mounting surface 16 to deflect liquid into the trough 22.
  • FIG. 1 a partially sectioned side view is provided in the direction A shown in Figure 1 .
  • the upright supporting section 26 of the drainage guide 20 is shown provided with one or more slots 30 to enable cooling or heat-bearing air to flow to or from the wall 28 of the chassis 12.
  • the arrangement of one or more slots 30 in the supporting section 26 may optionally replicate an arrangement of slots formed in a wall 28 of the chassis. Alternatively, a small number of larger slots may be formed while leaving enough structural material in the supporting section 26 to support the trough 22.
  • Access holes 32 may be provided in the upright supporting section 26, positioned to align with and so enable access to any mounting screws in the chassis wall 28.
  • the drainage guide 20 may be provided along all four perimeter sides 11 of the cooker, welded together for example at mitre joints on each corner, to provide a continuous trough 22 surrounding the chassis 12. Such an arrangement can be seen in Figure 3 .
  • FIG. 3 there is provided a schematic representation of the cooker installed into a hole in the mounting surface 16, viewed from a direction at 90° to the plane of the cooking surface 10.
  • the position of the drainage guide 20 is represented by a pair of dashed lines, showing the trough 22 forming a continuous trough 22 around the perimeter 11 of the cooker chassis 12 with the upright supporting section 26 separated from the walls 28 of the chassis by the gap 24.
  • the cooker in this example is shown having two heating elements 40.
  • An outlet (not shown in the figures) may be provided at a convenient position in the trough 22 to enable accumulating liquid to be removed.
  • the drainage guide 20 may be formed in straight sections.
  • a number of straight sections may be welded or otherwise joined together to form a rectangular channel, for example, of a size and shape required.
  • the sections may be joined together, for example by welded mitre joints formed at each corner of the rectangle. As such, a continuous trough 22 may be formed.
  • Example embodiments of the present invention have been described in the context of induction or other types of electric cookers, in particular. However, embodiments of the invention described above may be applied to liquid drainage for other types of electrical appliance likely to be exposed to liquids when integrated with horizontal mounting surfaces. Embodiments of the invention may also be applied to non-electrical appliances having parts not suited to contact with liquid.

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DE102020201963A1 (de) 2020-02-17 2021-08-19 E.G.O. Elektro-Gerätebau GmbH Kochfeld und Anordnung eines solchen Kochfelds in einer Arbeitsplatte

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EP0271388A1 (fr) * 1986-11-19 1988-06-15 Société Anonyme des USINES DE ROSIERES Appareil de cuisson modulaire étanche
JPH065358A (ja) * 1992-06-19 1994-01-14 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 組み込み式電磁誘導加熱調理器
US20060144388A1 (en) * 2004-03-16 2006-07-06 Koichi Hosoi Built-in type heating cooking device
WO2008084918A1 (fr) * 2007-01-08 2008-07-17 Lg Electronics Inc. Appareil de cuisson encastré
CN201885275U (zh) 2010-11-08 2011-06-29 广东合胜金属制造有限公司 一种防漏水的气电两用灶具
CN103453562A (zh) 2013-09-02 2013-12-18 诺孚电器股份有限公司 一种灶台面板及安装灶台面板的夹具

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EP0271388A1 (fr) * 1986-11-19 1988-06-15 Société Anonyme des USINES DE ROSIERES Appareil de cuisson modulaire étanche
JPH065358A (ja) * 1992-06-19 1994-01-14 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd 組み込み式電磁誘導加熱調理器
US20060144388A1 (en) * 2004-03-16 2006-07-06 Koichi Hosoi Built-in type heating cooking device
WO2008084918A1 (fr) * 2007-01-08 2008-07-17 Lg Electronics Inc. Appareil de cuisson encastré
CN201885275U (zh) 2010-11-08 2011-06-29 广东合胜金属制造有限公司 一种防漏水的气电两用灶具
CN103453562A (zh) 2013-09-02 2013-12-18 诺孚电器股份有限公司 一种灶台面板及安装灶台面板的夹具

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE102020201963A1 (de) 2020-02-17 2021-08-19 E.G.O. Elektro-Gerätebau GmbH Kochfeld und Anordnung eines solchen Kochfelds in einer Arbeitsplatte

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