ES2629193T3 - Cooking plate equipment with a cooking plate and several cooking zones - Google Patents

Abstract

Cooktop equipment with a cooktop (4) and an optical display device (6), in which an indication area (7) of the display device (6) is configured next to the cooktop (4), in which the indication zone (7) is arranged next to the cooktop (4) such that the indication zone (7) extends with its upper side (11) essentially at the height level corresponding to the upper side of the cooking plate (4) and the indication zone (7) is formed by a translucent filling material (5), which can be illuminated by at least one light source (10) of the indicating device (6) and the filling material filling is a silicone gasket, characterized in that the cooktop equipment has several cooking zones and in that the silicone gasket (5) is configured to seal a free space (8) between the cooktop (4) and an edge (9) of a worktop (2) in which the cooktop equipment (1) is housed.

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KITCHEN PLATE EQUIPMENT WITH A KITCHEN PLATE AND VARIOUS COOKING ZONES

DESCRIPTION

The invention relates to a kitchen plate equipment with a kitchen plate and an optical indicating device.

The kitchen plate equipment has, as is known, a kitchen plate, consisting of ceramic hob or other similar material. On it can be deposited cooking containers, such as pots, pans and the like on cooking areas, to cook food introduced into cooking containers. Such kitchen plate equipment also has a control unit, which may include control elements in the form of rotary switches or push-button switches or the like. In addition, contact sensitive control elements may also be provided. Usually such cooktop equipment also includes an indicating device, in which service states or parameter values corresponding to settings of the cooktop or individual cooking zones can be displayed. This can be done through symbols and / or numbers and / or letters. In addition, simple optical indications of signals can also be provided on the indicating device, which simply show or not show certain service states. Thus, an indication of residual heat can also be provided in this context.

In the known cooktop equipment such optical indicating devices are made in the cooktop itself. Thus it can happen that they are relatively close to a cooking zone and because of this they are not perceived by a user, since eventually a cooking vessel may also be deposited on it. In addition, these devices are made of the mayona of relatively small times, since the surface of the hob is occupied by the cooking zones to the maximum extent possible,

From US 5,162,636 A a kitchen plate equipment is known in which a stainless steel ring is placed on other components by means of a silicone gasket.

In addition, document DE 10 2007 016 466 B1 is known as a control unit for a cooktop unit. An indication zone is arranged next to the cooktop.

In addition, document DE 298 21 862 U1 is known as a kitchen hob with a ceramic hob. In the contour around this glass ceramic plate molded pieces of glass are arranged. In the nodes of the corners these pieces of glass can be illuminated by means of a lighting device.

It is the objective of the present invention to achieve a kitchen plate equipment with a kitchen plate and an optical indicating device in which the optical indicating device is arranged more favorably to the user.

This objective is achieved by means of a kitchen plate equipment that presents the characteristics of claim 1.

A kitchen plate equipment according to the invention includes a kitchen plate and an optical indicating device. An indication area of the indicating device is located next to the hob and then the hob. The indication area of the indicating device thus moves out of the cooktop and is thus located next to the cooktop. By means of such a configuration it can be avoided that it is covered by cooking containers. In addition, the remaining area of the cooktop with such an indication zone is no longer overloaded, so that the size of the indication zone can also be configured in another way and in a manner favorable to the user. Thus the intuitive perceptibility of the optical indications can be configured for a more complete user with easy visibility. Even in a position distanced from the user or when it is much further from the kitchen plate equipment, the optical indication can be perceived at all times and better.

The indication zone is formed by a translucent filling material, which can be illuminated by at least one light source of the indicating device. This design fills a very specific area in the side area of the kitchen plate equipment and can be illuminated accordingly, in order to represent an optical indication. By means of the filling material, a particularly flexible and variable conformation that can be individually configured is possible, so that the configuration of the indication zone can be carried out completely individually and adapted to the situation of the kitchen plate equipment.

The filler material is a silicone gasket. Through this design the indication zone is configured as multifunctional, since it guarantees, in addition to its optical indication possibility, also a sealing functionality. Precisely by placing this filler material directly next to the hob, an especially advantageous design is thus achieved.

The board is configured to achieve the tightness of a free space between the hob and an edge of a countertop in which the hob equipment is housed. In such a design, a frameless kitchen plate equipment is taken as a base, which presents the corresponding optical indication zone on one side of the kitchen plate equipment.

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Preferably, the indication area directly adjacent to the side of the cooktop is configured. By means of this design the indication zone with direct connection to the kitchen plate is thus positioned, with which also here also it belongs to the kitchen plate and with it to the kitchen plate equipment, thus being able to easily detect a user the association . This design also achieves a compact configuration. Therefore, precisely in the integration of such a kitchen hob equipment into a countertop, another housing area for the indicating device does not have to be additionally procured. Rather, the indication area can also be placed in the recess generated in the countertop anyway to accommodate the kitchen plate equipment.

Preferably, the indication area is directly connected to the side of the cooktop. In this way a mechanical fixing union can also be achieved and with it a position fixation from one to the other and the association with the kitchen plate equipment more afm to the user is reconfigured.

The indication zone is thus arranged next to the cooktop such that the indication zone extends with its upper side essentially at the height level corresponding to the upper side of the cooktop, in particular flush with this upper side of The kitchen plate. The indication zone is also practically sunk next to the cooktop in terms of the height configuration and can thus be avoided so that the indication zone protrudes upward undesirably. In this way it can also be avoided that the indication zone is damaged or damaged. Not in the last place, it is the same because of this especially suitable also for the optical presentation of information and is not undesirably blurred due to radiation coming from other areas.

Especially advantageously, the light source is located in terms of height below the hob. In this way it can be positioned such that it is especially protected.

Particularly in combination with the local arrangement of the indication zone laterally and with it outside the external dimensions of the cooktop, a particularly advantageous configuration is also possible as regards the thermal influence of the light source and the indication zone. Thus, critical states can be avoided in terms of temperature for the indication zone and in particular also for the light source.

In particular, it is also provided that the light source is arranged, also in terms of its horizontal arrangement, under the cooktop. In this way an especially compact design is achieved also in terms of the horizontal exterior dimensions of the kitchen plate equipment.

Preferably, a light source is configured as a light-emitting diode, which means that it is a component that occupies especially little space, which can also operate saving a lot of energy and that nevertheless has a very high light intensity.

It may be provided that when the light source is arranged under the cooktop, the light deflects or reflects the light upward on the side of the cooktop. In particular, a reflector can be arranged for this purpose, which then directs the light towards the gasket arranged next to the cooktop. This is particularly advantageous when the gasket does not extend over the entire height of the cooktop and does not extend in particular either under the cooktop.

Preferably, the optical indication zone is configured as a band.

In particular, it is expected that it will generate, as for the indication of service states of the kitchen plate equipment or components thereof, for example of cooking zones, only an optical signal without additional information. Thus, for example, the residual heat of an associated cooking zone or the electrical power of the cooking zone can be shown by means of the indication zone.

It may be provided that the optical indication zone can be illuminated by a light source with only one color of light and thereby can emit only a single color of light. But it can also be provided that several different light colors can be emitted through the optical indication zone. In this way, different service states can also be displayed.

Additionally or instead it may also be provided that the indication zone is configured to represent symbols and / or letters and / or numbers. Preferably, the indication zone, seen in the longitudinal direction of the hob, is configured on the longitudinal level of a cooking zone and configured to show operating states of this associated cooking zone. A residual heat indication or a power indication for this cooking zone can also be provided here. Basically, a mounting such as the one specified locally can be provided for an optical indication zone of an indicating device also in other domestic appliances that are placed in a recess in a countertop. Thus, for example, it can also be configured in compact dishwashing machines, scales or sterilizers precisely next to one side or directly adjacent to one side, at least one indication zone, which in particular is a joint that can be illuminated by a light source.

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Examples of embodiment of the invention based on schematic drawings are described in more detail below. It is shown in:

1 shows a perspective representation of a first example of embodiment of a kitchen plate equipment according to the invention;

Figure 2 a sectional representation of a partial area of the representation of Figure 1 and Figure 3 an exploded representation of another example of embodiment of a kitchen plate equipment according to the invention.

The same elements or elements that function in the same way with the same references are provided in the figures.

In a perspective representation according to FIG. 1, a kitchen hob 1 is shown which is arranged on a worktop 2. The worktop 2 has a recess 3 for this purpose, whereby the cooking hob 1 can be sunk theret The cooktop 1 includes a cooktop 4, composed for example of ceramic hob.

On the cooking plate 4 can be deposited, in cooking zones not further noted in detail, cooking containers and in this way the food arranged in the cooking containers is cooked by heating through the cooking zones.

The cooktop 1 with its cooktop 4 is configured in the embodiment shown without frame. This means that the cooktop 4 is no longer surrounded by an additional metal frame, such as a tensioning frame or the like. Rather, the kitchen plate 4 is housed directly in the recess 3. In the kitchen plate equipment, which in the embodiment example is a quadrilateral, or in the kitchen plate 4 configured as a quadrilateral, it has the same / the same four sides 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d. The cooking plate 4 is sealed with respect to the edges of the recess 3, a silicone gasket 5 being configured around it. This means that between the sides 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d and the edge of the recess 3 is housed this gasket 5 and makes contact with both these sides of the kitchen plate 4 as well as with the edge of the recess 3 and performs the tightness

In addition, the kitchen plate equipment 1 is also configured in the representation of figure 1 also with an optical indicating device 6. This optical indicating device 6 includes an optical indication zone 7. It is configured immediately adjacent and next to the cooking plate 4. According to the representation of figure 1, the multifunctional gasket 5 is configured for this, since it, in addition to its sealing functionality, is also designed for the optical indication and is associated with the indication zone. As can be seen in the representation of figure 1, the band-shaped indication zone 7 is arranged next to the cooktop 4 and directly next to the side 4d. The indication zone 7 is thus positioned fixedly between the cooktop 4 and the edge of the recess 3.

It is also provided that the indication area 7, with its upper side, which therefore also corresponds to the upper side of the gasket 5, is arranged particularly flush with the upper side of the cooking plate 4.

The gasket 5 is a translucent silicone gasket. Figure 2 shows the kitchen plate 1 in a sectioned representation along the cutting line II-II of Figure 1.

It can be seen that the gasket 5 extends in a free space 8 between an edge 9 of the recess 3 and the 4d side of the cooktop 4. The gasket 5 is also configured partially below the cooktop 4. In addition It is provided in the exemplary embodiment that a light source 10, which for example can be a light-emitting diode, is arranged under the cooktop 4 bordering on the joint 5. The light source 10 is an integral part of the indicating device 6 By lighting or by lighting the joint 5 behind by the light source 10, it is illuminated in the indication zone 7 and the light from the light source 10 passes through the joint 5 on the upper side 11 of the joint 5.

In figure 3 an exploded representation of another embodiment of a cooktop 1 is shown. In this embodiment it is provided, unlike the configuration of Figure 1 and Figure 2, that the cooktop 1 present also a frame 12, which encompasses on the contour side the kitchen plate 4. The frame 12 can be for example a metal frame, in which the kitchen plate 4 is housed or arranged. In this configuration, a gasket 5 is made between the hob 4 and the frame 12. Also here it is a translucent silicone gasket, which is configured around the hob 4. It is also generated sideways, next to the cooking plate 4, an indication zone 7, the gasket 5 being again an integral part of the indicating device 6. Also a light source 10 is provided analogously to the configuration of figures 1 and 2, which illuminates the gasket 5 , so that the corresponding light output is carried out on the upper side 11 of the joint 5.

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Also here the kitchen plate equipment 1 can be housed again in a recess 3 of the countertop 2, then making contact here with the frame 12 with the edge 9 of the recess 3.

Also in the example of embodiment of figure 3 is the indication zone 7 not on the hob 4, but laterally next to it as a band, being also adjacent to the side 4d.

In all the examples of embodiment only one indication zone 7 is shown. Several indication zones can also be provided. Preferably, one such indication zone is associated with each cooking zone of the cooking plate 1 and is arranged in each case adjacent laterally to the cooking zone.

In the exemplary embodiment, an indication of residual heat of the associated cooking zone can be carried out by means of the indication zone 7, for example. However, an indication of power or the like may also be shown. In particular, it is provided that the indication areas 7 are only constituted for the indication of light of a certain color. It may also be provided that additionally or instead an indication of symbols and / or numbers and / or letters may be made.

The indication is only advantageous in a light color, since in this way a very simple and economical structure can be realized.

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Claims (5)

5 10 fifteen twenty 25 1. Kitchen plate equipment with a cooktop (4) and an optical indicating device (6), in which an indication area (7) of the indicating device (6) is configured next to the cooking plate (4) ), in which the indication zone (7) is arranged next to the cooktop (4) such that the indication zone (7) extends with its upper side (11) essentially at the height level corresponding to the side upper of the cooktop (4) and the indication area (7) is formed by a translucent filling material (5), which can be illuminated by at least one light source (10) of the indicating device (6) and the filling material is a silicone gasket, characterized in that the kitchen plate equipment has several cooking zones and because the silicone gasket (5) is configured to achieve the tightness of a free space (8) between the hob (4) and an edge (9) of a countertop (2) in which the plate equipment is housed Cooking (1). 2. Kitchen plate equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that the indication zone (7) is configured directly adjacent to the side (4a to 4d) of the cooktop (4). 3. Kitchen plate equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the light source (10) is arranged under the kitchen plate (4). 4. Kitchen plate equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the indication zone (7) is configured as a band. 5. Kitchen plate equipment according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the indication zone (7) is configured in the longitudinal direction of the hob (4) above the longitudinal level of a cooking zone and configured to show operating states of this cooking zone.