FR2730798A3 - COOKING PLATE WITH DISPLAY DEVICES FOR COOKING LIGHTS - Google Patents

Abstract

Glass-ceramic hob with at least four electric burners fitted with display devices for each fire, characterized in that in the hob (1), two seven-segment displays (4, 4 'respectively 5, 5') are integrated for each cooking fire (2, 2 '), one of the displays (4) serving exclusively to indicate the degree of cooking selected and the other display (4') to indicate the respective function of the cooking lights.

Description

The invention relates to a ceramic hob having at

  minus four electric lights with display devices for each light. Glass-ceramic cooking plates of the type in question are generally known. In such cooking plates, there is for example provided, for each cooking fire, a display with seven segments which displays the degree of cooking set, respectively preselected. The residual heat is displayed by a specific light signal (cooking status). Such a cooking fire display device is not considered optimal by

many customers.

  The object of the invention is therefore to improve a display device, for ceramic glass hobs, which is particularly clear and

easy to use for customers.

  The object of the invention is achieved by the fact that, in the cooking plate, two displays with seven segments are integrated for each cooking fire, one of the displays serving exclusively to indicate the degree of cooking selected and the other display to indicate the

  respective function of the cooking fires.

  Other advantageous configurations of the subject of the invention result from the following characteristics a) Two displays with seven interdependent segments for

  a cooking fire are arranged next to each other.

  b) Four displays with seven segments are respectively integrated for two cooking fires in the hob and act as display block devices. c) There is a display block device in the front left and right side of the hob. d) For the display of the cooking degrees, an additional LED point is used in the seven-segment display. Thanks to the distribution of the display device into a degree of cooking display and a function display (display of the cooking fire status), an easy-to-display form is obtained in a ceramic hob. of use for customers, which is both a clear indication of the degree of cooking selected and the status of the cooking fire in question (function of the cooking fire), in

which is the cooking fire.

  Various other features of the invention

  appear moreover from the detailed description which

  follows. An embodiment of the object of the invention is shown, by way of nonlimiting example, in the accompanying drawing. A glass ceramic hob 1, partially shown and having several electric cooking fires 2, 2 'which are generally four in number, comprises, in the cooking zone of the front left and right, a block device display 3, 3 'intended for two cooking fires arranged one behind the other. Each of the faceplate devices 3, 3 'consists of four seven segment displays 4, 4'; 5, 5 ', the two seven-segment displays 4, 4', which are arranged one next to the other, being intended for the front cooking fire, and the two seven-segment displays 5, 5 'for the rear cooking fire. The seven-segment display 4 'respectively 5' is used exclusively for indicating the degree of cooking selected, while the other seven-segment display 4 respectively 5 displays the status of the respective cooking fire for its respective function. By cooking fire status (function of the cooking fire) is meant, for example, the display of residual heat by the symbol H, when no degree of cooking is programmed; automatic cooking being indicated by the symbol A during the cooking time; the detection of the cookware being indicated by the flashing symbol F when selecting a degree of cooking, if there is no cooking vessel on the cooking fire in question. The display of the residual heat with the symbol H indicates that the cooking fire in question is still hot and that the residual heat can still be used. In the hob described, the seven-segment display can indicate, for each light, fourteen degrees of cooking, which implies the intervention of an additional LED point in the seven-segment display in the optical representation of the symbol display for example - degree of cooking 3 corresponds to symbol '2 - degree of cooking 5 corresponds to symbol' 3 - degree of cooking 7 corresponds to symbol 4

Claims (5)

Claims:   1. Ceramic glass hob having at least four electric fires fitted with display devices for each fire, characterized in that, in the hob (1), two displays with seven segments (4, 4 ′ respectively 5, 5 ') are integrated for each current light (2, 2'), one of the displays (4) used exclusively to indicate the degree of cooking selected and the other display (4 ') to indicate the   respective function of the cooking fires.   2. Ceramic glass hob according to claim 1, characterized in that two displays with seven interdependent segments (4, 4 'respectively 5,') for a cooking fire (2 respectively 2 ') are   arranged side by side.   3. Ceramic glass hob according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that four displays with seven segments are respectively integrated for two cooking fires in the hob and act as display block devices (3 respectively. 3 ').   4. Ceramic glass hob according to claim 3, characterized in that there is provided, in the front left and right area of the hob, a display block device (3 respectively 3 ').   5. Ceramic glass hob according to   Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that, for   the display of the cooking degrees, we use a point   Additional LED in the seven-segment display.