Timer controlled stove/oven

• US 20020113062A1
• Filed: 02/20/2001
• Published: 08/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael D. Cranford
• Original Assignee: Michael D. Cranford
• Inventors: Cranford, Michael D.
• Application Number:
  US09/785,225
• Publication Number:
  US 20020113062A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 219/518
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/08 Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/68 Heating arrangements specially adapted for cooking plates or analogous hot-plates

Abstract

A timer control system for operating an electric or gas cooktop stove with an oven and broiler. Automatic shut off weight sensitive sensors for shutting off the stove top heating elements and the oven and broiler elements after a prescribed interval of time are integrated with the stove top heating elements, the oven element and the broiler element. If a weight, i.e., food in a utensil, is placed on any active burner element, the timer control is negated and the heating will continue. Push button controls are located on a rear panel on top of the stove.

Claims

1. A timer control system for a combination stove with oven and broiler elements comprising:

a combination stove and oven housing having a plurality of burner elements, an oven element and a broiler element, and having a rear top control panel, the stove being operable on an energy source;

a weight sensor element for each said burner element of the stove, and for the oven element and the broiler element;

a first push-button control located on said rear top control panel for each burner element on the stove;

a second push-button control located on said rear top control panel for the oven element and the broiler element; and

a push-button timer control located on said rear top control panel for shutting off said burner elements, the oven element and the broiler element when the weight sensor elements fail to detect a cooking utensil being placed on the elements after a predetermined time period; and

wherein the timer control period is for a shorter time for each weight sensor element of said stove burner elements and for a longer time for the weight sensor element of the oven element and broiler element.

2. The system according to claim 1, including a programmed capacity of each stove, oven and broiler burner element to automatically stay on when a weight is placed on the burner element within the programmed timer control period.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the stove is operable on a natural gas energy source.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the stove is operable on an electrical power source.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the stove is operable on a propane power source.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the weight sensor elements are arranged in an array in the racks of the oven element.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the weight sensor elements are arranged in an array in the racks of the broiler element.