Cooktop with temperature sensor
First Claim
1. A cooktop, comprising:
- a glass ceramic cooktop panel having an underside;
at least one heating element having a heating device for emitting thermal radiation, said heating element disposed beneath said cooktop panel for heating up a cooking vessel to be placed on said cooktop panel;
a control unit electrically connected to said at least one heating element for controlling a heating power of said at least one heating element;
a temperature sensor electrically connected to said control unit for controlling said heating power of said at least one heating element;
a heat-conducting element holding said temperature sensor in heat-conducting contact at said underside of said cooktop panel within said at least one heating element;
said temperature sensor sensing a temperature of said underside of said cooktop panel within said at least one heating element; and
insulating material shielding said temperature sensor and said heat-conducting element from the thermal radiation.
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Abstract
In a cooktop with a cooktop plate, in particular, made from glass ceramic, beneath which at least one heating element is disposed, for heating a cooking vessel to be placed on the cooktop plate, and having a temperature sensor for recording the temperature of the cooktop plate, which temperature sensor senses the temperature of the underside of the cooktop plate within the heating element and is shielded from the thermal radiation from a heating device of the heating element by insulating material, and is connected to a control unit for controlling the heating power of the heating element, to enable a good measurement accuracy to be achieved, the temperature sensor is in thermal contact with the underside of the cooktop plate by a thermally conductive element, and that the element and the temperature sensor are shielded from the thermal radiation of the heating device by insulating material.
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20 Claims
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1. A cooktop, comprising:
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a glass ceramic cooktop panel having an underside;
at least one heating element having a heating device for emitting thermal radiation, said heating element disposed beneath said cooktop panel for heating up a cooking vessel to be placed on said cooktop panel;
a control unit electrically connected to said at least one heating element for controlling a heating power of said at least one heating element;
a temperature sensor electrically connected to said control unit for controlling said heating power of said at least one heating element;
a heat-conducting element holding said temperature sensor in heat-conducting contact at said underside of said cooktop panel within said at least one heating element;
said temperature sensor sensing a temperature of said underside of said cooktop panel within said at least one heating element; and
insulating material shielding said temperature sensor and said heat-conducting element from the thermal radiation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A cooktop, comprising:
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a glass ceramic cooktop panel having an underside;
at least one heating element having a heating device for emitting thermal radiation, said heating element disposed beneath said cooktop panel for heating up a cooking vessel to be placed on said cooktop panel;
a control unit electrically connected to said at least one heating element for controlling a heating power of said at least one heating element;
a temperature sensor electrically connected to said control unit for controlling said heating power of said at least one heating element;
a heat-conducting element holding said temperature sensor in heat-conducting contact at said underside of said cooktop panel within said at least one heating element;
said temperature sensor sensing a temperature of said underside of said cooktop panel within said at least one heating element; and
insulating material substantially shielding said temperature sensor and said heat-conducting element from the thermal radiation.
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18. In a cooktop having a glass ceramic cooktop panel with an underside, at least one heating element having a heating device for emitting thermal radiation and disposed beneath the cooktop panel for heating up a cooking vessel to be placed on the cooktop panel, a control unit electrically connected to the at least one heating element for controlling a heating power of the at least one heating element, and a temperature sensor sensing a temperature of the underside of the cooktop panel within the at least one heating element, in heat-conducting contact with the underside of the cooktop panel within the at least one heating element, and electrically connected to the control unit, a temperature sensor holder comprising:
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a heat-conducting element holding said temperature sensor in heat-conducting contact at said underside of said cooktop panel within said at least one heating element; and
insulating material substantially shielding the temperature sensor and said heat-conducting element from the thermal radiation of the heating device. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. In a cooktop having a glass ceramic cooktop panel with an underside, a control unit, and a temperature sensor electrically connected to the control unit, a heater comprising:
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at least one heating element having a heating device for emitting thermal radiation, said at least one heating element electrically connected to the control unit for controlling a heating power of said at least one heating element and disposed beneath the cooktop panel for heating up a cooking vessel to be placed on the cooktop panel;
a heat-conducting element holding the temperature sensor in heat-conducting contact at the underside of the cooktop panel within said at least one heating element to sense a temperature thereof; and
insulating material substantially shielding the temperature sensor and said heat-conducting element from the thermal radiation of said heating device.
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