MULTI FUNCTION GLASS OR GLASS-CERAMIC COOKTOP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COOKING THEREON

• US 20160227609A1
• Filed: 01/30/2015
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schott Corporation (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung)
• Original Assignee: Schott Corporation (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung)
• Inventors: Taplan, Martin, Wegert, Karen J., Backes, Sascha, Heinrich, Silke, Wegert, Theodore A.
• Application Number:
  US14/609,467
• Publication Number:
  US 20160227609A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2213/04 Heating plates with overheat protection means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2213/05 Heating plates with pan detection means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 2213/07 Heating plates with temperature control means
• CPC Class Codes: H05B 3/74 Non-metallic plates , e.g. vitroceramic, ceramic or glassceramic hobs, also including power or control circuits

Abstract

A cooktop system with a glass or glass-ceramic cooktop system is provided. The cooktop system has a heating area that has a heating element thermally connected thereto and a limiter system so that the cooktop is suitable for a standard cooking operation at a first limit and suitable for a non-standard cooking operation at a second limit different from the first limit.

Claims

1. A cooktop system comprising:

a glass or glass-ceramic cooktop, the cooktop having a control panel and at least one heating zone; and

a control system, wherein the control system, the control panel, and the at least one heating zone are operatively connected, and wherein the control system has a first temperature limiter setting that is suitable for a standard cooking operation and a second temperature limiter setting that is suitable for a non-standard cooking operation, the second temperature limiter setting being different from the first temperature limiter setting.

2. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the control panel allows selection between the first temperature limiter setting and the second temperature limiter setting.

3. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the first temperature limiter setting and the second temperature limiter setting are selectable based on a selection of the control panel.

4. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the control system is selected from the group consisting of two electromechanical limiters, a two-step limiter with a switching contact, an electronic temperature limiter, a thermocouple, and a resistance element.

5. The cooktop system according to claim 1, further comprising a first heating element that has a heating diameter that corresponds to the at least one heating zone.

6. The cooktop system according to claim 5, wherein the first heating element is a single-coil heating element.

7. The cooktop system according to claim 5, further comprising a second heating element, wherein the first heating element and the second heating element can be energized independently.

8. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the control system includes a relay switch for switching between the first temperature limiter setting and the second temperature limiter setting.

9. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the control panel is selected from the group consisting of a touch sensor control panel, a touch display, and mechanical selector knobs.

10. The cooktop system according to claim 1, further comprising a control circuit that prevents the cooktop from overheating.

11. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one heating element is a first heating element and a second heating element, wherein the first heating element and the second heating element can be energized simultaneously.

12. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the temperature limiter setting of the non-standard cooking operation is lower than the temperature limiter setting of the standard cooking operation.

13. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the non-standard cooking operation is a canning operation.

14. The cooktop system according to claim 1, wherein the control panel is mounted on a stove either behind a cooking surface or in front of the cooking surface.

15. A method for performing standard and non-standard cooking operations on glass or glass-ceramic cooktop having a cooking zone comprising:

activating the cooking zone, wherein the cooking zone is heated by a heating element;

selecting a cooking process from between a non-standard cooking operation and a standard cooking operation;

adjusting a limiter setting based on the selecting the cooking process; and

selecting a power level for the cooking zone.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the cooking zone is a plurality of cooking zones, and the method further comprising activating a remainder of the plurality cooking zones.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the non-standard cooking operation is a canning operation.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising limiting power to the cooking zone when a temperature of the cooking zone exceeds a predetermined threshold.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising a predetermined threshold for the non-standard and the standard cooking operations.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the predetermined threshold for the non-standard cooking operation is different from the predetermined threshold of the standard cooking operation.