Control instrument for electric cooker plates
First Claim
1. A control instrument for an electric cooker plate, comprising a manually, substantially steplessly adjustable power control instrument which feeds electrical power to the cooker plate in the form of power pulses, having an expansion element with an electric heating means, and a time switch member for increasing the power adjusted on the power control instrument for a predetermined period in an initial cooking phase, the time switch member comprising an electronic counter timing member and at least one divider which, via an electronic switch element, reduces the power supplied to the heating means during said period in a predetermined division ratio, whereby the power fed to the cooker plate is raised according to said predetermined division ratio and in dependence upon the manual adjustment of the control instrument.
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Abstract
A control instrument is provided for electric cooker plates. The instrument comprises an adjustable quantizing power control instrument having an expansion element with an electric heating element and a time switch member for increasing the power adjusted on the power control instrument for a period in the initial cooking phase. The time switch member comprises an electronic counter timing member and at least one divider which, via an electronic switch element, reduces the power supplied to the heating element in a predetermined division ratio.
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- 1. A control instrument for an electric cooker plate, comprising a manually, substantially steplessly adjustable power control instrument which feeds electrical power to the cooker plate in the form of power pulses, having an expansion element with an electric heating means, and a time switch member for increasing the power adjusted on the power control instrument for a predetermined period in an initial cooking phase, the time switch member comprising an electronic counter timing member and at least one divider which, via an electronic switch element, reduces the power supplied to the heating means during said period in a predetermined division ratio, whereby the power fed to the cooker plate is raised according to said predetermined division ratio and in dependence upon the manual adjustment of the control instrument.
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