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Device for detecting a cooking vessel positioned in a heating zone of a cooker or heater

  • US 5,296,684 A
  • Filed: 02/05/1991
  • Issued: 03/22/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Device for detecting a cooking vessel positioned in a heating zone of an appliance of a kind including cooking and heating appliances, the device comprising a sensor supplying a sensor signal, said sensor signal having a sensor signal characteristic dependent on the placement and removal of the cooking vessel in said heating zone;

  • and evaluating means which, as a function of the sensor signal characteristic, supply an output signal for controlling the energization of the appliance, the evaluating means producing the output signal as a function of the rate of change of the sensor signal characteristic.

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