Automatic heating assembly with selective heating
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1. An automatic heating assembly comprising:
- one or more heating elements arranged about a planar cooking surface where each element defines an upper and a lower surface, where said heating elements are operatively coupled to a sensor assembly and a power means;
said sensor assembly disposed beneath to said surface so as to be receivable to illumination at a first intensity from a light source disposed above and directed through the cooking surface and over the top surface of said heating elements in a first condition and at a second intensity when an object is placed on one or more of the elements, where said sensor assembly automatically actuates said heating elements when illuminated by light at said second intensity.
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Abstract
An automatic burner assembly is disclosed, which assembly is adapted to be automatically and selectively actuatable upon the placement of a given vessel thereon or in close proximity thereto, this assembly comprising a heating element operably coupled to a sensor assembly, where this assembly is capable of detecting the presence of a given vessel on or proximate to the heating element.
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29 Claims
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1. An automatic heating assembly comprising:
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one or more heating elements arranged about a planar cooking surface where each element defines an upper and a lower surface, where said heating elements are operatively coupled to a sensor assembly and a power means; said sensor assembly disposed beneath to said surface so as to be receivable to illumination at a first intensity from a light source disposed above and directed through the cooking surface and over the top surface of said heating elements in a first condition and at a second intensity when an object is placed on one or more of the elements, where said sensor assembly automatically actuates said heating elements when illuminated by light at said second intensity. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. The assembly of claim where said second intensity is less than said first intensity.
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8. A selective heating assembly comprising:
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a substantially planar heating grid operatively coupled to a surface comprised of a plurality of independently heatable elements, where each such element defines an upper and lower surface, where further said heating grid is operatively coupled to one or more sensor assemblies and a power source; said sensor assembly disposed beneath to said surface so as to be receivable to illumination at a first intensity from a light source disposed above and directed through said surface and about the top surface of said heatable elements in a first condition and at a second intensity when an object is placed on any given heatable elements, where said sensor assembly is adapted to selectively actuate one or more given elements when said sensor assembly is illuminated by said light at a second intensity. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An assembly comprising:
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one or more heating elements arranged about a substantially planar surface, where said elements are operatively coupled to an actuation assembly and a power means, where said assembly and said power means are operatively coupled via on/off circuitry; said actuation assembly comprising one or more light sources disposed above the heating surface and adapted to direct a beam of light through said surface and across said elements and one or more sensors below the plane defined by the heating surface receptive to said light beam; and said circuit adapted to couple said heating elements to said power means when said sensor receives a fluctuation in illumination emitted by one or more light sources. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An assembly comprising:
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one or more heating elements disposed about a semi-planar heating surface on which may be placed fluid containing vessels; a power source; a sensor assembly operably coupled to said heating elements and said power source via a switch where said sensor assembly is capable or translating fluctuations in light from one or more light sources disposed above the heating surface received thereby to engage or disengage said switch so as to actuate one or more heating elements where further said sensor is disposed below the heating surface. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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