Gas cooker

• US 9,175,858 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2010
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation NV (AB Electrolux)
• Original Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation NV (AB Electrolux)
• Inventors: Tisselli, Filippo, Corleoni, Francesco
• Primary Examiner(s): ALEXANDER, REGINALD
• Application Number:
  US13/393,279
• Publication Number:
  US 20120186459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,873 Days
• Field of Search: 993/31, 993/29.R, 993/33, 336/20.A, 126/39.G, 126/39.H, 126/39.R, 126/39.E, 236/20.A
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 3/122 on stoves
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 3/126 on ranges
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/081 on stoves
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/083 on tops, hot plates

Abstract

A gas cooker including a cooktop with at least one burner having a burner crown, a support arranged to receive a cooking recipient above the burner, a sensor for detecting the temperature of the cooking recipient placed on the support, and a control unit for controlling the burner on the basis of sensor output values of the sensor, whereas the sensor is provided outside the burner crown a detachable connection, so that the sensor can be removed when cleaning the gas cooker.

Claims

1. A gas cooker comprising a cooktop with at least one burner having a burner crown, a support arranged to receive a cooking recipient above the at least one burner, a sensor for detecting a temperature of the cooking recipient placed on the support, and a control unit for controlling the burner based on sensor output values of the sensor, wherein the sensor is provided outside the burner crown by means of a detachable sensor connection, so that the sensor can be removed from the cooktop when cleaning the gas cooker wherein the gas cooker further comprises a shielding element for shielding the sensor, and wherein the shielding element is arranged on top of the cooktop by means of a detachable shielding element connection.

2. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein the detachable sensor connection comprises a plug connection for electrically connecting the sensor to the cooktop.

3. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein the support is arranged on the cooktop in a manually removable manner.

4. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is arranged at the support.

5. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is arranged at the cooktop.

6. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein the sensor is arranged to be in contact with a bottom of the cooking recipient placed on the support.

7. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein the sensor and the control unit comprise a wireless connection for transmitting the sensor output values from the sensor to the control unit.

8. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein the shielding element and the cooktop comprise magnetic holding means.

9. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein the shielding element is made of metal.

10. The gas cooker according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of burners and sensors connected to the control unit for controlling each of said plurality of burners individually.

11. The gas cooker according to claim 10, wherein the plurality of burners and sensors are commonly arranged with a single support to receive a cooking recipient above each of said plurality of burners.

12. The gas cooker according to claim 1, wherein a position of the sensor on the cooktop can be freely chosen.

13. The gas cooker according to claim 4, wherein the support comprises a recess in which the sensor is inserted.

14. The gas cooker according to claim 4, wherein the support comprises a through-bore formed in a bar of the support, wherein the sensor extends through the through-bore when the support is placed on the cooktop.

15. A gas cooker comprising a cooktop with at least one burner having a burner crown, a support arranged to receive a cooking recipient above the at least one burner, a sensor for detecting a temperature of the cooking recipient placed on the support, and a control unit for controlling the burner based on sensor output values of the sensor, wherein the sensor is provided outside the burner crown by means of a detachable sensor connection, so that the sensor can be removed from the cooktop when cleaning the gas cooker, wherein the gas cooker further comprises a shielding element for shielding the sensor, and wherein the shielding element is integrated with the support.

16. The gas cooker according to claim 15, wherein the shielding element is arranged at the support by means of a detachable shielding element connection.

17. The gas cooker according to claim 15, wherein the shielding element is formed integral with the support.

18. The gas cooker according to claim 15, wherein the sensor is arranged to be in contact with a bottom of the cooking recipient placed on the support.

19. The gas cooker according to claim 15, wherein the sensor and the control unit comprise a wireless connection for transmitting the sensor output values from the sensor to the control unit.

20. The gas cooker according to claim 15, wherein the support is arranged on the cooktop in a manually removable manner.