Cooktop with a non-metallic hotplate
CA 2276304 C · Owner: Borrmann, Andreas · Inventors: Engelmann, Harry; Munkes, Dieter; Schaupert, Kurt
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A device for recognising the presence and/or size of metallic pots on a heating or cooking zone of a non-metallic hotplate or cooking plate in , particular of a vitroceramic cooktop has a measurement sensor (3) arranged in the area of the heating or cooking zone and an evaluation unit (5) connected to the measurement sensor. The measurement sensor has a primary coil (8) for generating a magnetic alternating field and a secondary coil (9) arranged in such a way that it is crossed by the magnetic alternating field of the primary coil. The evaluation unit (5) monitors the voltage induced in the secondary coil (9) by the magnetic alternating field. When a pot is set on the heating or …
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- Filed January 7, 1998 and granted December 9, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 7, 2018.
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