Schott Glas

Christof Koester

Martin Taplan

Herwig Scheidler

Michael Kahlke

Eva Haase

Helga Goetz

The cooking station includes a working panel ( ) or other cooking station component providing a working or cooking surface ( ); a wok-type glass-ceramic bowl ( ) built into an opening (O) provided in the working panel ( ) or other cooking station component, which has an upstanding edge ( ) and a sunken curved heating surface ( ), the upstanding edge ( ) being arranged sunken to a predetermined depth below the working or cooking surface or flush with the working or cooking surface ( ); attaching components for rigidly mounting the glass-ceramic bowl ( ) in the opening in the working or cooking surface and a bottom pan ( ) attached under the glass-ceramic bowl ( ) and to the attaching components, which provides support for heating elements of the cooking station.

Cooking station with a glass-ceramic bowl having a sunken curved heating surface

The cooking apparatus includes a glass or glass-ceramic plate ( ) providing a cooking surface with one or more cooking areas with a throughgoing opening ( ) in each cooking area and with an annular atmospheric gas burner under each opening ( ). The annular atmospheric gas burner is an annular pipe ( ) provided with a plurality of circumferentially distributed orifices ( ) for supporting flames ( ). The annular pipe ( ) has a circular transverse cross-section and bounds a central opening ( ). An overflow catching container ( ) may be provided under the gas burner to catch overflowing cooking material falling through the throughgoing opening ( ). The peripheral -edge ( ) of the glass or glass-ceramic plate ( ) around the throughgoing opening ( ) is preferably curved upward from the cooking surface, which also assists in handling overflowing material.

Gas cooking apparatus and cooking vessel support for same

The cooking apparatus includes a glass or glass-ceramic plate (,) providing a cooking surface with a cooking area and provided with a throughgoing opening (,) in the cooking area; a gas burner (,) arranged in or under the throughgoing opening (,) in the glass or glass-ceramic plate (,), which has a burner ring (,) for supporting an open flame (,); a cooking vessel support (,) arranged on the glass or glass-ceramic plate over the throughgoing opening (,) which has a resting surface for a cooking vessel (,) and a device for supplying a mixture of combustible gas and primary air to the burner ring (,) to form the open flame, whereby substantially all of the secondary air is drawn from a chamber or space under the glass or glass-ceramic plate (,). Because the secondary air is drawn from below the glass or glass-ceramic plate the height of the resting surface of the cooking vessel support (,) can be substantially reduced to less than 10 mm without impairing the combustion process.

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Velbert, Germany

Christof Koester