Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.v.

Marco Saporetti

Michael Herzog

Jurgen Leikam

Lorenzo Gattei

Jochen Holzinger

Wolfgang Kraus

Klaus Winkelmann

Jennifer Burkhardt

Peter Negretti

Cris Tridello

Christina Lowe

Jürgen Leikam

Christina Löwe

Christina LÖWE

The invention relates to an optical system for an induction cooking device with at least one induction coil () and an at least partially transparent or semi-transparent top plate (), the optical system () comprising at least one light source () to be arranged in a central area of said induction coil () in order to provide light through a central opening () of said induction coil (), light deflecting means () configured to receive light from the light source () and provide said light at one or more openings () and light guiding means () for guiding light provided at said one or more openings () in an area between the upper side of the induction coil () and the lower side of the top plate (), said light guiding means () being configured to guide the light into a space between the induction coil () and the top plate () and provide a light indicator at the top side of the top plate ().

Optical system and induction hob comprising an optical system

An induction heating arrangement () including four coils of a smaller diameter () and a coil having a larger diameter () is provided. The coils are arranged on a first plane () and on a second plane (). In order to adapt a cooking area () to the size of a pot, either the larger coil () or one or more of the smaller coils () are operated. A power supply circuitry () is shared between the coils of the two planes. A selector () disconnects a respective coil of the plane of coils that is not operated in order to avoid coupling, interference and loss of energy. Guiding elements of the magnetic flux () confine the magnetic field in the area of the pot. A method of operating the induction heating arrangement is also provided.

Induction heating arrangement and induction hob

The invention conceives an induction heating arrangement () comprising four coils of a smaller diameter () and a coil having a larger diameter (). The coils are arranged on a first plane () and on a second plane (). In order to adapt a cooking area () to the size of a pot, either the larger coil () or one or more of the smaller coils () are operated. A power supply circuitry () is shared between the coils of the two planes and a selector () takes care of disconnecting a respective coil of the plane of coils that is not operated in order to avoid coupling and interference and loss of energy. The guiding elements of the magnetic flux () are used to confine the magnetic field in the area of the pot. The method of operating the induction heating arrangement takes care of efficient energy use, and an induction hob () includes the induction heating arrangement.

Induction heating arrangement, method for operating an induction heating arrangement and induction hob

The invention relates to a water drawer (), comprising a housing element () and a drawer element (), wherein the drawer element () is movably guided within the housing element () and wherein water can be filled into a water receiving space of the drawer element (), wherein the drawer element () can be moved in a translational movement between a first inner position (IN) and a second outer position (OUT), characterized in that the water drawer () further comprises at least one driving element () for providing a driving force for driving the drawer element () to move into the second outer position (OUT).

Water drawer and appliance comprising a water drawer

A household oven () comprising an outer boxlike casing () which is internally provided with a inner cooking cavity () for housing the food products to be cooked and that communicates with the outside via an access opening realized on the front face () of the casing, a front door () which is hinged to the front face () of the casing to rotate to and from a closing position in which the front door () rests against the front face () of the casing to close the access opening realized therein, and an internal heating assembly () which is structured for heating and/or maintaining the inside of the inner cooking cavity () at a given cooking temperature; the household oven () also comprising a push-push handle () which is completely recessed into a seat (Ha) realized in the outer face () of the front door (), and is structured for alternatively assuming a stable withdrawn position in which the push-push handle () remains motionless completely housed into the front door () and forms part of the outer face () of the front door (), and a stable extracted position in which the push-push handle () motionless partly protrudes out of the outer face () of the front door () so as to be seizable by the user.

Household oven

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Forli, Italy

Marco Saporetti