Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag

Electrolux Home Products, Inc.

Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc.

Massimo Banzato

Paolo Faraldi

Brendan McGinnis

Steven M Swayne

Marco Carnevali

Ashish Ainapure

Laurent Jeanneteau

Alwin Neukamm

Andrew Worley

Filippo Milanesi

Agostino Rossato

Alberto Dell'Olio

Valerio Verdoliva

Maurizio Beghi

Cathy L May

Giuseppe Lando

Oscar Alberto Salazar

Claudio Paolini

Steven Swayne

Elia Schiaratura

Claudia Patella

Improved steam ovens and methods for operating steam ovens include selectively operating a gas heating element below a water reservoir at the bottom of a cooking cavity with water present therein, a convection heating element in the cooking cavity, and a convection fan adjacent the cooking cavity in order to achieve and maintain a predetermined cooking temperature within the cooking cavity. Alternatively, where there is no heating element below a water reservoir in the cooking cavity, a convection system can be operated in order to direct heated air such that it impinges directly on water in the water reservoir, thereby converting the water to steam

Steam cooking system

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a steam generating system () for a domestic steam cooking oven (). A steam generator () and an inlet valve () are controlled by a regulating thermal switch () and a limiting thermal switch (). The regulating thermal switch () and the limiting thermal switch () respond to a temperature within and/or at the steam generator (). A threshold value of the limiting thermal switch () is higher than a threshold value (Ts) of the regulating thermal switch (). The steam generator () is deactivated and the inlet valve () is activated by the regulating thermal switch (), if the temperature (T) of the steam generator () exceeds the threshold value (Ts) of the regulating thermal switch ().

Method for controlling a steam generating system for a domestic steam cooking oven and steam generating system

A connecting element is provided for connecting an induction coil to a coil carrier of an induction cooking hob. The connecting element is made of an elastic material and formed as a single-piece part. The connecting element includes a first snap-fit portion connectable to a cut-out of the induction coil, and a spring portion arrangeable between the induction coil and the coil carrier, so that the spring portion provides a distance therebetween. The connecting element includes a second snap-fit portion extending opposite to the first snap-fit portion. The second snap-fit portion is connectable to a cut-out of the coil carrier.

Connecting element for connecting an induction coil to a coil carrier of an induction cooking hob

A method performs sous-vide style cooking in an oven cavity of a cooking appliance, where air, not water, serves as the cooking medium. The oven cavity temperature is regulated around a desired final food temperature using a PID algorithm to control a convection heating element and associated fan.

Air sous-vide

Gas circuit () for a kitchen appliance () comprising a gas rail () with a gas inlet () for connecting said gas rail () to a gas source () and with at least one gas outlet (), said gas circuit () further comprising a gas tube () for providing gas from said gas outlet () to a gas hob (), and said gas circuit () further comprising a gas valve assembly () connecting said gas tube () to said gas outlet () of said gas rail () in a flow conducting manner, said gas valve assembly () comprising a gas valve () with a valve body () and fixation means () fixing said valve body () to said gas rail () such that said gas valve () is supported by said gas rail (), characterized in that said fixation means () comprise a first spring member () looping around said gas rail () and/or said valve body (), thereby resiliently bracing said gas valve () and said gas rail ().

Fixation system for gas valves

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Forli, Italy

Massimo Banzato