Whirlpool Corporation

Salvatore Sanna

Cristiano Vito Pastore

Gianpiero Santacatterina

Ermanno Buzzi

Daniele Turetta

Marco Maritan

Paolo Crosta

Robert William Meyer

Giovanni Franzetti

David Ward

Nicola Bedetti

Davide Gerola

Davide Braggion

Riccardo Allera

Marco Poma

Massimo Maroni

Galli Rocco

Massimiliano Comolli

A domestic oven comprises heating means, a gas sensor connected to a central processing and control unit and a user interface connected to the central processing unit by means of which the user can set the type of food placed in the oven compartment. The user interface comprises means for setting the desired degree of cooking of the food and is capable of processing the signal of the gas sensor in such a way as to determine the optimal cooking end time of the food. The central processing unit interrupts the electrical supply to the heating means on the basis either of said cooking end time, modified if necessary on the basis of degree of cooking set by the user, or of the food type set by the user.

Domestic oven and cooking process that uses the same

The present invention relates to a control device for a household electrical appliance. The control device has an interface configured to enable a user to set or modify parameters of one or more operational members of the appliance by a command and control circuit in communication with the appliance. The interface has a one or more selectors arranged to enable setting or modifying of the parameters of the appliance. The selectors are connected to a resonant electrical circuit arranged to generate or to respond to a radio-frequency signal in a modifiable manner representative of the setting or modification effected by the user. The signal also being sensed by a sensor associated with the command and control circuit, which enables the command and control circuit to set or modify in an appropriate manner the parameters of the operational members for controlled operation of the household electrical appliance.

Control device of simple construction for a household electrical appliance

Removable food support element in a refrigerator with means for setting the temperature of the compartment in which it is positioned, and a refrigerator containing such a compartment

A device for determining the location of cooking utensils on a cooking hob comprising a plurality of thermal cells distributed in matrix formation below a heat-resistant surface on which the cooking utensil can be located in random manner, the determination of its location, form and dimensions enabling those thermal cells lying below the utensil to be energized, the same thermal cells being also individually used for this determination.

Device for determining the location of cooking utensils on a cooking hob comprising discrete distributed heating elements

A cooking oven comprises a cavity having a separating and insulating plate which can be inserted horizontally in the cavity in order to split it in two sub-cavities. Each sub-cavity has heating elements on its side walls. The oven sub-cavities can be singularly or separately and this increases flexibility in use.

Cooking oven

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Biandronno, Italy

Salvatore Sanna