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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2017
Applicant:

E.g.o. Elektro-geraetebau Gmbh, Oberderdingen, DE;

Inventors:

Marcus Frank, Sulzfeld, DE;

Christian Egenter, Bretten, DE;

Assignee:

E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH, Oberderdingen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/12 (2006.01); H05B 6/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/062 (2013.01); H05B 6/1209 (2013.01); H05B 2213/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

In order to heat water in a cooking vessel which is placed above at least one induction heating coil of an induction hob, a controller drives the induction heating coil with a prespecified relatively high power density. During the heating, operating parameters of the induction heating coil are detected and evaluated by the controller in order to monitor a relative temperature profile of the temperature of a cooking vessel base. As soon as this relative temperature profile levels off to a considerable extent or a gradient of the relative temperature profile decreases, the controller identifies this and determines this as the situation of a 'lightly boiling' state and of a temperature of a top side of the cooking vessel base which is 5° C. to 15° C. below the boiling point being reached. The power density is then automatically reduced for a predetermined hold time, wherein an operator can maintain this state or, after a certain time, heating up can be performed to a greater extent again automatically.


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