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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1995
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniele Turetta, Ispra, IT;
Franziscus Kokkeler, Malnate, IT;
Assignee:
Whirlpool Europe B.V., Veldhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C / ; G05D / ; H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219464 ; 219452 ; 219518 ; 338316 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a saucepan on the hob plate of a glass ceramic cooking hob associated with a heating element includes measuring the variation in a physical characteristic of an electrical resistive element positioned between the heating element and the hob plate of the glass ceramic cooking hob caused by a body or saucepan being placed on the hob, the variation being evaluated by control means which, on the basis thereof, controls the heating element to change its operating parameters.