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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1999
Martin Taplan, Rheinboellen, DE;
Herwig Scheidler, Mainz, DE;
Michael Kahlke, Bingen, DE;
Christof Koester, Muelheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Eva Haase, Frankfurt, DE;
Schott Glas, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
The cooking apparatus includes a glass or glass-ceramic plate (,) providing a cooking surface with a cooking area and provided with a throughgoing opening (,) in the cooking area; a gas burner (,) arranged in or under the throughgoing opening (,) in the glass or glass-ceramic plate (,), which has a burner ring (,) for supporting an open flame (,); a cooking vessel support (,) arranged on the glass or glass-ceramic plate over the throughgoing opening (,) which has a resting surface for a cooking vessel (,) and a device for supplying a mixture of combustible gas and primary air to the burner ring (,) to form the open flame, whereby substantially all of the secondary air is drawn from a chamber or space under the glass or glass-ceramic plate (,). Because the secondary air is drawn from below the glass or glass-ceramic plate the height of the resting surface of the cooking vessel support (,) can be substantially reduced to less than 10 mm without impairing the combustion process.