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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bernard Marcel Bois, Caen, FR;
Sylvain Giffard, Cambes en Plaine, FR;
Romain Sibarita, Petiville, FR;
Assignee:
Moulinex S.A., Cormelles le Royal, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/712 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/712 ;
Abstract
An electric cooking appliance includes an external housing with a fixed or removable vat for cooking food and an electrical heater arranged under the vat and in thermal relationship with the vat. The appliance has a sensor for detecting a substantially vertical deformation of the vat base occurring while the appliance is operating, and for opening the electric power circuit of the heater when the detected deformation reaches a predetermined threshold corresponding to a substantially empty vat.