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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
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 one or more cooking areas with a throughgoing opening ( ) in each cooking area and with an annular atmospheric gas burner under each opening ( ). The annular atmospheric gas burner is an annular pipe ( ) provided with a plurality of circumferentially distributed orifices ( ) for supporting flames ( ). The annular pipe ( ) has a circular transverse cross-section and bounds a central opening ( ). An overflow catching container ( ) may be provided under the gas burner to catch overflowing cooking material falling through the throughgoing opening ( ). The peripheral -edge ( ) of the glass or glass-ceramic plate ( ) around the throughgoing opening ( ) is preferably curved upward from the cooking surface, which also assists in handling overflowing material.