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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Kurt Leutner, Mainz, DE;
Schott Glas, Mainz, DE;
Abstract
There is now provided an electric stove with an electric stove body having an exterior comprising side walls, a top, and a bottom spaced from said top. The top has a an exterior top surface on which are disposed a plurality of electric heating elements. The electric heating elements of the top surface are controllable by control apparatus to provide heat sufficient to cook food in cooking utensils, upon such cooking utensils being placed with their bottom on a corresponding electric heating element. The electric heating elements and their corresponding control apparatus are connected by electric circuitry such that the heat produced by the electric heating elements can be set at a desired temperature for cooking food. Electric heating arrangements are also found in the stove. These heating arrangements are connected by electric circuitry to control apparatus so as to permit selection of a cooking temperature in the electric stove. The electric stove also has a door with a viewing arrangement to permit viewing of the electric stove so as to ascertain the doneness of food being cooked in the stove. There is also provided a stove or the like, such as, a stove with an oven or an oven with a viewing area. This viewing area may distort a portion of the stove and allow heat to escape. This viewing area is designed to minimize distortion of this portion.