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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Davide Gerola, Varese, IT;
Cristiano Pastore, Borgomanero, IT;
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 3/68 ;
Abstract
A cooking hob comprising a glass ceramic plate and an underlying plurality of electrical heating elements disposed in matrix configuration and controlled by static switches in order to be able to use at will any region of said hob for heating the contents of one or more cooking utensils, in which a diode is present in series with each electrical heating element.