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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2003
Kevin Ronald McWilliams, Stratford upon Avon, GB;
Ceramaspeed Limited, , GB;
Abstract
A temperature sensor ( ) for use in a cooking appliance of the kind in which an electric heater ( ) incorporating at least one heating element ( ) is located behind a cooking plate ( ). The temperature sensor is adapted to be located between the at least one heating element and the cooking plate. The sensor ( ) comprises a sensing element ( ) having an electrical parameter which changes as a function of temperature and a housing ( ) for the sensing element. The housing has a first surface region ( ) with high thermal radiation absorption relative to a second surface region ( ). The sensor is adapted to be located with the first surface region ( ) of the housing facing substantially towards the cooking plate ( ) and the second surface region ( ) facing substantially towards the at least one heating element ( ).