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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Manfred W. Staebler, New Bern, NC (US);
Thomas L. Tino, Irvine, CA (US);
Nils Platt, New Bern, NC (US);
Manfred W. Staebler, New Bern, NC (US);
Thomas L. Tino, Irvine, CA (US);
Nils Platt, New Bern, NC (US);
BSH Home Appliances Corporation, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Abstract
A cooktop with a ceramic glass panel has a panel portion with a first indicia set for selection of a burner and a second indicia set for selection of a power level to the selected burner. Each set of indicia is associated with switches for input to a control circuit in response to manipulation by a user. In addition, each indicia set includes a display interactive with the manipulation of the other indicia set. Preferably, the control circuit includes a processor for responding only to a sequential manipulation of an indicia from the first set indicia set and a sequential manipulation of an indicia from the second set within a predetermined time period.