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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
James Carter Bach, Seymour, IN (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/02 (2006.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24C 7/082 (2013.01); F24C 7/083 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a cooktop appliance with features for correcting the color of light passing through the cooking surface such that the light appears a desired color to a user of the cooktop appliance. More specifically, a colored or fluorescent ink may be applied to, or a colored or fluorescent dye incorporated into, one or more light guides of a user interface assembly such that reflecting off of the interior surface of the light guides and passing through the cooking surface appears a desired color to the user.