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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2013
Seb S.a., Ecully, FR;
Sebastien Volatier, Dijon, FR;
Joel Lecerf, Periers, FR;
SEB S.A., Ecully, FR;
Abstract
Provided is a cooking appliance comprising a first structure having a hot plate for cooking food, and a measuring device for measuring the thickness of the food arranged thereon and comprising a pivoting rocker connected to a pivotable shaft by a first end thereof, and a means for measuring the pivoting angle of the rocker in order to estimate the thickness of the food. The appliance comprises a second mobile structure which, when moved away from the first structure, generates a pivoting of said shaft in relation to the first structure, causing the pivoting of the rocker, and the measuring means interacts with the rocker towards a second end thereof.