Method for operating a heating system and kitchen machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12133608-B2
Application number	US-202017069326-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2020
Priority date	Oct 15, 2019
Publication date	Nov 5, 2024
Grant date	Nov 5, 2024

Abstract

A method for operating an electric heating system of a kitchen machine and a kitchen machine for carrying out the method are proposed, wherein a measuring temperature of the heating system is determined by means of a temperature element in order to carry out a calibration of a heating element and/or to compare the measuring temperature with a heating temperature of the heating element determined by means of the heating element for identifying a critical heating state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating an electric heating system of a kitchen machine for processing food, comprising:
starting the kitchen machine and activating the heating system,
determining a heating temperature of a first area of the heating system by measuring an electrical resistance of a heating element of the heating system using a measuring device,
determining a localized measuring temperature of a second area of the heating system using a temperature sensor, the second area being smaller than the first area, and
comparing during the processing of the food the localized measuring temperature with the heating temperature to identify a heating state of the heating system, the heating state being a local temperature change of the heating element.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second area is arranged closer to a preparation chamber of the kitchen machine than the first area.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a calibration is carried out automatically by the temperature sensor at least one of after starting the heating system, after starting the kitchen machine or for each heating process.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein during operation of the heating system at least one of the difference of the gradients of the heating temperature and the localized measuring temperature, the difference of the heating temperature and the localized measuring temperature, the heating temperature or the localized measuring temperature is compared with one or more limit values in order to identify the heating state of the heating system.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the one or more limit values are adapted recipe-specifically.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, upon identification of the heating state, the operation of the kitchen machine or heating system is adapted.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein upon identification of the heating state, at least one of a stirring process or a heating process is at least one of carried out, started, ended or adapted.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a further localized measuring temperature of the heating system is determined by a further temperature sensor in order to compare the heating temperature with a plurality of localized measuring temperatures for identifying the heating state.

9. A method for operating an electric heating system of a kitchen machine for processing food, comprising:
starting the kitchen machine and activating the heating system,
determining a heating temperature of a first area of the heating system by measuring an electrical resistance of a heating element of the heating system using a measuring device,
determining a localized measuring temperature of a second area of the heating system using a temperature sensor, the second area being smaller than the first area, and
carrying out a calibration of the heating system by the temperature sensor during the processing of food.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, for calibration of the heating system, an electrical resistance value of the heating element and a heating temperature value of the heating element corresponding to the resistance value are determined as reference values.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the heating temperature value is determined by the temperature sensor.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the heating temperature value is determined by the localized measuring temperature value determined by means of the temperature sensor being converted into the heating temperature value.

13. The method according to claim 9 , wherein, for calibration, a plurality of electrical resistance values of the heating element and heating temperature values of the heating element corresponding to the resistance values are determined in order to determine a temperature coefficient of the heating element.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the heating temperature values are determined by the temperature sensor.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the heating temperature values are determined by localized measuring temperature values determined by the temperature sensor being converted into the heating temperature values.

16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the calibration is carried out automatically at least one of after starting the heating system, after starting the kitchen machine or for each heating process.

17. The method according to claim 9 , comparing the localized measuring temperature with the heating temperature to identify a heating state of the heating system, the heating state being a local temperature change of the heating element.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein during operation of the heating system at least one of the difference of the gradients of the heating temperature and the localized measuring temperature, the difference of the heating temperature and the localized measuring temperature, the heating temperature or the localized measuring temperature is compared with one or more limit values in order to identify the heating state of the heating system.

Assignees

• Vorwerk Co Interholding

Inventors

• Tietz Sebastian
• Kraut-Reinkober Stefan
• Schmitz Kevin
• Lang Torsten
• Weber Martin
• Diel Maria

Classifications

• H05B2213/07

  Heating plates with temperature control means · CPC title

• H05B2203/02

  Heaters using heating elements having a positive temperature coefficient · CPC title

• H05B2203/019

  Heaters using heating elements having a negative temperature coefficient · CPC title

• H05B3/68

  Heating arrangements specially adapted for cooking plates or analogous hot-plates · CPC title

• H05B1/0261

  of food · CPC title