Cooktop, household appliance comprising a cooktop, method for assembling a cooktop and method for installing a cooktop

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9974120-B2
Application number	US-48608109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2009
Priority date	Jun 11, 2009
Publication date	May 15, 2018
Grant date	May 15, 2018

Abstract

A cooktop includes a burner box, a heat shield pivotably attached to a bottom of the burner box, a lock for locking the heat shield in a transport position, wherein the heat shield is self-pivotable from the transport position to an operational position after unlocking the lock, and when in the operational position the heat shield is pivoted further from the bottom of the burner box than in the transport position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cooktop for receipt into a cooktop receptacle, the cooktop comprising:
a burner box;
a heat shield pivotably attached to a bottom of the burner box;
a blocking member blocking a backward movement of the heat shield along the plurality of slits, the blocking member being separate from the heat shield;
a lock for locking the heat shield in a transport position, wherein the heat shield is self-pivotable under action of a gravitational force from the transport position to an operational position after unlocking the lock and in which the heat shield contacts a floor of the cooktop receptacle, and when in the operational position the heat shield is pivoted further from the bottom of the burner box than in the transport position;
wherein the heat shield is hinged in the bottom of the burner box and the bottom of the burner box defines a plurality of slits and the heat shield comprises an L-shaped hinge inserted into the plurality of slits and the heat shield is displaced along the plurality of slits,
wherein the blocking member comprises a cover that covers an opening in the bottom of the burner box and wherein the blocking member covers a part of each of the plurality of slits if the blocking member is inserted into the opening.

2. The cooktop of claim 1 , wherein the heat shield comprises a metal sheet.

3. The cooktop of claim 1 , characterized in that the cooktop comprises an induction cooktop.

4. A household appliance with a receptacle receiving a cooktop that comprises:
a burner box;
a heat shield pivotably attached to a bottom of the burner box;
a blocking member blocking a backward movement of the heat shield along the plurality of slits, the blocking member being separate from the heat shield;
a lock for locking the heat shield in a transport position, wherein the heat shield is self-pivotable under action of a gravitational force from the transport position to an operational position after unlocking the lock and in which the heat shield contacts a floor of the receptacle, and when in the operational position the heat shield is pivoted further from the bottom of the burner box than in the transport position;
wherein the heat shield is hinged in the bottom of the burner box and the bottom of the burner box defines a plurality of slits and the heat shield comprises an L-shaped hinge inserted into the plurality of slits and the heat shield is displaced along the plurality of slits,
wherein the blocking member comprises a cover that covers an opening in the bottom of the burner box and wherein the blocking member covers a part of each of the plurality of slits if the blocking member is inserted into the opening.

5. A cooktop for receipt into a cooktop receptacle, the cooktop comprising:
a burner box having a bottom that defines a plurality of slits;
a heat shield pivotably attached to the bottom of the burner box and movable between a transport position and an operational position in which the heat shield protrudes from the bottom of the burner box and contacts a floor of the cooktop receptacle; and
a blocking member which blocks a backward movement of the heat shield along the slit, the blocking member having a cover section that covers an opening in the bottom of the burner box and a blocking section which lies parallel to an upper surface of the bottom of the burner box and engages the bottom of the burner box and covers a part of each of the plurality of slits where the heat shield is not present, the blocking member being separate from the heat shield;
wherein the heat shield is hinged in the bottom of the burner box and the heat shield comprises an L-shaped hinge inserted into the plurality of slits and the heat shield is displaced along the plurality of slits.

6. The cooktop of claim 5 , wherein the heat shield is self-pivotable under action of its own weight from the transport position to the operational position.

7. The cooktop of claim 5 , wherein the heat shield comprises a metal sheet.

8. The cooktop of claim 5 , wherein the heat shield comprises a divider section and a hinge element extending from the divider section.

9. The cooktop of claim 8 , wherein the hinge element comprises an end section and a connecting section which connects the divider section and the end section.

10. The cooktop of claim 9 , wherein the connecting section is bent such that the end section is angled with respect to the divider section.

11. The cooktop of claim 8 , wherein an end section extends into the slit of the bottom of the burner box such that the bottom supports the end section and the divider section, respectively.

Assignees

• Almolda Fandos Manuel
• Lorente Perez Alfonso
• Ortiz Sainz David
• Pina Gadea Carmelo
• Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh

Inventors

• Almolda Fandos Manuel
• Lorente Perez Alfonso
• Ortiz Sainz David
• Pina Gadea Carmelo

Classifications

• Y10T29/5313

  Means to assemble electrical device · CPC title

• H05B6/1263 Primary

  using coil cooling arrangements · CPC title

• H05B6/06 Primary

  Control, e.g. of temperature, of power · CPC title