WO2007020168A1

WO2007020168A1 - Gas cooktop

Info

Publication number: WO2007020168A1
Application number: PCT/EP2006/064706
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jürgen DESOR; Joseph Bischof
Original assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH
Priority date: 2005-08-16
Filing date: 2006-07-26
Publication date: 2007-02-22
Also published as: EP1917476A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a gas cooktop (1). The gas cooktop comprises at least one burner (4), which is attached to a mounting opening (3) of a cooktop plate (2), and at least one pot support (7) for putting down a container holding an item to be cooked. The pot support (7) is fastened to the burner (4) in a self-supporting manner.

Description

Gas hob

The present invention relates to a gas hob for a gas cooking appliance with at least one burner which is attached to a mounting opening of a hob plate, and at least one pot carrier for parking a Gargutbehältnisses.

For example, from the document DE 100 52 645 A1 a pot carrier for a gas hob with a gas burner is known. The well-known pot carrier is assigned to the burner and is on the hob plate, so Gargutbehältnisse such. As pots or pans, can be placed above the burner on the pot support to heat the Gargutbehältnisse with their contents. The known pot carrier is only provided for a burner, so that in a gas hob with multiple burners each burner is associated with a pot carrier.

In the known pot carrier results in particular the disadvantage that the hob plate, which is usually made of a glass ceramic, can be damaged by the plate on the hob parked support legs of the pot carrier. Furthermore, the cleaning of the hob plate is very complex, since the accessibility is considerably limited by the supported on the hob plate pot carrier.

Furthermore, from the document DE 29 30 456 a cooking grate for storing Gargutbehältnissen for a gas cooking appliance known. The gas hob has a plurality of burners, each associated with a cooking grid. The cooking grid has a centering disc with a centrally located opening so that the centering plate can be attached to the burner. At the periphery of the centering several support legs are provided. The cooking grid is set down with the support legs on the hob plate. Also in this known cooking grid 200501209

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There is the disadvantage of limited accessibility during cleaning by the disturbing support legs.

The present invention has for its object to propose a gas hob for a gas range of the type mentioned, which is designed such that a convenient cleaning of the hob allows and damage to the gas hob can be avoided.

This object is solved by the features of claim 1. Further advantageous embodiments emerge in particular from the dependent claims.

Accordingly, a gas hob is proposed in which the pot carrier is attached to park a Gargutbehältnisses cantilevered to the burner. In this case, "self-supporting" means that the pot carrier is fastened exclusively to the burner, so that no further supports of the pot carrier on the hob plate are required.Thus, the accessibility of the hob or the hob plate is not limited by the pot carrier, so cleaning the hob plate without further is possible.

As part of a possible embodiment of the present invention can be provided that the pot carrier has at least one support arm or the like, which is releasably connected to a base region of the burner. Typically, the burner has a head portion from which the flames exit and a base portion which serves to secure the burner to the hob plate. Preferably, each support arm can be releasably secured to the base region. Thus, each support arm, as needed, be solved in the simplest way of the burner, if desired.

A further advantageous embodiment of the present invention may provide that the pot carrier comprises an adapter which is connectable to the base region of the burner. In this way, the pot carrier on a variety of 200501209

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The shapes and dimensions of the burners can be adjusted to extend the scope of application. Due to the indirect attachment of the pot carrier can be rotated in this embodiment with respect to the burner.

Preferably, the adapter may be formed as a ring member or the like, which can then be plugged onto the usually cylindrically shaped base region of the burner. There are also other connection options conceivable. For example, depending on the geometric shape and dimension of the adapter or of the burner, a positive or non-positive connection can also be provided.

In order to realize a secure attachment between the base region and the adapter, according to a development, at least one fastening element or the like can be used. As a fastener z. B. a locking screw, such. As a grub screw, or even a bayonet or the like can be used.

A possible development of the present invention may provide that when using an adapter such. As a ring member or the like, the support arms are either fixed or releasably connected to the adapter. As a detachable connection, for example, a dovetail connection can be used. However, it is also possible that other positive connections can be used.

In order to ensure a safe intake of Gargutbehältnissen in the gas hob according to the invention, according to a further embodiment of the present invention may be provided that a plurality of support arms evenly, for. B. at an angle of about 120 °, are distributed over the circumference of the base portion of the burner. There are also other angular distances between the support arms possible, but preferred is the use of three support arms. 200501209

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According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the present invention, a rolling element or the like may be provided as a support area for the support of so-called woks as Gargutbehältnisse on each support arm. In this way, a 3-point storage can be realized and a parked on the pot carrier wok can be pivoted freely, without taking him from the pot carrier. As a rolling element z. As a ball bearing, tapered roller bearings or the like can be used.

Preferably, each support member may be disposed at a shallow angle of about 20 to 50 degrees with respect to the longitudinal axis of the burner. There are also other angular range possible. The free end of each support member may also have an approximately horizontally oriented bend or the like, which then forms the support area, for example, for pots.

In a next embodiment of the present invention can be provided that the free ends of each support member is connected to at least one support ring or the like for parking pots or the like Gargutbehältnissen. Thus, for example, a plurality of coaxially arranged Auflageringe be used with different diameters to realize a support area for larger Gargutbehältnisse.

In order to ensure a sufficient stability of the pot carrier of the hob according to the invention, especially for heavy Gargutbehältnisse, it can be provided that each support arm has a strut or the like, which connects the free end of the respective support arm with the burner facing the end.

Subsequently, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to the drawings. Show it: 200501209

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Figure 1 is a partially sectioned view of a first embodiment of a hob according to the invention with a directly attached to a burner pot carrier;

Figure 2 is a plan view of the pot carrier at the base region of the burner of Figure 1;

FIG. 3 shows a partially cutaway view of a second embodiment of the hob according to the invention, in which the pot carrier is fastened to the burner by means of an adapter,

Figure 4 is a plan view of the pot carrier on the base region of the burner of Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a partial view of a third embodiment of the hob according to the invention with a wok as Gargutbehältnis.

In the figures 1 to 5 each different embodiments of a cooking hob according to the invention for a gas cooking appliance are shown, wherein these different embodiments can also be combined with each other.

The gas hob 1 according to the invention has a hob plate 2, which is usually made of a glass ceramic. On the hob plate 2 mounting holes 3 are provided, to each of which a burner 4 can be mounted. In the figures, only one burner 4 is shown by way of example. Each burner 4 comprises a head region 5 and a base region 6. From the head region 5, the flames emerge for cooking from the food to be cooked in a cooking product container. The base portion 6 is used to attach the burner 4 to the hob plate 2. This is z. B. a shoulder provided on the base region 6, with which the burner 4 rests on the hob plate 2. Fastening means for securing the burner 4 to the hob plate 2 are not shown. 200501209

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The gas hob 1 according to the invention has a pot carrier 7 for depositing a food container. In the embodiments shown in the figures, it is provided that each burner 4 has a separate pot carrier. It is also possible that a common pot support is provided for all burners. According to the pot carrier 7 is cantilevered to the burner 4, without supports on the hob plate 2 are required.

FIG. 1 shows a first possible embodiment in which the pot carrier 7 has a plurality of support arms 8, 8 ', which are detachably connected to the base region 6 of the burner 4. In Figure 1, however, only a support arm 8 is indicated by way of example. Each support arm 8, 8 'has, at the end facing the base region 6, an approximately dovetail-shaped extension 9, which is received in a form-locking manner in a groove with a dovetail-shaped undercut, as can be seen from FIG. In fact, FIG. 2 shows an enlarged plan view of the support arm 8 fastened to the base region 6. In this embodiment, the pot support 7 is detachably fastened directly to the support arms 8, 8 'on the base region 6 of the burner 4.

FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment of the invention, in which the pot carrier 7 comprises an adapter 11 which is connected to the base region 6 of the burner 4. For this purpose, the adapter 1 1 z. B. formed as a ring member 12. The ring element 12 has a slightly larger diameter than the cylindrical base region 6, so that the ring element 12 can be plugged onto the burner from above. As in the case of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, a dovetail connection is provided as the detachable connection.

In Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the support arm 8 according to the second embodiment dargstellt. From this representation, the dovetail connection with the dovetail-shaped extension 9 on the base region 6 facing the end of each support arm 8, 8 'can be seen. The support arm 8 is fitted with its dovetail-shaped extension 9 in the dovetail-shaped undercut groove 10 positively. This way can through 200501209

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the adapter used 1 1 a certain adaptation between the shape of the pot carrier 7 and the respective burner 4 in the gas hob 1 according to the invention can be realized.

FIG. 5 shows a further embodiment of the present invention, in which the pot carrier 7 again comprises an adapter 11 constructed as a ring element 12. The ring member 12 is fixedly connected in this embodiment with the support arms 8 of the pot carrier 7, so that an integrally formed pot carrier 7 is realized. In Figure 5, two support arms 8, 8 'of the usually three provided support arms are exemplified. Each support arm 8, 8 'can be arranged at a suitable predetermined angle of about 20 to 40 ° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the burner 4. The support arms 8, 8 'have in this embodiment at their free ends in each case a horizontally oriented angled portion 13, 13'.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, a wok 14 is indicated by a dashed line as a food container. Rolling elements 15, 15 ', which are arranged in the transition region between the bend 13, 13' and the remaining region of each support arm 8, 8 ', serve as the support region. The rolling elements 15, 15 'can form a kind of ball bearing, which is merely indicated in FIG. In this way, the wok 14 can be pivoted in the parked state on the pot carrier 7 as desired.

Preferably, in Figure 5, the ring member 12 is releasably secured by a locking screw 17 to the base portion 6 of the burner 4. Thus, the pot carrier 7 is on the one hand securely attached to the burner 4 and on the other hand still removable if necessary. Overall, the proposed gas hob 1 is inexpensive to produce and allows through the pot support 7 a safe and easy to use Gargutbehältnissen. 200501209

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reference numeral

1 gas hob

2 hob plate

3 mounting opening

4 burners

5 head area

6 base area

7 pot carrier 8,8 'support arm

9 extension

10 undercut groove

1 1 adapter

12 ring element 13,13 'angling 14 Wok 15,15' rolling element 16,16 'strut

17 locking screw

Claims

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1 . Gas hob (1) with at least one burner (4) which is attached to a mounting opening (3) of a hob plate (2), and with at least one pot carrier (7) for parking a Gargutbehältnisses, characterized in that the pot carrier (7) self-supporting is attached to the burner (4).

2. Gas hob according to claim 1, characterized in that the pot carrier (7) or at least its pot carrier arms (8, 8 ') relative to the hob plate (2) is arranged without contact.

3. gas hob according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the support arms (8, 8 ') of the pot carrier (7) releasably connected to a base region (6) of the burner (4) is connected.

4. gas hob according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the pot carrier (7) comprises an adapter (1 1) which is connected to the base region (6) of the burner (4).

5. Gas hob according to claim 4, characterized in that the adapter (1 1) is designed as a ring element (12) which is connectable to the cylindrical base region (6) of the burner (4) by plugging.

6. gas hob according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that the adapter (1 1) is fastened with a fastening element to the base region (6). 200501209

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7. gas hob according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that at least one support arm (8, 8 ') with the adapter (1 1) is firmly connected.

8. gas hob according to one of claims 4 to 7, characterized in that at least one support arm (8, 8 ') with the adapter (1 1) is detachably connected.

9. gas hob according to one of claims 3 or 8, characterized in that as a detachable connection between the pot carrier (7) and the burner (4) is provided a dovetail connection.

10. gas hob according to claim 9, characterized in that the burner (4) facing the end of each support arm (8, 8 ') has a dovetailed projection (9).

1 1. Gas hob according to claim 10, characterized in that the burner (4) has a dovetail-shaped undercut groove (10).

12. Gas hob according to one of claims 3 to 1 1, characterized in that a plurality of support arms (8, 8 ') are arranged distributed at an angle of about 120 ° over the circumference of the base region (6) of the burner (4).

13. Gas hob according to one of claims 3 to 12, characterized in that each support arm (8, 8 ') at an angle of about 20 to 40 ° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the burner (4) is arranged. 200501209

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14. gas hob according to one of claims 3 to 13, characterized in that each support arm (8, 8 ') at its free end has an approximately horizontally oriented bend (13).

15. Gas hob according to one of claims 3 to 14, characterized in that the free ends of each support arm (8, 8 ') are connected to at least one support ring for parking the Gargutbehältnisses.

16. Gas hob according to one of claims 3 to 15, characterized in that each support arm has a strut (16), the free end of each support arm (8, 8 ') with the burner (4) facing the end of each support arm (8, 8 ') connects.