ES2838173T3 - Arrangement of cooktop holders for a gas cooktop and a gas cooktop - Google Patents

Abstract

Arrangement of cookware supports (2, 3, 4) for a gas cooktop (1), where the array of cookware supports (2, 3, 4) comprises several cookware support elements (2, 3, 4), and a respective cooking battery support element (2, 3) forms a support surface (25) for a container of cooking product (27), where a battery support element of cooker (2) comprises a frame (20) that forms a base surface (26) of the cookware support element (2) and can be placed flat on a cooktop plate (14), a support wing (23 ), which protrudes outward from the frame (20), which forms a part of the base surface (26), and several wings (21) vertically spaced from the frame (20) and which protrude inward from the frame, where the upper sides of the inwardly projecting wings (21) form the bearing surface (25) for a cooking product container (27), and at least The two cooking battery support elements (2, 3) form a common positioning surface (24), each of the at least two cooking battery support elements (2) comprises several wings (22) projecting towards out from the frame (20) in the same direction as the support flange (23), made as struts, where the upper sides of the flanges (22) projecting outward form the laying surface (24), where the struts (22) adjoin each other horizontally in parts and form the common laying surface (24), where the struts (22) collide with each other or are distanced from each other by a gap.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Arrangement of cooktop holders for a gas cooktop and a gas cooktop

The present invention relates to a cooktop rack arrangement for a gas cooktop and to a gas cooktop with a cooktop rack arrangement.

Gas cooktops are produced, for example, as part of freestanding cookers, or also as gas cooktops that can be integrated into kitchen worktops. In this connection, several gas burners are arranged in the cooking area, which can be controlled via control elements. Cookware holders are provided to keep cookware such as pans or pots at an appropriate distance from the burner flame. In this sense, the cookware supports are connected to the gas cooktop in most cases and create a support surface for cookware containers.

From DE 102908016628 A1, for example a gas cooking range with a cooking battery holder is known which is fixed to the edges of a worktop tray. Furthermore, a cover is proposed for the lower part of a cookware holder in order to reduce soiling of the cooker cookware holders. In order to cover a gas cooktop as completely as possible, for example so that the cooktops can be moved from one cooking point to another, flat cooktop supports extending over the entire length of the cooktop are also known. cooking range. In cooking ranges comprising four or more cooking points, cleaning such flat cookware holders is only possible in most cases with difficulties due to their size. Furthermore, due to the geometry of the hob or the fixings of the gas burners, it is often only possible to implement with difficulties a fixation of such flat cookware supports.

From GB 775,390 A, a grill-type cooking battery holder is known for a gas-operated cooking device with an arrangement of struts which are arranged essentially in parallel with respect to each other. The frame formed in this way is placed on top of a hob with gas burners arranged on it.

From EP 2 175201 A2, a gas cooking module with at least one gas burner is known with an associated cooking battery support arrangement, which has a basic cooking battery support and a cooking battery support additional that is supported on the basic cooking battery support and with which a support surface can be extended towards the gas burner. The basic cookware holder is made with at least one recess into which the additional cookware holder can be inserted.

From WO 2009/133002 A2, a gas cooktop with at least one gas burner and at least one cookware support is known which has cookware support ribs for placing a container of cooking product . The cookware holder ribs of the cooker holder are unevenly distributed by an outer frame of the cooker holder in an unclear position. The outer frame of the cookware holder has support legs through which the cooker holder rests on a glass-ceramic hob of the gas cooktop.

US 5,046,477 discloses a gas cooktop with a glass surface, where each of several burners has a neck section and a rim surrounds the neck section of the respective burner. A grate covers in each case two burners, a pair of burners, and has positioning rods surrounding the respective flange sections, so that the respective grate is arranged fixed on the glass surface. As the grill is fixed to two burners with the positioning rods, twisting of the grill in the horizontal plane is prevented. The corresponding grill is formed in one piece of several metal rods joined together. Each metal rod is joined at both ends with another metal rod in each case.

JP H064510 U discloses a multi-burner gas cooker. A tripod is arranged above the corresponding burner. A corresponding tripod comprises a frame ring, several legs that extend upward vertically from the frame ring, and several wings, projecting inwardly from the vertically extending legs, which form a supporting surface for a container of product. cooking in the area of a burner. One of the two tripods also has two arms supported on both sides, extending in parallel from the tripod in the direction of the other tripod, which form a placement surface for a cooking container outside the corresponding burner flame area of the two burners. The corresponding arm is installed on one side on one of the vertically extending legs of the tripod and, on the other side, on another vertically extending leg, which is hookable in a frame ring of the other tripod. Against this background, the object of the present invention is to create an improved cookware rack arrangement.

Accordingly, an arrangement of cookware supports for a gas cooktop with the characteristics of claim 1 is proposed. cookware, and a respective cookware support member forms a bearing surface for a cookware container in the area of a gas burner. At least two cooking battery support elements form a positioning surface, specifically for a container of cooking product, between two gas burners outside the area of a burner flame.

The proposed cookware holder arrangement makes it possible to implement a flat cooker holder in a modular arrangement. The cookware support elements can completely cover the gas cooktop, for example, as segments. By dividing the cookware rack arrangement into cookware rack elements, which each form an individual cookware rack as part functions, the cookware rack arrangement can be cleaned as a whole more easily. For example, the cookware support elements can be washed in a sink. In addition, cookware support elements can cover areas outside the gas burners, for example, by discontinuous struts that form the placement surface.

Preferably, the cookware support elements form a flat cooktop support above the gas cooktop.

In one embodiment of the cookware support arrangement, a cookware support member comprises a frame, which forms a base surface of the cookware support member, and several wings projecting inwardly from the cookware support member. framework. The inwardly projecting upper sides of the wings form the bearing surface for a cooking product container.

By way of example, the frame can be made in an angular manner and be seated on a cooktop plate of the gas cooktop. The fixing of the frames of the cooking battery support elements can be carried out, for example, by means of a suitable heat shield around the corresponding gas burner. In this regard, the utility of angular geometries for heat shields and cookware support element frames has been demonstrated.

In another embodiment of the cookware support arrangement, a cookware support member comprises at least one wing projecting outwardly from the frame, where the upper sides of the wings projecting outward form the surface. placement.

In conventional cookware holders or individual cookware holders, only inwardly projecting wings are provided. The wings that project outwards and form the mounting surface make possible a particularly safe movement of a cooking battery, for example, from a position above the gas burner to a position lateral to it.

In the cookware support arrangement, a cookware support member comprises a support wing, projecting outwardly from the frame, which forms a part of the base surface.

The support wings prevent, for example, the tilting of the cooking battery support element if a cooking battery is exclusively seated laterally or next to the flame of the gas burner.

It is also envisioned that, in a cookware support arrangement, a cookware support member is configured to cover a number of gas burners. By way of example, two or more gas burners may be covered by only one cookware support member, such that a single cooktop support member provides a support surface for several gas burners.

Preferably, the placement surfaces of at least two cookware support elements form a common placement surface that extends over areas of several gas burners. By way of example, between two gas burners a free space can be provided that is covered by the elements of the cooking battery support elements that form the placement surface.

Likewise, a gas cooktop with a cooktop plate, several gas burners arranged on the cooktop plate, and an array of cooktop supports with several cooktop support elements are proposed. A corresponding cookware support element forms a bearing surface for a container of cooking product in the area of a gas burner, and at least two cookware support elements form a positioning surface between two cooker burners. gas outside the area of a burner flame.

A correspondingly configured gas cooktop can be cleaned particularly easily with regard to the arrangement of the cookware holders. In addition, thanks to the laying surface as a flat cookware holder enough space for cookware can be created next to the burner flames.

Preferably, the level of the common placement surface is equal by the gas cooking range. In particular with an embodiment of the same type of the cooking battery support elements, these can be seated directly on a cooking range plate. In this connection, fixing elements can be provided.

The common laying surface is made up of horizontal struts that adjoin each other in parts. The struts are outwardly directed wings of the cookware support elements. In this sense, the wings of different cooking battery support elements can collide with each other or be spaced apart by a gap. Preferably, the cooktop plate is at least partially made of tempered glass or glass-ceramic. These materials make possible a particularly attractive external appearance of a gas cooking range. Due to temperature variations during operation of gas burners, only slight deformations of the tempered glass or glass-ceramic result in particular. In this way, it is particularly simple to create the complete cookware holder arrangement from several segments or cookware support elements, which creates a flat laying and / or supporting surface.

As an alternative, the cooktop plate can also be made at least partially from sheet metal as a tray. The metal sheet is then preferably glued on the underside with a tempered glass or glass-ceramic plate. The tempered glass or glass ceramic plate prevents as much as possible a deformation dependent on the temperature variations of the metal sheet. Also then, a particularly uniform coverage of the gas cooktop can be achieved by arranging cookware supports, whereby the cookware support elements form a composite flat laying surface.

In a refinement of the gas cooking range, flat heat shields are arranged in the gas burner areas. The cooking battery support elements are then snap-fit on the heat shields. The heat shield can be used as a polygonal plate to thermally shield the cooktop plate from the heat of the gas burner. The geometry of the heat shield preferably made of rectangular, and specifically square shape , makes possible a reliable shielding of the cooking range plate on the one hand and, on the other hand, a simple mounting of the cooking battery support elements. Preferably, the corresponding heat shield has a smooth surface and no indentations or protrusions along its circulating edge. In this connection, the heat shield is preferably made flat and in the shape of a plate. In the gas cooking range, the cooking battery support elements preferably comprise polygonal frames, each of which surrounds a polygonal heat shield and is sealable on the respective heat shield in a secure manner against sagging and twisting. By combining angular heat shields with support elements that can be seated on them in a positive manner, a simple covering of the entire surface of the gas cooking range can be achieved. In general, no further fixation is necessary for the cookware support elements.

Other possible implementations of the invention also comprise not explicitly mentioned combinations of characteristics described above or below, in connection with the exemplary embodiments. Here, the person skilled in the art will also add to the respective basic form of the arrangement of the cooking battery supports or of the gas cooking range particular aspects such as improvements or complements.

Other advantageous embodiments and aspects of the invention are subject of the dependent claims and the embodiments of the invention described below. In the following, the invention is explained in more detail by means of preferred embodiments, with reference being made to the attached figures.

In this regard, it shows:

FIG. 1: a perspective representation of a first embodiment of a gas cooking range with an arrangement of cooking battery supports;

FIG. 2: a representation of the first embodiment of a gas cooking range with an arrangement of cooking battery supports in top view;

Figure 3: a schematic cross-sectional view of the first embodiment of a gas cooking range with cooking battery support elements;

FIG. 4: a perspective representation of a second embodiment of a gas cooking range with an arrangement of cooking battery supports;

Figure 5: a representation of the second embodiment of a gas cooking range with an arrangement of cooking battery supports in top view;

Figure 6: a perspective representation of a third embodiment of a gas cooking range with an arrangement of cooking battery supports;

Figure 7: a representation of the third embodiment of a gas cooking range with an arrangement of cooking battery supports in top view;

Figure 8: a representation of a non-claimed embodiment of a gas cooking range with an arrangement of cooking battery holders in top view.

In the figures, elements of the same or equal function are accompanied by the same reference symbols, as long as nothing else is indicated.

Figures 1, 2 and 3 show a first embodiment of a gas cooking range with an arrangement of cooking battery supports. In this regard, Figure 1 shows a perspective representation, Figure 2 shows a top view, and Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view.

The gas cooktop 1 is designed as a cooktop that can be incorporated with a cooktop plate 14, for example made of glass or glass-ceramic. In the glass-ceramic plate 14 there are openings for four gas burners 10, 11, 12, 13 which can be directed in terms of their power through control elements 15. Specifically, by means of figure 2, the shape can be recognized rectangular section of the cooktop plate 14 and the gas burner 10, 11, 12, 13 usually arranged in the four quadrants.

In the areas of the gas burners 10, 11, 12, 13, heat shields 16, 17, 18, 19 are provided for the protection of the glass-ceramic plate 14. The heat shields are made, for example, of metal and have a angular plan. The heat shields also have an opening so that the gas burners or, where appropriate, other accessories, can reach from the lower side of the cooktop plate 14 to the upper side, therefore, the true gas cooktop 1 The heat shields 16, 17, 18, 19 in particular prevent the heat reflected by the cooking product container from being reflected directly onto the cooking range plate 14 and could damage it. Furthermore, the geometry of the heat shields 16, 17, 18, 19 enables a secure seating of the cooking battery support elements 2, 3, 4. The cooking battery support elements are made, for example, of metal and on the one hand they serve to form a support surface 25 for a container of cooking product on top of the respective gas burners and, on the other hand, to form a positioning surface 24 next to the gas burners. This is seen in Figures 1 and 2 particularly in the area between the two rear gas burners 10, 11.

In the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 1 to 3, the cookware support arrangement comprises three cookware support elements 2, 3, 4. In this regard, the cookware support elements 2, 3 , 4 each have a rectangular frame 20 which can be dragged onto the heat shields 16, 17, 18, 19 made in the same way for example. This produces a secure fixation against twisting and shifting in the area of the gas burners 10, 11, 12, 13.

In figure 3, a cross-sectional view of the cooking battery support elements 2 and 3 is indicated. The quadrangular frame 20 is supported flat on the glass-ceramic plate 14 and forms a base surface 26 of the battery support element. cooking battery 2, 3 corresponding. The wings 21, vertically spaced from the frame 20, protrude inwards towards the gas burner 10, 11. The upper sides of the wings form the support surface 25 for a container of cooking product 27 which is indicated on the right in figure 3. Likewise, the cooking battery support elements 2, 3 also comprise wings 22, directed outwards, the upper side of which serves to form a positioning surface 24. To increase the base surface 26, the Support wings 23 next to frame 20. Support wings 23 also rest on the surface of the glass-ceramic plate 14.

Accordingly, in the area between the two burners 10, 11 a placement surface 24 is formed. As indicated in Figures 1 and 2, the placement surface 24 is created by struts extending between the areas of the gas burners. In this regard, the struts are made up of parts. By way of example, the left part of the strut 28A indicated in FIG. 3 is formed by the left cooking battery support element 1, and the right part 28B, by the right cooking battery support element 3. As a whole, a flat surface of placement surface 24 and support surface 25 results on top of several gas burners of the gas cooking range. The two strut parts 28A and 28B can collide with each other at their front ends and abut each other. However, a gap or free space may also be provided between the strut portions 28A and 28B, as indicated in Figure 3.

The proposed cookware rack arrangement enables simple covering of several gas burners as a flat cooker rack without the usual disadvantages of conventional flat cooker rack holders. In particular, the simple attachment to or support on the heat shields and their simple geometry are advantageous. The cooking battery support elements can be easily cleaned or replaced. Different cookware support surface geometries can be achieved in particular by selecting the cookware support elements.

FIG. 4 shows a second embodiment of a gas cooktop with an arrangement of cookware supports in perspective representation. Figure 5 shows the same gas cooking range in top view. The gas cooking range 29 essentially corresponds to the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 1-3. Like elements are accompanied by the same reference symbols and are not discussed in detail again. It is recognized that, compared to FIG. 2, another cooking battery support element 5 has been added in front on the left. As a result, a completely positioning surface results between the two rows of gas burners 10, 12 and 11, 13. Next to the front and rear frames the support wings 23 are provided at the level of the base surface. As can be seen in figure 5, pots or pans can therefore be slid over the positioning surface 24, for example, from a high power gas burner 11 to a medium power gas burner 10. In this regard, the positioning surface 24 is flush with the corresponding bearing surface 25 in the burner area. By combining, in particular, a glass ceramic hob 14 with heat shields 16, 17, 18, 19 and the cooking battery support segments 2, 3, 4, 5, a flat surface can be safely achieved, this is, the same level of the laying and support surface 24, 25.

The modular arrangement of cookware racks also makes it possible to use different cookware racks alongside or around different gas burners. Figure 6 shows a perspective representation of a third embodiment 30 of a gas cooking range, and Figure 7 shows a corresponding arrangement of cooking battery holders 30 in top view. In this regard, in FIG. 7, the cookware holder, that is, the cooker holder element 5, used at the front left, has been removed. Next to the two right gas burners 11, 13 there is installed a double cooking battery support 6 that comprises the two right burners 11, 13, or that rests on the corresponding thermal screens 17, 18. In FIG. 6, it can be seen that the two left-hand cooking battery support elements 2, 5 are made differently. In this regard, the rear cooking battery support member 2 has six inwardly projecting wings 21 and three outwardly projecting wings 22. The front left cooking battery holder 5 is made in a conventional manner and has only four inwardly projecting wings. Therefore, the supporting and laying surfaces can be flexibly adapted to the conditions of incorporation and the wishes of the user.

Finally, figure 8 shows another embodiment example for a gas cooking range 31 in top view. The gas cooking range 31 essentially corresponds to that shown in FIG. 2. However, the cooking battery support elements 2, 3, 4 are made without support wings. Depending on the longitudinal extension of the wings 22 extending outward to form the positioning surface 24 between the gas burners 2, 3, 4, the corresponding support wings can be provided or omitted.

The presented variants of the gas cooktop with cooktop support elements and heat shields provide an easily fabricated possibility of protecting the heat-sensitive surface areas of the cooktop plates from overheating and forming a support at the same time. cookware tray as a flat cookware holder. The segmentation or modularization of the cookware supports by means of the cookware support elements enables easy cleaning and easy extension of the placement surface. In this respect, the heat shield is made flat like a plate and can be cleaned more easily since no bumps or projections, notches or orientation means are used. The same applies to a used cooking battery support element which also has a particularly simple geometry along the edge of the heat shield. The heat shield is provided, for example, with a smooth, polished surface so that it can be easily cleaned. The size, or the surface, of the heat shield and of the cooking battery support elements can be adapted to the installation conditions, the material properties of the cooking range plate and the potentially maximum power of the gas burner. correspondent.

Reference symbols

1 gas cooktop

2-9 Cooking battery support element 10-13 Gas burner

14 Cooktop plate

15 Control element

16-19 Thermal screen

20 Cookware support frame 21-23 Cookware support wing

24 Laying surface

25 Support surface

26 Base surface

27 Cookware

28 Props

29-31 Gas cooking range

Claims (12)

1. Arrangement of cookware supports (2, 3, 4) for a gas cooking range (1), where the arrangement of cookware supports (2, 3, 4) comprises several battery support elements cookware (2, 3, 4), and a respective cookware support element (2, 3) forms a support surface (25) for a cookware container (27), where a cookware support element cookware (2) comprises a frame (20) that forms a base surface (26) of the cookware support element (2) and can be placed flat on a cooktop plate (14), a support wing (23), protruding out from the frame (20), which forms a part of the base surface (26), and several wings (21) vertically spaced from the frame (20) and protruding inward from the frame, where the upper sides of the inwardly projecting wings (21) form the bearing surface (25) for a cooking product container (27), and at the At least two cooking battery support elements (2, 3) form a common positioning surface (24), each of the at least two cooking battery support elements (2) comprises several wings (22) projecting towards out from the frame (20) in the same direction as the support flange (23), made as struts, where the upper sides of the flanges (22) projecting outward form the laying surface (24), where the struts (22) adjoin each other horizontally in parts and form the common laying surface (24), where the struts (22) collide with each other or are distanced from each other by a gap. 2. Arrangement of cookware supports (2, 3, 4) according to claim 1, characterized in that the cookware support elements (2, 3, 4) can form a flat cookware support on top of a gas cooking range (1). 3. Arrangement of cooking battery supports (2, 3, 4) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a cooking battery support element (6) is configured to cover several gas burners (11, 13) . 4. Gas cooktop (1) with a cooktop plate (14), several gas burners (10-13) arranged on the cooktop plate (14), and an arrangement of battery holders for cooking (2, 3, 4) according to one of claims 1-3. 5. Gas cooking range (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the mounting surfaces (24) of at least two cooking battery support elements (2, 3) form a common mounting surface that extends above multiple gas burner zones (10, 11). Gas cooking range (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the level of the common laying surface is equal to the gas cooking range (1). 7. Gas cooking range (1) according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the common positioning surface is formed by horizontal wings of the cooking battery support elements (28A, 28B) directed outward, seated on along with others in parts. Gas cooktop (1) according to one of claims 5-7, characterized in that the cooktop plate (14) is made at least partially of tempered glass or glass-ceramic. Gas cooktop (1) according to one of Claims 5-8, characterized in that the cooktop plate (14) is made at least partially from a tray-like metal sheet and a plate of tempered glass or glass ceramic glued on the underside on the metal sheet. 10. Gas cooking range (1) according to one of claims 5-9, furthermore with heat shields (16-19) flat and arranged in the areas of the gas burners (10-13), where the support elements of cooking batteries (2, 3, 4) are sealable in drag on the thermal screens (16-19). Gas cooking range (1) according to claim 10, characterized in that the heat shields (16-19) are made of rectangular, in particular square, shape. 12. Gas cooking range (1) according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the cooking battery support elements (2, 3, 4) comprise polygonal frames (20), each of which surrounds a screen thermal (16-19) polygonal and is sealable on the respective thermal screen (16-19) in a safe way against sliding and twisting.