WO2008149189A2 - Modular cooktop - Google Patents

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WO2008149189A2
WO2008149189A2 PCT/IB2008/001193 IB2008001193W WO2008149189A2 WO 2008149189 A2 WO2008149189 A2 WO 2008149189A2 IB 2008001193 W IB2008001193 W IB 2008001193W WO 2008149189 A2 WO2008149189 A2 WO 2008149189A2
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Marcello Cutino
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24C—DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES ; DETAILS OF DOMESTIC STOVES OR RANGES, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F24C15/00—Details
    • F24C15/10—Tops, e.g. hot plates; Rings

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  • This invention relates to a modular cooktop.
  • this invention relates to means suitable for fastening the various parts of said modular cooktop in a removable way.
  • pan support grilles and the gas rings of the relevant burners are easily removable so as to be, e.g., conveniently washed in a dish washer while the surface below the grilles, which tends to become dirty, is fixed.
  • a first object of this invention is to indicate a modular cooktop that can be easily dismantled and put together again.
  • a second object of this invention is to indicate means suitable for fastening together the various parts of said modular cooktop in a removable way.
  • a third object of the present invention is to indicate a modular cooktop having means suitable for collecting up the dirt and residues of the cooking operations.
  • a fourth object of this invention is to indicate means suitable for collecting up dirt and residues of the cooking operations that are simple to dismantle and easily and quickly washable.
  • a further object of this invention is to indicate a modular cooktop the structural conception of which allows a very high quantity of aesthetic variations.
  • FIG. 2 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop disassembled in its component parts according to the first variation of the invention
  • FIG. 3 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop disassembled in its component parts according to a second variation of the invention
  • FIG. 4 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop disassembled in its component parts according to a third variation of the invention
  • FIG. 5 shows an axonometric view of a detail of the cooktop according to the third variation of the invention
  • - Figure 6 shows an axonometric view of a stacking of several elements as shown in figure 5;
  • FIG. 7 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop disassembled in its component parts according to a last variation of the invention
  • FIG. 8 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop, according to the variation of figure 4, with more than one burner.
  • a gas cooktop connected to the mains gas supply and positioned on a worktop 3, henceforth, for the sake of simplicity, called top, of a base unit, not shown in the illustrations.
  • a cooktop 1 having a single burner 2 with a head that protrudes with respect to the top 3 itself. It is however obvious that said cooktop 1 can also comprise several burners 2 positioned one aside the other, as shown e.g. in figure 8.
  • said cooktop 1 comprises a burner-holder 101 having at least the cup 10 La of the burner 2, a work plate 102, that can be housed, using means to be described later, on said burner-holder 101 and a grille
  • said burner-holder 101 is recessed in said top 3 and further comprises the knob lOl.b for the supply and adjustment of the flow of gas reaching said burner 2 by means of the supply pipe 101.c.
  • Said cooktop 1 is completed by the gas ring 103 and the relevant cover 103. a of the burner 2.
  • said work plate 102 has a hole 102. a, with round cross section, substantially at the centre of its bottom, and edges 102.b suitable for preventing dirt and residues of the cooking operations from ending up in the underlying top 3.
  • Said work plate 102 and said burner-holder 101 are joined together in a removable way by means of a centring means lOl.d, preferably with a truncated cone shape, positioned around the cup 10 La of said burner 2.
  • Said centring means 10 Ld does in fact allow centring the hole 102.a of said plate 102 on the cup 10 La of said burner 2, at the same time leaving freedom of movement for the plate 102 itself.
  • the work plate 102 can in fact be turned and positioned, at the user's discretion, in any preferred direction with respect to the burner-holder 101 on which it rests and, furthermore, it can be quickly and easily removed from the underlying burner-holder 101 to be easily cleaned and washed, e.g. in a dish washer.
  • Said centring means 10 Ld can, furthermore, have locator means, not shown on the attached illustrations, suitable on the other hand for defining the angular position of said work plate 102.
  • the work plate 2 can be made of any shape and size and whatever the shape and size of the burner-holder 101 on which it is housed, thereby allowing considerable personalisation and aesthetic versatility of the cooktop 1 itself.
  • said work plate 102 has a substantially rectangular shape (see fig. 1 or T).
  • FIG. 3 e.g., shows a variation of the invention according to which the prongs 104.a of said grille 104 are integrated and rigidly fastened to the work plate 102.
  • Said solution makes possible the stacking of two or more work plates 102 with a considerable reduction in overall dimensions, and thus permits their easier introduction and washing in a dishwasher (see in particular the figures 5 and 6).
  • said prongs 104. a can be easily replaced by prongs of other shape, size and length and therefore more suitable for supporting pans and containers of particular shape, such as fish kettles or pyrex dishes, and so able to obtain more cooktop models with just a few alternative component parts.
  • Said work plate 102 and grille 104 are preferably made of materials resistant to high temperatures and easy to wash, such as e.g. aluminium or ceramic.
  • the work plate 102 e.g., instead of having edges 102.b suitable for containing drippings and residues of the cooking operations, can simply be made with a concavity such as to prevent said residues escaping towards the top 3 (see e.g. fig. 4).
  • said burner-holder 101 can simply be rested above the top 3 or alternatively fastened, by means of known means, underneath the top 3 itself, instead of being recessed as described thus far (see fig. 7).
  • a housing does not have to be made on the top 3 to recess the burner-holder 101 itself while in the case of the second solution, said top 3 of the base unit has holes 201 and 202 of reduced cross dimensions, only for housing the burner 2 and the adjustment knob lOl.b, respectively, thereby leaving said top 3 substantially integral.

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Abstract

The gas cooktop positioned on a worktop of a base unit comprises a burner- holder suitable for carrying at least one cup of a burner, a knob for the supply and adjustment of the flow of gas reaching the burner by means of the gas supply pipe, a work plate having at least one hole for the passage of at least one burner, a grille suitable for supporting pans and containers and coupling means that permit to couple the work plate with the burner-holder in a removable way.

Description

MODULAR COOKTOP
Technical Field
This invention relates to a modular cooktop.
In particular this invention relates to means suitable for fastening the various parts of said modular cooktop in a removable way.
Background Art
It is a known fact that a very large variety of cooktops exist, gas or electric, such as to cater for a broad variety of consumer needs and expectations.
Most of these cooktops are fixed and fitted directly in the worktop of a base unit.
Said first solution, though by far the most used, has however a series of drawbacks that go from the obligation to cut the worktop of the base unit in order to make the housing for said cooktop to the complexity of dismantling the entire cooktop for replacement or maintenance. Furthermore, the removal of the residues of the cooking operations and the cleaning of said current state-of-the-art recessed cooktops can be difficult or in any case not optimal from a hygienic viewpoint, this necessarily having to be done manually.
In fact, only the pan support grilles and the gas rings of the relevant burners are easily removable so as to be, e.g., conveniently washed in a dish washer while the surface below the grilles, which tends to become dirty, is fixed.
To overcome at least this last drawback, the use is sometimes made of absorbent, disposable or washable film, or trays with the same dimensions and shape as the cooktop and on which openings are naturally made for the passage of burners, as described in detail in the documents FR 2 656 070, FR 2 678 849 and WO 2005/040683.
Said solutions, though simple and inexpensive, may not however be aesthetically satisfactory and in any case not very practical.
Object of the Invention A first object of this invention is to indicate a modular cooktop that can be easily dismantled and put together again.
A second object of this invention is to indicate means suitable for fastening together the various parts of said modular cooktop in a removable way.
A third object of the present invention is to indicate a modular cooktop having means suitable for collecting up the dirt and residues of the cooking operations.
A fourth object of this invention is to indicate means suitable for collecting up dirt and residues of the cooking operations that are simple to dismantle and easily and quickly washable.
A further object of this invention is to indicate a modular cooktop the structural conception of which allows a very high quantity of aesthetic variations.
These and other objects are obtained with a modular cooktop according to the invention, made as described below and on the attached claims that form an integral part of the description itself.
Brief Description of the Drawings
Possible embodiments of the cooktop are described below with reference to the attached drawings wherein : - Figure 1 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop according to a first variation of the invention;
- Figure 2 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop disassembled in its component parts according to the first variation of the invention;
- Figure 3 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop disassembled in its component parts according to a second variation of the invention;
- Figure 4 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop disassembled in its component parts according to a third variation of the invention;
- Figure 5 shows an axonometric view of a detail of the cooktop according to the third variation of the invention; - Figure 6 shows an axonometric view of a stacking of several elements as shown in figure 5;
- Figure 7 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop disassembled in its component parts according to a last variation of the invention;
- Figure 8 shows an axonometric view of the cooktop, according to the variation of figure 4, with more than one burner.
Embodiments of the Invention
With reference to the figures 1,2, 3, 4 and 7, by 1 is indicated a gas cooktop connected to the mains gas supply and positioned on a worktop 3, henceforth, for the sake of simplicity, called top, of a base unit, not shown in the illustrations.
To further make description easy, henceforth reference will be made to a cooktop 1 having a single burner 2 with a head that protrudes with respect to the top 3 itself. It is however obvious that said cooktop 1 can also comprise several burners 2 positioned one aside the other, as shown e.g. in figure 8.
With reference to the figure 2, said cooktop 1 comprises a burner-holder 101 having at least the cup 10 La of the burner 2, a work plate 102, that can be housed, using means to be described later, on said burner-holder 101 and a grille
104 positioned above said work plate 102 and suitable, as is known, for supporting pans and containers.
According to the variation being described, said burner-holder 101 is recessed in said top 3 and further comprises the knob lOl.b for the supply and adjustment of the flow of gas reaching said burner 2 by means of the supply pipe 101.c.
Said cooktop 1 is completed by the gas ring 103 and the relevant cover 103. a of the burner 2.
As shown in the figures 1 and 2, said work plate 102 has a hole 102. a, with round cross section, substantially at the centre of its bottom, and edges 102.b suitable for preventing dirt and residues of the cooking operations from ending up in the underlying top 3.
Said work plate 102 and said burner-holder 101 are joined together in a removable way by means of a centring means lOl.d, preferably with a truncated cone shape, positioned around the cup 10 La of said burner 2. Said centring means 10 Ld does in fact allow centring the hole 102.a of said plate 102 on the cup 10 La of said burner 2, at the same time leaving freedom of movement for the plate 102 itself.
The work plate 102 can in fact be turned and positioned, at the user's discretion, in any preferred direction with respect to the burner-holder 101 on which it rests and, furthermore, it can be quickly and easily removed from the underlying burner-holder 101 to be easily cleaned and washed, e.g. in a dish washer.
Said centring means 10 Ld can, furthermore, have locator means, not shown on the attached illustrations, suitable on the other hand for defining the angular position of said work plate 102.
With the centring lOl.d as described, the work plate 2 can be made of any shape and size and whatever the shape and size of the burner-holder 101 on which it is housed, thereby allowing considerable personalisation and aesthetic versatility of the cooktop 1 itself.
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention said work plate 102 has a substantially rectangular shape (see fig. 1 or T).
Now to come to the grille 104 suitable for supporting pans and containers, this is simply rested, by means of feet 104.C, on the edges 102.b of said work plate
102, as shown in figure 2.
Nothing however prevents said grille 104 from being obtained in a single body with said work plate 102, instead of simply being rested in a removable way on the edges 102.b of same. The figure 3, e.g., shows a variation of the invention according to which the prongs 104.a of said grille 104 are integrated and rigidly fastened to the work plate 102.
A further variation of the invention (see fig. 5) contemplates that said prongs
104.a of said grille 104 be fixed to said work plate 102 by means of hinges 104.b for easy lifting and lowering.
Said solution makes possible the stacking of two or more work plates 102 with a considerable reduction in overall dimensions, and thus permits their easier introduction and washing in a dishwasher (see in particular the figures 5 and 6).
Furthermore, according to this variation, said prongs 104. a can be easily replaced by prongs of other shape, size and length and therefore more suitable for supporting pans and containers of particular shape, such as fish kettles or pyrex dishes, and so able to obtain more cooktop models with just a few alternative component parts.
Said work plate 102 and grille 104 are preferably made of materials resistant to high temperatures and easy to wash, such as e.g. aluminium or ceramic.
Numerous other variations of the cooktop 1, referred to in this invention, are clearly available to the expert in the field, without because of this exiting from the confines of newness implicit in the inventive idea, just as it is clear that in the practical implementation of the invention the various component parts described previously can be replaced by technically equivalent elements. The work plate 102 e.g., instead of having edges 102.b suitable for containing drippings and residues of the cooking operations, can simply be made with a concavity such as to prevent said residues escaping towards the top 3 (see e.g. fig. 4).
Furthermore, though not shown in any illustration, said burner-holder 101 can simply be rested above the top 3 or alternatively fastened, by means of known means, underneath the top 3 itself, instead of being recessed as described thus far (see fig. 7).
In the first case, a housing does not have to be made on the top 3 to recess the burner-holder 101 itself while in the case of the second solution, said top 3 of the base unit has holes 201 and 202 of reduced cross dimensions, only for housing the burner 2 and the adjustment knob lOl.b, respectively, thereby leaving said top 3 substantially integral.

Claims

1) Gas cooktop positioned on a worktop of a base unit comprising:
- a burner-holder suitable for carrying at least one cup of a burner, a knob for the supply and adjustment of the flow of gas reaching said burner by means of the gas supply pipe,
- a work plate having at least one hole for the passage of at least one burner,
- and a grille suitable for supporting pans and containers, characterized by the fact that further coupling means are contemplated that permit to couple said work plate with said burner-holder in a removable way.
2) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said coupling means consists of a centring means suitable for centring said hole of said work plate on said cup of the burner, being said centring means placed around said cup. 3) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said hole of said work plate has a round cross section.
4) Cooktop according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that said centring means comprises further locator means suitable for defining the angular position of said work plate on said burner-holder, thus preventing its rotation. 5) Cooktop according to claim 2, characterized by the fact that said centring means has a substantially truncated cone shape.
6) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said grille suitable for supporting pans and containers only rests on the edges of said work plate in a removable way. 7) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said grille suitable for supporting pans and containers is obtained in a single body with said work plate.
8) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the prongs of said grille are fastened to said work plate by means of hinges for easy lifting and lowering.
9) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said burner- holder is recessed in a cavity of said worktop of the base unit. 10) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said burner- holder only rests above said worktop of the base unit.
11) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said burner- holder is fastened, by means of known means, underneath said worktop of the base unit, said worktop having only a first and a second holes suitable for housing said burner-holder and said knob respectively.
12) Cooktop according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that said cooktop has a single burner with a head that protrudes with respect to the top of a base unit.
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ES08750934.5T ES2477015T3 (en) 2007-06-06 2008-05-14 Gas cooktop
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