A counter top cooking appliance has an enclosure defining a cooking chamber arranged to receive a cooking pan. The cooking chamber includes a lower heating element arranged so that the cooking pan may be supported thereon to receive conductive heating there-from, and an upper heating element disposed above and spaced from the cooking pan to provide radiant heating to food there-within. The enclosure includes an upper portion including the upper heating element, and a lower portion including the lower heating element, and a hinge connecting the upper portion to the lower portion. The hinge enables the upper portion to rest atop the lower portion to define the cooking chamber, and alternatively enables the upper portion to be swung relative to the lower portion so that the upper and lower portions are in a parallel side-by-side relationship and both heating elements are arranged so that the cooking pan may be supported on either thereof to receive conductive heating there-from.

A heating arrangement for a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. Heating elements can be exposed in a cavity of the appliance and can have a shield that permits infrared energy to pass but blocks microwaves and/or provides physical support for internal components such as a quartz tube or resistance element. The shield can be grounded to one or more cavity walls by grounding elements that engage with the shield and a portion of the cavity wall. The heating element can emit a greater amount of infrared radiation in one direction than an opposite direction, e.g., due to a convex or other shape of the resistance element. Sets of heating elements can be controlled so that a second element begins to emit visible light at a same time that a first element stops emitting visible light. Convection air can be directed at one or more heating elements, which diffuse the air flow or otherwise prevent flow of air directly to food in the cavity.

A heating arrangement for a cooking appliance, such as a toaster or oven. Heating elements can be exposed in a cavity of the appliance and can have a shield that permits infrared energy to pass but blocks microwaves and/or provides physical support for internal components such as a quartz tube or resistance element. The shield can be grounded to one or more cavity walls by grounding elements that engage with the shield and a portion of the cavity wall. The heating element can emit a greater amount of infrared radiation in one direction than an opposite direction, e.g., due to a convex or other shape of the resistance element. Sets of heating elements can be controlled so that a second element begins to emit visible light at a same time that a first element stops emitting visible light. Convection air can be directed at one or more heating elements, which diffuse the air flow or otherwise prevent flow of air directly to food in the cavity.

A range has burner coil elements which have temperature switches as a portion of the replaceable coils. Upon reaching a predetermined temperature, the switch opens and power through the burner element is secured. The burner elements are preferably open coil units. Lowering the temperature in a cooking utensil below common ignition temperatures while still allowing boiling is an objective of many embodiments.

The present invention relates to an article having at least one luminous area, particularly for display purposes, particularly a white area, said article comprising at least one glass-ceramic substrate having a light transmission from 0.8% to 40% and an optical transmission of at least 0.10, at least at a wavelength within the range from 420 to 780 nm, at least one light source, particularly a light-emitting diode, having an emission peak at a wavelength between 430 and 490 nm, and at least one luminescent compound emitting in the area of the CIExyY (1931) three-color diagram delimited by the following coordinates (x, y): TABLE-US-00001 x 0.2658 0.2000 0.3000 0.4229 0.2658 y 0.7243 0.3950 0.3405 0.5756 0.7243
so as to form at least one luminous area, particularly a white area, in particular for display purposes, in at least one area of the plate.

A high speed cooking apparatus employing a low voltage high current system for heating foods employing a novel wire mesh heating element. The system herein described providing the benefits of high speed cooking like that further described by U.S. Provisional Application 60/822,028 filed on Aug. 10, 2006, but yet providing significant cost benefit and simplicity over said system.

The invention relates to an electrical heating apparatus for arranging under a table, the heating apparatus comprising a housing, at least one electrically powered heat source arranged inside said housing, and heat shielding means comprised in the housing and having a plurality of through holes configured for allowing heat radiation from the electrically powered heat source to pass, wherein the heat shielding means comprises a layer of a material with a thermal conductivity lower than 2 [W.Math.m.sup.1.Math.K.sup.1], and wherein the inner surface of the heat shielding means is applied with a layer of heat radiation reflecting material configured for reflecting the heat radiated from the heat source back against the inner part of the housing.

Disclosed is a transfer system. The transfer system comprises a transfer mechanism that itself comprises a first portion and second portion that together define a recess for receiving a dough ball. The transfer system also includes a drive system. The drive system drives the transfer mechanism to position the dough ball on a cooking surface, to make a flat edible, moves at least one of the first portion and second portion to open the recess to release the dough ball, and also drives the transfer mechanism to push the flat edible off the cooking surface.

A cooking apparatus including a plurality of physically separated glasses and a coupling member coupling the plurality of glasses. The cooking apparatus includes a first glass forming a first region, a second glass forming a second region separated from the first region, and the coupling member configured to couple the first glass and the second glass. Where the coupling member includes an upper flange configured to cover a portion of an upper surface of the first glass and a portion of an upper surface of the second glass to divide the first region and the second region, a lower flange configured to support a portion of a lower surface of the first glass and a portion of a lower surface of the second glass, and a column configured to connect the upper flange and the lower flange.

An electrical safety heater apparatus includes an upper metal hot casing and a lower non-flammable electrically and thermally insulating lower section. The apparatus further includes a standard tungsten incandescent or halogen bulb or multiple bulbs and a removable crown top of the heater.