An appliance includes a spring clip for attaching a radiant burner unit to a cooktop includes a body extending in a lateral direction. A retention tab projects from the body and extends in the lateral direction adjacent the body. A retention arm projects from the body and defines a first spring loop and a lever. The spring loop biases the lever toward the retention tab. The spring clip further includes a snap tab having a support arm projecting from the body in a vertical direction and a tab resiliently flexible toward and away from the support arm.

The invention relates to the asymmetric structure, in terms of the layer structure, of two or more stone slabs—generally two—wherein the load-bearing bottom slab is designed to be thicker than the top slab which is to be stabilized and which forms the surface of an induction hob assembly. The thickness or stiffness of the bottom stone slab is designed in conjunction with an adequately dimensioned tension-resistant fibre layer such that the tensile stresses in the top slab resulting from the expansion of the top slab during cooking, especially on the surface, because of the bi-metal effect, that is to say from dishing up of the slab, are not exceeded to avoid any hairline crack formation. To this end, the cross-section and/or the stiffness of the bottom slab is to be designed to be so thick in the counter-stabilizing edge regions that the expansion forces of the top stone slab in the cooking zone are adequately compensated for by the compression zone beneath the tension-resistant fibre layer such that the maximum permissible tensile stress on the surface of the top stone slab, which makes up the hob, is not exceeded even if the maximum permissible cooking temperature is reached. In order to prevent deflection or dishing of the entire assembly as a result of the bi-metal effect, a sufficiently porous stone material is selected for the surface which is compressible in volume and/or preferably less resistant to compression than the bottom stabilizing slab, which provides the counter-pressure. To receive the induction coil, the slab assembly is milled out from below to close to the surface, so that the distance between the induction coil and the pan is as small as possible. The milled-out portion is designed to be domed to enhance mechanical stability against pressure and impact from above. Additional fibre reinforcement can be applied here to provide greater support. Circulating air layers are used beneath and, where necessary, on top of the stone surface to keep the surface temperatures on the hob and on the underside of the cooking zone as low as possible. These measures together serve the purpose of preventing the usual hairline cracking on the surface of the complete assembly.

A countertop mounted cooking appliance includes a chassis upon which is arranged a cooktop. A peripheral side portion of the chassis includes at least one opening and a control box is mounted in the chassis for housing control elements and associated electronics. An inner duct extends over at least a portion of the control box, while an outer duct extends across the at least one opening along the peripheral side portion to the countertop. A fan is mounted within the chassis wherein, when the fan is activated, a cooling airflow is developed and directed through the inner duct, out of the chassis, and through the outer duct prior to being exhaust through a gap created between the cooktop and the countertop by a trim piece.

An induction heating device includes: a working coil including a conducting wire that is wound in an annular shape and that is connected to a plurality of electric terminals; a ferrite core disposed vertically below the working coil and configured to direct upward an alternating magnetic field generated by the working coil, the ferrite core defining a stepped portion at each corner of the ferrite core; a base plate that supports the ferrite core on an upper surface of the base plate and that defines a connection hole having a shape corresponding to the corner of the ferrite core; and an indicator substrate disposed vertically below the base plate. The indicator substrate includes a connector that is disposed on an upper surface of the indicator substrate, that is coupled to one or more of the plurality of electric terminals, and that protrudes upward through the connection hole.

The present disclosure relates to an induction heating device and a method for controlling the same. In accordance with the present disclosure, first, inductive sensing is periodically performed to detect a specific object with inductive heating property. Next, current sensing of the specific object having the inductive heating property is performed to again check whether the specific object has the inductive heating property. Thus, when the user simply places the loaded object on the device, the device may allow the user to quickly and intuitively confirm whether the corresponding loaded object has the inductive heating property.

A cooktop device, in particular an induction cooktop device, includes a base component and an articulated arm having a first arm part and a second arm part, with the articulated arm bearing exactly one heating element. A joint supports the second arm part for movement relative to the first arm part, and a suspension connects the first arm part to the base component.

An induction cooktop includes: a cover plate with at least one cooking point; a holding plate; at least one inductive heating coil arranged between the cover plate and the holding plate; at least one electronics housing fastened to a side of the holding plate facing away from the at least one inductive heating coil and having electronics for the at least one inductive heating coil; and a lower box closing off the induction cooktop at a bottom of the induction cooktop, the lower box being open at a top thereof. The at least one electronics housing is arranged in the lower box. The holding plate covers the lower box at the top. The retaining plate is connected in a force-transmitting manner to the lower box in an assembly state of the induction cooktop.

lower boxlower boxlower boxlower boxlower boxlower box An induction cooktop includes: a cover plate with at least one cooking point; a retaining plate; at least one inductive heating coil arranged in an intermediate space between the cover plate and the retaining plate; at least one electronics housing fastened to a side of the retaining plate facing away from the at least one heating coil and having electronics for the at least one heating coil; and a lower box closing off the induction cooktop at a bottom of the induction cooktop, the lower box being open at a top of the lower box. The at least one electronics housing with the electronics is arranged in the lower box. The retaining plate covers the lower box at the top of the lower box. The induction cooktop includes a fan for generating a primary cooling air flow for cooling the electronics in the lower box. At least one cooling air opening is arranged in the retaining plate.

A cooking appliance device includes a heating unit having a heating element for heating a cooking chamber in a heating operating state, and a cooking chamber element configured to at least partially bound the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber element has a part region with a surface shape which changes in the heating operating state in response to a thermal expansion of the cooking chamber element. The heating unit includes an adapting element which is arranged at least in part on the cooking chamber element and has in facing relation to the part region a surface which adapts in the heating operating state to the surface shape of the part region.

An inductor for use in an aerosol provision device. The inductor includes an electrically-conductive element. The element includes an electrically-conductive non-spiral first portion coincident with a first plane, an electrically-conductive non-spiral second portion coincident with a second plane that is spaced from the first plane, and an electrically-conductive connector that electrically connects the first portion to the second portion.