COOKING DEVICE COMPRISING A VESSEL SENSOR CONDUIT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COOKING DEVICE WITH A VESSEL SENSOR CONDUIT

Abstract

The invention relates to a cooking device (1), in particular a frying pan, comprising a vessel (18). The vessel (18) comprises a multi-layered base (2) and a multi-layered side wall (3), wherein the side wall (3) is connected to the base (2) by a transition area and wherein the side wall (3) comprises a connecting arrangement (9) for connecting to a handle element (8). Furthermore, the vessel (2) comprises a vessel sensor conduit (4). The base (2) has a center area around a center point. The vessel sensor conduit (4) extends within the base (2) and the side wall (3) from the connecting arrangement (9) to the base (2), preferably substantially to the center region. The radius in the transition area is at least 19 mm.

The invention also relates to a method for producing a cooking device (1).

Claims

1. A cooking device comprising a vessel comprising a multi-layered base and a multi-layered side wall, wherein the side wall is connected to the base by a transition area and wherein the side wall comprises a connecting arrangement for connecting to a handle element, and a vessel sensor conduit, wherein the base has a central area around a center point, and the vessel sensor conduit extends within the base and the side wall from the connecting arrangement to the base, wherein the radius in the transition area is at least 19 mm.

2. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the base has at least one outer layer comprising iron or iron alloy.

3. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the connection arrangement comprises a sensor opening forming the end of the vessel sensor conduit.

4. The cooking device according to claim 3, wherein the sensor opening is spaced at least 3 cm from a lower edge of the base.

5. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting arrangement comprises at least one centering device, by means of which a handle element can be connected to the side wall in a precisely fitting manner via the connecting arrangement.

6. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the cooking device comprises a handle element with a fastening device by means of which the handle element can be fastened to the connecting arrangement.

7. The cooking device according to claim 6, wherein the handle element has a handle element sensor conduit with a handle element sensor conduit opening, wherein in the attached state of the handle element the handle element sensor conduit opening is arranged to fit precisely at the vessel sensor conduit opening, so that a sensor conduit is formed from the vessel sensor conduit and the handle element sensor conduit.

8. The cooking device according to claim 7, wherein the cooking device has a sensor device which has a sensor, an electrical conductor and at least one of a display device and communication device, the sensor being arranged in the vessel sensor conduit, the electrical conductor being arranged in the sensor conduit and at least one of the display device and communication device being arranged in at least one of the handle element and on the handle element, and the sensor being connected to at least one of the display device and/or the communication device by the electrical conductor.

9. The cooking device according to claim 8, wherein at least one of the display device and communication device comprises an interface with which at least one of the display device and communication device can be connected to at least one of a smartphone and computer and stove and oven.

10. The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the cooking device comprises an energy storage device.

11. A method of producing a cooking device, comprising the following steps: arranging a multilayer plate body comprising a vessel sensor conduit in a deforming device; deforming the plate body by means of the deforming device; removing the vessel from the cooking device, wherein the deformation of the plate body takes at least one of at least 5 s and in that the deformation of the plate body is at least 1 s per 1 cm height, the height being the distance between a lower edge of a base of the deformed plate body and an upper edge of a side wall of the deformed plate body.

12. The method according to claim 11, comprising the further steps of: forming a connector assembly having a centering device and a sensor opening on the side wall of the vessel.

13. The method according to claim 12, comprising the further step of: arranging a handle element with a fastening device and a handle element sensor opening on the centering device of the vessel, wherein the handle element with the fastening device is attached and centered on the centering device such that the handle element sensor opening is arranged to fit precisely on the sensor opening.

14. The method according to claim 13, comprising the further step of: connecting the fastening device to the connecting arrangement.

15. The method according to claim 11, comprising the further step of: inserting a sensor unit comprising a sensor, an electrical conductor and a communication device into the sensor conduit, wherein the sensor and the electrical conductor are at least partially inserted first into the handle element sensor conduit and then into the vessel sensor conduit.

16. The method according to claim 15, comprising the further step of: arranging the communication device at least one of in the handle element and on the handle element.

Description

[0060] The invention is explained in more detail in the following figures. It shows:

[0061] FIG. 1: A cooking device with a vessel sensor conduit;

[0062] FIG. 2: A cooking device with a vessel sensor conduit and a sensor opening;

[0063] FIG. 3: A cooking device with a vessel sensor conduit and a handle element;

[0064] FIG. 4: A cooking device with a handle element and a sensor conduit;

[0065] FIG. 5: A cooking device with a handle element and a display device;

[0066] FIG. 6: A cooking device with a handle element and an energy storage device.

[0067] FIG. 1 shows a cooking device 1 with a vessel sensor conduit 4. The vessel 18 has a base 2 and a side wall 3. The base 2 is connected to the side wall 3 by a transition area 5. The transition area 5 is curved. The vessel sensor conduit 4 extends from the center area of the base 2 into the side wall 3.

[0068] FIG. 2 shows a cooking device 1. The vessel 18 has a vessel sensor conduit 4 and a sensor opening 6. The sensor opening 6 is formed on the side wall 3 of the vessel 18. The sensor opening 6 leads into the vessel sensor conduit 4. Identical reference signs denote the same components.

[0069] FIG. 3 shows a cooking device 1 with a vessel 18 and a handle element 8. The cooking device 1 comprises a centering device 7 and a connecting arrangement 9. The handle element 8 is attached to the connecting arrangement 9 and fastened to the handle element 8 with the fastening device 17. The centering device 7 is designed as a funnel. A sensor and/or electrical conductor can be inserted through the funnel-shaped centering device 7 into the vessel sensor conduit 4 through the sensor opening 6. Identical reference signs denote the same components.

[0070] FIG. 4 shows a cooking device 1 with a vessel sensor conduit 4, a handle element 8 and a handle element sensor conduit 10. The vessel sensor conduit 4 is formed in the vessel 18. The handle element sensor conduit 10 is formed in the handle element 8. The handle element 8 is attached to the connecting arrangement 9 and fastened to the handle element 8 by the fastening device 17. The centering device 7 is designed such that the handle element 8 can be centered on the centering device 7 and a sensor device 12 can be inserted into the vessel sensor conduit 4 through the handle element sensor conduit 10, the handle element sensor conduit opening 11, the centering device 7 and the sensor opening 6. Identical reference signs denote the same components.

[0071] FIG. 5 shows a cooking device 1 with a sensor device 12, a handle element 8 and a display device 15. The display device 15 is arranged on the handle element 8. The sensor device 12 comprises a sensor 13, an electrical conductor 14 and a display device 15. The sensor 13 is arranged in the center area of the base 2 of the cooking device 1. The electrical conductor 14 runs through the vessel sensor conduit 4, the sensor opening 6, the centering device 7, the handle element sensor conduit opening 11 and the handle element sensor conduit 10 to the display device 15. Identical reference signs denote the same components.

[0072] FIG. 6 shows a cooking device 1 with a sensor device 12, a display device 15 and an energy storage device 16. The energy storage device 16 is integrated into the display device 15. Identical reference signs denote the same components.