Abstract: A cook top with a frame on which there is secured a cook top panel, in particular made of glass ceramic. A plurality of hot plates is provided which can each be heated by a heating element that is secured beneath the cook top panel. For the positioning of the heating element relative to the frame exactly one positioning element is secured on the frame. The positioning element has at least two spaced-apart connecting elements that engage in two corresponding positioning openings of a heating-element casing of the heating element which is to be positioned. In order to achieve high positional accuracy of the heating-element casing with low outlay, the frame has an installation shoulder that extends essentially parallel to the base of the heating-element casing, and the positioning element is secured in a precisely positioned manner on the installation shoulder.

Abstract: A cook top with a cook top panel, in particular a cook top panel made of glass ceramic, which is secured on a metallic, single-piece installation frame. The frame has side walls that extend essentially perpendicularly to the cook top panel and which has, on a base side, an installation shoulder which extends parallel to the cook top panel, at a spacing from the cook top panel. The installation shoulder surrounds a large-surface-area base opening formed in the installation frame. The installation shoulder is provided with component openings for securing components of the cook top. In order for it to be possible to configure the installation frame in the simplest possible manner in production terms, the installation frame is configured as a bent part. In this case, at least four side walls are configured as individual side-wall sections which are separate from one another and are each bent individually at right angles from the installation shoulder around a periphery.

Abstract: A cooktop includes a horizontal cooking surface having boundary sides and preferably a plurality of cooking locations. A narrow control surface is disposed at an angle relative to the cooking surface along at least one of the boundary sides of the cooking surface. The control surface slopes upwardly, is oriented toward the cooking surface and directly adjoins the cooking surface in a flush manner, at least substantially seamlessly. Operating and/or indicator devices and at least one heating element are provided for the at least one cooking location. A cooktop frame supports the cooking and control surfaces, the at least one heating element, and the operating and/or indicator devices.

Abstract: A cooktop includes a cooking surface preferably having a plurality of cooking locations. A cooktop frame to be inserted into a kitchen work counter surrounds the cooking surface and has a frame leg protruding above the cooking surface. The frame leg has an outer leg surface extending downward in the inserted position of the cooktop. Control devices for the cooking locations are disposed at least on the frame leg. The control devices include at least one operating device disposed on the outer leg surface of the frame leg.