Abstract: Food preparation apparatus including a top cooking surface, or cooktop, a front wall, a clear see-through wall located on the front side and extending above the top surface, a suction device adapted to take in fumes/odors or gases being generated at and released from the cooktop, the suction device including a forward inclined intake grille arranged between the cooktop and the vertical wall, the clear see-through wall being curved backwards, with the lower portion thereof extending almost vertically and then gradually curving backwards. A chamber collecting the gases being taken in is arranged below the grille and debouches into a vertical suction conduit, to which there is associated an appropriate suction fan, entering a prismatic filtering chamber provided with a filter in the form of a filtering partition arranged between two opposite sides of the chamber and lying orthogonally to the rear wall of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a cooking oven, which is provided with a cooking cavity and a door adapted to close the cooking cavity. The door is provided with an outer frame and one or more glass panes supported by such frame along the periphery thereof. On the surface of at least one of the glass panes there are applied heating means, which include a layer of substantially clear, e.g. transparent resistive material, and means adapted to connect two sides of such layer of resistive material to appropriate terminals energizable by an electric voltage supplied from a source available inside the oven.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food products on both sides thereof, including a base member (2) associated to a bottom heating surface (3) adapted to support food products to be cooked, an upper member (4) associated to a top heating surface (5) and joined in an articulated manner to the base member (2) so that, when the upper member (4) is displaced towards the base member (2), the top heating surface (5) comes to lie opposite to the bottom heating surface (3) so as to enclose the food products therebetween. The upper member (4) is adapted to close in onto the base member (2) so as to form a cooking cavity (6) containing the heating surfaces (3, 5), wherein the cooking cavity (6) defines a radiation shield capable of retaining the microwaves inside the cooking cavity (6) itself.

Abstract: Cooking machine or deep-fat fryer comprising a vessel for holding a bath of water or frying oil, said vessel being formed by a cylindrical vertical wall or by at least a vertical planar wall, means for controllably heating said bath, a perforated basket adapted to be dipped into said vessel, wherein the heating means comprise at least an induction coil provided on the outside of a vertical wall of said vessel and oriented so that the axis of the electromagnetic flux generated by said coil is directed at the interior of said basket in a substantially horizontal direction, and an appropriate electric-frequency driver generator adapted to generate an electric voltage that is transmitted to said induction coil; said perforated basket is made of a ferromagnetic material. At least the portion of the wall that faces said induction coil is made of a heat-resistant and diamagnetic material, such as preferably glass-ceramics.

Abstract: Food preparation apparatus comprising a top cooking surface, or cooktop, a front wall, a clear see-through wall located on the front side and extending above said top surface, suction means adapted to take in fumes/odours or gases being generated at and released from said cooktop, said suction means comprising a forward inclined intake grille arranged between said cooktop and said vertical wall; the clear see-through wall is curved backwards, with the lower portion thereof extending almost vertically and then gradually curving backwards. A chamber collecting the gases being taken in is arranged below said grille and debouches into a vertical suction conduit, to which there is associated an appropriate suction fan, entering a prismatic filtering chamber provided with a filter in the form of a filtering partition arranged between two opposite sides of said chamber and lying orthogonally to the rear wall of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a cooking oven, which is provided with a cooking cavity and a door adapted to close it, wherein such door is provided with an outer frame and one or more glass panes supported by such frame along the periphery thereof, wherein on the surface of at least one of said glass panes there are applied heating means, which comprise a layer of substantially clear, i.e. transparent resistive material, means adapted to connect two sides of such layer of resistive material to appropriate terminals energizable by an electric voltage supplied from a source available inside said oven. Said layer of resistive material is applied along a vertical strip extending centrally on the glass pane on which it is applied. At the two opposite edges of said vertical strip there are provided two respective conductive members, or bus bars, each one of which is electrically connected to the respective edge.

Abstract: A grill for use especially in commercial kitchens includes at least one electric heating element and, directly above said heating element, at least one food-product holder these components jointly forming a grill platform and said food-product holder featuring nozzles through which steam and/or hot water and/or seasoning can be sprayed.

Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food products on both sides thereof, comprising a base member (2) associated to a bottom heating surface (3) adapted to support food products to be cooked, an upper member (4) associated to a top heating surface (5) and joined in an articulated manner to the base member (2) so that, when the upper member (4) is displaced towards the base member (2), the top heating surface (5) comes to lie opposite to the bottom heating surface (3) so as to enclose the food products therebetween. The upper member (4) is adapted to close in onto the base member (2) so as to form a cooking cavity (6) containing said heating surfaces (3, 5), the base member (2) comprising a microwave generator (7) adapted to irradiate the food products being enclosed between said heating surfaces (3, 5), wherein said cooking cavity (6) defines a radiation shield capable of retaining the microwaves inside said cooking cavity (6) itself.

Abstract: This invention relates to a grill unit for use especially in commercial kitchens, with at least one electric heating element (52)[sic] and, directly above said heating element (52), at least one food-product holder (54)[sic], these components jointly forming a grill platform (20) and said food-product holder featuring nozzles (58) through which steam and/or hot water and/or seasoning can be sprayed.

Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus includes a radiation source that emits a radiation beam, a rotating first prism that deflects the emitted beam, a first lens that projects the deflected emitted beam onto a scene to be scanned, a second lens that receives a reflected beam arising as a reflection of the emitted beam from the scene and projects the reflected beam onto a rotating second prism, which deflects the reflected beam onto a photodetector. The first and second prisms are respectively rigidly mounted on or connected to a common rotatable drive axle, preferably on two opposite ends of the drive axle, which is preferably a rotor shaft of a drive motor. Thereby, the rotation of the two deflection prisms is positively and precisely synchronized, and the overall apparatus is compact, simple and robust. This apparatus is suitable for use in an optical distance radar system for a motor vehicle.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system for holding food in ready-to-serve state, comprising one or several heat-conducting plates (6) on which the food can be placed, either directly or in dishes, in ready-to-serve fashion; one or several Peltier elements or similar devices and one or several heating elements, each of which is or can be thermally coupled to the plate(s) (6) and/or to the dishes; one or several selector switches (22) as operating controls or the radio-signal receivers of such selector switches by means of which it is possible to select temperatures and/or temperature cycles and/or warming or cooling modes of the plate(s) (6), a control unit by means of which, in response to the selection made via the selector switches (22), the Peltier element(s) can be enabled to cool the plate(s) and/or the Peltier element(s) and/or the heating element(s) can be energized to heat the plate(s).

Abstract: This invention relates to a system for holding food in ready-to-serve state, comprising