Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Millen, White, Zelano, & Braniagn, P.C.
  • Patent number: 6170479
    Abstract: A cooking surface that is made of glass or glass ceramic and at least one atmospheric gas burner and arrangement for attachment of a gas burner to an opening for guiding the burner includes an attachment arrangement that is used in the cooking area which comprises a burner with a circumferential collar that is molded onto burner body above the cooking surface for tight seating on the cooking surface top side. The connection is made by friction or tension of the burner body with at least one spring element disposed below the cooking surface. Cooking areas with this arrangement require fewer components and less time for assembly and are easy to clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Schott Glas
    Inventor: Martin Taplan