Abstract: Apparatus for cooking food has a lid (18), a base (12) and a container (14) removable from the base (12) and suitable to contain food. A first heating unit (16a) associated with the base (12) has a plurality of electric heating elements (22) configured to achieve a specific heating surface to heat the container (14) and to be selectively activateable depending on the sizes and position of the container (14) on said base (12). The first heating unit (16a) has a control and command unit (20) associated with the heating elements (22) and sensitive elements (28) configured to recognize the position, size and shape of the container (14) and is configured to selectively command the heating elements (22) on the basis of the recognition by the sensitive elements (28) of which heating elements (22) are activated or can be activated in order to heat the container (14) directly.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 18, 2016
Publication date:
November 22, 2018
Applicant:
De Longhi Appliances S.r.l. con Socio Unico DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO
Inventors:
Giuseppe DE' LONGHI, Gianpaolo TREVISAN, Alessio VAZZOLER