Abstract: For an electric hotplate is provided an assembly arrangement using a bearing ring, which forms a continuous, one-piece, smooth-surface top extending from the outermost circumferential area of the hotplate body located close to the cooking surface to its outer circumference or to the mounting plate and has a relatively shallow collecting depression for liquid which has flowed over between an inner and an outer ring profile. With the hotplate or bearing ring can be associated at least one shield and at least one locking and/or centering device for position fixing purposes, so that there is a simple and positionally accurate assembly. The bearing ring can also be stop-limited towards the bottom against deformation.

Abstract: In an electric hotplate (1) flexible connecting leads (22), whose outer ends form connecting members (29) for connection to appliance lines, are so connected in positionally secured manner to short, bent pins (13) that the connection points or junctions (28) are directly accessible from the outside by welding tongs or the like for producing welded joints directly adjacent to an insulator (9). For the conection of these inner ends (25) to the pins (13) in such a way that they directly engage on the insulator (9), an orienting device (30) is provided as an auxiliary tool and can be oriented with a fork-like centering member (40) with respect to the insulator (9) and has orienting receptacles (42) for the engagement of end portions of the inner ends (25) of the leads (22).

Abstract: A radiant heating element (11) contains on the surface (16) of an insulating support (14) heating resistors (18), which emanate from terminals (20), which are arranged in regular spacings on the outer circumference of the heating area (21) and are connected there to semicircular ring circuits (22, 23). The heating resistors run from the outside to the inside in nested double spirals (30, 31), reverse there in return bends (32) and then run parallel back again to the outside. This gives a very uniform, almost completely symmetrical arrangement, so that the glowing state is rapidly reached and a uniform glow pattern is obtained.

Abstract: A fluid heater having a fluid chamber with a base wall and an upright sidewall is positioned above a feed chamber having an upper wall. A plurality of identical tubular passage heaters, each having an upper outlet end connected to the fluid chamber base wall and an inlet end connected to the upper wall of the feed chamber, are disposed in at least one lateral protective niche recessed with respect to the fluid chamber upright wall. Return ducts located inwardly of the passage heaters connect the base wall of the fluid chambers to the upper wall of the feed chamber. Thermostatically controlled electric heating elements helically disposed on the passage heaters produce a thermosphonic circulation of fluid from the feed chamber through the passage heaters to the fluid chamber and back to the feed chamber through the return ducts. The heating capacity of the fluid heater can be varied within wide limits by energizing different numbers of passage heaters.

Abstract: An electric hotplate has leads projecting from the underside and whose ends form connecting pins and provided with plugging pieces in the form of flat plugging tongues, connected by plugging connections to matching plugs of apparatus lines. On the plugging pieces is mounted an insulator which, like the plugging pieces, forms a preassembled unit and can be transferred from a stacking position into a connection position. The matching plug can be formed by a socket with stops acting in and counter to the plugging direction and whereof one is constructed so that it automatically snaps in.

Abstract: A temperature switch for limiting the temperature of a glass ceramic plate against the radiation emanating from light and dark radiators has a sensor, which comprises a metallic sensor tube and an inner ceramic rod. Over the sensor is drawn a steatite tube, which on the one hand ensures the electrical insulation between the heaters and the glass ceramic plate and on the other so shields the radiation by reflection, absorption and thermal mass, that the sensor is given a temporary response delay and a greater switching hysteresis.

Abstract: In a cooker with an at least partly translucent cooking or hob surface an operating or hot indication takes place through modular units surrounding the heating unit and which contain individual glow lamps and are spaced from one another around the circumference of the heating unit. They are fixed by holders to the outer rim of the heating unit and are electrically interconnected.Through a different wiring of the individual glow lamps or units it is possible to indicate different states of the heating unit.

Abstract: On the cover of the underside of an electric hotplate is fixed by riveting or the like a lateral connecting plate. A passage or some other functional part is so inserted in the openings of the cover and lateral connecting plate, that it is in each case positively supported on one of the two sheet metal parts by corresponding laterally oppositely displaced projections, so that it is also fixed when the two parts are connected. It forms with the parts a subassembly, which is suitable for automatic hotplate fitting.

Abstract: To a lower coverplate of an electric hotplate a side plate is fitted, onto which can subsequently be mounted an insulator by means of a locking connection. The insulator receives connecting leads from the hotplate and corresponding connections, such as flat connecting tongues. As a result of the subsequent mountability of the insulator, the transportation height is reduced, and by a desired bending point, the entire connecting unit can easily be adapted to different installation shapes and heights.

Abstract: An electric hotplate with a hotplate body, forming a cooking surface having a flat or shallow depression in its center, has an assembly for securing the hotplate to a hob surface and has a removable cover, such as a flat head, for providing a smooth surface at the center of the hotplate depression.

Abstract: A temperature switch, used more particular as a temperature limiter for a radiation heating element (11) for heating a glass-ceramic plate (12), has radiation heaters (13, 14). Its rod-shaped temperature sensor (20) has an expansion rod (24) which is disposed in a tube (25) acting as a comparison norm and can be made of a chromium-iron-aluminum alloy and is heat-treated above 1100.degree. C. The tube (25) can be made of a radiation-absorbing material or is coated with such a material, for example, cordierite, non-transmissive glass-ceramics or quartz material. The result of both steps is that the temperature switch has an enhanced switching amplitude and therefore a reduced switching frequency.

Abstract: A radiant heater with partly embedded and otherwise projecting heating coils (16) is produced in that the coils (16) are placed in grooves (14) of a tool or mold (13), the interior of the heating coils is partly filled with a filling material (17) and then the dry, pourable insulating material is pressed thereon. Thus, the filling material forms a counter-die and is removed on taking the compressed insulator (21) out of apparatus (11) in that it drops between the heating coils.

Abstract: A radiant heater with a light radiator constructed in the manner of a halogen radiator and a conventional dark radiator radiant heater is arranged in such a way that the dark radiator is arranged in a ring zone surrounding the circular light radiator. The central zone below the light radiator remains unheated. The dark radiator is positioned on an inner shoulder of the rim made from stronger insulating material and which consequently forms a ring with a L-shaped cross-section, which rests on a insulating layer.

Abstract: In an electric switching device (1), particularly constructed as a temperature regulator, the resilient switching arm (14) controlled by a hydraulic expansion cell (12) for operating a snap switch (5) is fixed by means of positively engaging snap connections (32) to plate-like support parts (20) of a sheet metal support body (3) of a body (2), the support parts (20) on either side of the switching arm (14) being at right angles to joint axis (25) of arm (14) as lateral bends to a base plate (30) of support body (3) and receive between them an end portion of an insulator (4) carrying the switch (5). This leads to an extremely favourable taking up of forces, so that the support body (3) can be made from extremely thin sheet metal as a relatively elastic component. It also leads to a very simple assembly of the switching arm (14).

Abstract: For an electric hotplate (2) is provided an assembly arrangement (1) using a bearing ring (10), which forms a continuous, one-piece, smooth-surface top extending from the outermost circumferential area of the hotplate body (23) located close to the cooking surface (24) to its outer circumference or to the mounting plate (3) and has a relatively shallow collecting depression (13) for liquid which has flowed over between an inner and an outer ring profile (11, 12). With the hotplate or bearing ring can be associated at least one shield and at least one locking and/or centering device for position fixing purposes, so that there is a simple and positionally accurate assembly. The bearing ring (10) can also be stop-limited towards the bottom against deformation.

Abstract: In a radiant heater (1) an illuminated display (20) is provided for at least part of the heating field (12) and has a low voltage halogen lamp (22) and a glass rod light guide (30) located at a limited distance below the glass ceramic plate (2) and led away from the lamp with at least one light entrance (32). The light guide circularly, spacedly surrounds the outer circumference of the heating field (11) with a display portion and over the length of the latter are distributed light exits (40) in the form of notches (44) or the like. Thus, a corresponding, horizontal, circular display field (45) is formed on the outside (4) of the glass ceramic plate (2). Thus, even when a cooking utensil is in place, the illuminated display (20) can be seen from a considerable distance and the lamp (22), protected against overheating, can be located outside the heated area.

Abstract: An electric cooker consisting of a fitting plate having an opening surrounded by an upwardly directed rim, a cooker plate received in the opening, the plate having a cooking surface on which a cooking vessel can be placed, and a sheet metal ring surrounding the cooker plate and projecting beyond the cooker plate. The sheet metal ring has an internal section which rests against the cooker plate and an external section which extends downwards at a particular low incidence and engages beyond the upwardly-directed rim of the fitting plate. The sheet metal ring is shaped and arranged on the electric cooker plate so that the transition from fitting plate to cooking surface allows cooking vessels to be pushed smoothly from the cooking surface on to the fitting plate, and vice versa. This is achieved by having a minimal elevation of the cooking surface over the fitting plate and/or by inter-adapted bevelling of the cooker plate, the sheet metal ring and the fitting plate.

Abstract: A radiant element (11) contains a light radiator, e.g. a substantially circular halogen tubular lamp (15) and a dark radiator (18) in the form of standard open, electric radiant heating coils. For damping or attenuating the high starting or transient current of the light radiator (15), a damping resistor (21) is connected in series therewith, namely during the warming-up phase of the light radiator (15). Following the rise of the resistance of the light radiator due to its heating or after a certain time lapse, a damping switching device (22) disables the series resistor by shorting across it.

Abstract: A heating unit (1) for a medium reservoir (2) provided e.g. as a fryer has a sheet metal, U-shaped support (3) with a plurality of continuous flow heater tubes (4) fixed rigidly between its legs provided as flange plates (5, 6) and is in this way constructed as a closed, preassembled unit, which can be subsequently fixed as an entity to the walls (11, 12) of a container in such a way that they on the one hand project freely into the container and on the other hand their electrically conducting parts are accessible from the outside. Directly above the outlets (29) of the tubes of the said heating unit (1) distributed in grid-like manner can be provided a separately heated sensor system (31) with several temperature sensors.