Abstract: An enclosure including at least one elongate, substantially planar wall member and at least one post member having at least one each channel, each at least one wall member having an edge which fits into at least one edge channel, the edge of the wall member having a plurality of spaced apart projections which extend from each side of the wall member, the edge channel having a pair of spaced apart, substantially parallel flanges between which the edge of a wall member is received and an abutment shoulder on at least one of the substantially parallel flanges in order to engage the projections on the wall member to allow passage thereof in a first direction but prevent passage in a second, opposite direction.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine frame (1) for a packaging machine being constructed in such a way that its manufacture is simple and flexible for the various widths and lengths of foil packaging material without having the need for an expensive and labor intensive intercoupling. This machine frame is also robust and interiorly good cleanable, so that hygienic risks may be substantially decreased. This machine-building element comprises a profile element (2) made of strong sheet material, like e.g. metal or plastic material, comprising a mainly straight horizontal part (2c) that tapers off on both sides over an angle of approximately 90° to two downwardly directed vertical parts (2a, 2b). These parts are longitudinally interconnected completely to a compact unit by means of a plurality of hollow functional sockets (7).

Abstract: Control device for the heating sources of a cooking apparatus, in particular of a cooking surface, possessing a set of neighboring heating sources and a smooth sheet of vitroceramic glass, of uniform thickness, inparticular covering the entire surface, having a plurality of sensitive keys actuated by the approach of a user's finger into contact or into immediate proximity with the surface of the sheet.

Abstract: A cooking oven having both conventional heating as well as microwave heating. The oven muffle includes a metal distribution sheet along a back wall, forming a cavity with the back wall. A bladed turbine fan is included within the cavity, driven by an electric motor. Microwave energy is introduced into the cavity through a waveguide having an exit iris in the cavity. Microwave energy entering the cavity exits through openings in the metallic distribution sheet, as well as past the rotating turbine blade through additional holes in the distribution sheet. The microwave energy exiting the distribution plate provides for a better cooking energy distribution throughout the oven.

Abstract: This electric cooking oven for domestic use incorporates an electric circuit controlling the pyrolytic cleaning operation and comprising a pivoted blade-shaped shutter connected to a first control thermostat and to the cooling turbine connected in turn to a second thermostat so adjusted as to close at a predetermined critical temperature beyond which the turbine must be protected against overheating by ventilation, the second thermostat when open being coupled in turn to a resistance adapted to provide the heat necessary for performing the pyrolytic operation, so that the turbine is started automatically by the closing of the second thermostat at the critical temperature to cause the shutter to pivot to a position in which the shutter maintains the supply of electric power for energizing the turbine when the second thermostat opens, that is, when the oven temperature has dropped to a value lower than the predetermined critical temperature.

Abstract: Control device for at least one sequential burner of a cooking apparatus, comprising in combination:a geared-down synchronous motor and a drum which can be driven in rotation by this motor,an electric circuit associated with this drum, comprising at least one electric contact pressing upon the surface of the drum and at least one electrically conductive track arranged on the drum in such manner as to permit operation of the burner according to heating sequences which are variable as a function of the position of the electric contact on the drum, and means for adjusting the position of the contact in relation to the conductive track in order that the duration of the heating sequences of the burner may be varied progressively and continuously.