Abstract: A cooking unit comprises a substantially flat, thin-walled plate provided with helical grooves. Heating elements in the form of helical, flattened, tubular bodies are received in the grooves and provide a heating surface in which cooking vessels can stand.

Abstract: A cooker apparatus for heating a cooking pot inductively comprises an induction heating coil and a control device for controlling the heating power. The control device has a temperature-dependent guiding and control means and a sensor unit, adapted to be positioned on the cooking pot and subjected there to the evolution of steam in the cooking pot. The sensor unit is arranged to transmit control signals to the guiding and control means.

Abstract: An electric time switch mechanism is provided comprising a plurality of units each having an operating thermal expansion member, for example, a bimetallic member. Electrical heating means are provided for the thermal expansion member and a switch is activated by the thermal expansion member. The units are connected in series in such a way that the activation of a switch turns off the heating means of the associated thermal expansion member and turns on that of the following units. The switches remain in the activated state after activation and are resettable by external activation.

Abstract: An electrical radiation heater for a glass ceramic plate, which serves as a cooking plate, comprises an electrical heating strip mounted on an insulating sheet. The heating strip is slit alternately from opposite edges to give it a zig-zag shape and is bent or curved so that it undulates in serpentine fashion. The strip is laid edge-on onto the insulating sheet and anchoring tabs integral with the strip penetrate the insulating sheet. The insulating sheet is laid on an insulating layer which is received in a flat bottomed supporting dish or tray and which is made from a good thermally insulating as well as electrically insulating material.