Abstract: A cooking device includes a catalyst device having a base unit which is made of electrically conductive material and on which a plurality of catalytically active elements or a catalytically active surface coating is arranged. The base unit has electric connection regions which are at least partly made of a pressed material region of the base unit and/or at least partly have an electrically conductive adhesive. An electric energy unit is connected to the electric connection regions of the base unit and supplies the base unit with electric energy for a self-heating of the catalyst device.

Abstract: A cooking device includes a catalyst device having a base unit which is made of electrically conductive material and on which a plurality of catalytically active elements or a catalytically active surface coating is arranged. The base unit has electric connection regions which are at least partly made of a pressed material region of the base unit and/or at least partly have an electrically conductive adhesive. An electric energy unit is connected to the electric connection regions of the base unit and supplies the base unit with electric energy for a self-heating of the catalyst device.

Abstract: An object having a high temperature resistance includes an inorganic substrate, an omniphobic non-stick coating, and an adhesion-promoting coating containing amorphic silicon dioxide and located between the inorganic substrate and the omniphobic non-stick coating.

Abstract: A heating element arrangement for a cooking appliance includes a first heating zone which is constructed to emit IR radiation in a first wavelength range, and a second heating zone which is constructed to emit IR radiation in a second wavelength range. The first wavelength range and the second wavelength range differ hereby from one another.

Abstract: In a method for applying an easily cleanable surface to a domestic article, a polymer surface layer is deposited by one or more nozzles on at least a part of the surface of the domestic article by plasma polymerization in the presence of an atmospheric pressure plasma based on at least one precursor.

Abstract: A coating material, suitable for a self-cleaning coating on a part on or in a cooking, frying, baking or grilling appliance for removing residual foodstuffs without mechanical intervention, includes porous particles and a binder which connects the porous particles. The binder has precipitated, inorganic particles which are particles produced via a precipitation reaction and subsequent grinding.

Abstract: A heating element arrangement for a cooking appliance includes a first heating zone which is constructed to emit IR radiation in a first wavelength range, and a second heating zone which is constructed to emit IR radiation in a second wavelength range. The first wavelength range and the second wavelength range differ hereby from one another.

Abstract: A heater, in particular a high-temperature heater, for example for domestic heating appliances, in which a layer that produces heat when a current flows through is provided on a carrier material as a heating element, wherein a first electrically conductive layer which is formed from a free-flowing, non-electrically conductive base material and carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material, wherein a protective layer is applied to this first layer and at least partly penetrates into the first layer as it is applied, or wherein a functional layer with carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material, and wherein the at least one layer or the functional layer makes contact with strip-like contact elements, and the layers applied to the carrier material or the functional layer are heated.

Abstract: A heater, in particular a high-temperature heater, for example for domestic heating appliances, in which a layer that produces heat when a current flows through is provided on a carrier material as a heating element, wherein a first electrically conductive layer which is formed from a free-flowing, non-electrically conductive base material and carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material, wherein a protective layer is applied to this first layer and at least partly penetrates into the first layer as it is applied, or wherein a functional layer with carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material, and wherein the at least one layer or the functional layer makes contact with strip-like contact elements, and the layers applied to the carrier material or the functional layer are heated.

Abstract: In a method for finishing a metal surface of a component, the metal surface of a main part of the component is coated with an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer can have a layer thickness of less than 100 nm. Applied onto the intermediate layer is a transparent functional layer which has a layer thickness ranging from 100 to 1000 nm.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a heater, in particular a high-temperature heater and also a high-temperature heater, for example for domestic heating appliances, in which a layer that produces heat when a current flows through is provided on a carrier material (12) as a heating element (14), wherein a first electrically conductive layer (16) which is formed from a free-flowing, non-electrically conductive base material and carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material (12), wherein a protective layer (17) is applied to this first layer (16) and at least partly penetrates into the first layer (14) as it is applied, or wherein a functional layer (21) with carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material (12), and wherein the at least one layer (16, 17) or the functional layer (21) makes contact with strip-like contact elements (18), and the layers (16, 17) applied to the carrier material or the functional layer (21) are heated.

Abstract: In a method for applying an easily cleanable surface to a domestic article, a polymer surface layer is deposited by one or more nozzles on at least a part of the surface of the domestic article by plasma polymerization in the presence of an atmospheric pressure plasma based on at least one precursor.

Abstract: In a method for producing a pyrolysis compatible component of a cooking appliance, designed to carry out a pyrolysis operation a silicon dioxide coating is applied on a base part of the component by PECVD deposition. PECVD deposition can hereby involve high-rate PECVD deposition at a speed faster than 0.5 ?m/min.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a heater, in particular a high-temperature heater and also a high-temperature heater, for example for domestic heating appliances, in which a layer that produces heat when a current flows through is provided on a carrier material (12) as a heating element (14), wherein a first electrically conductive layer (16) which is formed from a free-flowing, non-electrically conductive base material and carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material (12), wherein a protective layer (17) is applied to this first layer (16) and at least partly penetrates into the first layer (14) as it is applied, or wherein a functional layer (21) with carbon nano tubes dispersed therein is applied to the carrier material (12), and wherein the at least one layer (16, 17) or the functional layer (21) makes contact with strip-like contact elements (18), and the layers (16, 17) applied to the carrier material or the functional layer (21) are heated.

Abstract: A coating solution made from a mixture of at least one silane and at least one polysiloxane which can be hardened on a substrate by hydrolysis and condensation to give a coating on the substrate, wherein the at least one silane is of general formula RxSi(OR?)4-x and the at least one polysiloxane is of general formula [R2SiO]y or R3Si—(O—SiR2)Y—O—SiR3, where R independently=alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl or H, Rprime independently=H, methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, n-, iso-, sec.- or tert.-butyl, x=0 or 1 (for the first silane), x=0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 (for each further silane) and y=a whole number of at least 2, wherein the coating solution includes at least one alkali or earth alkali oxide or hydroxide.

Abstract: A device for heating food using induction, including a base element having a secondary winding configured from a current conductor and a heating element that is connected to the winding. To reduce the height of the base element, a winding core is located inside the winding. Further, a device for transmitting energy to a device for heating food by induction, the former device including a primary winding that is configured from a current conductor and is connected to a voltage source.

Abstract: A part on or in a cooking, roasting, baking, or grilling device with a self-cleaning coating enables remnants of foodstuffs to be removed without mechanical action. The part includes a coating which has a structure comprised of (a) porous particles A, and (b) a binder, in which the porous particles A do not have a solid or liquid secondary phase in their pores (a).

Abstract: A coating solution made from a mixture of at least one silane and at least one polysiloxane which can be hardened on a substrate by hydrolysis and condensation to give a coating on the substrate, wherein the at least one silane is of general formula PxSi(OR?)4?x and the at least one polysiloxane is of general formula [R2SiO]y or R3Si—(O—SiR2)Y—O—SiR3, where R independently=alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, alkylaryl or H, Rprime independently=H, methyl, ethyl, n- or i-propyl, n-, iso-, sec.- or tert.-butyl, x=0 or 1 (for the first silane), x=0, 1 , 2, 3 or 4 (for each further silane) and y=a whole number of at least 2, wherein the coating solution includes at least one alkali or earth alkali oxide or hydroxide.

Abstract: A enamel-free paste for use especially in ovens at temperatures of up to about 420° C. The paste contains a matrix based upon a silicon (Si) polymer that can be obtained by the hydrolysis and condensation of at least one silane of general formula RxSi(OR?)4-x with at least one polysiloxane of general formula [R2SiO]y, or R3Si—(O—SiR2)y—O—SiR3. The radicals R can independently be alkyl, aryl,arylalkyl, alkylaryl or H; the radicals R? can independently be H, methyl,ethyl, n- or i-propyl, n-, iso-, sec- or tert-butyl; x represents 0 or 1 (for the first silane); x represents 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4 (for each subsequent silane); and y represents a whole number, which is at least 2 and can be approximately infinite. The paste additionally includes a high-boiling organic solvent with a boiling point of 100° C. or above, and a pigment as the solvent, but does not include alcohol with a boiling point of below 100° C.

Abstract: A cooking appliance having a cooking space with a micro-rough surface. The micro-rough surface is formed on a metal substrate. In order to better clean the micro-rough surface from dried or charred food material, the layer includes an enamel formed of a glass flux with separate crystal zones spaced from one another formed and embedded in the enamel. The crystal zones are formed by crystallizing portions of the enamel into crystalline phases, forming a rough superstructure with a plurality of fine structures on the surface of the superstructures.