Cooking Vessel Heating Apparatus

This application claims the benefit of priority from Israel Patent Application No. 313071, filed May 23, 2024, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.

The invention relates to the field of kitchenware.

A heating plate is an electrical appliance made of a plate of metal, which contains a heating element with a fixed and unchangeable heat intensity intended mainly for keeping the heat until the food is served.

However, the heating plate is disadvantaged because of its limited area.

There is a long felt need to provide a solution to the above-mentioned and other problems of the prior art.

A cooking vessel heating apparatus, including:

The drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.

The invention will be understood from the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention, which are meant to be descriptive and not limiting. For the sake of brevity, some well-known features are not described in detail.

The reference numbers have been used to point out elements in the embodiments described and illustrated herein, in order to facilitate the understanding of the invention. They are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting. Also, the foregoing embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated in conjunction with systems and methods thereof, which are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting.

depicts a cooking vessel heating apparatus according to one embodiment, at its folded state.

The term “cooking vessel” refers also to a pot.

A cooking vessel heating apparatusincludes a top heatable plateA and a bottom heatable plateB.

Normally, the heating elements of top heatable plateA are turned on, for placing a cooking vesselA thereon for heating it.

At the folded state, which is where the plates are near one another and the distance is minimal, an armA presses a micro-switchwhich turns off the heating elements of bottom heatable plateB.

depicts the cooking vessel heating apparatus ofupon unfolding it and disposing cooking vessels.

At the non-folded state, armA ceases pressing micro-switchwhich turns on the heating elements of bottom heatable plateB as well, for placing a cooking vesselB thereon.

A distance setting mechanismincluding armsA andB pivotally () connected to one another, may adjustably set the height of top plateA in relation to bottom plateB, for inserting cooking vesselB therebetween.

Distance setting mechanismmay include a horizontal teethed railfor moving () a pindisposed at the end of armA, for setting its position, for setting the distancebetween the plates, while maintaining parallelism therebetween, for maintaining both to be horizontal, while not allowing horizontal disposition therebetween.

Distance setting mechanismrather than the described above may constitute a telescopic mechanism or a rotation to vertical converter, or other mechanism for vertically moving and then locking plateA in relation to plateB.

depicts the cooking vessel heating apparatus ofupon increasing the distance between the plates.

After disposing cooking vesselB on bottom plateB, armsA andB may decrease the height of top plateA, for sealably covering cooking vesselB, and for further heating cooking vesselB disposed thereunder.

The bottom of top plateA may include a sealing sheetfor sealably covering cooking vesselB.

depicts the electrical circuit of the port heating apparatus of.

A first electrical heating elementAof top plateA is turned on by plugging plugwithout any switch.

A second electrical heating elementAof top plateA is turned on by plugging plugonly if a manual switchis closed.

Thus, and referring again to, manual switchmay set the intensity of the heating of top plateA, whether it should heat thereabove or also thereunder.

Micro-switch(operated by armA) turns a heating elementB of bottom plateB.

Thus, in one aspect, the invention is directed to a cooking vessel heating apparatus (), including:

The setting of the distance () between the top (A) and bottom (B) plates, may be for covering a cooking vessel (B) disposed between the top (A) and bottom (B) plates, the covering by the top plate (A).

The setting of the distance () between the top (A) and bottom (B) plates, may be for heating a cooking vessel (B) disposed between the top (A) and bottom (B) plates, the heating being by the top heatable plate (A) attaching the cooking vessel (B).

The cooking vessel heating apparatus () may further include:

The distance setting mechanism () may include two arms (A,B) being pivotally () connected therebetween:

In the figures and description herein, the following reference numbers (Reference Signs List) have been mentioned:

The foregoing description and illustrations of the embodiments of the invention have been presented for the purpose of illustration, and are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the above description in any form.

Any term that has been defined above and used in the claims, should be interpreted according to this definition.

The reference numbers in the claims are not a part of the claims, but rather used for facilitating the reading thereof. These reference numbers should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any form.