Patent ID: 9006614
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: F23N,F24C,H05B

Abstract:
1. A method of illuminating a Hot Surface Indicator having an illumination source in a cooking appliance having at least one burner activated by a control selector operable between ON and OFF states, the method comprising: providing electricity from a power source when the control selector is in the ON state; storing a predetermined amount of electricity, provided by the power source, in an electricity storage device, which is sized to store the predetermined amount of electricity based on illuminating the illumination source until the at least one burner is in a predetermined temperature range, when the control selector is in the ON state; and supplying the predetermined amount of electricity stored in the electricity storage device until the electricity in the electricity storage device is depleted, to indirectly or directly illuminate the illumination source of the Hot Surface Indicator while the control selector is in the OFF state; wherein the illumination of the illumination source of the Hot Surface Indicator is powered by the electricity storage device independent of an actual temperature of a portion of the cooking appliance after a change in state from ON to OFF of the control selector.