Patent ID: 6175102
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: A47B,F24C

Abstract:
A mounting arrangement for a cooking surface, wherein the cooking surface is to be installed in a cut-out in a work plate using a frame and an assembly unit so that the cooking surface is supported on a support section of the assembly unit, the frame is a one-piece unit that is connected to the assembly unit, and the frame and the assembly unit each include mutually allocated locking projections and locking recesses in order for the frame and the assembly unit to be engaged with each other as one sub-assembly, the mounting arrangement comprising:the locking projections each having a first end proximate the assembly unit and a second end proximate the work plate with the first end separated from the edge of the assembly unit by a first distance;at least one of the locking projections of the frame having a deflection part;the assembly unit having an edge extending at a distance from the work plate such that the locking projection passes through a free space formed between the work plate and the edge of the assembly unit to engage in a locking recess formed as an undercut behind the frame in such a manner that a locking connection is formed by the complementary mating of the locking projections of the frame with the locking recesses of the assembly unit and the locking projections of the assembly unit with the locking recesses of the frame, such that the locking connection holds the cooking surface clamped and sealed between the frame and the assembly unit;the second end of the locking projection separated from the work plate by a second distance less than the first distance,thereby preventing the locking projection from being deflected from the edge of the assembly unit when the sub-assembly of the frame and the assembly unit are installed in the cut-out in the work plate.