Patent ID: 6410891
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: B29C,B29K,F24C

Abstract:
A method for making a mounting for at least one substantially flat device made of brittle material, such as a hot plate, a cooking-surface, a burner structure, a refrigerator shelf, a view window or a display glass pane, for a major appliance, said method comprising the steps of:molding a mounting structure in a mold onto at least one substantially flat device by injecting hot-curable addition-crosslinkable two-component liquid silicone rubber into said mold about said at least one substantially flat device in said mold to surround said at least one substantially flat device at least in the lower and peripheral area of said at least one substantially flat device; hot-curing, at a temperature within a range of approximately 140Â° C. to approximately 200Â° C., said liquid silicone rubber under pressure in said mold; and mounting said at least one substantially flat device by said mounting structure in a structure such as a cooking hob.