Patent ID: 7422010
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: F24C

Abstract:
1. A cooking stove comprising: a touch switch provided on a top plate covering a top surface of a cooking stove main body accommodating heating means, the touch switch allowing a user to give an instruction on actuation and stoppage of the heating means, the touch switch sensing an object that contacts or approaches the top surface of the top plate; and heating control means for determining whether the touch switch is in a sensing state or a non-sensing state to control actuation of the heating means in accordance with a result of the determination, wherein while the heating means is at a stop, when the touch switch shifts from the non-sensing state to the sensing state and then back to the non-sensing state, the heating control means starts actuating the heating means, and while the heating means is in operation, when the touch switch shifts from the non-sensing state to the sensing state, the heating control means stops actuating the heating means.