Patent ID: 9006620
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: C03C,H05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A transparent or translucent glass-ceramic plate, capable of covering or receiving at least one underlying heating element, wherein the plate has a coating which at least partly masks the at least one underlying heating element when not in use, while still allowing the at least one underlying heating element to be detected when in use, at least 90% of the coating is on the face of the plate to be turned toward the at least one underlying heating element in the use position, the coating has a region or a group of regions known as a background region(s), wherein the background region(s) occupy most of the surface of the coating, and the coating also has a region or a group of regions known as indicating region(s), wherein the indicating region(s) make it possible to display, relative to the background region(s), at least one of a pattern, a sign and location of functional elements, while also making it possible to detect when the elements are in operation or not, wherein the functional elements are selected from the group consisting of induction heating elements, control units and displays, wherein the background region(s) and the indicating region(s) being distinguished by their colors or their shades of color, their patterns, or a combination thereof, the separation between the various zones being carried out along clear lines or along areas having color or pattern graduations.