Patent ID: 6914223
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B44C,B44F,C03C,H05B

Abstract:
1. A cook top consisting of a transparent, untinted glass ceramic or glass plate and a single underside layer on an underside of said plate, and said glass plate consisting of pre-stressed glass; wherein said glass plate or glass ceramic plate has a cooking surface on an upper side thereof, said glass plate or glass ceramic plate has a plurality of cooking zones and at least one cold zone and said cooking zones are heatable by radiant heating elements arranged under the cooking zones; wherein an upper side of said plate is free of any decoration or layer and said single underside layer is colored according to a desired decoration and, at least in said cooking zones, is IR-permeable; and wherein said single underside layer has transmission properties for visible light such that said radiant heating elements are not visible from above the glass ceramic or glass plate at least when said radiant heating elements are not in a switched-on state.