Patent ID: 6739242
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A cooking appliance of the type comprising:a housing made up of a bottom shell (1) and of a top shell (2) fixed together via a hinge (3), and held spaced apart by first resilient return means (4); at least one hot plate (5, 6) disposed inside the housing; locking means for holding the housing closed against the drive from the return means; setting means (12) for setting cooking parameters; and control means for controlling the locking means so as to put them into an unlocked position as a function of the cooking parameters, thereby causing the housing to open under drive from the return means (4); said cooking appliance being characterized in that the locking means comprise: a locking piece associated with one of the shells (1) so as to be movable between an unlocked position and a locked position in which it co-operates with a locking finger (24) secured to or integral with the other shell (2) to hold the housing in the closed position; second resilient return means (22) for returning the locking piece into the unlocked position; and an electromagnet (25) controlled by the control means so as to hold the locking piece in the locked position.