Patent ID: 8884195

Claim:
An electrical heating device for a cooking field with a cooking field plate, wherein said heating device is designed to be arranged beneath said cooking field plate, wherein said heating device comprises a support to be arranged parallel to said cooking field plate, wherein along a rim of said support a rim part in ring form is placed extending upwards, wherein said heating device comprises a longitudinal heating element for generating heating power for a function of said cooking field to keep food warm being placed in a saucepan upon said cooking field plate above said heating device, wherein between an underside of said rim part and said support said heating element is arranged, and between an outer rim surface of said support and a separation wall of said support said heating element is arranged, and wherein in a direction inwardly to a region over said support a gap is provided between said rim part and the separation wall of said support in the manner of a narrow window for heating power from said heating element to exit into a region above said support and inside said rim part as a heating of said cooking field plate above said heating device and wherein said rim part substantially covers said heating element and a region of said support radially outside of said heating element.