Patent ID: 7582850

Claim:
A household electrical appliance ( 1 ) comprising: two heating sub-assemblies ( 2 , 3 ) which are articulated on each other, each heating sub-assembly including a shell ( 5 ), a cooking plate ( 6 ), and an electric resistance ( 7 ); an electricity supply component ( 8 ) comprising electrical components that contribute to the control of an electricity supply to the electric resistances ( 7 ) and contactors ( 9 ) adapted to establish an electrical connection between the electric resistances ( 7 ) and the electrical components irrespective of the position the two heating sub-assemblies ( 2 , 3 ) are in; wherein the electricity supply component ( 8 ) can be separated from the two heating sub-assemblies ( 2 , 3 ), in the manner of an electric plug; and wherein the hinge ( 4 ) includes at least one housing ( 18 ) which is implemented in a first heating sub-assembly ( 3 ), and an articulation element ( 16 ) which is integral with the other heating sub-assembly ( 2 ), the articulation element ( 16 ) being mobile between an articulation position in which the articulation element ( 16 ) penetrates into the housing ( 18 ) and a retracted position in which the articulation element ( 16 ) is outside the housing ( 18 ), and wherein the articulation element ( 16 ) is driven between the articulation position and the retracted position by the electricity supply component ( 8 ).