Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
41 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 1 wherein the smooth-top insulating surface is fabricated from the class of materials comprising plastics, tile, certain glasses, stoneware, ceramics, Pyrex, pyro-ceramics, marble, slate, natural stone, wood and the like.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
85 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 1 wherein the housing is in the form of a countertop table with the smooth-top insulating surface forming the top surface of the table and leg room is provided below the housing for allowing stools, chairs and the like to be drawn up to the surface for use in the manner of a table whereby the smooth-top insulating surface serves as both a table top and a cooking surface that can be readily cleaned.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 1 wherein the housing is in the form of a conventional electric range unit and the insulating smooth-top surface forms a smooth, continuous surface that can be readily cleaned.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
79 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the heating coils including the overlying smooth-top insulating surface and associated control and power supply circuitry are removable from the housing to allow for remote location cooking and/or warming, and upon being mounted in place within the housing, the insulating surface thereof is contiguous to and provides an essentially continuous smooth continuation of the countertop surface for the top of the housing.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 1 wherein the infrared heat transparent areas formed in the smooth-top insulating surfaces are voids or openings in the insulating surfaces which allow the bottom of metal base cookware disposed over the openings to be directly viewed through the openings from a point below the insulating surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
67 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 6 wherein the smooth-top insulating material is not transparent to infrared heat rays, and the opening is closed with a material which is transparent to infrared heat rays, and the entire surface of the insulating material and the infrared transparent material filling the opening is continuous and smooth so as to facilitate cleaning of the surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
An improved combined counter and cooking unit according to claim 7 wherein the housing is in the form of a countertop table with the insulating smooth-top surface forming the top surface of the table and leg room is provided below the housing allowing stools, chairs and the like to be drawn up to the smooth-top surface for use in the manner of a table whereby the insulating smooth-top surface serves as both a table top and a cooking surface that can be readily cleaned.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
78 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 8 wherein at least one of the heating coils including the overlying smooth-top insulating surface and associated control and power supply circuitry are removable from the housing to allow for remote location cooking and/or warming, and upon being mounted in place within the housing the insulating surface thereof is contiguous to and provides an essentially continuous smooth continuation of countertop surface for the top of the housing.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
41 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 8 wherein the insulating smooth-top surface is fabricated from the class of materials comprising plastics, tile, certain glasses, stoneware, ceramics, Pyrex, pyro-ceramics, marble, slate, natural stone, wood and the like.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 7 wherein the housing is in the form of a conventional electric range unit and the insulating smooth-top surface formS a smooth, continuous surface that can be readily cleaned.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
78 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 11 wherein at least one of the heating coils including the overlying insulating surface and associated control and power supply circuitry are removable from the housing to allow for remote location cooking and/or warming, and upon being mounted in place within the housing, the insulating surface thereof is contiguous to and provides an essentially continuous smooth continuation of the countertop surface for the top of the housing.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
41 words
An improved combined counter and electric cooking unit according to claim 11 wherein the smooth-top insulating surface is fabricated from the class of materials comprising plastics, tile, certain glasses, stoneware, ceramics, Pyrex, pyro-ceramics, marble, slate, natural stone, wood and the like.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
135 words
An improved combined electric cooking unit and table using induction heating coils for inductively heating metal base cookware comprising a housing having a substantially continuous smooth-top insulating surface of attractive appearance covering the top of the housing, said housing providing leg room below the insulating smooth-top surface for allowing stools, chairs and the like to be drawn up to the smooth-top surface for use in the manner of a table, and means supporting a plurality of induction heating coils beneath the insulating surface in close proximity thereto at particular heating site locations where heating is to be performed, said smooth-top insulating surface being transparent to magnetic induction fields with little or no losses and also supporting the control circuitry and power supply for supplying high frequency excitation electric currents to the respective induction heating coils.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
65 words
An improved combined electric cooking unit and table according to claim 14 wherein the insulating surface includes at particular heating site locations, areas which are transparent to infrared heat whereby the temperature of the metal base cookware disposed at such locations can be directly viewed and controlled by infrared heat temperature sensors comprising a part of the induction heating coil control and power supply circuitry.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
An improved combined electric cooking unit and table according to claim 15 wherein the insulating smooth-top surface is fabricated from the class of materials comprising plastics, tile, certain glasses, stoneware, ceramics, Pyrex, pyro-ceramics, marble, slate, natural stone, wood and the like.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
80 words
An improved combined electric cooking unit and table according to claim 16 wherein at least one of the heating coils including the overlying smooth-top insulating surface and associated control and power supply circuitry are removable from the housing to allow for remote location cooking and/or warming, and upon being mounted in place within the housing, the insulating smooth-top surface thereof is contiguous to and provides an essentially continuous smooth continuation of the countertop surface for the top of the housing.