Cooking Appliance Mounted at an Elevated Level

Abstract

A cooking appliance which is mounted at an elevated level and comprises at least one muffle that defines a cooking compartment and is provided with a muffle opening, and a bottom door for closing the muffle opening. The inventive cooking appliance is provided with a boundary decoration on the top face of the bottom door. Said boundary decoration indicates a border of the cooking compartment on the bottom door in a substantial manner, i.e. without distortions modifying the characteristics, according to the support of the muffle.

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       9 . A high-level built-in cooking appliance having a muffle defining a cooking chamber with a muffle opening formed on its base side, the cooking appliance comprising:
 a base door for generally vertical movement into and out of a covering relation with the muffle opening, the base door being formed with an indicia pattern disposed on an upwardly directed portion of the base door for indicating the limits of the cooking chamber on the base door when the base door is covering the muffle opening.   
   
   
       10 . The high-level built-in cooking appliance according to  claim 9  wherein an outer contour of the indicia pattern corresponds to the cooking chamber limits. 
   
   
       11 . The high-level built-in cooking appliance according to  claim 9  wherein an outer contour of the indicia pattern corresponds to a location on the base door a predetermined clearance distance from the cooking chamber limits. 
   
   
       12 . The high-level built-in cooking appliance according to  claim 9  wherein the clearance distance is less than 2 cm, in particular less than 1 cm. 
   
   
       13 . The high-level built-in cooking appliance according to  claim 12  wherein the clearance distance at a rear edge of the indicia pattern is greater than at least one of the clearance distance at a front edge of the indicia pattern and the clearance distance at side edges of the indicia pattern. 
   
   
       14 . The high-level built-in cooking appliance according to  claim 13  wherein the clearance distance at the front edge of the indicia pattern and the clearance distance at the side edges the indicia pattern are each less than 2 cm, in particular less than 1 cm, and the clearance at the rear edge is greater than 1 cm, in particular more than 2 cm, and less than 4 cm. 
   
   
       15 . The high-level built-in cooking appliance  claim 9  wherein the corners of the indicia pattern are rounded.