Cooking Hob

Abstract

A cooking hob includes a glass slab, to which an underlying metal box structure is connected. The upper surface of the box structure carries heating elements applied thereto, and a profile bar secured to the lower surface of the slab to separate a part of a chamber formed by the box structure from a compartment below a control and adjustment member. The profile bar is shaped to form at least two air chambers.

1 . A cooking hob comprising:
 a glass slab;   an underlying metal box structure connected thereto, an upper surface of said box structure carrying heating elements applied thereto; and   a profile bar secured to a lower surface of said slab to separate a part of a chamber formed by said box structure from a compartment below a control and adjustment member, said profile bar being shaped to form at least two air chambers.   
     
     
         2 . The cooking hob as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein said box structure is formed from two metal plates having bent edges. 
     
     
         3 . The cooking hob as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein a plurality of profile bars are applied to said lower surface of said glass slab and are further secured to one of said two metal plates. 
     
     
         4 . A cooking hob as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein said profile bar comprises one or more of said plurality of profile bars securing said box structure to said slab.