Household appliance comprising a glass plate and a command and control interface

Abstract

The present disclosure concerns an household appliance comprising a glass plate with polygonal shape having a first thickness and an opening, said opening being bounded perimetrically by at least one side of said glass plate;—a command and control interface configured to generate light signals;—an interposition element that can be interposed between the glass plate and the control and command interface, said interposition element being configured to connect the control and command interface to the glass plate along the at least one side of the opening—said glass plate extends predominantly on a plane along a thickness direction, orthogonal to said plane, between a rest surface, adapted to be associated with receptacles for cooking food, and a bottom surface, opposite to the rest surface—wherein the interposition element is configured to bind the command and control interface to the glass plate to said plane of the glass plate. A characteristic feature of the household appliance is that the bottom of said command and control interface lies at a higher level than the level at which the bottom surface of the glass plate lies.

1 . Household appliance ( 1 ) comprising:
 a glass plate ( 2 ) with polygonal shape having a first thickness (S 1 ) and an opening ( 3 ), said opening ( 3 ) being bounded perimetrically by at least one side ( 30 ) of said glass plate ( 2 );   a command and control interface ( 4 ) configured to generate light signals;   an interposition element ( 5 ) that can be interposed between the glass plate ( 2 ) and the command and control interface ( 4 ), said interposition element ( 5 ) being configured to connect the command and control interface ( 4 ) to the glass plate ( 2 ) along the at least one side ( 30 ) of the opening ( 3 ),   said glass plate ( 2 ) extends predominantly on a plane (P 1 ) along a thickness direction (S-S), orthogonal to said plane (P 1 ), between a rest surface ( 2   a ), adapted to be associated with receptacles for cooking food, and a bottom surface ( 2   b ), opposite to the rest surface ( 2   a );   wherein the interposition element ( 5 ) is configured to bind the command and control interface ( 4 ) to the glass plate ( 2 ) to said plane (P 1 ) of the glass plate ( 2 ),   
       characterised in that the bottom ( 4 B) of said command and control interface ( 4 ) lies at a higher level than the level at which the bottom surface ( 2   b ) of the glass plate ( 2 ) lies. 
     
     
         2 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein said interposition element ( 5 ) comprises a first flange ( 51 ) connected to the central portion ( 50 ) and configured to abut onto the glass plate ( 2 ) at the at least one side ( 30 ) of the opening ( 3 ) and a second flange ( 52 ) connected to the central portion ( 50 ) and configured to be connected to the image command and control interface ( 4 ) to support it, said second flange ( 52 ) supports the bottom ( 4 B) of said command and control interface ( 4 ) which lies at a higher level than the level at which the bottom surface ( 2   b ) of the glass plate ( 2 ) lies. 
     
     
         3 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein said command and control interface ( 4 ) comprises a protective glass ( 40 ) with polygonal shape and has a thickness (S 3 ) less than the first thickness (S 1 ) and an electronic device ( 41 ) configured to generate light signals representative of the operating state of the household appliance ( 1 ) and to control the functionality of the household appliance ( 1 ) and has a thickness (S 4 ), said protective glass ( 40 ) being associated with said electronic device ( 41 ), 
     
     
         4 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  claim 3 , where said thickness (S 3 ) of the protective glass ( 40 ) is between 1 mm and 3 mm. 
     
     
         5 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  claim 3 , wherein the interposition element ( 5 ) is configured to:
 at least partially surround the protective glass ( 40 ) and the electronic device ( 41 ), and   distance the protective glass ( 40 ) from the plane (P 1 ) of the glass plate ( 2 ) in such a way that the protective glass ( 40 ) is raised with respect to the glass plate ( 2 ).   
     
     
         6 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  the preceding claim 3 , wherein the interposition element ( 5 ) comprises a central portion ( 50 ) configured to be interposed between the at least one side ( 30 ), said central portion ( 50 ) having a thickness (S 5 ) along the thickness direction S-S equal to at least the sum of the thicknesses of the protective glass ( 40 ) and of the electronic device ( 41 ) (i.e. S 4 ). 
     
     
         7 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  claim 6 , wherein the first and second flanges ( 51 ,  52 ) project from the central portion ( 50 ) along opposite directions. 
     
     
         8 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  any one of the preceding claims , wherein:
 the opening ( 3 ) of the glass plate ( 2 ) is bounded perimetrically by at least three interconnected sides ( 30 );   the interposition element ( 5 ) is shaped to extend with continuity along the three sides ( 30 ) of the opening ( 3 ).   
     
     
         9 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein said opening ( 3 ) is passing-through. 
     
     
         10 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the glass plate ( 2 ) is made of glass ceramic and has a plurality of cooking regions;   the household appliance comprises heating elements associated with each cooking region and configured to generate an energy flow through the glass plate ( 2 ).   
     
     
         11 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  claim 1 , wherein the electronic device ( 41 ) comprises a TFT (Thin Film Transistor) technology panel for generating the light signals, said protective glass ( 40 ) being adhering to said TFT technology panel. 
     
     
         12 . Household appliance ( 1 ) according to  any one of the preceding claims  comprising at least one among:
 an oven ( 8 ); and 
 a suction device ( 9 ) for cooking fumes comprising one or more suction openings ( 80 ) associated with the glass plate ( 2 ).