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(11) EP 1 213 542 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
18.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/25

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/24

(21) Application number: 01204314.7

(22) Date of filing: 12.11.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F24C 7/08, A21B 1/40
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 10.11.2000 DK 200001685

(71) Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET ELECTROLUX
105 45 Stockholm (SE)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kohn, Bettina
    1060 Saint-Gilles (BE)
  • Grevet, Franck
    93330 Neuilly sur Marne (FR)

(74) Representative: Svahn, Göran 
AB Electrolux Group Intellectual Property
105 45 Stockholm
105 45 Stockholm (SE)

   


(54) A controller for the energy uptake fo an oven


(57) In conventional ovens the heating elements are controlled by a thermostat which cycles the temperature between a minimum and maximum cavity temperature. The cycling is constant over the whole cooking time. According to the invention the energy supply is controlled by the obtaining of a stable cycling, subsequent to which the temperature drops a predetermined amount, followed by renewed feeding of energy until stable conditions again prevail, and the process repeats itself. This type of control permits considerable energy savings.






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