Cooking appliance unit and cooking appliance base frame

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  "publication_number": "US11835238B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Cooking appliance unit and cooking appliance base frame",
  "abstract": "A cooking appliance unit has a movable cooking appliance base frame, by which the cooking appliance attached thereto is height-adjustable, more specifically as a function of the operating situation of the cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes a controller which is configured to automatically adjust the height of the cooking pan as a function of the operating situation.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A cooking appliance unit comprising a cooking appliance base frame including a lifting system having at least one drive, by which the cooking appliance base frame is height-adjustable, for varying the pan height above the floor, and comprising a cooking appliance supported by the cooking appliance base frame and having at least one heatable pan, and a controller fir vertically adjusting the cooking appliance base frame, wherein the controller is configured to automatically vertically adjust the cooking appliance base frame so as to adjust the height of the pan as a function of the operating situation.",
    "2. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 1, wherein the base frame and the cooking appliance form a structural unit.",
    "3. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to vertically adjust the cooking appliance base frame as a function of the operating situation in the form of the operating mode of the cooking appliance.",
    "4. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to vertically adjust the height of the cooking appliance base frame as a function of the operating situations in the form of cooking path phases.",
    "5. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 4, wherein the controller is configured such that individual pan heights can be stored in it by a permanently provided operating unit for operating situations.",
    "6. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 5, wherein the controller is configured such that individual pan basic heights and/or for different users can be stored in it by a permanently provided operating unit.",
    "7. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 1, wherein the at least one pan is swivel-mounted.",
    "8. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 7, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the height of the pan as a function of the pan angle.",
    "9. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 8, wherein the controller is programmed such that the pan is moved downward tier emptying the pan by tilting it downward.",
    "10. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 7, wherein the controller is programmed such that the pan is moved downward for emptying the pan by tilting it downward.",
    "11. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 1, wherein specific vertical heights for the pan are stored in the controller at least for one of the following operating situations: loading the pan with food to be cooked; cooking the food to be cooked; tilting the pan for emptying; cleaning the pan; cooking employing an accessory part inserted into the pan; positioning an accessory part that can be moved up to the cooking appliance unit; and opening and closing the cover.",
    "12. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured such that different user profiles with different pan heights can be stored in it.",
    "13. The cooking appliance unit according to claim 1, wherein the controller for adjusting the height of the pan is also the controller for the cooking processes.",
    "14. A cooking appliance base frame for a cooking appliance having at least one heatable pan, comprising a lifting system having at least one drive, by which the cooking appliance base frame is height-adjustable, for varying the pan height above the floor, and a top side of the base frame onto which the cooking appliance can be placed, the cooking appliance base frame being a structural unit separate from the cooking appliance so that the cooking appliance can be placed into the top side of the base frame, and wherein the cooking appliance base frame has a plurality of independently movable drives.",
    "15. The cooking appliance base frame according to claim 14, comprising a communication interface with the cooking appliance, via which the lifting system can be electronically coupled to the controller of the cooking appliance.",
    "16. The cooking appliance base frame according to claim 15, wherein the at least one drive is an electric motor drive or a hydraulic or pneumatic drive.",
    "17. The cooking appliance base frame according to claim 15, wherein at least one guide is provided by which an upper part of the base frame is vertically displaceable in relation to a floor-side part.",
    "18. The cooking appliance base frame according to claim 14, Wherein the at least one drive is an electric motor drive or a hydraulic or pneumatic drive.",
    "19. The cooking appliance base frame according to claim 14, wherein at least one guide is provided by which an upper part of the base frame is vertically displaceable in relation to a floor-side part.",
    "20. The cooking appliance base frame according to claim 19, wherein an operating unit by which the drive can be activated and deactivated."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The invention relates to a cooking appliance unit and a cooking appliance base frame for a cooking appliance having at least one heatable pan.\n\nSuch cooking appliances having at least one pan are on the market under the name VarioCooking Center® of the Applicant. The pan can be used to prepare a variety of foods to be cooked, whether soups or other foods to be cooked, deep-fried or fried or roasted, i.e. generally “to be cooked”. The pan or pans may be closed with associated covers, which are adapted to be swiveled manually and/or by motor.\n\nProfessional chefs or cooks work with such cooking appliances all day long, so that it is decisive for a manufacturer of cooking appliances to give the chefs and cooks as much assistance as possible through easy handling and ergonomic optimizations.\n\nThe object of the invention is therefore to provide a cooking appliance unit and a cooking appliance base frame that meet these requirements.\n\nThe above object is achieved by a cooking appliance unit including a cooking appliance base frame which includes a lifting system having at least one drive, by means of which the cooking appliance base frame is height-adjustable, for varying the pan height above the floor, and including a cooking appliance supported by the cooking appliance base frame and having at least one heatable pan, and including a controller for vertically adjusting the cooking appliance base frame, wherein the controller is configured to automatically adjust the height of the pan as a function of the operating situation.",
  "cpc": [
    "F24C 15/086",
    "A47J 27/14",
    "A47J 37/1276",
    "B66F 7/22",
    "F24C 7/08"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "A47J 37/12",
    "B66F 7/22",
    "F24C 15/08"
  ],
  "assignees": [
    "Rational International AG",
    "Rational AG"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Jakob Assenbrunner",
    "Markus Lingenheil",
    "Reinhard Wassmus",
    "Kevin Spalholz",
    "Simon Endres"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2018-07-05",
  "publication_date": "2023-12-05",
  "grant_date": "2023-12-05",
  "priority_date": "2017-07-17",
  "application_number": "US-201816632260-A",
  "family_id": "62842121",
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