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EP 2469970 B1 20170920 - Cooking device

Title (en)

Cooking device

Title (de)

Gargerätevorrichtung

Title (fr)

Dispositif d'appareil de cuisson

Publication

EP 2469970 B1 20170920 (DE)

Application

EP 11194218 A 20111219

Priority

ES 201031947 A 20101227

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2469970A2] The cooking device (16) has control unit (14) to adjust average output power of high-frequency heating units (10,12), so as to avoid inter-modulation noise. The control unit changes one of the high-frequency heating units to non-zero frequency value while another high-frequency heating unit is maintained at non-zero frequency value. An independent claim is included for method for operating cooking device.

IPC 8 full level

H05B 6/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP ES)

H05B 6/065 (2013.01 - EP ES)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2469970 A2 20120627; EP 2469970 A3 20121107; EP 2469970 B1 20170920; ES 2392223 A1 20121205; ES 2392223 B1 20131009; ES 2642663 T3 20171117

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11194218 A 20111219; ES 11194218 T 20111219; ES 201031947 A 20101227