Cooking Appliance and Method for Implementing Same

摘要

Provided is a cooking appliance comprising a first structure having a hot plate for cooking food, and a measuring device for measuring the thickness of the food arranged thereon and comprising a pivoting rocker connected to a pivotable shaft by a first end thereof, and a means for measuring the pivoting angle of the rocker in order to estimate the thickness of the food. The appliance comprises a second mobile structure which, when moved away from the first structure, generates a pivoting of said shaft in relation to the first structure, causing the pivoting of the rocker, and the measuring means interacts with the rocker towards a second end thereof.

主权项

1. A cooking appliance comprising:
a first structure including a heating plate for cooking a food; and, a measuring device for measuring the thickness of the food thus disposed and comprising: a pivoting rocker connected by a first end to a pivotable shaft; and, a means for measuring the pivoting angle of the rocker to estimate the thickness of the food; wherein said means comprises a second movable structure of which a separation movement relative to the first structure generates a pivoting of said shaft relative to the first structure, resulting in the pivoting of the rocker and the measuring means interacts with the rocker toward a second end thereof.