TABLE TOP MODEL HOT PLATE OR WARMING PLATE APPLIANCE

摘要

The invention relates to a table top model hot plate or warming plate appliance wherein the side walls of the appliance have circular to oval outlines in plan view, substantially following the outlines of the vitreous ceramic top (1) except for a hollow protrusion forming a substantially planar control panel surface which on one side merges substantially tangentially with the circular to oval outlines of the said side walls (100) and on the other side terminates in a corner-forming wall (13), returning to meet the side walls having circular to oval outlines, the hollow protrusion (101) forming a box-like cavity accommodating control apparatus for the heating elements (18, 19) and the control panel (102) carrying one or more operating and/or control buttons (16), touch pads, knobs and/or dials and optionally one or more pilot lights (17).