TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the support grates carrying the cooking appliances placed on the burner elements of the gas hobs, and in particular to a holding assembly that enables to adapt the curved pots on the support grate.

PRIOR ART

Grates on gas hobs generally provide a flat seating surface for cooking appliances such as pots to be placed on them. In this way, cooking appliances such as pots and pans with a flat bottom is able to stand on the seating surface on the grate in a stable manner. However, some cooking techniques require particular cooking pans called wok pans equipped with special convex bottom. A holding device known as wok adapter is used for such pans to stand on the grate in a stable manner. Thus, the risk of overturning caused by the convex structure of the wok pan is prevented.

Flat bottom type pots are disposed on the cooking plate of the gas hob by means of L formed support arms supporting from below. The holding device provided on the grate intersects with the flame crown spread around a gas burner when rest over the grate. Yellow flame phenomenon occurs at the spots intersecting the flame result increase of emission value. Besides, burning efficiency decrease due to the heating of the holding device.

DE202006018689 patent publication discloses a holding device arranged below a pot support and including a base support with a set of bars on which the pot support is arranged in a detachable manner. The bars are formed in L-shape and extend upwardly from the base support. The base support is formed in ring shaped and the bars are arranged on the external side of the base support. Each bar has a guide in which a support bar is arranged.

CN105783050 patent publication discloses a gas stove support. The gas stove support comprises an anti-skid protection ring and a round-bottom pot support; the round-bottom pot support is provided with four protrusions, and the anti-skid protection ring is provided with four grooves and is of an encircling structure with the edge tilted and the middle concaved. The gas stove support can serve as a V-bottom cooking utensil or a flat-bottom cooking utensil. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The object of the invention is to facilitate adaptation of a holding elements to single or double arm type pan supports of hobs comprising gas burners.

To achieve the aforementioned object, the invention comprises a holding assembly for a pan support of a gas hob comprising a holding element that has an intermediate channel, adapted to being fit at least one support arm of a grate elevated at a vicinity of a burner provided at a top plate of a gas hob in a surrounding manner wherein the support arm is extending towards the burner and a support element at least partly surrounding the burner from above such that hold a curved outer section of a pan. Additionally, in the holding assembly, a channel width of the intermediate channel is adjusted wider from the support arm for a single arm use position of the holding element and the width of the corresponding outer periphery of the holding element is adjusted narrow than an arm distance between two adjacent inner walls of a fork part of the support arm for a double arm use position. The margin of the channel and the outer periphery is arranged such that holding element of the holding assembly, e.g. a leg, can be easily adapted to both the one arm and double-arm configuration of the grates. Herewith the single arm use is defined by single arm extending to the burner from any direction, double arm use is defined by distant and particularly two parallel arms extending to the burner from any direction.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the holding element comprises an inverted U-like section in radial form. In this way, the intermediate channel is formed in the same unit while the neighboring walls are forming the outer periphery.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the fork part includes two L-like support arms parallel to each other. In an alternative embodiment, instead of utilizing the two support arms, it is possible to split a single arm on its extension to form the fork part.

A preferred embodiment comprises a hollow truncated cone form completely surrounds the burner from the top and has an identical cross section comprised by the support element. The cone form provides to form a one-piece support element with high resistance against thermal stress. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the support element is located radially outwardly on the lower part of the holding element which has a flat wedge form. This facilitates resting on the support arm which is formed as a flat bar.

A preferred embodiment of the invention comprises at least one transverse extending holding tab provided on the support element facing outwardly. The strip helps to keep the container balanced by point or line contact. In this case, the friction area is reduced by the movement of the container on the grate, thereby reducing the possibility of scratching the outer surface of the container by the holding assembly.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the holding element is aligned with the holding tab under the support element. In this case, when the container is placed on the holding assembly, the weight created by the weight passes directly from the holding tab to the holding element and is distributed to the support arms from there.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the channel width is narrower than the arm distance. In this way, a channel can be formed compactly on a single body that rests on the arms from the outer periphery, and the holding assembly can be easily adapted to the grates with both single and double support arms.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the outer periphery of the holding element comprises a first outer wall and a second outer wall that are arranged opposite and axially symmetrical. Thus, a holding element with a prismatic body is easily produced and mounted on the holding assembly or can be formed directly with the holding assembly.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is a gas hob with a holding assembly as described above.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Figure 1 is a front view of a representative embodiment of the holding assembly of the invention supporting a wok pan provided on the grate on a gas hob wok burner.

Figure 2 is an enlarged front view of the holding assembly positioned on the single-support arm grate. Figure 3 is a front view of the holding assembly shown in Figure 2 mounted on the double support armed grate.

DETAILED DESRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In this detailed description, invention has been described with reference to the examples without any restriction and only to better describe the subject matter.

In Figure 1 , a representative embodiment of a holding assembly (40) according to the invention is shown from the front in a mounted position as a wok adapter on a grate (30) provided in the top plate (12) of the gas hob (10). The grate (30) comprises support arms (32) which extends towards to a wok burner (20) which is located in the upper plate (12) of the gas hob (10). Support arms (32) are in L-like form and extend planarly and radially inward towards the burner (20) from each distal end (36). The holding assembly (40) is in a conical ring-like form. The holding assembly (40) supports the pan (50), which comprises a curved outer section (52) on a support element (42), by surrounding the pan (50) from the proximal part. Multiple holding tabs (44) extending outwardly are aligned and disposed on the support element (42). Holding tabs (44) are secured on the support element (42) facing each other in an inclined manner.

In Figure 2, the gas hob (10) is shown in an enlarged view with the pan (50) which is located on the gas hob. Flerein, the grate (30) comprises support arms (32) extending single from each edge of its rectangular frame. The support arm (32) is integrated to frame of the grate (30) which is located on the upper plate (12) surrounding the burner (20) at the lower end of the burner (20) and from the distal end (36), the support arm (32) extends towards the burner (20) in a flat L-like form in an elevated manner. The support arm (32) comprises a elevation section (34) which lift lightly inclined and which integrates with a perpendicular edge part (33) and the support arm (32) also comprises a flat extension which extends radially inwardly towards the burner (20) and integrating to the distal end (33) from the cross end. In an embodiment shown in Figure 3, the grate (30) comprises two support arms (32) which are distant and parallel to each other and support arms (32) form a fork part (35) with its double extension which integrates with the elevation section (34). The fork part (35) comprises a first inner wall (351) and a second inner wall (352), which are facing each other, are parallel to each other and which are on corresponding support arms (32).

The holding assembly (40) is made of metal material and the holding assembly, in a flat collar like structure, is located distantly with the top plate (12) on the burner (20). A holding element (41), one each is in the form of four leg structure distant to each other, extends in the lower part of the holding assembly (40). The holding element (41 ) is integrated with a lower wall (43) which extends under a collar-formed support element (42). Holding tabs (44) extending transversely on the support element (42) and which have a flat top surface are provided distant to each other on the holding assembly (40).

The holding element (41) is engaged to a lower wall (43) along a connection line (419) from the flat top part (418) with expanded reverse U-like form. The holding element (41 ) is integrated to the lower wall (35) with a curve from the top to provide a flat form on the bottom part. Each holding element (41) comprises an intermediate channel (413) which forms between the first extension (411 ) and the second extension (412) which extends transversely and cross to each other. The channel width (w1 ) of the intermediate channel (413) is arranged more than the width of corresponding part of the support arm (32) which the intermediate channel is located on. Thus, the holding assembly (40) encloses the support arm (32) which corresponds to each intermediate channel (413) whilst being seated on the grate (30). The channel width (w1), which is the distance between the second inner part (417) of the first extension (411) corresponding to the intermediate channel (413) and the first inner part (415) of the second extension (412) corresponding to the intermediate channel (413), is provided as a constant width. In an alternative embodiment, the channel width (w1 ) is in narrowing or expanding form. The holding assembly (40) gains radial movement freedom in the gap between the channel width (w1) and the support arm (32) width. The distance between the second outer wall (416) opposite to the opposite to the second inner part (417) of the second extension (412) facing outwardly at the holding element (41) and the first outer wall (414) opposite to the first inner part (415) of the first outer wall (414) facing outwardly is set equal or lower than the arm distance (w2). The arm distance (w2) is the length between the first inner wall (351) and the second inner wall, which are facing each other, (352) of each support arm (32) of double-armed grate (30) shown in Figure 3. When the holding element is used in the double-armed grate (30), the holding element (41 ) is delimited by the first inner wall and the second inner wall (351 , 352), corresponding to the fork part (35) from the first and second outer walls (414, 416). Thus, the locking of the holding assembly (40) is provided against the rotational movement in the radial direction in the double-armed grate (30) shown in Figure 3. Similarly, in the single grate (30) shown in Figure 2, locking the radial direction is provided by rest of the intermediate channel (413) from its corresponding part at the support arm (32) and limiting the rotational movement from the first and second inner parts (415, 417) by the support arm (32). REFERENCE NUMBERS

10 Gas hob 414 First outer wall 12 Top plate 415 First inner part 20 Burner 416 Second outer wall 30 Grate 417 Second inner part

32 Support arm 418 Top part

33 Edge part 419 Connection line

34 Elevation section 42 Support element

35 Fork part 43 Lower wall

351 First inner wall 44 Holding tab

352 Second inner wall 50 Pan

36 Distal end 52 Curved outer section

40 Holding assembly w1 Channel width

41 Holding element w2 Arm distance

411 First extension

412 Second extension

413 Intermediate channel