Cooking top with optimized flame distribution
A cooking top ( 10 ) comprises one or more gas cooking plates ( 11 ) equipped with burners ( 40 ) and a basin ( 20 ) for collecting the drips and food residues. According to the invention, said basin ( 20 ) comprises a perimetric edge ( 50 ) equipped with holes ( 23 ) for the passage of feeding means ( 26, 45 ) of said burners ( 40 ) and comprises a central region ( 51 ) equipped with a substantially continuous surface.
1 ) A cooking top ( 10 ) comprising:
one or more gas cooking plates ( 11 ) equipped with burners ( 40 );
a basin ( 20 ) for collecting drips and food residues;
characterized in that said basin ( 20 ) comprises a perimetric edge ( 50 ) equipped with holes ( 23 ) for the passage of feeding means ( 26 , 45 ) of said burners ( 40 ) and comprises a central region ( 51 ) equipped with a substantially continuous surface.
2 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that each cooking plate is equipped with a connection ( 45 ) in a peripheral position suitable for contacting a gas feeding tube ( 26 ) for allowing the removal of the cooking plate.
3 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that underneath said one or more cooking plates ( 11 ) there is at least one basin ( 20 ) for collecting drips overflowing from the cooking containers ( 14 ), equipped with gas feeding passage holes ( 23 ), arranged peripherically in correspondence with each cooking plate to be assembled in the top, the basin ( 20 ) being centrally free of obstacles.
4 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that each cooking plate comprises said burner base ( 40 ) configured so as to comprise a cross of radial channels ( 41 ) intersecting and extending from the central crown ( 43 ).
5 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 4 , characterized in that each cooking plate also comprises a second crown ( 48 ) externally concentric to the crown ( 43 ).
6 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 4 , characterized in that each cooking plate comprises in the supporting element ( 30 ) a lid ( 31 ) which can be fixed to said burner base ( 40 ) and configured so as to correspond to the burner base, having radial portions ( 33 ′) and at least one crown portion ( 33 ″).
7 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 6 , characterized in that said lid ( 31 ) also comprises a second crown portion ( 33 ′″).
8 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that said supporting element ( 30 ) comprises fins ( 32 ) extending upwards to support the cooking containers.
9 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that said gas feeding tube ( 26 ) of the cooking plate is “U”-shaped to indifferently allow a bilateral feeding for any assembly position of the plate.
10 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that said burner base ( 40 ) has in the channels ( 41 ) and central crowns ( 43 ) and second crown ( 48 ), a flame-distributor ( 42 ) for gas emission.
11 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that said burner base ( 40 ) has flame-distributor elements ( 49 , 50 ) made of brass, to be positioned along the radial channels ( 41 ) and in the crown ( 43 , 48 ).
12 ) The cooking top ( 10 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that a cooking plate with a modifiable geometry is equipped with edges ( 51 ) to be installed on the cross of the burner base ( 40 ) so as to allow assembly in varying configurations.