Pan support, gas hob and method for producing a pan support

Abstract

A pan support for a gas hob includes self-supporting arms, which each have a bearing surface for a cooking vessel and a plurality of gas-outlet openings for supplying a fuel-gas/air mixture for forming a flame beneath the cooking vessel.

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         16 . A pan support for a gas hob, said pan support comprising self-supporting arms, which each have a bearing surface for a cooking vessel and a plurality of gas-outlet openings for supplying a fuel-gas/air mixture for forming a flame beneath the cooking vessel. 
     
     
         17 . The pan support of  claim 16 , wherein the self-supporting arms each run radially outward from a central area of the pan support, said central area of the pan support configured to form a single connecting segment for connecting the self-supporting arms to a hob plate of the gas hob. 
     
     
         18 . The pan support of  claim 17 , wherein the self-supporting arms run obliquely upward from the central area. 
     
     
         19 . The pan support of  claim 16 , wherein the bearing surface of the self-supporting arms is arranged radially outside the plurality of gas outlet openings. 
     
     
         20 . The pan support of  claim 16 , wherein the self-supporting arms have a free end formed with a bulge, with the bearing surface for the cooking vessel being realized by a surface of the bulge. 
     
     
         21 . The pan support of  claim 16 , wherein the bearing surface has a horizontal segment and a sloping segment. 
     
     
         22 . The pan support of  claim 21 , wherein the bearing surface has a curved segment between the horizontal segment and the sloping segment. 
     
     
         23 . The pan support of  claim 16 , wherein the self-supporting arms each have two arm segments distanced from each other by an interspace in a peripheral direction, said plurality of gas outlet openings being arranged on the two arm segments and comprising inner gas outlet openings which are open to the interspace and outer gas outlet openings which are open to an outside. 
     
     
         24 . The pan support of  claim 23 , wherein the self-supporting arms each run radially outward from a central area of the pan support, said central area of the pan support configured to form a single connecting segment for connecting the self-supporting arms to a hob plate of the gas hob, wherein the inner gas outlet openings of the arm segments are connected to a first channel and the outer gas outlet openings of the arm segments are connected to a second channel, the first channel being connected to a first gas connection and the second channel being connected to a second gas connection of the connecting segment. 
     
     
         25 . The pan support of  claim 23 , wherein two adjacent ones of the self-supporting arms form a corner with each other, with the interspaces of the adjacent self-supporting arms and the corner being connected by an ignition channel. 
     
     
         26 . The pan support of  claim 16 , wherein the self-supporting arms are realized in the form of a single-piece or single-material support structure. 
     
     
         27 . A gas hob, comprising:
 a hob plate; and   a pan support disposed on the hob plate and comprising self-supporting arms, which each have a bearing surface for a cooking vessel and a plurality of gas-outlet openings for supplying a fuel-gas/air mixture for forming a flame beneath the cooking vessel.   
     
     
         28 . The gas hob of  claim 27 , wherein the pan support is connected to the hob plate in a detachable manner. 
     
     
         29 . The gas hob of  claim 27 , wherein the pan support is connected to the hob plate via a screw connection, which is detachable by twisting the pan support with respect to the hob plate. 
     
     
         30 . The gas hob of  claim 27 , wherein the self-supporting arms of the pan support each run radially outward from a central area of the pan support, said central area of the pan support configured to form a single connecting segment for connecting the self-supporting arms to the hob plate. 
     
     
         31 . The gas hob of  claim 30 , wherein the self-supporting arms each have two arm segments distanced from each other by an interspace in a peripheral direction, said plurality of gas outlet openings being arranged on the two arm segments and comprising inner gas outlet openings which are open to the interspace and outer gas outlet openings which are open to an outside, said self-supporting arms each running radially outward from a central area of the pan support, said central area of the pan support configured to form a single connecting segment for connecting the self-supporting arms to the hob plate, wherein the inner gas outlet openings of the arm segments are connected to a first channel and the outer gas outlet openings of the arm segments are connected to a second channel, the first channel being connected to a first gas connection and the second channel being connected to a second gas connection of the connecting segment. 
     
     
         32 . A method, comprising producing a pan support for a gas hob by a  3 D printing process. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the  3 D printing process comprises selective laser melting. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the pan support is produced by forming self-supporting arms such as to each have a bearing surface for a cooking vessel and a plurality of gas-outlet openings for supplying a fuel-gas/air mixture for forming a flame beneath the cooking vessel.