MODULAR COOKING UNIT Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC F24C15/30 

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to modular cooking units. The modular cooking unit comprising at least two modules, each of which comprises a housing mounted on the tabletop and connected to the cooking device, such as a gas burner, an electric boiling ring or the like, at that the housing is made with the ability to rotate about an axis between the working position, in which it is on the tabletop, and the inoperative position, in which it is separated from the said tabletop, at that the cooking unit comprises a main supply line comprising an electrical power line for supplying power to the electric device, and a gas supply line for supplying gas to the gas device, at that the main electrical power line and the gas supply line are separated, respectively, into sections of electrical power line and the sections of gas supply line, the number of each of which corresponds to the number of modules of the cooking unit, at that each section is combined with one module and is connected to the section of the adjacent module, and the sections of gas supply line are made with the ability of coaxial rotation relative to each other integrally with the housing of the corresponding module. Also a method of operating the cooking unit is disclosed.

EFFECT: simplifying and accelerating of retraction of modules, increasing convenience of use of the module, providing work of the module independently of the condition of the modules located in front.

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