US 12,287,097 B2
Kitchen-connected indoor stationary solar cooking device
Vibhav Dikshit, Faridabad (IN); Vinay Tiwari, Faridabad (IN); Umish Srivastva, Faridabad (IN); Sudhir Kumar Singh, Noida (IN); Deepak Saxena, Faridabad (IN); and Sankara Sri Venkata Ramakumar, Faridabad (IN)
Assigned to INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED, Mumbai (IN)
Filed by INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED, Maharashtra (IN)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,758.
Claims priority of application No. 202021035586 (IN), filed on Aug. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0057086 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. F24C 1/04 (2021.01); F24C 7/08 (2006.01); F24C 15/10 (2006.01); F24C 15/14 (2006.01); F28D 19/04 (2006.01); H02S 99/00 (2014.01)
CPC F24C 1/04 (2013.01) [F24C 7/087 (2013.01); F24C 15/107 (2013.01); F24C 15/14 (2013.01); F28D 19/04 (2013.01); H02S 99/00 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A modular kitchen-connected indoor stationary solar cooking device, comprising:
a housing;
a thermal battery disposed in the housing and adapted to store thermal energy, the thermal battery comprising external threads on a top peripheral surface;
a first heater disposed to be in contact with the thermal battery, wherein the first heater is coupled to a solar array and adapted to receive solar energy for charging the thermal battery;
a second heater disposed to be in contact with the thermal battery, wherein the second heater is coupled to a mains supply and adapted to receive electrical supply for charging the thermal battery; and
a heat control assembly disposed on a cooktop of the thermal battery and adapted to accommodate a cooking vessel, wherein the heat control assembly is adapted to rotate for controlling a heat supply for cooking in the cooking vessel, the heat control assembly adapted to removably engage with the thermal battery to control a cooking temperature, the heat control assembly comprising:
a top plate adapted to accommodate the cooking vessel thereon;
a ring portion formed at a bottom of the top plate and comprising internal threads adapted to engage with the external threads of the thermal battery; and
a handle adapted to rotate the top plate to control an engagement of the internal threads of the ring portion with the external threads of the thermal battery to vary contact area of the top plate for controlling the cooking temperature of the cooking vessel.