Celebrity Inventors
Superstar singer Michael Jackson co-patented a "Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion" in 1993.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7244916 | Microwave heating and cooking apparatus including drawer body A heating and cooking apparatus includes a cooking apparatus main body having a heating chamber, a drawer body including a base for carrying a heated target and formed such that the base moves from inside of the heating chamber to outside, a door drive motor moving ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225729 | Countertop rotisserie oven with warming unit Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The gear driven spit assembly may be easily inserted and removed straight into and... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225730 | Spit assembly support base A support base for supporting the spit assembly of a rotisserie oven. The support base includes a substantially circular-shaped member having a periphery and an indented portion defined therein. The indented portion has a frustum-conical shape and extends downwardly... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7188619 | Household food warmer A household food warmer includes a housing and a drawer. The drawer, which can be inserted into the interior chamber of the housing, has a drawer bottom and a front wall with a first opening. The front wall is provided with a sliding device that has a handle, and th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7173217 | Electric oven An oven has a housing defining a cooking chamber. Guides in the chamber carrying a slidable rack. A door hinged on the housing and pivotal between an open position and a closed position. A linkage between a side wall of the cooking chamber and the housing for automa... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7064296 | Oven with an articulating and retractable door In one embodiment of the present invention, an oven having a flexible and retractable door is described. The oven door is adapted to move from a closed position wherein it effectively closes an open side of the oven box and an open position wherein the door is retra... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7021203 | Vented countertop rotisserie oven An enclosed rotisserie cooking oven having an enclosure able to rest on a horizontal surface housing a rotisserie spit, and opening to introduce food into the enclosure, a door covering the opening having a first and a second axle rod protruding from the door's peri... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6469285 | Automatic temperature control device An automatic temperature control device comprises a reaction chamber for housing a vessel, a tray for supporting the vessel, a temperature control part for controlling at least the temperature in the reaction chamber, a transfer means for slidably moving ... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6220239 | Cooking appliance door with cooking-product supports A cooking appliance door has a door base. A front panel is secured at the front side and an inner panel is secured at the rear side of the door base. Cooking-product support brackets are fastened to the rear side of the cooking appliance door. In order to... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6148813 | Telescoping oven rack assembly A telescoping rack assembly for an oven cavity includes a rack extendable upon a primary rack frame which, in turn, is mounted for sliding movement relative to the oven cavity. Therefore, with this arrangement, multiple extensions for the rack is availabl... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6073624 | Supporting arrangement, for ovens or the like, suspended on parallel links A swing-out supporting arrangement (7) primarily intended for a wall-mounted oven (1) of domestic type comprises a bottom plate (6) supported by link arms (9, 10), said bottom plate (6) and an insert (8), possibly associated with said bottom plate, being ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5990452 | Automatic oven An oven includes a front door, a pivotable product support platform, and a back opening. There is a ramp connected to the back of the oven at the back opening, so that, when the platform pivots downwardly to eject product from the oven, the product slides... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5801363 | Microwave oven with built-in food covering mechanism A microwave oven with built-in food covering mechanism, the microwave having a body defined by a top, bottom, sides and rear. A door is hingedly connected to the body and is opened to reveal an open interior of the body. A covering member is suspended wit... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5660755 | Microwave oven with built-in food covering mechanism A microwave oven with built-in food covering mechanism, the microwave having a body defined by a top, bottom, sides and rear. A door is hingedly connected to the body and is opened to reveal an open interior of the body. A covering member is suspended wit... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5550356 | Food covering device for use with a microwave oven A food covering device for use with a microwave oven. The microwave oven has a door hingedly attached thereto and an interior which is defined by a top, sides and a bottom. The device includes a cover having a top and side wall which defines an open inter... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5338922 | Tray extending apparatuses for an oven A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber having a door. A tray is mounted in the chamber by a roller/guide track arrangement such that gravitational force acting on the tray is converted into a force which slides the tray forwardly when the door is ope... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5144105 | Microwave heating apparatus with a combined food scoop and door A microwave heating chamber (10) has a rectangular opening (12) into which a food support (14) is slidable, the support including a handle (20) and a wall (18) which serves to close and seal the chamber when inserted. The wall (18) may have thermal break ... | 09/01/1992 |
| 4892085 | Oven closures An oven includes a plurality of walls defining an inner chamber. One of the walls is provided with an opening through which access may be had to the inner chamber. The opening includes a vertical axis extending along one side thereof, and a door is pivota... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4862792 | Barbecue grille with swing-out food and fuel supporting grates The elevated, open-topped housing of a solid fuel-burning barbecue grille is provided with a hinged top lid and upper and lower swing-out doors which respectively carry horizontally disposed food and solid fuel-supporting grate structures that are moved o... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4862869 | Low emissions wood burning stove A wood burning stove incorporates a catalytic cell for reducing exhaust emissions from the stove. A pair of heat shields are spaced from opposing surfaces of a combustor to exchange thermal radiation with the combustor. The combustor is oriented at an acu... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4814571 | Microwave oven adapted for under-the-counter use A microwave oven adapted for under-counter use that eliminates many of the disadvantages of prior microwave ovens. A bottom member and transparent canopy shaped top member or cover from a microwave conductive cavity viewable from three or more sides. The ... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4759341 | Sliding rail support system A slidable support system is formed of two rails having opposed channels. The rails have flat mounting surfaces adapted to be affixed to a support and an element to be slidably mounted, and at least two bearings are provided extending into the channels of... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4683871 | Closure for a cooking oven A cooking oven having a door with shelves attached to the inner surface. The oven chamber has substantially flat surfaces with the shelves being outside the oven chamber when the door is opened. A hinged plate is provided to cover the oven opening when th... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4656337 | Toaster oven A toaster oven of variable volume, including a box-like structure having a top oven portion and a bottom oven portion in telescoping relationship, forming a cavity and a front opening, a pin carried by the top portion, offset from and manually rotatable a... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4637373 | Oven An oven includes a baking chamber defined by the inner case. The two storied upper and lower racks are provided in the baking chamber with a distance in-between. On both edges of these racks the rear end part of a U-letter shaped supporting member is fixe... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4628897 | Gas broiler A gas broiler for outdoor use and having two gas-fired burner tubes located within a cabinet above a broiling rack and below ceramic burner blocks. Food on the rack is broiled by heat radiating downwardly from the burner blocks. The latter are spaced abov... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4349713 | Combined cooking and serving microwave apparatus This invention relates to a tabletop-microwave oven combination wherein the microwave oven is provided with a cabinet having an opening at the top in which a horizontally sliding door is mounted. The tabletop also includes an opening in the control portio... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4335292 | High frequency oven with drawer type door An improved high frequency heating apparatus of a type having a drawer-type door assembly together with a turn-table driven from the exterior of a heating chamber and also a support shelf therefor, which is so arranged that the stroke of the door assembly... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4302660 | Door opening mechanism for partially opening a toaster oven door A door opening mechanism for partially opening a door on a toaster oven wherein the oven includes a thermal timer for controlling the operation of the oven in a toast mode. The door opening mechanism includes a first lever held in a first position by the ... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4219716 | Bottom entry oven A microwave oven is disclosed which is especially useful for rapidly reconstituting frozen food products. The oven includes a microwave cavity having a bottom hatch which is movable between an open position at which food to be heated or cooked can be load... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4189632 | Toaster oven A door opening mechanism for partially opening a door on a toaster oven wherein the oven includes a thermal timer for controlling the operation of the oven in a toast mode. The door opening mechanism includes a first lever held in a first position by the ... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4149518 | Baking oven A baking oven has a flame tube defining a baking chamber and a charging opening oriented in a vertical plane; a door for opening and closing the charging opening; a rail structure secured to the door and extending into the oven externally of the flame tub... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4051838 | Oven rack An oven having a slidable rack. A handle is connected to the rack and projects exteriorly of the oven for movement in an elongated slot in an oven side wall. Movement of the handle in the slot will enable the rack to be slid into and out of the oven chamb... | 10/04/1977 |
