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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316229 | Pickle tank heating system and method for liquid heating The general concept of this invention is to utilize the high efficiency of heat transfer that is obtained by allowing the exhausting gas from the burner to come into intimate contact with the liquid to be heated. A housing adapted for partial immersion in the liquid... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7255100 | Electronic gas cooktop control with simmer system and method thereof An electronically activated gas cooktop control system, responsive to a touch-sensitive user interface, and capable of providing a predetermined range of cooking and simmer levels of BTU output, has two complementary heating modes of operation A first heating mode o... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7227107 | Safety shut off for a portable cooker A cooking facilitator which is preferably portable and well suited for use as both a timer and cooking process facilitator having particular usefulness with cooking objects which have a characteristic associated with establishing a cooking time such as the weight of... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7178828 | Gas generator The present invention provides a gas generator (10) that includes a housing (12) formed from coupling a cap (14) and a base (16) in nested relationship. At least one attachment member (20) is preferably formed symmetrically about a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7154069 | Cooking apparatus and methods of employing such apparatus A cooking apparatus includes a cooking vessel and a lid for covering the cooking vessel. The cooking apparatus also may include an exhaust tube for bleeding off pressure within the cooking vessel, in which a portion of the exhaust tube is positioned above the lid wh... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7138093 | Heat exchanger device A heat exchanger device is configured for use with a catalytic heater having a planar heat radiating surface. The device includes an inlet header, an outlet header and heat exchanger tubes communicating therebetween. A frame supports the headers and the heat exchang... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7044049 | Frying apparatus The present invention relates generally to a frying apparatus and, in particular, to a frying apparatus comprising a cooking container for containing oil or the like for cooking a turkey, a chicken, or seafood; a shield for shielding the operator from oil splatters ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7033513 | Method and apparatus for filtering tap changer oil A filter apparatus suitable for electrical substation high-voltage transformer tap changers and similar oil-filled equipment removes moisture and other contaminants from the insulating oil bath in which the tap contacts are immersed. The apparatus can be configured ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6955118 | Filter mounting assembly A filter mounting system of a filter assembly for a fryer apparatus is disclosed, the filter mounting system including a slip fitting slidably receivable in a slip fitting receiver of a tank outlet port. A grasping member is functionally attached to the mounting sys... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6953913 | Hot pan A pan warmer and controller for the pan warmer allows a user to preset operating conditions of the pan warmer using a digital controller, and to lock out changes to the operation of the pan warmer unless a code has been entered. The pan warmer monitors water level a... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945094 | Viscosity measurement The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of determining the rheological properties of a polymer flowing in a conduit. The invention provides a method of characterising a polymer under test, comprising: Detecting acoustic emissions from said polymer fl... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6935223 | Pressure fryer A pressure fryer is provided including a cooking container having a pressure vent which is connected to a high pressure cylinder filled with carbon dioxide. An electromagnetic valve and a check valve are provided on the connecting tube between the pressure vent and ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6889601 | Fryer A fryer which can maintain a set temperature accurately preventing an overshoot of cooking oil temperature is provided. In the fryer, three burners (3-5) are dispersed against the oil vat such that their combustion can be controlled independently. On the othe... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6883419 | Fryer A fryer in which an overshoot is prevented by an accurate oil temperature control is disclosed. A pulse burner (4) is controlled to be switched ON/OFF based on a condition which is different by each temperature range. This enables to control the pulse burner ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6871581 | Fryer A state of the current temperature of cooking oil in comparison with the predetermined temperature is figured out and information regarding completion of the on-going cooking and start of the next cooking is easily provided. A display portion 20 largely displ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6810791 | Pressure fryer Termination of cooking in a safe state can be judged without fail. At S5, a cooking timer according to a selected cooking menu is started and at S6 it is judged that the cooking timer finishes. Then, at S7 a burner controller stops heating by bu... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6745669 | Fryer A fryer which notifies an appropriate oil filtering timing is disclosed. While various kinds of cooking is repeated, the degree of amount of fry residues set previously in accordance with menu switch is accumulated every time each menu switch (M1-M5, M... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6698420 | Cooking pot apparatus with pot lid having heat exchange means for containing food aromas A cooking pot apparatus includes a cooking pot having a pot rim and a pot lid assembly for rapidly dissipating heat within the cooking pot, the pot lid assembly being sealingly and lockingly secured to the pot rim and extending across the pot rim, the pot... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6663009 | Gas cooker A gas cooker comprises temperature detection means for detecting the temperature of the bottom face of a pan and issuing a temperature signal and an heat control circuit for controlling the amount of heat issued from the gas burner based on said temperatu... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6554197 | Gas cooktop and vessel for the cooktop A gas cooktop includes a gas supply control controlling flames applied to a cooking vessel through a control circuit connected to an infrared sensor that is directed at an infrared-radiation-generating outer surface region of the cooking vessel and receiv... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6237586 | Heater trough apparatus A heater trough apparatus for heating water used for cleaning. The heater trough apparatus includes a tank mounted upon a plurality of leg members each having an adjustable feet member threaded through a bottom thereof, the tank having side walls, end wal... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6058245 | Electric boost heater for deep fryer A fryer system having a vat containing shortening, a first heater for supplying heat to the shortening, and a second heater for supplying heat to the shortening. The second heater is preferably activated only when the temperature of the shortening falls b... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5947111 | Apparatus for the controlled heating of process fluids An apparatus for the controlled heating of a process fluid has a heater, a process fluid vessel containing the process fluid, and a bundle of thermosyphons extending between a burner chamber of the heater and the process fluid inside the vessel for transf... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5927181 | Deep fat fryer with removable vessel Cooking apparatus having a removable vessel (3) intended to contain a cooking medium (9) and food to be cooked, comprising a frame (1) in which is provided a housing (2) intended to receive the vessel (3), heating device (4) disposed at the bottom of said... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5910206 | Dry fire limiting device for deep fryer A fryer system has a fryer including a vat containing shortening. A heating device supplies heat to the vat. The fryer has a plurality of heat transfer conduits and each heat transfer conduit has an upper surface. An upper surface of a mixing plenum is lo... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5816139 | Steam cooking device A steam cooking device, which can be used for steam cooking bain-marie with descending steam, comprising a pot-like body defining a space for containing food to be cooked is described. The body has a central chimney-like projection with one or more holes ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5809994 | Electronic control system for a heating apparatus A temperature control system for melting a solid cooking medium in a deep fat fryer comprising a chamber for containing a cooking medium; a heating surface within the chamber for heating the cooking medium; a heating device for heating the heating surface... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5809870 | Electric deep fat fryer A domestic deep fat fryer comprising, in a housing (1), a vessel (2) adapted to contain a cooking bath (3). An electric heating resistance (4) heats the cooking bath. A thermal regulator (6) of high thermal inertia is mounted in series with the heating re... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5769622 | Gas combustion apparatus A gas combustion apparatus comprises a burner, a thermal electric power generation element that uses the burner's combustion to produce a thermoelectromotive force, a voltage boosting circuit that raises the voltage of the thermoelectromotive force by the... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5749327 | Method for controlling gas supply of a gas boiler A method for gas supply pressure control is disclosed. Gas is supplied to a gas burner at a gas supply pressure which is higher than an ignition pressure, and after the ignition of the gas burner, the gas supply pressure increases during a predetermined t... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5746114 | Intelligent cooking system with wireless control An intelligent cooking system includes cooking implements such as saucepans, stockpots, etc., having a temperature sensor for sensing either the temperature of the cooking implement or any contents located therein. A plurality of heating surfaces each hav... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5740721 | Electrical safety device for food heating appliance The field of the invention concerns heating or cooking appliances. The cooking appliance comprises a casing (2) enclosing an integrated fixed or removable cooking receptacle (1) and heating means thermally connected to the cooking receptacle (1), means (3... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5706717 | Heating control system for a gas fryer The present invention provides a fryer system including a fryer having a vat for containing shortening therein, a heat exchanger disposed within the vat, a heating mechanism for supplying heat to the heat exchanger, and a control mechanism for controlling... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5690094 | Gas flame kettle A gas-flame heated, self-contained kettle comprises a housing (12); a gas burner (14) contained within the housing (12); a container (16) for the fluid (18) to be heated, positioned within the housing (12) and above the burner(14); and exhaust duct (22) l... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5660328 | Water heater control A water heater control modifies a temperature differential setting in a hot water heater according to elapsed time between calls for heat. This allows the temperature setting of the hot water heater to remain low, which reduces the risk of scalding, yet a... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5639023 | Method of controlling the water temperature in a beverage-brewing apparatus The invention is directed to a method of controlling the water temperature in a beverage-brewing apparatus, wherein the water is initially heated in an open water reservoir up to the boiling point, said boiling point being reached in that the water is hea... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5575272 | Roofing kettle with automatic fuel ignition and control system Apparatus is described for an improved roofing kettle. The improvements comprise electronic temperature control apparatus for the kettle vat. Automatic shutoff apparatus is provided for shutting off the fuel supply in the event the fuel supply is not prop... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5571007 | System for monitoring a combustion apparatus The present invention provides a novel system for monitoring a predetermined operating condition of a heating apparatus, such as a cumulative total time period of combustion and a combustion frequency, and informing a user of a timing of maintenance. In a... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5549382 | Stirrer for food preparation An apparatus and method for automatically stirring foodstuffs in a kitchen environment are provided. The apparatus and method use a stove top having a plurality of cooking locations, the stove top having a top surface to support a plurality of cooking ves... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5540215 | Method and apparatus for heating a liquid A method and apparatus for heating a liquid, such as cooking oil for a fryer. A heat transfer fluid, such as an oil, is heated, such as by a gas-fired burner, at a location remote from the liquid to be heated, and passed by the liquid in a heat exchange r... | 07/30/1996 |
