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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188390 | Electromechanical toy with momentary actuator dual purpose cam mechanism preserving battery life A low cost cam mechanism facilitating an automatic shut off mechanism preserving battery life in a toy. A rotatable cam including a recess captures an internal actuator and completely shuts down a motor at a defined cam rotation to preserve the battery life in the t... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7348701 | Driving unit and image forming apparatus A driving unit including a motor, a support bracket supporting the motor, at least one stud supporting a gear which is rotated with a driving force of the motor, and a heatproof member disposed between a frame fastening the support bracket and the stud, and an image... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7075860 | Mechanical hour and minute display device This hour and minute display device comprises four disks, two for displaying, respectively, the tens and units of hours, two for displaying, respectively, the tens and units of minutes, each disk being fixedly connected to a toothed wheel linked to a jumper, said to... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6992258 | Switching device for gas operated appliance A combination timer and controller for a gas-operated appliance, such as a pizza oven, is provided. The combination includes a rotatable control shaft having a first end connectible to a gas valve and a control knob attachable to a second end of the control shaft. A... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6140627 | Control panel assembly of a microwave oven A control panel assembly of a microwave oven which is easy to use, including: a front panel section having first and second cooking mode single-functional buttons comprised of a plurality of single-functional buttons for first and second cooking modes of ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6057533 | Control panel of a microwave oven having slide type power control knob Disclosed is a control panel of a microwave oven comprising a panel body, a timing device, a time control knob, and a power control knob assembly. The power control knob assembly has a pinion assembled with the power control shaft, a rack engaged with the... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5895600 | Electronic control timer for a microwave oven An electronic control timer of microwave oven capable of establishing a total cooking period by different time units is disclosed. The electronic control timer includes a gear having a first gear segment and a second gear segment. A switch installed adjac... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5728996 | Operational switch for a microwave oven Disclosed is an operational switch for a microwave oven using a pair of gears and a pair of micro switches in order for a magnetron and a heater of a microwave oven to operate. At the rear surface of a control panel, a first switch for turning on/off the ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5464953 | Timing apparatus for a pizza oven switch A timing apparatus including a timer, a solenoid, a toggle switch, and an adapter plate for mounting to the valve control knob of a pizza oven, the adapter plate being provided with a detent at a given point on the periphery thereof. The knob is spring bi... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5455403 | Device for controlling microwave power of a microwave oven Disclosed is a microwave power controlling device having a reduced production cost and an improved assembling work efficiency by using a simple structure and the reduced number of components. A supporting stepped portion is formed on an inner surface port... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5193078 | Uni-directional rotation device for a cam-operated timer A uni-direction rotation device in a cam-operated timer is accomplished by coupling the timer control shaft to the camstack with a semi-circular tang and semi-circular slot connection. When the timer control knob is rotated in the biased or right directio... | 03/09/1993 |
| 5134262 | Function control unit with timer for microwave oven A defrosting unit with a timer, wherein the unit includes a round drum shaped wheel 5 for cooking function, a lobed wheel 6 for defrosting having a peripheral shape so as to produce periodic on/off contacts in cycles with a switch 8, both wheels being mou... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5097105 | Device for controlling the power of a microwave oven Control device for microwave ovens comprising a timer whose movement (1) drives a periodic actuating mechanism of the actuator (2) of a switch (3), mounted in the electric supply circuit of the oven, as well as a selector (4) of operating modes manipulabl... | 03/17/1992 |
| 4991155 | Timer A timer comprising a time body which has an operating shaft capable of angularly rotating around an axis thereof from an original position, and outputs a continuous electrical signal only for a period of time during which the operating shaft returns from ... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4853501 | Power control device for microwave oven The present invention relates to a device for power control to the magnetron in a microwave oven. The two timer switches conventionally used for controlling the power to the magnetron may be replaced by a configuration in which only one timer switch is us... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4835349 | Automatic shut-off appliance timer An improved automatic shut-off appliance timer is disclosed which actuates an associated appliance at a set-time and deactuates it a fixed period of time later. The timer comprises a clockwork mechanism, including a cam wheel and a trip wheel which approa... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4678930 | Microwave oven timer A programmer timer for an appliance, such as microwave cooking oven, having a magnetron power switch positioned by a control selectively moved to one of three power level settings by user rotation of the single rotary knob to a selected position on one of... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4675478 | Electric power control switch The electric power control switch of the present invention includes a plurality of contact assemblies which are repeatedly opened and closed by a motor driven timing cam and two manually operated control cams. The control cams also control the position of... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4626635 | Latching push button switch A push button member (10) is mounted to be moved longitudinally between a first position (FIG. 1A) and a second position (FIG. 1B). The push button member includes a cam surface (16) for selectively camming an electrical contact engaging surface (18) and ... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4600826 | Heating time control means for a heating appliance By intermittently starting and stopping a timer motor of a timer which is a heating time setting device by means of an intermittent switch to turn on and off the power source, two speeds are obtained, and one timer may be used to set both a long time and ... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4526332 | Control panel clock lens arrangement A control panel is provided for a household appliance which includes a clock-timer lens which is effectively sealed to the rear of the control panel assembly. The integral clock-timer lens and control panel combine to prevent the infiltration of soil into... | 07/02/1985 |
| 4440993 | Timer device and method of operating A method of operating a timer device having means for indicating the remaining operating time during an operating time period selected for the timer device. The timer device includes a gear train having a pair of branches coupled with the indicating means... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4348560 | Timing mechanism having a short pulse prior to its overall program A cam is axially displaced so that a pair of cam followers sequentially drop from the cam's outer periphery to sequentially close a pair of electrical switches which are responsive to the cam followers. Upon completion of a program, the cam is permitted t... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4339962 | Switching device for variable speed gears in machine tools A switching device for variable speed gears in machine tools having an assembly which includes a plurality of axially disposed, rotatably-driven cam discs, each of which is associated with an electric microswitch. Non-rotatable spacers serve to position t... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4335282 | Timer switch module A free-floating shorting bar carries electrical contacts at opposed ends thereof. The shorting bar is actuated to open and close mating electrical contacts by a pair of axially indexable shafts in a manner whereby three electrical contact conditions are p... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4327259 | Timing mechanism There is disclosed a timing mechanism utilizing a digital interval timer composed of rotating drum wheels each having a cam to close electrical switches to provide a program sequence. Cam followers are constructed and arranged so that when they drop in no... | 04/27/1982 |
| 4255627 | Electrical switch construction having an adjustable pivoting actuator therefor and method of making the same An electrical switch construction having a stationary frame carrying an electrical switch provided with different operating conditions and an actuator pivotally mounted directly in the frame and operatively associated with the switch for operating the swi... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4246454 | Timing mechanism having a short pulse prior to its overall program A cam is axially displaced so that a pair of cam followers sequentially drop from the cam's outer periphery to sequentially close a pair of electrical switches which are responsive to the cam followers. Upon completion of a program, the cam is permitted t... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4242547 | Periodical switching device capable of adjusting the operation time A periodical switching device has adjustable periodic ON durations and has rapid on, off transitions. A swinging member rides on a rotating cam. An operation member controlled by the cam and by the swinging member turns a switch on when the cam moves the ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4210824 | Timer controlled control system and timer construction therefor A timer controlled control system for an apparatus having two controlled devices and a timer construction operatively associated with the devices to operate the same, the timer construction having a single timer provided with a pair of selectors respectiv... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4177370 | Variable cooking mode selector in a microwave oven A control cam plate having a periphery divided into four sections of different radiuses is driven to rotate by a cam motor mounted on a supporting table. The supporting table is rotatably secured in a microwave oven, and one end of the supporting table is... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4129769 | Timer arrangement in a combination microwave oven and electric heating oven A combination microwave oven and electric heating oven comprises a selection lever for selectively performing microwave heating cooking and electric heating cooking. A switching means is associated with the selection lever so as to intermittently energize... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4079636 | Cam setting means for a cam assembly A washer is adjustably connected to a driving member of a cam assembly and is coupled to a cam means of the cam assembly.... | 03/21/1978 |
| 3991289 | Automatic timer An automatic timer switch includes a time-of-day indicating means, a means for determining and indicating the cessation of a timed switching function, and a means for determining and indicating the duration of a timed switching function.... | 11/09/1976 |
| 3967077 | Appliance timer switch assembly Timer suitable for the automatic control of appliances. The timer includes a contact structure which is activated by a rocking lever and two adjustment shafts which move the rocking lever when the shafts are manipulated to set the starting and stopping ti... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3941000 | Expanded scale timer and method of operating such An expanded scale timer has means adapted to be driven for indicating the operating time of the timer, and a pair of means are conjointly and relatively movable for respectively driving the indicating means at different predetermined speeds. Means is prov... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3930359 | Digital cooking timer means having concentric time indicator disc and manual readout indicator A digital cooking hours timer for providing an automatic cooking operation of a cooking apparatus for a selected time period and having a frame provided with a timer unit and a drive mechanism for driving the timer unit. A selector is carried by the frame... | 01/06/1976 |
