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Microwave Oven With Removable Storage Cassette in Dashboard of Motor Vehicle
A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7373876 | Cook pot with heating lid A cook pot in which the lid acts as a supplementary heating device to heat the contents inside the pot quickly. The lid has a top and a long cylindrical piece which fits inside the pot body and extends all the way down to the bottom of the pot. A heating band is the... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7314001 | Cooking appliance with a vessel comprising a draining device with a thermal safety valve The invention relates to a cooking appliance comprising a case (1) and a vessel (2). Said vessel is intended to receive a cooking bath and is equipped with a draining device (10) which is used to drain the contents of the vessel (2) into ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7276677 | Pressure cooking vessel A pressure cooking vessel using a cylindrical cooking chamber and rectangular food racks. This combination allows one to enjoy the benefits of using a cylindrical chamber to pressure cook along with the benefits of using rectangular racks to display the food. ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7166824 | High-frequency heating apparatus and control method thereof The present invention relates to a high-frequency heating apparatus with steam generation function and control method thereof. When high-frequency heating treatment for heat-treating with a high frequency and steam heating treatment for heat-treating with steam gene... | 01/23/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7148451 | Rice cooker When water temperature is high and time germinating step is short, it is hard to cook freely to individual preference, and water turbidity and bad smell are likely to occur. By germinating with immersing brown rice or rice with the germ in water at 28 to 34 degrees ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7126089 | High altitude oven A high altitude oven that includes a baking compartment that includes a pressure maintenance mechanism for maintaining the baking compartment at sea level atmospheric pressure during operation of the oven. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112765 | Food cooking container with monitoring means for monitoring the operating temperature thereof A food cooking container, with means for monitoring the operating temperature thereof, comprises, in the handle support (3) and/or in the handle (2) of the container, temperature monitoring and indicating means for monitoring and indicating a preset op... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7084375 | Cookpot The present invention relates to a cooking appliance used for boiling or cooking food, or more particularly, to a cooking pot, which can rapidly heat water or food, and thereafter can suppress overflowing of water or food therein, while simultaneously maintaining it... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077917 | High-pressure processing chamber for a semiconductor wafer A processing chamber having an improved sealing means is disclosed. The processing chamber comprises a lower element, an upper element, and a sealing means that tightly holds the lower element to the upper element to define a processing volume that is maintained usi... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069715 | Method and apparatus for the pre-heating of vaporization chamber The present invention is generally directed toward an apparatus and method for the heating of vaporized aqueous mixture, more specifically toward the pre-heating a vaporization chamber. In a power plant utilizing a cleaning process, such as a selective catalytic red... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060422 | Method of supercritical processing of a workpiece An apparatus for supercritical processing and non-supercritical processing of a workpiece comprises a transfer module, a supercritical processing module, a non-supercritical processing module, and a robot. The transfer module includes an entrance. The supercritical ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7053346 | Combined microwave/frying apparatus A combined microwave/frying apparatus includes a frying device, a microwave-generating device, and a supporting member. The frying device includes a housing having an oil groove in an upper end thereof, the oil groove having an upwardly facing opening. The microwave... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7019541 | Electric conductivity water probe An electric conductivity water probe consisting of a test chamber having a wall, a fluids input/output port, and a water input port, the wall having a first and at least a second wall section, the first and at least second wall sections being electrically isolated f... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994015 | Apparatus for preparing coffee An apparatus for preparing coffee includes a holder provided with an access opening for placing a pouch filled with a product to be extracted into the holder; a cover for closing and releasing the access opening; a clamping arrangement for pressing the holder and co... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6942383 | Cooking pan The cooking pan in which one side of an outer circumferential face of a main body is combined with a handle through a bolt fastening has such a construction that a temperature display member is equipped with an upper face of a coupling end part combined with a guide... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6723963 | Quick-cooking pot A quick-cooking pot, comprising two complementary containers to be stacked in a hermetic reversible coupling, the first container being provided with means for heating the water contained therein and with at least one first controlled-opening valve for the passage o... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6580056 | Biological specimen heating device and quality control method for immunohistochemistry heat retrieval procedures A heating device for heating biological specimens is comprised of an electric pressure cooker with a pressure gauge, and a temperature sensor connected to a controller with a temperature display and a temperature alert. The controller is arranged to heat ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6425320 | Device for locking/unlocking a pressure cooker with lug-bayonet type closure A pressure cooking apparatus has a locking device for locking the lid of the apparatus relative to the pan of the apparatus. The lid includes lid ramps for engaging pan ramps on the pan. The locking device is mounted to move along the wall of the pan in a... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6320166 | Double layered cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus in a form of a container includes an outer shell and an inner shell wherein a cavity is provided by coupling the edges of the outer and inner shells. The cavity is partially filled with a heat conductive medium, such as silicon oil. Th... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6261447 | Portable, automatic, steam pressurized water filtration system A water filtration system which utilizes steam pressure to provide energy for the pumping process, has a boiler (1) which shall be used to develop steam (19) and shall be heated by a stove (27). The steam produced shall flow through a steam tube (7) and i... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6173643 | Multifunctional electric pressure cooker A multifunctional electric pressure cooker includes a pot cover, a turning handle, a pot body composed of an inner pot and an outer pot, a housing enveloping the whole pot and devices for controlling temperature, pressure and cooking duration. At the oute... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5892204 | Vacuum coffee maker A vacuum coffee maker has a starved electric heating arrangement having a solid body providing a reservoir. The chamber is covered by a circular lid that prevents flow of steam directly vertically up a tube from the chamber. At the end of a normal heating... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5773794 | Method for making permanent dental acrylic parts without the use of a dental flask Dental parts which are permanently installed in the mouth such as acrylic teeth or jackets, bridges, crown veneers, acrylic crowns, crowns with an acrylic face or coating, and other permanent dental restorations containing acrylic are produced quickly and... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5767487 | Subatmospheric pressure cooking device A method of preparing a food product is disclosed and includes the steps of placing the food product within a cooking cavity, reducing the pressure within the cooking cavity thereby creating a vacuum within the cooking cavity, heating the food product wit... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5545875 | Method for heat curing of dental prostheses without the use of dental flasks In the present invention dental prostheses are cured without the use of dental flasks using an electrically heated pressure vessel. The dental prosthesis is cured while in a plaster chamber which is placed in a curing container with ambient water. The app... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5444218 | Electrically heated pressure processor apparatus for production of dental prostheses In the present invention dental prostheses are cured without the use of dental flasks using an electrically heated pressure vessel. The dental prosthesis is cured while in a plaster chamber which is placed in a curing container with ambient water. The app... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5305415 | Electric steam generator having molded plastic lid and base secured together by a snap-fit connection arrangement A portable electric wallpaper steamer has a generator (G) including a base (1) and lid (2), both injection molded of plastic material. An elastomeric sealing ring (29) is seated in a recess in a circumferential interengagement zone between the lid and bas... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5092229 | Entirely uniformly heated responsive cooker An entirely uniformly heated responsive cooker comprising an inner pot and an outer pot, wherein the inner pot neither directly touches the heating source nor the wall portion of the outer pot by means of exhalation valve means capable of adjusting proper... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5023927 | Structure to secure cast cup containing heating element to percolator reservoir bottom A cast cup provided with a heating element is secured to the bottom plate of a reservoir for a percolator. The cup is inserted into an opening in the bottom plate of the reservoir and has an upper flange and a lower flange. The upper flange is secured to ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4992644 | Device for sterilization, storage and dispensing of liquids A safe, portable apparatus for sterilization of saline or other liquids is provided. There is provided a device for sterilizing and storing liquids comprising a housing, a hollow cyliner formed in the housing having an open first end and a closed second e... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4897525 | Device for heating food with steam A device for heating food with steam includes a relatively small water container heated by an electric heating source so that steam is generated very shortly after switching on the heating source. The evaporated water is at least partly steadily resupplie... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4889276 | Method and apparatus for forming and bonding metal assemblies A method and apparatus for forming and bonding metal assemblies using an internally heated chamber. The parts can be both superplastic formed and diffusion bonded to other parts. A closable chamber contains a heating element near the chamber center. A cer... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4798939 | Pressurized liquid cooker with integrated radiant heating apparatus A pressurized batch cooking pot has an encircling radiant heater which has a high temperature insulation shell with end abutting the pot and a center portion spaced from the pot. A spiral coil is firmly embedded within the inner wall of the insulation she... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4771162 | Apparatus for treating plastic parts for use in dental and orthodontic applications A device for treating plastic parts for use in dental and orthodontic applications includes a pressure receptacle which has walls which define a hollow interior with an opening which is closable by a cover or lid. A support for material to be treated is p... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4728778 | Cooking apparatus An electrical cooking apparatus for cooking natural substances such as rice, herbs, soups, and the like, the cooking device being divided into a lower cooking chamber and an upper cooling chamber, which includes a cooking container disposed within the low... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4721094 | Deep oil cooker cover apparatus A pressure interlock means to prevent release and opening of the cover under a potentially dangerous condition. The cooking apparatus is formed including a suitable open-top pot having a top cover unit secured to open and close the pot. Cooking oil is con... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4617452 | Rice cooker A rice cooker has a body provided with an upper opening. A lid for opening and closing the upper opening is swingably supported on the body by a hinge mechanism. The lid has a grip portion extending, like a bridge, along the upper surface of the lid from ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4574184 | Saucepan and cover for a cooking utensil, particulary a steam pressure cooking pan The invention relates to a cooking vessel comprising a cooking pan and cover, especially a steam pressure cooker, to which a temperature-dependent resistor is attached as a temperature sensor with an attached computing device for the determination of the ... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4535229 | Saucepan and cover for a cooking utensil, particularly a steam pressure cooking pan The invention relates to a cooking vessel comprising a cooking pan and cover, especially a steam pressure cooker, to which a temperature-dependent resistor is attached as a temperature sensor with an attached computing device for the determination of the ... | 08/13/1985 |
