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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8053708 | User-configurable interface for a cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes a plurality of heating elements and a plurality of user interface devices for receiving heating element settings. An input device for allows a user to arbitrarily selectively associate any one or more of the heating elements with any one... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7968825 | Temperature setting method of thermal processing plate, computer-readable recording medium recording program thereon, and temperature setting apparatus for thermal processing plate A thermal plate of a heating unit is divided into a plurality of thermal plate regions, and a temperature can be set for each of the thermal plate regions. A temperature correction value for adjusting a temperature within the thermal plate can be set for each of the... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7928344 | Apparatus and method for monitoring hot surface of cook top Provided are an apparatus and a method for monitoring a hot surface of a cook top. The apparatus includes a display unit, a temperature detecting sensor, and a microprocessor. The display unit displays a state of a hot surface and an operation error of a hot plate a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7842905 | Method and device for the thermal treatment of substrates This invention relates to a method and a device for the thermal treatment of substrates in which the substrates are held in contact with or a small distance away from a heating plate, which is heated by a plurality of separately controllable heating elements on the ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7422010 | Cooking stove A cooking stove that prevents a burner from being ignited when a touch switch shifts from a non-sensing to a sensing state. An operation portion having a touch switch is provided on a glass top plate of a cooking stove main body which accommodates burners. The touch... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7370649 | Cooking stove A touch switch which prohibits a child from actuating heating means, while permitting a child to deactivate heating means. A cooking stove including an electrical capacitance operation switch 10 which switches the cooking stove between an operation state in w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7289861 | Process control system with an embedded safety system A process plant includes a process control system having a safety system embedded therein. The integrated process control and safety system includes a host computer arranged to send and receive process level messages and safety level messages, a controller operative... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7227103 | Induction hot plate comprising heating regions having a reconfigurable structure, and method for increasing the maximum power of said heating regions An induction hot plate including a plurality of heating regions with a reconfigurable structure. The hot plate includes at least two power modules, each supplying electrical power to at least one first and one second induction heating element. The maximum power to e... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7186955 | Electronic power control for cooktop heaters In one aspect, a cooktop heating system that include a first cooktop heating element, a second cooktop heating element, and an interface device. The system also includes a controller for selectively associating the interface device with any one or both of the first ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187991 | Failsafe control circuit for electrical appliances Failsafe control circuit for electrical appliances whereby at least one electrical load (10) is activated, the control circuit comprising logic control means (1), operation switching means (8) between said electrical load (10) and a suppl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186954 | Apparatus for detecting abnormal temperature rise associated with a cooking arrangement Apparatus is provided for detecting and controlling an abnormal rise in temperature associated with a combination of a cooking utensil (10) and a cooking surface (4) overlying an electric heater (6). A temperature-responsive device (24) m... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7164101 | Electric heating assembly An electric heating assembly includes a cooking plate (4) having a lower surface (6) relative to which is supported an electric heater (10) and an upper surface (8) adapted to receive a cooking utensil (12) on a heating zone (14... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7115838 | Unit for varying a temperature of a test piece and testing instrument incorporating same A disc-type unit 10 adjusts temperature of a control face 14 by means of a heater 12 and coolant, with a hollow plate 11 to which the heater 12 is secured, a cavity 13 formed in the hollow plate 11 and a piping 20 | 10/03/2006 |
| 7069109 | Systems and methods of using multiple microcontrollers for fail-safe control and enhanced feature operation of an appliance Multiple microcontrollers are used in controlling operation of an appliance thereby providing enhanced safety. User input deactivating the appliance is received and processed by a first and second microcontrollers, which separately and independently act to remove po... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7049714 | Method for determining the condition of a rotary switch In a combination switch having both rotary and pushbutton momentary switches, a method for determining which switch has been selected by a user. The method also includes distinguishing between the selection of a rotary switch from a pushbutton switch. ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6998585 | Control unit for a household appliance A control unit for a household appliance, preferably a cooking device, containing a control device and regulating devices. The control device has a removable control element and a blocking device. The regulating devices have a change-over regulating device that allo... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6993418 | Method and apparatus for latent temperature control for a device under test A method and associated algorithm for controlling and optimizing the temperature of a device under test (DUT) through calculation of a moving setpoint which varies from the user-specified DUT core temperature. The method generally comprises (i) calculating a system ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6975047 | Temperature-based cooling device controller apparatus and method A temperature-based cooling device controller is implemented in an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor. The temperature-based cooling device controller includes a register to store a threshold temperature value, a thermal sensor, and clock adjustment logic t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967314 | Programmable power level control for a cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes a cooktop having at least one heating element and a controller capable of automatically performing a cooking process by operating the heating element at multiple power levels for multiple time periods. More specifically, upon activation,... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6940049 | Heating element temperature control for a cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes a cooktop having at least one heating element, a controller and a control element linked to the controller and associated with operation of the heating element. Specifically, the control element includes first and second operational sett... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6930287 | Random positioning cooking hob with user interface A cooking hob with random positioning of pans or the like, comprising a plurality of electrical heating elements disposed within a cooking area and individually powered under the control of a control circuit, the heating elements also being used as position sensors ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6927546 | Load control system and method A load control systems and methods. One embodiment of a load control system comprises at least two triac devices connected in parallel to a load, the at least two triac devices operable to deliver current to the load. At least one driver circuit is linked to the at ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6903311 | Method and apparatus for controlling an electric cooking appliance In a method and apparatus for controlling an electric cooking appliance, a boost condition is initiated by increasing the power level of one or more electric heating means (2) to a maximum power level from a previous lower power level. Elapsed time (38... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6861619 | Method and apparatus for preparing semiconductor wafers for measurement A wafer-cleaning module can remove contaminants from a semiconductor wafer prior to measurement in a metrology tool. A heating chamber and heater plate of the cleaning module can be used to heat the wafer by conduction, while a separate cooling chamber can be used t... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6809299 | Hot plate for semiconductor manufacture and testing A hot plate for a semiconductor producing/examining device, in which hot plate, when an object to be heated such as a silicon wafer is heated in a state that the object is distanced by a certain distance from the heating face, air is less likely to stagnate between ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6626236 | Substrate temperature control plate and substrate temperature control apparatus comprising same Object of the present invention is to provide uniform heat distribution to a substrate undergoing heat treatment on top of a heat exchange plate. A heat exchange plate 1 is a flat, circular receptacle, has a cooling liquid inflow opening 11 on one end and... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6555793 | Advanced radiant electric heater An improved heating unit (10) used in a cooktop (12). Operation of the heating unit is by a controller (16). An electric current is applied to a composition heating element (20). The heating element is supported on a cake (24) of insulation material insta... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6552647 | Building environment monitor and control system A monitor and control system that responds to alarm signals representing different hazardous conditions in an environment having a number of utility service supply lines, such as a home residence. One or more sensors coupled to the processor are each asso... | 04/22/2003 |
| 5981916 | Advanced cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes a heating unit (10) for cooking food. The unit has a heating element (34) to which electrical current is supplied for generating heat used to cook food such as chocolate and sauces set upon the heating unit. A programmable con... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5900175 | Radiant cooking unit A radiant cooking unit comprises a heat insulating material forming a heating element carrier to which electrical heating elements are secured. It is surrounded by a ring-shaped bordering element of a heat insulating material relatively rigid in design. B... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5856654 | Temperature control and safety device associated with a heating element of a glass ceramic cooking hob, arranged to prevent overheating thereof A safety device associated with a heating element of a glass ceramic cooking hob and arranged to prevent overheating of the cooking hob, the element comprising an insulating body defining a seat containing at least one heat generator, the device comprisin... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5854469 | Heating unit for therapeutic instrument A thermal output device for heating therapeutic ultrasound transducer heads. Typically, a plastic non-conductive housing or case is provided a cutout receptacle which houses a molded tray insert to accommodate insertion therein of various shapes and sizes... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5796346 | Stove having grease fire avoidance circuitry A stove including circuitry to facilitate avoidance of fires such as may be caused by grease or another flammable substance present on the stove burner. The circuitry detects when such burner has been set above a predetermined temperature or power level f... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5746985 | Reforming reactor A reforming reactor is provided with a catalyst and a heating resistor. The heating resistor is embedded in a catalyst. A reforming reactor can start rapidly with high thermal efficiency and which is excellent in recovery of hydrogen.... | 05/05/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5717188 | Safety device for a heating appliance There is provided a safety device for electric stoves and ovens wherein there is provided a sensor for sensing when the stove is heating at a certain rate which could constitute a safety hazard and a sensing means for detecting the presence of a person wi... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5717189 | Control arrangement for an electric heating appliance An electronic control arrangement for an electrical heating appliance with several separately heatable electrical loads, particularly cooking points or hotplates, contains an electronic master switch, which has its own power supply. The master switch is f... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5702624 | Compete hot plate temperature control system for hot treatment A heat treatment control system to cure a photoresist that is deposited upon a semiconductor substrate is described. The heat treatment system has a hot plate with a heating element and temperature sensing devices that are in close proximity to the semico... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5635093 | Heating plate for heating an object placed on its surface and chemical treatment reactor equipped with said plate A heating floor or plate for heating an object such as a substrate placed on its surface. A plate is provided whose surface temperature can be accurately adjusted so that the heat quantity supplied by two surface zones of the plate can be different even i... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5632918 | Heat dissipating chimney for adhesive supply unit A heat dissipating chimney in an apparatus for the melting and dispensing of solid and quasi-solid materials, such as thermoplastics and hot melt adhesives, is disclosed. Air convection paths are provided which control the flow of heated air from a plural... | 05/27/1997 |
