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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4413172 | Method of heat control in a skin packaging machine In a skin packaging machine, a method and apparatus for maintaining a film heating oven at a low temperature wherein during a very short repeating duty cycle, e.g., less than a minute, the power to the oven heaters is applied for a short period and is shu... | 11/01/1983 |
| 4406945 | Heating apparatus with numerical display A heating apparatus for microwave ovens, electric ovens, gas ovens and ovens of the hybrid type, includes a digital control unit and a numerical display unit. The heating apparatus further includes numerical value input means (an impulse generator) includ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4378486 | Temperature controlled timer A temperature controlled timer useful for controlling the application of power to apparatus such as automobile block heaters or the like. In one embodiment the time of application of power prior to a shut off time is decreased with increasing ambient temp... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4377738 | Method of controlling the temperature of an electrically heated element The temperature of an electrically heated element is controlled by applying a current until the element reaches a threshold temperature, preferably determined by the expanded length of the elements, and then applying a predetermined voltage-current condit... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4375029 | Control apparatus for thermal equipment particularly a heat engine The invention relates to control apparatus for heat actuated devices of the type having a heating resistor and a spring biased motor member movable in response to heat generated by the resistor. A source of rectified AC voltage for the heating resistor is... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4367387 | Electronic controlled heat cooking apparatus A microwave oven is controlled to cause a magnetron to oscillate for a set timer time period. The timer time period is set by a device for entering a timer time period. The device comprises a displaceable operation knob provided and a code signal generato... | 01/04/1983 |
| 4343977 | Electronic controlled heat cooking apparatus An electronic controlled heat cooking apparatus employs a microprocessor for the purpose of controlling a heating operation. The microprocessor is responsive to a timer time period set by a timer apparatus to control oscillation of a microwave. The timer ... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4337389 | Glow plug control device for diesel engines A thermal device for controlling the temperature of glow plugs in a diesel engine in which current is applied to the glow plugs from the battery through a relay, the relay in turn being actuated by a thermally controlled switch controlled by a heater. The... | 06/29/1982 |
| 4334146 | Method and apparatus for joining thermoplastic line elements Electric welding sleeves used more particularly with larger pipe diameters have a heating wire winding which is under compressive stress due to the shrinkage of the sleeve member. This compressive stress and the elongation of the resistance heating wire o... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4330702 | Electronic control system for coffeemaker A coffeemaker is provided with a power circuit and a control circuit. The power circuit is connected to a household source of electric power and it is activated by a relay switch. The control circuit includes a relay coil for the switch, and a triac that ... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4324966 | Menu responsible automatic sensor selection in a cooking utensil A microwave oven comprises a thermistor and a gas sensor disposed in an exhaustion duct for detecting an exhaustion air temperature and an exhaustion gas concentration, respectively. A menu selection manual lever is disposed on a control panel for selecti... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4321458 | Setback device The invention relates to an electric temperature setback device which is placed in proximate relation to a conventional thermostat and is operatively controlled by a timing device for providing local warmth to the thermostat at pre-determined times and fo... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4317987 | Remote control device for a water heater A remote control device for controlling the operation of a conventional domestic water heater (18) used singularly or in conjunction with a solar heating system. The control device comprises a remote control head (10), which has an indicator (12) for conv... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4302662 | Control instrument for electric hot plates A control instrument is used for the manually continuously adjustable supply of electric power to electric hot plates in the form of individual power pulses. The control instrument contains a switch, operated by a bimetallic member, whose heater is contro... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4297568 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus may automatically cook according to a cooking program fed from a recording card. The apparatus includes a cooking program feeding mechanism detachably holding the recording card and reading a cooking program from the recording and by m... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4292502 | Helicopter deicer control system A helicopter deicing control system (10) is provided for selectively distributing D.C. electrical power to a plurality of deicing segments (80, 90) on main and tail rotor blades with only two slip-ring assemblies (60 and 61, 62 and 63) for each rotor driv... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4234124 | Control system for gas kiln A timing mechanism to control the sequential progressive opening of a valve in a gas line leading to a gas fired kiln with the sequential progressive openings taking place at predetermined time intervals until the object being heated in the kiln has matur... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4213032 | Control system for charging and discharging an electric storage heater The invention relates to an electric storage heater assembly which includes a core and a resistance heater for the core. A low tariff period switch and a charging switch are in series with the resistance heater. A triggering unit, which includes an integr... | 07/15/1980 |
| 4210823 | Condition control system with special set point means A time proportional control means, shown as a temperature control system, utilizes an expanded time constant arrangement with a unidirectional type of digital counter. The control system also utilizes a pulse generating means that is linked to the set poi... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4209675 | Variable duration electric clock timer unit A variable duration clock timer unit which may be adjustably set to energize an electrical circuit for a selected duration for each period of clock operation includes a momentary contact, normally open, switch frictionally mounted at a selected location i... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4184067 | Heat control apparatus An automatic heat control apparatus for use with an electric heating element in a kiln or the like comprises a first power controller having a plurality of on and off intervals. The first controller supplies electric current to the kiln heating element du... | 01/15/1980 |
| 4182112 | Control panel unit and timer unit and method therefor A control panel unit for a cooking apparatus having a clock construction for indicating the time of day and a timer control unit for selecting a delayed time period and a cooking time period for causing the apparatus to provide a cooking operation for the... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4117307 | Control system for charging and discharging an electric storage heater A charging apparatus for an electric storage heater includes a resistance heater in series with a low tariff time switch and a charging switch. While the low tariff time switch is closed, usually at night, an integrator controlled by a differential amplif... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4103661 | Diesel engine starting systems A control circuit for a diesel engine starting system including an air intake heating starting aid and a fuel preheater, includes a first delay circuit for operating the preheater and a second delay circuit for operating an indicator. A selector switch ha... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4097719 | Control system for charging and discharging an electric storage heater An electric storage heater assembly which includes a core and a resistance heater for the core. A charging switch is in series with the resistance heater and an electric comparator for operating the switch has two inputs connected to first and second cont... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4024378 | Electric heating system circuit for sequentially energizing a plurality of heating elements An electrical circuit for a heating system has a plurality of electrical resistance heating elements and a blower all controlled by a plurality of electro-thermally actuated relays. The circuit is arranged so that the heating elements are sequentially ene... | 05/17/1977 |
| 3989928 | Method and apparatus for cyclically controlling the energization of home water heaters A method and apparatus for cyclically controlling the energization of water heaters in residential homes on a daily and seasonal temperature basis. The apparatus includes a pair of clock timers each having a disk for supporting a plurality of relay actuat... | 11/02/1976 |
| 3975620 | Control system for charging and discharging an electric storage heater An electric storage heater assembly which is charged at night when energy rates are low and utilized during the day when the rates are higher. A fan unit is controlled by a thermostat to extract heat from the heater assembly. The previous days experience ... | 08/17/1976 |
