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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173944 | Cooking device In a cooking device for cooking an object to be heated, a first operation section is provided to a lower portion of a door, and a second operation section is provided to an upper portion on a front face of a cooking device body so as to be exposed in spite of the do... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8093538 | Impingement/convection/microwave oven and method A combination oven that is operable with convection air, impingement air and microwave energy in various combinations thereof. The oven has an oven chamber and a fan box that are located front to back. A fan in the fan box circulates heated air by discharging via op... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8017893 | High-frequency heating apparatus A purpose of the present invention is to provide an inverter circuit capable of suppressing an overshooting phenomenon of an input current at an instantaneous time when an initiating operation of the inverter circuit is switched to the normal operation thereof, and ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7525074 | Method and apparatus for detecting metal placed within a microwave oven A method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for detecting a presence of metal objects placed in a microwave cooking unit. A metal detection unit is activated to scan for the presence of a metal object placed into a cooking area of the microwave cooking uni... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7514658 | Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in microwave oven The invention relates to an apparatus and method for data transmitting/receiving between a microwave oven and an information appliance PDA. The apparatus includes a wireless data transmitting/receiving unit for conducting wireless data communication with an external... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7435932 | Control unit of oven Provided is a control unit of an oven. The control unit includes a board support panel, a first PCB, and a second PCB. The first PCB is installed on a backside of the board support panel such that heat from a heat source of the oven is blocked by the board support p... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427329 | Temperature control for single substrate semiconductor processing reactor A reactor for heat treatment of a substrate having a process chamber within a substrate enclosing structure, and a support structure configured to position a substrate at a predetermined spacing between the upper part and the bottom part within the process chamber d... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7420145 | Method for preventing overheating of microwave oven A method for preventing overheating of a microwave oven including a controller for controlling an output level of a magnetron is disclosed. The method includes: a) receiving information of cooking conditions and a cooking start command input by a user, the cooking c... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7369484 | System and method for mitigating data flow control problems in the presence of certain interference parameters A radar, or other repetitive interference, detection and data flow control system and method for RF data transmissions uses an RF detector and an omni directional antenna to detect radar or similar signals. The information from the RF detector is communicated to a h... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368693 | Microwave oven A microwave oven includes a heating chamber for heating and cooking foods, a heating unit for supplying heat energy to the heating chamber; a controller for controlling an operation of the heating unit, and an input unit for inputting cooking information into the co... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365291 | High voltage input apparatus for magnetron A high voltage input apparatus for a magnetron, in which first protrusions formed on lead conductors are caught by insulators and an insulating case, a ground metal is bonded to the insulating case, and expanded portions formed on the insulators are caught by the in... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361866 | Cooking apparatus using barcode A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the basic cooking information based on an analysis rule for analyzing the coo... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361303 | Medical waste treatment unit A method and apparatus for reducing organic waste. The apparatus comprises a conveyor to move waste to a first chamber for weighing waste and purging oxygen, a second chamber for treating, sterilizing and reducing waste by reverse polymerization, and a third chamber... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351941 | Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving data in microwave oven The invention relates to an apparatus and method for data transmitting/receiving between a microwave oven and an information appliance PDA. The apparatus includes a wireless data transmitting/receiving unit for conducting wireless data communication with an external... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7348522 | Apparatus for thawing frozen food items An apparatus is disclosed for thawing a frozen food item, including a chamber dimensioned to receive the frozen food item, a heat exchanger operable to either heat air in the chamber or to cool the air in the chamber, a fan for creating a flow of the air within the ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348527 | Microwave oven having a door ventilation system A microwave oven for use in cooking food having a door and door mounted controls and a cooling system where the door mounted controls are disclosed. The microwave oven having an external enclosure defining an outer cabinet and an oven cavity supported within the ext... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7343850 | Cooking appliance with an extractor fan A cooking appliance including at least one heating unit for heating a cooking area and including at least one extractor fan. At least one parameter of the extractor fan can be controlled to different values by a control unit, regardless of the selected cooking mode.... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7335858 | Toaster using infrared heating for reduced toasting time A toaster uses radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform toasting of a food product. The infrared wavelengths of the radiated heat are selected for optimum speed and quality (browning and moisture content) of the food product. Th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332057 | Method of vaporizing liquids by microwave heating This invention is directed to a method for vaporizing a liquid by slowly evaporating the liquid from a liquid phase to a vapor phase below the boiling point of the liquid; and applying an effective amount of microwave power to maintain the slow evaporation of the li... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323663 | Multi-purpose oven using infrared heating for reduced cooking time An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and re-heats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7308852 | Heating cooking device A cooking oven, wherein air in a cooking chamber is sucked into a blower on the outside of the cooking chamber and fed to an upper duct and a lateral duct, air current led into the upper duct is heated by an upper heater and re-circulated from an upper blowing port ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7268328 | Toaster with microwave oven and method for operating the same Toaster cum microwave oven having a heater for toasting bread, including a memory for storing a voltage level to a heater according to the function of the toaster the user selects, a temperature sensor for sensing an inside temperature of the toaster, and a microcom... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267833 | Apparatus and method of automatic cooking of buckwheat An apparatus and a method automatically cook food, for example, a hulled grain such as buckwheat, thereby conveniently providing the uniform and optimal cooking quality of the food to a user. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking cavity that contains food to be c... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7241980 | Control method for a microwave oven A control method for a microwave oven equipped with a tray installed in a cooking chamber to rotate a popcorn bag while having a popcorn cooking mode to cook popcorn. During cooking, rotation of the tray is temporarily stopped near the point of time when the popcorn... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238923 | Cooking apparatus having a bar code reader and a cooking method of the same A cooking apparatus and method thereof capable of performing a cooking process based upon a cooking condition corresponding to the amount of food introduced into a cooking chamber when the cooking process is performed using a bar code printed on a food package to be... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230219 | Inverter power source control for high frequency heater An oscillation control signal generated by an inverter power source control circuit (12) includes a reference voltage setting signal for approximating the current waveform of the AC output form the AC power source (1) to a sinusoidal wave by making bot... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214915 | High frequency heating apparatus A heating apparatus includes an inverter power supply for driving the high frequency generating device, a holding member for holding the inverter power supply and cooling fan for cooling down the inverter power supply. The holding member is provided with a holding p... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211775 | Door for microwave oven permitting the efficient use of space A microwave oven includes a door. The door includes a door unit for selectively opening/closing a cooking chamber and a control unit, for controlling an operation of the microwave oven, is arranged at a predetermined part of the door unit. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7202454 | Method and device for determination of the time of turning of a cooking product A method for the determination of a turning time of at least one cooking product, to which heat is supplied from one side during a cooking process includes a) determination of a first temperature TA in the cooking product at the beginning of the cooking p... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196297 | Process and system for thermally uniform materials processing The present invention provides a system and method for binder removal and sintering of materials such as ceramic materials and products, LTCC intervals, solid oxide fuel cells and powder metals. A combination of microwave and convection/radiation heating is employed... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197367 | Household appliance comprising a control element and a display element The present invention relates to a household appliance including at least one control element and at least one display element, the control element(s) being able to be used to select programs of which, in each case, at least one program parameter is settable via the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7157675 | Radio frequency identification controlled heatable objects A temperature controlled heatable object is provided in which a temperature sensor is connected to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag is located within the handle of the object, and the temperature sensor is placed in contact with the object. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141258 | Method of treating and preparing food in a cooking device, control panel for a cooking device and cooking device comprising a control panel The present invention refers to a method of treating and preparing food in a cooking device, in which a plurality of cooking parameters can be set, wherein the cooking process is carried out by means of an adjustable cooking program, wherein the setting of the cooki... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135662 | Method and apparatus for controlling microwave oven A method and apparatus for controlling the operation of a microwave oven, including a magnetron generating microwaves and a sensor sensing the state of air in the cooking cavity of the oven. The cooking period is determined by searching one of two data tables in acc... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7132633 | Combination toaster microwave oven and method for operating the same Toaster cum microwave oven having a heater for toasting bread, including a memory for storing a voltage level to a heater according to the function of the toaster the user selects, a temperature sensor for sensing an inside temperature of the toaster, and a microcom... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7131549 | Double sided grill with automated control including localized prompting and confirmation of manual operations Food heating operations and manual manipulations associated with a cooking appliance are controlled by a computer system connected to displays and input switches which arranged in physically associated pairs, each pair having a display and a switch and the pairs are... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7122771 | Wall mounted-type microwave oven A wall mounted-type microwave oven provided with a hood having an inlet port with an improved structure, thus effectively drawing exhaust gases and food odors produced from a plurality of gas burners placed below the hood. The wall mounted-type microwave oven includ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117937 | Combined refrigerator-oven apparatus A combined refrigerator-oven (20) includes an enclosed chamber (28) having a top wall (22), a bottom wall (24), and vertical side walls (26). The refrigerator-oven (20) further includes a heating unit (50) and a refri... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109447 | Control system for cooking appliance employing convection and radiant cooking A cooking appliance includes a heating system which is preferably capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking appliance includes a convection fan and at least one heating device. A... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105787 | Reverberating adaptive microwave-stirred exposure system A method and apparatus for adaptively maintaining the power-frequency spectrum in a reverberation chamber. The invention is thus capable of maintaining a relatively constant power-frequency spectrum in the chamber even when a device under examination is placed into ... | 09/12/2006 |
