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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4518849 | Electronic toaster timer with preceding off-time temperature control compensation The duration of the timing cycle of a selector adjusted timer controlling intermittant operation of a heating element in an electrical appliance, is reduced as an inverse function of the duration of a preceding off-time interval. A manually operable switc... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4510376 | Variable timing system for toasters and similar appliances This drop-down toaster has a bread support and a door at the bottom of each toasting compartment. The door has a series of vent holes for air convection which produces improved uniformity in the toast. The door and bread support are held closed by rollers... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4491065 | Food heating apparatus An oven having a heating chamber in which a perforate food container is rotatably mounted about a center axis of rotation. The container has, relative to its longitudinal center axis, a symmetrical octagonal configuration so as to comprise two planar end ... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4487115 | Toaster A toaster comprising a rotating shaft mounted in a toaster case having two openings and covers for the openings, the shaft being mounted for limited rotation and operated by an electromagnetic actuator to move the covers between open and closed positions,... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4484065 | Automatic heating apparatus with sensor An automatic heating apparatus comprising a sensor such as a humidity sensor or a gas sensor which senses water vapor, alcohol, CO2 gas or the like emitted from a foodstuff being heated for automatically completing cooking. A microcomputer, whi... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4450757 | Automatic machine for cooking soup-paste, rice, pot herbs or other food-stuffs in water An automatic machine for cooking food such as soup-paste, rice or pot herbs, in which a support structure with a base and an upper working plane is provided with an open cooking tank contained within the support structure above the base and below the work... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4444094 | Intermittent automatic grill for hamburger patties A frame supports a cross-bar conveyor for advancement over a hamburger patty feeding plate and between upper and lower heated platens. The upper platen is raised by actuators and falls by gravity against adjustable stops in time with advancement of the co... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4402258 | Toaster and electric control therefor A device for the automatic introduction and extraction of the slices of bread in a toaster, in which the slice-carrying supports are led into a vertical up and down movement by two identical leverages, associated with the opposed ends of the supports them... | 09/06/1983 |
| 4379964 | Method of food heating control by detecting liberated gas or vapor and temperature of food A method of food heating control in which the heating time length (͌o) from a time point (t1) when the food temperature changing with the heating thereof reaches a predetermined set value (T1) to a time point (t2 | 04/12/1983 |
| 4346651 | Toaster for bread and other food items A toaster has a casing, two or more walls of which define between themselves an upright food-receiving space, and a base defining with the lower edges of these walls a clearance open to the food-receiving space. A separate food carrier is insertable into ... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4345515 | Slidable brush and screw linear drive arrangement A linear drive arrangement comprises a prime mover which is capable of rotatably driving a screw threaded rod. A carriage is mounted on the rod and carries a plurality of bristles, for example in the form of a brush, which bristles contact the surface of ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4345513 | Electric toaster A toaster for toasting a slice of bread comprises a casing in which a reciprocable carriage is located and is movable towards and away from an aperture defined by the casing through which aperture a slice of bread when mounted on the carriage can pass. A ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4335649 | Method and apparatus for producing masa corn To practice the method of this invention, a large stainless steel tank having a conical bottom is utilized for the mass cooking of corn to produce masa. Connected to the conical bottom of the tank is a multiplicity of steam rings interconnected by a manif... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4316078 | Food serving system An energy saving food serving system for rethermalization of the food and for delivery prepared meals to locations remote from the place of preparation, such as to patients to hospitals and nursing homes. The system includes a mobile cart having its own r... | 02/16/1982 |
| 4244284 | Meat cooking apparatus Cooking apparatus for preparing meats to suit individual tastes of different consumers. The meat is subjected to electric current heating to cook the meat and to radiant broiling to char its surface. The cooking current passing through the meat is regulat... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4214516 | Barbecue oven A barbecue oven comprising a barbecue compartment having a door hingedly mounted in a door opening in a front wall of the compartment and spaced from a top and bottom wall thereof. A heating unit is provided in the barbecue compartment and having an elong... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4201124 | Temperature sensitive timing device for toaster appliance A temperature sensitive timing control device for a toaster appliance includes a main bimetal element and a compensating bimetal element, both mounted on a support member mounted for pivotal movement in first and second directions, but biased toward the f... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4189992 | Bread baking A bread baking system in which dough is automatically punched down, the rise times of the dough timed, and the oven turned on and off at the proper times.... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4188865 | Electric toaster An electric toaster having a housing, a bread carrier therein, heating elements in the housing, a pneumatic timer switch having a cylinder and piston movable relative to one another with a spring urging upward movement, a throttle opening for escape of ai... | 02/19/1980 |
| 4178498 | Electric toaster control An electric oven toaster construction wherein a unique inverted L-shaped lever is provided for controlling operation of an oven toaster switch and a toaster timer. The lever is pivotally mounted at the intersection of its legs and a generally horizontal l... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4126087 | Cooker In abstract, a preferred embodiment of this invention is an improved commercial type food cooker which is enclosed with heating elements both above and below the food. A top forms a closure which allows food to be cooked in a much shorter time than by man... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4068569 | Rotary toaster device A toaster device has a support grid mounted for rotation about a vertical axis between heating elements disposed on opposite sides thereof. Grid elements are mounted for pivotal movement on opposite edges of the support, and depending finger elements on t... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3961567 | Machine for automatically making pancakes A machine for automatically making pancakes, includes a heated cooking drum which is rotatable about a horizontal shaft by drive means and which has, on its periphery, at least one raised surface area having a contour corresponding to the shape of the pan... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3958503 | Spaghetti cooking system A system for cooking spaghetti and similar pasta products includes a cooking section and a storage section with means for supplying water alternately to either section. The cooking section is equipped with a cook pot having conventional electric or gas he... | 05/25/1976 |
