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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4619189 | Apparatus for manufacturing boiled noodles The present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing boiled noodles. The apparatus comprises substantially a raw noodle manufacturing unit, a boiling unit for boiling raw noodle elements fabricated by the raw noodle manufacturing unit and a contr... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4594941 | Food cooking machine with control mechanism A multiple mode deep fat food frying machine has a deep fat cooker, a hopper with structure for dropping food into the deep fat, and a multiple mode control for the food dropping structure; the control has a rotary cam with inner apertures and an outer pe... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4577550 | Toaster A gravity fed toaster, particularly for restaurant or other commercial use, is described where bread slices to be toasted are fed by gravity and means are provided to simultaneously release a toasted slice of bread, while preventing feed of a subsequent s... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4535687 | Device for the manufacture and processing of biscuit mixture shapes A device and a method for the manufacture and processing of biscuit mixture shapes, including pressing pick up devices by means of a drive with their forming chambers against the floor of a trough filled with biscuit mixture, and while there, rotating the... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4505193 | Industrial deep-fryer The invention relates to an industrial deep-fryer adapted for cooking successive proportioned amounts of frozen foods. It comprises unique means for filling and draining off the deep-fry pan, a hermetically closed deep-fry pan, proportioning means and a c... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4502372 | Deep-fryer pan for industrial fryers A deep-fry pan for industrial deep-fryers. The pan is hermetically closed during operation to minimize contact between oil contained in the pan and ambient air and to minimize pollution of the room in which the fryer is located.... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4481405 | Cooking appliance A cooking appliance, particularly adapted to heat boilable pouch packaged foods, employing incandescent electric lamps as a radiant heat source. Cooking is controlled without a timer by sensing expansion of the plastic pouch containing the food. Venting i... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4466327 | Gas driven music box A music box mechanism driven by turbine action from the fluid flow of, for instance, steam or wind is disclosed. The mechanism may be used to produce mechanical music in a teakettle or a weather vane for instance.... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4397227 | Covered toaster for energy saving and faster toasting A toaster of the pop up type that is provided with a pivoting cover to save energy and toasting time and in which there is an upwardly displaceable cover lifting device or rod characterized by being arranged to fully open the cover without the toasts havi... | 08/09/1983 |
| 4320698 | Toaster A toaster having a mechanism for latching the slice support and a thermo-sensitive element for unlatching the slice support after a specific toasting time. A problem associated with such a toaster is that the toasting time is influenced by friction betwee... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4289064 | Automated cooker An automated cooker for sandwiches and the like. The automated cooker includes a pair of heating elements spaced one from the other so as to provide passage therebetween. A motor drives a conveyor which carries a plurality of individual sandwich holders t... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4276820 | Automatic egg cooker This invention features an automatic egg cooker in which one of the eggs to be cooked is continuously tested for consistency by being placed in an oscillatory system. The magnitude and duration of oscillations due to an initial displacement of the system ... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4254695 | Cover for use on a toaster A cover for use on a toaster is disclosed. The cover serves to minimize heat losses and comprises a plate slightly smaller in size than the top of the toaster, and means for hingedly mounting the plate on the top of the toaster, so as to cover the bread s... | 03/10/1981 |
| 4246834 | Patty broiler A substantially enclosed and insulated frame has a chain conveyor for carrying patties from one end of the frame to the other. A motor on the frame operates the chain conveyor. A heating element on the frame is effective to increase the temperature within... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4228730 | Automatic french fryer An apparatus is provided for cooking frozen french fries in which a supply of frozen potato pieces is held in a hopper and in which the potato pieces are continuously fed from the hopper at a predetermined, adjustable rate, by means of an upwardly slantin... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4170932 | Electronic toaster control An electronic control for controlling the degree of toasting of a bread slice in a toaster. The control includes a thermocouple located within the passage of the toaster for the bread slice and responsive to the temperature of the toaster casing, the slic... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4157060 | Viscosity controlled egg cooker An apparatus for cooking eggs is described in which the control of cooking is based upon indirect measurement of viscosity of the contents of one of the eggs being cooked. Viscosity is measured by oscillating the egg in rotation at a frequency determined ... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4142459 | Toaster for step-by-step toasting A toaster characterized by a compact construction and low energy consumption achieved by a shallow toasting portion foldable against a wall mounting portion and by toasting of the slices of bread in zones step-by-step across the breadth of the slices of b... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4098178 | Wall toaster A toaster adapted for compact mounting and fixing flat against a wall in inoperative position, which has a toasting portion pivotable to an operative position, and wherein the toast is ejected merely by dropping it through an outlet slot in the bottom of ... | 07/04/1978 |
| 3986443 | Cooking machine There is provided a machine for automatically and rapidly cooking or frying food. A plurality of frying pans are carried by a movable platform. A motor moves the platform relative to a feeder or trough. Responsive to the movement of the platform, raw food... | 10/19/1976 |
