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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5771781 | Electrical deep-fryer The present invention features an electrical, frying appliance that uniformly cooks food items placed within its frying basket. This frying appliance cyclically immerses and extracts the cooking basket into and out of a pan containing heated oil. In this ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5768978 | Food processor comprising a mixing vessel and a drive mechanism for an agitator in the mixing vessel A food processor with an agitator within a mixing vessel includes a drive mechanism for driving the agitator. Heat is applied to a lower region of the vessel during a holding of the vessel in a narrowly enclosing seat having a cylindrical wall region enci... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5770239 | Machine for domestic use for making, cutting and shaping pasta The invention concerns a machine for making, cutting and shaping pasta, including at least one unit head for making, cutting or shaping pasta, in which is installed at least one pair of rollers, adjacent to each other and rotating around their respective ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765947 | Wind-up pot stirrer having spring tension and gear train mechanism A wind-up pot stirrer, comprising, in combination, a lid. The lid is positionable over the upper edge of a pot with contents to be stirred. The lid has an upstanding annular wall with a central aperture centrally located in the lower surface of the lid. A... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5766643 | Cotton candy machine and spinner head A spinner head for a cotton candy machine includes an electrically insulative upper head with at least one integral extending spacer sleeve having a bore therethrough. The spinner head also includes a cap, a sugar melting heater, and a perforated band sur... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5766661 | Method for controlling a rice cooker to evenly distribute rice therein A rice cooker is placed on a turntable, and uncooked rice is poured thereinto. As the uncooked rice is poured-in, a motor rotates the turntable alternately clockwise and counterclockwise to cause the rice to be evenly distributed therein. The cooker carri... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5752431 | Blancher with multiple cooling zones A blancher having multiple cooling zones formed by a tank having multiple compartments for receiving a heating liquid in one compartment and a coolant in at least two other compartments. In a preferred embodiment, the tank has a sidewall with an end wall ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5749285 | Food processor The invention pertains to a food processor with a mixing vessel (4) and a drive mechanism for an agitator in the mixing vessel (4), where the mixing vessel (4) has in its lower region an opening of substantially circular cross-section. To make this type o... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5735190 | Combination bread-baking machine and convection oven The present invention features a combination bread-baker and a convection oven that bakes or cooks food thoroughly and evenly. Air is circulated through the baking or cooking chamber via a fan disposed in the side of the baking/cooking chamber. Steam can ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5731012 | Pasta, pastry, cookie and hors d'oeuvre maker A device to mix and extrude various ingredients including pastas, pastries, baked goods, hors d'oeuvres, and cookies. The device includes novel measuring, mixing and extrusion arrangements including: an automatic measuring cup; a way to continuously mix a... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5722314 | Automatic bread producing machine An automatic bread producing apparatus has a baking chamber. A temperature sensor is operative for detecting a temperature within the baking chamber. A first device is operative for detecting a room temperature. A second device is operative for determinin... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5711602 | Motorized stirring mechanism for a pot The invention broadly comprises a motorized stirring mechanism for a pot, having a round disc-like pot cover having a flange extending downwardly from an outer edge thereof and also having an aperture in the center of the cover, a combination motor-gearbo... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5704277 | Breadmaker and a coding system therefor An improved breadmaker not only has a baking pan placed inside a baking chamber above a heater but also a centrifugal fan for pushing air upward therethrough. A partition wall with upper and lower openings separates the fan from the baking pan such that t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5694832 | Automatic bread producing machine An automatic bread producing machine includes, in a baking chamber, a vessel unit having a bread vessel where a mixing vane for mixing bread ingredients is rotatably provided and a cylindrical bread vessel support fixed to an underside of the bread vessel... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5694833 | Short length tapered extrusion cooking device Improved short length extrusion cooking devices (10) are provided which can achieve product throughput and quality characteristics of conventional long-barrel extruders. The short length extruders (10) of the invention include a relatively short barrel (1... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5669288 | Rotating drum food processor with cleaning spray accessible panels A blancher or cooler has a drum made up of a plurality of stainless steel perforated panels. The drum is rotatably mounted within a water tank, and has an auger for progressing food products from an inlet to an outlet. The panels are bolted between C-chan... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5666874 | Saucepan permitting placing of a stirring spoon in a stable manner thereon A saucepan includes a pan with an annular top edge, and an elongated grip connected securely to the pan. The grip has an end portion with an opening formed therethrough for hanging of the saucepan on a hook when not in use. The grip further has a peak por... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660099 | Bread baking tool A tool for lifting a hot bread forming container from a bread baking apparatus. The tool includes a heat resistant element having a first end portion that engages the bail of the container. The second end portion extends upwardly through an intermediate p... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5657687 | Device for conching chocolate compound A conche for producing chocolate compound consists of a conche container (10) with a main chamber (12) and subsidiary chambers (13, 14). Mixing vanes (22, 23 and 30, 31) are disposed therein on central shafts (19, 20, 21) in order to intimately mix the co... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5652009 | Enhanced hydration extrusion cooking system, method and product An enhanced hydration extrusion cooking system, method and extruded product are provided which utilize a conventional extrusion cooking system with a material feed bin feeding material to a conditioning cylinder, from which it is fed to a cooking or formi... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5644977 | Drum cooler In a multi-station machine (10) each station (23,24,25,26) is configured to receive through a gate (90) of a drum encircling holder (50) a sealed 55 gallon drum (200) full of hot cooked food which is supported about its periphery at its midpoint (203) bet... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5632195 | Food processing apparatus with non-straight lifting and agitating baffles A food processing apparatus having a tank with an inlet and an outlet, a liquid bath received therein, a rotary auger having a plurality of spaced apart flights for urging food product toward the outlet, and a baffle between a pair of adjacent auger fligh... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5630358 | Countertop appliance for making disc-shaped edibles A countertop appliance for automatically making a plurality of disk-shaped edibles comprising a dough maker for mixing and kneading the desired dough ingredients, the dough maker having a discharge valve that releases a portion of the mixed dough onto one... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5628240 | Bread making apparatus A bread baking apparatus makes dough by kneading raw ingredients tossed into a bread baking case installed in an oven, and baking after fermentation. The object of this invention is to conveniently provide attractive-appearing bread having a specified exp... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626073 | Tilting mechanism A lift truck having horizontal arms straddling the kettle it is to lift, carry, and tilt. On the outer end of each arm is a tilting unit, one being a drive unit, and on the other an idler unit. These units grip the handles of the kettle. They are symmetri... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5622640 | Control of warming time and/or power supplied to a heater in a bread warming system based on rate of temperature change during previous baking operation A warming method in a bread maker characterized as detecting an increasing rate of the baking chamber temperature at the start of the baking operation or a decreasing rate of the baking chamber temperature after the baking operation has ended using a temp... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5617774 | Self-stirring cooking device A motorized self-stirring cooking device for a container (8) that includes a handle (16) attached to the outside of the container (8) is provided. The self-stirring cooking device comprises: a back-tapered projection (36) on the bottom inner surface (14) ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5615951 | Food process agitators Agitators having processing grates intended to mix and process food or other materials in a kettle either with or without heating of the materials, the mixing structures of the invention being particularly useful in the processing of food such as mashed p... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5615605 | Automatic bread producing machine An automatic bread producing apparatus includes a member defining a baking chamber having an opening. A movable lid serves to selectively block and unblock the opening of the baking chamber. A bread mold is disposed in the baking chamber. A controller gen... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5613425 | Stirring apparatus An automatic stirring apparatus for stirring food simmering on a stove, such as gravy in a cooking vessel with a peripheral upper edge including a vertical rotating drive shaft driven through gears by an electric motor in a housing supported on the upper ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5614239 | Method of puffing pelletized foodstuffs Foodstuff pellets are puffed by radiantly heating the pellets in a chamber to cause a rapid rise in the chamber temperature to a temperature sufficient for puffing, and once this temperature has been reached, a fluidizing flow of air is created and mainta... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5613774 | Cooking pot enclosing rotatable spherical chamber A cooking pot enclosing a rotatable spherical chamber includes a pot body. A cover is provided on an open top of the pot body to define an enclosed space. A removable, spherical chamber assembly is rotatably suspended within the pot body by a pair of oppo... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5613423 | Cooker/rethermalizer A food cooker/rethermalizer especially suited for cooking or for reheating of prepared, packaged meat and sauce entree items, and optionally for cooking vegetables. The apparatus includes a multiple of food item receiving locations defined by a locator ra... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5605090 | Bread maker A bread maker for baking a bread, having a memory for memorizing appropriate processing time data previously for kneading, rising and baking dough in accordance with a ratio of water to the weight of the ingredients. The data includes plural levels to be ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5592872 | Kitchen machine with elastic frame suspension A kitchen machine provided with a housing (1) and an attachment (9) with a rotatable tool (17) which can be placed on the housing (1). The tool (17) can be driven by an electric motor (25) which is arranged in the housing (1) and fastened to a frame (39).... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592869 | Open throat blancher with support braces A blancher having a tank and an elongate generally cylindrical and hollow perforate drum rotatably received in the tank with the drum including an inlet end plate with a food product inlet opening adjacent an end of a support core that is spaced from the ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592868 | Apparatus for cooking food materials Cooking apparatus capable of saving calorie necessary for cooking and generating desired convection in to-be-treated materials and stirring them during cooking are disclosed. The cooking method sends a gas into the to-be-heated materials inside the cookin... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5590583 | Appliance for making bread and for cooking bagels An appliance which includes an inner compartment with one zone in which uncooked bagels can be boiled and a second zone for subsequently baking the boiled bagels. The same appliance can also be used to make bagel doughs and to both make and bake other yea... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5590585 | Bread maker A bread maker having a reference value setting section for updating a reference value corresponding to a target temperature every heater-on/off control operation, the reference value serving to stabilize a current temperature to the target temperature by ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5588353 | Automatic bread-making apparatus An automatic bread making apparatus including a housing having an interior surface and defining a top opening is provided. A top cover is provided for covering the top opening of said housing, the top cover having an interior wall and an interior partitio... | 12/31/1996 |
