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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156860 | Grill with storage space for cooking plate A grill comprising a lower cooking unit and an upper cooking unit, the lower cooking unit comprising a lower shell and a lower cooking plate detachably mounted on said lower shell, the upper cooking unit comprising an upper shell and an upper cooking plate detachabl... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141478 | Grill device with a removable grill plate A grill member of a grill device includes a housing, a grill plate, a heating unit, and a handle unit. The housing is formed with a latch hole. The grill plate is made of a heat-conductive material and is disposed removably on the housing. The heating unit is mounte... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8042457 | Grill with anti-scald structure A grill with anti-scald structure is disclosed. The grill has a lower base, an upper bakelite shell and a lower grill pan embedded in the upside of the lower base, an upper grill pan embedded in the underside of the upper bakelite shell, both upper grill pan and low... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7472645 | Lift/latch mechanism to raise upper platen of grill A grill includes a lower portion and a pivotably attached upper platen each having a grilling surface. A lift/latch mechanism lifts the upper platen relative to the lower portion without the use of a motor. The upper platen can be manually lifted by grabbing the han... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441496 | Thematic waffle and sandwich cooking plate system A method and system for designing, manufacturing and selling thematic cooking plates that are interchangeable with removable cooking plates in various waffle irons, sandwich grillers and waffle iron/sandwich griller combinations. The cooking plates may have a patter... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7367332 | Folding camping stove A folding camping stove. The folding camping stove may be formed in a clamshell configuration, having two clamshells that fold outward to expose at least two cooking surfaces. Two pivot points are provided on the folding camping stove. Each of the clamshells folds a... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7301128 | Portable electric grill A portable electric grill including an exhaust fan for indoor grilling is disclosed. The present grill is constructed to permit its supporting frame to be folded from an open position wherein the horizontally disposed grilling plates are supported by folding leg mem... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7278350 | Belts with integral flights for use in high-temperature food processing equipment and systems including such belts A flexible composite with integral flights is provided and methods for making the same. The composite is made from, for example, silicone rubber, urethane rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene or other polymer. The composites are useful for making conveyor belts for use i... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274003 | Grill unit for use especially in commercial kitchens A grill for use especially in commercial kitchens includes at least one electric heating element and, directly above said heating element, at least one food-product holder these components jointly forming a grill platform and said food-product holder featuring nozzl... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7180034 | Method and apparatus to cook and form an omelet in one step The electrically powered omelet former and cooker has a base defining the cookers footprint and supporting a clamshell type cooking apparatus having two cooking halves that are independently pivotable vertically, and together are horizontally and vertically pivotabl... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7109442 | Grill A grill is provided that has an upper housing having a first heating plate removably connected thereto, a lower housing having a second heating plate removably connected thereto, and an arm FOR connecting to the upper housing at a first pivot point and connecting to... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7053337 | Roaster A roaster includes an upper pan including an upper side wall and an upper pan heating element inside the upper tub. The roaster further includes a lower pan connected to the upper tub, the lower pan including a lower side wall and a lower pan heating element inside ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7021199 | Household electrical appliance The household electrical appliance comprises a support and a waffle-iron which pivots on the support about an axis and which has a pivot pivotally mounted on a bearing carried by the support. In the invention, the pivot is secured to a first panel of the waffle-iron... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6889602 | Grilling appliance A portable electric grilling appliance (20) for household use which has first and second heating units (22, 24) which, in use, overlie one another has substantially identical housing shells to make it evident to the user that the grilling appliance ( | 05/10/2005 |
| 6878904 | Grilling station A grilling station for simultaneously grilling a variety of foods. The station includes a plurality of grilling ovens. Each of the grilling ovens has a housing with an opening for loading food into that housing. A first grilling unit is mounted in each housing for s... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6860191 | Waffle baker A waffle baker grill for producing a waffle product, including a first heating plate having a first surface and a first peripheral wall extending from the first surface to a predetermined distance. The first peripheral wall includes a first side and a second side. A... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6849830 | Apparatus and method of rapidly and evenly heating a packaged food product The invention relates to a method for vending food products in food outlets. The method includes the steps of providing a heating cavity having thermal conductive heating surfaces; placing a container including the food product into the heating cavity, the container... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6820537 | Cooking appliance with removable cooking plate by locking and unlocking device A cooking appliance comprising a shell (4) and a control knob (7) mobile relative to the shell (4) which comprises a heating element and bears a removable hot plate fixed on the heating element by at least one locking member (1) and relea... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6796218 | Grill device provided with an adjustable seasoning supplying unit A grill device includes a base unit, a seasoning retaining vessel, and a seasoning supply unit. The base unit includes a housing, a cooking member mounted in the housing, and at least one supply tube connected to the cooking member and extending downwardly relative ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6782804 | Fry pan having an adjustable position angle A fry pan with its position angle adjustable includes a body, a tightening device and a base. The body has an upper plate and a lower plate capable of being tightened by the tightening device. The body has a shaft and is pivotally connected to the base by the shaft.... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6758132 | Electric cooking device suitable for grilling and baking foodstuffs A base unit of an electric cooking device includes a grill plate that has front and rear edge portions opposite to each other along a plate axis. An oil-collecting hole is formed adjacent to the front edge portion. The grill plate has a top cooking surface that incl... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6739242 | Multi-purpose cooking appliance of the automatically-opening hinged type An appliance comprising a housing consisting of two articulated shells maintained spaced apart by a spring (4) two hot plates (5,6) arranged in the housing, locking elements for maintaining the housing closed countering the spring, elements for adjusti... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6615706 | Griller having a temperature sensing device with a timed alarm capability A griller includes upper and lower cooking grill members, and a temperature sensing device mounted removably on the housing of one of the grill members. The temperature sensing device includes a casing, a temperature sensing probe, a user input unit, a pr... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6595116 | Cooking device A cooking device comprises two L-shaped supports, a lower cooking plate on the supports, an upper cooking plate matingly engaged with the lower plate and including a hollow protrusion at either side, a handle pivotably secured to the supports and includin... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595114 | Pancake and egg cooking appliance The electrically-powered cooker has a base that pivotally supports a clam shell-type cooking unit having two independently pivotal cooking halves, each half being provided with its own hot plate. One or more dished recesses are provided in the bottom half... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6595115 | Temperature sensor for a cooking device A cooking device comprises a lower cooking plate including a flat top area, parallel, widthwise ribs on the top area, and pairs of arcuate, opposite projections on the top area; an upper cooking plate including a flat bottom area, parallel, widthwise ribs... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6591740 | Barbecue grill with an adjusting device A barbecue grill with an adjustment device comprises a cover, a rack, a post, a tooth plate, an adjusting gear, a spring, a knob, a bolt and a nut, wherein the tooth plate has teeth along one inner side, and the knob comprises a threaded hole, the adjusti... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6555795 | Electric cooking appliance with reversible cooking elements An electric cooking appliance with reversible cooking elements. A base carries two pivoted contact boxes. Each contact box includes a support surface for receiving a cooking element including a sleeve for supporting the cooking element on the contact box.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6530308 | Steam grill A steam grill includes a body, an upper lid, a water-storing member positioned on the upper lid, a beating section provided in the interior of the body, a dripping controller, and a grilling section under the heating section. The dripping controller is po... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6487963 | Grill device having a restricting unit to prevent upward movement of an upper grill unit relative to a lower grill unit A grill device includes a connecting unit which pivotally connects upper and lower grill units. A restricting unit includes a spring-biased restricting element disposed movably in the connecting unit, and is movable between a limiting position, in which, ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6484624 | Grill device provided with a seasoning supplying unit A grill device includes an upper grill unit pivoted to a lower grill unit so as to rotate about an axis between an open position, and a closed position, in which, the upper and lower grill units cooperatively define a cooking space therebetween. A seasoni... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6443054 | Hands free tortilla forming machine A hands free tortilla forming machine for molding dough balls into a tortilla shell. The forming machine includes a forming portion, a linkage mechanism, a vertically extending hinge block, and a foot pedal which can be mounted to a moveable cart. The for... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6439108 | Grill device having a space adjusting unit to adjust a space between an upper grill unit and a lower grill unit A grill device includes a U-shaped frame that is pivoted to a lower grill unit and that has two lateral arms. An upper grill unit is disposed between and is pivoted to the lateral arms by two first pivots. A space adjusting unit includes second, third and... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6427581 | Waffle maker with cooking temperature control A waffle maker includes upper and lower waffle grids coupled to each other and configured to confine a cooking space when closed together. The cooking space is adapted to receive batter therein. An electric heater unit is operable so as to heat and cook t... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6428886 | Method for attenuating thermal sensation when handling objects at non-body temperature A method for fabricating an object to attenuate thermal sensation when handling the object at non-body temperature, and an object fabricated in accord with the method. There is first provided a substrate which has a first surface subject to handling. Ther... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6429409 | Table top cooking appliance A removable platen for a sandwich maker is heated by an electric heating element embedded in a supporting platform. The platform has an upstanding channel that surrounds the electric heating element and the platen has an integrally formed footprint that f... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6412400 | Baking assembly for preparing a filled waffle A baking assembly for preparing a baked filled waffle is disclosed. The baking assembly comprises an upper plate and a lower plate each of the plates having a baking surface with a plurality of outer pyramids and a plurality of inner pyramids. Each of the... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6401601 | Grill device having two independently controllable cooking sets A grill device includes two independently controllable cooking sets confining two isolated cooking spaces such that two different meat pieces can be grilled therein under different cooking temperatures at the same time.... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6397730 | Sandwich and method for the production thereof The invention relates to a sandwich consisting of two toasted slices of bread and an edible filling placed between said slices. According to the invention, the filling is essentially arranged in the inner region of the surfaces of the slices of bread and ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6363835 | Grill device having self-adjustable upper cooking member to abut against entire grilling surface of a meat piece A grill device includes a lower grill unit with a lower cooking member, and a frame pivoted to a rear side of the lower grill unit so as to be turnable rearwardly relative to the lower grill unit. The frame has two lateral arms defining therebetween a rec... | 04/02/2002 |
