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...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151696 | Mold for producing a batter-based food that swells under heat The invention relates to a mold (1) for producing a batter-based food that swells under heat, which mold (1) comprises two cooking subassemblies (2, 3) capable of moving between an open position enabling the batter to be deposited and a closed p... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8109206 | Limited overflow waffle iron The inventive waffle iron has two baking sub-assemblies pivotable with respect to each other from an open position and a closed proximate position in which they define a baking chamber. At any position of the baking sub-assemblies between the closed proximate positi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7752958 | Cooking appliance A cooking appliance including a pair of cooking plates pivotally mounted to each other by a slideable hinge at one end. Stops at their opposite ends are pre-settable to a first position permitting two-surface contact with the food article, or a second position suppo... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7669522 | Cooking appliances and food holders particularly useful therein A cooking appliance, includes a pair of cooking plates pivotally mounted to various angular positions, including a vertical position. Each plate is formed, centrally of its lower edge in the vertical position of the two plates, with a ribbed formation defining a dra... | 03/02/2010 |
| RE40285 | Grill device A grill device includes two independently controllable cooking sets confining two isolate cooking spaces such that two different meat pieces can be grilled therein under different cooking temperatures at the same time. Each of the cooking sets has a cooking plate pr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7285751 | Automatic electric muffin maker An automatic electric muffin maker for baking muffins and related foodstuffs is disclosed. The present muffin maker comprises a housing assembly enclosing a bottom heating plate having an integrated heating element and a top heating element for browning (i.e. to sco... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7227104 | Thermal conductivity mask for producing patterns A device for producing patterns includes a thermal conductivity mask that has at least one cavity, a thin film positioned adjacent to the mask, and a heater which may be any convenient heat source. In a preferred embodiment, the thermal conductivity mask includes a ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7210403 | Flair-up resistant front loading roasting system A flair-up resistant front loading roasting system for roasting large quantities safely with a reduced potential for grease induced flair-ups during cooking. The system includes a roasting enclosure adapted for receiving meat to be roasted. The roasting enclosure ha... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7191930 | Electrostatic methods and apparatus for mounting and demounting particles from a surface having an array of tacky and non-tacky areas Methods and associated apparatus are disclosed for use in mounting particles on and de-mounting particles from a substrate having an array of tacky and non-tacky areas. The particles can be either electrically conducting or electrically non-conducting. Selection of ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7150221 | Multiple cake baking assembly An assembly for forming multiple individual compound desserts in a predetermined dome shape including a base tray having a plurality of recessed cavities to form a base for said compound dessert. A rack and a plurality of dome shaped bowl assemblies secured in a fix... | 12/19/2006 |
| RE39309 | Baffle for deep fryer heat exchanger A heat exchanger for a fryer system has at least one heat transfer conduit having heating fluid passing therethrough. A baffle plate is disposed in the heat transfer conduit, defining a plane and having a first surface, an opposed second surface, and a longitudinal ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6994017 | Grill cover for cooking surfaces A disposable grill cover for indoor counter top grills having two cooking plates such as the George Foreman® grills contains a first and second sheet or sheet portion of aluminum foil of a fixed shape designed to mate with the two contoured cooking surfaces of the ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6923110 | Vertical-pit barbecue using charcoal, lava rock, wood, gas and other fuels The invention concerns a vertical-pit barbecue using charcoal, wood or lava rocks. The invention concerns a box-shaped barbecue (1) accessible from the top. One or both opposite side(s) of the box is/are cut out in the horizontal direction (13) and is/... | 08/02/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6776085 | Cooking device with a tray unit having two tray halves pivoted to each other A cooking device includes a pivot unit disposed below and interconnecting pivotally bottom surfaces of two tray halves of a tray unit to permit pivotal movement of the tray halves between extended and folded positions. The tray halves have inner sides contacting eac... | 08/17/2004 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6526873 | Convertible household electric cooking appliance A cooking appliance having an upper cooking unit pivotally mounted on a lower cooking unit for rotation substantially about a horizontal axis into three different positions, a first position in which the upper cooking unit is on top of the lower cooking u... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6508166 | Donut maker A donut making arrangement includes a drip tray for placement over a source of cooking heat, and a donut maker with base and cover. The base has a head defining a recess for receiving batter and cover has a lid for engaging over the recess. The head and l... | 01/21/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6415710 | Grease collection system A grease collection system is disclosed for use with a generally portable cooking device of the type designed to isolate grease and other liquids released from food during the cooking. process, said cooking device having a cooking chamber with a grease di... | 07/09/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6397733 | Food roaster A food roasting apparatus has a roasting main body and an upholding device is mounted on the roasting main body at the far end with respect to the oil-collected hole. The upholding device includes an upholding element and a covering body, which can shield... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393970 | Grill device 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. Each of the cooking sets has a cook... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6389959 | Multipurpose grill A multipurpose grill for grilling food items anywhere standard electricity is available. The multipurpose grill includes a lower housing member that has plurality of grilling sections, each thermostatically controlled, and a plurality of upper housing mem... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6363839 | Grill device with a connecting unit for preventing wobbling of an upper grill unit relative to a lower grill unit during movement from a closed position to an open position A grill device includes a horizontal upper grill unit with a rear side, a horizontal lower grill unit with a rear side, and a connecting unit. The upper grill unit is superposed on the lower grill unit. The connecting unit interconnects the rear sides of ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6276263 | Grill device with an upper grill unit capable of being retained at a half-open position or a horizontal fully-open position A grill device includes a horizontal upper grill unit with a rear side, a horizontal lower grill unit with a rear side, and a connecting unit. The upper grill unit is superposed on the lower grill unit. The connecting unit interconnects the rear sides of ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6269738 | Grill device A grill device includes an annular bottom wall adapted to be placed above a flat support, and outer and inner annular walls which extend uprightly from outer and inner annular peripheries of the bottom wall to form outer and inner upper annular edges and ... | 08/07/2001 |
