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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331776 | Food embossing stamper device An impression device for food items. More particularly, the present invention is a stamping device designed to create images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. The stamper device of the present invention has the general appearance of a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7252491 | Food impressing roller device An impression device for food items, which is a rolling device designed to create images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. As the device is hand-rolled along the food, the decorative letters and images create a repeated pattern of imp... | 08/07/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7076915 | Apparatus for exterminating an ant colony and method of using the same An ant exterminating apparatus operates to exterminate an ant colony using a energy producing element secured within a housing. The ant exterminating apparatus further includes a cover that is pivotally attached to a base plate. The cover is pivotable between an ope... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7003850 | Railroad car hatch cover hinge structure and method for connecting a hatch cover to a railcar A hinge structure including a universal adapter located toward one end of and for allowing the hinge structure to be pivotally connected to different stationary brackets having differing pivot axes. The universal adapter defines multiple openings disposed in spaced,... | 02/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6681683 | Pancake cooking pan with flat cooking surface A pan for cooking pancakes or eggs that allows for cooking and removal of the finished, cooked food product without the need for a hand-held spatula. The cooking pan includes a first cooking container having three circular cooking wells for cooking three ... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6550374 | Pancake cooking pan with flat cooking surface A pan for cooking pancakes or eggs that allows for cooking and removal of the finished, cooked food product without the need for a hand-held spatula. The cooking pan includes a first cooking container having three circular cooking wells for cooking three ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6539844 | Pancake cooking pan with flat cooking surface A pan for cooking pancakes or omelets that allows for cooking and removal of the finished, cooked food product without the need for a hand-held spatula. The cooking pan includes a first concave cooking container that is joined by a hinge to a flat cooking... | 04/01/2003 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6247392 | Cooking utensils A multi-pie maker of generally conventional form is provided with metallic liners that fit snugly against opposing heatable complex surfaces of platens. The liners are preformed into self supporting complimentary shapes that match and fit snugly against t... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6205914 | Tortilla forming machine A tortilla forming machine for molding dough into a tortilla shell having a top, a bottom, a peripheral edge, and a thickness. The forming machine includes a first member having a first forming surface, a second member having a second forming surface move... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6192788 | Grilling appliance A grilling appliance has two housing sections provided with heating plates and connected to each other by means of a pivotable/slidable hinge construction at both sides of the appliance. The housing sections can be positioned with respect to each other in... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6170389 | 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... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6136361 | Method and apparatus for molding and baking food An apparatus for compressing and baking fluid food under pressure to form unified shaped products has a heated metal mold bottom with a cavity and a heated metal mold top connected to the piston rod of a pneumatic or hydraulic cylinder positioned for alte... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6062130 | 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... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6004602 | Method for bonding food particles A method for forming and baking food particles into a unified, shaped product, e.g., shaped like pizza, has heated top and bottom plates, the mating faces of which have recesses and protrusions for molding the desired shaped product. The bottom plate is i... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996476 | Device for pressing, imprinting and cooking flat bread products An imprinting press and cooking apparatus for a dough product includes an imprinting station with respective opposed lower press and upper imprinting plates and rotating plate or endless belt conveyors adjacent the imprinting station for moving the dough ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5937742 | Waffle baker with improved baking consistency A waffle baker includes a stationary stand which mounts a clam shell style baker assembly such that the baker assembly can be freely rotated relative to the stand. The baker assembly includes an upper and a lower shell, within each of which is mounted a s... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5839359 | Quickly disassembled grill A readily disassembled grill for cooking both sides of a meat pattie simultaneously. The grill is disassembled for cleaning or service simply by the release of a few latches, eliminating any need for holes in parts of the grill being disassembled and for ... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5642659 | Pancake and egg cooker An electric pancake and egg cooker having two spaced cooking surfaces, the pancake and egg cooker having a cooking dish clamped in a pivotable cooking dish ring adapted to rest on the first cooking surface, and a cooking dish cover adapted to rest on the ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5615604 | Personal cooking appliance A personal cooking appliance including a container having a first recess, a first edge surrounding the recess, a timer mounted on a front side of the container, a switch installed on a front side of the container, a pair of lugs each having an elliptical ... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5584231 | Multi-purpose food toaster/warmer An apparatus to heat or toast tortillas, and uses adjustable food support arrays and heating element arrays, forming a single food enclosure or a plurality of food enclosures, to change the proximity of the heating elements to the food items being heated ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5380986 | Multi-purpose electric fast cooking apparatus A portable multi-purpose electric fast cooking apparatus for use in cooking a variety of foods by various methods. The apparatus includes a pair of hinged pan-shaped housing members having a bottom wall and a side wall which can be pivoted between a close... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5253565 | Pizza construction and apparatus A pizza base unit of crust has a plurality of waffle-type depressions in its upper surface that receive pizza toppings and serve to anchor such toppings on the upper surface of the pizza. In the method of forming the pizza, raw pizza dough is formed into ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5198491 | Cooking utensils surface coated with tetrafluoroethlene base polymer A tetrafluoroethylene base polymer-containing coating composition comprising a dispersion of a tetrafluoroethylene base polymer having a molecular weight of at least 5,000,000 in a liquid medium containing a surfactant, which is particularly useful for co... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5131320 | Image-forming griddle A cooking utensil with a generally platelike structure and a recessed or raised image respectively defined in or above the griddle surface for providing an image at the surface of a fried foodstuff.... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5129313 | Cooking appliance with hinged plates An electric appliance for cooking and especially toasting food products such as ham-and-cheese sandwiches has two cooking plates (1, 2) which are hinged together. Each cooking plate is formed of die-stamped sheet metal and attached to a sheet-metal suppor... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4531048 | Confectionery grill having adjustable heating elements A confectionery grill having upper and lower hinged heating elements in which the upper heating element or grill unit can be adjustably spaced at its hinge from the lower heating element or grill unit during the cooking cycle.... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4320699 | Flexible separable, non-stick liners for heated cooking surfaces A flexible non-stick liner of thin plastic sheet material such as tetrafluoroethylene polymers is arranged to rest in readily removable covering relation on a heated cooking surface, keeping the cooking surface substantially clean. The liner can be easily... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4307658 | Apparatus for releasably retaining cooking griddles in a cooking appliance Apparatus for releasably retaining a cooking griddle in a cooking appliance comprises a post having a base portion formed integrally with the griddle and against which an annular member positioned on the post is spring biased. Apparatus comprising spaced ... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4011431 | Electric cooking appliance with reversible grill Electric cooker has cover containing electric heating element and base pan interposed by an invertible grill. Grill is formed with mating zones, preferably grooves, about either side to cooperate with a depending rib from the cover. Opposite faces of the ... | 03/08/1977 |
| 4002112 | Cooking appliance with removable cooking grids An electric cooking appliance wherein a removable cooking grid is provided with a latch-receiving slot at its side to enable the cooking grid to be readily removably connected to a cooking appliance housing. A spring wire latch is uniquely shaped and rota... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3998145 | Combination grilling and baking apparatus A food preparation appliance with two hinged parts, usable as a waffle iron and also as a meat grilling utensil. The two movable parts contain heating rods over which are slipped hollow contact members. Each of these contact members has two different surf... | 12/21/1976 |
