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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028618 | Cooker apparatus and method A continuous cooker having a conveyor capable of repositioning product and cleaning itself of debris and a method for its operation. The cooker includes a conveyor that transports food atop a conveyor belt to a cooking chamber. Upper and lower diverting rollers guid... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7411159 | Device and method for the heating of food The invention relates to a device for heating food comprising a frame, a pan or basket having an opening into which the food to be heated can be placed, which pan or basket can be coupled to the frame by means of coupling means and in which the frame comprises a hea... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7406913 | Coffee bean roaster and method for roasting coffee beans using the same A coffee bean roaster and a method for roasting coffee beans using the roaster are disclosed. The coffee bean roaster includes an oven having a ceramic heating plate with a gate, and a rotary sliding unit to enter the gate so as to slide into the ceramic heating pla... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7377209 | Hot dog cooker Apparatus comprising a hot dog cooker having a rack with flat faced bars configured to move above and along a cooking surface so as to cause hot dogs to rotate along heated ridges of the surface. The ridges mark the hot dogs circumferentially as they are rolled alon... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367261 | Section divider ensemble for roller grill for cooking human food A roller grill for cooking human food is disclosed which comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing and a divider ensemble shaped to be positioned on the tubular cooking members for sectioning the tubular c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351943 | Automated microwave turntable An automated microwave cooking device turntable assembly includes an anchor member nested to a bottom surface of a microwave cooking device and extending upwardly within a cavity thereof. A drive gear is journaled about the anchor member and rotatable along a counte... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334517 | Section divider ensemble for roller grill for cooking human food A roller grill for cooking human food is disclosed which comprises a housing having a plurality of tubular cooking members rotatably mounted within the housing and a section divider ensemble for sectioning the tubular cooking members into a first cooking area and a ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7320278 | Convection based cooking apparatus with improved draft chimney A draft chimney for a convention based apparatus. The draft chimney comprises a flue at least partially defining a path of convection airflow through at least a portion of the interior of a cabinet. The flue passes convection airflow to the exterior of the cabinet. | 01/22/2008 |
| 7316326 | Tray apparatus for refrigerator A tray apparatus for a refrigerator is provided which optimizes the use of storage space in the refrigerator. A position of the tray within a storage space of the refrigerator is varied through the use of elastic means which moves the tray toward an upper surface of... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7121107 | Continuous transfer type freezer A continuous transfer type freezer for cooling or freezing articles such as foodstuffs transferred on a conveyor belt by spraying chilled air from slit nozzles on the articles is provided in which chilled air jets rectified to have long spray travel is produced, thi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6941941 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus is provided which includes a base and a closure member. The base includes insulating material which at least partially defines a combustion chamber for holding a combustible material for providing heat in use. The closure member is arranged to be... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929001 | Rotating barbecue grill A barbecue grill comprises a gridiron disk, a shaft extending from the gridiron disk so that the shaft becomes substantially perpendicular to the gridiron disk, a bowl having a channel where the shaft is detachably received through the channel, and a motor attached ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6922033 | Barbeque cover support device A cooking apparatus for controlling the opening of a cover over a barbecue grill includes a motor for opening and closing the cover over the barbecue grill, with the motor connected to the cover by a coupling rod. The cooking apparatus includes, in one embodiment, a... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6883513 | Rack oven and associated rack carrier A rack oven includes a rack carrier with a main body ant at least one side support connected to the main body for movement between a rack holding position and a rack transfer position. The main body and side support form a rack receiving channel. The side support ma... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6872917 | Automatic cooker The invention relates to a cooking utensil, and more particularly, to an electric automatic cooker. The automatic cooker includes semi-spherical cooking body which is driven with a power motor to rotate in both longitudinal direction and latitudinal direction. The a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6827005 | Integrated cooking and cutting instrument for fast food Doner Kebab and method therefor An automated broiling and cutting device for the production of cooked Doner meat. A rotating unit carries meat containers for holding Doner meat to be cooked. The meat containers rotate about the broiling units and the cutting unit. Automated control of cooking and ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6820535 | Espresso brewing device An espresso brewing device with a brewing unit, a magazine able to rotate via an electric motor and equipped with a magazine table (17) supporting several magazine tubes (20) located along its circumference and open below for holding single-serving cap... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6802247 | Electric oven An electric oven includes a housing having a door at a front, a chamber in an interior and a motor at a bottom; rotating devices installed in the housing and each consisting of an upper frame, a lower frame, roller seat assemblies, a gear wheel, a driven shaft and a... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6800314 | Multi-tier rotary grill A multi-tier rotary grill for grilling and heating food items such as hot dogs, sausages, metts and similar food items. The rotary grill includes heated rollers that are arranged in vertically spaced apart roller tiers. The rollers in the multiple roller tiers lie i... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6782802 | Roller grill assembly for cooking human food A roller grill assembly for cooking human food has a plurality of horizontally aligned roller tubes which can be arranged to extend at an angle of about 3° to 5° are rotatably mounted to a housing frame. A sealing assembly comprises a bearing member and an annular... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6776612 | Oven conveyor and method thereof A oven conveyor system is disclosed herein. In use, items to be heated are placed in contact with a hearth, and then moved across the hearth by the conveyor. The conveyor system allows the items to maintain contact with the hearth while being conveyed. A large volum... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6711991 | Dough-flattening apparatus for the preparation of thin pizzas A flattening roller (38) is supported on horizontal guides (32, 34) and rolls alternately in opposite directions along the guides. A tray (30) is arranged horizontally between the guides, and is progressively lifted to approach to the cylindrica... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6672203 | Shovel device for loading and transferring sheet of dough particularly for pizzas A substantially horizontal, flat shovel (30), made of thin, perforated metal plate, is integral with a slide (28) which is slidable on a guide (26), itself integral with a mounting (18). The shovel is driven by an actuator (20, 22, 24, 32, 34, 36) for mov... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6615707 | Frameless blancher for food A frameless food blancher has a steel tank of generally U-shaped, transverse cross sectional shape and also has an open top with opposite sides. The opposite sides each have an upper edge bent inwardly and downwardly to form an upwardly facing water troug... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6592364 | Apparatus, method and system for independently controlling airflow in a conveyor oven The present invention is an apparatus for distributing air to different regions of a conveyor oven. The apparatus has comprising one or more blowers to distribute the air. A lower plenum is connected to a blower. The lower plenum directs air to the lower ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6575083 | Baking device for producing endless bands The baking device produces endless strips of baked goods from pourable baking dough. A cylindrical baking ring of metal is disposed to rotate about its central axis, while it is supported outside its center. The baking ring has one or more endless baking ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6557544 | Charcoal cooker The present invention relates to a charcoal cooker being easy to kindle a charcoal and to adjust heat applied to food in cooking. The charcoal cooker comprises: a charcoal burning part for containing and burning charcoal; a cooking part for cooking food b... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6550373 | Heating arrangement for automated apparatus and method for cooking A cooking apparatus comprising: a housing (122); at least one heating unit (170) disposed within and on the periphery of said housing (122), said heating unit (170) radiating substantially radially inwards to the centre of the cooking apparatus; at least ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6526874 | Apparatus for making pizza An apparatus and method for making pizza includes a housing and a plurality of canisters containing fresh dough stored in the housing. A cutting blade is disposed in the housing and is movable between an upper limit position and a lower limit position to ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6526877 | Staged rotisserie A frame having a first end and a second end and a plurality of discrete heating stations spaced along the frame between the first end and the second end. A plurality of spits are moved along the frame, each spit supporting a meat product thereon. An advan... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6516710 | Apparatus for preparing Masa flour from dry milled maize The invention relates to an improved process for preparing Masa flour from dry milled maize comprising direct steam treating of the Masa meal, and also relates to a vertical cooking vessel suitable for (but not limited to) carrying out the steam treatment... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6453801 | Appliance for cooking food articles A cooking appliance and method for cooking food articles by means of a heated cooking liquid, includes a liquid container for receiving a quantity of the cooking liquid; an electrical heater for heating the cooking liquid; a perforated rotary drum for rec... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6412399 | Apparatus for form-frying snack food product Apparatus and method for cooking snack food pieces features a drum-type fryer which transports individual, die-cut piece preforms through hot oil contained within a cooking tank defined between the periphery of the drum and a housing in which the drum is ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6393971 | Roller grill assembly for cooking human food A roller grill assembly for cooking human food has a plurality of roller tubes rotatably mounted to a housing frame. A sealing assembly comprises a bearing member, and an annular sealing member. The bearing has a bore for receiving a roller tube. The bear... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6383542 | method and apparatus for preparing and dispensing a combination of food products in a vending machine Method and apparatus for preparing and dispensing a combination of food products in a vending machine from a selection of components prepackaged in a plurality of trays sealed with a single peel off tape. The method comprises dispensing a top component on... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6367371 | Automatic food processing device A food processing device for automatically cooking and processing food is shown. The device has a cylindrical cooking vessel positioned in a sloping manner and rotatably supported on rotary wheels. Variable heater elements are provided at the cooking vess... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6363838 | Apparatus for the mechanized preparation of pizzas The apparatus comprises a horizontal, extensible shovel which is driven step by step through a predetermined path by motorized means; a distributor of dough loaves arranged for dropping loaves at a first stop in the shovel path; a pizza moulder arranged a... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6354194 | Rotatable cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus is provided which includes a rotatable food support member for supporting a food item thereon. A drive mechanism is connected to the food support member for rotating the food support member. The cooking apparatus further includes upper... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6349633 | Apparatus for continuous roasting of food materials In the method and apparatus for continuous roasting of food materials according to the present invention, a food material is mixed up by blades (9f) provided on a paddle plate (9d) via an elastic material (9f1) in a tubular cylinder (1) with open ends. Th... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6347577 | Rotisserie basket for grills A rotisserie basket for cooking whole chickens, roasts, etc. without the need to pierce the food with a spit or rod as in other, conventional rotisserie baskets. The rotisserie basket consists of a pair of end plates secured in a parallel relationship by ... | 02/19/2002 |
