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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7721726 | Gas radiation burner A gas radiation burner includes a gas supply member for injecting a gas; at least one mixing pipe producing a mixed gas by sucking air together with the gas injected by the gas supply member, the at least one mixing pipe uniformly injecting the mixed gas; a burner p... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7575000 | Grill with independent heating zones A grill having a platen with a plurality of heating zones. Each heating zone has a heating unit. Thermal transfer between adjacent heat zones is limited by air gaps and insulation. The heater unit of each zone has a heater that is disposed to attain substantially un... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7281715 | Cooktop gasket A cooktop gasket includes a sealing body having a stem extending from an upper portion of the gasket and terminating in a retention knuckle. A base is provided that includes a support portion integrally connected to a locking portion, the locking portion having an i... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7164101 | Electric heating assembly An electric heating assembly includes a cooking plate (4) having a lower surface (6) relative to which is supported an electric heater (10) and an upper surface (8) adapted to receive a cooking utensil (12) on a heating zone (14... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7150278 | Multiple burner grill An improved barbeque grill having a plurality of gas-fueled cooking surfaces which can be stored in stacked relation, yet can be moved into essentially side-by-side relation for cooking. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7082941 | Grill with independent heating zones A grill having a platen with a plurality of heating zones. Each heating zone has a heating unit. Thermal transfer between adjacent heat zones is limited by air gaps and insulation. The heater unit of each zone has a heater that is disposed to attain substantially un... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077644 | Advanced commercial range burner A gas-fired burner including a cylindrical burner housing having a premixed fuel/air opening. Disposed within the cylindrical burner housing is a cylindrical burner ring which forms at least one row of a plurality of burner ports. The cylindrical burner ring is size... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6978777 | Cooking stove including invertible support rack, support rack with dual cooking surfaces, and methods of using same A stove for outdoor use includes a hollow shell formed from heat-tolerant material, and a substructure for supporting the shell. The stove also includes a burner assembly, operatively attached to the shell or to the substructure, and a vessel support rack for placem... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6966315 | Smooth surface gas cooktop having an electric ignition/turndown system A cooking appliance includes smooth cooking surface having at least one cooking zone, a base frame section, at least one gas burner assembly located between the smooth cooking surface and the base frame section, and a control unit. A wire filament coil, electrically... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6941943 | Machine for heating catered food items utilizing a butane gas heat source with burner control mechanism (“temperature controlled butane chafing dish”) A chafing dish for rapidly bringing catered food items up to the temperatures required for safe food handling and optimal flavor enhancement, and even heating of the food items thereafter without a constant monitoring of the flame height. The invention utilizes buta... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935330 | Cooking grate with removable central wok ring A grate system for a gas cooking appliance wherein the gas cooking appliance has a top panel having at least one burner extending up through the top panel. The grate system includes a grate element and a removable support ring supported on the grate element. The sup... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6805753 | Method to separate silicone seal by thermal degradation A method for removing silicone sealant from glass-ceramic surfaces is provided. The method includes heating the sealant to a temperature greater than 325 degrees Celsius so that it thermally degrades and then, mechanically removing the sealant from the glass-ceramic... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6435173 | Combined burner and grate A combined burner and grate structure for use in connection with a gas range includes one or more burner elements. Each burner element has one or more fuel inlets, one or more fuel outlets disposed on one or more side surfaces, and a top surface. A horizo... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6325619 | Gas burner with multiple gas rings A gas burner with multiple gas rings comprising: a burner body (6) mountable underneath a top plate, with a cut-out section, of an appliance and incorporating a first, upwardly directed gas injector (14) and a second gas injector (9) followed by a horizon... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6289885 | Heating plate levelling method A heating plate for a heat storage range cooker which is mounted in an aperture in a surrounding surface, on a base in connection with a heat source. The heat source heats the heating plate. In addition, an adjustment mechanism is provided between the hea... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6236024 | Cooktop or stove having an arrangement of a one-piece molded part made of glass ceramic, glass or ceramic in the cooking surface area of the cooking unit in a cutout of a sill plate An arrangement of a one-piece molded part made of glass ceramic, glass or ceramic is used as the cooking surface of a cooking unit in a cutout of a sill plate. The molded part has an elevated, encircling outer peripheral region that is different from the ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6196213 | Barbecue table A barbecue table having a frame and a top connected to the frame. The top serves as a table and is formed by a flat metal plate. A heating element is arranged under the metal plate and connected to the frame. The heating element is mounted on the undersid... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6194690 | Cooking appliance A cooking appliance containing at least one substantially flat top plate and at least one cooking heat source. The plate is provided with at least one concavity under which there is placed the cooking heat source.... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6173708 | Gas burner mounting assembly for appliance with ceramic based cooktop A gas burner mounting assembly includes a gas injector having a main body portion positioned between a chassis member of a gas cooking appliance and a ceramic based cooktop of the appliance. The gas injector also includes an upper body portion which exten... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6170479 | Arrangement for attaching an atmospheric gas burner to the burner opening of a cooking surface that is made of glass or glass ceramic as well as a cooking area with such an arrangement A cooking surface that is made of glass or glass ceramic and at least one atmospheric gas burner and arrangement for attachment of a gas burner to an opening for guiding the burner includes an attachment arrangement that is used in the cooking area which ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6135764 | Ribbon port burner for gas range A ribbon port burner for a gas range comprises a base defining a gas inlet portion and a gas plenum portion. The gas plenum is defined by a bottom wall portion which terminates at its outer periphery in generally vertical outer side walls. The burner also... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6120282 | Glass-ceramic plate and its manufacturing process A glass-ceramic plate has at least one opening which is intended to house an atmospheric gas burner. At least part of the edge of the opening is polished and the opening is at the top of a local deformation of the plate.... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6103338 | Bent glass-ceramic plate and a method of making glass-ceramic bent plate The invention relates to a method of making glass-ceramic plates which are bent at a radius of curvature especially suitable in the manufacture of cooking plates.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104007 | Heat alert safety device for stoves and related appliances Liquid crystals compositions, i.e. cholesteric liquid crystals or various types of liquid crystal polymers designed to turn red at or above a specified temperature and remain red at or above that temperature and that are shaped in the outline of the word ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6089219 | Gas burner for cooking stove This application is an invention relating to an improvement in a gas burner for a stove for leading a mixed gas to flame holes, and burning the gas therein, through a gas passage (18) from a mixing tube (5) which produces the mixed gas by mixing a gas int... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6074201 | Gas burner configuration for cooking areas A gas burner configuration for cooking areas includes a gas fitting for supplying gas to a gas burner and a first setting member for the gas fitting. An adjusting pipe is disposed in the vicinity of a gas injector nozzle configuration. The adjusting pipe ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6067980 | Gas cooking appliance Gas cooking appliances having glass or glass-ceramic plates for cooking surfaces also having gas-radiation burners that are positioned below the plate or atmospheric burners that are recessed in the plate. With gas radiation burners, care must be taken to... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6039040 | Combined temperature limiter and ignition monitoring device for use in a cooking unit Apparatus for limiting the temperature of a cooking location of a type having an electrically conductive burner housing forming a heating chamber, includes a temperature sensor including an outer tube and an inner rod received within the tube, a switch ba... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6035846 | Gas burner A burner for gas cookers (1) comprises: a central flame crown (22) concentric with two circumferential crowns (25, 26) themselves concentric; radial ducts (23) for feeding the primary gas-air mixture I to the circumferential crown and a substantially hori... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032662 | Cooktop apparatus The invention is directed to cooktop apparatus wherein a cooktop panel is seated in a frame and is made of glass ceramic, glass or ceramic. The cooktop panel has a cutout for accommodating an atmospheric gas burner in the cooktop panel. A component assemb... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6021774 | Cooking unit, such as a stove, for cooking food Unit with at least one plate made of a material, which material is permeable to thermal radiation, such as glass ceramic, glass, ceramic or a similar material, as a surface for cooking, frying and/or keeping warm. The unit with at least one plate is on a ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6007327 | Combined temperature limiter and igniter Apparatus for controlling the temperature of a cooking location of a cooking unit includes a temperature sensor having an outer tube and an inner rod received within the tube and having a different coefficient of expansion, a switch base operatively conne... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6007328 | Flame jet impingement heat transfer system and method of operation using radial jet reattachment flames A system for transferring heat to an impingement surface includes a first radial jet reattachment combustion nozzle operable to direct a flame toward the impingement surface and comprising a central longitudinal axis. The system also includes a second rad... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5937847 | Fluid flow valves and cooking machine control systems utilizing such valves A cooking machine control system for controlling the consumption of fuel by cooking machines, including cooking machines of the type used in restaurant kitchens, such as gas/barbecue broilers, and home cooking machines such as grills, and gas flow valves ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5875974 | Wave washer port ring gas top burner A surface gas burner assembly for a gas range comprises a circular burner base having a gas inlet portion, a gas plenum portion, and a gas port portion. The gas port portion comprises a raised wall around an outer periphery of the base having a top surfac... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5865615 | Sealed burner A gas burner assembly has a sheet metal base section having a generally constant wall thickness and a sheet metal burner cap also having a generally constant wall thickness. The burner cap includes a plurality of burner ports and the burner cap is removab... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5860409 | Gas cookstove A gas cookstove having in its top face an opening forming a recess for accommodating a removable container below which is mounted at least one gas burner supported by a tray retained on the edge of the recess like opening and interposed between a casing a... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5846071 | Burner construction cooking apparatus utilizing the burner A burner construction, a cooking apparatus utilizing the burner construction and methods of making the same are provided, the burner construction comprising a burner body having an open end and a removable cap closing the open end of the burner body, the ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5816235 | Infrared gas burner for gas cookers An infrared gas burner for a gas cooker including a mixing tube arranged between a gas valve and a burner unit and adapted to mix gas supplied from the gas valve with air, a support member for supporting a ceramic plate within the burner unit in such a ma... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5791336 | Frameless cooktop Apparatus for mounting a cooking panel to a top surface without a visible circumferential frame or visible sealants/adhesives is disclosed. An assembly of a cooking panel and a burner box may be suspended in a recess formed in a top with a support member ... | 08/11/1998 |
