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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110779 | Door lock control device in heating cooker There is provided a door lock control device in a heating cooker that prevents a door from being accidentally unlocked when the door is locked and a temperature inside the heating cooker is a predetermined temperature or more such as during self-cleaning. When the t... | 02/07/2012 |
| 7923663 | Composite cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus is provided that has an oven cooker and a cook-top cooker. Heat is radiated through a ventilation structure formed by an air inflow duct and an air discharge duct. Additionally, the air inflow duct and the air discharge duct may be stacked one on... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7847219 | Electric oven An electric oven includes a door and a compartment having an internal space that is selectively closed by the door. The door has a cooling air opening oil a surface facing the compartment, and the compartment has an intake opening configured to receive air exhausted... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7781702 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus is disclosed. The cooking apparatus includes a housing having a cooking chamber and a heating unit. The heating unit includes a partition plate detachably installed in the chamber, the partition plate partitioning the chamber into sub-chambers, a... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7755004 | Motorized hinge system for oven door A motorized hinge system for an oven door includes first and second hinge assemblies. At least one hinge assembly is motorized. In the motorized hinge assembly, a first hinge portion is connected to the oven door and a second hinge portion connected to the oven body... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7655885 | Oven An oven is provided. The oven includes a cavity, a door panel that covers the cavity, and a side frame that supports a side of the door panel. The side frame and the door frame form an outside air intake hole therebetween. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7619182 | Warming drawer A warming drawer for mounting within a cabinet capable of maintaining the temperature in the warming drawer at one of a proofing temperature, a warming temperature, and a slow cooking temperature. The warming drawer can also include a housing having opposing side wa... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7608803 | Setting oven/grill temperature and/or meat probe using stepper motor analog display An appliance having an input device, a control, a motor, and an analog display is provided. The input device is employed to input a set point temperature. The control is operably coupled to the input device and receives the set point temperature from the input devic... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7554058 | Domestic appliance, especially cooking appliance A household appliance includes a body having a front, an appliance port including a cooling air inlet port and/or a vapor exhaust port disposed on the body, and a door. A console-type user control and display unit is provided including a control and display element,... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7446282 | Food service apparatus and methods In general, this invention involves various improvements relating to food service apparatus, including an energy-compensation feature to compensate for the transfer of heat from one food-holding compartment to another food-holding compartment, and an energy-limit fe... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7381926 | Removable heater A batch processing chamber comprising a top plate having at least one opening, and sidewalls, wherein the sidewalls and the top plate define a process volume. At least one removable heater is generally disposed in the process volume, wherein the at least one removab... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378617 | Heating systems and methods for a cooking appliance A heating system for a cooking appliance includes a first upper heating element and a second upper heating element positioned within a cooking cavity defined by a cabinet of the cooking appliance. The cooking cavity is configured to support a food item therein durin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375306 | Cooking appliance having multiple operating configurations A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance is coupled to a power supply that includes a first hot wire, a second hot wire and a ground wire. The cooking appliance includes a cabinet and a cavity defined within the cabinet. The cooking appliance also incl... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7368684 | Cooking device A cooking device includes a cabinet, a cavity installed in the cabinet and having a cooking chamber therein, a door installed at the cabinet to open and close the cooking chamber, a ventilation passage formed to allow external air of the cabinet to pass through betw... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7320528 | Refrigerator with interior lighting A refrigerator including a body and a door pivotably fitted to the body. The body and the door together define an interior space in the refrigerator. At least one lamp for illumination of the interior is mounted on the door and the light distribution thereof, relati... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7294811 | Heating cooking device A heating cooking device includes a housing having a wall portion; a first base material provided in at least a portion of the wall portion; and optionally a second base material formed on the first base material; a heat ray reflector formed on the conductive base m... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287462 | High-level built-in oven unit A high-level built-in oven unit having a housing with a heated cooking chamber having a floor opening therein. The chamber has a lowerable trap-door movable between a position closing the floor opening and a lowered position opening the floor opening. The trap-door ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288743 | Convection oven A convection oven includes an oven body having a heating chamber heated by a heat source, and a vibration unit mounted at one side of the oven body and vibrating heated air so as to be uniformly distributed within the heating chamber. As the vibration unit vibrates,... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282672 | Baking oven A baking oven including an oven muffle which includes at least one thermal heating element and which can be heated to various operational temperatures, i.e. a standard baking and roasting temperature and a high cleaning temperature (pyrolysis). The baking oven also ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282674 | System and method for limiting the escape of heat and steam from an open oven door A system for reducing discharges from an oven prior to opening an oven door. In particular, the system includes a housing forming a cooking compartment arranged within the oven. The system also includes a purge passage extending through the housing into the cooking ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7265323 | Electrically conductive heated glass panel assembly, control system, and method for producing panels An electrically conductive heated glass panel assembly, control system, and method for producing panels are provided to warm objects and to insure unobstructed viewing through glass by removing moisture. An integrated connection circuit interconnects glass sheets, w... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260634 | Storage device band control apparatus, method, and program A network system includes a storage device and a plurality of information devices using storage regions of the storage device, in which the band control information required for performing the network communication band control is created in accordance with the band... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247819 | Substrate heating apparatus A substrate heating apparatus is provided, including a base group including a plurality of bases, which are arranged substantially into a plate with a gap interposed between the bases, and which form a substrate mounting surface. A resistance heating element provide... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241978 | Cooking heater The present invention provides a cooking heater which continues cooking without apparently stopping the operation of the cooking heater when a door switch is momentarily turned OFF due to a shock during operation of the cooking heater though the door is not actually... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7241977 | Cooking apparatus and method therefor An apparatus for cooking a food item therein is disclosed. The apparatus has a housing defining an interior and includes at least first and second opposed walls. A rotating member is positioned between the first and second walls of the housing, and the rotating memb... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235763 | Cooking appliance including combination heating system A cooking appliance includes a heating system capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber and a bifurcated air plenum having an angled divider ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228857 | Electric oven with door cooling structure An electric oven with a door cooling structure includes a cavity formed in the case to provide a high temperature environment, a door for selectively opening and closing the cavity, inner, intermediate and outer panels provided in the door; an airflow shielding pane... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227101 | Oven with an articulating and retractable door In one embodiment of the present invention, an oven having a flexible and retractable door is described. The oven door is adapted to move from a closed position wherein it effectively closes an open side of the oven box and an open position wherein the door is retra... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225729 | Countertop rotisserie oven with warming unit Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The gear driven spit assembly may be easily inserted and removed straight into and... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225730 | Spit assembly support base A support base for supporting the spit assembly of a rotisserie oven. The support base includes a substantially circular-shaped member having a periphery and an indented portion defined therein. The indented portion has a frustum-conical shape and extends downwardly... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7188618 | Oven with dimming lighting system An oven includes a baking space lighting system switched off automatically after a predetermined period of operation but automatically switched on again upon actuation of a manually actuated oven element. ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183521 | Rack Sensor An oven having a cooking cavity and a removable rack structure has a rack sensor in the oven. The sensor provides an indication of an absence or presence of the structure and an oven control permits oven cleaning in response to the indication of the absence of the s... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176416 | Switching device for controlling an industrial cooking apparatus A switching device for controlling an industrial cooking apparatus having a cooking chamber that can be closed by means of a door having a movable door handle with a movable door latch attached to it, with a switch fixed to the housing and with a magnet for actuatin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173219 | Ceramic heaters An object of the present invention is to provide a heater having a ceramic substrate with a through hole formed therein so that the uniformity of temperature on the heating face of the substrate can be improved and the use life of the ceramic substrate can be improv... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173217 | Electric oven An oven has a housing defining a cooking chamber. Guides in the chamber carrying a slidable rack. A door hinged on the housing and pivotal between an open position and a closed position. A linkage between a side wall of the cooking chamber and the housing for automa... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7157667 | Cooking device A cooking device including a cooking area, a door for closing the cooking area and a lighting system for lighting the cooking area. The lighting system includes a light source and at least one reflector arranged in the internal space of the door, which reflects ligh... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7126089 | High altitude oven A high altitude oven that includes a baking compartment that includes a pressure maintenance mechanism for maintaining the baking compartment at sea level atmospheric pressure during operation of the oven. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122765 | Electric oven A self-supporting removable box-like liner for use in an electric oven that has a heating element supported in a plane and extending across a cooking chamber from one said side wall to the other. The liner has an open the front, a pair of liner side walls and a back... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7091459 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus, in which lamps are conveniently and quickly replaced, including a lamp assembly having a lamp casing accommodating lamps and covering an irradiation hole formed in a front panel, and a transparent plate completely covering the irradiation hole. ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087862 | Methods and apparatus for assembling cooking appliances A rack assembly includes a pair of laterally spaced inner rails, wherein each inner rail includes a coating layer configured to withstand a self clean oven temperature, and a pair of laterally spaced outer rails, wherein each outer rail is slidably coupled to a corr... | 08/08/2006 |
