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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8415592 | Oven and process to control the air-flow over the belt width in a spiral oven The present invention relates to an oven comprising a first chamber and a second chamber, which are separated by separation means, conveyor means for guiding products from the inlet through these chambers to the outlet, temperature control means for controlling the ... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8415591 | Oven with low-temperature self-cleaning mode An oven having one or more low-temperature self-cleaning modes has an interior cavity and at least two heating elements in the interior cavity. A sump is formed in the bottom wall of the cavity. The oven has an electronic control unit, which activates and deactivate... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8389907 | Heating element arrangement for baker's oven A baking oven 10 comprising an oven chamber 11, heating elements 20, 120 for generating heat, a support 14, 114A for supporting one or more baking trays 30 in a baking tray position within the heating chamber 11. The oven ha... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8362403 | Oven drive load monitoring system A drive load measuring system for a conveyor-type oven is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a drive load measuring system includes: a pair of mounting assemblies that support opposing end portions of a rotating drive shaft of an oven drive unit; and a PLC cont... | 01/29/2013 |
| 8334482 | Cooking range with air circulation mechanism A cooking range is disclosed. The range includes: a cook top section having a heating body configured to cook foods; an oven section having internal walls defining a cavity, a rack and a door, wherein the cavity is configured to accommodate the foods placed on the r... | 12/18/2012 |
| 8330080 | Electric oven with adjustable heating element The present invention is an improved electronic oven; a tabletop, or toaster oven that contains a vertically moveable heating element. The moveable heating element allows a range of foods and/or portions of food to be cooked or heated in the most efficient manner po... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8263907 | Method of baking and an oven A baker's oven 10 and a method of operating the baking oven 10. The baking oven 10 including heating means 50 arranged to underlie baking trays 31 to provide a substantial proportion of the heat to the baking trays 31 than t... | 09/11/2012 |
| 8222571 | Apparatus for curing electrolyte membrane of fuel cell An apparatus for curing an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell is disclosed, by which curing can be performed by preventing a surface of an electrolyte layer from swelling. The present invention includes an oven body, a vacuum sucking plate entering the oven body wh... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8101889 | Drawer type cooking device In a built-in drawer type cooking device, an open/close door 2a and a heating container 2b that constitute a drawer body 2 are separably connected to each other. The open/close door 2a and the heating container 2 | 01/24/2012 |
| 7838801 | Heating apparatus, heating method, coating apparatus, and storage medium A heating apparatus cooling a substrate heated by a hot plate at a cooling position adjacent to the hot plate, capable of achieving a smaller height and reducing an operation time in the apparatus, in which contamination of the substrate by particles or the like is ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7576302 | Electric oven An electric oven includes a wire rack having a closed frame, a plurality of longitudinal beams each having a plurality of bent portions, a first end thereof connected to the frame and a second end thereof spaced apart from the closed frame, and a plurality of latera... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7514651 | Rotisserie oven having horizontally and vertically oriented cooking elements Indoor use rotisserie ovens which have construction features and scale which make the cleaning process easier. Shown are indoor use rotisserie ovens which also may rotate cooking foods about either a horizontal or vertical axis, which makes their applications more v... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7442901 | Electric oven and method of operating the same An electric oven includes an oven body, a first convection system having a first convection heater and a first convection fan that are installed in the oven body to operate for a first space in the oven body, and a second convection system having a second convection... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7442900 | Chamber for uniform heating of large area substrates Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an apparatus for providing a uniform thermal profile to a plurality of large area substrates during thermal processing. In one embodiment, an apparatus for thermal processing large area substrates includes a cha... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7414225 | Cooking heater In a cooking heater having an automatically opening/closing door, when a lock determination unit detects that transmission of a torque of a driving unit is stopped by detecting an abrupt deceleration, which suggests that an obstacle to the movement of an opening/clo... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7385160 | Food holding cabinet with removable tray covers A food holding cabinet having a housing defining a heating chamber for holding a covered food tray in a tray location has a pair of elongated rigid rods mounted to the housing for suspending a food tray cover thereon in a position above the tray location. A front ro... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381927 | Oven for cooking cone-shaped foods A horizontal carousel conveyor carries cone-shaped foods and other specialty-shaped foods through an oven, rotating the food on a heating station as it passes by heating elements and through the oven. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378616 | Heating apparatus and method for semiconductor devices A heating apparatus and method for heating a semiconductor device during bonding of electrical contacts onto the device is provided, which includes a heating plate that is provided for heating the semiconductor device and a layer of compliant material extending over... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372000 | Air control for a brick oven A food cooking oven has a front door, a back wall opposite the front door, and two side walls connecting the front door to the back wall. The oven also has a rear divider parallel to and spaced apart from the back wall, the rear divider running between the side wall... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7358464 | Method for temperature measurement in a household appliance A method for temperature measurement in a household appliance includes generating a high-frequency electromagnetic excitation wave of a predefined transmit frequency. The transmit frequency is selected from a frequency band including temperature-dependent resonant f... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7339138 | Foldable oven rack A supporting rack includes arranged rods arranged to form a planar grid pattern and connection device to allow for modification in the overall space occupied by the rack. In a preferred embodiment, a rack for use in a conventional domestic cooking oven is formed of ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339137 | Electric grilling appliance A food heating appliance is disclosed that comprises a chamber portion and a lid portion that defines a heating chamber. The chamber portion has a perimeter wall extending about the heating chamber and an upper opening into the heating chamber. The perimeter wall is... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328654 | Food warming apparatus In general, one embodiment of the invention is directed to apparatus for warming pre-cooked sandwich buns and the like to a desired holding temperature and then holding the buns at such holding temperature. The apparatus comprises a cabinet having at least one compa... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7301127 | Cooking device The cooking device of the present invention operates in the 100 to 250 volt AC range acting as either, a grill, a smoker, an oven or a rotisserie. The cooking device is compact, being portable or fixed so as to allow the user to maximize limited space such as on a b... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7287463 | Cylindrical broil apparatus A circular cylindrical broil apparatus includes an outer cylinder and a core part. The outer cylinder has an upper opening at the top thereof and is provided with a lower recess at an outer wall thereof and the lower recess is inserted with a movable heat initiating... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7279659 | Non-food warmer appliance A non-food warmer apparatus includes an enclosure having sides, a top, and a bottom defining a chamber. A drawer structure has a support member to support objects. The drawer structure is coupled to the enclosure for movement between a retracted position to warm the... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7250587 | Method for simultaneously toasting bread and steaming A method for toasting bread and simultaneously cooking or warming another food with a single device, comprising the steps of: inserting at least one piece of bread into a vertically oriented bread slot of a combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing water... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250588 | Combination bread toaster and steamer device A combination bread toaster and steamer device includes a pair of vertically oriented bread slots extending into a housing from a top of the housing; means for elevating and lowering bread in the bread slots; a steamer compartment, disposed on the housing, including... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238921 | Combination bread toaster and steamer device with shared wattage and method A combination bread toaster and steamer device and method includes inserting at least one piece of bread into a bread slot of a combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing water into a heater pan of a steamer compartment on the combination bread toaster an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7235762 | Factory preset temperature warming appliance A warming appliance having factory preset temperature modes. The warming appliance comprises an enclosure having a wall. The enclosure defines an interior space having an opening. A drawer is configured to be reciprocally moved within the interior space. The drawer ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232979 | Oven liner A microwave oven liner 11 is an injection moulding having a roof 12, a floor 14, a back 15 and two sides 16. The moulding is of food grade polypropylene, such that the liner can be washed in a commercial dishwasher. The liner is si... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230212 | Golf ball heater A golf ball heating appliance for heating 4 or more golf balls to an average temperature of between 40° C. and 55° C. during an active heating period of 30 minutes or less has a lower thermally conductive and an upper non-thermally conductive receptacle for receiv... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7220945 | Oven An oven includes a main body, a toast tray, a baking pan, a door, a control panel, a bottom base and a shaft. In using, just put toasts to be baked on the toast tray and then, put the toast tray in an upper chamber of the main body and turn a change-over switch on t... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7193185 | Mini-oven A cooking device includes a main oven, a controller for controlling the main oven, a mini-oven, and a control for controlling the mini-oven, wherein the control is in communication with the controller. ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189945 | Enclosed toaster A toaster for heating foodstuffs includes a chassis having a cavity therein and having at least one chassis opening for accessing the cavity. A door is movable with respect to the chassis between a closed position in which the door substantially covers the chassis o... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7165276 | Medical assist device A medical assist device relocates patients from a first support such as a bed to a second support such as a chair or wheelchair. Upon location of the assist device to a position adjacent such first support, the patient may stand on a rotatable platform of the assist... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7163011 | Outdoor gas grill with auxiliary burner unit, and method of using same A gas grilling apparatus includes a cart, a grill housing attached to the cart, and a grill and a main grill burner contained in the grill housing. An auxiliary burner unit is also attached to the cart, and the auxiliary burner unit is located, or is placeable at a ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7138613 | Golf ball heater The present invention is directed to a golf ball heater comprising a rectangular container, the interior of which is outfitted with at least one heating element and rails for holding golf balls. One end of the container includes a sliding door for retrieving a heate... | 11/21/2006 |
