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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7368685 | Oven and heating unit of oven An oven and a heating unit of the oven are provided. The oven includes a cavity, a heater, a food container, and an ohmic heater. A high temperature environment is formed in the cavity. The food container is mounted within the cavity to receive food therein. The ohm... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363923 | cooking range assembly and monolithic drip pan A cook top includes a one-piece drip pan beneath all burners for collecting spillage and drips originating at the burners. Burner assemblies having burners therein are located by and supported on the drip pan. Grates are provided above the burners and have chamfered... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7304270 | Integrated warmer drawer and warmer zone controls A range for heating foods having a body comprising a top surface, a first chamber located within the range, a second chamber located within the range, multiple heating elements arranged on the top surface for cooking food, an upper and lower heating element arranged... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7202447 | Conveyor type oven A conveyor type oven (10) for processing food products (32) and a method of use that includes heating sections and/or zones, each of the heating sections/and or zones being individually temperature controlled. The conveyor type oven (10) compris... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7137334 | Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods or dough-based products Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods and other dough-based products, wherein the products can be thawed in an environment having a selected temperature and elevated humidity; the conveyor is configured to pre... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7021203 | Vented countertop rotisserie oven An enclosed rotisserie cooking oven having an enclosure able to rest on a horizontal surface housing a rotisserie spit, and opening to introduce food into the enclosure, a door covering the opening having a first and a second axle rod protruding from the door's peri... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019265 | Turntable incorporating heating means and oven incorporating the same A turntable (19) for an oven comprising a surface for heating a food item (27, 75) placed on the turntable (19), wherein the turntable (19) is provided with integral heating means (29). The turntable may be incorporated into an ove... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6928379 | Apparatus and method for sensing temperature An apparatus and method for measuring the temperature in an oven includes a circuit and software algorithm that reads the voltage across a standard resistive temperature device (RTD) or thermistor to determine temperature measured by the device. Using an unregulated... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6903309 | Cooking appliance having concealed cooking feature A cooking appliance shown in the form of a cooktop includes a upper cooking zone and a concealed lower cooking zone. The upper cooking is defined by a pivotally mounted frame portion within which is arranged a plurality of heating elements. Located below the upper c... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6817282 | Cooker A cooking device includes a cooking chamber having at least one vapor opening through which the vapor from the cooking chamber, when in operation, conveyed by a conveyor, and at least one opening that can absorb external air, particularly with the aid of the conveyo... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6815644 | Multirack cooking in speedcook ovens A multirack speedcook oven includes a cooking cavity, a plurality of racks within the cooking cavity, an RF generation module operationally coupled to the cooking cavity and configured to deliver microwave energy into the cooking cavity, at least one heat source pos... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6723962 | Double deck toaster oven An oven having a cooking chamber which has a pair of opposing sidewalls and a rear wall member having a pair of end portions and a protruding portion between the end portions. First and second stationary heaters are located within lower and upper portions, respectiv... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6693261 | Electric stove to cook food, and the like There is now provided an electric stove with an electric stove body having an exterior comprising side walls, a top, and a bottom spaced from said top. The top has a an exterior top surface on which are disposed a plurality of electric heating elements. T... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6686569 | Roasting oven with dual heating elements A roasting oven having a large capacity heating well including a wrap-around heating element for heating the side walls thereof and a top heating element for browning is disclosed. A function control panel featuring a touch-film interface and digital disp... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6686563 | Combination food preparation and self-serve delivery system A combination food preparation and self-serve delivery system includes a housing and a food preparation compartment located in a rear section of the housing, the food preparation compartment including a first heating element for heating food placed in the... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6570135 | Kitchen stove for preparing food, and an oven for preparing food There is now provided a kitchen stove for preparing food, and an oven for preparing food. The stove or oven has a heating arrangement to make the cleaning of the stove or oven easier for a user particularly at the viewing window of the oven.... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6437294 | Pyrolytic self-cleaning oven A pyrolytic self-cleaning oven having a catalytic composition positioned in the oven cavity or exhaust gas passage in order to complete the combustion and/or the oxidation of gases produced by a process carried out inside the oven. The catalytic compositi... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6373029 | Enclosed cooking system An enclosed cooking system including a housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, a back wall, opposed side walls, and an open front. The bottom wall has a stove burner element positioned thereon. The stove burner element has a corresponding heating elemen... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6362458 | Food grilling system for oven cavity with byproduct removal A grilling system for an oven includes a removable grilling platform defined by a food supporting rack, a basin, and a heating element positioned between the rack and the basin. The basin includes a bottom surface which is sloped in order to direct liquid... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6316749 | Self-cleaning system for a cooking appliance A self-cleaning system for a convection cooking appliance controls the activation and deactivation of multiple heating units, as well as a blower, throughout an initial preheat and subsequent phases of a cleaning operation. More particularly, at least fir... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6232584 | System for controlling a self cleaning oven having catalyst temperature control A method and apparatus is provided for operating a self cleaning oven wherein the monitoring of exothermic chemical reactions within a catalyst can be used to determine when the combustion of food material is complete, in order to terminate a self cleanin... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6111226 | Electric oven An electric oven includes a front door, upper and lower heating tubes mounted in the oven near a top and a bottom thereof, respectively, an oven rack fixed between the upper and the lower heating tubes, a grease drip tray removably fixed below the lower h... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6097000 | Control panel ventilation system for electrical food cooking appliances comprising a cooking hob and an oven A ventilation system for electrical food-cooking appliances comprising a cooking hob and an oven with a fan positioned in a compartment between the two in order to generate air flow for cooling electronic components controlling the oven operation, in whic... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6087635 | Method and apparatus for the arc-like shaping of profiled strands or strand sections consisting of a thermoplastic material In a method for the arc-like shaping of an extruded profiled strand of plastic material at least a section of the strand is heated in a hot air chamber together with a support ledge disposed in spaced relationship from the profiled strand to a temperature... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6087634 | Browning grill for high power density radiant ovens A browning grill is arranged for use in a high power density radiant oven. The oven includes a cooking enclosure having a ceiling and a floor, upper radiant energy sources located near the ceiling, and lower radiant energy sources located near the floor. ... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6070517 | Removing dampness from the cooking space of a pressure cooker and device herefor The present invention relates to a device for removing dampness form a cooking space (3) of a steam cooking device or a pressure cooker (1). The cooking space is at least partially filled with steam. The steam or the mixture of hot air and steam, respecti... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5968387 | Cooking appliance including a hotplate and a cooking vessel A cooking appliance includes a hotplate disposed above heating elements fixed to a frame, the hotplate including one or more openings for fat to pass through during cooking, and a container for collecting fat and juice during cooking disposed substantiall... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5943969 | Ashing furnace and method A furnace comprises an enclosure, a hearth plate within the enclosure for supporting combustible material, a first heater element adjacent the hearth plate for initial combustion of the combustible material, a filter disposed above the hearth plate for fi... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5708255 | Prepared meal system with lower hotplate having a plurality of heating zones and an upper radiant heating element and operated in accordance with pre-programmed cooking programs selected by a user A prepared meals system has at least one food container and cooking unit. The food container has at least two compartments for different foods to be heated at different temperatures and/or times. The cooking unit has at least one cooking station having tw... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5695668 | Oven with selectively energized heating elements An oven for heating food includes a refractory slab for placing a food item to be heated thereon. The refractory slab is preheated to a preselected temperature by a first electric resistance heating element disposed below the slab. The oven also includes ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5618458 | Cooking appliance A cooking appliance is disclosed which comprises an oven intended to be built into a space of predetermined volume in a kitchen unit. Controls for the oven are mounted externally of the space in order to maximise the volume available for the oven cavity. ... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5534678 | Oven with improved self-cleaning cycle A pyrolytically cleaned oven includes an upper broil element and a lower bake element, the broil element is energized until the oven temperature reaches a trigger temperature, well below the glass transition temperature point of the oven porcelain enamel;... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5344622 | Ozone sterilization system vapor humidification component with disposable water source A vapor humidification component with a disposable water source for a medical instrument sterilization system that utilizes ozone as a sterilization agent. The humidification component of the invention receives a measured input of water that is vaporized ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5315085 | Oven that exhibits both self-resistive and self-inductive heating An oven (1800) for use in conjunction with a dynamic thermal-mechanical testing system that exhibits both self-resistive and self-inductive heating whenever a sufficiently large alternating (AC) electrical current is passed through the oven. In one embodi... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5068516 | Device for liquid-phase thin film epitaxy A device enabling liquid-phase thin film epitaxial growth is disclosed wherein yield and quality of semiconductors in the fabrication sequences are improved. The device comprises an electric furnace which is disposed outside a quartz tube, a plurality of ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4954694 | Cooking oven having function to automatically clean soils attached to inner walls thereof A self-cleaning type cooking oven with a cooking chamber which has a function to pyrolytically eliminate food soils accumulated on walls of the cooking chamber. The cooking oven includes a heater for supplying heat into the cooking chamber so as to allow ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4909430 | Reflow soldering method and the apparatus thereof A reflow soldering method and the apparatus thereof is disclosed, wherein an air flowing fan is provided at the bottom of the apparatus, that is, below a work transporting conveyor so as to produce a minus pressure to draw or pull air into the apparatus i... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4814582 | Cooker Below a hob (2) with at least one cooking point (3), a cooker has a baking oven muffle (7), which can be upwardly vented by a venting duct (10) through the hob (2), at least at one cooking point (3). Cooking point (3) is formed by a sealed electric hotpla... | 03/21/1989 |
