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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164029 | Magnetic safety feature for cookware and cooking stoves Methods and devices for securing the bottom of an item of cookware to the burner of a stove top by use of magnetism. The magnet(s) may be permanent magnets or electromagnets. The cookware may comprise a permanent magnet disposed on or in the base of the cookware. Th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7667161 | Magnetic safety feature for cookware and cooking stoves Methods and devices for securing the bottom of an item of cookware to the burner of a stove top by use of magnetism. The magnet(s) may be permanent magnets or electromagnets. The cookware may comprise a permanent magnet disposed on or in the base of the cookware. Th... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7569798 | Temperature sensor based on resistance measurement and radiant heater with such a temperature sensor A temperature sensor is disclosed comprising a sensor element having a temperature-dependent resistance that is enclosed with a tube. In one embodiment, the tube is a quartz glass tube. In another embodiment the temperature sensor is a conventional halogen lamp, des... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7525069 | Baking unit having device for sensing the attitude of parts of the unit and method of use of the baking unit A baking unit, for use in photolithography equipment, has a sensing device for sensing whether components of the baking unit are level and whether particles are present on inner surfaces of the baking. The sensing device has a sensor unit and an optical element. The... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7428901 | Cooking stove A cooking stove that prevents the execution of a process such as ignition of a burner when a touch switch changes from a non-sensing state to a sensing state. In STEP201, when a first touch switch, which is one of the touch switches provided in an operation, ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427728 | Zone control heater plate for track lithography systems A substrate heater comprising a bake plate having an upper surface, a lower surface and a peripheral side surface extending between the upper and lower surfaces, the bake plate including at least one heating element, at least one temperature sensor and a plurality o... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422010 | Cooking stove A cooking stove that prevents a burner from being ignited when a touch switch shifts from a non-sensing to a sensing state. An operation portion having a touch switch is provided on a glass top plate of a cooking stove main body which accommodates burners. The touch... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417207 | Heating device with temperature sensor and hob with heating devices A hob comprising a plurality of radiant heating devices, each of which is further comprised of a support and a heat conductor mounted thereon. An elongate and tubular temperature sensor having a temperature sensitive element in a glass envelope extends along the sup... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7370649 | Cooking stove A touch switch which prohibits a child from actuating heating means, while permitting a child to deactivate heating means. A cooking stove including an electrical capacitance operation switch 10 which switches the cooking stove between an operation state in w... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368686 | Apparatus and methods for operating an electric appliance An electric cooking appliance is provided. The electric cooking appliance includes a plurality of surface heating elements and a plurality of sensors configured to monitor an operational status of a corresponding surface heating element. The electric cooking applian... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7363195 | Methods of configuring a sensor network A sensor network collects time-series data from a process tool and supplies the data to an analysis system where pattern analysis techniques are used to identify structures and to monitor subsequent data based on analysis instructions or a composite model. Time-seri... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355151 | Magnetic safety feature for cookware and cooking stoves Methods and devices for securing the bottom of an item of cookware to the burner of a stove top by use of magnetism. The magnet(s) may be permanent magnets or electromagnets. The cookware may comprise a permanent magnet disposed on or in the base of the cookware. Th... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7342205 | Apparatus and method for controlling an electric heating assembly In apparatus and a method for providing electronic control of an electric heating assembly, a radiant electric heater (10, 110) is arranged at a lower surface (22, 124) of a glass-ceramic cooking plate (12, 112), the plate having an upper surfac... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7309846 | Method for operating a baking oven A baking oven and a method of operating the baking oven. The baking oven including a thermally insulated muffle, a circulating fan arranged inside of a fan compartment in the muffle, a least one heating device outside of the fan compartment and adjacent the walls of... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307246 | System and method of detecting temperature of a cooking utensil over a radiant cooktop A system for detecting temperature of a cooking utensil over a radiant cooktop includes a cooktop having an upper surface and a lower surface and a radiant heating element adapted to heat the cooktop. A temperature detector is disposed adjacent the lower surface of ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304274 | Control of a cooktop heating element A user control generates a heat level input signal responsive to a user of a cooktop heating element. Logic generates an output signal having a duty cycle corresponding to the input signal. An electromechanical device connected to apply power from a source to the he... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7241633 | Heat treatment apparatus and heat treatment method A reference value, which defines electric power to be supplied to a heating element, is generated. Deviation ΔT of temperature T1 measured by a radiation thermometer from target temperature T0 defined by a target temperature rising curve is determined... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7223939 | Electrical connector for a window pane of a vehicle A window pane has a substrate formed from glass and includes an electrical device. The electrical device includes an electrical conductor. An electrical connector is operatively connected to and in electrical communication with the conductor for transferring electri... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7223944 | Oven temperature control system An oven temperature control system for an oven cell having a top heating element with two separate heating conductors in a top portion of the oven cell, a bottom heating element with two separate heating conductors in a bottom portion of the oven cell, and a convect... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7149643 | Integrated process condition sensing wafer and data analysis system A process condition measuring device and a handling system may be highly integrated with a production environment where the dimensions of the process condition measuring device are close to those of a production substrate and the handling system is similar to a subs... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134201 | Window pane and a method of bonding a connector to the window pane A method of bonding a connector to an electrical conductor. The conductor is applied to a glass substrate and the connector is placed over the conductor. An ultrasonic welding apparatus is used to oscillate the connector relative to the conductor to bond the connect... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7135658 | Magnetic safety feature for cookware and cooking stoves Methods and devices for securing the bottom of an item of cookware to the burner of a stove top by use of magnetism. The magnet(s) may be permanent magnets or electromagnets. The cookware may comprise a permanent magnet disposed on or in the base of the cookware. Th... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7112766 | Enhanced visibility heat alert safety device for hot surfaces A hot-button type heat alert safety device attachable to a surface, such as metal or glass, for warning individuals that the surface is hot, comprising a thermochromic composition, a button-shaped container for housing the composition, having a convex face, the conv... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7101816 | Methods for adaptive real time control of a thermal processing system Methods for adaptive real time control of a system for thermal processing substrates, such as semiconductor wafers and display panels. Generally, the method includes creating a dynamic model of the thermal processing system, incorporating wafer bow in the dynamic mo... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7087865 | Heat warning safety device using fiber optic cables Heat alert safety device for warning individuals that a surface is hot wherein a fiber optic cable runs from an electric light source to a heat warning symbol. The cable has a plurality of fibers connected at a first end thereof to the light source and transmits lig... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7076324 | Directionless rotary encoder control system for a household appliance An embodiment of the present invention uses an on-board microcontroller of a household appliance to receive signals from a directionless encoder attached to a knob for receiving user input and processing the signals from the direction encoder according to a control ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7068177 | Multi-sensor device and methods for fire detection Multiple parameter fire detection uses outputs from one or more radiant energy sensors in combination with outputs from smoke or thermal sensors to shorten response times to alarm while minimizing nuisance alarms. The radiant energy related outputs can be used to al... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7053340 | Heating device with two areas A radiant heater is provided, which is subdivided into three concentric areas and which can be mounted under a glass ceramic cooking area. It has a rod controller and the two innermost heating areas are jointly protected against excess temperatures by means of the r... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7045260 | Post exposure modification of critical dimensions in mask fabrication A system and method are described for modifying an exposure image in a radiation sensitive layer by treating the exposure image with a heterogeneous and non-uniform post exposure thermal treatment. The treatment may comprise providing different portions of the expos... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7045748 | Cooking appliance lockout A cooking device for cooking an item where the device includes an input for a source of cooking energy; a cooking element for applying the cooking energy to the item; a cooking control for controlling the application of the cooking energy to the item; a lockout sele... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7037797 | Localized heating and cooling of substrates The present invention is directed to an apparatus and process for locally heating and/or cooling of semiconductor wafers in thermal processing chambers. In particular, the apparatus of the present invention includes a device for heating or cooling localized regions ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7022947 | Systems for supporting ceramic susceptors A support structure for supporting a ceramic susceptor in a chamber is provided. The support structure includes a supporting portion joined with a back face of the ceramic susceptor. The supporting portion includes an inner space that is separated from the atmospher... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019268 | Wafer processing apparatus and method of use A system, apparatus, and method for thermal processing of substrates undergoing lithographic chemical processes is provided. The thermal processing system includes at least one heating element, a heat distributing plate, having a heating surface and being disposed i... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7002110 | Electric smokeless roaster An electric smokeless roaster capable of eliminating ducts installed on the inside and outside of a shop and almost eliminating the generation of harmful gases such as NOx, comprising an electric heater unit (2) installed on the upper part of a casing (1 | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002109 | Automatic stove timer and alarm apparatus and method of use A burner sensor is electrically interconnected with a control circuit, the burner sensor enabled for detection of burner operation, the control circuit providing a timing feature enabled, during burner operation, for continuous repetitive timing cycles each for a fi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995344 | Cooking appliance The appliance has a cooking plate (10) and a radiant electric heater (2) having multiple heating zones (12, 14, 16) arranged substantially side-by-side. A temperature sensing assembly (34) incorporates an electrical component (42) ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6980876 | Temperature-sensing wafer position detection system and method A temperature-sensing wafer position detection system and method which uses temperature to determine whether a wafer is properly positioned on a bake plate prior to commencement of a photolithography baking process, for example. The system includes a bake plate and ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6967314 | Programmable power level control for a cooking appliance A cooking appliance includes a cooktop having at least one heating element and a controller capable of automatically performing a cooking process by operating the heating element at multiple power levels for multiple time periods. More specifically, upon activation,... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6951997 | Control of a cooktop heating element A user control generates a heat level input signal responsive to a user of a cooktop heating element. Logic generates an output signal having a duty cycle corresponding to the input signal. An electromechanical device connected to apply power from a source to the he... | 10/04/2005 |
