Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6178876 | Pressure cooker A pressure cooker has a hollow main body, a cover disposed on a top portion of the hollow main body, an upper joint disposed on the cover, a handle connected to the upper joint, and a heating device disposed on a bottom of the hollow main body. The heatin... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6135012 | Pressure Cooker A pressure cooker has a main body, a cover disposed on the main body, an air vent valve disposed on the cover, a base seat, an aluminum disk, an electric heating pipe, and a temperature control device. The base seat has a hollow interior, and a chamber. T... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6049068 | Replaceable and retractable burner for an electrical range A cam actuated retractable burner for an electric range having a removable burner element. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a burner assembly is provided with a thermal safety switch assembly, a switch installation assembly, a preset thermal ... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5855675 | Multipurpose processing chamber for chemical vapor deposition processes A processing station adaptable to standard cluster tools has a vertically-translatable pedestal having an upper wafer-support surface including a heater plate adapted to be plugged into a unique feedthrough in the pedestal. At a lower position for the ped... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5854468 | Substrate heating apparatus with cantilevered lifting arm An apparatus for heating substrates having a frame forming a vacuum chamber, a heater, a lift mechanism and a lift arm. The lift arm has a general "Y" shape and is located in a groove in a top heat transfer surface of the heater. The lift arm extends out ... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5828038 | Replaceable and retractable burner for electric range A device capable of replacing existing heating elements in electric stoves. The device requires no modification of existing electric stoves. The device enables a user to raise and lower the burner element in an electric range. To facilitate the raising an... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5730114 | Charcoal grilling system with electric ignition A charcoal grill is described having an adjustable grate with an electric heating element that supports charcoal briquettes underneath a cooking grill. The grate is adjustable between a lower cooking position and an upper position in contact with the cook... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5616262 | Image erasing apparatus having an assembly for moving heat applicators An image erasing apparatus is provided having an assembly for moving at least one of the heat applicators or heat application means with respect to the other. The apparatus includes a movable member upon which one of the heat application means is mounted,... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5084608 | Retractable burner for an electric range A device for raising and dropping the burner element in an electric range wherein cookware is supported upon a plurality of rigid posts and the burner element is raised and dropped in a plane parallel to the plane comprised by the bottom surface of the co... | 01/28/1992 |
| 5000083 | Salamander-type broiler/cooker A salamander-type overhead broiler/cooler has a base on a support adapted to hold a foodstuff to be heated, a heating unit vertically displaceable on the support energizable to radiate heat downward at the support, and a horizontal light curtain at a pred... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4215267 | Food warmer with a heating element assembly mount A built-in well type food warmer includes a heating element assembly which is separably engaged with the underside of a food well by adjustable hanger members. The heating element assembly includes an upper heat distribution plate which is nestable within... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4206341 | Adjustable temperature warming plate for electric coffee maker An adjustable temperature warming plate for an electric coffee maker in which a fixedly positioned metal hot plate has an electric heating element disposed beneath and adjacent the hot plate with the supporting means for the electric heating element permi... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4027139 | Device for grilling and broiling food Device for grilling and broiling food comprising an electrically heated lower plate member adjacent to one end of which is provided an upstanding turret element on which an upper plate member, also electrically heated, is pivotally and adjustably supporte... | 05/31/1977 |
