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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326885 | Hot plate with stainless steel top A hotplate with a stainless steel top plate to support a vessel. The stainless steel top plate has an upper surface with a substantially centrally located depression having a depth and area generally sufficient to absorb upward crowning of the top plate when heated.... | 02/05/2008 |
| 6319612 | Glass and glass ceramic plates with elevated thermal stability and process for their production Glass or glass ceramic plates with elevated thermal resistance and process for their production. After cooling, the glass or glass ceramic plates are subjected to zone annealing, whereby the plates are divided into two zones in which annealing is done at ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6228204 | Method and apparatus for welding together fluoropolymer pipe liners An apparatus for welding fluoropolymeric pipe liners together comprising: a plate having first and second opposing surfaces, the first and second opposing surfaces facing away from each other; a temperature-resistant coating overlaying at least one of the... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6124576 | Arrangement for limiting the temperature of a glass-ceramic cooking zone In an arrangement for limiting the temperature of a glass-ceramic cooking zone including a cooking zone control unit which controls the electric power supply to the heating elements of the cooking zones by way of an impulse width control arrangement with ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6120282 | Glass-ceramic plate and its manufacturing process A glass-ceramic plate has at least one opening which is intended to house an atmospheric gas burner. At least part of the edge of the opening is polished and the opening is at the top of a local deformation of the plate.... | 09/19/2000 |
| 4697068 | Electric cooker heating unit A heating unit for cooking points, baking oven muffles or the like is provided on the inside of its outer body (2), in the central zone (10), with two thermal cutouts (17, 18), which are preferably located in a common cutout casing (19) exclusively locate... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4692596 | Power control arrangement for automatic surface unit An improved electronic power control arrangement for a cooking appliance equipped with an automatic surface unit operable in a Fry Mode to heat a utensil to a steady state temperature range corresponding to the temperature setting selected by the user. Tw... | 09/08/1987 |
| 4517454 | Electric heating element, and a hot plate equipped with the heating element An electrical heating element comprises a resistance wire embedded in a refractory material contained in a tubular casing. The casing has the shape of a closed ring which has a U-shaped cross-section. The cross-section is closed by a cover, the opposite sides ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4499368 | Utensil removal detection system for cooking appliance A utensil removal detection arrangement for a cooking appliance incorporating an automatic surface unit. The duration of time intervals during which the sensed utensil temperature for a turned-on surface unit is less than a threshold temperature is measur... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4493980 | Power control arrangement for automatic surface unit A power control arrangement for an automatic surface unit in a cooking appliance which enables the user to select Warm, Simmer, Boil and Fry cooking modes and to select from a plurality of heat settings for each mode. The heat settings for each mode have ... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4493981 | Boil dry protection system for cooking appliance A power control arrangement for a cooking appliance incorporating an automatic surface unit for automatically detecting the occurrence of a boil dry condition for a utensil placed on the surface unit when operating in the Boil mode. In accordance with one... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4311899 | Cooking apparatus A cooking unit comprises a substantially flat, thin-walled plate provided with helical grooves. Heating elements in the form of helical, flattened, tubular bodies are received in the grooves and provide a heating surface in which cooking vessels can stand... | 01/19/1982 |
| 4279113 | Coin guard for coin protection A device for encasing coins in protective envelopes embodying a generally rectangularly contoured housing elevated at one end and stepped down intermediate its ends to provide a flat work surface offsetedly spaced below the elevated end, with insulation f... | 07/21/1981 |
| 4241289 | Heat sensing apparatus for an electric range automatic surface unit control An improved heat sensing apparatus for an electric range automatic surface unit control in which the heat sensor housing is supported within the surface unit by an upwardly biased pivot arm. The upper portion of the sensing apparatus comprises a first ute... | 12/23/1980 |
| 3997761 | Self-cleaning food supporting grill A simple, relatively electrically safe self-cleaning food supporting grill construction comprising a serpentine steel tubing for supporting food over a cooking fire and through which an electrical current from a conventional household electrical supply is... | 12/14/1976 |
