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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7554060 | Displaying cooking-related information Among other things, light that carries information about cooking is directed in a first direction towards a redirection element and, at the redirection element, the light is redirected to be visible to a person cooking. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7525070 | Household appliance hinge with two hinged panels Hinge (4) comprising at least one housing (6) formed in a first panel (2), and at least one rod (7) integral with a second panel (3) and rotationally mounted in the housing (6). According to the invention, the rod (7)... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7435931 | High-speed cooking oven with optimized cooking efficiency The present invention is directed to improving the conventional high-speed cooking oven based on a combination of hot air impingement and microwave heating by providing a time-dependent spatial variation in the net air impingement and/or net microwave energy applied... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7388176 | Heating device with thin heating boards A heating device includes a case having a plurality of openings and a plurality of slits are defined in bars of the case so that a plurality of heating boards are engaged with the slits of the case at an equal distance. A power control device is connected to the cas... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7378617 | Heating systems and methods for a cooking appliance A heating system for a cooking appliance includes a first upper heating element and a second upper heating element positioned within a cooking cavity defined by a cabinet of the cooking appliance. The cooking cavity is configured to support a food item therein durin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7218848 | Diffuse-pattern radiant heater with non-parabolic reflector apparatus and method A radiant heater includes a radiant heat source and a reflector to direct the bulk of the heat generated by the radiant source in one direction. The shape of the reflector determines the radiant pattern of the heater, and generally defocuses the output to provide a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7002111 | Electric warmer with a current sensor The present invention relates to an electric warmer for heating a container by means of a heat transfer medium. The warmer comprises a jar into which the container can be inserted for heating, and an electric heating device comprising at least one resistance heating... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6933470 | Incremental seal wire activation A method and apparatus for incremental seal wire activation, in one embodiment, is a method of sealing a seam of a bag. The method includes sealing a first side of the seam utilizing a first configuration. The method farther includes vacuuming gases from the bag. Th... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6901214 | Multiple-setting portable dryer and circuit designs thereof A portable dryer includes a housing, a motor installed with a fan inside the housing, a power unit for supplying electric power to the portable dryer, a switch electrically connected to the power unit, and a plurality heating filaments electrically connected to the ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6873792 | Multiple-setting portable dryer and circuit designs thereof A portable dryer includes a housing, a motor installed with a fan inside the housing, a power unit for supplying electric power to the portable dryer, a switch electrically connected to the power unit, and four heating filaments electrically connected to the power u... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6624397 | Electric circuit for portable heater A heater effectively uses a current controlled fan motor in series with a resistance heating arrangement. The fan motor preferably is wound with a gauge of wire to appropriate for the relatively high current provided to the fan motor. This arrangement is ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6559426 | Electric heating device for a vehicle A device and method is shown for electrically heating a vehicle. The heating device has positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heating thermistors connected in groups, and a circuit for selectively turning on one or more groups. At least two of the groups... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6518551 | Apparatus and a method for heating a protective member for an optical fiber fusion splicing part A heating apparatus includes a heater 6 which includes a first heating conductor pattern 1, a second heating conductor patterns 2 and an elongated plate-shaped member 3 made of heat-resistive and insulated material. The first heating conductor pattern 1 i... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6463999 | Multiloop temperature control system A multiloop temperature-control system has a hydraulic bus connected to a plurality of loops for the temperature-control medium and respective hydraulic modules connected to the hydraulic bus, and through the hydraulic bus, to these loops. Plug connectors... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6452135 | Heating unit with selectively energized heating modules A heating unit is provided with heating modules in a housing. Each module has a heating element. An electrical connection is attached to each heating module such that each heating module can be selectively energized to heat its heating element to a high t... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6437299 | Heating apparatus for splice protector with separate heating conductor patterns A heating apparatus includes a heater 6 which includes a first heating conductor pattern 1, a second heating conductor patterns 2 and an elongated plate-shaped member 3 made of heat-resistive and insulated material. The first heating conductor pattern 1 i... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6408131 | Portable dryer with different circuit designs A portable dryer includes a housing, a motor installed with a fan inside the housing, an electric heating device electrically connected to the motor for generating heat, a switch electrically connected to the motor, and a battery for supplying electric po... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6397003 | Hot air-blower off-state residual heat preventive control circuit A hot air-blower off-state residual heat preventive control circuit comprises a power voltage stabilizer circuit, a power frequency detection circuit, a microprocessor, a switching control circuit, a LED display circuit, an amplifier circuit, and a rectif... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6330849 | Stand for an electric pot A stand for an electric pot has a support extending out from a peripheral edge of a base of the stand and a plate integrally formed with the support and being adapted to receive and support cups on the plate. When the water within the electric pot is boil... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6327428 | Portable dryer with different circuit designs A portable dryer includes a housing, a motor installed with a fan inside the housing, an electric heating device electrically connected to the motor for generating heat, a switch electrically connected to the motor, and a battery for supplying electric po... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323467 | Method and apparatus for selectively applying heat to an object using an addressable array A heating apparatus having a heating grid array wherein individual elements of the heating grid array may by selected, thereby producing a heating/browning effect from the selected elements. Groups of the individual elements may be selected such that a de... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6172343 | Heater and heater control with selective power rating A heater having selective power rating includes a source of electric current, at least one heating unit and at least one electric conductor having an input and an output. Each conductor is permanently fixed at its input and its output so that the conducto... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6157008 | Power distribution system for an appliance An appliance includes a plurality of electric power consuming devices having associated activated power consumption levels which collectively can exceed an available power supply limit to the appliance. The appliance includes a control system for power di... | 12/05/2000 |
| 5951893 | Integrated circuit pad structure with high temperature heating element and method therefor Heater circuits (13) are placed in close proximity or integrated with connection points (12) of an integrated circuit. A connection point is an area where a wire bond or conductive bump is coupled for providing electrical interconnection external to an in... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5928544 | Cooking appliance with movable base unit having two heating elements providing heat from above or below the food to be cooked A cooking appliance having a hob surface is provided with a hob heating element provided in the top surface of a base unit. The base unit is arranged to be capable of being raised above the level of the hob surface in order to expose a further heating ele... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5925273 | Electric multi-stage heater assembly An electric multi-stage heater assembly that provides multi-level heating using a plurality of separately controllable heating elements within a housing that is readily interchangeable with standard single-stage heater housings that can be controlled by c... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5896915 | Rethermalization system A rethermalization system for heating refrigerated food on trays, maintaining the food in a refrigerated condition until heated, and heating some of the food to a desired temperature at a serving time while maintaining the rest of the food in a refrigerat... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5895595 | Apparatus for making beverages The apparatus for making beverages comprises a kettle 15, a stand 10 and separable electrical connector means 16a,b to automatically connect the kettle with an electrical power supply connector in the stand when the kettle is placed on the stand; the stan... | 04/20/1999 |
| 5855163 | Coffee brewer A single unit coffee brewer for simultaneous brewing of two different types of coffee which utilizes carafes that in appearance resemble a single carafe but in actuality are constructed of two separate carafes. Each carafe receives brewed coffee from a se... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5825974 | Electric fan heater with switchable series/parallel heating elements An electrical heating apparatus, for example, a fan heater, comprises at least an electrical heating element (14) and a motor (14) for driving a fan. The apparatus also comprises a switch device arranged to provide the apparatus with two operating modes. ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5797445 | Refrigerated rethermalization cart An integrated refrigeration and rethermalization system for storage of prepared meals in a refrigerated state, rethermalization of the meals in accordance with a rethermalization program, and maintenance of the rethermalized meals at a desired serving tem... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5771959 | Rethermalization system A rethermalization system for heating refrigerated food on trays, maintaining the food in a refrigerated condition until heated, and heating some of the food to a desired temperature at a serving time while maintaining the rest of the food in a refrigerat... | 06/30/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5682809 | Appliance for cooking bagels Bagel cooking apparatus which has a casing and a bagel boiling section provided by a water-containing component removably supported from the casing. An oven section in which boiled bagels are baked is located beneath the bagel boiling section. Independent... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5539856 | Electric coffeemaker with keep warm control responsive to the amount of coffee brewed An electric coffeemaker includes a first electric heater for heating water for brewing the coffee. A carafe is supported on a base portion of the housing of the coffeemaker. A second electric heater is mounted in heat transfer relation with the base porti... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5470367 | Heating apparatus for a glass-sheet bending station The invention relates to a heating apparatus for a glass-sheet bending station. The apparatus includes an array of elongated heating elements, the heating elements being positioned side by side, so as to form a heating element field covering an area of a ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5454427 | Rethermalization system having microcontroller computed start times and microcontrollers controlling heaters A rethermalization system for rethermalizing refrigerated foods in an institutional food service setting is disclosed. A rethermalization cart is provided with a plurality of trays for supporting food items to be served. The trays are supported on heater ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5378225 | Heated back support A heated back support comprising an elongated strap having a securement means at one end and a securable means at the other end, the strap adapted to be worn around a user's body, a plurality of heating elements coupled to the strap such that the elements... | 01/03/1995 |
