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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164030 | Heating cooker with touch panel having user guiding illumination function An appliance including a top plate has its operability improved and prevents an operation error. The appliance includes electrostatic touch keys provided on a lower surface of the top plate, the electrostatic touch keys including electrodes made of conductive films ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7786413 | Heating cooker When a timer period reaches an increase-stopping-time during the long-push state of a timer key, increase of the timer period is stopped once. Accordingly, even though a long-push state is continued due to a fault of the timer key, the indication of the timer period... | 08/31/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7303725 | Automated high volume slide staining system An automated slide processing apparatus includes a plurality of work stations arranged in a stack, and a transport/elevator for transporting slides between the various work stations. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7270785 | Automated molecular pathology apparatus having fixed slide platforms Apparatus and methods for automatically staining or treating multiple tissue samples mounted on slides are provided, in which the slides and reagent bottles are held in fixed position, and the reagent and wash solutions brought to the slides. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7196293 | Timed accessory adapter An electric adapter for providing output power to an accessory includes an adapter housing having a projection configured for insertion into a DC power accessory port, the projection carrying an electrical input conductor, a power outlet cord extending from the hous... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7060943 | Cooking apparatus having heaters A cooking apparatus having heaters and a cooking chamber defined in the cooking apparatus, the heaters are provided in the cooking chamber, and two or more buttons are provided representing different cooking temperatures. A temperature of the cooking chamber is set ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7049554 | Adjustable heater for aquaria An adjustable heater for aquaria, comprising a substantially tubular container (2) within which are housed an electrical heating element (3), a switch (6) comprising s fixed contacts (7, 8) and moving contacts (9, 10) and capable o... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6953915 | Switching system for plural simmer voltages A combination selector switch and infinite switch energy regulator provides a plurality of simmer voltages. An infinite switch energy regulator for adapting input voltage level to an average output voltage level is provided. This energy regulator has a rotatable sha... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6822201 | Laundry dryer A laundry drier has a heater control circuit for controlling the drive of a heater using one of a plurality of high voltages, using a switching circuit realized by a form C contact relay provided between a current-buffered microcomputer output and plurality of heate... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6822199 | Automatic temperature conversion system for convection cooking appliance A cooking appliance employing rapid cook technology includes a controller which automatically converts conventional cooking temperatures input by a user to rapid cooking temperatures. In accordance with the most preferred form of the invention, after a user enters a... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6818869 | Multiple panel oven having individual controls for combined conductive and radiant heating panels A multiple panel cooking oven having individual controls for combined conductive and radiant heating. Each panel comprises an upper heating element for conductive heating and a lower heating element for radiant heating to obtain uniform baking within a zone between ... | 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 |
| 6677558 | Key input apparatus in electronic oven and control method thereof Disclosed are a key input apparatus in an electronic oven and a control method thereof enabling to reduce a size of a circuit as well as provide a simple design of the key input control part. A key input apparatus in an electronic oven includes a signal l... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6590188 | Control system for bathers A control system for bathers includes an electronic controller which controls operation of an electric heater assembly connected in a water flow path for heating water. The heater assembly includes a heater housing and electric heater element. A solid sta... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6380522 | Device for the regulation of a generator of a hot fluid in liquid or gaseous phase The device for regulation of a generator of hot fluid in liquid or gaseous phase comprises a vat provided with at least one heating body, a pump for supplying the vat with cold liquid, and at least one appliance supplied by the hot fluid leaving the vat. ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6326596 | Systems and methods for controlling power applied to a resistor array A system for controlling power applied to a resistor array within a heating pad is provided. The system includes a power supply for connecting the system to a power source, a resistor array positioned within a heating pad for generating heat based on a se... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6153858 | Automatic lighting control system for a cooking cavity A cooking appliance includes an oven cavity having an associated access door provided with a cavity viewing window, a control panel for setting both a desired cooking function and a heat source operating time period, and a light for illuminating the oven ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6150640 | Temperature controller for electric cooking appliances A temperature controller for electric cooking appliances includes a activating button movably provided on an outer surface and a temperature controller fixed inside an electric cooking appliance. The temperature controller has a shaft and a gear fixed on ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5901639 | Temperature sensitive timing assembly for toaster appliance A temperature sensitive timing assembly for a toaster appliance includes a single bimetallic element having a first portion connected to a support bracket, which in turn is mounted on a mounting bracket for pivotal movement relative to the mounting bracke... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5864121 | Heating element A heating element with a radiant heating body for glass ceramic hobs, including four heating conductors which extend substantially concentrically and parallel to each other; and a ten-stage switch for switching said heating conductors through the intermed... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5812411 | Tapped variable potentiometer resistor with current sense and safety circuit An electronic selector knob circuit (10) which uses a tapped potentiometer (POT1) to provide accurate operation without requiring factory calibration. The potentiometer (POT1) is calibrated through on-board circuitry which includes a tap voltage biasing d... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5796346 | Stove having grease fire avoidance circuitry A stove including circuitry to facilitate avoidance of fires such as may be caused by grease or another flammable substance present on the stove burner. The circuitry detects when such burner has been set above a predetermined temperature or power level f... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5724244 | Microwave oven and a cash register system including the same A microwave oven and a cash register system of a store in which an employee of a store, who is requested to operate the microwave oven, can run the store efficiently while reducing the waiting time for shoppers and suppressing losses deriving from incorre... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5664481 | Toaster with bakery product shield A toaster having a movable bakery product shield for enhanced toasting quality. A wide slot cavity to receive bakery goods for toasting is defined on one side thereof by an upstanding, stationary product retainer spaced apart from a heating element and, o... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5644974 | Automatic resetting heat reduction assembly for toaster appliance An electric toaster having an automatic resetting heat reduction assembly. The toaster includes one or more cavities to receive bagels, bread, or other food products, and a plurality of heating elements located within the cavities to toast the food produc... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5385082 | Toaster with safety shut-off A toaster having an automatic shut-off. The toaster includes a cavity to receive bread and which includes a heating element which may be selectively energized by a switch to cause toasting of the bread. The toaster also includes a carriage mechanism to mo... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5265521 | Toast shade selector A toast shade selector includes a rotatable shaft interposed between aligned openings in upstanding plates of a mounting bracket. A cam on the shaft is rotated in the clockwise or counter-clockwise direction to regulate the toasting time intervals. A spri... | 11/30/1993 |
| 4968870 | Hair curling appliance power control circuit A power control circuit for supplying electrical power from a power source to an electrical appliance having a heating element, which circuit comprises an input for connection to a power source, an output for connection to a heating element, and supply el... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4816635 | Microwave oven with remote controller A microwave oven has an oven main body with a built-in heater unit and a remote controller which includes a bar code reader for reading a bar code of mutually related multiple data, memory for storing a plural sets of the multiple data read by the bar cod... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4754112 | Cooking appliance with vapor sensor and compensation for the effect of intermediate food handling on the sensed amount of vapor A cooking appliance has a sensor for detecting vapor generated from heated food and a control circuit which controls heating of the food according to signal outputs from the sensor. The control circuit is operated so as to ignore signal outputs from the s... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4714822 | Cooker with means for automatically controlling the heating of a pan with food material Cooker automatically controlling the heating process when bringing a food material to the boil on an electric hotplate and preventing it from boiling over at the end of the heating process. At the beginning of the heating process the power supplied to an ... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4695708 | Electric cooker In the case of an electric cooker with at least two electric hotplates having several heating resistors and controlled via separate power control devices, one hotplate has a high power additional heating resistor for an initial cooking operation. While in... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4659909 | Kitchen range safety shutoff A smoke detector is mounted externally of but adjacent to an electric kitchen range and supplies an electrical signal when smoke is detected. Such signal actuates a relay to interrupt the supply of power to the range. The relay can be interposed between t... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4581522 | Electrical heating system including a mesh heating element An electrical heating system for use in heating surfaces. A heating element is constructed of mesh screen comprised of small gauge wires which are spaced in a close mesh arrangement such that the total surface area of the wires is substantially equal to o... | 04/08/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4464553 | Induction heating apparatus with an override circuit An induction heating apparatus for cooking includes an induction heating coil which generates a high frequency time-varying magnetic field used to heat a metal object; a high frequency inverting circuit which supplies a high frequency AC signal to the hea... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4461949 | Electric hot water heater energy saver An electric hot water heater energy saver incorporates an electrically operated timer which is provided with contacts preferably by a timer motor. The contacts are operable to open and close an electric circuit, preferably several times during a twenty-fo... | 07/24/1984 |
