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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129664 | Induction heater An induction heater which has an electrical conductor between a heating coil and a top plate. The electrical conductor has an extended portion formed downward from its outer periphery. The extended portion has a connector at its tip for coupling to a low-potential p... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7906748 | Induction heatable cookware and serving ware, method of making induction heatable items, and coating for making induction heatable items Induction heatable cookware and servingware items, and methods and coatings for making induction heatable items are provided. The items of the instant invention are made by applying a ferromagnetic coating to a nonmagnetic item. The ferromagnetic coating is made by ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7829827 | Radio frequency (RF) induction cooking food heater In one aspect, the present invention provides a consumer appliance that uses RF energy to heat foods stored in a container that is suitable for RF heating. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7750273 | Induction cooking mat for maintaining temperature in food and drink A device for maintaining temperature in food and drink by means of the induction principle. The device comprises a heating mat (10), on which induction containers and other types of containers for food and drink can be placed, and an energy converter (11 | 07/06/2010 |
| 7718934 | Induction oven excitation arrangement for aircraft An aircraft induction oven excitation arrangement includes at least one connection for an on-board power supply system, at least one power supply rectifier that can be connected to a phase of the power supply system, a converter that is arranged downstream of the at... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7615727 | Appliance for heating meals The invention relates to a device for heating up meals. It comprises a housing which can be closed by means of a door and shields the surroundings from electromagnetic waves. One or more functional trays which contain one or more induction coils are held within the ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7514656 | Method for the construction of an induction hob, as well as an induction hob An induction hob comprises an inductor support plate with an opening therein. The position and size of the opening are defined in such a way that the opening is equally spaced at its edges relative to at least three inductors to be fitted to the inductor support pla... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7402781 | Induction heating cooler An induction heating cooker includes an induction heating unit having an induction heating coil, a top plate made of a glass and mounted over the induction heating unit so that an object to be heated is placed on the top plate, and a light-emitting display section f... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399949 | Method and apparatus for attaching a membrane roof using induction heating of a susceptor An improved induction heating apparatus is provided for attaching membrane roofs. A top membrane layer is attached to attachment disks that hold sheets of thermal insulation to the top of roof substrates. The heating apparatus emits a magnetic field that raises the ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7385162 | Heater unit and electric cooker equipped therewith A heater unit comprises: a hot wire heating unit; an induction heating unit provided adjacent to the hot wire heating unit and operated by induction heating; and connectors each for connecting the hot wire heating unit to the induction heating unit. A cooker compris... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7361405 | Transparent colorless glass or glass-ceramic panel having an optically dense colored coating and method of making same A transparent, colorless glass or glass-ceramic panel has a visually dense, high-temperature-stable coating having an organic/inorganic network structure containing filling material particles and a color-imparting pigment. The mechanically stable, visually dense coa... | 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 |
| 7342329 | Power supply for electrical domestic appliances and domestic appliances for co-action with such a power supply The invention relates to a power supply for electrical domestic appliances, comprising: at least one connection to the mains electricity supply, and at least one connector for releasable electrical coupling of the power supply to a domestic appliance, wherein the po... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329846 | Electric range An electric range includes a circuit board provided with at least one semiconductor chip and adapted to control an electric current to be applied to an induction heating device, a heat sink to absorb heat of the semiconductor chip to discharge the heat to the outsid... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323667 | Curie temperature thermostat for a eddy current heating device and method The device and method are used for controlling eddy currents generated by an electro-magnetic heater having at least one magnetic field producing element. To control the heater, a source of heat is used to heat a Curie temperature material, located adjacent to the m... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323668 | Workpiece carrier for the inductive heating of workpieces, process for producing a ceramic material for the workpiece carrier and process for the inductive heating or hardening of workpieces A workpiece carrier for the inductive heating of workpieces contains ceramic materials at least at bearing surfaces which come into contact with the workpieces. The ceramic materials are distinguished by a high dimensional stability, low thermal and electrical condu... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315011 | Magnetic heating device Magnetic heating device includes energy feeding elements, control unit and at least two magnetic field generators, where each magnetic field generator has two free ends. All free ends of the magnetic field generators define a plane and the control unit is adapted to... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7274008 | Induction hob with monobloc housing components An induction hob comprising a hotplate, beneath which at least one induction mechanism is situated in a housing. The housing comprises a base and lateral walls that project vertically and are connected to the hotplate. The walls delimit an inner chamber of their cor... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265325 | Cap sealer with a graduated power display An induction foil cap sealer which includes a visual display device that shows power consumption in a bar graph format. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7230213 | Modular heated cover The modular heated cover is disclosed with a first pliable outer layer and a second pliable outer layer, wherein the outer layers provide durable protection in an outdoor environment, an electrical heating element between the first and the second outer layers, the e... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227108 | Dispenser assemblies and systems including a heat storage unit A heat storage unit (2) includes a body having a passage (12) formed therein through which a flowable product passes. A heatable element (10) is incorporated within the body of the heat storage unit (2) in thermal communication with the p... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7205512 | Fixing device using induction heating An electrophotography fixing device has a heating roller and an induction heating device. In order to improve heat resistance, heat radiating performance and insulation performance and in order to appropriately uniformly heat the heating roller, in the induction hea... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197377 | Method of limiting brewer operation to authorized substances A method, apparatus and system for preventing unauthorized equipment usage that involves providing equipment, such as beverage making equipment, to a customer. Authorized product is provided to the customer in packaging that has a technological measure attached. The... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7183525 | Roasting device The invention relates to a roasting/grilling device with a roasting/grilling plate (7) and with a thermostatic regulation of the roasting/grilling power. For this the temperature of the roasting/grilling plate (7) is monitored in a contactless manner b... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7176423 | Induction heating apparatus An induction heating apparatus wherein an electrostatic shield and the low-potential portion of an inverter circuit are electrically connected securely is provided. The induction heating apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises a top plate 11 | 02/13/2007 |
| 7173224 | Induction heating apparatus having electrostatic shielding member An induction heating apparatus with high safety is provided in which leakage current is prevented from flowing to the human body and there is no possibility of an electric shock even when an electrostatic shielding member does not sufficiently perform its function. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7170037 | Indentification system for insert elements for tempering foods accommodated in containers The invention relates to an identification system for insert elements for tempering food accommodated in containers. Advantageously, the invention can be used in particular for short-term, economic and high-quality heating of prefabricated food wherein heating can b... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163011 | Outdoor gas grill with auxiliary burner unit, and method of using same A gas grilling apparatus includes a cart, a grill housing attached to the cart, and a grill and a main grill burner contained in the grill housing. An auxiliary burner unit is also attached to the cart, and the auxiliary burner unit is located, or is placeable at a ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7157675 | Radio frequency identification controlled heatable objects A temperature controlled heatable object is provided in which a temperature sensor is connected to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag is located within the handle of the object, and the temperature sensor is placed in contact with the object. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151242 | Induction heating system and method An excitation system for heating food, water, or both in airplanes uses induction heating. The system includes at least one load circuit including an inductor that is excited with a load circuit AC voltage, a load circuit alternating current, or both the load circui... | 12/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7129449 | Induction heating cooker An induction heating cooker includes an infrared sensor for sensing an infrared intensity from a load pot, a waveguide for guiding infrared radiation from the load pot to the infrared sensor, a first magnetism-proofing unit and a second magnetism-proofing unit for r... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7126095 | Frying hob arrangement with induction heating A frying arrangement includes a planar heating element (5) including a ferromagnetic material and constituting a frying surface. The arrangement includes at least two magnetic field generators (1, 2) each having two free ends, wherein the heating eleme... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7109450 | Line type luminous device and induction heating cooker employing same A luminous device includes one or more line-shaped luminous units each including an elongated light guide, one or more light sources, and a reflective layer. The light guide has a generally flat luminous surface for emitting light and another surface disposed away f... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7102109 | Induction cooking heater An induction heating cooker includes a surface, a heating coil for inductionally-heating a load pan, an inverter for supplying a high-frequency current to the heating coil, an infrared detector which detects infrared radiation emitted from the load pan and is locate... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7081603 | Composite cooking apparatus A composite cooking apparatus having a body, a heating unit, an induction heating unit, and an insulating plate. The heating unit is positioned in the body to generate heat used to heat food. The induction heating unit is positioned adjacent to the heating unit to g... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7041945 | Induction heater for cooking An induction-heating cooking device includes a light-transmissive cooking board on which a cooking container to be heated is to be placed; a heating coil for heating the cooking container; light emission means for emitting a light beam; and light-transmissive light ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7038179 | Electric oven and method of controlling the same An electrical oven and method of controlling the same includes a heater heating unit to heat food using an electric heater; an induction heating unit to heat the food using a high-frequency current, and a control unit to drive the heater heating unit and the inducti... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7032818 | Method and system of setting and/or controlling of a food product dispensing machine using a tag-type communication device A method of and system for providing machine-readable tags, preferably programmable RFID tags are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, a receptacle having at least one wall member that defines an enclosure and a tag associated with the receptacle, w... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7026587 | Composite cooking apparatus A composite cooking apparatus having a body, a heating unit, and an induction heating unit. The heating unit is positioned in the body to generate heat used to heat food. The induction heating unit is positioned adjacent to the heating unit to generate a magnetic fi... | 04/11/2006 |
