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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173942 | Self-cleaning over the range oven An over the range oven includes a main body defining a cooking cavity therein, wherein the cooking cavity includes a front edge surrounding an opening. An RF generation module is coupled to the cooking cavity and is configured to deliver microwave energy into the co... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7360480 | Bread maker A bread maker comprising: a main body; an oven having a surface coated with a ceramic material, and being accommodated in the main body; a door provided in a front of the main body to open and close the oven; and upper heaters and lower heaters respectively disposed... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357858 | Filter apparatus A filter apparatus is provided for the filtering of substances from a fluid having a filter housing (2) which bounds a filter space (6) and which has an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) for the fluid to be filtered and having a filter element ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348521 | Electric oven Provided is an electric oven. The electric oven includes a cavity having an electric component room, a light wave generating unit mounted on a top surface of the cavity, the light wave generating unit including a halogen heater emitting heat and light and a connecto... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335858 | Toaster using infrared heating for reduced toasting time A toaster uses radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform toasting of a food product. The infrared wavelengths of the radiated heat are selected for optimum speed and quality (browning and moisture content) of the food product. Th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332057 | Method of vaporizing liquids by microwave heating This invention is directed to a method for vaporizing a liquid by slowly evaporating the liquid from a liquid phase to a vapor phase below the boiling point of the liquid; and applying an effective amount of microwave power to maintain the slow evaporation of the li... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323663 | Multi-purpose oven using infrared heating for reduced cooking time An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and re-heats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319214 | Door structure of microwave oven usable as pizza oven A door structure of a microwave oven usable as a pizza oven, wherein a pan is coupled to an inner surface of the door such that the pan is integral with the door, and a handle is mounted to an outer surface of the door. The handle has various structures so that the ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317178 | Door structure of microwave oven usable as pizza oven A door structure of a pizza oven incorporated in a microwave oven. The door structure has a seal locking means mounted thereon to bring the door into close contact with an inlet of the oven chamber. The seal locking means includes a handle mounted to an outer surfac... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312423 | Cooking device A heating cooker (100) for heating to process an object placed on a mounting base of a heating chamber (51) including at least a single piece of a rod-like heater arranged along a face member forming the heating chamber (51) and a heat shielding... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7304279 | High-frequency heating apparatus with browning function of food The present invention provides a high-frequency heating apparatus which can heat the inside of the subject to be heated by high-frequency heating, and can apply scorch onto the surface of the subject to be heated. The high-frequency heating apparatus comprises a hea... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282683 | High frequency heating apparatus The present invention provides a high frequency heating apparatus having a structure, which can be mounted/dismounted an air-exhausting grille without any tools. In this apparatus, an air-exhausting grille is arranged by that a fixing claw portion having a bent Z-sh... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276679 | Microwave oven A microwave oven including: a main casing forming a component compartment and a cooking compartment and formed with a component compartment through portion communicating with the component compartment; a fan assembly coupled to the main casing, and including an exha... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267450 | Lamp assembly and cooking apparatus having the same A cooking apparatus having a lamp assembly. The lamp assembly includes a lamp casing having elastic tongues at both sides thereof and mounted with a lamp therein, and a transparent cover having locking depressions at both sides thereof and inserted into the lamp cas... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7268328 | Toaster with microwave oven and method for operating the same Toaster cum microwave oven having a heater for toasting bread, including a memory for storing a voltage level to a heater according to the function of the toaster the user selects, a temperature sensor for sensing an inside temperature of the toaster, and a microcom... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7265326 | Oven enclosure for a broiling oven with microwave capability Oven enclosure with microwave functionality, in which, at a short distance from an enclosure bottom panel, support elements are provided for accommodating a microwave-permeable base plate serving as a food holder. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256377 | Coupled-waveguide microwave applicator for uniform processing An apparatus providing uniform microwave processing of products especially those that are likely to absorb microwave energy such as meat and the like. The apparatus uses at least a pair of complimentary processing waveguides. The waveguides are offset along at least... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253383 | Transformer assembly for microwave oven, method for manufacturing the same, and microwave oven having the same A transformer assembly for a microwave oven having a magnetron, including a transformer to apply voltage to the magnetron of the microwave oven; a container receiving the transformer therein and having a base plate coupled to the microwave oven and a cover body coup... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7241978 | Cooking heater The present invention provides a cooking heater which continues cooking without apparently stopping the operation of the cooking heater when a door switch is momentarily turned OFF due to a shock during operation of the cooking heater though the door is not actually... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7235763 | Cooking appliance including combination heating system A cooking appliance includes a heating system capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking appliance includes a cooking chamber and a bifurcated air plenum having an angled divider ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7220622 | Method for attaching a semiconductor die to a substrate and heat spreader Disclosed are embodiments of a method of attaching a die to a substrate and a heat spreader to the die in a single heating operation. A number of conductive bumps extending from the die may also be reflowed during this heating operation. Other embodiments are descri... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217909 | Microwave baking furnace A microwave baking furnace is provided including a metallic cavity irradiated with microwaves; a baking chamber provided in the cavity and surrounded by a heat insulating member having a low microwave absorption characteristic and a high heat insulating property, wh... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7202455 | Microwave oven Microwave oven including a case with a door, a cooking chamber in the case openable/closable with the door, and having a microwave applicable thereto, a first tray mounted in the cooking chamber to reciprocate therein, a second tray rotatably mounted on the first tr... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7196297 | Process and system for thermally uniform materials processing The present invention provides a system and method for binder removal and sintering of materials such as ceramic materials and products, LTCC intervals, solid oxide fuel cells and powder metals. A combination of microwave and convection/radiation heating is employed... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7189950 | Electric oven An electric oven capable of cooking food in a cook-top way. The electric oven according to the present invention includes a cabinet which forms an appearance of the electric oven, a cooking cavity defined inside the cabinet and having an opening front part to contai... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7189945 | Enclosed toaster A toaster for heating foodstuffs includes a chassis having a cavity therein and having at least one chassis opening for accessing the cavity. A door is movable with respect to the chassis between a closed position in which the door substantially covers the chassis o... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176425 | Method and device for regulating the temperature of a drive element The invention relates to a device (11) and a method of regulating a temperature of a drive element (2) which can be employed in a deep-freezing application in particular, such as a band, belt or similar, in which at least a part-region of the drive ele... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7170039 | Combined toaster and microwave oven The present invention relates to a combined toaster and microwave oven having a function to cook food by using microwave and a function to bake bread. Accordingly, the present invention provides a combined toaster and microwave oven comprising: a body forming an app... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164106 | Toaster-cum-microwave oven having a humidity measuring device A toaster-cum-microwave oven includes a toasting chamber, a heating device, a humidity measuring device for measuring an inside humidity of the toasting chamber and producing a humidity signal indicating the measured inside humidity, a switching device for selective... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155842 | Microwave mixer/dryer reactor for industrial use The invention relates to a microwave mixer/dryer/reactor for industrial use. The inventive machine has a three-fold purpose, namely to: a) mix solid products with solids, solids with liquids and solids with very viscous fluids; b) dry aforementioned products; and c)... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144739 | Pressure measurement and relief for microwave-assisted chemical reactions A pressure-sealing, pressure-monitoring closure for non-invasively sealing a reaction vessel to a defined release pressure in microwave-assisted chemistry is disclosed. The closure includes a pressure-resistant, microwave-transparent reaction vessel, one portion of ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137334 | Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods or dough-based products Devices, systems and methods for thawing, heating and/or glazing previously frozen baked goods and other dough-based products, wherein the products can be thawed in an environment having a selected temperature and elevated humidity; the conveyor is configured to pre... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132633 | Combination toaster microwave oven and method for operating the same Toaster cum microwave oven having a heater for toasting bread, including a memory for storing a voltage level to a heater according to the function of the toaster the user selects, a temperature sensor for sensing an inside temperature of the toaster, and a microcom... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129451 | Microwave oven The present invention relates to a microwave oven. According to the present invention, a fixed heater 41 is installed on a ceiling of a cavity 31 of a microwave oven, and a pivotable heater 43 is installed to pivot upward and downward on its low... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124983 | Hybrid electrical ice protection system and method including an energy saving mode A hybrid electrical ice protection system implements three ice protection methods in various combinations. The ice protection methods include the fully-evaporative anti-ice protection method, the wet running anti-ice protection method, and the de-ice method. The par... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7094998 | Heating cooker A heating cooker which evenly heats or cooks food, and is easily cleaned, includes a cabinet to define a cooking cavity therein. The cooking cavity is open at a front thereof. A fan chamber is defined by recessing a rear wall of the cooking cavity at a predetermined... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087872 | Multi-shelved convection microwave oven An oven, is provided that includes multiple heat transfer means, including convection and microwave heat transfer means. The oven includes a cooking chamber, a blower and at least a shelf disposed within the cooking chamber. The shelf is designed to act as a food su... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7075045 | Automatic, microwave assisted tissue histoprocessor A system and for automatic histoprocessing of organic tissue specimens using microwaves, two cavities and automatic fluid and specimen transfer between the two cavities. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067777 | Combined toaster and microwave oven and control method thereof The present invention relates to a combined toaster and microwave oven that can obtain uniformly toasted slices of bread even when the slices of the bread are toasted successively several times. The combined toaster and microwave oven includes a key input unit for s... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067778 | Microwaveable cooking container and microwave oven A microwave oven provided with a cooking container arranged in a cooking compartment for both steaming and grilling food. The cooking container includes a main body and a lid heated by high-frequency waves, a supporting member for selectively supporting the lid so a... | 06/27/2006 |
