Bizarre Patents
An enclosure for small animals which is wearable on the front or back of an animate being.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7501608 | Microwave oven and method of operating a microwave oven The present invention provides a microwave oven and a method of operating a microwave oven, which minimises user involvement when heating a food item to a desired target temperature. According to the invention, the initial temperature of the food item is measured pr... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7235762 | Factory preset temperature warming appliance A warming appliance having factory preset temperature modes. The warming appliance comprises an enclosure having a wall. The enclosure defines an interior space having an opening. A drawer is configured to be reciprocally moved within the interior space. The drawer ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7214915 | High frequency heating apparatus A heating apparatus includes an inverter power supply for driving the high frequency generating device, a holding member for holding the inverter power supply and cooling fan for cooling down the inverter power supply. The holding member is provided with a holding p... | 05/08/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7150891 | Method for conducting a cooking process with a cooking process probe A method for managing a cooking process in a cooking chamber according to a cooking program with one cooking process probe inserted at least partially into a product to be cooked in the cooking chamber for the detection of at least two temperature values by at least... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7142126 | Cargo container having an audio system Disclosed is a cargo container having an audio system, which is capable of broadcasting music and safety regulations for workers when they load or unload freight in or from the cargo container. An audio system is fixed to an inner surface of a corrugated wall of the... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7104680 | Thermal analyzer with gas mixing chamber In a thermomechanical measuring device and a thermogravimetry device, partition walls are provided in two sections such that two kinds of atmospheric gasses, which have passed a sample chamber and a detector chamber, respectively, do not flow back, and a thermally i... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7053347 | Microwave oven and control method thereof A microwave oven, having a humidity sensor and a voltage detecting unit for detecting a change in an output voltage of the humidity sensor, includes: a control unit for receiving a compensated voltage according to a change in temperature supplied from the humidity s... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6963058 | Microwave oven systems and methods A simmering method includes energizing a generator of an oven to raise humidity inside a chamber of the oven to a first level, and performing a simmering operation for a first predetermined amount of time after the humidity reaches the first level, the simmering ope... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6953921 | Bolometric humidity sensor and cooker using the same and method for controlling the cooker A bolometric humidity sensor, cooker having the same applied thereto, and method for controlling the cooker are provided. The bolometric humidity sensor has two static bolometric temperature sensors for detecting humidity more accurately. A cooker may have such a bo... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6930294 | Microwave oven and method of controlling the same A microwave oven and a method of controlling the same that is capable of detecting the respective positions of heaters using detectors for which a number thereof is less than a number of cooking modes. Cooking is performed with the heaters in respective horizontal p... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6878913 | Method of controlling microwave oven A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chambe... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6878912 | Method of controlling microwave oven A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chambe... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6875968 | Method of controlling microwave oven A method of controlling a microwave oven, in which the microwave oven includes a cooking chamber for containing food therein, a cooling fan which circulates air, a magnetron which generates microwaves and a humidity sensor which senses humidity of the cooking chambe... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6689996 | Microwave oven and method of controlling thereof A microwave oven having an improved air outlet and humidity sensor mounting structure includes a body partitioned in its interior into a cooking cavity and a machine room, and a cooling fan installed in the machine room which draws atmospheric air into th... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6677562 | High-frequency heating apparatus and cooling system for magnetron-driving power supply utilized in the apparatus This invention provides a high-frequency heating apparatus for heating by using magnetron including an inverter power supply as a magnetron-driving power supply, a cooling fan, and an air guide. The cooling fan is inclined against the vertical direction o... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6642491 | Microwave oven and controlling of the same A process for controlling a cooking operation in a microwave oven as well as a microwave oven therefor. Subsequent to a heating step at full power for bringing cooking liquid to the boil, foodstuff which is to be cooked is added, whereupon continued moist... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6603102 | Pressure monitoring arrangement for heating system of a convection cooking appliance A convection cooking appliance includes an oven cavity surrounded by an air channel assembly. The appliance includes heating units and a microwave generator arranged in the air channel assembly. A blower assembly is provided to generate a recirculating fl... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6501054 | Device and method for controlling cooking areas with glass-ceramic cooking surfaces The device for controlling a cooking area on a glass-ceramic cooking surface includes an inductive cooking utensil detection device for detecting a cooking utensil on the cooking area and a temperature measurement device for measuring a temperature of the... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6472650 | Food amount detector of a microwave oven, a microwave oven employing a food amount detector and a control method thereof A food amount detector for automatically detecting the amount of a food placed in a cooking chamber of a microwave oven, a microwave oven employing the food amount detector, and control method thereof. Output voltage of a microwave generator is detected w... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6441354 | Microwave polymerization system for dentistry A microwave polymerization system for dentistry utilizes specifically controlled microwave energy to cure polymer materials so as to produce dental prosthetics, such as dentures, bridges and crowns, that are made in an extra-oral setting such as a dental ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6320170 | Microwave volatiles analyzer with high efficiency cavity A volatiles analyzer is disclosed that includes a source of microwave radiation that can selectively produce at least one predetermined frequency of microwave radiation. A cavity is in communication with the source. The analyzer includes an analytical pan... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6150645 | Radiation control system A control system for a blind microwave radiation tool a workpiece is described. The controlled system automatically tunes the cavity containing the workpiece. The control system automatically controls the temperature of the workpiece according to a predet... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6078034 | Method for controlling power of an electronic oven and associated device The method is for the control of an electrical oven and includes taking into account the temperature and/or the humidity level of the air measured by sensors in the interior of a cavity of an oven in which food to be heated and/or cooked is placed. The in... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6064049 | Magnetron driving control apparatus of microwave oven and method thereof The magnetron driving control apparatus of a microwave oven and a method thereof by which voltage at output side of a high voltage transformer and voltage of a magnetron are detected by a first and second voltage detecting units and a cooking process stat... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6040565 | Oven operation only upon detecting of an identification mark on a food or beverage container placed in the oven An oven and a vessel having a food-stuff or beverage in it cooperate to provide optimum operation of the oven to cook or heat the food-stuff or beverage. The vessel is dimensioned to fit within the oven and has an information carrier for indicating the te... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6011247 | System for open and closed vessel microwave chemistry A microwave system is provided which is capable of performing both open and closed vessel microwave chemistry in an efficient and productive manner. For open vessel chemistries, such as digestions, the system offers a microwave oven with: liquid cooled re... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5994677 | Vessel for preparation or cooking of e.g. food-stuffs and beverages by heating A method for controlling a heating procedure in an oven by using an optically readable information carrier with or on the heating object. The oven may be provided with an optical reading device for touchless reading of the information carrier before and/o... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5950325 | Method and apparatus for low temperature continuous drying of temperature sensitive materials (granular agricultural pesticides) at atmospheric pressure using radio frequency energy The present invention provides a method and apparatus for agitation-free, low temperature drying of fragile, temperature sensitive, granular materials at atmospheric pressure using Radio Frequency (RF) energy to provide the heat of evaporation. A relative... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5919389 | Cooking apparatus including infrared ray sensor In the operation of a thoroughly heating course of a microwave oven, when an ordinary temperature food having a weight of less than 500 g is heated to a desired finishing temperature of 75° C., heating is performed until the temperature of the food reach... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5889264 | Microwave food boiling controlled with sensors Method and microwave oven for controlled boiling of a foodpiece. The foodpiece is heated rapidly into reliable boiling by a supply of maximum microwave power, thereafter a desirable degree of boiling (Heb) is carried out during a predetermined ... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5837978 | Radiation control system A control system for a blind microwave radiation tool a workpiece is described. The controlled system automatically tunes the cavity containing the workpiece. The control system automatically controls the temperature of the workpiece according to a predet... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5828042 | Uniform heating apparatus for microwave oven and method thereof A uniform heating apparatus for a microwave oven and a method thereof which are capable of more uniformly heating food by generating various resonant modes based on the kind of food. The apparatus includes an oscillator unit having a wave guide tube for g... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5783807 | Cooking device for appropriately processing pre-cooked frozen food After the initial temperature T0 of a heating chamber is sensed (S34), heating by microwaves is conducted until the sensor output of a humidity sensor exhibits a prescribed humidity change amount of 1.0 V (S35-S39). Then, an additional time period is oper... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5744785 | Method for automatically controlling cooking by using a vapor sensor in a microwave oven A method for automatically controlling cooking by using a vapor sensor in a microwave oven is disclosed. The method for automatically controlling cooking air-cools the cavity for a predetermined time by means of the driving of a fan motor during the autom... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5656191 | Method for controlling cooking by using a vapor sensor in a microwave oven A method for controlling cooking by using a vapor sensor in a microwave oven measures and records a magnitude of a detecting signal from the vapor sensor in response to water vapor generated from food subjected to heating. When the temperature of food is ... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5601745 | Microwave oven with temperature and pressure measuring device The present invention concerns a device for measuring the pressure and temperature in at least one pressure-tight analysis vessel, that has been sealed by means of a lid, whereby heat is supplied to the analysis vessel by means of a microwave oven. The de... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5558797 | Automatic food type determining device for a heating apparatus A heating apparatus such as microwave ovens includes a heating chamber having a door, heaters for heating food contained in the heating chamber, a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature in the heating chamber to provide an output in accordance with ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5506390 | Thawing control apparatus and method for a microwave oven A control apparatus and method for a microwave oven capable of fixing an optimum thawing time, coping with unexpected voltage variation of an input AC source. According to the aforesaid apparatus and method, a weight factor corresponding to an input sourc... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5478987 | High-frequency heating apparatus with alcohol sensor A microwave oven includes a control circuit provided for properly heating food on the basis of detection by an alcohol sensor. Upon depression of a beverage key of an operation panel, the control circuit detects change rates of signals generated by the al... | 12/26/1995 |
