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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7339138 | Foldable oven rack A supporting rack includes arranged rods arranged to form a planar grid pattern and connection device to allow for modification in the overall space occupied by the rack. In a preferred embodiment, a rack for use in a conventional domestic cooking oven is formed of ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7253382 | Container for preparing a comestible article in microwave oven, and a self-contained comestible article utilizing the same A container (10) for preparing a comestible article in a microwave oven includes a storage chamber (18) into which a comestible article (c) cooked by exposure to microwave energy is displaced, the storage chamber (18) being characterized by the ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244916 | Microwave heating and cooking apparatus including drawer body A heating and cooking apparatus includes a cooking apparatus main body having a heating chamber, a drawer body including a base for carrying a heated target and formed such that the base moves from inside of the heating chamber to outside, a door drive motor moving ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7199340 | High frequency heating apparatus with steam generator A high frequency heating apparatus 100 having a high frequency generating portion 13 and a steam generating portion 15 for generating steam into a heating chamber 11 for accommodating a thing to be heated and serving to supply at least on... | 04/03/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7078662 | Drawer-type microwave heating cooker A drawer-type heat cooker is provided in which a sliding mechanism for drawing out and pushing in a drawer body in a cooker body and a drive mechanism for driving the sliding mechanism are arranged separately from the heat chamber. As a result, these mechanisms can ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7022956 | Microwave oven food-stirrer A retrospectively-fitted multi-configurable microwave oven accessory the purpose of which is to provide an automated stirring capability of foodstuffs by use of the internal rotary plate of a microwave oven to provide a relative motion of the foodstuff and which is ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009160 | Rack for microwave ovens, and microwave oven set equipped with the same A rack for a microwave oven capable of appropriately cooking food without burning the food, and a microwave oven set equipped with the rack includes a rack section to support the food thereon, and support sections to support the rack section. The rack section includ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6768088 | Cooking shelf for microwave oven and microwave oven having the same A cooking shelf for a microwave oven allows food placed thereon to be equally close to its upper and lower heaters to evenly cook the food. The cooking shelf includes an upper shelf part having a certain area on which food is placed, a column part, which is downward... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6713740 | Microwave oven having heaters for cooking food A microwave oven includes a cooking cavity defined by a rear wall, sidewalls, an upper wall and a bottom wall, and a cooking tray installed on the bottom wall of the cooking cavity. An upper heater is installed at a position adjacent to the upper wall of the cooking... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6403937 | Combination convection/microwave oven controller A combination convection/microwave oven in which a food product is cooked by microwave energy from a source thereof and by a heated airflow provided by a thermal energy source and a blower. The food product is located in the near field of the microwave en... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6323471 | Microwave and far infrared heating under reduced pressure Microwave and far infrared heating under reduced pressure is carried out on objects to be dried, concentrated, defrosted, roasted or sterilized by placing the objects in plate-shaped or tray-shaped object-holding jigs arranged on a shelf-type jig which is... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6255637 | Microwave heating rings and lids with water reservoir, cup holders and snaps A stacking arrangement for simultaneously stacking plural food filled plates and beverage containers together for use in microwaves and refrigerators. Hollow rings with outwardly sloping sides each having side oval through-holes and upper edge grooves are... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6242724 | Microwave oven A microwave oven capable of selectively adjusting capacity of a cooking chamber of a microwave oven, including a case; a body formed by front and rear panels which are arranged in front/back of the case, the body having a cooking chamber having a first ca... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6060700 | Microwave oven with removable storage cassette in dashboard of motor vehicle A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods. A motor vehicle featuring a microwave oven in w... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6002120 | Electric microwave oven with improved energy distribution An electric oven includes a microwave energy source (2), a waveguide (3) with an output section that terminates in a cooking enclosure defined by a base wall (4), a top wall (5), a sole wall (6) and two side walls (7, 8), and a rotary device (R) inside th... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5938968 | Retractable shelf assembly for a microwave oven The present invention relates to a retractable shelf assembly which may be easily mounted within a microwave oven cooking chamber. A pair of elongated substantially rectangular outer track members having an open end are mounted to the bottom of the microw... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5866885 | Microwave heating and cooking rings and lids A stacking arrangement for simultaneously microwaving plural food filled plates together. Hollow rings with outwardly sloping sides each having side oval through-holes and upper edge grooves are placed on food filled plates so that the plates can be stack... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5796082 | Microwave oven having partitions in cooking chamber for carrying rotary trays A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber in which a plurality of removable horizontal partition plates are mounted to divide the cooking chamber into vertically adjacent compartments. A tray is rotatably mounted on each partition plate. A drive shaft c... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5726428 | Microwave oven shelf having multiple food supporting surface A freestanding shelving unit for supporting a first and second foodstuff within a microwave oven having an internal oven compartment with a support surface. The unit includes a generally planar, lower base member and a generally planar, upper platform mem... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5695672 | Microwave oven having vertically adjustable turntable A microwave oven has a cooking chamber in which a vertically movable turntable is disposed. During the onset of a cooking operation, a control mechanism automatically raises the turntable in step-by-step fashion, and the amount of high frequency waves ref... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5672292 | Support for additional dish in a microwave oven The microwave oven has a support located above the rotating circular plate. One food product may be placed on the support and another on the circular rotating plate. The two food products may be heated for different periods of time. A space is provided wh... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5630960 | Microwave cooking apparatus with air circulation means An apparatus for allowing air to circulate around food being heated in a microwave oven serves to expose a substantial surface area of the bottom of the food to the air circulating in the microwave oven under the control of the microwave oven fan. The app... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5504311 | Microwave oven with optical detector Control device for controlling a heating apparatus, such as a microwave oven. The microwave oven has a housing 12, an enclosure 16 in which a drawer 14 that receives a product to be heated slides, the microwave oven being actuated by a handle 15 and has o... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5468940 | Microwave oven for simultaneously cooking two dishes of food A microwave oven is provided with a removable shelf for dividing a cavity into upper and lower heating zones. Microwave energy from a magnetron is selectively introduced into the upper and lower heating zones to controllably cook separate food items place... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5436434 | Splatter guard device for microwave ovens A splatter guard device is adapted for use inside a cooking chamber of a conventional microwave oven to inhibit splattering of cooking foodstuffs about the cooking chamber. The splatter guard device comprises a cover and a support structure. The cover is ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5411712 | Batch system for microwave desorption of adsorbents Microwave heating is used to desorb successive batches of contaminated adsorbent. The apparatus includes first and second stations and an adsorbent carrier tray displaceable between the two stations. Adsorbent is loaded and unloaded from the tray in the f... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5369252 | Cooking appliance and method with a light sensor A microwave oven has a photosensor to detect an objected in a cooking compartment. The photosensor, including a light emitter and a light receiver, detects whether a turntable is absent or present in the cooking compartment. The light emitter projects a p... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5345068 | Cooking oven with rotatable and horizontally movable turntable A cooking oven is provided with a weight detection unit for detecting the weight of a cooking object placed on a turntable. The turntable is movable into and out of a heating chamber associated with the cooking oven by means of a moving unit drivingly con... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5338922 | Tray extending apparatuses for an oven A microwave oven includes a cooking chamber having a door. A tray is mounted in the chamber by a roller/guide track arrangement such that gravitational force acting on the tray is converted into a force which slides the tray forwardly when the door is ope... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5166485 | Frypan for both microwave and flame cooking A microwave cooking apparatus having a frypan which may be used both for microwave cooking and cooking with fire so that a burned portion may be quickly obtained on the food while the inside of the food is also sufficiently heated. The frypan has a handle... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5097106 | Frypan for both microwave and flame cooking A microwave cooking apparatus having a frypan which may be used both for microwave cooking and cooking with fire so that a burned portion may be quickly obtained on the food while the inside of the food is also sufficiently heated. The frypan has a handle... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5011042 | Vending systems for hot foods A vending system for hot food comprises stacks of food-containing trays of a standard size, a microwave oven whose horizontal dimensions are similar to those of the trays and whose vertical dimension is preferably such as to produce a resonant cavity for ... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4954680 | High frequency heating apparatus having sealable and detachable mounting rock A housing includes a heating chamber having an opening at one end, a door for exposing/closing the opening of the heating chamber, and a portion for supplying a heating high frequency output from a bottom portion of the heating chamber to the inside there... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4870237 | Microwave oven with a rack and a turntable A microwave oven of a type equipped with a turntable inside its heating chamber has indented parts formed on the walls of the heating chamber. A rack is supported over the turntable by supporting members which are attached to these indented parts. Each su... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4847461 | Stackable plate arrangement for microwave dishes A stackable plate arrangement (10) for microwave ovens (100) wherein the arrangement (10) comprises a plurality of apertured plate units (11) that are adapted to be operatively connected together at different heights by a plurality of support units (12) s... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4818832 | Microwave oven with a rack and a turntable A microwave oven of a type equipped with a turntable inside its heating chamber has a set of multi-level supporting pieces attached to the corners of the heating chamber where space is usually wasted or alternatively on the walls of the heating chamber. T... | 04/04/1989 |
