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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4486648 | Energy regulator for a household heating appliance for producing variable speed initial heating An energy regulator for a household heating appliance such as an electric cooker comprises an electronic controller for the cyclical control of the supply of electrical energy to a heating element and a switch for increasing the electrical energy supplied... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4309584 | Matrix keyboard for selection of foodstuff and its associated cooking program A cooking utensil comprises a matrix type keyboard operable for generating cooking program sequences for controlling energization of a heat source. A plurality of key switches are disposed within the matrix keyboard in which an abscissa represents tempera... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4287583 | Control panel unit and timer unit and method therefor A control panel unit for a cooking apparatus having a clock construction for indicating the time of day and a timer control unit for selecting a delayed time period and a cooking time period for causing the apparatus to provide a cooking operation for the... | 09/01/1981 |
| 4197581 | Control system for and method of controlling a cooking appliance A cooking appliance, such as a deep fat fryer, includes programmable control system which monitors the operation of the cooking appliance and enables appropriate actions at proper times. The system includes a microcomputer which implements various timing ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4182112 | Control panel unit and timer unit and method therefor A control panel unit for a cooking apparatus having a clock construction for indicating the time of day and a timer control unit for selecting a delayed time period and a cooking time period for causing the apparatus to provide a cooking operation for the... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4115677 | Induction heating apparatus An induction heating apparatus includes an inverter circuit, a plurality of output coils for induction heating, a coil selection circuit for selectively connecting the output coils to the output terminal of the inverter circuit, and a control circuit for ... | 09/19/1978 |
| 4060192 | Fuel control system and method of operating the same and diverter valve therefor A fuel control system for a main burner having a dual rate pilot burner and a control device for providing a standby flame flow of fuel to the pilot burner when the output temperature effect of the main burner is above the temperature setting of the contr... | 11/29/1977 |
| 3989188 | Fuel control system and method of operating the same and diverter valve therefor A fuel control system for a main burner having a dual rate pilot burner and a control device for providing a standby flame flow of fuel to the pilot burner when the output temperature effect of the main burner is above the temperature setting of the contr... | 11/02/1976 |
