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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946220 | Method and steam cooking apparatus for regulating cooking processes in an oven A method for regulating a cooking process of a cooking product in an oven of a steamer, during which the moisture in the oven coming from the cooking product is at least periodically determined over time by a moisture sensor. During a measuring phase there is no int... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7600468 | Relay switch for toaster The present invention discloses a relay switch arrangement for a toaster, the arrangement has an actuating member releasably engaged to the engaging metal positioned above the electromagnet, and shifted between a power-on position and a power-off default position. A... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7472644 | High speed baking in novel toasting apparatus An electric baking oven includes an open mesh vertically oriented baking basket to hold food while the food is baked in air by a programmed combination of radiant and convective and conductive energy transfer. An electrical programming control controls the energy fr... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7467583 | Toaster with mini cooker A compact combined toaster and cooker includes in a single housing a toaster and a cooker that has first and second food-heating locations. The toaster is in most ways conventional, having at least one slot and at least one electrical heating element. The cooker has... | 12/23/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356980 | Automated method for packaging food An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354612 | High speed baking in novel toasting apparatus An electric baking oven includes an open mesh vertically oriented baking basket to hold food while the food is baked in air by a programmed combination of radiant and convective and conductive energy transfer. An electrical programming control controls the energy fr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351939 | Toaster A toaster is provided having a base which may be interchangeable or integral with the toaster unit. The toaster also contains an angled heating chamber having manually moveable heating element assemblies, a centering carriage, and a toast lift that optimize the dist... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337706 | Full automatic rice cooking apparatus The present invention is made for the purpose of providing a full automatic rice cooking apparatus that can automatically carry out all of the steps from rice measuring to rice boiling and further washing of a rice kettle after use. This purpose is achieved by an au... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337594 | Food dispensing device and method An automated food processing system and method is provided that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, which may be an individual portion-sized container. In one embodiment, the system includes separate automated modules for dispens... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7317173 | Oven including smoking assembly in combination with one or more additional food preparation assemblies An oven is disclosed having a first food preparation apparatus in the form of a convection heat source and/or a steam production assembly and/or a radiating heat source, and a second food preparation apparatus in the form of a smoking assembly. The oven can operate ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314000 | Toaster with removable base A toaster composed of a case having lateral walls that constitute the outer cover of the toaster, the case containing a frame forming a toasting chamber having an opening at an upper part of the case and an opening at a lower part of the case, a base removably conne... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7303776 | Automated food processing system and method An automated food processing system and method that allows food to be dispensed, fried and packaged in a suitable container, such as an individual portion-sized container. The system includes separate automated modules for dispensing, frying and packaging the food. ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7296236 | Appliance control identification system employing user interface scan matrix A universal controller is employed in a domestic appliance including a user interface. In order to determine the particular user interface utilized and, correspondingly, the available cycles, features and options of the appliance, a scan of a keypad matrix associate... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7250587 | Method for simultaneously toasting bread and steaming A method for toasting bread and simultaneously cooking or warming another food with a single device, comprising the steps of: inserting at least one piece of bread into a vertically oriented bread slot of a combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing water... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7250588 | Combination bread toaster and steamer device A combination bread toaster and steamer device includes a pair of vertically oriented bread slots extending into a housing from a top of the housing; means for elevating and lowering bread in the bread slots; a steamer compartment, disposed on the housing, including... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238921 | Combination bread toaster and steamer device with shared wattage and method A combination bread toaster and steamer device and method includes inserting at least one piece of bread into a bread slot of a combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing water into a heater pan of a steamer compartment on the combination bread toaster an... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227102 | Food warming apparatus and method An oven for transferring heat to food in trays and a method for using the oven. The oven includes a cabinet with partitions dividing the interior into a plurality of separate, thermally isolated holding compartments each adapted for removably receiving a tray of foo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225729 | Countertop rotisserie oven with warming unit Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The gear driven spit assembly may be easily inserted and removed straight into and... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225730 | Spit assembly support base A support base for supporting the spit assembly of a rotisserie oven. The support base includes a substantially circular-shaped member having a periphery and an indented portion defined therein. The indented portion has a frustum-conical shape and extends downwardly... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222564 | Apparatus for cooking food on skewers A roasting apparatus for cooking skewered food constituted by food and a skewer skewering the food includes a main apparatus body having a wall member forming a cooking space maintained within the food during cooking, a heater provided in such a manner that a heat-e... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217906 | Apparatus and method of toasting bread-type food products A dual function heating and toasting apparatus is provided for radiantly heating or surface toasting bread-type food products. The apparatus includes a housing defining a heating/toasting chamber. A generally vertically oriented, center fixed heating platen is dispo... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211774 | Induction heating system The invention is an induction heating system comprising a first article having a metallic mesh lining; and a second article having a coil for receiving an alternating electrical current; wherein the coil induces a current in the metallic mesh lining when the second ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197367 | Household appliance comprising a control element and a display element The present invention relates to a household appliance including at least one control element and at least one display element, the control element(s) being able to be used to select programs of which, in each case, at least one program parameter is settable via the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7182683 | Casingless food production methods, systems, and associated traveling matable mold shells Systems, methods, and associated devices for casingless production of food products include: (a) providing a series of shells, the shells having sufficient structural rigidity to define an enclosed cavity space of predetermined substantially constant size and shape;... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7174830 | Robotic cooking system An automated system of preparing food designed with the preparation of Chinese food in mind, the system can be adapted to whatever type of food is desired by the user. The system uses one or more robots as the “chefs”. A heating element heats a cooking pan to a ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7172335 | Automatic mashed potato system An automatic mashed potato system for efficiently and automatically creating seasoned mashed potatoes. The automatic mashed potato system includes a housing unit having an upper cavity with a closure, a seasoning unit within the closure, a fluid collection tray remo... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168362 | Bread maker and control method thereof A bread maker including a main body forming an oven compartment; a pair of kneading drums inside the oven compartment, each kneading drum having a holding part holding opposite ends of a mixing bag filled with bread ingredients; a drum driving part rotating the knea... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154069 | Cooking apparatus and methods of employing such apparatus A cooking apparatus includes a cooking vessel and a lid for covering the cooking vessel. The cooking apparatus also may include an exhaust tube for bleeding off pressure within the cooking vessel, in which a portion of the exhaust tube is positioned above the lid wh... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7133739 | Intelligent microwave oven The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a microwave oven receives a plurality of program recipes from a network that are executed by scanning with a scanner a symbol and associating the scanned symbol with one of the plurality of program ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7126088 | Cooking appliance control system A control system for a cooking appliance enables a consumer to selectively program a cooking appliance through a control panel in a conventional mode based on established cooking times and temperatures, as well as in a simplified mode incorporating a minimal number ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117937 | Combined refrigerator-oven apparatus A combined refrigerator-oven (20) includes an enclosed chamber (28) having a top wall (22), a bottom wall (24), and vertical side walls (26). The refrigerator-oven (20) further includes a heating unit (50) and a refri... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7109445 | Cooking apparatus with electronic recipe display A cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber and user interface, which includes a controller, display, and memory for storing recipes. The display is coupled to the controller and displays recipes. A method includes selectively displaying recipes and selecting a m... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7109448 | Control system for cooking appliance employing radiant cooking A cooking appliance includes a heating system which is preferably capable of combining radiant, convection, microwave and conduction heating techniques to perform a cooking operation. The cooking appliance includes a convection fan and at least one heating element. ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7069845 | Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of articles, in particular sausages or other alimentary products Equipment for the automatic tray positioning of single cylindrical or spherical pieces. The equipment includes a first conveyor for the feeding of a sequence of single pieces along a first direction and a second intermittent advancement conveyor for the feeding of s... | 07/04/2006 |
