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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7377209 | Hot dog cooker Apparatus comprising a hot dog cooker having a rack with flat faced bars configured to move above and along a cooking surface so as to cause hot dogs to rotate along heated ridges of the surface. The ridges mark the hot dogs circumferentially as they are rolled alon... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7364357 | Thermochromic lid for cookware A lid for article of cookware is covered over a considerable portion of its surface with a thermochromic ink or paint to form a first thermochromic indicator. This first thermochromic indicator undergoes a readily visible change in appearance to notify the cook that... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7222563 | Steam generating assembly The steam generating assembly of the present invention subjects a food product, such as a sandwich bun, to a controlled burst of low pressure steam in order to quickly and uniformly raise the temperature of the food product to its desired serving temperature or high... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6976004 | Interactive kitchen control system and method A system and method for controlling preparation of a plurality of food items on a cooking apparatus such as a grill. A food order consisting of the plurality of food items is input to a controller which retrieves cooking times for the items from a database. A primar... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6942383 | Cooking pan The cooking pan in which one side of an outer circumferential face of a main body is combined with a handle through a bolt fastening has such a construction that a temperature display member is equipped with an upper face of a coupling end part combined with a guide... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942384 | Housing for probe used to measure temperature through a container wall In order to decrease thermal interference related to heating or cooling fluid (14) contained in the exterior double envelope of the container, the invention consists of positioning the measurement point away toward the interior of the container by forming a l... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6860192 | Electronic frying pan systems and methods A digital frying pan provides temperature and/or food doneness information associated with food cooked within the pan. A thermal sensor coupled with the pan senses temperature and generates corresponding signals, and processing electronics coupled with the sensor co... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6813994 | Multi-compartmented griddle iron A compartmented cooking device for simultaneously cooking a plurality of articles on a flat heated surface has an outer wall around the perimeter of an area and at least one internal wall within the area for defining a plurality of compartments for receiving a mater... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6789463 | Methods and systems for alerting a user to clean appliance The present invention relates to an indicator on a household appliance to alert a user to clean the appliance. For example, the indicator alerts the user when to clean a crumb tray in a toaster. ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6640695 | Pizza insert for barbeque grill A pizza insert has at least one tile that rests on a rack that is advantageously spaced above a barbeque grill by a support structure that is connected to the rack and extends downwardly therefrom. The pizza insert also has a rim that extends upwardly fro... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6591738 | Signaling the cooking state of food cooked in pieces The invention provides a device for signaling a cooking state for at least one cooking item, such as an egg, a potato, a pepper, rice, noodles, that are being cooked in a liquid cooking medium. The device includes an at least partially floating jacket, a ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6578469 | Electronic frying pan systems and methods A digital frying pan provides temperature and/or food doneness information associated with food cooked within the pan. A thermal sensor coupled with the pan senses temperature and generates corresponding signals, and processing electronics coupled with th... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6546846 | Device for sensing internal temperature of meat in rotisserie A device is mounted on a rotary spit of a rotisserie. The spit has an external handle at one end, a rod, and a connection member at the other end releasably coupled to a drive source. The device comprises temperature sensing elements on a central portion ... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6501384 | Electronic candy and oil thermometer An electronic candy and oil thermometer includes a housing having a visual display for displaying indicia associated with a plurality of candy cooking stages and a plurality of fried foods. The housing includes a controller having operating protocols and ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6497907 | Baking device and method The invention relates to a device (1) for producing bakery products (2). It has an oven (4) closed off by a door (5) and a heating device (7) which heats the oven (4). A delivery device (10,31) is also provided for a fluid (11), along with a discharge ele... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6474223 | Roller grill monitoring device A roller grill monitoring device having a clock face, a base which fits in between rollers of a grill roller, a stem for attaching the clock face to the base and a support structure attached to the stem disposed at a distance above the base so as to rest ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6324963 | Liquid crystal thermometer for steaming pitchers A steaming pitcher for preparing hot beverages with a liquid crystal thermometer attached to an exterior surface of the pitcher for detecting the temperature of any liquid contained therein. The liquid crystal thermometer eliminates the need for conventio... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6293188 | Signaling the cooking state of food cooked in pieces The invention provides a device for signaling a cooking state for at least one cooking item, such as an egg, a potato, a pepper, rice, noodles, that are being cooked in a liquid cooking medium. The device includes an at least partially floating jacket, a ... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6283016 | Unwinding machine An unwinding machine (10) with forming cylinders (11, 12, 13) has bearing blocks (26, 27) in which the forming cylinders (11, 12, 13) are supported. The bearing blocks (26, 27) are disposed in recesses (32) of partition walls (25, 25a) of the unwinding ma... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6206564 | Cooking utensil including a temperature sensor integrated into the bottom of the utensil A temperature sensor integrated into the bottom of a cooking utensil and the electrical conductors connecting the sensor to an electronic circuit extend between the wall that constitutes the bottom of the utensil and a perforated plate fixed to that wall ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6158606 | Pressure setting value for a pressure-cooker The cooking pressure setting valve (1) for a pressure cooker (2, 3) comprises a setting knob (6) housed in the radial handle of the cooker lid (3), an outer casing (5) covered by the setting knob (6), a central valve body (10) provided with a cap disc (19... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6101927 | Roller grill monitoring device A roller grill monitoring device having a clock face, a base which fits in between rollers of a grill roller, a stem for attaching the clock face to the base and a support structure attached to the stem disposed at a distance above the base so as to rest ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6004000 | Temperature indicating device for a cooking vessel A temperature indicating apparatus for a cooking vessel, the apparatus having a housing having at least one opening, a template, a light directing mechanism, and a temperature sensing mechanism. The template being positioned generally in alignment with th... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5992302 | Food cooking apparatus with direct food temperature sensing A cover adapted to overlie a food item to be cooked beneath the support, such as on a griddle or grill, carries at least one temperature sensor disposed on the cover to sense an actual temperature of the food item being cooked. An indicator is mounted on ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5771783 | Cookware top A cookware lid having a where the handle supports a thermometer having a meat probe and an aperture to cause a whistling sound to warn that the internal temperature of a container has reached 180 degrees, eliminating possible carcinogens, e. Coli bacteriu... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5640895 | Char-broiling grill with vertically adjustable grill plates A cooking grill apparatus having superposed, vertically separable, heated grill plates, the uppermost one of which is pivotally connected to the outer ends of two laterally spaced arms which pivot simultaneously about an elevated horizontal pivot axis whe... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5634719 | Food handling device with retractable boom mounted temperature probe A cooking tool is disclosed which is a combination of a spatula for handling food and a boom-mounted probe having an indicator for checking temperature or doneness attained during cooking. The disclosure includes both a home and a fast-food restaurant emb... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5365834 | Wire grill cooking pan A wire grill cooking pan that may be used to cook more than one type of food at a time on different levels of the pan while retaining the juices that are released during the cooking process. The wire grill cooking pan has a wire grill that is hinged to a ... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5323692 | Potato baking device A potato baking device comprising a self-supporting base and lid, wherein the base and lid define a cooking chamber for baking potatoes. A heating plate is provided inside the cooking chamber for conducting heat throughout the cooking chamber. A plurality... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5265522 | Apparatus for signalling the operating condition of a cooking vessel An apparatus for signalling an operating condition of a cooking vessel is provided to signal a user of the cooking vessel when a preset condition is reached in the cooking vessel, e.g. temperature or pressure. Cooking vessels are frequently provided with ... | 11/30/1993 |
| 4966125 | Barbeque kettle A barbeque kettle includes a bowl and a cover with the bowl having a food support grid adjacent an upper rim and a charcoal grid below the food grid along with a cover holder adjacent the rim of the bowl. The cover has a removable thermometer that can sen... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4735511 | Temperature sensing device for thin-walled thermoplastic pressure vessels A temperature sensing device for a thin-walled pressure vessel is provided. This device comprises an insert segment which lies inside the pressure vessel in heat exchange relation with the fluids contained by the vessel, an outer segment disposed outside ... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4580909 | Ancillary device for food preparation An ancillary device for food-preparation, which provides a combination implement which both provides a a food-handler device and a probe for determining the interior temperature of the food being handled. The device in a desired form resembles a pair of t... | 04/08/1986 |
| 4554864 | Food cooker A portable food cooker for water smoker or direct heat cooking of food products comprising a support pedestal mounted on wheels and containing a heating unit, an open-ended wall section removably supported with a lower open end on the pedestal in communic... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4541733 | Fitting for a cooking utensil, particularly a steam pressure cooking pan The invention concerns a fitting for a cooking vessel comprising a cooking pot and a cover, especially a steam pressure cooker, with a temperature sensor attached to the cooking vessel, the temperature sensor emitting an electrical signal corresponding to... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4305329 | Turntable oven A gas-fired turntable oven for baking food such as pizza pies for fast food operations comprises a lower baking chamber and an upper holding chamber. Fresh pies are placed onto the turntable in the baking chamber and are baked to completion as they travel... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4224863 | Donut making devices A portable device for making donuts and the like which includes a batter extruder, a cooking scroll into which the extruded batter is received, a heating element underlying the scroll for heating the cooking medium introduced therein for cooking the extru... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4167900 | Sandwich grill A sandwich grill includes a base support housing having a vertical support member supporting a fixed die and a movable die disposed for cooperative opposed relationship for confining a sandwich therebetween. The dies include shearing elements for shearing... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4077259 | Egg temperature indicating device An egg temperature indicating device adapted to stand in a boiling pan of water along with the cooking eggs comprising a body of the same general shape and density of an egg into which the bulb of a thermometer is centrally embedded, the thermometer shaft... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4044660 | Automatic toaster An automatic toaster for continuously toasting bread slices one at a time, from the bottom of a generally vertical stack of bread slices. The bread toaster includes a housing having a discharge opening at one end and a hopper at the other end for receivin... | 08/30/1977 |
