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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015916 | Toaster chassis Provided is a toaster chassis, comprising at least one heating chamber, a pair of steel meshes, a bread-elevating mechanism, a pair of supporting plates, a pair of grooves, a pair of sliding rods and an extension spring; wherein the supporting plates are disposed on... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7441496 | Thematic waffle and sandwich cooking plate system A method and system for designing, manufacturing and selling thematic cooking plates that are interchangeable with removable cooking plates in various waffle irons, sandwich grillers and waffle iron/sandwich griller combinations. The cooking plates may have a patter... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7335859 | Combination toaster/caramelizer oven A combination toaster/caramelizer oven for treating food products comprising: a housing; at least one heating element; a removable platen; and at least one conveyor disposed opposite the platen for conveying the food products through the housing, wherein the platen ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331776 | Food embossing stamper device An impression device for food items. More particularly, the present invention is a stamping device designed to create images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. The stamper device of the present invention has the general appearance of a... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7290482 | Toaster with removable imaging plates A toaster system having selectively removable imaging plates is provided. The system includes a toaster having at least one toast receiving compartment with heating elements disposed along both sides thereof for facing the food item to be toasted. The system also in... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7170039 | Combined toaster and microwave oven The present invention relates to a combined toaster and microwave oven having a function to cook food by using microwave and a function to bake bread. Accordingly, the present invention provides a combined toaster and microwave oven comprising: a body forming an app... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7047871 | Electric toaster with expanding tray walls Apparatus 10 for a toaster appliance having at least one circular-like carriage 14 forming a support element for food articles 12 such as tortillas, pita, naan and other flatbreads during a warming/toasting session. The support walls 16, 20 | 05/23/2006 |
| 7036424 | 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... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6997140 | Tracking and marking system An identification apparatus for animals or carcasses carrying electronic identification devices, (EID) (2) moving past an antenna (10). The identification apparatus including motion sensing means (12, 13, 14, 17) and marking means (16) ad... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6990892 | Enhanced food embossing stamper device An impression device for food items. More particularly, the present invention is a stamping device designed to create indented or raised images upon a variety of foods for decoration and/or marketing purposes. The stamper device of the present invention has the gene... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6668706 | Toaster A bread toaster comprising a housing and at least one slot opening for receiving an article to be toasted. The bread is progressively traversed by a linear heat source in a pair of passes. A first pass is at a rate which is sufficient to drive moisture fr... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6595117 | High speed variable size toaster A cooking appliance which is capable of rapidly toasting a food product disposed therein by air impingement and infrared heating to provide a cooked food product having the desired color and crunchiness about its surface. The appliance is particularly ada... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6357343 | Toaster A bread toaster comprising a housing and at least one slot opening for receiving an article to be toasted. The bread is progressively traversed by a linear heat source in a pair of passes. A first pass is at a rate which is sufficient to drive moisture fr... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6311609 | Food heating appliance particularly useful as a bread toaster A food handling appliance particularly useful as a toaster, includes a food compartment for receiving a food article to be heated, at least one heating element (43b) located laterally of the food compartment for heating a food article therein, and a heat ... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6257127 | Apparatus for making spring-roll skin from dough An apparatus for making a printed spring-roll skin includes a forming drum having a circumferential heating surface to form a skin from dough, a dough feeder having an outlet adjacent to the heating surface, a scraper disposed adjacent the heating surface... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6112648 | Toaster capable of toasting slice of bread with pattern on surface thereof In a toaster, when a supporting member on which a sliced bread is placed is moved down to hold the sliced bread in a bread holding space, a pressing member almost straightly keeps and presses the sliced bread toward the plate heater with a pattern plate i... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5992305 | Diamond-shaped charmarker A charmarker for creating complex grid pattern of mark, such as a diamond-shaped gird pattern, on foods as the foods pass under the charmarker on a conveyer. The charmarker contains a rotating shaft on which heated char marking rings rotatably hang. Each ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5943948 | Toaster capable of toasting a slice of bread with a fine pattern In a toaster for toasting a sliced bread with a pattern of a pattern plate, a heater guard is attached to the pattern plate on the side of the sliced bread, and the heater guard has a protrusion over the length between the upper and lower portions of the ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5942142 | Radiant wall/hot air impingement oven An oven for cooking foods, and especially for browning foods, has heated, radiant walls. Heat may be supplied by a gas burner flame in a plenum behind the walls, with products of combustion thus being isolated from the food in the oven chamber. In one emb... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5931083 | Apparatus and system for conditioning food products Apparatus for high speed grilling and/or conditioning of a food product which comprises: a heatable surface which is capable caramelizing the food product at a temperature in the range between about 425° F. to 575° F.; a chamber for enclosing the food p... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5931084 | Method and apparatus for searing and cooking food products A method and apparatus for efficiently making grill marks on both sides of a plurality of food products while simultaneously cooking the plurality of food products. The food products may include hamburgers, chicken breast, soy products, etc. A continuous ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5746106 | High volume meat product incisor A device and method for superficially incising a sausage-like meat product includes a plurality of rotatable cutting elements which are arranged to define a chute therebetween. Each cutting element includes a cylinder and has a circular blade which projec... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5611263 | Apparatus for stabilizing the surface of a food product An apparatus and method for stabilizing the surface of a food product is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame, one or two sets of cylindrical rollers in the frame, the sets of rollers being inclined, a mechanism for rotating the rollers, and devices ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5185172 | Method for simulating open flame broiled meat products An apparatus for rapidly cooking meat products for a quick service restaurant which will simulate the appearance of an open flame broiled meat product. The meat product is clamped between a grill and a series of raised crown portions formed in the bottom ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5162119 | Printing and forming apparatus for making printed baked goods The present invention provides apparatus for making printed foods such as cookies, crackers, and snacks at high production speeds on a continuous basis. The apparatus includes a rotary printer which is synchronized with dough forming apparatus such as a r... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5156637 | Toaster This invention relates to a toaster and in particular to one including a body portion, a holding mechanism, a linking mechanism and baking panels whereby the bread may be provided with brown pattern on the surface thereby stimulating one's appetite and in... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5044264 | Cooking apparatus for producing grill stripes on cooked products A belt grill or belt cooking apparatus, of the general type previously known for rapidly cooking meat, grilled sandwiches, etc. in a travelling path through the apparatus, has improvements enabling the belt cooking grill to impart grill stripes or grill p... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5033365 | Apparatus for simulating open flame broiled meat products The specification discloses an apparatus for rapidly cooking meat products for a quick service restaurant which will simulate the appearance of an open flame broiled meat product. The meat product is clamped between a grill and a series of raised crown po... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4991497 | Method and apparatus for simulating open flame broiled meat products The specification discloses an apparatus for rapidly cooking meat products for a quick service restaurant which will simulate the appearance of an open flame broiled meat product. The meat product is clamped between a grill and a series of raised crown po... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4972766 | Char broiling grill A cooking grill having dual heating platens for cooking meats, poultry, fish and like products; the grill having a stationary lower grill platen superposed by a top grill platen selectively moveable to and between four operating positions about one or two... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4656927 | Device for making designs on toast A device for producing designs on a slice of bread during toasting of the bread comprises a bread holding member removably received within the toast well of an electric toaster. The bread holding member is of lightweight heat resistive material having a b... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4516486 | Cooking apparatus and method An apparatus and method for charbroiling of food articles employs a source of radiant energy focused at a region of a surface of the food article that is small relative to the area of the surface and producing at that region an intense heat flux. The regi... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4433621 | Apparatus for branding meat or meat products An apparatus is provided for affixing a brand on the surface of a plurality of meat products. A first conveyor moves the meat products through a branding zone where they are contacted by heated brands affixed to a second conveyor which travels at the same... | 02/28/1984 |
| 4382175 | Apparatus for controlling toast color in a toaster oven A method and apparatus for controlling the heating of toast in a toaster oven broiler. The adjustment shaft for the thermostat which controls the baking and broiling modes receives a circular dial having toast color indications thereon corresponding to li... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4373431 | Apparatus for applying a grill stripe to a meat product An apparatus for placing a grill stripe or score mark on a meat product by transporting the meat product against a heated grill. A continuous conveyor transports individual wieners along a path of conveyance. A belt conveyor raises the wieners above the s... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4297942 | Method and apparatus for flavoring and surface treatment of meat products A continuous process for imparting a charcoal-broiled flavor and appearance to meat products, moves the product into impingement with open gas flames to sear the product's surfaces and to brand the upper and lower product surfaces with hot, metal branding... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4297941 | Multiple saucer sandwich cooking device A sandwich oven comprising, a base plate having a first plurality of sandwich sized mold indentations therein, a top plate pivotally mounted to said base plate having a second plurality of sandwich sized mold indentations therein, corresponding to said fi... | 11/03/1981 |
