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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4386557 | Heating apparatus for preparation of precooked frozen waffles A precooked, frozen waffle heating apparatus including first and second metallic castings or molds having opposed confronting faces conforming to the reciprocal of a waffle pattern and contained within upper and lower portions of a housing defining a holl... | 06/07/1983 |
| 4331068 | Control circuit for automatic cooking apparatus A control circuit for an automatic cooking apparatus for cooking processed food contained in a cup, wherein desired ones of a plurality of hot water sources can be operated during a predetermined time by operating one of a group of cook selector controls.... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4327632 | Beverage maker A beverage maker comprises a chamber in which water can be heated by means of an electrical heating element. A receptacle for containing a solid secondary constituent which is to be infused in the water floats freely on the surface of the water. The lower... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4313371 | Pressure cooker relief valve and pressure cookers incorporating such assemblies A pressure cooker the casing thereof carrying a pressure relief valve assembly comprising a relief valve having a valve member and a valve seating one of which acts against the other under pressure of biasing means to close a valve port opening into the i... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4307659 | Barbecue oven A barbecue oven is provided for cooking and smoking food. The oven includes a grease control system for controlling and containing grease and moisture produced by the food during cooking operations. An air control system is provided which includes passive... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4304177 | Food cooking apparatus An automatic cooking apparatus wherein a rotating wide-mouthed vessel closed with a lid is supported in a stationary, handle-equipped basket frame by the frame and the lid which engages driving means. Heating means are provided along a portion of the vess... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4301718 | Rotary retort An improved rotary retort for cooking food products in sealed containers. The retort comprises a vessel including a substantially cylindrical shell and a pair of heads respectively closing the ends of the shell. A support for carrying the sealed container... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4300444 | Cooker support system A cooking device (10) having a cylindrical housing (14), with a removable domed top closure (11), and supported by legs (12) radially spaced around the body is provided. The apparatus has a heat source (13) located near the bottom of the housing (14) and ... | 11/17/1981 |
| 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 |
| 4296682 | English muffin, method and apparatus Apparatus for the production of a new and novel English muffin on a mass production basis is provided wherein the English muffin is produced by the use of a conventional bun oven. The apparatus for use in the production of the English muffin provides an i... | 10/27/1981 |
| 4294167 | Method of apparatus for canning food products A method and apparatus for canning food products in a container whose lid is held on by pressure differential between the interior of the container and the outside atmosphere, in which a pressure cover encloses the upper portion of the container and lid a... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4293288 | Submersible pump housing A housing of a single material of construction for a submersible pump adapted to integrally contain the usual diffuser stack and a mounting bracket for the pump motor. The housing is provided upwardly of the lower end thereof with a multiplicity of circum... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4293286 | Double action pump A two-stage pump is illustrated of the type employing a piston having two diameters, one capable of providing a large volume of fluid flow at low pressure so as to move a fluid operated press rapidly until a load is encountered, at which time fluid is del... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4285088 | Brush and process for its manufacture There is disclosed a process for manufacturing a body of fibers for use in a brush as well as the brush so produced. This process comprises inserting a plurality of fibers into an opening of a plate, separating the fibers into a plurality of fiber bunches... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4281593 | Device for preparing food products from cooked and expanded cereals and products obtained There is described a device for preparing food products from cereals which have been pressure-cooked and thereafter expanded, which comprises a mould comprised of a hollow heated die to which the cereals are fed, a punch cooperating with said mould to clo... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4278013 | Apparatus for preparing a hot liquid medium, preferably warm or hot beverages, such as tea and coffee An apparatus for preparing warm or hot beverages (tea or coffee) in which cold or luke-warm water is passed to a container and caused to flow through the apparatus in order to be heated. The water passes through a warm spreader, causing the water to be pr... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4278402 | Adjustable liquid level control for pumps A pressure responsive pumping system comprising a motor driven impeller pump, a pressure responsive switch controlling the pump motor, and a pressure-sensing device comprising a tube extending through a side wall of the pump casing and slidable substantia... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4273033 | Method and apparatus for flash cooking food A method and apparatus for rapidly cooking food which includes pressing food directly against a very hot cooking surface with a liquid interface therebetween while the food is submerged in a heated cooking liquid, such as a water-base broth. The cooking s... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4270444 | Spit roaster A spit roaster includes a ventilating caged-like housing within which there is positioned a horizontal rotatable table. An electric motor is located below the table and is adapted to rotate the same. A conical member is carried centrally of the table and ... | 06/02/1981 |
| 4269113 | Apparatus for producing instant cupped noodles Apparatus for producing instant cupped noodles comprising disposing a mass of raw noodles in a liquid-permeable metal cup, the cup having at least a tapered wall, placing a liquid-permeable metal lid to cover the opening of the metal cup, and completely i... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4261258 | Apparatus for heating food products Food products, for example, hamburger patties, are more rapidly cooked than with existing system and with reduced shrinkage. A cooking appliance is provided having a plurality of parallel spaced heat transfer fins. An array of projecting cooking grills on... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4258617 | Skewer This invention provides a novel skewer, for cooking shish kabobs or the like, made from plastic, and comprising two interfitted, but otherwise unconnected members, the interfitting connection joining the handle and the body of the skewer. The body of the ... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4250803 | Deep fryer In a deep fryer of a compact, portable type comprising a vessel, a handle, which is mounted to the vessel, a basket, which is adapted to be lowered and raised within the basket, a cover, which fits removably onto the vessel so as to cover the vessel, and ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4246836 | Apparatus for processing particulate solids Reactors in which solids can be processed by fluid-solids contact. The reactors include a shell housing a rotatable, movable assembly or rotor for supporting a bed of solids and for displacing the solids from a first location where they are introduced int... | 01/27/1981 |
| 4241650 | Apparatus for preparing food An apparatus for cooking or otherwise heating food held in a container which includes upper and lower housing portions. Heating elements are located in the respective housing portions, and the opposed inner walls of the housing portions are adapted to be ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4238996 | Two-staged pressure cooker A two-staged pressure cooker comprises an air-tight vessel having an upper-stage chamber for containing foods to be pressure-cooked and a lower-stage chamber for containing water. The two chambers are separated from each other, each having a pressure-actu... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4233892 | Spit roasting apparatus and the spit roasting of roastable foodstuffs Spit roasting apparatus for the spit roasting of roastable foodstuffs, the apparatus comprising a rotatably supported water wheel for rotatably driving a spit member for supporting roastable foodstuffs to be roasted, the water wheel having a plurality of ... | 11/18/1980 |
| 4227447 | Machine for manufacturing pancakes or similar products Products such as pancakes, obtained by baking or heating a paste spread tly in a given configuration are made on a machine comprising a smooth and continuous baking surface, which can be flat or evolute, actuated in relative movement with respect to a sp... | 10/14/1980 |
| 4226178 | Hot-air grills An electrical hot air grill includes a control and stand unit, a blower and heating unit, a grilling compartment bounded by two shells, a device for supporting articles to be grilled in the grilling compartment and an apertured plate mounted on the blower... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4226177 | Portable grilling device A portable grill device of the type including a first bowl and a second bowl hingedly connected together. The bowls are movable between a closure position where the bowls overlie one another, a generally right angular use position where the second bowl is... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4224868 | Press, especially for pressing straw material into briquets The invention relates to a press, especially for pressing straw material into briquets. The press has a number of press chambers open at either end and a number of pistons, the press chambers and pistons being connected to guiding means and driving means ... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4224862 | Apparatus for transferring heat to food articles This invention provides novel apparatus for transferring heat to food articles. Basically, the novel apparatus of the present invention comprises: a chamber; support means for supporting food articles within the chamber; reservoir means for containing a l... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4222321 | Device for the flocculation of albumin from whey material A device for the flocculation and collection of whey albumin is disclosed, as comprising a basin having a collecting vessel open at the top and at least on one side, at least partially permeable to liquids and rotably carried about a horizontal geometrica... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4214517 | Bread cooking device A device for cooking bread articles such as buns, wherein the bun has a cavity formed therein. The buns are cooked about a die having one member which forms a cavity in the interior of the bun and a second member which forms a slot in the bun providing ac... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4214516 | Barbecue oven A barbecue oven comprising a barbecue compartment having a door hingedly mounted in a door opening in a front wall of the compartment and spaced from a top and bottom wall thereof. A heating unit is provided in the barbecue compartment and having an elong... | 07/29/1980 |
| 4211159 | Portable barbecue grill A portable barbecue grill apparatus has a unitary frame with an integral handle and removable legs. The heat sources are arranged vertically with the meat placed on two rotating spits, also vertically arranged. The spits are suspended from the frame and a... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4208959 | Grill device An improved grill device having, in one preferred form, two coal boxes, each coal box being swingable on a horizontal axis between a generally horizontal position and a generally vertical position, the axes being parallel one to another. Novel box support... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4208958 | Beverage brewer housing structure A beverage brewer housing structure cooperatively defined by a water heating tank, a portion of a basin overlying the heating tank for receiving poured-in cold water and delivering the water to the heating tank, and a cover overlying the basin. A pour-in ... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4204466 | Plant for the automatic production of Arabic flat bread A plant for the automatic production of Arabic flat bread is provided. It consists basically of a sequence of devices or arrangements for performing the following functions: dough portioning, dough kneading and forming, prefermentation, dough rolling into... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4203358 | Device for cooking foodstuffs Disclosed is a device for cooking food morsels in a gas-permeable rotating cylinder housed in a heat-insulated housing and flooded with a heated gas stream which enters at that place in the cylinder where the contents accumulate due to the rotation of the... | 05/20/1980 |
