Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
099337000 | Intercontrol or safety control | 33 |
20080202351 | Sliding Bezel - The present invention is directed to a control knob bezel plate for a barbecue grill. The preferred bezel plate assembly of the present invention comprises a bezel plate, a control knob, a control panel, a gas control valve, and two anchors. The preferred bezel plate includes a raised annular portion which serves as a frame for the control knob. Both the preferred bezel plate and the control panel include two parallel slots which are adapted to engage with the anchors. The two parallel slots in the bezel plate are aligned generally transverse to the two parallel slots in the control panel. The bezel plate is connected to the control panel by means of the anchors which are configured to slide within the slots. In this manner, the bezel plate can be adjusted in two dimensions with respect to the panel. | 08-28-2008 |
20080223222 | Baking or Heating Pot Provided With Adjustable Device For Inner Vapours Breathing - Baking or heating pot for food products, comprising a container ( | 09-18-2008 |
20080257166 | MODULAR COOKING APPARATUS - A modular cooking apparatus ( | 10-23-2008 |
20080307976 | ELECTRIC GRILL WITH SKEWER HOLDERS - An electric grill with skewer holders has a first grill plate and a second grill plate for roasting various foods. Each of the first and second grill plates has at least one side wall formed with a plurality of concave portions so that a plurality of skewers skewered with foodstuffs can be positioned in a plurality of holes defined by the concave portions and holding ends of the skewers can be exposed out of the electric grill for preventing the holding ends from being heated by the high temperature in the electric grill and stained with oil leaked from the foodstuffs sandwiched between the grill plates so that the skewers can be conveniently held by hand without burning and staining hands with oil. | 12-18-2008 |
20090020020 | PRESSURE COOKER EQUIPPED WITH A SCREEN - The invention relates to a domestic pressure cooker ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090025567 | Folding leg system for a cooking appliance - A cooking appliance having a removable storable lid and having legs which are foldable into at least two positions, one position being an operable position in which legs depend from the appliance and support the appliance above and on a support surface, and the other being a storage position in which the legs fold into a more compact configuration and simultaneously retain the lid to the appliance. | 01-29-2009 |
20090064868 | Pressure Cooker Lid - The pressure cooker lid ( | 03-12-2009 |
20090301311 | FOOD PRESSURE-COOKING DEVICE WITH A COVER MODULE - Appliances for cooking food under pressure are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an appliance comprises a vessel and a lid fitted and locked on the vessel in order to form a leaktight cooking enclosure. The appliance further comprises at least one jaw for locking the lid relative to the vessel and a device for driving the at least one jaw between a locking position and an unlocking position. The appliance also includes a module for fitting on and releasably securing to the lid. The module includes at least a device for controlling locking and unlocking of the lid relative to the vessel. Also disclosed are other alternatives applicable to domestic appliances for cooking food under pressure. | 12-10-2009 |
20100037782 | FRYER DEVICE WITH OIL REMOVAL AND CONVEYOR SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a food fryer for frying a food in oil, comprising a heating element, a housing, an oil section, a conveyor section, a food basket, a spinning section with a spinner for spinning said food basket, and wherein the oil section, the conveyor system, and the spinning section are disposed within the housing, and wherein the heating element, the housing, the oil section, the conveyor system, and the spinning section are interoperable to maintain a C of less than 50° C. per minute. | 02-18-2010 |
20100300303 | WARNING DEVICE FOR FOOD PREPARATION APPLIANCE - The invention herein refers to a warning device ( | 12-02-2010 |
20110011274 | PRESSURE VESSEL - A pressure vessel includes a pot-like receptacle and a lid for placing thereon, the two being detachably locked together and including a circumferential sealing ring made of elastically yielding material which is located in the region of a circular edge of the lid and a circular edge of the pot for the purpose of sealing the interior against a drop in pressure. Sealing lips of the sealing ring come into close contact with the edge of the lid and the edge of the receptacle, in which case, for producing an automatic pressure-control mechanism, the sealing ring is formed over at least one portion of its circumference in such a way that it is deformed, under a pressure inside the vessel which exceeds a given value (response pressure), so as to form a venting gap between the receptacle and the lid. | 01-20-2011 |
20120031282 | COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device has a cam mechanism ( | 02-09-2012 |
20120125206 | HEATING DEVICE - A heating device including a heat chamber to accommodate an object to be heated, a heater, an exhaust port, an exhaust fan to eject air from inside the heat chamber through an exhaust port, and a filter to eliminate oily smoke from an exhaust gas, the heating device further including a first temperature detector to detect a temperature inside the heat chamber, a second temperature detector to detect the temperature of the air ejected through the exhaust port, and a controller to judge whether the filter is clogged or not based on a rotation number of the exhaust fan, and a difference between a temperature T | 05-24-2012 |
20130019759 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A PRESSURE COOKER LID - A pressure cooker lid includes a lid body, one or more lid clamps, a pressure valve, and a single control mechanism operable to sequentially control radial movement of the one or more lid clamps and control actuation of the pressure valve. Each of the one or more lid clamps includes a connection element and a clamp element. The pressure valve includes a valve stem. The control mechanism includes a rotary disc coupled to the connection elements and a knob mechanism operable to drive rotation of the rotary disc. Rotation of the rotary disc sequentially drives radial movement of the connection elements and axial movement of the valve stem to operate pressure valve. | 01-24-2013 |
20130042765 | Pressure Cooker Gasket Having a Flexible Skirt Provided with Notches - Provided is a sealing gasket for a cooking utensil for cooking food under pressure, the utensil includes a vessel and a lid that define a cooking enclosure. The gasket having a heel from which at least a first lip projects that is provided with at least one escape window notch that passes through its thickness, and in that the first lip forms a differential movement member enabling the escape window notch to effect a relative movement relative to the heel when the pressure prevailing inside the cooking enclosure exceeds a predetermined threshold, which relative movement enables said escape window notch to open up a leakage orifice via which the cooking enclosure is put into communication with the outside of the utensil. Cooking utensils for cooking food under pressure such as a pressure cooker are provided. | 02-21-2013 |
20130233181 | Combination Food Steamer and Food Processor - A combination food steamer and food processor appliance includes a housing surrounding a motor and a heater. A water cavity is positioned within the housing. At least a portion of a drive shaft extends upwardly beyond a first end of the housing. A jar is removably mountable to the first end of the housing. Portions of a bottom wall and a side wall of the jar define a food processing cavity. A steam cavity is also defined in the jar. At least a portion of the drive shaft extends through a portion of the bottom wall of the jar when the jar is mounted to the housing. A lid is removably mountable to a rim of the side wall of the jar. A basket is removably mountable within the food processing cavity of the jar in a first operating configuration. Portions of a bottom wall and a side wall of the basket define a food steaming cavity. | 09-12-2013 |
20140013960 | Cooking Utensil for Cooking Food Under Pressure that has an Improved Control Device - Provided is a utensil for cooking food under pressure including: a vessel and a lid; at least one locking member mounted to move on the lid between a locking position and an unlocking position; a control device for controlling the movement of the locking member, including an operating member suitable for being actuated by a user in such a manner as to cause the locking member to move; wherein the locking member is mounted on the lid in such a manner as to be urged by positioning resilient return means towards its locking position; and the operating member is mounted to be drivingly linked to the locking member in a manner such that the action by the user on the operating member causes the locking member to move towards its unlocking position. | 01-16-2014 |
20140157995 | Kitchen Appliance and Method of Using Same - A kitchen appliance includes a housing defining a cavity. A heating or cooling element is disposed within the housing. A container is sized and shaped to fit within the cavity. A lid is sized and shaped to at least partially cover an opening of the container. A handle is pivotally mounted to an exterior surface of the side wall of the housing. A first end of the handle is pivotally mounted to the side wall of the housing at a first location. An opposing second end of the handle is pivotally mounted to side wall of the housing at a second location diametrically opposed to the first location. The handle is pivotable between an engaged position which at least a portion of the handle retains the lid in sealing engagement with the container rim and disengage position in which the portion of the handle is spaced-apart from the lid. | 06-12-2014 |
20140216267 | MATCHBOX OVEN WITH HEAT SINK TEMPERATURE CONTROL - A matchbox oven is disclosed. The matchbox oven includes a housing, a slider, a mover and a heat source. The housing includes a cavity having a first and second openings. The mover moves the slider in and out of the cavity through the first and second openings. The heat source provides heat to the cavity for heating up any food item placed on a portion of the slider located within the cavity. The slider, which is configured to receive food items, includes multiple stoppers to serve as oven covers for preventing heat within the cavity from escaping through the first and second openings. When necessary, a portion of the slider can also be utilized as a heat sink for lowering the temperature of the cavity during oven operation. | 08-07-2014 |
20140261007 | Safety Burner System With Automatic Shut-Off - A gas burner safety system comprises dual sensor arrays, the first array positioned proximal to the gas burner and the second array positioned proximal to a control used to turn on and of and regulate the flame of the gas burner. The first array senses the flame components such that a flame signature is obtained when no object is placed on or above the flame and a flame image is obtained when an object is proximal to the flame. By comparing the flame signature and the flame image, a central control unit operatively connected to the sensor arrays can determine the presence or absence of an object proximal to the flame. The second sensor array is positioned to detect a human hand proximal to the control. In operation, if the flame image matches the flame signature and a human hand is not detected proximal to the control, the central control unit turns off the gas burner by causing the closure of a valve in the gas supply line to the gas burner. | 09-18-2014 |
20150040774 | TOASTER OVEN - The toaster oven of the present invention includes a housing having an internal heating compartment, an upper heating element and a lower heating element. The upper heating element and the lower heating element are independently controllable between zero power and full power in dependence upon a user-selected operating mode. | 02-12-2015 |
20150300650 | A COOKING HOB WITH ILLUMINATION EQUIPMENT - A cooking hob with illumination equipment. The cooking hob includes a transparent or semi-transparent top panel arranged at a top side of the hob. The cooking hob includes at least one cooking zone and at least one control element for controlling the cooking zone. The cooking hob includes at least one transparent or semi-transparent layer. Symbols or images are printed on, applied on, impressed in and/or embossed in the layer. Each symbol or image corresponds with a cooking zone, a control element and/or an operation state of the cooking hob. The cooking hob includes light source elements arranged below the top panel and the layer. Each light source element corresponds with one or more symbols or images. One or more light source elements are activated on demand by the user and, if the corresponding cooking zone is activated, the corresponding control element responds or the corresponding operation state occurs, respectively. | 10-22-2015 |
20160000251 | STOVE SHUT OFF SYSTEM - The present application relates to a shut off system used to regulate the flow of energy to a cooking unit. The system includes an electronic device configured to selectively control the flow of energy to the cooking unit and to transmit and receive data. A flow rate sensor is used to detect the flow of energy to the cooking unit and transmit flow data to the electronic device. A motion sensor is used to detect motion adjacent the cooking unit and transmit motion data to the electronic device. An energy regulator receives command data from the electronic device to selectively interrupt the flow of energy to the cooking unit when no motion has been detected by the motion sensor for a predetermined and preselected time duration. | 01-07-2016 |
20160007789 | PRESSURE COOKER | 01-14-2016 |
20160069571 | COMBINATION EMI SHIELD AND MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTROLLED GAS COOKING - An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield for gas cooktops is disclosed herein. The EMI shield protects electromagnetic fields output by a high voltage spark ignition system from interfering with sensitive low voltage controls for the cooktop. Accordingly, the low voltage controls and similar elements are mounted on one side of the EMI shield and the high voltage spark ignition system, burners, and similar elements are mounted on another side of the EMI shield. In order to connect elements on each side of the EMI shield as may be necessary (e.g., electrical wires and gas tubing), the EMI shield can have a plurality of small openings. The EMI shield may also provide a mount for controls and/or a user interface for displaying information and controlling the cooktop. | 03-10-2016 |
20160073820 | COOKING SYSTEM INCLUDING A COOKING HOB AND A COOKING VESSEL - The cooking hob ( | 03-17-2016 |
20160096050 | OVEN APPLIANCE AND A FLAME ARRESTER FOR AN OVEN APPLIANCE - An oven appliance with features for dissipating pressure increases in the cooking chamber of the oven without forcing open the oven door is provided. Such features include a flame arrester that dissipates pressure increases and quenches flames from the cooking chamber of an oven appliance. | 04-07-2016 |
20160097542 | DOUBLE OVEN PREHEAT BOOST USING COOKING CHAMBER LOCKOUT - An oven appliance is provided with features for locking out a cooking chamber to boost the preheat performance of and thereby decrease the time required to preheat another cooking chamber of the oven appliance. A method for operating an oven appliance also is provided. The method includes features for locking out a cooking chamber to boost the preheat performance of and thereby decrease the time required to preheat another cooking chamber of the oven appliance. | 04-07-2016 |
20160097543 | OVEN PREHEAT BOOST USING COOKTOP LOCKOUT - An oven range appliance is provided with features for locking out one or more cooktop elements of the oven range to boost preheat performance and thereby decrease the time required to preheat the cooking chamber of the oven range. A method for operating an oven range appliance also is provided. The method includes features for locking out one or more cooktop elements of the oven range to boost preheat performance and thereby decrease the time required to preheat the cooking chamber of the oven range. | 04-07-2016 |
20160102869 | OVEN APPLIANCE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OVEN APPLIANCE - An oven appliance with one or more features for minimizing the time to preheat the cooking chamber and balancing the heat distribution within the cooking chamber of the oven appliance is provided. Features for minimizing the acoustic noise of the oven appliance are also provided. Further, a method for operating an oven appliance to minimize the preheat time and balance the heat distribution within the cooking chamber of the oven appliance while minimizing acoustic noise is provided. | 04-14-2016 |
20160123600 | APPLIANCE DIAGNOSTICS UTILIZING VISIBLE INDICATORS - A cooking appliance can include diagnostic information communication ability. The cooking appliance has a support for supporting a cooking vessel at a cooking location. A heating element is configured to heat the cooking vessel at the cooking location. A user interface of the cooking appliance includes a visible indicator that is operable to convey primary operational information indicative of an operational aspect of the cooking appliance to a user during normal operation of the cooking appliance. A controller receives sensed information indicative of a malfunction of the cooking appliance and controls an operation of the visible indicator to display an error signal that is incomprehensible to the user without computer assistance, but is readable by a portable code reader. The error signal comprises repeated illumination and deactivation of the visible indicator at a predetermined frequency. | 05-05-2016 |
20160183711 | COOKER - A circuit for driving a cooker includes a sensing unit configured to sense a movement of a user of a cooker. The circuit further includes a contact unit configured to switch a power circuit to which power is supplied from the outside, and perform a closing operation on the basis of a sensing result from the sensing unit to allow power to be supplied to the cooker. | 06-30-2016 |
099338000 | Of heat and material | 1 |
20080210100 | Electric Cooking Appliance Comprising a Removable Bowl - An electric cooking appliance comprising a removable bowl ( | 09-04-2008 |