Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
099342000 | With signal, indicator or tester | 43 |
20090020021 | PRESSURE COOKER FITTED WITH AN INFORMATION WINDOW - The invention relates to a domestic cooking pot ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090025568 | DRAWER-TYPE COOKING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPENING AND CLOSING OF DOOR THEREOF - A drawer-type cooking device and a method for controlling opening and closing of a door thereof, in which an opening/closing direction and an absolute position of a door by a manual opening/closing operation by a user can be detected with a simple structure even when the door is in a door-open state in an intermediate position, is provided. A rotation sensor | 01-29-2009 |
20090139410 | Cooking Appliance - A cooking appliance, especially a built-in wall cooking appliance, which comprises at least one muffle, delimiting a cooking compartment and having a muffle opening, a door for closing said muffle opening and a drive device, controlled by a control device, for displacing the door and at least one switch which transmits actuation signals for determining a zero position of the door to the control device when the door touches the muffle. The control device is also configured in such a manner that the presence of the actuation signals of the at least one switch is required but not sufficient to determine the zero position. | 06-04-2009 |
20090188396 | OVEN WITH WIRELESS TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR USE IN MONITORING FOOD TEMPERATURE - An oven includes a housing including a heating chamber. A door has an open position for allowing operator access to the heating chamber and a closed position for preventing user access to the heating chamber. A heating system heats a food product located within the heating chamber. A wireless temperature sensor is configured to be inserted into the food product by an operator for measuring food product temperature and to provide a wireless signal indicative of food product temperature. An oven control system includes a sensor communicator for receiving the temperature indicative signal from the wireless temperature sensor. The oven control system operates in response to the wireless signal. | 07-30-2009 |
20110107921 | GRILLING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a grilling device with automatic rotation function, comprising a base seat and a grilling pan unit rotatably disposed on the base seat; wherein said grilling pan has a pivot rotatably pivoted on the base seat. The grilling device as presented further comprises a control unit, a motor connected to the control unit and a transmission unit connected between the motor and the pivot, said motor and said transmission unit are installed on the base seat. Because the control unit, motor and transmission unit are cooperated with each other to form an automatic mechanism, so the rotation of the grilling pan unit can be controlled automatically, the operation is simpler and more convenient, the rotational angle and the rotational time of the grilling pan unit can be precisely controlled. | 05-12-2011 |
20110174164 | FOOD PREPARATION APPARATUS - A food preparation apparatus and method, including an inventive shelving system, is provided. In accordance with some embodiments, an exemplary embodiment of a food preparation apparatus of the present invention includes at least, but is not limited to, a frame assembly including a permanent shelf secured to the frame assembly, a multiplicity of selectable shelf features vertically offset from the permanent shelf and attached to the frame assembly, and a first non-permanent shelf vertically offset from the permanent shelf and supported by a select number of the multiplicity of selectable shelf features. In an exemplary embodiment of a food preparation apparatus of the present invention, the permanent shelf provides a flavor infusion region. | 07-21-2011 |
20120180672 | COFFEE BEANS ROASTER - A coffee beans roaster includes a machine body. The machine includes a control unit. A roasting body is disposed in the machine body. The roasting body is a tube. The roasting body has an accommodation space therein. An electrothermal film is provided on an outer side of the roasting body. At two conductive electrodes are spaced and disposed on the electrothermal film. Thus, the heat generated by the electrothermal film can be adjusted by the control unit. Raw coffee beans are placed in the accommodation space of the roasting body. Through the electrothermal film, the raw coffee beans can be evenly heated in all directions to shorten the required time and to decrease the consumed power for roasting the raw coffee beans. | 07-19-2012 |
20130092033 | SELECTION INDICATOR RIBBON FOR AN OVEN USER INTERFACE - An oven may include a cooking chamber, a user interface, and a cooking controller. The cooking chamber may be configured to receive a food product. The user interface may be configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking the food product. The cooking controller may be operably coupled to the user interface to direct presentation of cooking parameter entry pages to enable an operator to define cooking parameters for cooking the food product in the cooking chamber. The cooking controller may include processing circuitry configured to enable an operator to make cooking parameter entries in a series of entry pages rendered at the user interface. Each of the entry pages presented may include a selection indicator ribbon displaying graphical elements corresponding to each cooking parameter entered via previous entry pages. | 04-18-2013 |
20130291740 | CONNECTOR FOR A HARSH ENVIRONMENT - A connector for receiving and transmitting signals from a sensor that is adapted for use in a harsh environment of, e.g., a steam cooker is disclosed. A connector of the present disclosure may be utilized in an environment having a high temperature relative humidity and which is under positive or negative pressure. A single conductor in the form of a male extension extends into a sealable cooking chamber and is sized to be received in a female connector communicatively connected to a sensor such as a temperature sensor. An arrangement of seals and inflators are interposed between the connector and the cooking chamber to isolate the connector and protect it from corrosion and electrical conductivity to the enclosure. | 11-07-2013 |
20130319257 | ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WITH THERMOCHROMIC INKS APPLIED IN HIGH VISIBILITY AREAS AS THERMAL STATE INDICATOR MECHANISM - Electrical appliances comprising thermochromic inks in zones of high visibility for the user are disclosed, as a mechanism to know by simple observation their thermal state (cold or hot). Said electrical appliances correspond to any appliance that uses electricity as a mechanism to generate useful thermal energy for either food processing (sandwich maker, rice cooker, ovens, roasters) or home maintenance (iron, stove, among others), and therefore during its use may reach a dangerous temperature for the physical integrity of the persons handling it. Thermochromic and photochromic inks are applied in zones of the electrical appliances, where the user may easily see the color change during use, as in zones where there is no direct contact with food and wherein it is appropriate to notice the possibility of burns by hot surfaces, which, depending on the type of electrical appliance can be in upper or side surfaces of such appliances. | 12-05-2013 |
20140007779 | Bread Maker and Ice Cream Accessory - A combination bread making and ice cream making machine has a specially configured interface, a freezer bowl and an ice cream making scraper blade. | 01-09-2014 |
20140090566 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING BAKED PRODUCTS - A device for producing baked products, in particular edible crisp wafers or soft waffles, contains at least one baking plate, the baking surface of which can be heated to a baking temperature. The baking plate has a sensor device for detecting the temperature of the baking plate and/or a pressure acting on the baking surface of the baking plate during the baking process. | 04-03-2014 |
20140137751 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR A COOKING DEVICE - A cooking device, in particular a baking oven, includes a cooking chamber having cooking chamber walls and also a fan opening into the cooking chamber. This fan opening is provided on a fan plate fitted in front of a cooking chamber wall, an antenna being provided for wireless signal transmission with a measuring arrangement which is located in the cooking chamber and has a transceiving antenna. The antenna is arranged between the fan plate and cooking chamber wall and is thus covered or inwardly protected. | 05-22-2014 |
20140157996 | Toaster with Independently Controllable Heating Elements - A toaster having a body portion engageable over a housing with slots sized for bread passage therethrough aligned with cavities on said house sized to accommodate the bread for toasting. Individually controlled heating elements on each side of each cavity to allow users to independently control the amount of toasting of each side of each inserted piece of bread. The exterior of the body is preferably porcelain to provide resistance to heat transference to the body of the user and to provide a plurality of colors available for the housings. | 06-12-2014 |
20140165849 | Gas cooking appliance - A gas cooking appliance having a gas burner, at least one control device comprising a gas regulating valve regulating the flow of gas to the gas burner, a knob controlling the opening ON and closing OFF of the valve, and a position sensor detecting the ON-OFF position of the knob, and at least one signaling device comprising a light signal source that emits an alarm signal in the form of light. The light signal source emits the alarm signal during a time period T | 06-19-2014 |
20140182460 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION CONTROLLED HEATABLE OBJECTS - A temperature controlled heatable object is provided in which a temperature sensor is connected to a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag is located within the handle of the object, and the temperature sensor is placed in contact with the object. In a first embodiment of the invention, the temperature sensor is partially imbedded within the object via a notch located in the side of the object. In a second embodiment of the invention, a temperature sensor is imbedded within a tunnel drilled within the base of the object. In a third embodiment, a temperature sensor is imbedded between the bottom of the object and a slab attached to the bottom of the object. The sensor can be located in a slot formed in either the slab or the bottom or the object. Handles and receivers for mounting the handles to the temperature controllable objects are also provided. | 07-03-2014 |
20140208957 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A microwave oven of the present invention includes: a liquid crystal touch panel configured to display display screen images each including operation buttons, each of which accepts input from a user; a proximity detector portion configured to detect, as proximity input from the user, proximity of the user to the operation button included in the display screen image; a heating control portion and a display control portion configured to execute functions in accordance with the input to the operation buttons, the functions being respectively associated with the operation buttons; a standard button image storage portion configured to store proximity input enable/disable information pieces such that each of the proximity input enable/disable information pieces is associated with at least a part of the display screen image, the proximity input enable/disable information pieces each indicating whether to permit the proximity detector portion to detect the proximity input; and an enable/disable determining portion configured to determine based on the proximity input enable/disable information piece whether to permit the proximity detector portion to detect the proximity input. | 07-31-2014 |
20140261010 | STACKABLE COOKING APPARATUS FOR COOKING A FOOD ITEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE STACKABLE COOKING APPARATUS - A stackable cooking apparatus is disclosed for cooking a food item. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the stackable cooking apparatus. The apparatus includes a lower vessel and an upper vessel mounted atop the lower vessel. The lower vessel, which can be disposed on the heated surface of a stove, includes a first top wall having apertures therethrough, and defines a first volume in the lower vessel. The upper vessel includes a second top wall free of apertures, and defines a second volume in the upper vessel. Food items to be cooked are placed on the first top wall so that the food item resides in the second volume. Heat from the heated surface rises into the first volume, through the apertures and into the second volume, to cook the food item therein. Means are provided for maintaining the vertical stability of the vessels when the vessels are stacked. | 09-18-2014 |
20150020694 | HEATING COOKER - A heating cooker includes an inner pot ( | 01-22-2015 |
20150082996 | SUBMERSABLE CIRCULATOR COOKER - A sous-vide circulator cooker for home or small restaurant sous-vide cooking. The sous-vide circulator cooker is particularly suited for use in home kitchens and on small countertops. The sous-vide circulator cooker can be fully submersed into water and not be adversely affected. The sous-vide circulator cooker includes a detachable skirt which allows for cleaning the skirt itself and cleaning of a heater and ring clamp that can adjust the optimum output location of the pump and account for shallow pots. In at least one embodiment, the sous-vide circulator also contains electrodes that can detect water level. | 03-26-2015 |
20150122135 | Cooking Appliance and Method for Implementing Same - Provided is a cooking appliance comprising a first structure having a hot plate for cooking food, and a measuring device for measuring the thickness of the food arranged thereon and comprising a pivoting rocker connected to a pivotable shaft by a first end thereof, and a means for measuring the pivoting angle of the rocker in order to estimate the thickness of the food. The appliance comprises a second mobile structure which, when moved away from the first structure, generates a pivoting of said shaft in relation to the first structure, causing the pivoting of the rocker, and the measuring means interacts with the rocker towards a second end thereof. | 05-07-2015 |
20150305543 | OVEN COMPRISING WEIGHT SENSORS - The present invention relates to an oven ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150313399 | LOW PRESSURE THERMODYNAMIC COOKWARE - Some embodiments provide a cooking apparatus having a dual wall structure, including inner and outer shells. The inner shell is disposed adjacent the outer shell and the edges of the shells are hermetically sealed to form a cavity between the shells. In some embodiments, the cooking apparatus has a low-pressure creating lid, including a disk with an aperture, a pressure release valve installed on the aperture, and a rim that surround the disk. | 11-05-2015 |
20150351163 | COOKING APPARATUS - Provided is a cooking apparatus including: an induction heating coil that generates a magnetic field heating a cooking container; and an image generating unit that radiates light so that an image is generated on a surface of the cooking container, wherein the image generating unit includes: a plurality of light sources that radiate light toward the cooking container; a light source driving circuit that provides driving currents to the plurality of light sources; and a light-emitting controller that controls the light source driving circuit. | 12-03-2015 |
20160033140 | OVEN APPLIANCE WITH INTERIOR CLEANLINESS SENSOR - An oven appliance with a sensor for sensing gases in the cooking chamber is provided. One or more features and methods are provided for detecting the gas levels in the cooking chamber to determine if the cooking chamber is clean or unclean. Features for initiating and terminating an oven cleaning cycle are also provided. | 02-04-2016 |
20160077678 | FOOD PREPARATION APPARATUS AND METHODS - A food preparation apparatus includes a food preparation chamber and multiple food preparation environment control devices for adjusting a food preparation control environment in the food preparation chamber. The food preparation apparatus includes a user interface permitting a user to program a food preparation recipe to be executed by the food preparation apparatus. The user interface includes a user input configured for receiving at least one parameter for controlling at least one food preparation environment control device and a graphical display for displaying aspects of the programmed recipe. | 03-17-2016 |
20160143473 | DEVICE FOR COOKING AND COOLING BOILED EGGS - Described herein is a device to hold eggs during the cooking and cooling process for the creation of boiled eggs. The egg cooking device includes a frame capable of holding at least one egg while in boiling water and a handle that may be used to lift the device in and out of boiling water and a spout assembly for distributing cold water over the egg holders to cool them simultaneously. | 05-26-2016 |
099343000 | Gauge or gauge markings | 7 |
20130167735 | Combination Grill Press and Thermometer - A Combination Grill Press and Thermometer. The device provides a user with dual functionality—that of a conventional grill press as well as the ability to detect and display the temperature of the item being grilled. The device is preferably constructed to have a solid metal base portion that may or may not have a plurality of grooves embossed in its bottom face. In addition, the device has one or more temperature probes extending past the bottom face. The probes are configured to actually protrude into a piece of meat when the device is pressed down onto it. Finally, there is a temperature display element for each temperature probe, with these one or more display elements being viewable from atop the base portion. | 07-04-2013 |
20130247779 | OVEN COOKER - A cooker is mounted on a combustion type heating device used as a heat source for the cooker, and has a combustion gas distribution chamber formed in the space between double walls of a dish-shaped cooker base and a combustion gas distribution unit that are sequentially stacked from a lower, and a cooking chamber formed above the combustion gas distribution chamber by stacking the combustion gas distribution unit or the cooker base and a cooking chamber cover unit. | 09-26-2013 |
20130284031 | COOKING DEVICE FOR THE VACUUM COOKING METHOD - A device for optimally preparing food according to the sous-vide method using a device for preparing food according to the sous-vide method (vacuum cooking method), wherein the food is surrounded by a vacuum bag. A heating element surrounds the vacuum bag of the cooking product and is designed as a heating foil or cover or as a heating gel. | 10-31-2013 |
20130298779 | BARBECUE ACCESSORY WITH A CHICKEN ROASTER - The invention relates to a barbecue accessory comprising a chicken roaster for preparing poultry, in particular chicken, arranged vertically on a barbecue. The barbecue accessory comprises a chicken roaster formed from a poultry holder and a base plate, and a roasting hood extending over the chicken roaster and surrounding, at least partially the roaster. A gap, through which the hot gases coming from the barbecue penetrate into the roasting hood, is provided between the hood and the base plate of the chicken roaster when in the ready-to-use state. | 11-14-2013 |
20140157997 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FLIPPING FOOD - Disclosure of a flipping device for cooking foods in an oven at home or at a commercial location resulting in a uniform cooking of the food as well as retaining a juicy texture uniformly within the food. | 06-12-2014 |
20160066744 | COOKING DEVICE AND SYSTEM HAVING A PRE-COOK MODE AND A COOK MODE OPERABLE TO FACILITATE RECIPE-BASED FOOD PREPARATION - A cooking device includes, in one embodiment, a body and a cooking surface. The body defines a cavity. One or more sensors are located within the cavity. The cooking device also includes a processor operable to receive recipe requirements, determine whether an ingredient which has been deposited onto the cooking surface satisfies the recipe requirements, and generate an alert during the cooking of the meal. The alert prompts a change in a cooking environment to satisfy the recipe requirements. | 03-10-2016 |
20180020873 | OVEN BASED NON-POWERED ACCESSORY SYSTEM | 01-25-2018 |
099344000 | Alarm | 9 |
20110226134 | Baby Feeding Apparatus - A baby feeding apparatus for the preparation and warming of infant formula with audio instructions includes a baby bottle having a well and an electrical probe for insertion into the well for heating the contents of the bottle. The apparatus also includes a reservoir for containing a supply of heated fluids such as water for maintaining the temperature of the infant formula and a visual and audio indicator to advise an individual when the temperature of the formula is appropriate for feeding a child. A brush for cleaning the bottle and a cover for the apparatus are also provided. | 09-22-2011 |
20130008319 | Pet Treat Baking Machine - An architecture is presented that provides a pet treat baking kit designed to make healthy and affordable pet treats. The pet treat baking kit comprises a pet treat baking device, a recipe book, a wire cooling rack, and an utensil. The pet treat baking device, comprises a top portion and a bottom portion secured together to form a hinge at a first end. The pet treat baking device further comprises a heating element secured to an interior of either the top portion or the bottom portion of the device, and at least one baking plate removably secured to the interior of the bottom portion. Furthermore, the pet treat baking device comprises at least one baking plate removably secured to an interior of the top portion of the device. The baking plates comprise molds in various shapes, such as a dog bone shape, a paw shape, or an animal shape. | 01-10-2013 |
20130036917 | STIR LID WITH OVERFLOW SENSOR - A motor-driven automatic cooking vessel stirring device having boil-over sensing and a boil over alarm that sounds when boil-over becomes imminent. The motor-driven automatic cooking vessel stirring device beneficially also provides for temperature sensing and can include electronic controls that control stirring rates and a clock-timer. | 02-14-2013 |
20140208958 | ACCESSORY FOR INDICATING STATUS OF STOVE BURNER - An indicator device for proving an announcement of the status of a burner control knob, A base plate attaches to and rotates with a burner control shaft on a stove. An attitude sensing switch mounted with the base plate changes its conductive state when a burner control shaft moves from an “off” position. An annunciator senses the change in conductive state to initiate an announcement of that event. | 07-31-2014 |
20140230662 | INTELLIGENT VENTILATING SAFETY RANGE HOOD CONTROL SYSTEM - An improved control system for a range hood that is capable of automatically responding to various air quality parameters including heat, smoke, carbon monoxide, humidity, and others. The system contains a number of features that, combining aspects of open-loop and closed loop control, manage the system dynamics for smoother operation, respond to both level and rate signals and compensate for background conditions and sensor variability by using relative values. | 08-21-2014 |
20150027321 | BARBECUE SPIT WITH TEMPERATURE PROBE - The present invention is to provide a barbecue spit equipped with a probe, which includes a rod configured to pierce a food and connected to a power device of an electric barbecue apparatus so that the rod can be driven to rotate by the power device, a temperature setting device provided adjacent to one end of the rod and including a control module and an alert module, a conductive wire provided in the rod and having one end electrically connected to the setting device, and a probe having one end to be inserted into the food and an opposite end electrically connected to the other end of the conductive wire. Thus, when the food temperature measured by the probe reaches a predetermined temperature, the control module drives the alert module to generate an alert signal (e.g., a continuous sound), thereby informing the user of the roasted state of the food. | 01-29-2015 |
20150320260 | FOOD STIR-FRYING MACHINE - Provided is a food stir-frying machine that makes it possible to surely and smoothly rotate a stirrer while bringing the stirrer into elastic contact with the inner surface of a pan, and increase the durability of the stirrer. A stirring device has: a supporting member that supports a rotary shaft; a stirring frame that supports the supporting member through a horizontal shaft in a direction in which a stirrer is moved in or out of a pan; and a device frame that vertically swingably supports the stirring frame in order to evacuate the stirrer upward, and between the stirring frame and the supporting member, biasing means adapted to bias the supporting member toward the pan side so as to bring the stirrer into contact with the inner surface of the pan. | 11-12-2015 |
20160037955 | AUTOMATIC COOKING POT NOTIFYING COMPLETION OF COOKING - The present invention relates to an automatic cooking pot notifying the completion of cooking. More specifically, provided is an automatic cooking pot which has a function of automatically notifying the optimal completion of a broth-based food, which retains a broth even when cooking is completed. Furthermore, if a user puts ingredients into the pot before the water boils, and selects a cooking menu wherein the same boiling time duration is set for the same menu regardless of the amount of food, the automatic cooking pot provided herewith notifies the user when the cooking is completed. In another embodiment, the user may adjust the boiling time duration to be set on a timer unit for the same food within a certain time range according to the amount of the food, on the basis of the variation in data in the boiling time durations depending on the amount of the food which have been measured through experiments beforehand. | 02-11-2016 |
20160102868 | OVEN APPLIANCE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OVEN APPLIANCE - An oven appliance with one or more features for notifying a user of the oven appliance that the cooking chamber is heavily loaded is provided. Further, a method for operating an oven appliance to notify a user of the oven appliance that the cooking chamber is heavily loaded is provided. | 04-14-2016 |