Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
099385000 | Slice toaster or broiler (e.g., grid types) | 42 |
20100037783 | Barbecue Stove - A barbecue stove includes a body, a cover, a storage device, two primary feet and two secondary feet. The cover is pivotally connected to the body. The storage device is attached to the body. The primary feet are attached to the body. The secondary feet are attached to the storage device. The barbecue stove lies on the primary feet in use and stands on the secondary feet in storage. | 02-18-2010 |
20100154653 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE - A toasting appliance includes a toasting chamber, a heating element for heating a foodstuff located within the toasting chamber, an optical system having a first light source for illuminating the foodstuff with light having a first wavelength and an optical receiver for detecting light reflected from the foodstuff. A second light source is provided for illuminating at least the optical receiver with light having a second wavelength different from the first wavelength. A controller varies the intensity of the light emitted from the second light source during a toasting operation. | 06-24-2010 |
20110067578 | TOASTER WITH PIVOTING LATERAL DOOR - A toaster with an housing containing at least one toasting chamber accessible from the top, the housing having a side wall that includes a door mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis relative to the rest of the housing, the axis being in a lower part of the housing, the toaster further including at least one bread carriage spaced from the axis so that in the open position of the door, a portion of bread on the carriage projects out of the housing. | 03-24-2011 |
20110179953 | TOASTER - A toaster in which spaced, vertically oriented heating assemblies are nested within a cover that pivots between open and closed positions. In the open position, an consumer can add food slices to or remove toasted food slices from baskets in the toaster remotely from the heating assemblies. When the cover closes, the heating assemblies pivot to be positioned on both sides of the baskets. When energized, the heating assemblies toast the food slices. | 07-28-2011 |
20110239871 | TOASTER WITH FUNCTIONS OF BAKING BREADS AND COOKING FOODS - A toaster with functions of baking breads and cooking foods comprises a body having at least one receiving space. There are two heating plates, one left heating plate and one right heating plate; the left heating plate and the right heating plate are installed at a left and a right side of the body, respectively; an inner side of each of the left heating plate and right heating plate is formed with a cooking area for cooking. A lower end of each of the left heating plate and right heating plate is formed with a penetrating hole. A shaft passes through the penetrating hole. Two ends of the shaft are installed to the body so that the right heating plate and the left heating plate can rotate along the shaft to be opened or closed. | 10-06-2011 |
20110303099 | TOASTER - The invention relates to a toaster. The toaster comprises a thermally insulating box, a mobile housing to receive a slice or piece of bread, and at least one heat element. Each one of the side walls of the thermally insulating box comprises two transparent plates and a space being provided between the two plates to form a wall. The heating element utilizes infrared radiation and is equipped with at least one means for preventing a portion of the radiation from diffusing towards the bread. | 12-15-2011 |
20160174768 | INFRARED TOASTING DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
099386000 | With conveyer | 8 |
20090114101 | BELTS WITH INTEGRAL FLIGHTS FOR USE IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE FOOD PROCESSING EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING SUCH BELTS - A flexible composite with integral flights is provided and methods for making the same. The composite is made from, for example, silicone rubber, urethane rubber, polytetrafluoroethylene or other polymer. The composites are useful for making conveyor belts for use in high temperature food processing, and particularly for contact toasters. The conveyor belts are an improvement over the prior art in that they prevent slippage of the articles conveyed, may be manufactured at low cost, and are relatively easy to clean. | 05-07-2009 |
20100116147 | BIFURCATED HEATED TOASTER PLATEN - A food heating device usable as a toaster, fryer or warmer uses a metal plate having separately heated regions separated by a thermal break. The separately heated regions use separately energized and controlled heating elements embedded to the material from which the metal plate is made. One region can be kept hot while the other region is shut off or kept at a lower temperature until demand requires both sides to be heated. Separating the regions by a thermal break reduces heat transfer from the hot side to the cool side. | 05-13-2010 |
20100139497 | FOOD HEATING DEVICE - A food heating device ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100275789 | TOASTER WITH REMOVABLE AND ADJUSTABLE CONVEYORS - A dual-sided, conveyor toaster provides operator-adjustable conveyors that are also operator removable. The removable conveyor assemblies are chain driven and removably supported in the toaster by re-positionable mounting mechanisms embodied as either adjustable pins that engage fixed slots or adjustable slots that engage fixed pins. Fixed pins can be located on the conveyor and engage adjustable slots in the toaster; adjustable pins can be located on the toaster and engage fixed slots on the conveyor. The conveyor assemblies use non-marring plates to urge food products against the heated platen surfaces and to carry the food products across the platen. | 11-04-2010 |
20100282094 | TURNING TYPE ROAST BOARD - A replacement type grill device includes a receiving case defined with a supply opening for supplying broiling rods toward feed screws; an inclined vibration plate forming a bottom of the receiving case, located to be inclined toward the supply opening, and having one end which is coupled to an inner sidewall of the receiving case by a hinge to be rotatable in upward and downward directions and the other end which is positioned adjacent to the supply opening of the receiving case and serves as a free end; vibration generation means for vibrating the inclined vibration plate in response to rotation of a feed control lever and thereby vibratorily accomplishing arrangement of the broiling rods; and arrangement means installed on another inner sidewall of the receiving case to limit a gap between the inclined vibration plate and the arrangement means so that individual supply of broiling rods can be ensured. | 11-11-2010 |
20110017076 | SLIDING TOASTER - The present invention is a sliding toaster. Slices of bread to be toasted are placed on the sliding plate out of the toaster body, and the sliding plate is slid into the toaster body by fitting into the channels in the toaster body. After the bread is toasted, sliding plate is taken from the toaster body by sliding it. | 01-27-2011 |
20120118171 | BREAD PRODUCT EDGE TOASTING SHIELD FOR CONVEYOR TOASTER - Edges of English muffins and certain other types of bread products known to burn during toasting are protected from burning by a bread product edge toasting shield. One embodiment of the bread product edge shield is a baffle formed of orthogonal or substantially orthogonal metal strips. A second embodiment is a cylindrical tube. The edge toasting shield blocks infrared energy waves that would otherwise be incident upon the bread product edges at angles of incidence less than about eighty degrees relative to horizontal. | 05-17-2012 |
20150289720 | TOASTER - A toaster for evenly toasting bread products is provided. The toaster comprises at-least one heating zone inside a toasting chamber, the heating zone having at-least one baffle provided on top of at-least one heating element, the baffles trapping the hot air and reducing the rate at which hot air moves up maintaining a minimum temperature gradient along the toaster, thereby evenly toasting the bread product. | 10-15-2015 |
099389000 | Opposed heater type | 15 |
20080257171 | Toaster - The present invention relates to an electric toaster comprising an outer housing, heating elements, and at least two bread toasting chambers, which are used to hold bread to toast. The heating elements are all tubular heating elements disposed on both sides of the toasting chambers. The electric toaster comprises at least one reflector, which is disposed inside the toasting region having a shape suitable for concentrating all the heat from the heating elements onto the bread-toasting chamber. The present invention can apply to electric toasters with two or more chambers with tubular heating elements, which enables bread to toast fast and safely by the use of high heating efficiency elements, such as quartz heating tubes or halogen heating tubes, etc. | 10-23-2008 |
20090064869 | CHARBROILER AND METHOD OF CHARBROILING - A charbroiler having both heated grids and at least one radiant heater and a method of charbroiling a food product are disclosed. Each heat source of the charbroiler may be an independently regulated heat source. The independently regulated heat sources may be adjusted to each contribute to the overall cooking of a food product in a cooking cycle. Each of the independently regulated heat sources may be any heat source capable of being regulated either manually or automatically by a cooking control system. | 03-12-2009 |
20090158939 | Toaster - The present invention relates to a toaster ( | 06-25-2009 |
20130167736 | FOOD PRODUCT HEATING DEVICE WITH FOOD HEATING SLOT BETWEEN HEATING ELEMENTS - A compact portable heating device adapted to heat multiple food products simultaneously is provided. The heating device includes at least one heating element positioned opposite at least one other heating element to form a slot between heating surfaces of the elements for receiving food product. One heating element is mounted to move linearly along a longitudinal axis substantially perpendicular to the heating surfaces. Preferably, a first set of movable heating elements are meshed with a second set of heating elements to form an alternating arrangement. One or more heat generators, e.g. steam generators, are positioned to provide heat while minimizing the size of the device. | 07-04-2013 |
099390000 | Movable or adjustable heater | 6 |
20140165850 | Tabletop Grill - A tabletop grill generally includes a housing, a heating element disposed within the housing, and a grill plate configured to be removably mounted on the housing. The grill plate and the housing are magnetically connectable to retain the grill plate on the housing. | 06-19-2014 |
20140352553 | TABLETOP GRILL - A tabletop grill generally includes a first grill unit having a first grill plate and a first heating element for heating the first grill plate. The grill further includes a second grill unit positionable relative to the first grill unit. The second grill unit has a second grill plate and a second heating element for heating the second grill plate. The grill is configured to function as a broiler. | 12-04-2014 |
20150033955 | FOOD MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance includes a lower housing having a lower heating element, an upper housing having an upper heating element, opposed frame members disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing and operatively connecting the lower housing to the upper housing. The cooking appliance further includes a food mounting assembly. The food mounting assembly includes a bracket extending between the opposed frame members for retaining a means for supporting food items over the lower heating element. | 02-05-2015 |
20150033956 | SPLASH GUARD FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance includes an upper housing having a first heating surface, a lower housing operatively connected to the upper housing, the lower housing having a second heating surface, and a splash guard having a plurality of peripheral sidewalls. The splash guard is nestable within the lower housing and extendable therefrom to a position wherein the splash guard substantially surrounds the second heating surface. | 02-05-2015 |
20150033957 | SMOKE FILTER SYSTEM FOR A COOKING APPLIANCE - A cooking appliance includes a lower housing having a lower heating surface and an upper housing operatively connected to the lower housing. The upper housing has an upper heating surface and an air inlet at least partially surrounding the upper heating surface. The cooking appliance further includes a filter disposed in the air inlet. The filter is configured to remove particulates from air passing through the air inlet. | 02-05-2015 |
20150053094 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TOASTING PLATFORM UTILIZING A COATED CLEAR-GLASS HEATING ELEMENT - A partially transparent cooking appliance includes first and second plates defining an externally accessible cavity therebetween. The first and second plates are at least partially translucent. A base is pivotally coupled with the first and second plates. The first and second plates are operable between a horizontal position and a vertical position relative to the base and an electrically resistive coating disposed on at least a portion of the first and second plates. The electrically resistive coating is in thermal communication with the cavity. A cam mechanism is operably coupled with at least one of the first and second plates. The first and second plates are operable between first and second distances relative to one another and a user interface is disposed on an exterior surface of an outer plate. The user interface is in electrical communication with the electrically resistive coating. | 02-26-2015 |
099391000 | Movable or adjustable carrier or grid | 5 |
20090064870 | 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 both ends of the heating chamber, the grooves are disposed on the supporting plate, the sliding rods are disposed on the steel mesh, pass through the supporting plate and abut against the grooves, the extension spring is disposed below the bread-elevating mechanism, and both ends of the extension spring are connected to the sliding rods. The invention is applicable for breads with different thickness and capable of ensuring uniformity of heat and consistency of colors on both sides and the upper and lower portion of each thereof. | 03-12-2009 |
20100294136 | TOASTER WITH MECHANISM FOR RAISING CARRIAGE ABOVE AN EJECTION POSITION - An electric toaster with a toasting carriage which is automatically raised from a toasting position to a first ejection position has a manually-operated mechanism for raising the carriage above the first ejection position to assist in removing smaller items from the toasting carriage. The carriage is slidably supported on an upright rail together with, and moveable independently of, an actuating member, to which a handle is fixed, and a support member urged by a spring to an uppermost position. The actuating member abuts the carriage to move the carriage, the actuating member, and the support member simultaneously, both when the handle is moved downwards towards the toasting position and when the carriage, the actuating member and the support member are released by a hold-down mechanism to return the carriage to the first ejection position. A displacement-amplifying mechanism mounted on the support member abuts the carriage and the actuating member such that upward movement of the actuating member provides a greater movement of the carriage upward from the first ejection position. | 11-25-2010 |
20110185918 | BREAD-TOASTER - A bread toaster includes an outer cover, a toaster base, a toaster frame mounted on the toaster base, a first sliding member slidably provided on a predetermined side of the toaster frame, a second sliding member also provided on the same predetermined side of the toaster frame, a front supporting frame and a rear supporting frame provided at a front side and a rear side of the toaster frame respectively, a lid arrangement, and a control circuitry, wherein the lid arrangement is arranged to be operated between a closed position and an opened position for closing and opening the toasting slots of the bread toaster. | 08-04-2011 |
20130220144 | TOASTER - A toaster has a housing has an operation cavity and a heating cavity. One side of the housing has a first opening, at least one second opening is disposed at the bottom of the housing, the operation cavity is connected to the heating cavity; a longitudinal groove with same number with the second opening, the longitudinal groove is disposed inside the housing, the longitudinal groove is extended upwards from the second opening; at least one transparent movable baffle, which is sliding and connected to the longitudinal groove from the bottom of the housing from down to up, part of the side surface of the movable baffle is exposed to the first opening; and at least one positioning mechanism, which is fastened to the housing and positioned or supported the movable baffle. | 08-29-2013 |
20140144331 | Toaster Oven - A countertop multi-function oven has a baking and a toasting mode. The oven uses a rotating input dial as a function selector. A second rotating input dial is used to allow a user selection of a bake time or a toasting load. | 05-29-2014 |
099393000 | Movably or adjustably supported carrier or grid | 9 |
20090301313 | TOASTER - A variable-width toaster is described, in which the food-supporting carriage ( | 12-10-2009 |
20100229732 | FORMING MACHINE FOR FORMING DOUGH INTO A SHEET - A forming machine includes a drum having an outer heating surface, a reservoir disposed below the drum and having a surrounding wall with a top edge that can contact the outer heating surface and that has a profile conforming to that of the outer heating surface, an applying disk disposed inside the reservoir and having perforations, and a rotary shaft extending into the reservoir to rotate the applying disk and movable upwardly or downwardly to raise or lower the applying disk. The reservoir is movable between non-contact and contact positions, where the top edge is spaced below and moves upward to abut against the outer heating surface, respectively. The applying disk is movable between pre-applying and applying positions, where the applying disk is lowered into the reservoir for dipping into the dough and is raised for applying the dough to the outer heating surface, respectively. | 09-16-2010 |
20110067579 | TORTILLA TOASTER - The present invention discloses a cooking apparatus having a pan with a sidewall, a bottom wall and a grill top. The bottom wall has a top surface and a bottom surface, with the bottom surface facing a heating source and the top surface facing an air space. A grill covering is disposed on top of the sidewall, with the air space forming between the grill covering and the top surface of the bottom wall. The sidewall also contains at least one handle. | 03-24-2011 |
20120024165 | SIDE DOOR SWITCHING MECHANISM FOR A TOASTER - The patent of invention is provides with a side door switching mechanism for a toaster, which includes two side doors, a side door open lock catch, a side door closing lifting device and a timing electromagnetic controller. The side door can be closed automatically when the lifting board presses the side door shaft. The side door is opened by press the open push rod with the lock catch lifts up by the gear effect of the gear lever. The patent of invention presents the user hurt by directly contacting the side door. | 02-02-2012 |
20120204731 | GRILL - The present invention relates to a grill where a grilled object hardly sticks to the grill in case meat, fish, and the like are grilled thereon. The present invention implements a novel form of a grill wherein a grill has a function of simply putting the object to be grilled on a heat source and a function such as heat conduction or heat storage is minimized by using a metal wire having a small diameter of 0.1-2.0 mm, a nonflammable fireproof fiber such as carbon or glass fiber, and the like, thereby providing a grill which is sanitary because the grilled object hardly sticks or burns thereon and the taste of the grilled object is improved as much as possible. The grill provided by the present invention can improve health by minimizing carbonization in case of grilling, can reduce the number of grills, the cost of labor, detergent and cleaning water, can maximize the taste of direct grilled objects, and can reduce manufacturing costs. | 08-16-2012 |
20150114237 | Flatbread Toaster - A flatbread toaster is an apparatus that is utilized to toast flatbread. Flatbreads of various sizes are toasted within a plurality of toasting slot assemblies. The flatbread toaster features an expandable slot assembly that is capable of accommodating and cooking additional types and sizes of food as well. The expandable slot assembly includes a translating wall that may be moved in order to adjust the size of the expandable slot assembly. The flatbread toaster is regulated through a plurality of physical inputs located on a control panel that allows the user to provide commands. User commands provided through the plurality of physical inputs are processed by a computing unit. Heat is provided to cook food via a plurality of heating elements within each of the plurality of toasting slot assemblies and a first heating element and a second heating element within the expandable slot assembly. | 04-30-2015 |
20160037783 | Taco/Tortilla Shell Fryer/Baking Grill and Prep & Serving Stand - This tortilla cooking utensil functions uniquely with all metal wire grates and O-rings. The O-rings allow the device to open, secure the tortilla, and close the device. The reduced size allows for simultaneous preparation of multiple shells with multiple devices. The device may also be used as an individual preparation and serving stand. The elimination of perforated metal plates and utensil handles makes the utensil less expensive to produce and easier for storage. The elimination of materials such as wood, plastic and other high-heat sensitive materials avoids heat damage to the device. | 02-11-2016 |
099394000 | Hand-held type | 1 |
20090293737 | Removable toaster basket with handle - A removable toaster basket assembly to be removably received in a toasting slot of an electric pop-up toaster facilitates inserting and removing food articles in the toasting slot for toasting of the food article. The removable toaster basket assembly includes an elongate substantially planar frame for resting on an upper surface of the toaster and defines a rectangular slot therethrough. A handle extends from one end of the frame. An elongate basket is slidably received in the slot, the basket having ends and sides which define an open top for receiving a food article. A stop on the basket limits translation of the basket with respect to said frame to maintain the basket captive within the frame. | 12-03-2009 |
099399000 | Removably guided | 1 |
20080289512 | Food product toaster - A toaster for bread-type food products includes a housing defining at least one toasting cavity having an upper mouth for depositing the food products into the cavity and a lower opening from which toasted food products exit the cavity. A perforate rack is provided beneath the lower opening and onto which the toasted food products are deposited as they exit the cavity. The rack is perforated to significantly reduce the surface area of the rack which might otherwise stick to the toasted food products. An imperforate plate is juxtaposed behind the perforate rack to prevent crumbs from the toasted food products from falling into the bottom of the toaster. The plate is spaced from the rack a sufficient distance to prevent any portions of the toasted food products from projecting through the perforate rack and touching the plate and sticking thereto. As disclosed herein, the perforate rack is provided as a wire form structure. At least a portion of the rack is angled to form a ramp down which the toasted food products move toward the front of the toaster. Preferably, the imperforate plate comprises a metal sheet. | 11-27-2008 |
099401000 | With heat distributor, baffle or enclosure | 3 |
20100300306 | INDOOR GRILL GRID APPARATUS - An indoor grill grid apparatus is provided to allow a user to grill various foods indoor, such as in a restaurant, a home, a commercial kitchen and the like, using a conventional indoor grill and stream. In one embodiment, the indoor grill grid apparatus comprises a cooking component, a water tank and a steam component. The steam component comprises several steam outlets which have openings on the surface thereon. The openings are provided such a way that stream can be supplied to the cooking component, thereby the stove heat and steam provided to the apparatus substantially at the same time, the food can be prevented from being overcooked, burned or sticking to the cooking component. Further, the combination of the steam and the stove heat prevents any food residue from being left on the cooking component so that fumes can be minimized. | 12-02-2010 |
20110252977 | INDOOR RANGE-TOP GRILL - An indoor range-top grill allows a user to substantially duplicate outdoor grilling indoors. In some embodiments, the indoor range-top grill sits on top of a gas or electric burner of a stove and uses heat from the burner to grill and cook food. Typically, the indoor range-top grill comprises a grill enclosure having an opening at a top and a hole at a bottom, a burner shield positioned inside the grill enclosure, an optional cone positioned above the burner shield, a grate positioned above the cone, and an optional separator configured to position the grill enclosure thereon. In some embodiments, the burner shield comprises a heat director integrally coupled to a grease ring. The grease ring typically guides food residue away from the hole, trapping the food residue between the grease ring and the grill enclosure. | 10-20-2011 |
20150114238 | VERSATILE COOKER - A versatile cooker that includes a crucible or base, a fire bowl with a cooking surface on top of it and, a cover/lid or dome that rests over the cooking surface. An exemplary embodiment of the cooker can be described as a naturally fired outdoor cooker constructed of a light weight, thermally insulated material such as Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) as the crucible, a stainless steel fire bowl and a dome lid. A grilling surface constructed out of carbon steel and ceramic disks are used as internal heat sinks. | 04-30-2015 |