| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 219621000 | Utensil (e.g., pot, pan, etc.) | 54 |
| 20090065496 | INDUCTION COOKWARE - An induction cooking utensil is constructed such that it cooks food within its chamber while maintaining a relatively cool outer surface (e.g., preferably an outer surface that is cool enough to pick up with one's bare hands). The cooking utensil includes an inner wall that is made at least in part of an electrically conductive material and an outer wall that is made at least in part of the electrically non-conductive material. A reflective layer is disposed between the inner and outer walls to reflect radiant heat away from the outer wall. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090065497 | INDUCTION COOKWARE - An induction cooking utensil includes an inner wall and an outer wall that is separated by a vacuumed-gap. Disposed within the vacuumed-gap is a piece of getter material that absorbs at least some gas present within the gap. The getter material may thus be used to create and/or preserve the vacuum. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090065498 | INDUCTION COOKWARE - An induction cooking utensil is constructed to have an inner wall that is made at least in part of electrically conductive material and an outer wall having a bottom portion and a sidewall portion. The bottom portion is made at least in part of a non-conductive material (e.g., so as to not interfere substantially with the magnetic field produced by the induction cooktop) and the sidewall portion is made at least in part of a metallic material. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090065499 | INDUCTION COOKWARE - An induction cooking utensil is constructed such that it cooks food within its chamber while maintaining a relatively cool outer surface (e.g., preferably an outer surface that is cool enough to pick up with one's bare hands). The cooking utensil includes an inner wall that is made at least in part of an electrically conductive material and an outer wall that is made at least in part of the electrically non-conductive material and separated from the inner wall by a gap. Holes are formed in the outer wall that permit circulation of air between the gap and the outside of the cooking utensil to provide for convective cooling. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090065500 | Induction Cookware - An induction cooking utensil is constructed such that it cooks food within its chamber while maintaining a relatively cool outer surface (e.g., preferably an outer surface that is cool enough to pick up with one's bare hands). The cooking utensil includes an inner wall that is made at least in part of an electrically conductive material and an outer wall that is made at least in part of the electrically non-conductive material. A reflective layer, a vacuum-sealed thermal insulator and/or a gas more resistant to conducting heat than air is disposed between the inner and outer walls to resist the transfer of heat from the inner wall to the outer wall. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090188909 | Induction heated server and method of making - An induction heatable server comprises a base element having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall defining an upwardly opening cavity in which are disposed a heat retentive disc and a ring member which is bonded to the peripheral wall. A top element extends over the ring member and seals the cavity. The top element is bonded to the peripheral wall of the base element and the ring member to preclude moisture penetration into the cavity. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090321425 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUCTION COOKING APPLIANCE AND INDUCTION COOKING APPLIANCE - The invention relates to a method for controlling an induction cooking appliance with at least one coil, wherein the power of the coil is adjusted as a function of a position of a cooking utensil on the coil. The invention also relates to an induction cooking appliance for heating a cooking utensil, which has at least one coil and a drive unit for the coil, the induction cooking appliance being designed to implement the mentioned method. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100051608 | INDUCTION COOKING DEVICE - There is provided an induction cooking device for achieving high heating power at the time of high temperature cooking while ensuring safety. An induction cooking device includes a heating coil ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100059505 | CONTAINER FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC COOKERS - [Problem] To provide a container for an electromagnetic cooker which can be heated corresponding to impedance check frequency which differs depending on a manufacturer of an electromagnetic cooker or the like, can properly and easily set a heat generation characteristic, is excellent in marketability, configuration in use, disposability, handiness in cooking and the like, is suitable for retort foods, instant foods and the like, and exhibits high heating efficiency. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100116819 | INDUCTION COOKWARE - An induction cookware comprising: a cooking body containing an inner pot inside, an insulation material disposed between the cooking body and the inner pot for maintaining the temperature of the inner pot. An induction coil is disposed in the bottom of the cooking body and with an extra magnetic field, the induction coil can generate AC current. The current flows through an electric heating tube connected to the bottom of the inner pot so as to heat the heating tube. Thereby, the heating tube directly transfer the heat to the inner pot for reducing the heat from transpiration. The structure of a cooking body with an inner pot inside can heat and slow cook the food inside the inner pot simultaneously, thus can add the delicious taste of the food and save the energy. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100170892 | Induction Heating Apparatus with Suspended Induction Plate - An apparatus and method for induction heating of a liquid. The apparatus includes a vessel having a volume for receiving a liquid, an induction plate and an induction base. The induction plate is positioned proximate to an induction base and suspended within the vessel, so that it is completely surrounded by the liquid to be heated. The apparatus may also include a filter column positioned within the vessel and for receiving an infuser. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100206870 | ALUMINIUM COOKING VESSEL FOR USE ON INDUCTION PLANES - An aluminium cooking vessel comprises a vessel bottom coupled to a steel plate for providing an electric induction plane heating, the steel plate including a plurality of plate holes and being subjected, about each plate hole to a force applied with an annular pattern to deform the steel plate about each hole with a Z deforming arrangement, the vessel material, displaced as the steel plate is deformed assuming a mushroom arrangement to cover the perimeter of the plate holes. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100294753 | Induction heated server and method of making - An induction heatable server comprises a base element having top and bottom elements, said bottom element having a peripheral wall defining an upwardly opening cavity in which are disposed a heat retentive disc and a ring member which is bonded to the peripheral wall. A top element extends over the ring member and seals the cavity. The top element and ring member are bonded to the peripheral wall of the bottom element to preclude moisture penetration into the cavity. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100314385 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKING CONTAINER - An induction heating body | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110073588 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKING APPARATUS - An induction heating cooking apparatus includes a magnetic flux-shielding plate | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110114632 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM - A method for controlling an induction heating system, particularly an induction heating system of a cooktop on which a cooking utensil with a certain contents is placed for heating/cooking purposes, comprises the steps of carrying out a predetermined number “n” of electrical measurements of a first electrical parameter of the heating system on the basis of a predetermined electrical value of a second electrical parameter, “n” being ≦2, repeating the above set of measurements at a predetermined time after the first measurements, and estimating at least one thermal parameter of the heating system, particularly of the contents of the cooking utensil, on the basis of the above set of measurements. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110180530 | COOKING DEVICE FOR A COOKING CONTAINER - The invention relates to a cooking device ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110192835 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKER - An induction heating cooker includes a plurality of heating coils to heat a container, an inverter having a plurality of switching elements to be operated such that a high-frequency voltage is selectively supplied to the plurality of heating coils, and a control unit to control the operations of the plurality of switching elements such that the high-frequency voltage is time-divisionally supplied to a heating coil, on which the container is positioned, among the plurality of heating coils. By this configuration, it is possible to reduce the number of inverters and manufacturing costs. In addition, since the thickness of the cooker is reduced, it is possible to reduce the overall size of the cooker. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110248022 | INDUCTION COOKING STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A method of producing an edible food product includes the step of forming a vessel core with a first material having a first level of susceptibility to heating by induction. The method also includes the step of casting an apron of a second material with a second level of susceptibility to heating by induction lower than said first level around at least a first portion the vessel core in an in situ casting process to form a clad cooking vessel having a cooking surface. An uncooked food product is then disposed on the cooking surface of the clad cooking vessel and heated to produce the edible food product by subjecting the vessel core to a magnetic field. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110315674 | INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE - An induction heating device includes a top plate ( | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120138597 | INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM - An induction heating system includes a first heating surface and an induction coil located adjacent the first heating surface. The induction heating system also includes food packaging configured to be placed on the first heating surface. The food packaging contains a current conducting material such that the food packaging is inductively heated to a temperature sufficient to heat food when the induction coil is energized. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120273482 | CERAMIC COOKING UTENSIL - A cooking utensil made out of ceramics and optimized for the use on an induction plate. The cooking utensil comprises a ceramics container, an external base of the container, and a coating layer containing silver powder on the external base. The coating layer is deposited according to a geometrical form configured to optimize the magnetic properties of the silver powder by distributing in a homogeneous manner on the container a heating power output by the induction plate. The thickness of the coating layer is defined according to the maximum heating power to be reached by the base of the container. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120273483 | COOKING VESSEL APPLICABLE FOR INDUCTION HEATING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A cooking vessel, such as kettle, frying pan or cooking pot, has a bottom part suitable for heating by induction. In solutions known before, an attachment of ferromagnetic plate, placed at the bottom, to blank container is multistage, demanding exceptional precision and/or non-reliable. In addition, in solutions known before, stainless steel is used; to which use some disadvantages are related. In the present invention a plate is used as ferromagnetic member, which is coated, at least from its one surface, by another material, such as aluminum. Ferromagnetic piece is attached e.g. by pressure welding to blank container. In solution provided by the invention it is possible to use an iron plate as ferromagnetic material. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120285946 | UTENSIL QUALITY FEEDBACK FOR INDUCTION COOKTOP - Methodology, apparatus and computer programming are provide that permit an induction cooking appliance to evaluate a utensil for use with the appliance. A user may manually initiate an evaluation that will prompt the user to place a utensil on the appliance for evaluation. An evaluation is made based on differences between the expected energy and actual energy delivered. A score related to suitability for use of the utensil may then be displayed to the user. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130087553 | Method for Heating a Cooking Vessel with an Induction Heating Device and Induction Heating Device - A method for heating a cooking vessel utilizing an induction heating device is provided. According to various aspects, the induction heating device includes a resonant circuit with an induction heating coil. A specified amount of energy may be supplied to the cooking vessel with the induction heating device depending on a heating power level selected by a user and/or on a cooking vessel type selected by the user. A parameter value of the resonant circuit which is dependent on a temperature of the cooking vessel, in particular of the bottom of the cooking vessel, may be determined and stored. The parameter value may be regulated to a setpoint which is dependent on the stored parameter value. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130105468 | Vibrating Cooking System | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130119049 | IR TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR INDUCTION HEATING OF FOOD ITEMS - A system and method for measuring the temperature of cookware to be induction-heated, using an infrared temperature sensor. An induction heater countertop may include a viewing window between the infrared temperature sensor and the cookware. Various algorithms may be applied to the sensed temperature, to adjust it to account for the presence of the viewing window, as well as variations in the cookware material. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130153565 | Induction Cooking Apparatus and Method of Use - A cooking apparatus includes a cooking vessel, a support structure, an assortment of ferrous members and a source of electro-magnetic radiation. The ferrous members are mounted on the support structure along with food. The source of electro-magnetic radiation heats the ferrous members and enables a previously unobtainable level of precision and control in the preparation of food. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130161318 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A household appliance, in particular a cooking hob device, includes at least one thermochromic and/or thermoluminescent element that contains at least one vanadium-containing material. The material containing vanadium can be a semiconductor in at least one temperature range, e.g. a doped semiconductor in the temperature range, and may include vanadium dioxide. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130175259 | INDUCTION COOKING ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCED REJECTION METHODS - An induction cooking system and method that prevents a valid key touch from being rejected is provided. A noise rejection apparatus can prevent noise from influencing the determination of a valid key touch. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130264333 | Cooking Appliance - An example of a cooking apparatus includes a food vessel with a receptacle for holding food, a stored identity for selecting operating parameters related to the food vessel, for example safe operating limits, a program module adapted to transmit the stored identity, and a base unit adapted to detect the stored identity and control a thermal element according to parameters assigned to the stored identity. The program module may transmit the stored identity to the base unit by mechanical contact or by wired or wireless communication. Another embodiment of the invention comprises a food vessel with an outer housing and an inner receptacle separated from the outer housing by an air gap. A program module with a stored identity may be removably connected to the food vessel in the gap between the inner receptacle and outer housing. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130313247 | Method for Obtaining a Cooking Vessel Having a Colored, Hard, Anodized Outer Surface - Provided is a method for obtaining a cooking vessel, comprising the following steps: producing a bowl having an aluminum outer surface and an inner surface; performing hard anodization of at least the outer surface of the bowl; and providing a sol-gel coating on the anodized outer surface. At least one coloring step is carried out following the hard anodization, the coloring step(s) being carried out before and/or during the sol-gel coating step. Also provided is a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance comprising a cooking vessel obtained by the above method. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130334207 | COOKING PAN - A cooking pan includes a first pan portion, an induction heating layer, a second pan portion, and a non-induction heating layer. The first pan portion has a first bottom wall and a first raised enclosing wall. The induction heating layer is provided in the first bottom wall. The second pan portion has a second bottom wall and a second raised enclosing wall. The non-induction heating layer is provided in the second bottom wall. The first pan portion and the second pan portion are symmetrically shaped with respect to bordering edge of the raised enclosing walls. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20140021196 | GRILL AND/OR FRYING PLATE FOR THE USE ON COOKING HOBS - A grill and/or frying plate for use on an induction cooking hob, including at least one grill section and at least one section different from the grill section, in particular a frame section or a warming section. When the grill and/or frying plate is mounted to the cooking hob, the at least one grill section is at least partially arranged directly above at least one heating element of the cooking hob and that the at least one section different from the grill section is at least partially arranged in a position where no heating element is arranged below. A recess and/or a securing recess and/or a fixation groove are arranged in a region that delimits the grill section from the section different from the grill section, in such a way that the heat transfer from the grill section to the section different from the grill section is reduced. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140124501 | INDUCTION COOKTOP APPLIANCE - An induction cooktop appliance is provided. The induction cooktop appliance includes an induction heating element and a metal top panel positioned above the induction heating element for supporting cooking utensils thereon. The metal top panel defines an opening above the induction heating element. The opening can limit or regulate eddy currents within the metal top panel. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140203010 | COOKING HOB WITH ROTARY DRIVING MEANS AND COOKING VESSEL USABLE WITH SAID HOB | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140209598 | Cooking Pot with a Heated Lateral Wall and Process - Provided is a kitchenware item comprising a pot comprising a metal substrate ( | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140217090 | INDUCTION COOKING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - An induction cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus is a vessel, such as a pot, for holding food. One or more ferrous elements are mounted outside the walls of the vessel. The ferrous elements receive electromagnetic radiation from an electromagnetic radiation source and they therefore become heated. Heat from the ferrous elements is transferred to food located inside of the vessel. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140231413 | COOKING HOB, HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN COOKING HOB - The invention is in particular directed to a cooking hob ( | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140263286 | INDUCTION HEATING SYSTEM FOR FOOD CONTAINERS AND METHOD - An induction heating system configured to sequentially heat a plurality of filled and sealed food containers is provided. The system includes an induction heating coil defining a lumen having a longitudinal axis. The lumen is configured to receive the containers during heating, and the induction coil is configured to generate an alternating magnetic field causing resistive heating of the container. The system includes a container moving device configured to move containers into the induction heating coil lumen prior to heating, to move containers while within the induction heating coil lumen and to move containers out of the induction heating coil lumen after heating. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140291316 | Induction Cookware - An induction cooking utensil is constructed such that it cooks food within its chamber while maintaining a relatively cool outer surface (e.g., preferably an outer surface that is cool enough to pick up with one's bare hands). The cooking utensil includes an inner wall that is made at least in part of an electrically conductive material and an outer wall that is made at least in part of the electrically non-conductive material. A reflective layer, a vacuum-sealed thermal insulator and/or a gas more resistant to conducting heat than air is disposed between the inner and outer walls to resist the transfer of heat from the inner wall to the outer wall. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140305931 | INDUCTION-BASED FOOD HOLDING/WARMING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method for holding and warming food held in pans or trays having a low relative magnetic permeability, such as 300-series stainless steel, using induction heating. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140319127 | INDUCTION GENERATOR FOR INDUCTION HEATING DEVICES AND A METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF AN INDUCTION GENERATOR FOR INDUCTION HEATING ELEMENTS - The present invention relates to an induction generator for induction heating elements, in particular for induction coils of a cooking hob. The induction generator is connected or connectable to different lines (L | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140332523 | Wireless Kitchen Appliance Operated on Induction Heating Cooker - The present invention relates to a kitchen appliance ( | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140339220 | Induction-Based Food Holding/Warming System and Method With Height Adjustment Mechanism - A device, system and method for induction heating food service pans having differing depths, while maintaining the pans sufficiently closely adjacent an enclosure containing the induction heating power source. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150076138 | INDUCTION COOKING STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A method of producing an edible food product includes the step of forming a vessel core with a first material having a first level of susceptibility to heating by induction. The method also includes the step of casting an apron of a second material with a second level of susceptibility to heating by induction lower than said first level around at least a first portion the vessel core in an in situ casting process to form a clad cooking vessel having a cooking surface. An uncooked food product is then disposed on the cooking surface of the clad cooking vessel and heated to produce the edible food product by subjecting the vessel core to a magnetic field. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150083711 | PAN AND METHOD FOR MAKING - In an exemplary embodiment, an induction cooking pan can include: a pan; a handle coupled to the pan; wherein the pan can include: a ceramic inner coated portion; a first metallic outer portion; and a second metallic outer portion; wherein the second metallic outer portion is at least one of extruded or impact bonded to the first metallic outer portion; wherein the second metallic outer portion can include: a generally circular shape and can include a plurality of punched openings therethrough; and wherein the plurality of punched openings have been at least one of: impact bonded into a lower surface of the first metallic portion; or extruded into a lower surface of the first metallic portion; and wherein the first and second metallic outer portions have been machined substantially smooth. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150312969 | A FOOD PREPARATION APPLIANCE OPERATED ON AN INDUCTION HEATING COOKTOP - The present invention relates to a food preparation appliance ( | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150313404 | FILM MADE OF AN ALLOY OF ALUMINUM AND IRON, USE OF SUCH MATERIAL IN COMBINATION WITH AN OSCILLATING MAGNETIC FIELD AND KITCHEN UTENSIL FOR INDUCTION COOKING, COMPRISING SUCH FILM - A film made of an alloy of aluminum and iron, having thickness comprised between 5 μm and 100 μm and made of an aluminum-iron alloy, comprises an aluminum amount comprised between 97% and 99% by weight with respect to the total weight of the alloy and an iron amount comprised between 1% and 2%, preferably between 1% and 1.5%. Advantageously the alloy also comprises titanium and/or boron. A pot for induction cooking, provided with a bottom ( | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150319812 | INDUCTION COOKING APPARATUS AND INDUCTION COOKWARE - An induction stove and induction cookware are disclosed herein. The induction stove includes a first arm, a second arm, and a third arm together forming an opening between the first arm and the second arm. At least one of the first arm, the second arm, and the third arm includes an induction source. The induction stove also includes rack disposed in the opening for supporting induction cookware. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150327707 | HEATING CONTAINER - Provided is a heating container in which a space divided by a partition is provided on a bottom of a container unit formed of a nonmetallic material with high heat transfer efficiency such as ceramic and a heating unit which generates heat using an induction magnetic field generated using a wireless power consortium method is formed therein, a display unit which emits light due to heat generated by the heating unit or a display unit which changes emitted color depending on a change in a temperature of the heat generated by the heating unit is formed on the outside of the container unit, and a heating temperature of the container unit formed of nonmetallic material is sensed and the heating temperature of the heating unit is controlled through communication between a power transmission unit and a power receiving unit depending on the sensed heating temperature. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20160095170 | PAPER COOKWARE - The paper cookware includes a paper pot made from a sheet to form a pot shape, a support member for structurally supporting the paper pot, and an induction interface disk placed on the bottom portion of the paper pot. The induction interface disk is made of a metal susceptible to being inductively heated with high frequency magnetic induction fields. The sheet includes a first outer layer, a second outer layer, and an inner layer. The inner layer is fabricated with silicone or water impermeable plastics. The induction interface disk comprises a plurality of holes and spikes. The spikes are formed on a bottom surface of the induction interface disk resting on the bottom portion of the paper pot. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160381738 | INDUCTION HEAT COOKING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An electronic induction heat cooking apparatus is provided. The electronic induction heat cooking apparatus includes a rectifier for rectifying an input voltage and outputting a direct current (DC) voltage, a plurality of switching elements for switching the DC voltage output through the rectifier, a cooling fan for cooling the plurality of switching elements, a plurality of heating coils for heating a cooking utensil by controlling the plurality of switching elements, and a controller for controlling the plurality of switching elements according to a plurality of operation modes. In an operation mode for generating maximum heat among the plurality of operation modes, a switching element for generating maximum heat among the plurality of switching elements is arranged closer to the cooling fan than at least one of the other switching elements. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20190142204 | SLOW COOKER | 05-16-2019 |
