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5196677 In a coffee pot apparatus  
An apparatus arranged in combination with a coffee pot structure to provide for a spacer disc to space a coffee pot relative to an associated burner unit to minimize undue heating and moderate...
5193439 Programmable electric toaster  
An apparatus is provided for the automatic toasting of bread and other bakery products. The toaster includes a cool wall housing with a single elongated toast slot and a digital display and control...
5189281 Rethermalization cart indicator system  
A rethermalization cart having at each food tray positions therein a pair of electrical heater pads positioned to controllably heat separate food servings on a food tray positioned in the cart....
5183998 Apparatus and method for heating water for infusion and the like  
An automatic electric maker for coffee or the like, having user selectable AUTO, BREW, WARM or OFF modes. The temperature of the WARM mode is selectable by applying partial power to the heating...
5183984 Cooking apparatus with cooking information display means  
A cooking apparatus has necessary cooking functions and comprises a cooking information storage for storing names of materials of each dish to be cooked by the apparatus and quantities per person...
5171974 Heating system for oven zone location  
A parameter control system for an oven which may, for example, be a baking oven or a convection oven having the capability of injecting steam into the cooking cavity. The parameter control system...
5162636 Electric cooking means  
In a glass mounting plate, which is provided on the underside with a partly transparent and partly non-transparent mask, is fitted an electric hotplate. An illuminating chamber illuminating by a...
5160831 Multi-mode control circuit and indicator arrangement for an electrical appliance  
A time-based electrical appliance multi-mode control circuit and indicator arrangement which is connected to a power supply and an on and off switch. Upon turning the switch on, power is...
5155338 Control device for heating sources of cooking appratus  
Control device for the heating sources of a cooking apparatus, in particular of a cooking surface, possessing a set of neighboring heating sources and a smooth sheet of vitroceramic glass, of...
5149209 Hair dryer with audible unplug alarm  
A hair dryer that includes a case having a handle and a barrel, and a fan positioned in the barrel and coupled to an electric motor for blowing hair through the barrel. An electrical resistance...
5144112 Food service indication system  
A food service process including a hot food dish and an insulated dome. Hot food is served onto the dish, the dome set over the dish, and the dome covered hot food dish is delivered to the intended...
5140135 Adaptive ice detector circuit  
An ice detector circuit controls heating of a probe detecting ice. The circuit generates an icing output as a function of a temperature output generated by the probe. A control circuit cyclically...
5138135 Cooktop  
A cooktop includes an at least partially transparent surface being formed of glass or glass ceramic and having burner regions with peripheral and inner portions. Heating elements are disposed...
5138137 Fault detecting membrane potentiometer switch  
The present invention is a fault detecting membrane potentiometer keyswitch. The keyswitch includes circuitry for providing a reference voltage signal when not activated, so that a faulty switch...
5128516 Heating element control  
A heating element control includes a ceramic substrate having a resistance circuit thereon of a material having a positive temperature coefficient. A first comparator compares the resistance of the...
5128517 Temperature controlled fluid ciruclating system  
A temperature control system for use with a fluid circulating system operable in a heating or cooling state to monitor and control the temperature and flow of fluid circulated through a remote...
5120934 Cordless electric iron and stand assembly with timed audible reheat alarm  
A cordless electric iron assembly has an iron removably mounted on a power supply stand adapted to be connected to a power supply. Separable mating electric terminals interposed between the iron...
5117090 Electric hair curling apparatus including a removable battery pack and a fiber optic cable illumination arrangement  
An electric hair curling apparatus includes a housing having a transparent lid covering a base member mounting a plurality of variously sized heating posts, each arranged to mount and heat a...
5117092 Cordless iron  
A cordless iron includes a stand and an iron body placeable on and detachable from the stand. The iron body has a sole plate. The sole plate of the iron body is heated when the iron body is placed...
5113057 Doubly-controlled aquarium safety heater  
An aquarium heater includes a heating coil and a thermostat formed in a glass tube, a thermo-sensitive resistor distantly connected to the thermostat for ensuring a reliable sensing of water...
5111028 Method and control arrangement for cooking appliances  
A cooking appliance is disclosed which has a cooking control system responsive to selection of a given food to be cooked, for indicating the optimum cooking position of the food in the appliance....
5103077 Indicator for cooking appliances  
In a cooker with an at least partly translucent cooking or hob surface an operating or hot indication takes place through modular units surrounding the heating unit and which contain individual...
5099108 Electric control system for liquid heating apparatus of the pulse combustion type  
A liquid heating apparatus includes a pulse combustion burner mounted to a liquid vessel and having a combustion chamber secured to a side wall of the vessel and immersed in liquid in the vessel, a...
5097113 Touch switch arrangement for a heating cooking appliance  
A heating cooking appliance includes a heater for the cooking, a switch generating an operation signal while being touched or depressed with a finger or the like, and a microcomputer for...
5089689 Flame safeguard control anti-swap feature  
An apparatus ensures that a controller memory is programmed to store safety critical information corresponding to a heating system in which it is installed. The heating system has a controller and...
5079784 Hydro-massage tub control system  
A control system for hydro-massage tub systems in which water is circulated through a pump and heater from the tub back to a plurality of jets in the tub to create a turbulent massaging action. The...
5079407 Boil condition detection device for a range  
A device for detecting a boiling condition of a liquid including a moisture sensor coupled to a detection circuit that provides an output signal, the output signal being coupled to any of various...
5079410 Power control system adaptable to a plurality of supply voltages  
An electronic control arrangement for controlling the power applied to an electrical load, in which the electronic control includes in its memory a predetermined power control parameter look-up...
5053604 Process and device for control of electrical resistors, particularly for an industrial furnace  
A process and device for controlling heating of a furnace by means of electrical resistors using switching devices, particularly thyristors, associated with the electrical resistors, and whose...
5051562 Temperature controlled fluid circulating system  
A temperature control system for use with a fluid circulating system operable in a heating or cooling state to monitor and control the temperature and flow of fluid circulated through a remote...
5038020 Circuit for controlling the output of an electronic cooking system  
There is disclosed a circuit for controlling the operation of an electronic cooking system. The circuit comprises a counting inverter for controlling the operation of heating coil, and a pulse...
5036181 Method and apparatus for supplying and controlling power to a resistance furnace  
Power is controllably supplied to a resistive load. Power is passed from a power supply through a selectably operable switch directly to the resistive load and simultaneously to an energy storage...
5025135 Circuit configuration for the recognition of a plasma  
The invention relates to a circuit configuration for the recognition of a plasma which is supplied with energy by means of an ac current of preset frequency. This ac current is detected by way of a...
5023432 Programmable hot water heater control device  
A hot water heater control device and method for a building such as a home will allow the consumer user maximum savings with a modest investment by allowing the user to program into a control...
5015826 Power adjustment device for electric power systems, in particular for electric power systems with electric ovens  
This power adjustment device for electric power systems, in particular for electric power systems with electric ovens, has the aim of optimizing the electric absorption of the system by...
5015827 Control system for a cooking oven  
A control system and method of operating the control system are provided, the system having a supervisory circuit for detecting failure of the system and disabling a high energy control circuit of...
5013893 Heating device  
In a radiant heater (1) an illuminated display (20) is provided for at least part of the heating field (12) and has a low voltage halogen lamp (22) and a glass rod light guide (30) located at a...
5003162 Heater with alert indicator  
A heater assembly includes heating element for generating heat to warm a space to be heated. A heat sensor is provided sensing the temperature within the radiant heater assembly for automatically...
5003160 Reflow furnace control system  
A reflow furnace control system is contemplated to give an optimum time-temperature profile of an object intended to be heated. The object is carried on a conveyor to move along a conveyor path in...
4996487 Apparatus for detecting failure of thermal heaters in ink jet printers  
According to the present invention, a method and device for detecting failure of heating elements in various jets of a thermal jet printing device is provided. The printing device which includes a...
4990750 Independently powered safety device  
An independently powered safety device for use in a cooking device having a heating element and a cooking surface. The safety device includes a pair of lamps, one of which is disposed below the...
4983813 Submersible aquarium heater with adjustable electronic thermostatic control  
A submersible electric aquarium heater includes an open-ended glass tube enclosing an electric resistance heater carried by an axially disposed former. First and second bungs seal the ends of the...
4975562 Heater and thermostat unit  
A heater for heating water in an aquarium tank is provided with a thermostat which includes a bimetal strip carrying one contact and another strip carrying another contact. Upon deformation of the...
4968864 Magnetic card control microwave oven  
A cooking utensil comprises a reading member responsive to a recording medium containing a cooking program which is carried out in the cooking utensil, and a control circuit responsive to the...
4958062 Driving control apparatus for an electric range with self-diagnosis function  
A driving control apparatus for an electric range having a function of self-diagnosis by detecting a temperature within an oven with a voltage, detecting the present temperature within an oven by...
4951556 Illuminated coffee brewing apparatus  
A coffee brewing apparatus is disclosed which incorporates in its base a neon lamp indicator within a transparent housing which may be operated manually or automatically by a temperature sensing...
4952766 Sensor and pop detector for microwave popcorn control  
A closed-loop control for sensing the completion of popcorn popping in a microwave oven and automatically shutting down the oven. A microphone type sensor is acoustically coupled to the microwave...
4948949 Switch module arrangement for use with resistive-type loads  
An arrangement for regulating the power output of resistive loads or electrical appliances, especially the cooking plates of electric ranges, which includes actuating elements for the switching on...
4945210 Card controlled soldering iron temperature control device  
A card controlled temperature control device for soldering iron in which only a specific person can set and control the tip temperature of the soldering iron. The device comprises a card having a...
4939347 Energization control apparatus for glow plug  
An energization control apparatus for a glow plug includes a battery, a glow plug, a power control unit, and an energization controller. The glow plug has a low rated voltage which allows rapid...