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7615726 Identification of electric heater capacity  
An electric heater is provided with an identifying resistor associated with a connection between the heater and a fan control. When the electric heater is connected to the control, the identifying...
7608803 Setting oven/grill temperature and/or meat probe using stepper motor analog display  
An appliance having an input device, a control, a motor, and an analog display is provided. The input device is employed to input a set point temperature. The control is operably coupled to the...
7605349 Slow cooker and method of operation  
A cooking appliance for cooking a foodstuff over a period of time including a shell having a heating cavity and a heating element to heat the heating cavity. A container is removably positionable...
7593789 Water flow detection system for a bathing unit  
The present invention provides a control system for a bathing unit that comprises a heating module, a temperature sensing entity and a heating module controller. The heating module includes a body...
7576304 Monitor device for monitoring the exposure of circuits to current and voltage from a tool  
A device for monitoring the voltage or current applied to sensitive components on a circuit board by an assembly tool protects the sensitive components from damage caused by the voltage or current...
7566847 Electrical heating assembly  
An electrical heating assembly ( 2 ) includes a control system ( 26 ). The control system ( 26 ) comprises cooking mode selection means ( 34 ) having a plurality of settings whereby a predetermined...
7554062 Retractable display unit  
An electronic appliance is provided including a display unit movably installed along a guide rail, a protection cover which slides between a first position covering the display unit and a second...
7554060 Displaying cooking-related information  
Among other things, light that carries information about cooking is directed in a first direction towards a redirection element and, at the redirection element, the light is redirected to be...
7554058 Domestic appliance, especially cooking appliance  
A household appliance includes a body having a front, an appliance port including a cooling air inlet port and/or a vapor exhaust port disposed on the body, and a door. A console-type user control...
7499003 Disappearing interface system  
A disappearing interface system for a device, such as an appliance (e.g., a cooking range) having an interactive user interface, a light-emitting device (e.g., a LED), a microprocessor based LED...
7495194 Heating apparatus and heating method  
A heating apparatus includes a plurality of heating means that heat a heated object, a temperature measuring means that measures temperatures of some of the plurality of heating means, a heated...
7473869 Cooking apparatus using barcode  
A cooking apparatus using barcodes, including: a barcode reader which reads a barcode including cooking information recorded in the barcode; a cooking information calculator which analyzes the...
7473868 Fail safe HVAC temperature and medium presence sensor  
A system and method is presented for a fail-safe sensor for an HVAC system. The sensor comprises a temperature detector operable to measure a temperature of a component or a medium present at the...
7461588 Methods and apparatus for operating a speedcooking oven  
A method of operating a cooking appliance including an input interface panel and a processor includes: inputting a first cooking time and a first cooking power level; manually changing the first...
7446285 Foodstuffs processing apparatus with memo information device  
The present invention provides a combination weighing apparatus ( 1 ) capable of eliminating the need for memo paper for messages and reminders. A memory ( 22 ) of a control unit ( 20 ), which...
7408132 Temperature sensor for power supply  
A temperature sensor, such as a thermistor, senses the temperature inside a power source connector, or other portion, of a power supply. This sensed temperature may then be used to determine if the...
7390992 Heat blanket  
The heat blanket ( 10 ) comprises an operative unit ( 20 ) and a control/power supply unit ( 40 ) which can be electrically connected on one side to the power mains and on the other side to the...
7388176 Heating device with thin heating boards  
A heating device includes a case having a plurality of openings and a plurality of slits are defined in bars of the case so that a plurality of heating boards are engaged with the slits of the case...
7381930 Reminder for convection cooking  
Provided is a cooking appliance, such as a convection cooking appliance. The appliance includes a heating element, an annunciator, and a user interface for receiving a plurality of control settings...
7372004 Method and device for recording the registration of the connection of a household appliance to a bus line configuration  
The aim of the invention is to record the registration of the connection of a household appliance to a bus line configuration to which a plurality of household appliances is to be, or is,...
7372003 System and method for monitoring food  
Systems and methods for monitoring conditions that affect the quality of food being served. Conditions such as temperature and elapsed time affect the quality of food and the safety of food...
7361867 Electronic scale and method for weight measurement including correction means for correcting a weight dependent signal  
A scale having an electronic weighing system to generate a weight-dependent signal and a digital signal processing unit ( 18 ). The digital signal processing unit ( 18 ) has a circuit or program...
7355150 Food preparation system with inductive power  
A food preparation system includes a non-contact power supply for energizing a cooking appliance. The food preparation system includes a communication system for enabling communication between a...
7348527 Microwave oven having a door ventilation system  
A microwave oven for use in cooking food having a door and door mounted controls and a cooling system where the door mounted controls are disclosed. The microwave oven having an external enclosure...
7335861 Cooking stove  
A cooking stove which prevents the quantity of heat generated by a gas burner from increasing continuously contrary to the user's expectations, while allowing the user to easily operate the...
7329841 Method for operating an oven, and an associated device  
Method and control device for operating an oven. The control device comprises an operating panel which is substantially flat and sealed. One or more touch-sensitive regions of the panel define...
7326888 Cooking apparatus, cooking system and cooking control method using the same  
Disclosed herein is a cooking apparatus and cooking system which allows a user to change cooking information that is suitable to the preferences of the user and the amount of food when cooking food...
7301130 Oven system with automated messages  
In an in-store oven system audible customer messages are automatically generated based upon a food product cooked in an oven within the store.
7291814 Grip heater control apparatus  
A grip heater control apparatus ( 7 ) capable of increasing the opportunities to enable a heater ( 2 ) to warm a grip ( 1 ) while suppressing a voltage drop of a battery ( 10 ), the grip heater...
7282677 Menu selection device in microwave oven  
A menu selection device for a cooking device is provided which is constructed such that a single display device may be divided into a menu guide unit and a menu selection unit. The menu guide unit...
7279662 Temperature control device adapted to prevent overheating  
A temperature control device comprising a heater, a plurality of heater temperature sensors, a heater temperature controller, and a power supply unit, and adapted to prevent overheating and fires...
7276676 Combined food and food-plate warming device  
A food and food-plate warming device includes a base plate that has a planar top surface and has an outwardly beveled edge provided with laterally stepped ridges concentrically spaced from the top...
7269914 Sterilizing apparatus for footwear  
Disclosed is a sterilizing apparatus for footwear. The sterilizing apparatus includes a plane heater having a carbon fiber embedded heating paper, a pair of electrodes installed at one side of the...
7268324 Electric cooking assembly with hot-warning indicator  
An electric cooking assembly includes a cooking surface having supported under the surface an electric heater incorporating an electric heating element and a temperature limiter including a...
7265325 Cap sealer with a graduated power display  
An induction foil cap sealer which includes a visual display device that shows power consumption in a bar graph format.
7258064 Food product timing system  
A food timing system is disclosed that includes a number of timer modules associated with food holding devices in a restaurant. The timer modules are connected in a network for communicating...
7247821 Cooking device with luminous display  
A cooking device containing a housing with a cooking chamber and a door to close off the cooking chamber and at least one control and display panel with an optical luminous display. The control and...
7238923 Cooking apparatus having a bar code reader and a cooking method of the same  
A cooking apparatus and method thereof capable of performing a cooking process based upon a cooking condition corresponding to the amount of food introduced into a cooking chamber when the cooking...
7223946 Method and device for control and diagnosis for the heating of a lambda probe  
A method for controlling and regulating an electrical heating of a probe situated in the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, a total heating power of the probe being set, and an actual...
7208704 Heating device with thermostat switch  
A system for wiring a heating element in an electrical appliance to a conventional thermostat switch in a new manner and a new thermostat for supporting the new wiring system. The new wiring system...
7196298 Device for achieving a temperature controlled heating of solid food by indicating a temperature change of the solid food caused by microwave heating  
A device is provided for temperature controlled heating of primarily solid food in a microwave oven, which includes a block of polymeric material which is thermally insulated with respect to the...
7186955 Electronic power control for cooktop heaters  
In one aspect, a cooktop heating system that include a first cooktop heating element, a second cooktop heating element, and an interface device. The system also includes a controller for...
7183518 System of food storage preparation and delivery in finished cooked state  
A system configured to provide food storage, preparation, and delivery in a finished cooked state includes a computer control interface, a freezer/refrigeration module, a food transport mechanism,...
7145110 Thermal barrier for a thermistor  
The present invention is a an effective thermal barrier between the thermistor and higher temperature solids or electrical components in a thermostat or its equivalent device. The invention thermal...
7141766 Resistance heating system  
A resistance heating system is provided which includes a resistance heater, a source of alternating current electricity connected by conductors to the resistance heater, and a controller comprising...
7131549 Double sided grill with automated control including localized prompting and confirmation of manual operations  
Food heating operations and manual manipulations associated with a cooking appliance are controlled by a computer system connected to displays and input switches which arranged in physically...
7126088 Cooking appliance control system  
A control system for a cooking appliance enables a consumer to selectively program a cooking appliance through a control panel in a conventional mode based on established cooking times and...
7109445 Cooking apparatus with electronic recipe display  
A cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber and user interface, which includes a controller, display, and memory for storing recipes. The display is coupled to the controller and displays...
7109444 Electronic control circuit for household appliances including humidifiers  
An electronic control circuit for use with a heater, a fan, a humidifier, a cooking apparatus, or any device utilizing a power mode switch and a condition sensor, and optionally time-automated...
7087867 Programmable oven with broiler temperature interlock  
The oven includes a lower electrical heating element which is located below a support member. Two laterally spaced apart upper electrical heating elements are supported above the support member and...