Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
219392000 | Combined with additional material support | 33 |
20080308544 | Multifunctional Roasting Oven - A multifunctional roasting oven comprises a housing with a door that can be opened and closed, and a roasting chamber provided inside the housing, with a heater provided at the lower portion of roasting chamber, and a plurality of horizontal roasting tubes provided at the upper portion of the roasting chamber, the food products can be placed over the roasting tubes. The roasting tubes driven by a drive device may be rotated with the axes, respectively. The advantage is to resolve the problem of single-acting and discommondiousness use. | 12-18-2008 |
20090001067 | Cooking Appliance - A cooking appliance, in particular a high-level built-in cooking appliance, including at least one muffle defining a cooking compartment and having a muffle opening, a door for movement into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening, a drive device including a drive motor operatively attached to the door for moving the door into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening, and a control device in operative communication with the drive device for controlling door movement into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening, and a plurality of lift cables operatively attached to the drive device and the door for supporting the door during movement into and out of a closed relationship with the muffle opening. | 01-01-2009 |
20090001068 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR COOLING AN OVEN CONVEYOR MOTOR - An oven, in one embodiment, includes a housing having a first opening, a second opening, and a heat treating chamber disposed between the first opening and the second opening. A conveyor motor is operably connected to the conveyor for transporting the plurality of products from the first opening, into the heat treating chamber, and out the second opening. A heating source is provided for heating the plurality of products passing through the heat treating chamber. A shroud is disposed around the conveyor motor and includes at least one inlet and at least one outlet. At least one fan is provided for forcing cooling air into the at least one inlet, around the conveyor motor, and out the at least one outlet of the shroud for cooling the motor. Methods for treating a plurality of products are also disclosed. | 01-01-2009 |
20090107979 | HEATABLE PLATE FOR HEATING A STRIP-SHAPED CARRIER FOR THE PURPOSE OF FIXING COMPONENTS TO THE STRIP-SHAPED CARRIER, AS WELL AS AN OVEN - A heatable plate for heating a strip-shaped carrier for the purpose of fixing components to the strip-shaped carrier is provided. The plate includes a contact surface on which the strip-shaped carrier can be positioned, wherein the contact surface is provided with at least one opening connected to a vacuum source. The heatable plate includes at least one edge which is at least partially bent relative to the contact surface, said edge being bent in a direction away from the strip-shaped carrier. | 04-30-2009 |
20090212036 | Apparatus for Curing Electrolyte Membrane of Fuel Cell - An apparatus for curing an electrolyte membrane of a fuel cell is disclosed, by which curing can be performed by preventing a surface of an electrolyte layer from swelling. The present invention includes an oven body, a vacuum sucking plate entering the oven body while the electrolyte membrane having an electro-catalyst liquid sprayed thereon is attached to an upper surface of the vacuum sucking plate, a magazine provided within the oven body to sequentially load a plurality of vacuum sucking plates to enter the oven body in a horizontal state, and an air-sucking terminal provided to a rear side of the magazine to sustain a vacuum state of the vacuum sucking plate by being connected to the vacuum sucking plate loaded in the magazine. | 08-27-2009 |
20090321410 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A PROGRAMMABLE COUNTER-TOP ELECTRIC DEHYDRATOR - A system and method directed to a dehydrating device, which may include a dehydrating enclosure and an adapter. The adapter may be operable to couple the dehydrating enclosure to a power unit, which may include a power source disposed inside the power unit, and a control source operable to control the power source. The power unit may be detachably couplable to at least one of the dehydrating enclosure or a cooking enclosure. The power unit and the cooking enclosure may collectively combine into a multi-stage counter-top electric oven. The power unit and the dehydrating enclosure may also collectively combine into a dehydrator. The dehydrating enclosure may include a plurality of stackable dehydrating trays through which dehydrating air is circulated from the power unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20100006558 | COOKING APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF COOKING A FOOD ITEM - According to another aspect, the subject application involves an oven and a method of controlling an oven for cooking a food item. The oven includes a cooking cavity, a user interface comprising an input device to be actuated with a single actuation event by a cook to select a predetermined cooking mode for cooking the food item, a heating element operable to produce heat required to cook the food item within the cooking cavity, and a control unit. The method includes receiving a cooking signal in response to actuation of the input device with the single actuation event by the cook, and establishing a cooking parameter for the predetermined cooking mode based on the cooking signal. The cooking parameter can be specific to the food item to be cooked according to the predetermined cooking mode of the oven. The method also includes initiating the predetermined cooking mode associated with the input device, and detecting that cooking of the food item according to the predetermined cooking mode is complete. | 01-14-2010 |
20100044362 | Oven Having An Adjustable Effective Heating Space - An oven having an adjustable effective heating space includes an oven body with a scale and a space control knob on the outside to allow manual adjustment of the heating space. Through a transmission assembly and a lever assembly, the position of a heating assembly located in a heating chamber can be adjusted to form an effective heating space with another heating tube in the heating chamber. The size of the effective heating space can be adjusted in a stepless fashion according to user's requirements so that baking and roasting condition can be fine-tuned whenever desired without moving foodstuff or the oven. The oven thus formed provides multiple functions to heat the foodstuff effectively. Roasting can be done simpler and safer with less energy consumption. | 02-25-2010 |
20100072187 | DRAWER TYPE COOKING DEVICE - In a built-in drawer type cooking device, an open/close door | 03-25-2010 |
20100126979 | BAKER'S OVEN - A baking oven | 05-27-2010 |
20100181297 | OVEN DRIVE LOAD MEASURING SYSTEM - A drive load measuring system for a conveyor-type oven is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a drive load measuring system includes: a pair of mounting assemblies that support opposing end portions of a rotating drive shaft of an oven drive unit; and a PLC control unit operatively connected to the mounting assemblies. The mounting assemblies each include a pivot bracket mounted to the body of the oven and a force sensing fastener inserted into the pivot bracket and configured to generate an output signal representative of the load on the force sensing fastener. The PLC control unit can be configured to calculate load values of the force sensing fasteners and to detect rapid changes in the load values that may indicate jam-ups of conveyors driven by the oven drive unit. Alternatively, the PLC control unit can be configured to detect when load values of the force sensing fasteners exceed a threshold value, which may also indicate jam-ups of the conveyors. According to another embodiment, a drive load measuring system includes a pair of in-line torque sensors attached to a rotating drive shaft of an oven drive unit at or near end portions of the drive shaft; and a PLC control unit operatively connected to the mounting assemblies. | 07-22-2010 |
20100252548 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR INNER POT BODY OF ROAST OVEN - A holding device for inner pot body of roast oven includes an outer pot body and a thermally protective structure. The outer pot body has an accommodative space and at least one opening communicated with the accommodative space. The inner pot body is fixed in the accommodative space. The thermally protective structure is arranged to the outer pot body and is joined therewith corresponding to the opening. The thermally protective structure is made of a thermally insulating materials and is arranged corresponding to the opening. The thermally protective structure and the outer pot body are co-enclosed around the outside of the inner pot body, thereby, enhancing the safety in terms of use. | 10-07-2010 |
20100270282 | Electric Oven With Adjustable Heating Element - The present invention is an improved electronic oven; a tabletop, or toaster oven that contains a vertically moveable heating element. The moveable heating element allows a range of foods and/or portions of food to be cooked or heated in the most efficient manner possible, saving time and energy use. A heat directing plate disposed above the moveable heating element further increases efficiency by directing heat onto the food. | 10-28-2010 |
20100276412 | COOKING RANGE - A cooking range is disclosed. The range includes: a cook top section having a heating body configured to cook foods; an oven section having internal walls defining a cavity, a rack and a door, wherein the cavity is configured to accommodate the foods placed on the rack and the door is configured to open or close the cavity; a heating source configured to provide heat to the cavity when the cooking range is operated; and an air circulation mechanism having an exhaust slot and at least one suction slot and configured to suck air into the cooking range through the at least one suction slot and to discharge the air to the outside through the exhaust slot, wherein the at least one suction slot is positioned around the exhaust slot. | 11-04-2010 |
20100276413 | COOKING RANGE RELATED TECHNOLOGY - A cooking range includes a cook top section having a heating body configured to cook foods; an oven section having a cavity and a door, wherein the cavity has a rack configured to accommodate foods and the door is configured to open or close the cavity; a heating source configured to provide heat to the cavity when the cooking range is operated; and an air circulation mechanism having a first duct, a second duct and a fan and configured to discharge air provided from the first duct positioned at a surface of the cavity through the second duct in response to rotation of the fan, wherein the air circulation mechanism is configured to discharge air from the top section through the second duct while the air provided from the first duct is discharged. | 11-04-2010 |
20100276414 | COOKING RANGE - A cooking range includes a cook top section. The cooking range also include an oven section having walls defining a cavity and a door, wherein the cavity being configured to accommodate food and the door being configured to open or close the cavity. The cooking range further include a heating source configured to provide heat to the cavity when the cooking range is operated. In addition, the cooking range include a rack member coupled to the cavity, and configured to support a food container placed thereon, wherein at least a part of the rack member is configured to be rotated to rotate the food thereon. | 11-04-2010 |
20110168689 | OVEN AND PROCESS TO CONTROL THE AIR-FLOW OVER THE BELT WIDTH IN A SPIRAL OVEN - The present invention relates to an oven comprising a first chamber and a second chamber, which are separated by separation means, conveyor means for guiding products from the inlet through these chambers to the outlet, temperature control means for controlling the temperature in each chamber individually using a fluid, respectively, and means to adjust the flow distribution over the width of the conveyor means depending on at least one process parameter or recipe. | 07-14-2011 |
20110220632 | PORTABLE COUNTERTOP ELECTRIC OVEN - A portable countertop electric oven for cooking food includes: a cooking housing; a power head operative to attach, connect, and/or couple, to the cooking housing, at least a portion of the power head extending into an interior of the cooking housing; a base operative to attach, connect, and/or couple, to the cooking housing; and a first securing element operable to secure the cooking housing to the base. A porting element may be provided, such as a handle formed from a portion of the power head, which may include first and second bulged regions of the power head. At least one of: the cooking housing; the power head and the base, may have a substantially elliptical shape, and may include two bulged portions at respective distal ends. The first securing element may be an attachment clip including a first region operable to engage with the cooking housing and a second region operable to engage with the base. | 09-15-2011 |
20120031891 | Furnace - The invention relates to a furnace for the firing of dental prostheses or partial dental prostheses having a firing chamber, a heating device for the heating of the firing chamber, a firing tray arranged within the firing chamber during firing and a lifting mechanism for raising and lowering the firing tray. A moving mechanism is additionally provided by which the firing tray can be moved with an open firing chamber between a lifting position and a loading position laterally offset thereto. | 02-09-2012 |
20120074122 | FOOD PRODUCT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BAKING - Provide an oven and optional cooking accessories having a high emissivity thermal protective layer on a substrate surface which comprises a metal or ceramic. The layer comprises from about 5% to 30% of an inorganic adhesive, from about 45% to 92% of at least one filler, and from about 1% to 25% of one or more emissivity agents; or from about 5% to 35% of colloidal silica, colloidal alumina, or combinations thereof, from about 23% to 79% of at least one filler, and from about 1% to 25% of one or more emissivity agents. | 03-29-2012 |
20130161313 | HEAT-TREATMENT FURNACE - The disclosed heat-treatment furnace, used in a semiconductor-substrate heat-treatment step, is characterized by the provision of a cylindrical core, both ends of which have openings sized so as to allow insertion and removal of semiconductor substrates. This reduces standby time between batches during consecutive semiconductor heat treatment, thereby improving productivity. Furthermore, the use of a simple cylindrical shape for the structure of the core reduces the frequency at which gas-introduction pipe sections fail, thereby decreasing the running cost of the heat-treatment process. | 06-27-2013 |
20130175251 | Compensating Heating Element Arrangement for a Vacuum Heat Treating Furnace - A heating element arrangement for a vacuum heat treating furnace is disclosed wherein the heating elements that make up the heating element arrays have different electrical resistances or watt densities at different locations in the heating element arrays. This arrangement allows for placement of heating elements having electrical resistance selected to provide more or less heat as needed in the furnace hot zone to provide better temperature uniformity in the workload. The electrical resistances and watt densities of the heating element arrays are varied by using a first heating element having a geometry in one segment of a heating element array and a second heating element having a different geometry from that of the first heating element in another section of the heating element array. | 07-11-2013 |
20130175252 | LOAD CHAMBER WITH HEATER FOR A DISK SPUTTERING SYSTEM - A disk processing system having a plurality of processing chambers, a load chamber comprising a heater, and a disk transport system coupled to the plurality of processing chambers and the load chamber to transport a disk there among. | 07-11-2013 |
20130313245 | WIRE MESH THERMAL RADIATIVE ELEMENT AND USE IN A RADIATIVE OVEN - A high speed cooking apparatus employing a low voltage high current system for heating foods employing a novel wire mesh heating element. The system herein described providing the benefits of high speed cooking like that further described by U.S. Provisional Application 60/822,028 filed on Aug. 10, 2006, but yet providing significant cost benefit and simplicity over said system. | 11-28-2013 |
20140021191 | System and Method for a Programmable Counter-top Electric Oven and Dehydrator - A system and method directed to a countertop oven comprising a powerhead or power unit, a dome, and a base, which may include a stainless steel pan, and/or a plastic base, adaptable to receive a dehydrating adapter, base, and/or one or more dehydrator trays. According to exemplary embodiment, the powerhead may include a sensor to detect when the powerhead has been inserted in the dehydrator adapter, according to an exemplary embodiment. The power unit may be detachably connectable to the dehydrating enclosure and a cooking enclosure dome. The power unit and the cooking enclosure may collectively combine into a multi-stage counter-top electric oven. The power unit and the dehydrating enclosure may also collectively combine into a dehydrator. The dehydrating enclosure may include a plurality of stackable dehydrating trays through which dehydrating air is circulated from the power unit. | 01-23-2014 |
20140048527 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD - A tray for a dry etching apparatus includes substrate accommodation holes penetrating a thickness direction and a substrate support portion supporting an outer peripheral edge portion of a lower surface of a substrate. An upper portion includes a tray support surface supporting a lower surface of the tray, substrate placement portions on each of which a lower surface of the substrate to be placed, and a concave portion for accommodating the substrate support portion. A dc voltage applying mechanism applies a dc voltage to an electrostatic attraction electrode. A heat conduction gas supply mechanism supplies a heat conduction gas between the substrate and substrate placement portion. During carrying of the substrate, the outer peripheral edge of the lower surface of the substrate is supported by the substrate accommodation hole. During processing of the substrate, the substrate support portion is accommodated in the concave portion. | 02-20-2014 |
20140054280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUID TREATMENT OF WAFER SHAPED ARTICLES - In an apparatus and process for treating wafer-shaped articles, a spin chuck holds a wafer-shaped article in a predetermined orientation relative to an upper surface of the spin chuck. The apparatus includes a heating assembly having a housing that contains at least one infrared heating element. The heating assembly is mounted above an upper surface of the spin chuck and adjacent a wafer-shaped article when mounted on the spin chuck. The housing comprises a gas inlet connected to a gas supply, and at least one outlet for discharging gas from the housing. | 02-27-2014 |
20140158675 | HIGH TEMPERATURE CURING OVEN - Embodiments of the invention provide a high temperature curing oven, comprising: a heating cavity a heater and a temperature monitor system. The heater includes a plurality of heating modules that can be controlled independently. The temperature monitor system includes: a thermocouple; an infrared monitor device; a signal processing module; and an executing module. | 06-12-2014 |
20140217083 | Oven Cavity Temperature Lowering By Forced Air - A matchbox oven is disclosed. The matchbox oven includes a housing, a slider, a mover, a heat source and a blower. The housing includes a cavity having two openings. The mover moves the slider in and out of the cavity through the two openings. The heat source provides heat to the cavity for heating up any food item placed within the cavity. The slider includes multiple stoppers to serve as oven covers for preventing heat within the cavity from escaping through the two openings. The slider can also be utilized as a heat sink for lowering the cavity's temperature during oven operation. When a new cook temperature is substantially lower than the temperature of the cavity, the blower forces heated air within the cavity to exit through the two openings before the starting of and/or during the initial portion of a new cook cycle. | 08-07-2014 |
20140263268 | SUSCEPTOR SUPPORT SHAFT WITH UNIFORMITY TUNING LENSES FOR EPI PROCESS - Embodiments of the invention generally relate to susceptor support shafts and process chambers containing the same. A susceptor support shaft supports a susceptor thereon, which in turn, supports a substrate during processing. The susceptor support shaft reduces variations in temperature measurement of the susceptor and/or substrate by providing a consistent path for a pyrometer focal beam directed towards the susceptor and/or substrate, even when the susceptor support shaft is rotated. The susceptor support shafts also have a relatively low thermal mass which increases the ramp up and ramp down rates of a process chamber. In some embodiments, a custom made refractive element can be removably placed on the top of the solid disc to redistribute secondary heat distributions across the susceptor and/or substrate for optimum thickness uniformity of epitaxy process. | 09-18-2014 |
20150122795 | Medical Device for Preparing Thermoplastic Material - A device for preparing a thermoplastic material, with dry heat, for use in patient fixation. The device generates circulated heat to a threshold temperature. Once the thermoplastic material has become pliable, it is molded into a cast for fixation purposes. The circulated heat may be generated by a device having a housing and a support member movably attached to the housing. The device also includes a heating element and an array of circulation elements. | 05-07-2015 |
20180020679 | OVEN APPLIANCE WITH AN AIR FLOW RESTRICTION DOOR | 01-25-2018 |
20180020681 | OVEN APPLIANCE WITH AIR CURTAIN | 01-25-2018 |