Abstract: A method of controlling a combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The method comprising the steps supplying a total fuel quantity to the combustor dependent on a load of the gas turbine engine, the total fuel quantity is split into a pilot fuel quantity and a main fuel quantity via a pilot fuel split, monitoring at least one signal of at least one condition of the gas turbine engine, generating a steady state value of the at least one signal indicative of a steady state of the gas turbine engine, detecting a change in the at least one signal from the steady-state value. When the change in the at least one signal from the steady state value exceeds a predetermined limit, the method applies the steps generating a transient split offset for the pilot fuel split from a look-up table and applying the transient split offset to the pilot fuel split while maintaining the total fuel quantity being supplied at any point in time.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing pain and swelling in foot using a roller.

Abstract: Warming apparatus by which aroma is released without combustion, and related methods, are disclosed which can be used safely, free of combustion and related pollution, to provide authentic visual imagery of a simulated candle flame, wherein a concealed heating source is substantially remotely spaced from and well below an exposed tower-mounted light source and flickering light is transmitted to the user through a spaced surrounding translucent chimney.

Abstract: Combinations, assemblies and methods for releasing candles and like objects to promptly flamelessly release a fragrance are disclosed, which utilize a heater and a fan disposed above or at the top of the candle whereby heat and forced air are applied to the top of the material in the container.

Abstract: A method for making and selectively dispensing a beverage includes making the beverage in a base and storing the beverage in a carafe removably disposed in a carafe receptacle of the base. The carafe is selectively laterally removed from a lateral opening in the base; the carafe is tipped and the beverage poured from a top of the carafe; and the carafe is laterally replaced into the lateral recess of the base. The carafe is selectively retained on the base and the beverage dispensed from a downward facing outlet on a bottom of the carafe by selectively displacing a valve disposed in the outlet.

Abstract: A dual use pour and dispensing carafe and coffee maker includes a carafe device, configured to contain a beverage, removably disposable on a base of a beverage maker. A handle is disposed on a side of the carafe, and an outlet and a valve are disposed near a bottom of the carafe. Thus, the carafe can be removed from the base by grasping the handle on the side of the carafe and the beverage can be poured from a top of the carafe.

Abstract: A handheld food preparation appliance and a method of selectively preparing food ingredients. The handheld food preparation appliance has a housing including a handle and a chuck. The handle and chuck are pivotally coupled together and have two interconnected orientation configurations with respect to one another, including an aligned configuration in which a longitudinal axis of the handle is substantially aligned with a longitudinal axis of the chuck, and a transverse configuration in which the longitudinal axis of the handle is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the chuck. The handle is configured to be gripped and the chuck is configured to support at least one rotational element. The appliance has a motor carried by the housing. The appliance also has two separate switches associated with the housing and operably coupled to the motor. Each switch is operable with a different orientation configuration of the handle and chuck.

Abstract: A combination bread toaster and steamer device and method includes inserting at least one piece of bread into a bread slot of a combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing water into a heater pan of a steamer compartment on the combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing another food into the steamer compartment; activating at least one bread heating element disposed adjacent the bread slot and a steamer heating element disposed adjacent the steamer compartment; and activation of the steamer heating element reducing wattage to the bread heating element that would be used by the bread heating element when operating alone.

Abstract: A beverage mixer device with a base including a motor to turn a drive mechanism extending from the base. The beverage mixer includes a container, removably disposable on the base. The container has a mixing assembly rotatably disposed in the container and engagable by the drive mechanism when the container is disposed on the base. The container also includes a spigot operatively coupled to the container to dispense contents of the container. A spigot actuator is carried by the base, and a linkage is operatively coupled to the spigot actuator on the base and the spigot to operate the spigot. The spigot actuator is operatively coupled to the motor such that operation of the linkage actuates the motor to turn the mixing assembly in the container.

Abstract: A cooking container, such as a roasting pan used for roasting almonds, that has a central agitation device that stirs or agitates the contents of the cooking container without leaving a stagnation point on the cooking surface of the container so that the contents will not burn. The central agitation device includes a central pedestal that forms an annular cooking surface and a toroidal cooking volume between the central pedestal and a sidewall of the cooking container, and agitation utensils, such as stirring rods, that can be rotatably mounted on the central pedestal. Turning means rotate the agitation utensils through the cooking volume.

Abstract: A combination bread toaster and steamer device includes a pair of vertically oriented bread slots extending into a housing from a top of the housing; means for elevating and lowering bread in the bread slots; a steamer compartment, disposed on the housing, including a heater pan configured to receive water; and at least one heating element associated with the bread slots and the steamer compartment.

Abstract: A method for toasting bread and simultaneously cooking or warming another food with a single device, comprising the steps of: inserting at least one piece of bread into a vertically oriented bread slot of a combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing water into a heater pan of a steamer compartment on the combination bread toaster and steamer device; placing another food into the steamer compartment; and activating at least one heating element associated with the bread slot and the steamer compartment

Abstract: An off-axis goblet or container for a food or beverage mixer has a longitudinal axis centered therein. A mixing assembly is disposed in the goblet or container and has a rotational axis. The longitudinal and rotational axes of the goblet and mixing assembly are different and non-collinear.

Abstract: A stir-stick configured for use with a food mixer has a handle configured to be gripped by a user and an elongated stem. The stem defines a stirring portion and has a longitudinal axis and an oblong cross-sectional shape. The stem extends along the longitudinal axis, and outwardly from the longitudinal axis, such that the longitudinal axis is substantially within the stem. The stem extends through a twist that twists from an upper portion to a lower portion, so that an upper cross-sectional shape and a lower cross-sectional shape have different rotational orientations about the longitudinal axis with respect to one another.

Abstract: A food mixer device and method includes a container configured to receive food. A pair of interchangeable container bases are each separately and removably couplable to the container. At least one mixing assembly is rotatably disposed in the container. A faucet is operatively coupled to one of the interchangeable container bases.

Abstract: A beverage mixer and heater device includes a container disposable on a base. The container includes a heating element and a faucet. A cup indentation extends into the base underneath the faucet. The device also include means for aligning the faucet of the container with the cup indentation of the base, including a mating electrical plug disposed between the base and the container with one portion electrically coupled to the heating element of the container and another portion carried by the base. The base has a bottom with an inward and downward taper under the faucet to facilitate the base tipping from an upright configuration to a tipped configuration in a direction of the faucet. A method for making a hot beverage includes simultaneously turning the hot beverage with the mixing assembly and dispensing the hot beverage through a faucet coupled near a bottom of the container.