Patents by Inventor DeWayne LeRoy McCormick

DeWayne LeRoy McCormick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for sabbath compliance cooking process
    Patent number: 6066837
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a cooking apparatus operates at least one cooking energy source with a control including switches that reduce the input manipulations required by a user and responses to component manipulations in order to operate one or more of the cooking energy sources to complete a cooking operation. The control responds to a first selection of the Sabbath operating mode and responds to a second selection for setting a first cooking source and at least one related feature function. An actuator maintains the performance status of the cooking energy source and the related feature, and disables the selectors during maintained performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Thermador Corporation
    Inventors: DeWayne LeRoy McCormick, Dindo S. Uy