Patents by Inventor Hiroichiro Watanabe

Hiroichiro Watanabe 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).

  • Cooking oven with rotatable and horizontally movable turntable
    Patent number: 5345068
    Abstract: A cooking oven is provided with a weight detection unit for detecting the weight of a cooking object placed on a turntable. The turntable is movable into and out of a heating chamber associated with the cooking oven by means of a moving unit drivingly connected to the turntable through a lever and connecting rod. A heater and a rotary drive unit for rotating a table upon which the turntable is mounted are controlled according to a signal from the weight detection unit. The cooking oven is also provided with an external input unit for supplying data on the heating operation and on the driving of the turntable. Either manual or automatic operation of moving the turntable back and forth can be selected according to a signal from the external input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1994
    Assignee: Hitachi Hometec, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Hatano, Hiroichiro Watanabe, Akio Hotta, Motohiro Kuroki