Abstract: A donut maker for home use is disclosed which provides perfectly cooked and formed donuts having excellent taste and appearance characteristics notwithstanding the complete elimination of conventional deep fat frying of the donuts. The preferred device includes a base and openable lid section each having a pair of annular metallic concave walls disposed for cooperatively defining a pair of enclosed donut-shaped cooking chambers, along with a heating element for heating quantities of donut batter confined within the chambers; two corresponding sets of oil flow apertures are provided in the lid for allowing flow of cooking oil into the chambers during heating of the batter, in order to give the finished donut products a desirable crust and true donut flavor. In preferred donut-making procedures, cooking oil is introduced into the chamber during initial stages of cooking, whereupon the oil and cooking-generated steam are displaced from the chamber as the batter cooks and rises.

Abstract: A donut maker for home use is disclosed which provides perfectly cooked and formed donuts having excellent taste and appearance characteristics notwithstanding the complete elimination of conventional deep fat frying of the donuts. The preferred device includes a base and openable lid section each having a pair of annular metallic concave walls disposed for cooperatively defining a pair of enclosed donut-shaped cooking chambers, along with a heating element for heating quantities of donut batter confined within the chambers; two corresponding sets of oil flow apertures are provided in the lid for allowing flow of cooking oil into the chambers during heating of the batter, in order to give the finished donut products a desirable crust and true donut flavor. In preferred donut-making procedures, cooking oil is introduced into the chamber during initial stages of cooking, whereupon the oil and cooking-generated steam are displaced from the chamber as the batter cooks and rises.

Abstract: An improved bag-making and sealing device having a pair of spaced, upstanding, bag-locating and holding pins is provided which includes a low-cost, integral, synthetic resin pin-mounting assembly in the sealer base for biased, back-and-forth shifting movement of one of the pins in order to tightly hold a section of marginally apertured bag-making material during heat sealing operations. The sealer also includes a pivotally mounted pin assembly intermediate the relatively widely spaced main pins which is shiftable to an upright position for locating and holding a section of narrow bag-making material in cooperation with one of the widely spaced pins; when not in use, the intermediate pin is pivoted to a recessed, non-interfering storage position permitting normal heat sealing operations using standard width bag-making material.

Abstract: A non-metallic housing is provided with an inlet adapted to be coupled with the discharge valve stem of an aerosol type lather container. The inlet communicates with a heating chamber within the housing formed by two concentric aluminum tubes contained within a sleeve formed on the inside of the housing. The tubes are heated by a heat storing electric resistance heating element located within the inner tube. Blade conductors are embedded in and extend from the outside wall of the housing for connection with a conventional wall electric outlet. The blades are connected with the heating element through a circuit which includes a timing switch which limits the time interval during which the heating element is energized.

Abstract: A hollow casing presents a foot tub in which liquid is contained. An electric heating element is supported within an aluminum container which is in turn mounted within an enclosed central console on the floor of the casing. A fan cooled vibrator motor is mounted on a rigid plate which is secured to the casing a spaced distance below the floor in order to prevent side vents for cooling the motor. An upright column extends upwardly from the console to the top of the casing to provide mounting for and convenient access to a switch which controls the heating element and the motor.