Abstract: The food warmer is a subdivided individual sectioned compartments that holds a multiple portion of foods with transparent covers and is operated by a motorized turntable that the foods. The heating is an option of electricity or battery power. The two unit heating system operates from either side of the warmer, independently of sides, with no turntable rotation when this mode is in operation. The temperature is regulated by control led heat settings to keep foods from scorching and warmer safe from overheating. The warmer is compacted to hold most of your needs with ease of access to all selections. Alternatives are: this warmer has subdivided, individual sectioned compartments that permits more ease to access selections of foods with a turntable that rotates for serving convenience without containers being spread to only select one dish from each.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus equipped with heaters and a method of controlling the same. An aspect of the present invention is to increase convenience of a user by identifying a kind of an accessory, such as a wire rack, a crumb tray or the like, present in a cooking cavity based on a variation in an inner temperature of a cooking cavity at an initial operating stage of a cooking mode using the heaters and automatically performing the ON/OFF control mode of the heaters suitable for a corresponding accessory. A cooking apparatus is provided including two or more heaters installed in a first position of a cooking cavity heating food, the crumb tray is inserted in a second position of the cooking cavity and is used to contain the food in cooking modes using the heaters, and a temperature detection unit is installed between the first and second positions to detect an inside temperature of the cooking cavity.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a method for cleaning an oven. The method includes placing an oven liner in an oven. The oven liner has a first major surface formed of silicone elastomer and has a second major surface formed of fluorinated polymer. The method further includes cooking food items in the oven and over the oven liner and removing the oven liner.

Abstract: An oven has an insulator placed between an inner cavity and an outer housing. The inner cavity is a one-piece clay pot with the top and bottom having equal inside diameters while the middle portion is larger in diameter, to facilitate heat circulation. The heating elements are connected to an electric circuit and are controlled by a control panel. The control panel has a power switch, a thermostat, a timer, an indicator lamp, and a temperature indicator. The heating elements are circular in shape and are located around the bottom inside of the inner cavity. The oven may be accompanied with accessories for baking and for removing baked dough.

Abstract: A baking method for heating an object (an inner pipe, an outer pipe) having a vacuum layer formed therein to remove gas molecules occluded in the object, wherein the object itself is made to be a heat production element for heating. By making the baking object a heat production element, the object can be heated directly and the heating can be energy-efficient. Moreover, additional heating means such as a heater or gas is unnecessary, which enables simplification of a configuration of a baking device. Therefore, a baking method is obtained which enables energy-efficient heating and, in particular, uniform heating of a long or large object.

Abstract: An electric cooking apparatus includes an outer pot body, an inner pot body provided with an electric heating member having two conducting terminals, and a socket including a housing formed with two insertion holes, a movable member movably mounted in the housing, two electric contacts secured on the movable member, and an elastic biasing member mounted between the housing and the movable member. Thus, when the conducting terminals of the electric heating member are inserted into the socket, the electric contacts of the movable member are in close contact with the conducting terminals of the electric heating member by the restoring force of the elastic biasing member, thereby enhancing the electric conducting and heating effect of the electric heating member.

Abstract: The invention relates to a deep-fat fryer having a frying vessel (17) and at least one heating element (26) arranged in the frying vessel (17). The frying vessel accommodates a frying medium, for example frying fat or oil, the heating element first of all melting the latter, if appropriate, and then heating it to a temperature of from typically 100 to 200° C., in particular of from 150 to 190° C. In the case of known deep-fat fryers, the frying vessel usually consists of metal, for example stainless steel, enameled steel or coated, non-coated or anodized aluminum. In contrast, the deep-fat fryer according to the invention is characterized in that the frying vessel (17) consists, at least in part, of a transparent or see-through material, which allows visual monitoring of the frying process.

Abstract: The present invention provides heating equipment of a treated substance designed so as to be equipped with any foil of a metallic material or non metallic material for heating the treated substance, and a heating mechanism for heating the foil to a temperature where a far infrared ray is radiated, and to heat the treated substance by the far infrared ray radiated from the foil. The heating efficiency in heating the treated substance by the far infrared ray can be made higher than conventional heating equipment. Meanwhile, the present invention has been found on the basis of experimental results where heating tests of water are performed with using the foil and wire of an aluminum material.

Abstract: The apparatus for the treatment of substances, in particular foods, has a condensation device which is constructed within the cooking chamber (2) and comprises an injector nozzle (16) and a condensation chamber (23) which is constructed as a recess (12) in the cooking chamber bottom. The injector nozzle (16) is further situated within the pressure region (13) of a circulation fan (5). The recess (12) which acts as condensation chamber leaves from the pressure region (13) of the circulation fan (4) and extends into the cooking chamber (2).

Abstract: A portable oven includes a foldable cooker and a chassis, and the foldable cooker has two symmetric sets of heating boxes, each having an electric heater installed therein and connected to an external power supply for producing heat, and a replaceable cooking utensil placed above the electric heater, so that when the electric heater is on, different ways of cooking can be accomplished. An axle is installed between the two heating boxes; the two heating boxes can be folded together for an easy carry after its use; a lock device is installed above the chassis and below the cooker to secure the opened oven onto the chassis for cooking.

Abstract: A steam oven including an outer casing to define an appearance of the steam oven, an inner casing provided in the outer casing to define a cooking cavity to cook food therein. The inner casing includes an inner wall and an outer wall, with a space defined between the inner wall and the outer wall and maintained in a vacuum state, thus insulating the cooking cavity from an outside of the inner casing. The steam oven further includes a steam generator to supply steam into the inner casing. Therefore, the steam oven accomplishes the desired insulating effect without using any insulating material while the space defined between the inner wall and the outer wall reduces conductive and convective heat transfer.

Abstract: The invention is directed biopsy site markers and methods of marking a biopsy site, so that the location of the biopsy cavity is readily visible by conventional imaging methods, particularly by ultrasonic imaging. The biopsy site markers of the invention have high ultrasound reflectivity, presenting a substantial acoustic signature from a small marker, so as to avoid obscuring diagnostic tissue features in subsequent imaging studies, and can be readily distinguished from biological features. The several disclosed embodiments of the biopsy site marker of the invention have a high contrast of acoustic impedance as placed in a tissue site, so as to efficiently reflect and scatter ultrasonic energy, and preferably include gas-filled internal pores. The markers may have a non-uniform surface contour to enhance the acoustic signature. The markers have a characteristic form which is recognizably artificial during medical imaging.

Abstract: An injection nozzle for an injection molding apparatus is provided. The injection nozzle includes a head portion, a body portion and a heater. The head and body portions are connected to each other and together define a nozzle melt channel. The head portion has a head portion outer surface. The head portion is adapted to be in contact with a molding apparatus component that is at a lower temperature than the head portion. The body portion has a body portion outer surface. A groove is defined in the head portion outer surface and the body portion outer surface. The heater wire is positioned in the groove. The heater is adapted to heat melt in the nozzle melt channel.

Abstract: A heat generator includes a cubic heat generating member for outputting heat flow. The heat generating member includes a heat flow output face and five heat flow insulation faces. Five thermoelectric coolers are attached on the five heat flow insulation faces respectively. A heat flow compensating circuit is electrically connected between each heat flaw insulation face and a corresponding thermoelectric cooler. The circuit is capable of controlling heat generated by the thermoelectric cooler to cause the temperature of the heating face of the thermoelectric cooler to be equal to the temperature of the heat flow insulation face. Controlling the heating in this manner results in the output of heat energy from the heat flow output face of the heat generating member being substantially equal to the heat energy generated by the heat generating member.

Abstract: A combination oven for the preparation of food has a cooking chamber containing heating elements, a fan and an atomizer for radiant, convective or steam cooking. The humidity within the cooking chamber is controlled by a water valve and either by forcing dry air into the cooking chamber and venting the humid air or by using a pressure box. Without any moving parts, the pressure box controls air exchange of the cooking chamber according to the level of water within the pressure box and the pressure in the cooking chamber. The oven has a condensate tank to collect condensation drained from the cooking chamber. The pressure box and condensate tanks form water barriers effectively isolating the cooking chamber from the vent and drain during cooking until venting is required.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing apparatus on a portable slow cooker. The sealing apparatus includes a handle, a latch and a gasket. The gasket is positioned between the lid and the heating vessel of the slow cooker. The handle is hingedly attached to the slow cooker and has a lowered position and a raised position. The latch is hingedly attached to the heating vessel, and has a locked position and an unlocked position. When the handle is in the lowered position, the latch is in the unlocked position and the lid is removable from the heating vessel. When the handle is in the raised position, the latch is in the locked position and the lid is sealed onto the heating vessel.

Abstract: A heat generator includes a heat generating member and a temperature compensating member made from different material. The heat generating member includes a heat flow output face for outputing heat flow and five heat flow insulation faces. The temperature compensating member encloses and contacts the heat generating member except the heat flow output face. A heat flow compensating circuit is electrically connected between the temperature compensating member and the heat generating member for maintaining a state of no heat flow flowing between the heat generating member and the temperature compensating member, whereby the heat energy of the heat flow outputing from the heat flow output face is equal to the heat energy of heat generated by the heat generating member.

Abstract: A heat generator includes a heat generating member for generating heat flow, a temperature compensating member, and a heat flow compensating circuit connected between the heat generating member and the temperature compensating member. The heat generating member includes a heat export face and a heat insulation face. The temperature compensating member includes a temperature compensating face facing the heat insulation face. The circuit is capable of controlling heat generated by a thermoelectric resistor of the temperature compensating member to cause the temperature of the temperature compensating face to be equal to the temperature of the heat insulation face, which results in the heat energy of the heat flow exporting out from the heat export face of the heat generating member to be substantially equal to the heat energy of the heat generated by the heat generating member.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for bending and/or tempering glass substrate(s) are provided. The amount of near-IR radiation which reaches the glass to be bent and/or tempered is limited (e.g., via filtering or any other suitable technique). Thus, the IR radiation (used for heating the glass) which reaches the glass to be bent and/or tempered includes mostly mid-IR and/or far-IR radiation, and not much near-IR. In such a manner, coating(s) provided on the glass can be protected and kept at lower temperatures so as to be less likely to be damaged during the bending and/or tempering process. Heating efficiency can be improved. A ceramic (e.g., aluminosilicate) filter or baffle may be used in certain embodiments in order to reduce the amount of mid-IR and/or far-IR radiation reaching the glass to be tempered and/or bent.

Abstract: A taco shell heating apparatus for providing a fast, convenient, oil free way to heat taco shells. The taco shell heating apparatus includes a housing with four slots positioned through a top wall of the housing. Each one of the four slots is for selectively receiving a taco shell. A heating assembly is positioned within the housing. The heating assembly toasts the taco shell when the taco shell is received within the housing. The heating assembly further comprises a plurality of heat reflecting elements, at least one heating element, a timing assembly, and at least one extraction device.