Patents by Inventor Gay L. Winterringer

Gay L. Winterringer 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).

  • Apparatus and method for regulating cooking time in a lightwave oven
    Patent number: 5883362
    Abstract: A lightwave cooking oven method and apparatus are disclosed wherein a thermistor determines an elevation temperature at a given location on the oven where oven secondary heating has a relation to the cooking time of the food and periodically reducing the power to lamps substantially midway during the normal cooking time at the beginning of which the elevated temperature was determined for a given recipe. The power can be reduced by being turned off or lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Quadlux, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald W. Pettibone, John W. O'Neal, Gay L. Winterringer