Patents by Inventor Markus Ernst

Markus Ernst 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 of operating commercial cooking equipment, in particular, also cooking equipment for carrying out the method
    Patent number: 8609167
    Abstract: The disclosure is a method of operating a commercial cooking equipment, in particular a hot-air steamer or fan oven, comprising the following method steps: a) selecting a product requiring cooking having an assigned cooking program or selecting at least one cooking parameter having assigned selectable products; b) loading the cooking equipment with a selected product; c) starting the associated cooking program; d) displaying the name of the program and at least the remaining cooking time; e) associating in automated manner further products or cooking programs that fit in with the cooking program of the first selected product in dependence on cooking parameters, in particular, the cooking temperature and/or the cooking humidity and/or the fan speed; f) displaying the selectable products or selectable cooking programs; g) selecting, on demand, a further product which matches the first product in accordance with the associating process; h) loading the cooking equipment with the further product; i) starting the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Convotherm Elektrogerate GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Ernst, Lutz Riefenstein
  • COOKING DEVICE, CLOSURE MECHANISM AND DOOR OPERATING ELEMENT FOR A COOKING DEVICE, AND KIT
    Publication number: 20130320828
    Abstract: Cooking device, in particular commercial combi-steamer with a housing and arranged on it a door to a cooking chamber, the cooking device having a closure mechanism for the door and an door operating element for the closure mechanism with the closure mechanism being suitable to keep the door closed against the housing wherein the door operating element and the closure mechanism are mechanically decoupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Convotherm Elecktrogerate GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Nitzsche, Markus Ernst
  • Method of Operating Commercial Cooking Equipment, in Particular, a Hot-Air Steamer or a Fan Oven, and Also Cooking Equipment for Carrying Out the Method
    Publication number: 20100227029
    Abstract: The disclosure is a method of operating a commercial cooking equipment, in particular a hot-air steamer or fan oven, comprising the following method steps: a) selecting a product requiring cooking having an assigned cooking program or selecting at least one cooking parameter having assigned selectable products; b) loading the cooking equipment with a selected product; c) starting the associated cooking program; d) displaying the name of the program and at least the remaining cooking time; e) associating in automated manner further products or cooking programs that fit in with the cooking program of the first selected product in dependence on cooking parameters, in particular, the cooking temperature and/or the cooking humidity and/or the fan speed; f) displaying the selectable products or selectable cooking programs; g) selecting, on demand, a further product which matches the first product in accordance with the associating process; h) loading the cooking equipment with the further product; i) starting th
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Markus Ernst, Lutz Riefenstein