Patents by Inventor Robert J. Simcoe

Robert J. Simcoe 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).

  • Patent number: 4223379
    Abstract: An electronic sequence type controller structure having a high degree of flexibility in programming the time durations of particular steps in the program. The controller which includes a digital program sequence counter capable of stepping from one state to the next in response to inputted clock pulses, each state representing a particular program step. A programmable digital counter, programmed by a timer setting control, is operable to count inputted clock pulses and to output a signal when the number of clock pulses corresponding to a programmed time duration have been inputted. A program memory is responsive to the state of the program sequence counter for directing the timer setting control to program a time duration desired for any particular program step into the programmable timer. To direct the overall operation to effect periodic program advancing operations there is provided a control logic means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Robert J. Simcoe
  • Patent number: 4197581
    Abstract: A cooking appliance, such as a deep fat fryer, includes programmable control system which monitors the operation of the cooking appliance and enables appropriate actions at proper times. The system includes a microcomputer which implements various timing and control functions. Control switches select operational states of the appliance. A diode matrix allows selection of input data. A multiplex circuit interconnects input signals to the microcomputer, a monitor circuit turns off the appliance if multiplexing stops. A temperature control circuit generates a signal responsive to the cooking fluid temperature and compares it with various reference signals under control of the microcomputer. A cooking control circuit generates a voltage proportional to the cooking fluid temperature, modifies it according to the desired doneness of the food being cooked, and converts it to a current which charges the capacitor in an oscillator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1980
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald L. Watrous, Robert J. Simcoe