Interchangeable Position Type Patents (Class 99/396)
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Patent number: 8387518Abstract: A vertical rotisserie open flame oven having a central flame post dispersing aesthetically pleasing flames and a secondary heater positioned outside the path of rotation of the food items. The oven has a central chamber area where the heat transfer to the food items is executed in a desirable manner to properly cook the food items without burning the surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Wood Stone CorporationInventors: Keith R. Carpenter, Harry E. Hegarty, Lawrence B. Johnson
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Patent number: 8261732Abstract: The invention is a cooking grill comprising a housing defining a cooking chamber and having a door therein hinged at a bottom thereof, a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber, a cooking surface slidably disposed to slide in and out of the housing through the door.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 11, 2012Assignee: Season 4, LLCInventor: Alfred F. Contarino, Jr.
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Patent number: 7901721Abstract: The invention relates to a device for heating food comprising a frame, a pan or basket having an opening into which the food to be heated can be placed, which pan or basket can be coupled to the frame by means of coupling means and in which the frame comprises a heating element and a fan for circulating heated air in the pan or basket, and a drive for rotating the pan or basket about a non-vertical rotation axis during the heating of food in a heating position of the frame. The frame is designed such that the pan or basket can be coupled to the frame while the pan or basket is on a supporting surface with its opening directed upwards. The invention also comprises a method for heating food.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2008Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Tumble-Woc B.V.Inventor: Pieter Adriaan Oosterling
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Patent number: 7726235Abstract: A relatively compact cooking assembly includes means for selectively positioning a cooking element above several cooking zones of a lower grill. In addition to a lower heated metal surface having several cooking zones, which may be delineated by vertical barriers or splash plates, the system includes an upper assembly comprising an upper member in which a radiant heating element is positioned, said assembly being adapted to fit over the back splash plate of the grill and extending the depth (back to front) of the grill, and further adapted to be raised or lowered and selectively raised or lowered as well as positioned by a sliding motion above a designated zone in predetermined sequence.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2005Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: In-N-Out BurgersInventor: Howard Jay Frantz
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Patent number: 7487717Abstract: A grill for a barbecuing, the grill having an upper grate, wherein a grillable foodstuff may be placed thereon and a lower grate having channels which may catch juices that drips from the foodstuff. The upper grate and lower grate are positionable relative to each other, so as to vary in position between a maximally overlapped (open) grill position and a minimally overlapped (closed) grill position.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: February 10, 2009Assignee: Renphil ConceptsInventor: B. Reno Lauro
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Patent number: 7220945Abstract: An oven includes a main body, a toast tray, a baking pan, a door, a control panel, a bottom base and a shaft. In using, just put toasts to be baked on the toast tray and then, put the toast tray in an upper chamber of the main body and turn a change-over switch on the control panel to a toast reading. For baking small-sized foods, put such foods on a baking pan, and then put the pan in a lower chamber and turn the changeover switch to an oven reading orderly. Or, for baking a big object such as a whole chicken, it can be forked by the shaft and mounted in the lower chamber. And, via engagement of a driving gear and a driven gear, the shaft is to be rotated while baking, able to keep the chicken baked evenly so as to obtain a delicious chicken.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2006Date of Patent: May 22, 2007Inventor: Ching-Hsiang Wang
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Patent number: 6582744Abstract: The present invention is a method for cooking, cutting and preparing the doner meat automatically and without any human intervention in the same amount and form for service and an integrated instrument for cooking and cutting doner. This invention relates to a method for cooking the front sides of the meat boxes which are filled and frozen beforehand, by rotating said meat boxes around a center arranged circularly or with multi sides having 4, 5 or 7 cookers (radiant or LPG), cutting the cooked meat part and sending the cooked meat part for cooking again by rotating around itself and carrying out of these operations at a pre-determined amount and speed without human intervention controlled from a central command and turning table and a integrated doner cooking and cutting instrument for performing this method.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2000Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Inventor: Ayhan Babacan
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Patent number: 6481343Abstract: A cooking grate for a grill, such as a barbecue grill, is comprised of a plurality of generally elongate rail members assembled in a nesting relationship to form a first and second cooking surface. The first cooking surface is formed by a generally flat surface on each of the rail members, the flat surfaces abutting to form a substantially smooth surface, with a plurality of elongate apertures therein through which juices produced by cooking food may flow. Each rail member has a gutter along its length which underlies approximately half of each of the apertures for catching a portion of the juices and diverting it from the heat source below. The grate may be reversed and the gutters form the second cooking surface which is similar to a conventional grate surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 1999Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Empire Comfort Systems, Inc.Inventors: Donald P. Rigney, Lloyd Maschhoff
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Patent number: 5974954Abstract: A cooking grate for a grill, such as a barbecue grill, is comprised of a plurality of generally elongate rail members assembled in a nesting relationship to form a first and second cooking surface. The first cooking surface is formed by a generally flat surface on each of the rail members, the flat surfaces abutting to form a substantially smooth surface, with a plurality of elongate apertures therein through which juices produced by cooking food may flow. Each rail member has a gutter along its length which underlies approximately half of each of the apertures for catching a portion of the juices and diverting it from the heat source below. The grate may be reversed and the gutters form the second cooking surface which is similar to a conventional grate surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 1998Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Empire Comfort Systems, Inc.Inventors: Donald P. Rigney, Lloyd Maschhoff
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Patent number: 5317960Abstract: Bread toaster includes a housing with a top opening and a cage for containing bread which is movable through the opening from a loading position outside the housing to a heating position inside the housing. The cage includes a first half and a second half which are hinged to move from an open position outside the housing to a closed position inside the housing in response to movement of the cage from the loading position to the heating position.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 1992Date of Patent: June 7, 1994Inventor: Donald A. Cumfer