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Automatic cooking utensil

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1963-07-30
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1983-07-30
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John S Martin

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 18:57
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J31/00; A47J31/44; A47J31/52; A47J31/04; A47J31/053; A47J31/525; A47J31/5253

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 217 words
AN ELECTRIC COOKING UTENSIL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A CONTAINER FOR MATERIAL TO BE COOKED, ELECTRIC MEANS FOR SUPPLYING HEAT TO SAID CONTAINER, ELECTRIC POWER INPUT TERMINALS, FIRST THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH AT LEAST BOTH SAID ELECTRIC MEANS AND SAID INPUT TERMINALS AND WHICH IS LOCATED IN PROXIMITY WITH SAID CONTAINER FOR RESPONSE TO NORMAL HEAT VALUES THEREFROM FOR CUASING SAID ELECTRIC MEANS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF HEAT SUPPLIED TO SAID CONTAINER T THE TERMINATION OF A PERIOD OF TIME CONSITUTING A COOKING CYCLE SO AS TO THEREAFTER MERELY KEEP SAID MATERIAL WARM, ELECTRIC SOUND PRODUCING MEANS HAVING AT LEAST AN OFF CONDITION AND AN ON CONDITION, AND SECOND THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH AT LEAST SAID SOUND PRODUCING MEANS AND SAID INPUT TERMINALS WITH WHICH IS ALSO LOCATED IN PROXIMITY WITH SAID CONTAINER FOR RESPONSE TO NORMAL HEAT VALUES THEREFROM FOR CAUSING SAID SOUND PRODUCING MEANS GO FROM ONE OF ITS CONDITIONS TO ANOTHER OF ITS CONDITIONS AT APPROXIMATELY THE TIME OF SAID TERMINATION OF SAID COOKING CYCLE, WHERE SAID SECOND THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS IS FURTHER RESPONSIVE TO REDUCTION IN HEAT FROM SAID CONTAINER AT A TIME SUBSEQUENT TO SAID TERMINATION OF SAID COOKING CYCLE FOR CAUSING SAID SOUND PRODUCING MEANS TO GO FROM SAID ANOTHER CONDITION TO SAID ONE CONDITION.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 217 words
AN ELECTRIC COOKING UTENSIL COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: A CONTAINER FOR MATERIAL TO BE COOKED, ELECTRIC MEANS FOR SUPPLYING HEAT TO SAID CONTAINER, ELECTRIC POWER INPUT TERMINALS, FIRST THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH AT LEAST BOTH SAID ELECTRIC MEANS AND SAID INPUT TERMINALS AND WHICH IS LOCATED IN PROXIMITY WITH SAID CONTAINER FOR RESPONSE TO NORMAL HEAT VALUES THEREFROM FOR CUASING SAID ELECTRIC MEANS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF HEAT SUPPLIED TO SAID CONTAINER T THE TERMINATION OF A PERIOD OF TIME CONSITUTING A COOKING CYCLE SO AS TO THEREAFTER MERELY KEEP SAID MATERIAL WARM, ELECTRIC SOUND PRODUCING MEANS HAVING AT LEAST AN OFF CONDITION AND AN ON CONDITION, AND SECOND THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH AT LEAST SAID SOUND PRODUCING MEANS AND SAID INPUT TERMINALS WITH WHICH IS ALSO LOCATED IN PROXIMITY WITH SAID CONTAINER FOR RESPONSE TO NORMAL HEAT VALUES THEREFROM FOR CAUSING SAID SOUND PRODUCING MEANS GO FROM ONE OF ITS CONDITIONS TO ANOTHER OF ITS CONDITIONS AT APPROXIMATELY THE TIME OF SAID TERMINATION OF SAID COOKING CYCLE, WHERE SAID SECOND THERMALLY RESPONSIVE MEANS IS FURTHER RESPONSIVE TO REDUCTION IN HEAT FROM SAID CONTAINER AT A TIME SUBSEQUENT TO SAID TERMINATION OF SAID COOKING CYCLE FOR CAUSING SAID SOUND PRODUCING MEANS TO GO FROM SAID ANOTHER CONDITION TO SAID ONE CONDITION.

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