Electric rice cooker with twice cooking timer

Claim 1

An electric rice cooker comprising: a cooking kettle for containing water and rice to be cooked; a removable lid covering the top of said kettle; electrical heater means mounted adjacent the outside surface of said kettle for heating said kettle and the contents thereof; thermally insulating frame means for supporting and enclosing said kettle and heater means; and circuit means for connecting and disconnecting said heater means from a source of electrical energy to carry out a plurality of cooking steps in a predetermined period including a thermoswitch for detecting the temperature of said kettle and having a first position connecting said source to said heater means for heating said kettle and contents and a second position disconnecting said heater means in response to detection of a predetermined temperature, a means for timing having a first controlled switch in a first position connecting said timing means to said source through said thermoswitch when said thermoswitch is in said first position to activate said timing means, said first switch being shifted to a second position a first predetermined time after actuation to disconnect said timing means from said source and said timing means being reactivated when said thermoswitch is in said second position connecting said source to said timing means through said first switch and having a second controlled switch connecting said heater means to said source through said thermoswitch in said second position for a second predetermined time period beginning a third predetermined time after reactivation of said timing means.