US4437395A
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Spaghetti and food cooker
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1982-04-02
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Granted: 1984-03-20
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Expires: 2002-04-02
Abstract
Abstract A spaghetti and food cooker for cooking individual portions having a housing containing a pair of adjacent segregated temperature-controlled cooking chambers, a pivotable bracket movable from one chamber to the other, a series of perforated compartments for retaining individual food portions clustered and mounted on said bracket, motor-controlled means for positioning said bracket with said compartments into one of said temperature-controlled cooking chambers for a predetermined time cycle for cooking and displaying said compartments through one of said temperature-controlled compartments before elevating and pivoting the bracket and supported compartments out of said chamber and pivoting the bracket and supported compartments into the other chamber for further treatment and displacing said compartments through the other chamber before elevating the bracket and compartments to a discharge position for draining above said chambers for unloading the individual portions from their compartments.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard L. Speaker
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 20:25
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J27/00; A47J27/14; A47J27/18; A47J37/00; A47J37/04; A47J37/047; A47J37/12; A47J37/1214; A47J2027/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A spaghetti and food cooker comprising; a first chamber and a second chamber in side by side juxtaposition to each other for retaining a fluid in each chamber, means for controlled heating the fluid in each chamber, and an elongated perforated food-retaining compartment having means for loading and unloading spaghetti or food into and out of said compartment, a pair of brackets longitudinally spaced from each other and pivotally mounted above said chambers, said brackets each having distal ends, said distal ends of said brackets having compartment-retaining means thereon for securing said food-retaining compartment thereon, means for pivoting said pair of brackets with said food-retaining compartment secured thereon into and out of each of said chambers by oscillatory movement of said brackets, and means associated with at least one of said brackets for rotating said compartment while retained in said chambers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
A spaghetti and food cooker comprising; a first chamber and a second chamber in side by side juxtaposition to each other for retaining a fluid in each chamber, means for controlled heating the fluid in each chamber, and an elongated perforated food-retaining compartment having means for loading and unloading spaghetti or food into and out of said compartment, a pair of brackets longitudinally spaced from each other and pivotally mounted above said chambers, said brackets each having distal ends, said distal ends of said brackets having compartment-retaining means thereon for securing said food-retaining compartment thereon, means for pivoting said pair of brackets with said food-retaining compartment secured thereon into and out of each of said chambers by oscillatory movement of said brackets, and means associated with at least one of said brackets for rotating said compartment while retained in said chambers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A sphagetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 1, a series of said elongated perforated food-retaining compartments mounted in a cluster on said distal ends of said brackets on said compartment-retaining means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
A spaghetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 1, and means for displacing said elongated perforated food-retaining compartment in said first and second chambers while supported on said distal ends of said brackets by said compartment-retaining means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
A spaghetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 2, and means for displacing said series of said elongated perforated food-retaining compartments in said first and second chambers while supported on said distal ends of said brackets by said compartment-retaining means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A spaghetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 1, and means for supplying and draining fluid into and out of each of said chambers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
76 words
A spaghetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 1, a base for supporting said chambers, a housing enclosing said chambers, said brackets and said elongated perforated food-retaining compartment, and a closure member pivotally mounted on said housing for sealing said housing in the closed condition and exposing at least said elongated perforated food-retaining compartment while in an elevated position for spaghetti or food removal from and loading into said compartment on said bracket distal ends.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A spaghetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 1, said means for heating the fluid in each chamber including electrically energized heating elements mounted to heat fluid in each of said chambers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A spaghetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 1, and motorized means for pivoting said brackets with said elongated perforated food-retaining compartment mounted thereon into and out of each chamber.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
A spaghetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 8, and motorized means for displacing said elongated perforated food-retaining compartment when said compartment is positioned within each of said chambers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
140 words
A spaghetti and food cooker as claimed in claim 1, a series of said elongated perforated food-retaining compartments mounted in a cluster on said distal ends of said brackets by said compartment-retaining means, means for supplying and draining fluid from each of said chambers, motorized means for pivoting said brackets with said series of elongated perforated food-retaining compartments mounted thereon into and out of each of said chambers, motorized means for displacing said series of compartments in each of said chambers, a base for supporting said chambers, a housing enclosing said chambers and said brackets and said series of compartments, and a closure member pivotally mounted on said housing for sealing said housing in the closed position and exposing at least said series of compartments in the open position for removal upon removal from said chambers through said compartment-retaining means.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1987-03-20 | 1987-09-19 | 1988-03-20 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-03-20 | 1991-09-19 | 1992-03-20 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1995-03-20 | 1995-09-19 | 1996-03-20 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |