公开(公告)号：US06321034B2

公开(公告)日：2001-11-20

申请号：US09729987

申请日：2000-12-05

申请人： Heather Jones-Lawlor ,  Johnson Hsu

发明人： Heather Jones-Lawlor ,  Johnson Hsu

IPC分类号： F24H300

CPC分类号： F04D29/601 ,  F04D25/105 ,  F04D25/166 ,  F24F11/79 ,  F24H3/0417

摘要： A heater comprising two or more heating units which are rotatably attached to each other about a common axis. Preferably, each heating unit is rotatably attached to the next successive heating unit along a vertical axis by a flanged coupling. Alternatively, each heating unit is rotatably attached to the next successive heating unit along a vertical axis by a pin and slot arrangement. Each of the heating units include a housing having at least one opening and a heater element within the housing.

公开(公告)号：US07109445B2

公开(公告)日：2006-09-19

申请号：US10361158

申请日：2003-02-07

申请人： Justin C. Patterson ,  John W. Rudolph ,  Robert Sherwood ,  Roy A. Griffin, III ,  Heather Jones-Lawlor

发明人： Justin C. Patterson ,  John W. Rudolph ,  Robert Sherwood ,  Roy A. Griffin, III ,  Heather Jones-Lawlor

IPC分类号： H05B1/02

CPC分类号： A47J27/004 ,  A47J27/62 ,  A47J36/32

摘要： A cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber and user interface, which includes a controller, display, and memory for storing recipes. The display is coupled to the controller and displays recipes. A method includes selectively displaying recipes and selecting a manual or recipe mode. In the manual mode, a heat setting and cooking time is selected. The selected cooking time is decremented in predetermined increments and the heating element is energized in accordance with the selected heat setting, after which the heating element is energized according to a keep warm setting for a predetermined time, following which it is de-energized. In the recipe mode, a main menu is displayed, from which the user selects a recipe category. A sub menu is displayed, from which the user selects a recipe identifier associated with the selected recipe category. A list of ingredients for the selected recipe identifier is then displayed.