1815results about "Cooking-vessel materials" patented technology

A method of making an electrical stimulation lead includes attaching segmented electrodes to an interior of a ring in a circumferentially spaced-apart arrangement; attaching a conductor wire to each of the segmented electrodes; coupling the ring with the segmented electrodes to a lead body; and, after coupling to the lead body, removing at least those portions of the ring between the segmented electrodes to separate the plurality of segmented electrodes from each other.

Nonlinear adaptive welders and power source controls are provided along with welding methods method for regulating a welding process, in which one or more welding waveform parameters are adapted in nonlinear fashion based on measured welding process feedback information.

This invention discloses conductive busbars and sealants for electrooptic devices including electrochromic mirrors and windows. The conductive busbars are formed from materials comprising nanoparticles, and the sealants comprise of additives that promote a two phase morphology and use of adhesion promotion additives with crosslinkers. Methods to deposit busbars and then to connect these busbars to electrical connectors are also disclosed.

Provided are high manganese containing ferrous based components and their use in oil, gas and/or petrochemical applications. In one form, the components include 5 to 40 wt % manganese, 0.01 to 3.0 wt % carbon and the balance iron. The components may optionally include one or more alloying elements chosen from chromium, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, niobium, copper, titanium, vanadium, nitrogen, boron and combinations thereof.

A foldable or collapsible ovenware container that maintains a rigid shape while in use and can be folded into a smaller size for storage. The ovenware container includes rigid top and bottom portions separated by a flexible middle portion. The flexible middle portion includes thick and thin wall sections. Pressure applied to the top portion causes the flexible middle portion to collapse in an orderly manner toward the bottom portion, with the middle portion folding at each of the thin wall sections to create a plurality of folds or pleats in the middle portion in the collapsed configuration.

A cover panel unit for a refrigerator is provided in which a replacement of a door panel covering the front of the refrigerator is easily conducted. A cover panel unit 1 has an outer side panel 2a and an inner side panel 3a for covering lateral sides of the right door 23, and an outer side panel 2b and an inner side panel 3b for covering lateral sides of the left door 24, and a front panel 6a for covering the front side of the right door 23 being engaged with the outer side panel 2a and the inner side panel 3a, and a front panel 6b for covering the front side of the left door 24 being engaged with the outer side panel 2b and the inner side panel 3b. Grips 37, 37 are fixed to the inner side panels 3a, 3b respectively.

A cooking vessel with a unique adjustable ventilation system for cooking various foods and obtaining desired tastes. The cooking vessel has a lid and a base with a free standing rack located in the bottom of the base. The lid is designed with an ventilation system that traverses an upper ventilation cap with either a lower ventilation cap or, alternatively, a recess to enable the positional alignment of ventilation holes in the upper ventilation cap to the ventilation holes in the lower ventilation cap or, alternatively, recess to permit the proper degree of steam to be released from the cooking vessel while retaining the proper amount of moisture to effectively cook the food.

A low-temperature friction-based coating method termed friction stir fabrication (FSF) is disclosed, in which material is deposited onto a substrate and subsequently stirred into the substrate using friction stir processing to homogenize and refine the microstructure. This solid-state process is capable of depositing coatings, including nanocrystalline aluminum and/or metal matrix composites and the like, onto substrates such as aluminum at relatively low temperatures. A method of making rod stock for use in the FSF process is also disclosed.

A cooking appliance includes a housing defining an interior space, a tray assembly positionable within the interior space, the tray assembly configured to support a food product. The cooking appliance further includes at least one lower heating element positioned below the tray assembly within the interior space, at least one upper heating element positioned above the tray assembly within the interior space, and a controller configured to operate the at least one upper and lower heating elements in accordance with a selected mode of a plurality of selectable modes, wherein operating parameters for the at least one upper and lower heating elements vary between the plurality of selectable modes.

A method, and an article produced thereby, of providing a corroson-resistant, scratch-resistant, and stick-resistant, surface on a ferrous-metal-containing article, including forming microcavities in a ferrous-metal-containing article surface by ferritic nitrocarburization and seasoning the surface, including a non-stick agent deposited thereon. In preferred embodiments, the surface of the article including the exposed microcavities is oxidized before seasoning. The article includes cookware. Certain preferred embodiments include forming microcavities by ferritic nitrocarburization wherein the article is heated in an atmosphere including ammonia, nitrogen, and carbon-containing gas to a nitriding temperature of between about 800° F. and about 1300° F. for a time of about 0.5 hours to about 10 hours.

An assembly comprises an outer housing. A cooking container is disposable within the outer housing. A thermal unit is disposed within the outer housing and is in engagement with the cooking container to transfer heat to the cooking container. A control unit is configured to be operable for controlling operations of the thermal unit. The control unit comprises at least a first mode for controlling temperatures of the thermal unit during incubation of a yogurt/dairy product in the cooking container, a second mode for controlling temperatures of the thermal unit during cooking of a food product in the cooking container, and a third mode for turning the thermal unit off.

A food cooking container, including a thermal indicator, has a container handle with a seat for engaging an envelope which is thermally conductively coupled to the cooking container body, the envelope having an opening provided for receiving a stem element of a temperature measuring and indicating device, the stem having a region including a plurality of detecting sensors, contacting the envelope walls.

A robot control system for simultaneously controlling multi-axial robots each of which has actuators, a standard movement part being set in each of the robots, includes: a single main controller for calculating respective movement positions of the standard moving part on a movement route along which the standard moving part is to be moved; and sub-controllers installed for each of the robots, each of the sub-controllers calculating an operation amount of each of the actuators so that the standard moving part of a corresponding robot is to be moved along the movement route, based on the movement positions of the standard moving part of the corresponding robot on the movement route, and controlling each of the actuators of the robots in accordance with the operation amount.

The invention provides a temperature sensing device and a cooking utensil. The temperature sensing device is used for the cooking utensil with an inner pot. The temperature sensing device comprises atemperature sensing element, a first signal transmission terminal and a second signal transmission terminal. The temperature sensing element is used for sensing the temperature of the inner pot, the first signal transmission terminal is electrically connected with the temperature sensing element so as to obtain and transmit the signal from the temperature sensing element, the second signal transmission terminal is constructed to receive the signal from the first signal transmission terminal, and the first signal transmission terminal and the second signal transmission terminal are arranged ina separated or separable mode. Signal transmission is conducted between the first signal transmission terminal and the second signal transmission terminal in the separated or separable mode, a complexstructure is avoided, and the signal transmission effectiveness is ensured.

A precision self-locking connection mechanism and method for connecting two parts or elements to one another and a precision self-locking connection mechanism and method in combination with a further connection mechanism for connecting two parts or elements together.

A package configured to receive a food item for storage and heating therein is disclosed. The package includes an opening and a closure mechanism and comprises an insulating microwave material. A plurality of packages in a stacked relation also is provided.

A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor is mounted to a rotating body, which is supported by a rotating shaft mounted rotatably with respect to a fixed element. The FBG sensor extends along the rotating shaft, one end of which is disposed at the center of the end of the rotating shaft. An optical fiber is mounted to the fixed element, one end of which is disposed opposite to the end of the FBG sensor, apart from the FBG sensor. Light emitted from a broadband light source passes through the optical fiber and is transmitted to the FBG sensor across a gap between the optical fiber and the FBG sensor. The FBG sensor reflects light with frequencies corresponding to deformation of the rotating body. A data processing unit receives the reflected light and calculates the deformation of the rotating body based thereupon.

The invention relates to an air-based flyer apparatus (100) for preparing food. The apparatus comprises a food preparation chamber (102), a food basket (103) placed in said food preparation chamber (102), a system (104) for circulating an upward flow of hot air inside said food basket (103), a heating element (105) placed above said food basket (103) to generate said hot air, a lid (101) placed below the heating element for covering the food basket. The lid (101) comprises a first part (P1) being air-permeable, and a second part (P2) facing said heating element (105) being air-impermeable. The invention allows reducing fumes generated by an air-based flyer during cooking process.

An integrated circuit device includes first and second transistors NTr1 and PTr1 push-pull connected between first and second power supply lines and outputting a voltage of one of the first and second power supply lines to a connection node ND by a charge-pump operation, and a pad PD electrically connected with the connection node ND and electrically connected with a flying capacitor, to which a given voltage is applied at one end, at the other end of the flying capacitor. The pad PD is disposed in an upper layer of at least one of the first and second transistors NTr1 and PTr1 so that the pad PD overlaps part or the entirety of at least one of the first and second transistors NTr1 and PTr1.

The invention provides a pressure cooker which comprises a cooker cover and a cooker body, wherein a sealing ring is arranged between the cooker cover and the cooker body, a limiting valve is arrangedon the cooker cover; the limiting valve comprises a pressure limited valve body arranged on the cooker cover, a pressure limited valve element arranged in the pressure limited valve body, and a sealing hood arranged between the pressure limited valve element and the pressure limited valve body so as to hermetically connect the pressure limited valve element and the pressure limited valve body; aseam running through the pressure limited valve element is arranged on the pressure limited valve element; and the pressure limited valve element is made from flexile material. According to the pressure cooker disclosed by the invention, the flexible material is adopted as the pressure limited valve element; in a certain pressure scope, the seam of the pressure limited valve element is extruded tobe closed by the inherent characteristic of the flexible material of the pressure limited valve element, the seam of the pressure limited valve element is opened and pressure is released only when pressure exceeds a certain limitation, and after pressure recovers to a limited value, the opened seam is closed again, so that the stability of the pressure in the cooker is ensured. By adopting the flexible material as the pressure limited valve element, the airtightness of the structure is better, and pressure retaining is more steady.

The invention provides a temperature sensing device and a cooking utensil. The temperature sensing device is used for the cooking utensil with an inner pot. The inner pot is provided with an outer-layer pot wall and an inner-layer pot wall, a closed cavity is formed between the outer-layer pot wall and the inner-layer pot wall, and a medium capable of transferring heat is arranged in the closed cavity. The temperature sensing device comprises a temperature sensing element which is used for sensing the temperature of the medium. According to the temperature sensing device and the cooking utensil, it can be ensured that the temperature on the surface of the inner pot is consistently and stably sampled by the temperature sensing element.

A mirror or mirror assembly fabricated by molding, pressing, assembling, or depositing one or more bulk metal glass (BMG), bulk metal glass composite (BMGMC), or amorphous metal (AM) parts and where the optical surface and backing of the mirror can be fabricated without machining or polishing by utilizing the unique molding capabilities of this class of materials.

The invention relates to an intelligent detection and electronic control smoke discharge cooking pot set. An existing cooking pot structure and a corresponding heater structure are improved, a bran-new design concept is adopted, an intelligent detection and automatic electronic control structure is introduced, a pot bottom additional layer (3) is designed at the bottom of a cooking pot body (1), a first sleeve (4) and a second sleeve (5) which penetrate through the interior of the cooking pot body (1) and the pot bottom additional layer (3) are designed based on the structure, and then a third sleeve (6) designed on a corresponding heater and a smoke discharge pipe form a smoke discharge pipeline. Meanwhile, an electronic control telescopic rod (10) is designed and installed in the second sleeve (5), a cover plate (7) located at the telescopic rod moving end of the electronic control telescopic rod (10) is designed in a matched mode, intelligent detection and intelligent control are conducted in combination with a smoke sensor (12), opening and closing of the smoke discharge pipeline are achieved, discharge of smoke generated in the cooking process of the cooking pot is achieved accordingly, and influences of smoke on the surroundings can be effectively avoided.

The invention discloses a non-stick coating with wear resistance and corrosion resistance and a coating method thereof. The coating comprises an anti-corrosive bottom layer, a wear-resistant intermediate layer and a non-stick finish coat, wherein the bottom layer contains a fluoropolymer, 1 to 15 weight percent of at least one heat-resistant polymer adhesive, and 1 to 15 weight percent of pigment and filler; the intermediate layer is coated on the bottom layer, and contains the fluoropolymer and inorganic filler particles; and the finish coat is coated on the intermediate layer and contains the fluoropolymer with non-stick effect. A priming coat has good anti-corrosion performance due to small content and small fineness of the pigment and the filler, an intermediate coating has good wear-resistant property due to the fact that partial large particles in an organic filler are embedded into the bottom layer and are convex into the finish coat, and the finish coat has good non-stick performance.

The invention discloses a low-capacity electric pressure cooker suitable for one person and relates to the electromechanical field. The object of the present invention is to provide an electric pressure cooker that can cook a "small amount" of rice in an "extremely short time". Burning equipment, characterized in that the cooker body and the cooker cover are made of high-strength metal, and the wall thickness is greater than that of the existing electric pressure cooker; the capacity of the container composed of the cooker body and the cooker cover is Very little, generally less than 2 liters, about 600 grams of dry rice grains and an appropriate amount of water are allowed to be put in; the heating equipment can be an external electric heating plate or a built-in electric heating rod, and its electric power is generally greater than 2000 watts. The maximum continuous heating time of the control circuit can be set within 10 minutes, or even within 5 minutes; the invention has the beneficial effect of rapidly cooking a small amount of rice.

The invention relates to a method of making a receiving channel (11) of a sensor, in particular a temperature sensor, in a cooking vessel (1) having a cap (2) comprising a bottom (3) and a perforated plate (6) fixed to the bottom (3), said receiving channel (11) being arranged between the bottom (3) and the perforated plate (6). According to the invention, it comprises the following steps: a) Preparing a groove (5) in the bottom (3) of the cap (2) or in the perforated plate (6), b) placing a strip (10) in the groove (5), c) positioning the perforated plate (6) on the bottom (3) and the crimp on the bottom (3) by striking the web (10) maintaining the geometry of the receiving channel (11) formed between the bottom (3) and the perforated plate (6) during the stamping operation, d) Remove the bar (10) to identify and train the receiving channel (11).

The invention provides a protective energy-saving hood of a pressure cooker.The protective energy-saving hood of the pressure cooker comprises a housing 2 arranged on a cooker cover 1 in a sleeving mode and composed of shells 3 and side encircling sleeves 4; the shells 3 and the side encircling sleeves 4 are both made from plastic cement; the side encircling sleeves 4 are closely matched with the shells 3 and sealed to the cooker cover 1; each shell 3 is provided with a clearance groove 22, a valve position hole 21 and other clearance hole grooves, and the lower end faces of the clearance hole grooves are sealed to the surface of the cooker cover 1; a closed cavity 23 is defined by the housing 2 and the cooker cover 1; the peripheral edge of the upper end of each valve position hole 21 is not higher than the lower edge of a cap hole 12; the inner side wall of each shell 3 is provided with a liner 5 made from foaming plastic cement.The protective energy-saving hood is used on the pressure cooker cover in a matched mode and has the safety protection effect and the energy-saving and heat-preserving effects, cooking of the pressure cooker can be made convenient, and the protective energy-saving hood facilitates energy conservation and emission reduction, so that the protective energy-saving hood has application and popularization value.

The combination of insulating material with microwave interactive food packaging for enhanced cooking properties is disclosed. An insulating microwave packaging material (200) and a method of making the same are also disclosed. In one embodiment, the insulating microwave packaging material (200) is formed by bonding a microwave interactive material substrate (205) that creates sensible heat upon exposure to microwave energy to a second substrate (210) along bond lines (212) arranged in a pattern to form closed cells (214). Upon impingement of the insulating microwave packaging material (200) by microwave energy in a microwave oven, the closed cells (214) expand to form insulating pockets (216). One side of the insulating pocket (216) bulges and lofts above the opposite side. When a food product is situated on the insulating microwave packaging material (200), the insulating pockets (216) insulate the food product from the microwave oven environment.

An electric grill is provided having a grate, a first electrical insulator layer located above the grate, a heater layer deposited on a top surface of the first electrical insulator layer, and a top layer located over the heater layer for protecting the heater layer.

An article in the form of one of a plate, a sheet, a cylinder, and a portion of a cylinder, which is adapted for use as at least a portion of a wear resistant working surface of a roll is disclosed. The article includes a metal matrix composite comprising a plurality of inorganic particles dispersed in a matrix material. The matrix material includes at least one of a metal and a metal alloy, wherein the melting temperature of the inorganic particles is greater than the melting temperature of the matrix material. A plurality of hard elements are embedded in the metal matrix composite. The wear resistance of the metal matrix composite is less than the wear resistance of the hard elements, and the metal matrix composite preferentially wears away when the article is in use, thereby providing or preserving gaps between each of the plurality of hard elements at a working surface of the article.