3931results about "Cooking-vessel materials" patented technology

A container has a patterned susceptor region in the bottom, a fold region between the bottom and the sidewall of the container, a sidewall region, and a flange region that forms a flange or lip of the container. The patterned susceptor region includes arrangements of microwave-interactive features disposed generally along respective close plane curves, which reduces overheating and increases the filling temperature of the food product. The fold region contains microwave transparent features that minimize de-lamination of the container in the folded region, and also create a generally transmissive area in the vicinity of the heel of the food product to improve the cooking thereof. The sidewall region shields the periphery of the food product so that it is not overcooked while promoting an appropriate degree of pie dough shell browning. The flange area is transmissive to promote an appropriate degree of cooking of the food product crust.

A microwave interactive insulating material is provided.

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.

A contact heat-transferring electric hotplate (11) is provided, which is made from nonoxidic ceramic, particularly silicon nitride. Its very thin hotplate body (14) in the form of a disk is installed in self-supporting manner in a hob plate, e.g. by bonding, and has an extremely flat surface or which is adapted to the cooking vessel shape, which creates such a small gap with respect to said vessel that a coupling is possible even with higher power densities with only a temperature difference of a few degrees. The heating means (17) is also in contact with or directly connected to the underside of the hotplate body (14).

A multifunction apparatus having a plurality of functions including a copier function retrieves, through an RFID controller, user identification information from a memory card carried by the user within a detection area, obtains, from a server, limitation information of usable functions that is preset, by a server I / F, for the authenticated user based on the retrieved identification information, and controls the usable functions for the authenticated user according to the limitation information of usable functions.

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.

The invention relates to a microwave pressure cooker including a container open at its top which includes a cover with a gasket adapted for ledge interlock type sealing and lug locking engagement with the container. There are two regulator opening means provided as valve opening through the cover (2) such that one of the deformable diaphragm type pressure regulator means formed are disposed on these regulator opening means which deform responsive to the pressure in the enclosure. A push rod type gasket offset device means is also provided on locking lug and opening and closing aid of the cover for releasably maintaining the container and the cover in sealing engagement. Further a filter is disposed removably on the first regulator opening means, which controls the pressure building within the enclosure.

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.

Embodiments in the present invention provide a system and method of joining structural members. This method involves aligning the first structural member to a metallic substrate when the first structural member has at least one tapered hole or cavity. A metallic or other like material suitable to cold spraying technology is deposited into the tapered cavity to form a shaped or tapered fastener bonded to the metallic substrate. The shape of the fastener secures the first structural member to the metallic substrate. Additionally, a protective insert may be placed within the shaped or tapered cavity to protect the first structural member during hoe cold spraying deposition when the first structural member is a composite material or other like material susceptible to erosion during the cold spraying technique. After the material has been deposited using cold spray techniques this material may be further solidified and bonded to the metallic substrate using a technique such as friction stir welding in order to increase the load carrying capacity of the in-situ shaped fastener.

Provided is a cooking vessel (1) including a body (2) equipped with a bottom (3) and a lateral wall (4), a handle (20) mounted to the body (2) by mounting means (6, 22), and a sensor (30) disposed in a receiving housing (11) near the bottom (3) and equipped with at least one electrically insulated conducting element (31, 32) , said sensor (30) and said conducting element (31, 32) being mounted to a support (40) which extends from the bottom (3) along the lateral wall (4) and which is mounted to the handle (20). The support (40) includes a retaining part (42) for the sensor and the conducting element and at least one programmed deformation area (50, 55a, 55b) to allow mobility between the retaining part (42) for the sensor and the conducting element and the handle (20) in at least one direction.

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 gas turbine engine case having a working fluid flow, includes inner and outer case portions defining an annular duct for directing the working fluid flow, and a plurality of struts positioned within the annular duct and extending between the inner and outer case portions. The struts are welded to the inner and outer case portions with a first weld along a peripheral line of the respective struts and with second weld, of fillet type, in selected locations for additionally connecting a portion of each strut to the respective inner and outer case portions.

The translucent or opaque colored glass-ceramic article provides a cooking surface and has an adjustable light transmission in a visible range under 15%, as measured for a 4 mm sample thickness; a flaw-free upper surface with an impact resistance of greater than 18 cm breaking height, as tested with a 200 g steel ball in a falling ball test; a temperature difference resistance of greater than 500° C.; a high crystallinity with keatite mixed crystals as principal crystal phase in an interior of the glass-ceramic article and with a residual glass phase fraction of less than 8% by weight; a glassy upper surface layer of from 0.5 to 2.5 μm thick, which is substantially free of high quartz mixed crystals and which inhibits chemical reactions, and a content of enriched ingredients in the residual glass phase in the interior of the glass-ceramic and in the glassy surface layer of ΣNa2O+K2O+CaO+SrO+BaO+F+refining agents of from 0.2 to 1.6% by weight.

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.

Provided is a method for producing a handle subassembly made to be mounted to a body (2) to form a cooking vessel (1), said subassembly including a handle (20), a sensor (30), particularly a temperature sensor, equipped with at least one flexible insulated conducting element (31, 32) which is connected to a connector (17) of a control circuit (28), said subassembly including a receiving area (49) for the conducting element (31, 32) a part of which (49b) is disposed in the handle (20).

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.

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.

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 present invention relates to a kind of electric pressure cooker and electric rice cooker. It includes outer shell, pot cover, inner pot, heating disk and temperature detection and control device of electric heating pot. The inner pot is placed in the upper portion of heating disk, and said inner pot is a stainless steel single-layer structure. The temperature detection and control device of invented electroheating pot is formed from heat sensing element and control circuit of electroheating pot, and said heat sensing element is fixed on the heating disk.

Disclosed are coolants comprising brazed metal corrosion inhibitors. In one embodiment, the disclosed brazed metal corrosion inhibitor will comprise a polycarboxylic acid functional compound having the structure: wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each independently selected from the group consisting of H, OH, COOH, C1-C10alkyl groups, glycol esters, anhydride groups, —COOM, and combinations thereof, wherein M is at least one of H, alkali metal ions, alkali earth metal ions, NH4+, amines, imidazoline, polyalcohol esters, C1 to C12 alkyl groups, and combinations thereof; wherein (1) at least three of R1, R2, R3, and R4 contain the group —COOM, wherein M is defined above; or (2) at least two of R1, R2, R3, and R4 contain an anhydride group, and at least one of R1, R2, R3, and R4 contain the group —COOM, wherein M is defined above.

A pressure cooker comprises a body, a lid, a pressure relief valve arranged on the lid and a sealing ring arranged on the lid. Upper fastening threads of the lid are in screw fit with lower fasteningthreads on an opening in the body. The cooker further comprises an inner pot opening up and made of a non-metallic material and a heat conductive material. The body is made of aluminum or aluminum alloy with certain ductility, and comprises a lower wrapping portion, a steam chamber portion and an upper interface portion. The upper interface portion is provided with the lower fastening threads. Theinner pot is embedded in the lower wrapping portion. During use, a food material is located in the inner pot, a high temperature cooking area is formed in the inner pot, a high pressure high temperature heat source area is formed in the steam chamber portion, and a secondary high pressure and high temperature area is formed in the lid. During use, the high temperature cooking area is formed in the inner pot, a high temperature high pressure hot baking area is formed in a steam chamber, and a secondary high temperature high pressure hot baking area is formed in the lid. The inner pot is heatedto emit infrared rays, and the infrared rays break the long starch protein in the food material and achieve a wall-breaking effect. The original flavor of the food material can be effectively maintained, and the taste is effectively improved.