Plastics, Inc.

Allen M Danley

James F Pomroy

Albert E Colato

John E Gerling

James F Pomeroy

Harry A Rubbright

Mark L Steingraber

Covered dish

Portable turntable and drive motor assembly for use in microwave ovens. The drive motor assembly is positioned to one side of the turntable platform and has a low profile so that it will not interfere with the rotation of overhanging objects on the platform. In the principal embodiment disclosed, the drive motor is spring powered.

Drive motor assembly and turntable utilizable the same

Turntable for rotating food being cooked in a microwave oven, including a rotatable platform upon which the food is mounted and a drive motor positioned to the side of the platform. The turntable is made of a material having a low loss tangent at microwave frequencies, and the drive motor is surrounded by a shielding enclosure which reflects microwaves. In one of the disclosed embodiments, the turntable can also be used in conventional ovens.

Portable turntable for ovens

Turntable for use in microwave ovens

Drive motor assembly and turntable utilizing the same

Microwave oven covered dish

Compact turntable for use in microwave ovens. The drive motor assembly is positioned entirely beneath the rotating platform having a ring of inwardly facing gear teeth and has a relatively low profile. This turntable can be utilized in smaller oven cavities than bulkier turntables heretofore provided.

Compact portable turntable for microwave ovens

A cooking utensil for a microwave oven is provided comprising a shallow, generally hollow, lower cooking member defining a pyramidal-shaped cavity with an open base. A stand orients the lower cooking member in the microwave oven cavity with the open base upwardly directed to define an open top, pyramidal-shaped lower heating chamber for retaining and heating popcorn kernels. Unpopped popcorn kernels are gravity biased into the apexes defined by the intersections of the sidewalls of the pyramidal-shaped heating chamber to facilitate efficient heating of the unpopped kernels. A cover is disposed over the lower cooking member comprising a deep, generally hollow, upper member defining a roughly cube-shaped cavity with one open side. A support is provided for orienting the open side of the cover relative to the lower cooking member such that the open side of the roughly cube-shaped cavity communicates with the open top of the pyramidal-shaped lower heating chamber to define an upper chamber for receiving and storing popped popcorn kernels upwardly and away from the heating chamber to prevent scorching of the popped kernels. A steaming and roasting trivet is provided which engages a lower cooking member and defines a generally horizontal surface for supporting foodstuffs above the lower heating chamber. The trivet converts the cooking utensil into a steaming and roasting device wherein the lower heating chamber retains liquid and the upper chamber comprises an oven chamber.

Microwave oven popcorn popper, steamer and roaster

Drive motor assembly for use with a turntable, rotisserie or other appliance in a microwave oven. The motor assembly is self-contained and can be used interchangeably with different appliances. It can be positioned in a corner of the oven cavity where it will not interfere appreciably with the distribution of microwave energy within the cavity.

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Eagan, MN, United States of America

Allen M Danley