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David J Wanat

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Charles Z Krasznai

Jill Kreutzer Orent

Joseph J Laskowski

Michelle Carillo

Michelle M Carillo

Roger A Letso

Devin Lee Moore

Barry M Haber

Robert Osit

James Andrew Sandor

Barbara Lynn Schnabel

Theodore B Mulle

Duncan P Copland

Chi Tong Chan

Paul M Ackels

Arthur J Sansone

Ronald E Jeffress

Silvana V Wheeler

Matthew Louis Rivera

John Shears White

Richard A Northrop, Jr

Barbara L Schnabel

James R Barraclough

Chi Chan

A food processor bowlhas a pouring lip, a sidewall, a handle, a floorand bowl neckwith an opening. The bowlhas an upper rimand pair of hinge slotsadapted to receive corresponding hinge pinsthat are attached to the cover. The bowl neckis adapted to receive a driven motor shaft (not shown) through its opening. A conventional blade assembly (not shown) is mounted to the driven shaft to rotate therewith in order to chop and mix food product.

Food processor bowl cover dynamic sealing assembly

A blade assemblyhas a bodyhaving a top, closed end, a bottom endformed with an openingat its end, and an interior chamber. A bladehaving two cutting edgesis fixed to the body, and it may be insert molded. A motor shaft engagement sleevehas an openingadapted to engage a driven shaft (not shown) of a conventional food processor motor (not shown) in order to transmit torque therefrom in order to rotationally drive the blade

Blade assembly for food processor

A method brewing a beverage or coffee, and an associated system, include a water reservoir having a fixed capacity, an electric pump, a steel vessel with an inlet and an outlet for water and with a heater for heating the water, a container for holding coffee grounds having a removable insert for selectively optimizing coffee strength including but not limited to optimizing for amount of coffee brewed, and an optional heater to keep brewed coffee at a desired temperature until dispensed.

Methods and systems for brewing variable amounts of coffee

A cooking appliance is provided. The cooking appliance has a heating plate with at least one cooking surface, a heater for heating the heating plate, a support structure for supporting the heating plate, and an interface mechanism that, in response to the heating plate being positioned on the support structure in a predetermined position, is actuated to permit heating of the heater.

Reversible cooking appliance

A cooking device and method for cooking food items by boiling and by steaming is provided. The method of cooking the food items includes placing an amount of liquid in a recess of the cooking device, heating the recess to heat a liquid therein to a cooking temperature, and receiving the sidewalls of a bowl having apertures in a bottom surface thereof in the recess, in a first position, for cooking by boiling. The bowl is supported in a second position over the recess on an intermediate member for cooking the food items by steaming.

Combined food cooker and steamer

A handheld mixer () has a body comprising a housing () that houses a motor and drive system and an integral handle (), and one or more mixer attachments (). A rotatable dial control () is rotatable about an axis () that is located within the housing () and, thus, only a portion of the dial () is exposed. The dial () is engaged by the user's thumb or finger of the same hand that is holding the device by its handle (). The dial () comprises a smaller diameter dial () that is fixed to or integral with the manipulated dial () and which is positioned beneath a transparent surface () of the housing (). The smaller dial () has markings that are viewed through the transparent surface () to indicate the larger dial position, such as 'on/off'; 'high/low'; and the like. Another novel feature of the present invention is an attachment eject button () that activates a lock to release a mixer attachment (). The eject button () is positioned in close proximity to the novel dial () so that the user may engage the eject button () or the dial () without changing his or her grip on the handle ().

Control dial and ejector button for handheld appliance

A dual bowl ice cream maker and method for selectively driving one or two mixing bowls, each mixing bowl in a separate mixing compartment, without requiring manipulation of either mixing bowl.

Ice cream maker

An enclosure for a food processor having a lower portion for cooperating with a control and/or operational base assembly of a food processor, a central portion for holding matter to be processed, an upper portion with one or more openings for receiving the matter into the central portion, and a safety actuator, is provided. The openings being relatively small to allow for the safe operation of the food processor without the need to close or cover said one or more openings. The openings is capable of cooperating with various accessories and/or of facilitating matter being introduced in a variety of different amounts and forms.

Enclosure for food processor

A cover assembly for a food processor having a cover cooperative with a working bowl or container, an accessory being selectively cooperative with at least one cavity in the cover, a safety system including a disengaging assembly cooperative with the cover and/or the accessory to selectively deactivate or disengage the safety system. The cover and the accessory can be simultaneously separated and/or removed from the food processor or adjusted relative to each other and/or the food processor.

Cover for food processor

Hand mixer

A toaster has a housing with one or more bread receiving holes and an aperture. One or more bread carriages are positioned in the one or more bread receiving holes. The toaster has a first tray positionable in the aperture. The first tray has a first crumb collecting position and a second crumb removing position. The first tray also has a trough. A second removable tray is positionable in the trough.

Toaster oven with an improved tray to facilitate removal of breadcrumbs

Griddle

Waffle maker

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Merdien, CT, United States of America

David J Wanat