Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Hiromi Hirota

Hiroyoshi Nomura

Akihisa Nakano

Hirofumi Nakakura

Haruo Ishikawa

Hajime Oyabu

Morio Shibata

Toshiichiro Tanaka

Hiroko Minayoshi

Hiroyuki Inoue

Tadashi Asami

Ami Shibayama

Ken Gamo

An automatic bread making apparatus comprises a housing, a baking container disposed in the housing and being provided with an opening and a source of heat, a kneading container which is detachably mounted in the baking container, a lid assembly for covering the kneading container, a kneading blade which is movably disposed in the kneading container, a motor for operating the blade to form the dough, means for detecting temperature in the kneading container, a yeast charger and a control unit for operating the apparatus. This apparatus provides for the automatic addition of yeast to the kneaded dough without manual intervention.

Apparatus for making bread

A controlling apparatus controls a series of processes such as a kneading process, a fermenting process, a breathing process and a baking process of material within a bread baking mold based on the temperature of the bread baking mold detected within the baking chamber. The controlling apparatus controls a series of process of at least two types or more and is adapted to select either of the subsequent series of processes in accordance with one temperature input or two temperature inputs each respectively sensed at the kneading start time-point, during the kneading process, or at the kneading completion time-point. Fresh-baked bread which is superior may be provided independent from the changing influences of the seasons or of the material temperatures.

Automatic bread producing machine

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Osaka, Japan

Hiromi Hirota