The West Bend Company

Premark Wb Holdings, Inc.

Robert V Myszka

David C Belongia

John Vancha

Joanne M Turchany

James H Utzerath

Method of operating a water distiller

An automatic breadmaker with improved thermal sensing, wiring, and a simplified assembly procedure. The breadmaker preferably includes a high voltage circuit board coupled to an interior wall of the breadmaker, the interior wall separating the baking chamber of the breadmaker from a component compartment. One or more thermal control devices electrically connected to the high voltage circuit board are disposed in a heat transfer relationship with the interior wall, thereby improving device accuracy and avoiding the need for leads to the thermal control devices. In the most preferred embodiment of the present invention, the high voltage circuit board is coupled to the interior wall via a component mounting bracket which also holds the thermal control devices against the interior wall. Preferably, the breadmaker also has a low voltage circuit board connected to the high voltage circuit board via low voltage leads, thereby providing additional safety for users operating a control panel near the low voltage circuit board. In this case, the high voltage circuit board is a power board supplying power to the various breadmaker components, such as the motor, heater, and fan, and the low voltage circuit board is a logic circuit controlling breadmaker operations and being receptive to commands received from a user via the control panel. The high voltage circuit board and the thermal control devices can be pre-assembled in a single assembly for insertion into the breadmaker, thereby decreasing assembly time and cost.

Breadmaker circuit board mounting method

A distiller control circuit includes a power bus with first and second lines and a fan circuit connected across the lines and having a fan motor and a fan thermostat in series. There is also a heater circuit connected across the lines and having a heater and a heater thermostat in series. The fan thermostat is normally open, closes at an elevated temperature and automatically re-opens when the temperature subsides. The heater thermostat is normally closed, opens at an elevated temperature and must be manually reset to the closed position. The raw water vessel has a reset mechanism with a pivot-mounted bar and a contact surface on the bar. When the contact surface is depressed, the bar is urged to the second position for resetting the heater thermostat. The heater circuit terminates in a two-stud male connector and the platform has a two-slot female connector. The studs slide into electrically-conductive engagement with the slots when the raw water vessel is inserted into the condensing platform.

Control circuit for water distiller

Disclosed is a method for preselected extension of the dough rise period for dough products prepared in an automatic breadmaker. The method includes the step of selecting an extended final dough rise period from a group of predetermined times programmed into the breadmaker controller. The selection may be made before initiating the kneading/degassing and rising cycles or during what would otherwise be the final dough rise period.

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Germantown, WI, United States of America

Robert V Myszka