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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1986

Filed:

Jan. 17, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:

Silas E Carmean, Mansfield, OH (US);

Assignee:

The Tappan Company, Mansfield, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 / ; 219 / ; 3403 / ;
Abstract

A microwave oven with a microprocessor control which contains stored recipe information. The user enters food type, quantity to be cooked, and size or doneness desired. Data for cooking a large number of different foods may be stored. The specific food item to be cooked is user selected by touching and holding one of ten food category pads. Food items within the category selected then 'scroll' through an alphanumeric display. The item shown in the display when the food pad is released is the one selected for cooking. Following food selection, the user is prompted, via the alphanumeric display, to enter such additional data as quantity, size and doneness desired.


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