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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1987
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219441 ; 219436 ; 219439 ; 99403 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is an electric rice cooker which includes a pot to hold rice and water, an inner case defining a heating space between the inner case and the outer peripheral and bottom surfaces of the pot, an outer case supporting the inner case, and at least one heater disposed in the heating space at a fixed distance from each of the pot and the inner case for heating air in the heating space to circulate the same by convection, thereby heating the pot and the rice and water in the pot from the upper portion.