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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1986
Kiyoshi Yamashita, Aichi, JP;
Terutaka Aoshima, Toyohashi, JP;
Ryuuho Narita, Nagoya, JP;
Masahiro Imai, Nagoya, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An electric rice cooker includes a memory device having three storage areas for storing a plurality of cooking completion time data, a selection circuit selecting a desired cooking completion time data from the memory device, a display device displaying the selected cooking completion time data or the current time data and a lamp arrangement not only indicating the storage area from which the cooking completion time data displayed by the display device is read out but also indicating a current time display when the current time data is displayed by the display device. The selection circuit includes a memory timer switch and a pulse counter which counts the number of times the memory timer switch is pressed, and reads out a desired cooking completion time data from the designated storage area in the memory device on the basis of the result of the counting.