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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:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ikuya Kubota, Nagano-ken, JP;
Takashi Oya, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
MK Seiko Co., Ltd., Koshoku, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B / ; A21D / ; A47J / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99327 ; 99339 ; 99340 ; 99348 ; 99476 ; 366146 ; 366314 ; 366601 ; 219401 ;
Abstract
A bread maker wherein a bread vessel, having breadstuff charged therein, is mounted within an oven chamber having a heater, a kneader and a temperature sensor, and a kneading step, a fermentation step and a baking step are automatically effected, thereby making bread, comprises; a steaming plate for producing steam within the oven chamber; a cooking plate for supporting shaped dough pieces thereon can be removably mounted within the oven chamber in exchange for the bread vessel; and a fan device for convecting heat, generated by the heater, within the oven chamber.