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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:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yukio Soyama, Nagano-ken, JP;
Hiroo Yamaya, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
MK Seiko Co., Ltd., Nagano-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B / ; A21D / ; A47J / ; A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99327 ; 99339 ; 99348 ; 99407 ; 99417 ; 219401 ;
Abstract
An automatic bread maker comprises: an oven chamber having a heater, a kneader and a temperature sensor; a bread vessel detachably mounted within the oven chamber, for charging breadstuff; a steam-producing device for producing steam within the oven chamber; and a controller for controlling the steam-producing device wherein a steaming step of steaming dough is effected before a baking step of baking the dough.