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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:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene R. Westerberg, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William H. Schestedt, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William P. Minnear, Clifton, NY (US);
Jay G. Romiti, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Quadlux, Inc., Orinda, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/734 ; A21B 1/14 ; A21B 1/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/734 ; A21B 1/14 ; A21B 1/22 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a lightwave oven that includes an oven chamber, a food support within the oven chamber, and a lightwave cooking lamp moveably mounted within the oven chamber between a first position in which the lamp is positioned to direct radiant energy onto a first area of the food support and a second position in which the lamp is positioned to direct radiant energy onto a second, separate, area of the food support. The lamp is illuminated and made to scan, preferably multiple times, across the food so as to cook the food.