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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William Terry Robertson, Jr., Auburn, AL (US);
Kavin Wayne Jones, Clinton, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Holmes Group, Inc., Milford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/600 ; A47J 2/700 ; H05B 3/06 ; H05B 3/58 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 3/600 ; A47J 2/700 ; H05B 3/06 ; H05B 3/58 ;
Abstract
A cooking apparatus including a housing having an interior which contains a heating device. The cooking apparatus includes a liner which is preferably made of metallic material with a bowl which may be removably placed therein to cook food. The heating device is a heating band which has downwardly extending foot members to prevent the heating element from contacting the floor of the housing to prevent hot spots and inadvertent burning of a users hand.