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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Todd Vincent Graves, Louisville, KY (US);
Dennis Patrick Kill, Louisville, KY (US);
Jesse Spalding Head, Louisville, KY (US);
Charles Ray Smith, Shelbyville, KY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 6/68 ;
Abstract
A speed cooking oven includes a combination of radiant cooking units and a microwave cooking unit manually controllable using a rotary dial input selector coupled to a control panel for user selection of desired oven features. An alphanumeric display displays prompts and information to guide users through a feature selection process. A microprocessor executes a cooking algorithm based upon user defined constants entered via the rotary dial according to prompts on the alphanumeric display.