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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:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Applicants:
James E. Decobert, Manchester, CT (US);
Lorens G. Hlava, Clinton, MO (US);
Charles T. Thrasher, Jr., Clinton, MA (US);
William Levy, Hopedale, MA (US);
Inventors:
James E. DeCobert, Manchester, CT (US);
Lorens G. Hlava, Clinton, MO (US);
Charles T. Thrasher, Jr., Clinton, MA (US);
William Levy, Hopedale, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 37/06 (2006.01); H05B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A programmable slow-cooker appliance uses an application-specific integrated circuit digital controller, in which a user sets a time and temperature for cooking a food item. The digital controller prevents the unit from functioning only as a 'keep warm' appliance, and a unique design allows cooling of the application-specific integrated circuit digital programmable controller during cooking.