Automatic oven

US11047578B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Alexander L. Clayton · Three Rivers, US
• Vince Huang · Tangxia, CN
• Xiangxu Li · Lo Wu, CN
• Ken Lei · Nanhu, CN
• Hanks Hu · Lo Wu, CN
• Juan Chen · 安丰镇, CN
• Tracy Yu · Lo Wu, CN
• JACK LI · Lo Wu, CN
• Roy Qiu · Linxi, CN
• Seth Herndon · Benton Harbor, US
• Donald John Gilmore · Berrien Springs, US
• Cristiano Vito Pastore · Tolentino, IT
• Dick Ge · Benton Harbor, US
• Pallavi Manjrekar · Stevensville, US
• Bruce Wiatrak · Bolingbrook, US
• Andrea Ferrise · Benton Harbor, US
• BLAKE CARTWRIGHT · Benton Harbor, US
• RICHARD J. HUGHES · Coloma, US
• Joel Fletty · Benton Harbor, US
• Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. · Whitefish Bay, US
• Joshua George Abdoo · Stevensville, US
• Collin Andrew Stipe · West Unity, US
• NICHOLAS BRENN · Three Rivers, US
• Casey L. McCuan · Saugatuck, US
• Christopher L. Carpenter · Three Rivers, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 4, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 31, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A21B3/02
• WIPO field: Other special machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.