Patent · US Expired

Method for cooking rice

US4670282A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1984
Grant dateJun 2, 1987
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05D23/26
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is an electric rice cooker which comprises a pot to hold rice and water, an inner case defining a heating space between the inner case and the outer peripheral and bottom surfaces of the pot, an outer case supporting the inner case, and at least one heater disposed in the heating space at a fixed distance from each of the pot and the inner case for heating air in the heating space to circulate the same by convection, thereby heating the pot and the rice and water in the pot from the upper portion.

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