Cooking appliance interface
US5043860A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG05B2219/25432
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An interface suitable for use with a cooking computer communication system and preferably mounted on each of cooking appliances such as a baking oven, cooling unit or fryer. The interface monitors the physical characteristics of the cooking appliance through analog or digital sensors and provides information for diagnostics and quality control by a local store computer or a remote corporate mainframe computer. The interface includes a microcomputer responsive to a plurality of signals representing parameters of the cooking appliance for developing a multiplexed digital output signal representing the parameters for applying the output signal by a two-wire cable to a cooking computer communication system.
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