A47J 37/1266
Control devices
Official title: {Control devices, e.g. to control temperature, level or quality of the frying liquid}
A47J37/1266 (Control devices) appears on 323 US grants and 358 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47J- Granted patents
- 323
- Published applications
- 358
- Assignees
- 159
- Inventors
- 653
- Latest grant
- 19 May 2026
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| 2023 | 18 | 18 |
| 2024 | 16 | 15 |
| 2025 | 16 | 16 |
| 2026 | 4 | 18 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Point-of-use frying oil monitoring and blending19 May 2026US 12,628,987 B2Cargill, Incorporated
- Method and apparatus for producing instant fried noodles24 Feb 2026US 12,557,943 B2Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Fryer20 Jan 2026US 12,527,431 B2Fluid-O-Tech S.R.L.
- Modular position and state sensing system and method13 Jan 2026US 12,520,967 B2Pitco Frialator, Inc.
- Combination pressure and open frying apparatus9 Dec 2025US 12,490,864 B2Henny Penny Corporation
- Fryer filter pump protection with multi-speed filtration and top off1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294169 A1The Frymaster Corporation
- Cooking device, control method, and storage medium2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182774 A1Shenzhen Typhur Technology Co., Ltd
- Automated Food Frying Machine for use in Retail Locations2 Jul 2026US 2026/0182780 A1My Fry Inc.
- Cooking apparatus for moving food while deep frying11 Jun 2026US 2026/0157570 A1
- Systems and methods to control heat distribution for a cooking device4 Jun 2026US 2026/0151001 A1Loco—Crazy Good Cookers, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Deep well cooker with dual heating elements134US 6,515,262 B12003
- Cooking apparatus125US 6,941,857 B22005
- Cooking apparatus104US 7,412,922 B22008
- Deep fat fryer with computerized control system83US 4,913,038 AHenny Penny Corporation · 1990
- Electrical safety device for food heating appliance83US 5,740,721 ASeb S. A. · 1998