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US 10,420,348 B1Granted
Appliance for controlled rising of dough
OwnerBeverly J. Mixinventor
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Abstract
An appliance for the controlled rising of dough includes a cuboid-shaped housing having a control knob in electrical communication with a power source and a thermostatically controlled heating element secured within a removable bladder. A drawer is provided beneath a dough chamber configured for the storage of flour-coated towels. The legs of the device have the appearance of teacups. The device provides a convenient method of permitting dough to rise in a controlled environment.
Claims20
A dough rising appliance, comprising:
- an outer enclosure;
- an upper tray holding a removable bladder, said removable bladder sits in said upper tray and is removable, said removable bladder is filled with a liquid through a fill port complete with a tethered watertight snap cap;
- wherein, said removable bladder is bounded on a bottom by a first heat transferring barrier;
- and,
- wherein, said heat transferring barrier permits heat emanating from a heating coil to be transferred upward into said removable bladder;
- a lower drawer section containing a slide-out drawer;
- wherein said slide-out drawer having a handle and said slide-out drawer is supported by a pair of drawer slides that are attached to said bottom of said outer enclosure;
- a power switch controlled by a thermostatic control activating said dough rising appliance;
- a power indication light indicating application of AC power to a heating coil indicated by a heating indication light;
- an over temperature limit switch is provided in series to automatically shutoff power said heating coil should an over-temperature situation develop;
- and,
- a plurality of support feet supporting said dough rising appliance;
- wherein said heating coil and said heating indication light operate in a parallel simultaneous manner to inform said user via said heating indication light whenever said heating coil is active.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.