Temperature sensing pan
OwnerHaien Zhou, Macrae Benziger +1inventors
InventorsHaien Zhou, Macrae Benziger, Eric Arthur Miller, JR.
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Abstract
Cookware is provided having a temperature sensing assembly for indicating a temperature of the cookware. In one embodiment, a cooking pan is provided having a pan body with a cooking surface and a heating surface opposite the cooking surface. A handle can be attached to the pan body, and a thermal gauge can be mounted on the handle. A thermal probe can extend from the gauge into the pan body to measure a temperature of the pan body. In some embodiments, a shield can surround at least a portion of the thermal probe to block the thermal probe from radiant heat.
Claims14
A cooking pan comprising:
- a pan body comprising a cooking surface and a heating surface opposite the cooking surface;
- a handle attached to the pan body;
- a hole extending into the pan body substantially parallel to the cooking surface and the heating surface;
- a thermal probe extending at least partially into the hole, the thermal probe configured to detect a temperature of the pan body;
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- a thermal gauge mounted to and retained by the handle, the thermal gauge and the handle defining corresponding profiles that retain the gauge to the handle once the gauge is rotated against the handle, the thermal gauge being coupled to the thermal probe, the thermal gauge configured to indicate a temperature responsive to the temperature detected by the thermal probe.
A cooking pan, comprising:
- a pan body having a cooking surface and a heating surface opposite the cooking surface;
- a handle coupled to the pan body;
- a probe extending into the pan body and configured to detect a temperature of the pan body;
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- a thermal gauge mounted to and retained by the handle, the thermal gauge and the handle defining corresponding profiles that retain the gauge to the handle once the gauge is rotated against the handle, the thermal gauge being coupled to the thermal probe, the thermal gauge configured to indicate a temperature responsive to the temperature detected by the thermal probe.
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