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US 7,183,507 B2Granted
Appliance having a timer
OwnerSusan Simoneauinventor
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Abstract
A timer for an appliance is activated by the appliance user to display elapsed time on a time display device mounted on and/or integral with the appliance. The timer may be initialized by a separate initialization mechanism or simultaneously with the user activating the appliance itself. Examples of appliances include kitchen appliances such as hand mixers, counter-top mixers, choppers, grinders, and toothbrushes.
Claims4
An appliance having an elapsed time timer comprising:
- an appliance;
- an elapsed time timer including a digital time display element, integral with said appliance and responsive to an elapsed time timer initializer of a user activatable appliance activation mechanism, and configured for being reset to zero and displaying elapsed time since a last initialization;
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- a user activatable appliance activation mechanism, integral with said appliance, said appliance including an elapsed time timer initializer, coupled to said elapsed time timer, said user activatable appliance activation mechanism configured, upon user activation, for activating said appliance and for simultaneously automatically resetting said elapsed time timer and said digital time display element, for initializing said elapsed time timer and for causing said digital time display element to begin displaying elapsed time since said timer initialization caused by said user activation of said user activatable appliance activation mechanism.
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