Independently powered safety device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4990750
SERIAL NO

07438817

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An independently powered safety device for use in a cooking device having a heating element and a cooking surface. The safety device includes a pair of lamps, one of which is disposed below the heating element and another which is disposed adjacent the cooking surface. The safety device also includes a temperature probe that is coupled above the heating element. When the cooking device is turned on, the heating element becomes hot and the lamp disposed below the heating element instantly illuminates. The temperature probe senses the heating element's temperature. In response to the heating element reaching a predetermined temperature, the probe enables the lamp adjacent the heating surface to illuminate. That lamp remains illuminated until the cooking device is turned off and the heating element cools. The lamp adjacent the heating surface is independently powered and remains illuminated regardless of whether or not power is provided to the heating element.

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MAYTAG CORPORATION401 WEST FOURTH STREET NORTH NEWTON IA 50208

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Martel, Thomas J North Reading, MA 18 525
Sklenak, John S Sudbury, MA 13 556

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