Bread baking apparatus
First Claim
1. A bread baking apparatus comprising:
- (a) a container for containing dough stuffs;
(b) an impeller for agitating and kneading the dough stuffs contained in the container;
(c) an electric motor for rotating the impeller;
(d) an electric heater for heating the dough stuffs contained in the container;
(e) alarming means for alarming to inform an operator of the time when a gas removing operation is to be manually executed so that gas contained in dough is removed; and
(f) operation control circuit means selecting either an automatic baking course or a manual gas removal course to be executed when operated by the operator, said operation control circuit means controlling the motor and heater when the automatic baking course is selected, so that kneading, fermenting and baking steps for the dough stuffs contained in the container are sequentially executed and so that the impeller is rotated for a predetermined short period in the fermenting step of the automatic baking course for execution of the gas removing operation, said operation control circuit means further controlling the motor and heater when the manual gas removal course is selected, so that the kneading and fermenting steps are sequentially executed and so that the alarming operation is performed by the alarming means when the gas removing operation is to be performed in the fermenting step, thereby interrupting the fermenting step.
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Abstract
A bread baking apparatus includes a container for containing dough stuffs, an impeller for agitating and kneading the dough stuffs, an electric motor for rotating the impeller, an electric heater for heating the dough stuffs, a buzzer for alarming to inform an operator of the time when a gas removing operation is to be manually executed so that gas contained in dough is removed, and a microcomputer-based operation control circuit operating to selectively execute either an automatic baking course or a manual gas removal course. Upon selection of the automatic baking course, kneading, fermenting and baking steps for the dough stuffs are sequentially executed and the impeller is rotated for a short period in the fermenting step for automatic execution of a gas removing operation for dough. Upon selection of the manual gas removal course, the kneading and fermenting steps are automatically executed. The buzzer is energized at the time when a manual gas removing operation is to be performed and the operating control circuit operates to interrupt the fermenting step. The operator then takes the dough out of the container and kneads it by hand or with a rolling pin.
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14 Claims
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1. A bread baking apparatus comprising:
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(a) a container for containing dough stuffs; (b) an impeller for agitating and kneading the dough stuffs contained in the container; (c) an electric motor for rotating the impeller; (d) an electric heater for heating the dough stuffs contained in the container; (e) alarming means for alarming to inform an operator of the time when a gas removing operation is to be manually executed so that gas contained in dough is removed; and (f) operation control circuit means selecting either an automatic baking course or a manual gas removal course to be executed when operated by the operator, said operation control circuit means controlling the motor and heater when the automatic baking course is selected, so that kneading, fermenting and baking steps for the dough stuffs contained in the container are sequentially executed and so that the impeller is rotated for a predetermined short period in the fermenting step of the automatic baking course for execution of the gas removing operation, said operation control circuit means further controlling the motor and heater when the manual gas removal course is selected, so that the kneading and fermenting steps are sequentially executed and so that the alarming operation is performed by the alarming means when the gas removing operation is to be performed in the fermenting step, thereby interrupting the fermenting step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A bread baking apparatus comprising:
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(a) a container for containing dough stuffs; (b) an impeller for agitating and kneading the dough stuffs contained in the container; (c) an electric motor for rotating the impeller; (d) an electric heater for heating the dough stuffs contained in the container; (e) detecting means for detecting execution and nonexecution of a manual gas removing operation by an operator; (f) alarming means for alarming to inform the operator of the time when the manual gas removing operation is to be performed by the operator; and (g) operation control circuit means controlling the motor and heater so that kneading and fermenting steps are sequentially executed and so that the alarming operation is performed by the alarming means during the fermenting step when the manual gas removing operation is to be performed by the operator, thereby interrupting the fermenting step, said operation control circuit means further controlling the motor and heater so that the interrupted fermenting step is restarted when determining, based on the detecting operation of the detecting means, that the manual gas removing operation has been executed by the operator by the time a predetermined period elapses from the interruption of the fermenting step, thereby sequentially executing the fermenting and baking steps, said operation control circuit means further controlling the motor and heater so that the impeller is rotated for a predetermined short period to execute the gas removal operation when determining, based on the detecting operation of the detecting means, that the manual gas removing operation has not been executed by the operator, thereby restarting the fermenting step and thereafter executing the baking step. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A bread baking apparatus comprising:
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(a) a container for containing dough stuffs; (b) an impeller for agitating and kneading the dough stuffs contained in the container; (c) an electric motor for rotating the impeller; (d) an electric heater for heating the dough stuffs contained in the container; (e) detecting means for detecting execution and nonexecution of a manual gas removing operation by an operator; (f) alarming means for alarming to inform the operator of the time when the manual gas removing operation is to be performed by the operator; and (g) operation control circuit means selecting either an automatic baking course or a manual gas removal course to be executed when operated by an operator and controlling the motor and heater when the automatic baking course is selected, so that kneading and fermenting steps are sequentially executed and so that the impeller is rotated for a predetermined short period during the fermenting step in order that the gas removing operation is performed, said operation control circuit means controlling the motor and heater when the manual gas removal course is selected, so that the kneading and fermenting steps are sequentially executed and so that the alarming operation is performed by the alarming means when the gas removing operation is to be performed in the fermenting step of the manual gas removal course, thereby interrupting the fermenting step, said operation control circuit means further controlling the motor and heater in the manual gas removal course so that the interrupted fermenting step is restarted when determining, based on the detecting operation of the detecting means, that the manual gas removing operation has been executed, by the time a predetermined period elapses from the interruption of the fermenting step, thereby sequentially executing the fermenting and baking steps, said operation control circuit means further controlling the motor and heater so that the impeller is rotated for a predetermined short period to execute the gas removing operation when determining, based on the detecting operation of the detecting means, that the manual gas removing operation has not been executed, by the time the predetermined period elapses from the interruption of the fermenting step, thereby executing the remainder of the fermenting step and thereafter the baking step.
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