Bread making machine

• US 5,435,235 A
• Filed: 12/05/1994
• Issued: 07/25/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yoshida, Shinji
• Primary Examiner(s): Simone, Timothy F.
• Application Number:
  US08/354,010
• Time in Patent Office: 232 Days
• Field of Search: 99/325-328, 99/331-333, 99/342, 99/344, 99/468, 99/486, 219/492, 219/494, 219/501, 364/140, 364/141, 364/400, 364/477, 364/550, 364/557, 366/98, 366/144-146, 366/314, 366/601, 426/231-233, 426/503, 426/504, 426/523
• US Class Current: 99/327
• CPC Class Codes: A21B 7/005 in combination with mixing or kneading devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 366/601 Motor control

Abstract

A bread making machine having a bread case being releasably attached to an oven chamber and receiving ingredients therein and subjecting the ingredients to bread making processes such as a kneading process, a leavening process, and a baking process within the same oven chamber. In the bread making machine, the bread making operation is stopped temporarily before the baking process and then resumed.

Claims

1. A bread making machine having a bread case being releasably attached to an oven chamber and receiving ingredients therein and subjecting the ingredients to bread making processes such as a kneading process, a leavening process, and a baking process within the same oven chamber, said bread making machine comprising:

kneading means for mixing and kneading the ingredients to make a dough;

heating means for baking the dough;

control means for not only controlling the kneading process, the leavening process, and the baking process, but also stopping a bread making operation upon input of a first signal and resuming the bread making operation upon input of a second signal;

pausing means for applying the first signal to said control means to stop the bread making operation before the baking process; and

resuming means for applying the second signal to said control means to resume the bread making operation stopped by said pausing means.

2. The bread making machine according to claim 1, wherein said pausing means and said resuming means are included in a single means.

3. The bread making machine according to claim 1, further comprising a pause switch for giving a setting input to said pausing means.

4. The bread making machine according to claim 3, wherein said pausing means applies the first signal to said control means when said pause switch is pressed an odd number of times in the aggregate.

5. The bread making machine according to claim 1, further comprising alarming means for alarming a user at the time of at least one of when the bread making operation is stopped and immediately before the resumption of the bread making operation.

6. The bread making machine according to claim 1, wherein said resuming means includes:

counting means for counting an elapsed time from stoppage of the bread making operation made by said pausing means; and

comparing means for comparing the time counted by said counting means with a set time, the second signal being applied to said control means from said comparing means to resume the bread making operation when the counted time coincides with the set time.

7. The bread making machine according to claim 6, further comprising display means for displaying at least one of the elapsed time from the stoppage of the bread making operation made by said pausing means and a time up to resumption of the bread making operation made by said resuming means.