Microwave oven food temperature-sensing probe assembly
CA 1073699 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Hornung, Richard E.
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A food temperature-sensing probe assembly for monitoring the internal temperature of food while it is being cooked in a microwave oven includes a disc-like reflector mounted at a fixed position on the probe housing a predetermined distance from the tip of the probe housing. The probe housing is adapted to be driven into the food so that the reflector is adjacent to , but spaced from, the food. The reflector serves to prevent overcooking of the food in a region immediately adjacent the probe. An indicator on the probe housing shows the minimum recommended insertion depth of the probe into the food, and therefore the maximum relfector-to-food spacing for effective shielding. The reflector and …
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- Granted March 18, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 18, 1997.
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