Control system for cooking appliance during jewish holidays and sabbath

Abstract

A cooking appliance control system for use during the Jewish Holidays or Sabbath. A timer is in communication with the oven heater element programmed to provide for scheduled activations and deactivations of the element during the Holidays. Prior to the Holiday the timer is programmed, the oven is activated to the predetermined temperature, and the timer program is then activated to provide for activation of the heater element to the predetermined temperature and deactivation in accordance with the schedule during the Holiday. Additionally, a switch selectively activates and deactivates the ignition circuits of the burners. This permits, one of the gas burner heater elements to be lighted by the appliance before the Holiday when the ignition circuits are activated to provide a flame to light the other burners when the ignition circuits are deactivated during the Holiday.

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         6 . A control system for automatically operating a cooking appliance during at least one Jewish Holiday period of time in compliance with the Orthodox Jewish Laws, comprising:
 a. a programmable timer in communication with a heater element of the cooking appliance which can be selectively programmed to provide for a plurality of cycles of an activation and a subsequent deactivation of the heater element in accordance with a predetermined schedule during a predetermined period of time that is longer than the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time, wherein when the programmable timer initially activates prior to the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time, the programmable timer initially activates the heater element in accordance with the predetermined schedule to a predetermined level determined by the cooking appliance, and wherein when the programmable timer subsequently deactivates during the at least one Jewish Holiday period of time, the heater element deactivates in accordance with the predetermined schedule for activations and deactivations, such activation and deactivation occurring for the scheduled cycle of activations and deactivations of the heater element.   
     
     
         7 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the heater element is an electric heater element. 
     
     
         8 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the heater element is a gas heater element. 
     
     
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         12 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the programmable timer is digital programmable timer. 
     
     
         13 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the programmable timer is an electro-mechanical programmable timer. 
     
     
         14 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the programmable timer is an electrical programmable timer. 
     
     
         15 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the control system is incorporated in the cooking appliance when manufactured. 
     
     
         16 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the control system is an external, after-market, control system retrofitted to the cooking appliance. 
     
     
         17 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the programmable timer is in communication with a plurality of heater elements of the cooking appliance. 
     
     
         18 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the cooking appliance has a plurality of heater elements and each heater element is in communication with a programmable timer. 
     
     
         19 . The control system of  claim 18 , wherein each heater element is set to a predetermined level. 
     
     
         20 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the cooking appliance is an oven having a thermostat and the predetermined level is set by selecting a temperature on the thermostat. 
     
     
         21 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the programmable timer is wired in series with the ignition circuit of the heater element. 
     
     
         22 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein an indicator lamp may be wired in parallel with the programmable timer to indicate when current is supplied to the ignition circuit. 
     
     
         23 . The control system of  claim 6 , wherein the programmable timer is at least a seven day programmable timer.