ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,267, issued on April 14, was assigned to SAMKUM INDUSTRY Co. LTD (Daegu, South Korea) and NANOTECH (Lynnwood, Wash.).
"Air circulating roaster" was invented by Hoon Kim (Daegu, South Korea) and Chan Park (Federal Way, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-circulating roaster has a cylindrical container having an open top and a body, a heating part for cooking, and a bottom container. The bottom container has an open-bottom and plural holes. The bottom container and an outer heat insulating container form an open-top insulation support beam. A lower ring is between the open-top insulation support beam and the body, an oil sump ...