Cooking tongs with retractable temperature probe
AssigneeT-Calc, LLC
InventorR. Anthony Silvia
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Abstract
Cooking tongs with first and second U-shaped arms hinged at a proximal end with generally flat and inwardly cupped spatulas at a distal end. A lance shaped temperature sensor mounted inside the first arm on a slide carrier and an aperture in the spatula through which a distal end of the lance shaped temperature sensor may be reciprocated on a slide carrier. A slide control attached to the slide carrier through a slot in a sidewall of the first arm for telescopic sliding of the lance shaped temperature sensor through the aperture in the first spatula. An electronic display window on the first arm connected to a data processor on the slide carrier for converting a signal received from the lance shaped temperature sensor into temperature data that is displayed in the electronic display window.
Claims8
Cooking tongs comprising a first and second arm each of which has a proximal and a distal end and each of which is u-shaped with side flanges having inwardly turned ends, said first arm attached to a first spatula at the distal end and said second arm attached to a second spatula at the distal end, said first and second spatulas being generally flat and inwardly cupped,
- said first and second arms hinged at the proximal end with a torsion spring that is biased to hold the first and second arms in an open configuration, said torsion spring having a locking mechanism for selectively holding the first and second arms in a closed configuration,
- a lance shaped temperature sensor mounted inside the first arm on a slide carrier and an aperture in the first spatula through which a distal end of the lance shaped temperature sensor may be reciprocated, a slide control attached to the slide carrier that extends through a slot in a sidewall of the u-shaped first arm for telescopic sliding of the lance shaped temperature sensor through the aperture in the first spatula,
- an electronic display window on the first arm near the proximal end for an electronic display, said electronic display connected to a data processor mounted inside the first arm, said data processor connected to the lance shaped temperature sensor for converting a signal received from the lance shaped temperature sensor into temperature data that is displayed in the electronic display window.
Cooking tongs comprising first and second arms, each of which has a web with side flanges having interned ends, said first and second arms pivotably mounted to each other at a proximal end on a pivot pin through aligned openings in said side flanges with said second arm nested in the first arm at the proximal end, said web of the first and second arms merging into a food handling inwardly curved spatula at the distal end,
- said first arm having a digital display on an outer surface of the web adjacent the proximal end, a slide carrier movable in a channel formed between the web and the side flanges having interned ends, said slide carrier connected to a lance shaped temperature sensor for reciprocation in and out of an aperture provided in the spatula at a distal end of a slot wide enough that the lance shaped temperature sensor may pass,
- operational circuitry on the slide carrier configured to receive input data from the lance shaped temperature sensor, said operational circuitry generating output data associated with the input data and sending the output data to the digital display,
- said first arm having a elongated slot in one of the side flanges, said elongated slot having a slot enlargement at a proximal end and a slot enlargement at a distal end, said slide carrier having a spring biased member slidable along the slot on the inside of the first arm and received in said first slot enlargement for locking the sliding carrier in a first position with the lance shaped temperature sensor retracted from the aperture and which is received in said second slot enlargement for locking the sliding carrier in a second position with the lance shaped temperature sensor extended through the aperture, a slide control on the outside of the first arm for moving the slide carrier along the elongated slot and for unseating the spring biased member from either said first slot enlargement or second slot enlargement,
- said second arm having a chart on the inside of the web proximate the proximal end with doneness temperature options for different meats.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.