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US 2026/0020715 A1Published application
Height adjustor for upper griddle platen
AssigneeAccuTemp Products, Inc.
InventorsDale W. Taylor, Raymond R. Rudy, Cole Bruick
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Abstract
A griddle system including a height adjuster setting the gap between the upper platen of an upper platen assembly and a lower platen in a closed position of the upper platen is disclosed.
Claims20
A griddle comprising:
- a lower platen;
- a heat source for heating the lower platen;
- an upper platen rotatably connected to the lower platen for movement relative to the lower platen between an open position wherein a food product can be loaded between the upper platen and the lower platen and a closed position wherein the food product is positioned for cooking between the upper platen and the lower platen;
- and
- a height adjustor, comprising:
- a rotary input;
- a distal support threadably engaged with the rotary input and blocked from rotation so that a rotation of the rotary input is translated to an axial translation of the distal support, the distal support setting a gap between the lower platen and the upper platen when the upper platen assembly is in the closed position.
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A height adjustor for a griddle including a heated lower platen and an upper platen rotatably connected to the lower platen between an open position and a closed position comprising:
- an input;
- and
- a distal support establishing a gap between the lower platen and the upper platen when the upper platen is in the closed position, the distal support having a continuously adjustable height relative to the upper platen and being moveable between a first height and a second height, the input being continuously adjustable to actuate the distal support between the first height and the second height.
A method of adjusting a gap between an upper platen and a lower platen for cooking a food product, the method comprising:
- continuously adjusting an input of a height adjustor having a distal support;
- wherein continuously adjusting the input includes setting a height of the distal support relative to the upper platen;
- and
- wherein setting the height of the distal support includes establishing a gap between the lower platen and the upper platen when the upper platen is in a closed, cooking position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.