Pancake making machine

In a pancake making machine comprising a trough adapted to receive a supply of batter, a drum rotatable adjacent said trough and formed with a continuous cylindrical peripheral surface except for an axially extending recess, a rotatable transfer roller with access to the batter in said trough closely juxtaposed with said drum, means for rotating said roller and said drum for transferring batter from said trough to said drum, means for heating said drum and baking the batter thereon, and scraper means downstream from said roller in the direction of drum rotation for removing the baked batter from said drum, the improvement comprising means including a vertically and pivotally displaceable handle for displacing said trough and said roller toward and away from said drum and latching means for holding said roller in a position immediately adjacent said drum, said latching means being vertically displaceable by vertical displacement of said handle from an upper position retaining said roller immediately adjacent said drum and a lower position wherein said roller may be retracted from said drum, said means for rotating including a drive motor and a switch controlling said drive motor, said switch being engaged by said means including said handle during vertical movement of said handle such that in the up position of said handle said switch is held closed to operate said drive motor and in the down position of said handle said switch is open to stop operation of said drive motor.