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US 4,063,497 AGranted
Apparatus for making crepes or the like
OwnerJames R. Thompsoninventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for use with a crepe pan for making crepes or the like, the apparatus generally comprising a pan support frame for supporting the crepe pan and means for moving the pan support frame in a first direction to a handling position where the pan is adjacent to a heating unit, and in a second direction to a cooking position where the pan is astride the heating unit, the pan support frame being maintained in the handling position for a first predetermined time and in the cooking position for a second predetermined time.
Claims8
An apparatus for use with a crepe pan for making crepes or the like, the apparatus comprising:
- a pan support frame for supporting the crepe pan;
- a frame having a substantially horizontal portion supporting the pan support frame for movement along a horizontal path of movement in a first direction from a cooking position to a handling position, and in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction from the handling position to the cooking position;
- a heating unit connected to the frame, the heating unit being positioned to heat the crepe pan when the pan support frame is in the cooking position;
- first motive means for moving the pan support frame in the first direction from the cooking position to the handling position, the first motive means including:
- a first cam rotatably supported substantially beneath the handling position of the pan support frame, the first cam having a lobe extending substantially radially therefrom;
- and,
- means for supporting and rotating the first cam in a first rotary direction to move the lobe thereof along the path of movement of the pan support frame generally in the first direction, the lobe engaging the pan support frame for movement in the first direction from the cooking position to the handling position and then disengaging from the pan support frame;
- second motive means for moving the pan support frame in the second direction from the handling position to the cooking position;
- and,
- means coordinating the operation of the first and second motive means so that the pan support frame is maintained in the cooking position for a first predetermined time and in the handling position for a second predetermined time.
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An apparatus for use with a crepe pan for making crepes or the like, the apparatus comprising:
- a pan support frame for supporting the crepe pan;
- a frame having a substantially horizontal portion supporting the pan support frame for movement along a horizontal path of movement in a first direction from a cooking position to a handling position, and in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction from the handling position to the cooking position;
- a heating unit connected to the frame, the heating unit being positioned to heat the crepe pan when the pan support frame is in the cooking position;
- and,
- motive means for moving the pan support frame in the first direction from the cooking position to the handling position and in the second direction from the handling position to the cooking position so that the pan support frame is maintained in the cooking position for a first predetermined time and in the handling position for a second predetermined time, the motive means including:
- a first shaft rotatably mounted on the frame substantially beneath the handling position of the pan support frame, the shaft being rotatable about a horizontal axis intersecting substantially perpendicularly the downward vertical projection of the path of movement of the pan support frame;
- a first cam axially mounted on the first shaft substantially beneath the handling position of the pan support frame, the first cam having a lobe extending substantially radially therefrom and engageable with a first predetermined portion of the pan support frame except when the pan support frame is in the handling position;
- a second shaft rotatably mounted on the frame substantially beneath the cooking position of the pan support frame and substantially parallel to the first shaft;
- a second cam axially mounted on the second shaft substantially beneath the cooking position of the pan support frame, the second cam having a lobe extending substantially radially therefrom and engageable with a second predetermined portion of the pan support frame except when the pan support frame is in the cooking position;
- a motor connected to the frame and to the first shaft to rotate the first shaft in the first rotary direction;
- and,
- a transmission assembly connected between the first shaft and the second shaft to transmit the rotation of the first shaft to the second shaft, the transmission assembly rotating the second shaft in the second rotary direction when the first shaft is rotating in the first rotary direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.