Apparatus for making hot dogs and the like
OwnerDouglas Cecil William Thomas Sharp, Frank Ellisinventors
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Abstract
A device for providing a cavity in a bun for receiving a filling such as a sausage comprises a heating probe adapted to be inserted into a bun to compress the material of the bun to form the cavity and to toast the surface of the cavity so that the cavity remains after removal of the probe therefrom and locating means in the form of a cradle for locating a bun in alignment with the heating probe. Relative reciprocable movement between the probe and the locating means causes the probe to be inserted into and removed from a bun located in the locating means.
Claims10
A device for providing a cavity in a bun for receiving a filling, comprising a heating probe adapted to be inserted into a bun to compress the material of the bun to form the cavity and to toast the surface of the cavity so that the cavity remains after removal of the probe therefrom, locating means for locating a bun in alignment with the heating probe, and means for causing relative reciprotable movement between the probe and the locating means for causing the probe to be inserted into and removed from a bun located in the locating means in use.
A device for providing a cavity in a bun comprising a plurality of heating probes, a plurality of cradle means, each cradle means being associated with a respective probe and arranged to locate a bun therein and means mounting said probes for simultaneous reciprocatable movement for movement into and withdrawal from said cradle means whereby to compress the material of the buns located therein in use to form a cavity in each bun and to toast the surface defining the cavity so that the cavity remains on withdrawal of the probe therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.