Apparatus for releasably retaining cooking griddles in a cooking appliance
AssigneeInternational Foodservice Equipment Systems, Inc.
InventorsJohannes W. Kaebitzsch, deceased, by Ludwina Kaebitzsch, executrix
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Abstract
Apparatus for releasably retaining a cooking griddle in a cooking appliance comprises a post having a base portion formed integrally with the griddle and against which an annular member positioned on the post is spring biased. Apparatus comprising spaced apart cam members is slidable radially with respect to the post to wedge between the annular member and a plate member positioned behind the cooking griddle, the cam being selectively manipulated to engage or disengage the annular member to releasably retain the cooking griddle in the appliance.
Claims10
In a cooking appliance having griddle means and means for heating said griddle means, the improvement comprising:
- post means depending axially from said griddle means;
- means comprising an annular member positioned on said post means to slide thereon;
- means for biasing said annular member toward said griddle means;
- means for positioning said griddle means in said cooking appliance;
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- means slidably mounted in relation to said griddle positioning means and movable radially with respect to said post means to engage said annular member and move said annular member against the bias of said biasing means, said means for engaging said annular member wedging against said annular member to releasably retain said griddle means in said griddle positioning means.
In an electric waffle baker comprising a case having grid means providing an upwardly facing cooking surface and a downwardly facing non-cooking surface, a dome hinged to said case and movable to close onto said case, said dome having grid means providing an upwardly facing non-cooking surface and a downwardly facing cooking surface for engaging the upwardly facing cooking surface of said case grid means when said dome is closed onto said case, and means for heating said case grid means and said dome grid means, the improvement comprising;
- post means depending axially from the non-cooking surface of said dome grid means;
- an annular member positioned on said post means to slide thereon,
- said post means having a base portion extending from said dome grid means for seating said annular member;
- a coiled spring carried on said post means and secured thereto for biasing said annular member toward said dome grid means to resiliently seat said annular member against said base portion;
- means including a plate member spaced behind the non-cooking surface of said dome grid means and secured to said dome for positioning said dome grid means in said dome, said plate member having a aperture through which said post means base portion extends;
- means comprising a pair of spaced apart cam members, each of said cam members having a forwardly inclined camming surface, a rearwardly inclined camming surface, and a base flange;
- means secured to said plate member for engaging said base flanges and guiding said camming means to slide radially with respect to said post means, said cam members sliding on opposite sides of said post means;
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- means coupled to said camming means and extending from said dome for selectively manipulating said camming means to engage or disengage said annular member,
- said annular member initially sliding outwardly on said post means against the bias of said coiled spring on said forwardly inclined camming surfaces and then being retained on said rearwardly inclined camming surfaces as said camming means is manipulated to engage said annular member, and said annular member sliding up said rearwardly inclined camming surfaces and down said forwardly inclined camming surfaces to release said annular member and permit removal of said dome grid means from said dome as said camming means is manipulated to disengage said annular member.
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