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US 5,309,826 AGranted
Tortilla toaster apparatus
OwnerCarlos R. Ortizinventor
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Abstract
A toaster housing is arranged to accommodate a plurality of tortilla type shells therewithin, wherein a top wall of the housing includes a row of alternatingly oriented U-shaped openings, with each of the openings aligned with an underlying U-shaped cage. A sineusoidal heating plate extends between ends of the housing about the cages to effect heating and toasting of the tortilla shells directed therewithin.
Claims4
A tortilla toaster apparatus, comprising,
- a toaster housing having a top wall spaced from a bottom wall, and a plurality of spaced side walls, and a first end wall spaced from a second end wall, the first end wall includes a push bar slot having a push bar slidably received therethrough, and a temperature lever slot having a temperature lever directed slidably therethrough, and
- the toaster housing top wall includes a plurality of top wall U-shaped openings, each of the U-shaped openings includes an opening apex, and each apex positioned intermediate adjacent of said U-shaped openings is in an alternating orientation relative to said adjacent U-shaped openings, and
- a sineusoidal heating plate mounted within the toaster housing between the top wall and the bottom wall, and
- the sineusoidal heating plate includes a row of spaced heating elements oriented parallel relative to one another between the top wall and the bottom wall and extending from the first end wall to the second end wall along the sineusoidal heating plate, and
- a plurality of U-shaped positioning cages are fixedly mounted to the bottom wall and oriented within the sineusoidal heating plate, wherein each of the U-shaped positioning cages is positioned below and aligned relative to one of the U-shaped openings within the top wall, wherein each of the U-shaped positioning cages are arranged to receive a tortilla shell therewithin.
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