Grilling appliance and food holder therefor
AssigneeDime Group Corp.
InventorsRuben Masel, George Valdshtein
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Abstract
A grilling appliance includes a housing having a vertical food compartment for receiving a food article in a vertical position, a heated first grill plate mounted in a vertical position in one side of the food compartment, a heated second grill plate mounted in a vertical position in the opposite side of the food compartment, and a drive for driving the second grill plate to an extended position towards the first grill plate, or to a retracted position away from the first grill plate. Also described are food holders particularly useful with such grilling appliance.
Claims16
A grilling appliance, comprising:
- a housing including a vertical food compartment for receiving a food article in a vertical position;
- a heated first grill plate mounted in a vertical position in one side of the food compartment;
- a heated second grill plate mounted in a vertical position in the opposite side of the food compartment;
- and a drive for driving at least one of said grill plates, while in its vertical position and substantially parallel to the other grill plate, to an extended position towards the other grill plate, and to a retracted position away from the other grill plate.
A grilling appliance, comprising:
- a housing incuding a vertical food compartment for receiving a food article in a vertical position;
- a heated first grill plate mounted in a vertical position in one side of the food compartment;
- a heated second grill plate mounted in a vertical position in the opposite side of the food compartment;
- an electrical motor for driving said second grill plate, while in its vertical position and substantially parallel to said first grill plate, in one direction to a retracted position away from said first grill plate;
- and a spring return for driving said second grill plate in the opposite direction to an extended position towards said first grill plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.