Electric cooking appliance with reversible cooking elements
AssigneeAppliance Development Corporation
InventorsDov Z. Glucksman, Gary P. McGonagle, Laura P. Nickerson
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Abstract
An electric cooking appliance with reversible cooking elements. A base carries two pivoted contact boxes. Each contact box includes a support surface for receiving a cooking element including a sleeve for supporting the cooking element on the contact box. Each cooking element is molded with an integral, internal heating element and desired cooking surfaces. Reversal of cooking surfaces is accomplished by removing, flipping and reversing the cooking element with its internal heating element on its contact box.
Claims29
An electrical cooking appliance comprising:
- A) a base,
- B) a first assembly hinged for rotation on said base about a first axis including means for electrically and mechanically supporting a first two-sided detachable cooking element with an integral, embedded heater,
- C) a second assembly hinged for rotation on said about a second axis parallel to and spaced above said first axis including means for electrically and mechanically supporting a second two-sided detachable cooking element with an integral embedded heater, and
- D) means for controlling the energization of said heaters.
A waffle iron comprising:
- A) a base having first and second sets of pivot apertures along lower and upper parallel pivot axes, respectively,
- B) a bottom contact box having pivots for engaging said first set of pivot apertures and a top contract box having pivots for engaging said second set of pivot apertures whereby said contact boxes can rotate independently relative to said base about the lower and upper axes, respectively,
- C) bottom and top cooking elements, each of said cooking elements having first and second cooking surfaces, an integral embedded heater and mechanical and electrical couplings for attaching said bottom and top cooking elements to said bottom and top contact boxes, respectively, and
- D) means in said top contact box connected to said heaters in said bottom and top cooking elements for controlling the energization of both of said heaters.
An electrical cooking appliance comprising:
- A) a base;
- B) first and second two-sided detachable cooking elements each having an integral, embedded heater sealed therein,
- C) a first assembly attached to said base including means for electrically and mechanically supporting said first two-sided detachable cooking element,
- D) a second assembly hinged for rotation on said base about an axis including means for electrically and mechanically supporting said second two-sided detachable cooking element, and
- E) means for controlling the energization of said heaters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.