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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5655434 | Multi-deck clamshell cook and staging grill for pathogenic risk management The present invention is directed toward an apparatus utilizing a plurality of stacked roll bonded heat transfer plates having a heat transfer fluid circulating therein for transferring heat to food articles for cooking or staging ensuring bacteriological... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5640895 | Char-broiling grill with vertically adjustable grill plates A cooking grill apparatus having superposed, vertically separable, heated grill plates, the uppermost one of which is pivotally connected to the outer ends of two laterally spaced arms which pivot simultaneously about an elevated horizontal pivot axis whe... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5639498 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing food products such as pancakes, waffles and meatballs A method and device for manufacturing food products where the product material, initially in a substantially liquid state, is fed into the device and through the supply of heat or cold is given its final, substantially solid state, the device comprises el... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5549040 | Food material heating mechanism A food material heating mechanism includes at least an upper and a lower heating plate. Food material is placed on a food material tray which is then placed on the lower heating plate. The upper and lower heating plates are moved toward each other to caus... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5463939 | Hinge for pivotally connecting two tongs of a pair of baking tongs In a hinge for pivotally connecting the tongs of a pair of baking tongs, the hinge pin is rotatably mounted by means of at least one sliding surface bearing, which comprises sliding surfaces, which are in sliding contact with each other and are respective... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5320030 | Pancake maker A pancake maker in which several batter-filled containers are simultaneously placed within a heating device to make pancakes. All the resulting pancakes are uniformly shaped and cooked and can be quickly produced. This invention is applicable to the indiv... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5299492 | Multiple vertical baker for waffles and pancakes A multiple baker for confectionery items such as waffles and pancakes having multiple baking irons vertically mounted between vertical heating partitions of a base and pivotally hinged to the base for rotation in a vertical plane, between a baking positio... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5253565 | Pizza construction and apparatus A pizza base unit of crust has a plurality of waffle-type depressions in its upper surface that receive pizza toppings and serve to anchor such toppings on the upper surface of the pizza. In the method of forming the pizza, raw pizza dough is formed into ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5103717 | Baking tongs for producing edible wafers from wafer dough in a wafer baking oven or an automatic wafer baking machine Baking tongs for producing edible wafers from wafer dough in a wafer baking oven or an automatic wafer baking machine consist of a wafer baking mold comprising baking mold parts in respective tong parts which are moved toward each other and away from each... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4989580 | Dual grill cooking apparatus An apparatus for simultaneously grilling food from above and below is provided having upper and lower grilling surfaces of gas fired tubes. The upper grill is hinged to lift up and provide access to the food and is vertically adjustable to accommodate var... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4970949 | Vertically aligned batch baker A compact oven for preparing freshly baked cakes, muffins, and breads from a pourable batter or vertically oriented disk-shaped molds. A hinged cover completes the enclosure. Heat is applied to each vertical side of the molds.... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4967650 | Appliance for preparing two waffles An appliance for preparing two waffles is provided and consists of a housing assembly formed into a double waffle maker which can manually swivel in a 180° limit above a supportive base member so that waffle batter can be poured therein for preparing the... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4941585 | Baking pan A baking pan having a multiplicity of baking units constructed by forming the baking units as individual pieces, disposing the pre-formed baking units within openings formed in a sheet material and securing the baking units to the sheet material. The mean... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4878424 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus having a lower cooking platen and an upper cooking platen mounted on a plate support arm for swinging movement between a lower cook position and a raised position inclined upwardly from the lower platen. The rearward portion of the low... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4803918 | Double baker for waffles, pancakes and similar food items A two cavity baker for confectionery items such as waffles and pancakes having a pair of outer shell members hinge-connected to a double faced single inner shell member. The two outer shell members and the inner shell member are mutually hinged together a... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4704956 | Cooking apparatus A device for preparing such food items as omelets, fried eggs, and other foods cooked in a fry pan, skillet, or the like, includes means for horizontally reciprocating the cooking vessel while applying heat thereto. A generally conventional fry pan is qui... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4700619 | Removable cooking surface for the movable platen of a two-sided cooking device An improved removable cooking surface assembly for the upper movable heated platen of a two-sided cooking device is disclosed. The assembly includes a planar rigid heat conducting metal plate which is coated on its lower surface with a layer of non-stick ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4648314 | Wafer baking automatic machine In a wafer baking automatic machine, a baking chamber is subdivided by separating wall into an inwardly located heating zone containing a heating burner and baking clamps of an endless chain, and a flushing zone containing guiding rails and guiding roller... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4601237 | Adjustable meat press for two-sided cooking An adjustable meat press for two-sided cooking of food products is disclosed, characterized by a movable cooking device having a planar heated cooking surface which is connected with a grill having a fixed heated cooking surface for pivotal movement betwe... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4457218 | Baking machine for ice cream cones and the like A baking machine for cooking batter to form ice cream cones and the like comprises a plurality of griddles which are driven along a path of movement through heating zones for the purpose of cooking the batter. Principal features of the invention include: ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4442343 | Adjustable cup and fluid heater A heater for cups and fluids therein having an adjustable heat selector, heating circuitry and temperature stabilization circuitry, comprising a base support, an electrical circuit enclosing housing, an opening in an upper substantially horizontal surface... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4438686 | Apparatus for mixing a comminuted food material and a liquid Apparatus and method of mixing a comminuted food material and a liquid to form a solid food article includes a rotary measuring wheel for dispensing the food material from a storage bin in discrete measured quantities and a rotary peristaltic pump for dis... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4417508 | Wafer baking oven A wafer baking oven has a set of baking tongs which move through the oven to effect baking of the wafers. The oven is particularly for wafer products such as flat wafers, low hollow wafers, sugar cones, wafer cups and wafer figures. There is a baking cham... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4401015 | Apparatus for the baking of irregularly trimmed waffle, mainly cheese waffle The invention relates to an apparatus for the production of irregularly trimmed waffle, mainly cheese waffle from batter which has preferably been made as follows: eggs are mixed with milk, melted cheese and flavoring additives to a homogeneous mixture. T... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4339993 | Fortune cookie machine A fortune cookie making machine includes a first rotatable assembly having a number of griddles in which the cookie blanks are passed through an oven where they are baked. Thereafter a transfer mechanism strips the cookie blanks one at a time from the gri... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4297941 | Multiple saucer sandwich cooking device A sandwich oven comprising, a base plate having a first plurality of sandwich sized mold indentations therein, a top plate pivotally mounted to said base plate having a second plurality of sandwich sized mold indentations therein, corresponding to said fi... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4274331 | Wafer baking machine A machine for baking thin wafers of the type which are foldable to form fortune cookies includes an oven, a parallel chain conveyor that moves continuously in a plurality of horizontal runs through the oven, and a plurality of baking units carried by the ... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4206345 | Electrically heatable home appliance An electrically heatable broiler, browner and waffle maker comprises a base part including a hot plate and a top part also including a hot plate, the two parts being interconnected by an articulated hinge joint including an extendable linking member and a... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4178500 | Electrically heatable household appliance The electrically heatable household appliance is assembled of a stationary lower part and a swingable upper part connected to the former by an adjustable hinge joint, each part supporting an electrically heated plate and at least one part comprising a pro... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4175483 | Donut maker appliance with improved means for coating batter with cooking oil A donut making appliance includes upper and lower electrically heated grids movable into and out of mating engagement along first surfaces. Each of the first surfaces of the grids includes a predeterminedly placed annular recess having a central core. Upo... | 11/27/1979 |
| 4173179 | Cooking assembly A cooking assembly includes a heating plate and two identical outer plates each fabricated of heat conductive material and each including a handle. The outer plates and the heating plate each include a hinge to allow the outer plates to be coupled to oppo... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4163418 | Cooking apparatus A cooking apparatus, for simultaneously cooking a number of products, each a filling between two slices of bread buttered on their outer faces and toasted, has two oppositely arranged but otherwise similar cooking units mounted in frames, the lower one fi... | 08/07/1979 |
| 4138938 | Apparatus for producing three-dimensionally formed crackers A method of forming a soft plate-like baked piece into a three-dimensional cracker and an apparatus therefor. A plate-like cracker is placed immediately after baking onto two spaced, substantially parallel to each other plates and formed into a three-dime... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4054086 | Home donut maker A donut maker for home use is disclosed which provides perfectly cooked and formed donuts having excellent taste and appearance characteristics notwithstanding the complete elimination of conventional deep fat frying of the donuts. The preferred device in... | 10/18/1977 |
| 3974358 | Portable food heating device A complete prefrozen meal is placed in a combination heating-serving container. The meal is composed of a plurality of different food items which require different quantities of heat in order to bring each of them to their intended serving temperature. Th... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3948159 | Grilling apparatus A grilling apparatus for heating sausages, hamburgers, and the like, has a base and a hinged cover, with heating electrode plates in the base and cover, contoured in accordance with the item of food to be heated. The electrode plates in either the base or... | 04/06/1976 |
