Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Automatic control
Utility Patent
1999-08-12
2001-01-02
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Automatic control
C099S337000, C099S344000, C099S372000, C099S373000, C099S377000, C099S378000, C099S380000
Utility Patent
active
06167796
ABSTRACT:
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an improved baker for confectionary items such as waffles and pancakes.
Heretofore waffle bakers such as the type shown and described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,075,940, which is incorporated herein by reference, required at least some minimal skill of the user. In cooking a waffle for example, once the batter is placed within the lower shell of the baker and the upper shell closed over the batter, the cooking process immediately begins since the baker is already at its cooking temperature. Thus it is imperative that the baker user rotate the closed cooking shells so as to evenly distribute the batter within the interior of the baker and thereafter, either through the setting of an individual timer, the observing of a clock or just by guesswork, determine the proper cooking time in which to remove the food item. If the food item is removed too early it is undercooked; if it is removed too late it is overcooked. Even in those situations where a timer is provided for the user of the baker, it must be manually set for each cooking cycle which further introduces errors into the cooking cycle by either setting the timer too late or setting it at an improper cooking time.
In this invention a timing system is incorporated into the baker by which, through a unique switching system utilizing magnets and a proximity switch, the baker turning and cooking time is monitored with either visual and/or audio warnings being given to the user to prompt the user's course of action. Additionally, the improved baker of this invention includes a uniquely constructed shell member to base pivot connection in which a tubular member forming a part of the base extends into the pivot bracket or yoke to which the shell members are hinged so as to provide the journal by which the shell members when closed may be rotated 180° during the cooking cycle.
Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide a confectionary baker which is of simplified and reliable operation.
Another object of this invention is to provide a baker for waffles, pancakes and similar items and which is of simplified construction.
Other objects of this invention will become apparent upon a reading of the following description.
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George, II Paul E.
Osborne Rodney L.
Wright Irvin E.
Baker & Daniels
New Carbon Company, Inc.
Simone Timothy F.
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