Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Slice toaster or broiler
Patent
1993-06-08
1995-07-11
Scherbel, David A.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Slice toaster or broiler
99448, 99447, 99425, 126 43, 126275R, A47J 3626, A47J 3902
Patent
active
054310911
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a combined unit for cooking, heating and/or gratinating food.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a compact unit which can be used as a hot plate, a fondue recipient or to receive a dish, usually known as "raclette", wherein food is placed in small pans with thin slices of cheese placed thereon and wherein heat thereover gratinates the cheese.
The present invention relates to a combined unit for cooking, heating and/or gratinating food which comprises: to be gratinated; and being adapted to receive thereon food to be cooked and/or heated; and cooking and or heating food on the second plate and for gratinating food on the first plate.
In one preferred form of the invention, the heat between the two plates consists of flames which are deflected by a third plate situated between the first and second plates, the flames being deflected over the lower plate and then directed under the upper plate.
In a further embodiment of the invention, the flames originate from a heat source located beneath the lower plate, the latter being provided with a chimney-like construction so that the flames may pass through the chimney to contact and be deflected by the intermediate third plate.
Other objects and further scope of applicability of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter. It should be understood, however, that this detailed description, while indicating preferred embodiments of the invention, is given by way of illustration only, since various changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a top perspective view of a combined unit made in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view showing the various components of the combined unit; and
FIG. 3 is an elevation cross-sectional view of the combined unit.
Referring to the drawings, there is shown a combined unit, generally denoted 10, for cooking, heating and/or gratinating food. The combined unit comprises a support member 12 having a bottom wall 14 on which rests a burner 16 which may be alcohol based. The member has an inverted frusto-conical shape with an internal intermediate circumferential shoulder 18 on which rests the circumferential edge of a first plate 20. Support member 12 displays an upper circumferential edge 22 on which rests the circumferential inverted U-shaped edge 24 of an upper plate 26.
The first plate 20 has a central cylindrically shaped upper projection 28 defining a chimney. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the chimney is located coaxially with a circular central opening 30 of the burner 16 so that the flames 32 may pass therethrough.
Tightly contained within the chimney-like element 28 is a plurality of legs 34 (preferably three) fixedly secured to a deflecting plate 36, preferably having a conically shaped central portion 38 so that the flames move upward, they are deflected radially beneath the plate 36.
On plate 20, is disposed a series of food receiving pans 40 which are inserted laterally through appropriate openings 42 in the sidewall of the support member 12.
The upper plate 26 comprises, adjacent edge 24, an annular concavity 44 which is used to receive fondues, cooking oils, sauces or the like. The central portion 46 of the upper plate includes a convex upper surface 48 which acts as a hot plate for cooking or heating food.
Referring to FIG. 3, when the burner 16 is lit, flames 32 moving upward through the chimney 28, contact the conical portion 38 of the intermediate plate 36 and more radially over the food in the pans 40. Then, the flames continue upwardly under the surface 48 and around the concave recess 44.
Although the invention has been described above in relation to one specific form, it will be evident to a person skilled in the art that it may be modified and refined in various ways. For example, the heating means could be constructed differently, such as an electrical element so disposed between the upper and lower plates as to d
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