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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Accutemp Products, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Inventors:
Gary L. Seitz, Decatur, IN (US);
Raymond R. Rudy, Huntington, IN (US);
Dale Taylor, Hamilton, IN (US);
John Pennington, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
AccuTemp Products, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 37/06 (2006.01); E05D 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 37/0676 (2013.01); A47J 37/0611 (2013.01); E05D 11/105 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/47 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/626 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/688 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cooking device has improved operator interface features, including a counterbalance mechanism operable to retain an upper platen in predetermined open and closed positions, and a non-stick sheet retention feature designed to prevent sagging of a Teflon or other non-stick sheet of material at an upper cooking surface.