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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David H McFadden, Lexington, MA (US);
James T Cole, Algonquin, IL (US);
Stephen A Mariano, Watertown, MA (US);
David L Richardson, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Gas Research Institute, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99422 ; 99447 ; 219462 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for cooking food having a multi-layer cooking plate including a stainless steel sheet layer having a top surface and a bottom surface and a high thermal conductivity material layer metallurgically bonded to the bottom surface of the stainless steel sheet layer so as to provide intimate contact between the entire bottom surface of the stainless steel sheet layer and the high thermal conductivity material layer. Heat to the multi-layer cooking plate is provided by a fuel-fired burner disposed beneath the multi-layer cooking plate.