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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
May. 08, 2002
Howard Jay Frantz, Irvine, CA (US);
John James Boyer, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
In-N-Out Burgers, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for simultaneously and evenly toasting articles of differing contours and dimensions arranged upon a heated griddle. A clamshell plate, positioned in stand-off relationship above said griddle-arranged articles, has a plurality of slideably moveable fingers or pins mounted therein which float, that is, are brought into contacting and resting relation with the upper surfaces of said articles to provide a gentle pressure thereon to urge the lower surfaces into more intimate contact with the griddle until the toasting process is completed, thereby accelerating the toasting process without undesirable side effects such as distortion of, and condensation on, the upper surfaces and caramelization of the lower surfaces of said articles.