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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Casanzio J. Richard, Rockford, IL (US);
Jarrad A. Johnson, Flowood, MS (US);
Casanzio J. Richard, Rockford, IL (US);
Jarrad A. Johnson, Flowood, MS (US);
The Broaster Company, Beloit, WI (US);
Abstract
Cooking apparatus, comprising a support structure, a cooking vessel having an opening therein, a cover controlling access to the vessel, and cover actuation apparatus. The cover actuation apparatus pivots the cover, and optionally includes slide structure enabling the cover to slide out of full overlying relationship with the vessel opening to a partially overlying relationship, before the pivoting action occurs. Optional biasing structure biases the cover upwardly from a position overlying the vessel opening. Preferred structure combines both sliding action and pivoting action to displace the cover from over the vessel opening, and to present the cover to the opening for sealing over the cooking vessel.