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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., Glen Allen, VA (US);
Mark K Romandy, Midlothian, VA (US);
Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., Glen Allen, VA (US);
Abstract
A jack receiver for a kitchen cooking appliance includes a bracket mounted to the appliance. The bracket includes an aperture for receiving a thermometer therethrough. A jack socket for receiving and engaging a portion of the thermometer therein projects from the bracket aperture to an opposing side of the chamber's wall from the jack receiver, and is in operative communication with the appliance's controller. A cover is pivotably attached to the bracket and a biasing member exerts a biasing force onto the cover to bias the cover into a position covering the bracket aperture. The cover is pivotable against the biasing force of the biasing member, uncovering the bracket aperture, for insertion of the thermometer. Removal of the thermometer from the jack receiver permits automatic pivotable return of the cover to the covering position under the biasing force of the biasing member.