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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Calico Cottage, Inc., Amityville, NY (US);
Thomas Montoya, Lindenhurst, NY (US);
Mark Wurzel, Brookville, NY (US);
David Sank, Asharoken, NY (US);
Lawrence Wurzel, Asharoken, NY (US);
Steven Nagle, Lindenhurst, NY (US);
Robert Delauro, Lindenhurst, NY (US);
Barbara Riordan, St. James City, FL (US);
Hanif Chung-Ying, Cambria Heights, NY (US);
Judith Levin, Huntington, NY (US);
Christa Harrison, Bay Shore, NY (US);
Andrew Irwin, Ithaca, NY (US);
Duane Saxton, Pine City, NY (US);
Kevin Blakelock, Elmira, NY (US);
Kenneth Antes, Big Flats, NY (US);
Mark Whatley, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Ronald Beilin, Jupiter, FL (US);
Barnett Tessler, New Port Richey, FL (US);
CALICO COTTAGE, INC., Amityville, NY (US);
Abstract
A roasting and glazing apparatus comprising a housing, a bowl assembly having a bowl support and a roaster bowl, an agitator rotatably mounted within the roaster bowl, a heater to heat the roaster bowl, and a cantilever arm disposed external to the housing. The cantilever arm, when moved, moves the roaster bowl between fully lowered and fully raised positions. A first piston is coupled to the bowl support and provides, when engaged, a counterforce to the weight of the bowl assembly. The first piston is engaged at least during the raising of the roaster bowl. A second piston provides a counterforce during the lowering of the roaster bowl from a partially lowered position to the fully towered position. The second piston is not engaged during lowering of the roaster howl from the fully raised position to the partially lowered position. After producing roasted and glazed nuts using the apparatus, the roaster bowl is raised to facilitate removal of the roasted and glazed nuts, and then the roaster bowl is lowered. After the roaster bowl is lowered to the partially lowered position, the engagement of the second piston results in additional downward force to further lower the roaster bowl thus preventing injury or damage during the final lowering of the roaster howl into its fully lowered position.