Food boiling apparatus

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A FOOD PRODUCT OF SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL ELONGATED SHAPE IN A VESSEL HAVING A COOKING LIQUID THEREIN, A BODY PORTION COMPRISING A LENGTH OF RESILIENT WIRE BENT TO FORM A BIGHT AND HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL LEGS EXTENDING FORWARDLY OF THE BIGHT, THE SAID LEGS BETWEEN THE ENDS THEREOF BEING BENT INWARDLY RESPECTING EACH OTHER AND PROVIDED WITH A JAW IN PROXIMITY TO THE CROSS OVER THE LEGS, THE SAID LEGS BEING BENT INWARDLY BEYOND SAID JAWS AND HAVING A FULCRUM AT SAID LAST NAMED CROSS OVER POINT, A JAW CARRIED BY THE FREE END OF EACH LEG, A HEAT INSULATING MEMBER SUPPORTED BY THE SAID BIGHT, A RESILIENT STRIP SECURED TO THE SAID MEMBER AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM, A BEAD ON THE FREE END OF THE STRIP ADAPTED TO FRICTIONALLY ENGAGE THE VESSEL TO SUPPORT THE BODY PORTION THEREON WITH A SAID FOOD PRODUCT GRIPPED IN THE JAWS IMMERSED IN THE COOKING LIQUID, A SUPPORT ATTACHED TO THE HEAT INSULATING MEMBER AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM BELOW THE RESILIENT STRIP, A HEAT SENSITIVE ELEMENT CONNECTED TO THE RESILIENT STRIP AND SUPPORT ACTIVE UPON BEING HEATED BY THE HEAT EMANATING FROM THE VESSEL TO MOVE THE BEAD ON THE RESILIENT STRIP AWAY FROM THE VESSEL WHEREUPON SAID HEAT INSULATED MEMBER, RESILIENT STRIP AND SUPPORT WILL MOVE THE JAWS AND FOOD PRODUCT THEREIN ABOVE THE COOKING LIQUID LEVEL, THE FOOD PRODUCT BEING RELEASED FROM THE JAWS BY APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE PARALLEL LEGS THUS SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVING THE JAWS OUTWARDLY BY REASON OF THE FIRST NAMED CROSS OVER POINT AND THE FULCRUM.