Pancake-making machine

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND PREPARING PANCAKES COMPRISING A SUPPORT, A DISPENSER FOR PANCAKE BATTER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT, VALVE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF BATTER FROM SAID DISPENSER, A FIRST COOKING PLATE INCLUDING MEANS FOR IMPARTING HEAT THERETO AND HAVING A FIRST COOKING SURFACE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE SAID PANCAKE BATTER FOR PARTIALLY COOKING SAID PANCAKE BY DIRECT CONTACT WITH ONE FACE THEREOF, A SECOND COOKING PLATE INCLUDING MEANS FOR IMPARTING HEAT THERETO AND HAVING A SECOND COOKING SURFACE ADAPTED TO COMPLETE THE COOKING OF SAID PARTIALLY COOKED PANCAKE, MEANS PIVOTALLY MOUNTING SAID FIRST COOKING PLATE ON SAID SUPPORT FOR MOVEMENT FROM A HORIZONTAL PLANE INTO A GRAVITY-RELEASING POSITION OVERLYING SAID SECOND COOKING PLATE AND INVERTED RELATIVE THERETO SUCH THAT SAID FIRST COOKING SURFACE WITH THE PARTIALLY COOKED PANCAKE THEREON IS SUBSTANTIALLY COEXTENSIVE WITH AND DIRECTED TOWARD SAID SECOND COOKING SURFACE, SAID FIRST AND SECOND COOKING PLATES BEING DISPOSED IN SIDE BY SIDE RELATION WITH THE SECOND COOKING PLATE BEING AT A SLIGHTLY LOWER LEVEL THAN THE FIRST COOKING PLATE WHEREBY THE SECOND COOKING SURFACE IS CLOSELY ADJACENT THE FIRST COOKING SURFACE WHEN SAID FIRST COOKING PLATE IS MOVED INTO SAID GRAVITY-RELEASING POSITION, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND COOKING PLATE FOR TILTING THE SAME TO AN INCLINED POSITION TO SLIDABLY RELEASE THE COOKED PANCAKES FROM SAID SECOND COOKING SURFACE, AND MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID COOKING PLATES FOR MOVING THE SAME IN SEQUENCE.