Surface unit hinging means for spillproof cooking surface

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRIC COOKING APPLIANCE, A TOP COOKING SURFACE HAVING AN IMPERFORATE RECESS, AN ELECTRIC SURFACE HEATING UNIT POSITIONED WITHIN THE RECESS AND INCLUDING A HEATING ELEMENT, HINGE MEANS CONNECTING THE HEATING UNIT TO THE COOKING SURFACE, SAID HINGE MEANS COMPRISING A HINGE BRACKET FIXED BENEATH THE HEATING UNIT ADJACENT ONE SIDE EDGE THEREOF, THE HINGE BRACKET SUPPORTING AN ELONGATED SLEEVE MEMBERS FOR RECEIVING THE TERMINALS OF THE HEATING ELEMENT THERETHROUGH, A LATERAL OPENING IN ONE SIDE OF THE RECESS, A HINGE PLATE FASTENED OVER THE LATERAL OPENING AND HAVING AN ELONGATED HOLE IN WHICH IS SUPPORTED A CLOSE-FITTING ROTATBLE DRUM, THE DRUM INCLUDING AN ELONGATED APERTURE, THE SLEEVE MEMBER OF THE HEATING UNIT EXTENDING THROUGH THE ELONGATED APERTURE OF THE DRUM IN A CLOSE-FITTING RELATIONSHIP, THE HINGE PLATE INCLUDING CAM TRACK MEANS SERVING TO FORCE THE SLEEVE MEMBER TO SHIFT IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE DRUM AS THE DRUM TURNS WITHIN THE HINGE PLATE WHEN THE HEATING UNIT IS RAISED FROM ITS NORMAL HORIZONTAL POSITION TOWARD A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL POSITION.