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US3256804A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Waffle cooker

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-11-12
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Granted: 1966-06-21
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Expires: 1984-11-12
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Petrin Frank

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 00:43
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J37/00; A47J37/06; A47J37/0611

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 183 words
A WAFFLE COOKER WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A FIRST MOLD SHELL HAVING A MOLDING SURFACE AND A POSTERIOR SURFACE, SAIDD MOLDING SURFACE HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL MALE MOUNDS, SAID POSTERIOR SURFACE HAVING A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF FEMALE INDENTATIONS, EACH OF SAID INDENTATIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR IN CONTOUR TO ITS CORRESPONDING MALE MOUND, AND DISPOSED IN SUPERPOSED SPACED RELATION THEREUNDER SO AS TO FORM A MOLD SHELL OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS WITH HOLLOW MALE MOUNDS; (B) A FIRST HEATING CHMBER ENCLOSING THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID FIRST MOLD SHELL; (C) A SECOND MOLD SHELL SIMILAR TO THE FIRST; (D) A SECOND HEATING CHAMBER ENCLOSING THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID SECOND MOLD SHELL; (E) MEANS FOR PASSING A HEATING FLUID THROUGH EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND HEATING CHAMBERS WHEREBY WHEN SAID MOLD SHELLS ARE PLACED IN ABUTTING CONTACT WITH THEIR MOLDING SURFACES FACING EACH OTHER TO FORM A CLOSED MOLD, AND A QUANTITY OF WAFFIE BATTER IS PLACED WITHIN SAID MOLD, THE HEATING FLUID CONTACTS THE POSTERIOR SURFACES OF THE MOLD SHELLS THEREBY RAISING THE TEMPERATURE OF THEIR MOLDING SURFACES TO COOK MOLDED WAFFLES.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 183 words
A WAFFLE COOKER WHICH COMPRISES: (A) A FIRST MOLD SHELL HAVING A MOLDING SURFACE AND A POSTERIOR SURFACE, SAIDD MOLDING SURFACE HAVING A PLURALITY OF INTEGRAL MALE MOUNDS, SAID POSTERIOR SURFACE HAVING A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF FEMALE INDENTATIONS, EACH OF SAID INDENTATIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR IN CONTOUR TO ITS CORRESPONDING MALE MOUND, AND DISPOSED IN SUPERPOSED SPACED RELATION THEREUNDER SO AS TO FORM A MOLD SHELL OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THICKNESS WITH HOLLOW MALE MOUNDS; (B) A FIRST HEATING CHMBER ENCLOSING THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID FIRST MOLD SHELL; (C) A SECOND MOLD SHELL SIMILAR TO THE FIRST; (D) A SECOND HEATING CHAMBER ENCLOSING THE POSTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID SECOND MOLD SHELL; (E) MEANS FOR PASSING A HEATING FLUID THROUGH EACH OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND HEATING CHAMBERS WHEREBY WHEN SAID MOLD SHELLS ARE PLACED IN ABUTTING CONTACT WITH THEIR MOLDING SURFACES FACING EACH OTHER TO FORM A CLOSED MOLD, AND A QUANTITY OF WAFFIE BATTER IS PLACED WITHIN SAID MOLD, THE HEATING FLUID CONTACTS THE POSTERIOR SURFACES OF THE MOLD SHELLS THEREBY RAISING THE TEMPERATURE OF THEIR MOLDING SURFACES TO COOK MOLDED WAFFLES.

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