Detachable electrical heating griddle

Claim 1

A griddle for detachably mounting in a cantilever fashion to a mounting member having electrical contacts and comprising a thin, flat plate of high heat conductive material, a pair of electrical elements embedded in the plate, one of the electrical elements being a heating element and including a loop disposed adjacent the periphery of the plate, the other electrical element being a sensing element and including a loop within the loop of the heating element and disposed adjacent the center of the plate, the electrical elements including terminals exposed to the exterior for engagement with said contacts of said mounting member with the contacts engageable with the heating element being connected with an electrical heating source, and and contacts engageable with the sensing element being connected with controls for controlling the heating element, and an integral mounting arm extending radially from the periphery of the plate with a polygonal portion for telescoping and frictional engagement in a predetermined position on said mounting member and including a solid portion adjacent the plate of substantially greater axial extent than the plate, the terminals of the electrical elements being grouped in said solid portion and extending therethrough, and being distributed in an axial direction beyond at least one of the opposed faces of the plate.