Sandwich making appliance and method of making a sandwich with the same

US10010216B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Garman · Midlothian, US
• David L. Jackson · Mechanicsville, US
• Abraham S. Longmire · Ashland, US
• George Stamper · Quinton, US
• Micheal M Pierce · Rua Maria Anália, US
• Derek A. McCullough · Rua Maria Anália, US
• Mark C. Steiner · Midlothian, US
• Andrea L. Radford · Montpelier, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 9, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 3, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 24, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A23L5/10
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A small cooking appliance with a bottom housing, a top housing, and a ring assembly. An uppermost cooking cavity is defined in the top housing and may be used to cook or heat a top food layer. The uppermost cooking cavity includes a floor that forms an uppermost cooking surface. The uppermost cooking cavity may have an open top. The appliance may include a hinged or pivoting lid to selectively close off the open top of the uppermost cooking cavity. The uppermost cooking surface may be heated by one or more heating elements in the top housing. The appliance cooks a food item in an assembled manner save a top food layer of the food item needs to be manually removed from the uppermost cooking cavity and placed onto the other layers.