PANCAKE-MAKING MACHINE

• US 3,718,487 A
• Filed: 02/12/1971
• Issued: 02/27/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fred William Brunner
• Original Assignee: Fred William Brunner
• Inventors: Brunner, Fred William
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilhite, Billy J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Henderson, Arthur O.
• Application Number:
  US05/114,958
• Time in Patent Office: 746 Days
• Field of Search: 99/423,334,353,443,355,395 107/4D,57,58,66 431/328
• US Class Current: 99/353
• CPC Class Codes: A21B 5/03 for baking pancakes
• CPC Class Codes: A21C 5/006 for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid dough, e.g. batter

Abstract

An apparatus for continuously making pancakes is described. The apparatus includes a series of griddle plates pivotally mounted on an endless conveyor, a blade arranged to travel between a griddle plate and partially cooked pancakes thereon and a device for swinging each plate about its axis so as to transfer partially cooked pancakes thereon to the next forward plate in the direction of travel with the pancakes in an upside-down position.

Claims

2. A machine as claimed in claim 1 wherein said rod is mounted to pivot about a horizontal axis at one side of the conveyor.

3. A machine as claimed in claim 2 wherein the blade is driven along the rod by means of a horizontally mounted air cylinder and is swung up and down into and out of engagement with a griddle plate by means of a second air cylinder connected to a pivot arm portion extending beyond the horizontal axis.

4. A pancake making machine which comprises:

a. an endless conveyor including a series of griddle plates, each said plate being pivotally mounted at its leading edge on an axis transverse to the direction of travel of the conveyor, b. a support table for carrying the conveyor in a horizontal plane during a portion of its travel, c. means for depositing batter on each plate in the horizontal plane, d. means for heating the horizontal plates to cooking temperature, e. a horizontally disposed blade arranged to move beneath partially cooked pancakes on a plate in a direction substantially transverse to the direction of travel of the conveyor, f. a crank arm following said blade for swinging each plate about its axis so as to transfer the pancakes thereon to the next forward plate in the direction of travel in upside-down position, and g. means for removing the completely cooked pancakes from the griddle plates.

5. A machine as claimed in claim 4 wherein said crank arm is actuated by a rack and pinion arrangement.