Hot-tray manipulating device
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1. A hot tray manipulating device, comprising:
- handle means,a pair of lifting tines, each of said tines comprising a root segment, a cranked portion substantially orthogonal to said root segment, and a forward segment substantially parallel to said root segments,socket means for retaining said root segments of said pair of tines rotatably mounted in said handle means with said segments in parallel relation and said cranked portions in angularly displaced relation, andadjusting means comprising plural retaining means on the handle means for selective engagement with the tines to provide selected angular displacement between said tines.
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Abstract
A device for lifting and manipulating hot trays, principally aluminum foil containers for food products, is constructed with a substantially tubular, insulating handle, and a pair of cranked tines projecting from the forward end of the handle. The separation between the tines, corresponding to the lateral dimension of the tray to be lifted, is adjustable by means of radial slots machined around the periphery of a bezel in the forward end of the handle and by allowing for the radial displacement of one, or both, of the cranked tines in the handle into engagement with a particular slot.
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1. A hot tray manipulating device, comprising:
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handle means, a pair of lifting tines, each of said tines comprising a root segment, a cranked portion substantially orthogonal to said root segment, and a forward segment substantially parallel to said root segments, socket means for retaining said root segments of said pair of tines rotatably mounted in said handle means with said segments in parallel relation and said cranked portions in angularly displaced relation, and adjusting means comprising plural retaining means on the handle means for selective engagement with the tines to provide selected angular displacement between said tines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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