Dual-use roaster

• US 6,131,505 A
• Filed: 12/23/1999
• Issued: 10/17/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yu-Yuan Lin
• Original Assignee: Yu-Yuan Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Yu-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): SIMONE, TIMOTHY F
• Application Number:
  US09/471,826
• Time in Patent Office: 299 Days
• Field of Search: 99/339-341, 99/419-421 V, 99/400, 99/401, 99/444-446, 99/447-450, 99/481, 99/482, 126/25 R, 126/9 R, 126/41 R, 126/25 AA, 219/403, 219/404, 219/386, 219/400, 426/523, 426/466
• US Class Current: 99/340
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/041 with food supports rotating about a horizontal axis A47J37/042 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/0745 with motor-driven food supports
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7111 Shackle is integral with or independently attached to proximate side of plate or other side

Abstract

A dual-use roaster includes a housing having a receiving space and a peripheral rim, a first heater disposed inside the receiving space, a rotatable spit assembly mounted on the housing for supporting food items inside the receiving space, and a tray assembly including a tray panel for supporting food items, a peripheral downward flange mounted detachably on the peripheral rim of the housing, and a second heater disposed beneath the tray panel.

Claims

1. A dual-use roaster comprising:

a housing having a top opening, a bottom, and a peripheral side wall extending upward from said bottom to confine a receiving space;

a lid assembly mounted on said housing for covering said top opening;

a spit assembly mounted detachably on said peripheral side wall to extend across said receiving space;

a first heater provided inside said receiving space;

a first electrical connector mounted on said housing outwardly of said receiving space and connected electrically to said first heater;

a tray assembly including a tray panel, a second heater disposed at a bottom side of said tray panel, and a second electrical connector connected electrically to said second heater and mounted on said tray panel, said tray assembly being mounted detachably on said peripheral side wall, said first and second electrical connectors being of the same dimension; and

an electrical plug connector connectable selectively to said first and second electrical connectors.

2. A dual-use roaster comprising:

a housing having a top opening, a bottom, and a peripheral side wall extending upward from said bottom to confine a receiving space;

a lid assembly mounted on said housing for covering said top opening;

a spit assembly mounted detachably on said peripheral side wall to extend across said receiving space;

a first heater provided inside said receiving space;

a first electrical connector mounted on said housing outwardly of said receiving space and connected electrically to said first heater;

a tray assembly including a tray panel, a second heater disposed at a bottom side of said tray panel, and a second electrical connector connected electrically to said second heater and mounted on said tray panel, said tray assembly being mounted detachably on said peripheral side wall, said first and second electrical connectors being of the same dimension; and

an electrical plug connector connectable selectively to said first and second electrical connectors, said electrical plug connector being provided with a thermostat for controlling heating rates of said first and second heaters.

3. A dual-use roaster comprising:

a housing having a top opening, a bottom, and a peripheral side wall extending upward from said bottom to confine a receiving space, said housing further having two studs disposed on said peripheral side wall at said top opening on two opposite sides of said receiving space, said studs having notches which open upward and which are aligned along the direction of said spit assembly, said spit assembly being mounted horizontally on said studs via said notches;

a lid assembly mounted on said housing for covering said top opening;

a spit assembly mounted detachably on said peripheral side wall to extend across said receiving space;

a first heater provided inside said receiving space;

a first electrical connector mounted on said housing outwardly of said receiving space and connected electrically to said first heater; and

a tray assembly including a tray panel, a second heater disposed at a bottom side of said tray panel, and a second electrical connector connected electrically to said second heater and mounted on said tray panel, said tray assembly being mounted detachably on said peripheral side wall.