Larry Joe Tate

US Patent:

52556638, Oct 26, 1993

Filed:

Aug 12, 1992

Appl. No.:

7/929710

Inventors:

Larry M. Tate - Brentwood TN
James M. Smith - Cookeville TN

International Classification:

F24C 300

US Classification:

126 41R

Abstract:

The invention is for a stove with a heat transferred unit having an improved attaching mechanism to connect the platen shoe to the heating element of the stove. The stove includes a lower heating element and a top heating unit. The top heating unit has a platen shoe attached to the face thereof. The platen shoe has a non-stick surface on its cooking face and is a continuous flat surface. The back side of the platen shoe contains several slotted openings to receive the head of a stud. The slotted openings have an undercut portion that is pie-shaped and creates a shoulder against which the head of the stud will abut once the stud is inserted into the slotted opening and rotated about its axis. The under cut forms a cavity in the back side of the platen shoe which captures the head of the stud and holds it firmly in place so that the stud may then be passed through holes in the top heating unit of the stove. The platen shoe is then drawn tightly against the top heating unit by tightening nuts onto the ends of the studs passing through the top heating unit.