Steven R Gruber

US Patent:

44572182, Jul 3, 1984

Filed:

Sep 30, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/430482

Inventors:

Steven R. Gruber - Vienna VA
Dwight C. Green - Ashburn VA
Mark A. Bautista - Germantown MD

Assignee:

Classic Cone Works Ltd. - Washington DC

International Classification:

A47J 3700
A47J 3701

US Classification:

99373

Abstract:

A baking machine for cooking batter to form ice cream cones and the like comprises a plurality of griddles which are driven along a path of movement through heating zones for the purpose of cooking the batter. Principal features of the invention include: an automated and responsive gear-type control mechanism for starting and stopping griddle movement, include provision of means for ensuring proper meshing of the gears; and an efficient top-bottom burner system which ensures efficient and uniform cooking of the batter by provision of separate supply lines to the top and bottom burners, respectively, as well as a master-equalizer valve arrangement in which the master valve regulates flow to all burners and the equalizer valve provides for equal heating at top and bottom burners.