Patent ID: 11910800
Assignee: AUTOMATED FOOD SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A stick bar for a cooking apparatus, the stick bar comprising:
an elongated body having a first end and a second end and defining a central axis extending therebetween;
a plurality of apertures formed through the body perpendicular to the central axis, each of the plurality of apertures defining a stick axis extending therethrough, wherein the stick axes are disposed substantially parallel to one another;
a plurality of plunger holes, each of the plurality of plunger holes being associated with a respective one of the plurality of apertures and extending along a plunger hole axis from the surface of the body to the respective aperture, wherein each plunger hole axis is perpendicular to the stick axis of the respective aperture;
a plurality of spring loaded plungers, each of the plurality of spring loaded plungers having an inner end and an outer end and being mounted in a respective one of the plurality of plunger holes so that the inner end of the plunger extends into the respective aperture, wherein the inner end of each spring loaded plunger is axially biased along the respective plunger hole axis toward an opposing interior surface of the aperture within the stick bar; and
wherein:
each of the plunger holes in the stick bar is internally threaded;
each of the spring loaded plungers is externally threaded; and
each of the spring loaded plungers is threadingly mounted in the respective one of the plunger holes.