Patent ID: 9414713
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: A47J

Claim Text:
1. An electric waffle maker or steak grill comprises: upper and lower bodies connected by a hinge and movable between open and closed positions, each of the bodies having an outermost periphery; upper and lower nonmetallic heat-insulating casings received in cavities in the upper and lower bodies, respectively, each of the heat-insulating casings having an outwardly turned lip that extends outwardly beyond the outermost periphery of each of the bodies; upper and lower heating plates carried in the upper and lower heat-insulating casings, respectively, wherein the upper and lower heating plates oppose one another in the closed position, each of the heating plates having a peripheral edge supported by the outwardly turned lip on each of the heat-insulating casings, the peripheral edge of each heating plate being inward of the outermost periphery of each body; and a plurality of support ribs arranged around the peripheral edges of each of the heating plates, the support ribs maintaining the peripheral edges of the heating plates and the outwardly turned lips of the heat-insulating casings in a spaced-apart relation, wherein a first cooling gap is defined between each of the heat-insulating casings and each of the heating plates.