Patent ID: 6736051
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
In a bun toasting machine of the character described having a toasting plate adapted to be heated and to receive bun halves thereon, the improvement comprising: means for carrying slideable weights arranged above said to toasting plate, said weights adapted to float on top of said bun halves and keep said bun halves pressed against said toasting plate, said weights comprising pins positioned in passageways within said carrying means, said pins having means on opposite ends thereof to retain said gins within said carrying means, said means to retain said pins within said carrying means comprising a rounded portion at the pin ends floating on the top of said bun halves and a flattened portion at the opposite pin ends, whereby the configuration of said plurality of weights floating on top of each of said bun halves conforms approximately to the curvature of the top surface of each of said bun halves.