Patent ID: 6595115
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
A cooking device comprising:a lower cooking plate of rectangular shape including a flat top area, a plurality of parallel, widthwise ribs on the top area, and a plurality of pairs of arcuate, opposite projections on the top area; an upper cooking plate of rectangular shape including a flat bottom area, a plurality of parallel, widthwise ribs on the bottom area, and a plurality of holes at the bottom area; and a temperature sensor including a circuit board embedded in the upper plate, a plurality of pointed temperature sensing units disposed at the holes and being coupled to the below circuit board, and an indicator lamp on the housing of the cooking device and electrically coupled to the circuit board, wherein a plurality of foodstuffs each is placed in one pair of the arcuate, opposite projections or across two pairs of the arcuate, opposite projections for being held in position by the ribs with the foodstuffs compressed between the upper and lower plates and the pointed ends of the temperature sensing units inserted into the foodstuffs, the temperature of the foodstuffs being cooked is sensed by the temperature sensing units, the temperature of the foodstuffs is converted into electrical signals by the circuit board, and the indicator lamp is lit or flashed when the temperature has reached a predetermined value.