US 12,446,726 B2
Height adjustor for upper griddle platen
Dale W. Taylor, Hamilton, IN (US); Raymond R. Rudy, Huntington, IN (US); and Cole Bruick, Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Assigned to Accu Temp Products, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Filed by AccuTemp Products, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,541.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397762 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 37/0611 (2013.01) [A47J 37/0676 (2013.01); A47J 2037/0617 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A griddle comprising:
a lower platen;
a heat source for heating the lower platen;
an upper platen assembly rotatably connected to the lower platen, the upper platen assembly rotatable about a pivot axis from an open position to a closed position relative to the lower platen, whereby the upper platen assembly and the lower platen are configured to receive a food product when the upper platen assembly maintains the open position and the food product is positioned for cooking between the upper platen and the lower platen when the upper platen assembly maintains the closed position; and
a height adjuster, comprising:
a rotary input rotatably indexed for rotation to one of a plurality of indexed positions;
a distal support threadably engaged with the rotary input and blocked from rotation so that a rotation of the rotary input is translated to an axial translation of the distal support, the distal support setting a gap between the lower platen and the upper platen assembly when the upper platen assembly maintains the closed position.