Patent Application
20210045568
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The disclosure relates to food shaping device and more particularly pertains to a new shaping device for cooking conical arepa.
The prior art relates to food shaping devices.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cooker that has a pair of cooking wells therein to receive arepa dough for cooking. Each of the cooking wells tapers to a point such that each of the cooking wells has a conical shape and the cooker is turned on to cook the arepa dough. A form is provided that has a pair of spikes thereon. Each of the spikes is inserted into a respective one of the cooking wells when the form is positioned on the cooker to form the arepa dough into a cone. Additionally, the form includes a heater for cooking the arepa dough.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The cooker 12 includes a pair of housing heating elements 26 and each of the housing heating elements 26 is positioned within the housing 18. Each of the housing heating elements 26 surrounds a respective one of the cooking wells 14. In this way each of the housing heating elements 26 is in thermal communication with the arepa dough 16 when the arepa dough 16 is poured into the cooking wells 14. Each of the housing heating elements 26 heats the arepa dough 16 when the housing heating elements 26 are turned on to cook the arepa dough 16. Each of the housing heating elements 26 may comprise an electric heating element with an operational temperature of at least 300.0 degrees Fahrenheit. Additionally, each of the housing heating elements 26 may be comprised of a non-stick material to inhibit the arepa dough 16 from sticking to the housing heating elements 26.
A receiver 28 is coupled to the back wall 24 of the housing 18. A plurality of receiver contacts 29 is each positioned within the receiver 28. Each of the receiver contacts 29 is comprised of an electrically conductive material. A power cord 30 is coupled to and extends away from the housing 18. The power cord 30 is electrically coupled to each of the housing heating elements 26 and the power cord 30 is electrically coupled to each of the receiver contacts 29. The power cord 30 has a distal end 32 with respect to the housing 18 and a male plug 34 is electrically coupled to the distal end 32. The male plug 34 can be electrically coupled to a power source 36 comprising a female electrical outlet.
A form 38 is provided and the form 38 has a pair of spikes 40 thereon. Each of the spikes 40 is inserted into a respective one of the cooking wells 14 when the form 38 is positioned on the cooker 12. In this way each of the spikes 40 forms the arepa dough 16 into a cone. In this way the cone formed by the cooked arepa 42 can be filled with various food items. Moreover, the form 38 includes a heater 43 for cooking the arepa dough 16.
The form 38 comprises a panel 44 that has a top surface 46 and a bottom surface 48, and each of the spikes 40 extends downwardly from the bottom surface 48. Each of the spikes 40 has an outer surface 50 and a distal end 52. The outer surface 50 of each of the spikes 40 tapers to a point at the distal end 52 such that each of the spikes 40 has a conical shape. The top surface 46 has a pair of prominences 54 extending upwardly therefrom and each of the prominences 54 is aligned with a respective one of the spikes 40. The bottom surface 48 of the panel 44 rests on the top wall 20 of the housing 18 when the form 38 is positioned on the housing 18.
A pair of handles 56 is provided and each of the handles 56 is coupled to opposite ends of the panel 44 for gripping. Each of the handles 56 is comprised of a thermally insulating material to inhibit a user from getting burned when the handles 56 are gripped. A tab 58 is coupled to and extends downwardly from the bottom surface 48 of the panel 44. The receiver 28 on the housing 18 insertably receives the tab 58 when the panel 44 is positioned on the housing 18 and the tab 58 has a bottom end 60.
A plurality of tab contacts 62 is each coupled to the bottom end of the tab 58. Each of the tab contacts 62 is comprised of an electrically conductive material. Each of the tab contacts 62 engages a respective one of the receiver contacts 29 when the tab 58 is inserted into the receiver 28. Thus, each of the tab contacts 62 is in electrical communication with the respective receiver 28 contact.
The heater 43 comprises a pair of spike heating elements 64. Each of the spike heating elements 64 surrounds the outer surface 50 of a respective one of the spikes 40. Each of the spike heating elements 64 is in thermal communication with the arepa dough 16 when the arepa dough 16 is poured into the cooking wells 14 and the panel 44 is positioned on the housing 18. Additionally, each of the spike heating elements 64 is electrically coupled to a respective one of the tab contacts 62.
Each of the spike heating elements 64 may comprise an electric heating element with an operational temperature of at least 300.0 degrees Fahrenheit. Additionally, each of the spike heating elements 64 may be comprised of a non-stick to inhibit the arepa dough 16 from sticking to the spike heating elements 64. A power button 66 is coupled to the housing 18 and the power button 66 is in electrical communication with each of the housing heating elements 26 and the spike heating elements 64 when the form 38 is positioned on the housing 18. The power button 66 turns on and off each of the housing heating elements 26 and the spike heating elements 64.
In use, the arepa dough 16 is poured into each of the cooking wells 14 in the housing 18. The form 38 is positioned on the housing 18 such that each of the spikes 40 is inserted into the respective cooking well. In this way the arepa dough 16 in each of the cooking wells 14 is formed into a cone. The power button 66 is manipulated to turn on each of the housing heating elements 26 and each of the spike heating elements 64. In this way the arepa dough 16 is cooked and retained in the cone. The form 38 is removed from the housing 18 after sufficient time has passed to cook the arepa dough 16 and the cooked arepa 42 cones are removed from each of the cooking wells 14. Each of the cooked arepa 42 cones can be filled with selected food items for eating.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
