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Grooved baking pan
Assignee: Cleveland Range LLC
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Filing: 1985-09-03
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Granted: 1987-06-30
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Expires: 2005-09-03
Abstract
Abstract A grooved baking pan and a method for baking therewith wherein the bottom surface of the pan is provided with a plurality of grooves. In the preferred embodiment, the grooves are V-shaped. The grooves are arranged in a pattern such as a grid pattern and apertures are located in the areas bounded by the intersecting grooves. The pan is used to bake high density food products such as pizza in an impingement oven wherein columns of heated air are formed which are directed at localized areas of the bottom surface of the pan. The pan is moved relative to the impinging air columns while the food product is being baked.
Inventors
- 👤 Roger K. Gorsuch
- 👤 Gordon D. Bell
- 👤 Mitchell C. Henke
- 👤 Michelle Wibel
- 👤 Ronald E. Bratton
- 👤 Effie J. Lee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 16:01
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J37/00; A47J37/10; A21; A21B; A21B3/00; A21B3/13; A47J27/00; A47J27/02; A47J27/022; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S99/00; Y10S99/15
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
50 words
A pan for baking a food product comprising: a side and a bottom, said bottom having at least one through aperture therein and including a substantially flat, unbroken inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface having at least one groove therein, the thickness of said bottom being nonuniform.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
50 words
A pan for baking a food product comprising: a side and a bottom, said bottom having at least one through aperture therein and including a substantially flat, unbroken inner surface and an outer surface, said outer surface having at least one groove therein, the thickness of said bottom being nonuniform.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
The pan according to claim 1 wherein said groove is generally V-shaped.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The pan according to claim 1 including a plurality of grooves, said grooves being arranged generally orthogonally to each other in a grid pattern.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The baking pan according to claim 1 and including a plurality of grooves in said outer surface and a plurality of apertures in said bottom.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The pan according to claim 4 wherein said plurality of grooves are arranged in a star shaped pattern, said grooves being directed radially outwardly from the center of said surface.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
The pan according to claim 4 wherein said grooves are arranged in a pattern of concentric circles.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
31 words
The pan according to claim 4 wherein the density of said apertures at the center portion of the bottom surface is greater than at the outside portion of said bottom surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The pan according to claim 4 wherein the surface area occupied by said apertures comprises an area in the range of 5% to 40% of the total bottom surface area.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pan according to claim 4 wherein the thickest portion of said bottom has a thickness in the range of 0.056 inch to 0.102 inch.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The pan according to claim 4 wherein the thickest portion of said bottom is in the range of 0.056 inch to 0.102 inch and wherein said grooves are V-shaped.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The pan according to claim 4 wherein said plurality of grooves are arranged in a pattern of intersecting lines, and wherein said apertures are arranged in at least some of the interstices formed by said intersecting lines.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The pan according to claim 11 wherein said pattern of intersecting lines comprises an orthogonal grid pattern.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
28 words
The pan according to claim 12 wherein the parallel grooves of said grid pattern are spaced apart a distance in the range of 0.25 inch to 0.75 inch.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
129 words
A pan for baking a food product comprising: a side portion; a generally flat bottom including a substantially unbroken flat inner surface and a plurality of V-shaped grooves located in the outer surface of said bottom whereby the thickness of said bottom is nonuniform, said grooves being arranged in a pattern, the included angles defined by the sides of saig grooves being in the range of 70° to 110°, said bottom further including a plurality of through holes, said holes being located in at least some of the surface areas bounded by said grooves, the density of holes being greatest in the center portion of said bottom surface, said holes occupying a surface area in the range of 5% to 40% of the total surface area of said bottom.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
129 words
A pan for baking a food product comprising: a side portion; a generally flat bottom including a substantially unbroken flat inner surface and a plurality of V-shaped grooves located in the outer surface of said bottom whereby the thickness of said bottom is nonuniform, said grooves being arranged in a pattern, the included angles defined by the sides of saig grooves being in the range of 70° to 110°, said bottom further including a plurality of through holes, said holes being located in at least some of the surface areas bounded by said grooves, the density of holes being greatest in the center portion of said bottom surface, said holes occupying a surface area in the range of 5% to 40% of the total surface area of said bottom.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pan according to claim 14 wherein said pattern comprises a star-shaped pattern of grooves directed radially outwardly from the center of said bottom surface.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
The pan according to claim 14 wherein said pattern comprises a plurality of concentric circles.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
24 words
The pan according to claim 14 wherein said grooves occupy a surface area of said bottom surface in the range of 25% to 75%.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
16 words
The pan according to claim 14 wherein said pattern comprises a grid of orthogonally arranged grooves.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
47 words
The pan according to claim 18 wherein said grooves are more closely spaced toward the center portion of said surface whereby the interstitial areas bounded by said grooves comprise smaller surface areas toward the center portion of said surface than toward the outside portion of said surface.
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