Stuffed waffle maker

[0045]FIG. 5 is a front perspective of a second embodiment where the device is heated directly from an electrical source. This electrically-heated waffle maker comprises a bottom plate 23 with waffle features fixed to the bottom of a rear plate 24 with waffle features along its front surface; a top plate 25 with waffle features; and two side plates 26, 27 with waffle features. The top plate 25 is attached to the top face of the rear plate 24 by a horizontally-oriented hinge 28. The side plates 26, 27 are attached to the side surfaces of the rear plate 23 by vertically-oriented hinges 29, 30. The bottom and top plates 23, 25 have cooperating bottom and top retaining structures 31, b, respectively, which are supported by a front support 33 extending upwardly from a bottom base control unit 34 to support the forward ends of the plates 23, 25. The rear plate 24 is attached to a rotating bracket 35 which is mounted to a rear support 36, also extending upwardly from the bottom base control u

[0048]In a third embodiment, a device is provided to cook the stuffed waffle over a flame or electric burner. FIG. 8 is an exploded diagram showing a bottom assembly 47 comprised of a bottom plate 48 and a handle 49. The bottom plate has waffle features along a bottom surface 50 that include a top face 51 and inclined vertical faces 52. The bottom plate includes cross members 53 and 54; an outside cooking surface 55 and side wall 56. The bottom plate has a side plate insert support lip which comprises a flat top face 57 and an inclined vertical face 58.

[0049]A scissor assembly 59 comprises two side plate inserts 60, 61 which attach to handles 62, 63 respectively and rotate along hinge 64. A first side plate insert 60 has a top edge 65 and a bottom edge 66 that rest on the flat top face of side plate insert support lip 57 of the bottom plate. The first side plate insert has an outside surface 67 and an inside surface 68 with a plurality of waffle features 69. The side plate insert waffl

[0060]FIGS. 15-21 show a fourth example embodiment where a device 100 is provided to cook the stuffed waffle over a flame or electric burner. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing bottom assembly 147 attached to the top assembly 170 by way of a hinge assembly 181. In this example, the hinge assembly comprises of a bottom lip feature 182, a top lip feature 183 which is symmetric to the bottom lip feature, and a rotary shaft assembly 184. The bottom lip feature 182 is part of the bottom plate 148 and extends from it on the opposite side from the bottom handle 149. Likewise, the top lip feature 183 is part of the top plate 171 and extends from the top plate on the opposite side from the bottom handle 149 and top handle 172.

[0061]FIG. 16 is a perspective diagram showing the bottom lip feature 182 and top lip feature 183. The rotary shaft assembly is attached to the bottom lip feature and top lip feature by way of bottom lip feature screws and top lip feature screws 185, 186.

[0062]FIG. 17 shows the