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1. An electric grill pan device comprising:
a base including a space; a heating pan detachably mounted above the base, with the heating pan including a bottom side, with a heating element mounted to the bottom side of the heating pan and including a plurality of conductive ends, with each of the plurality of conductive ends having a first contact surface, with an abutment peg formed on the bottom side of the heating pan; a socket mounted in the space of the base, with the socket including a seat, an upper cover, and a plurality of terminals, with a compartment defined between the upper cover and the seat, with each of the plurality of terminals located on the base and having a second contact surface, with the plurality of terminals adapted to be connected to an external power source, with the upper cover including a plurality of insertion holes aligned with the plurality of terminals, with the upper cover further including a notch aligned with the abutment peg; a shield mechanism including a shield and at least one elastic element, with the shield pivotably mounted in the compartment of the socket about a pivot axis, with the shield including a shielding portion and a guiding portion, with the guiding portion aligned with the abutment peg, with the at least one elastic element biasing the shield to a position in which the shielding portion covers the insertion holes of the upper cover, wherein when the heating pan is mounted to the base, the abutment peg presses against the guiding portion and pivots the shield to another position in which the shielding portion does not cover the insertion holes of the upper cover, and the first contact surface of each of the plurality of conductive ends of the heating element is in electrical contact with the second contact surface of one of the plurality of terminals. |