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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7874286 | Heated holding compartment for food A food item is cooked in a cooking device and transferred to a heated holding table by two exit conveyors. The food item then falls onto one of two transfer conveyors that move perpendicularly to the direction of movement of the exit conveyors. The food items travel... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7335858 | Toaster using infrared heating for reduced toasting time A toaster uses radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform toasting of a food product. The infrared wavelengths of the radiated heat are selected for optimum speed and quality (browning and moisture content) of the food product. Th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323663 | Multi-purpose oven using infrared heating for reduced cooking time An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and re-heats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7222738 | Sorting system for multiple conveyor belts An apparatus and a method for sorting workpieces (204) includes multiple conveyors (201, 202), a scanner (208), an offloading device (216), a workpiece processor (218), and a computer (210). The computer has instructions for... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222726 | Oven conveyor alignment system apparatus and method An oven conveyor alignment system for maintaining a conveyor belt centered on its supporting rollers is disclosed. The system comprises a camera that generates an image of alignment and stores it as a digital pixel representation. Thus, the system is able to take ad... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7131529 | Oven conveyor alignment system apparatus and method An oven conveyor alignment system for maintaining a conveyor belt centered on its supporting rollers is disclosed. The system comprises a camera that generates an image of alignment and stores it as a digital pixel representation. Thus, the system is able to take ad... | 11/07/2006 |
| 6997705 | Rotating chains or rings carry vertically hanging trays for heat processes in a furnace A furnace for energy saving and space reduction used in electronic industry assembly, medical sterilization, or food process application is provided. In the furnace there is a number of trays hinged on a pair of continuous chains which movement is in a circle or ova... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6408842 | Oven An oven includes single or multiple decks of longitudinal burners extending from an infeed end to an outfeed end of a body. The burners are slanted relative to a direction of a movable carrier such that a product traveling on the carrier will be heated co... | 06/25/2002 |
| 5640896 | Conveyorized cooking apparatus for imparting charcoal flavoring to foods and gas-fired burner assembly for use in such apparatus A conveyorized charcoal cooking apparatus comprises two sets of horizontally aligned gas-fueled burner assemblies arranged in staggered facing relation to one another, between which a food conveyor travels at a controlled speed, the lower burner assemblie... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5048403 | Oven for roasting pieces of baked ware A baking or roasting oven is provided with a transfer apparatus by which the pieces of edible material which is to be roasted, such as slices of white bread, soft wafers, etc., are fed into the oven and the roasted toasts are removed from the oven. The ov... | 09/17/1991 |
| 4960100 | Conveyor oven A versatile conveyor oven effective to product a variety of different cooking conditions therein is described. The oven includes an elongated cabinet defining a cooking chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port with a conveyor extending through the ... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4940040 | Adjustable cooking oven An adjustable oven for mass cooking of food products comprising an essentially sealed enclosure having a conveyor received therethrough for conveying food through the oven. A heated gaseous cooking medium is applied to the food product during conveyance t... | 07/10/1990 |
| 4936286 | Gas broiler A gas fired broiler having a plurality of burners adjacent to multiple conveyors with a shield on at least one of the burners in the area of one of the conveyors.... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4834063 | Food cooking oven with duct fingers and method An oven for cooking food products comprising a substantially closed enclosure except for an inlet and an outlet in the end walls of the oven. A heater means extends through the top wall of the enclosure into the cooking chamber for producing a gaseous coo... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4753216 | Grilling apparatus A grilling apparatus comprising a plurality of confronting pairs of heat emitters, a continuous conveyor therebetween having a plurality of spaced suspended hooks for conveying meat. At predetermined spacings, ramps are provided for tilting and releasing ... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4648314 | Wafer baking automatic machine In a wafer baking automatic machine, a baking chamber is subdivided by separating wall into an inwardly located heating zone containing a heating burner and baking clamps of an endless chain, and a flushing zone containing guiding rails and guiding roller... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4523520 | Meat processing equipment A continuous meat processing line having a patty-forming machine at the inlet end, a cooking portion, a transfer section, a quick freeze section and a packing section at the outlet end. The cooking portion has a first cooking section adjacent to the patty... | 06/18/1985 |
| 4377109 | Apparatus for baking food products such as pizzas and the like A product conveyor that has a predominately open area transports food substances such as pizzas and the like to be cooked through a thermally insulated treatment zone. An array of nozzles disposed below the conveyor across the width and along the length o... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4252055 | Tunnel-chamber baking oven A baking oven includes a thermally insulated casing that defines a tunnel-chamber through which an endless conveyor belt extends. The reversing elements at the end of the conveyor belt are supported by brackets that can tilt upwardly to shorten the effect... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4048984 | Oven rack An oven rack engageable with a chain for movement through a tunnel type oven comprising an open rectangular frame having a leading side, a trailing side, and outer and inner ends, there being a plurality of axially parallel spaced apart wire-like rods ext... | 09/20/1977 |
