Inventors:
Russell C. Schneider - Lehi UT
International Classification:
F27B 914
F27B 930
A62B 148
A62B 150
Abstract:
Disclosed is an apparatus for cooking foodstuffs by conveying the foodstuffs through a cooking chamber comprising: an oven section and at least one integral conveyor section, the oven section comprising a bottom wall, top wall, two side walls, a front wall, and a rear wall defining a cooking chamber, the front wall having a front aperture and the rear wall having a rear aperture horizontally aligned with the front aperture, an electrical heating means comprising radiant heaters disposed within the cooking chamber to heat a foodstuff in the cooking chamber; a conveyor section removably attached to the oven section and comprising a continuous heat-resistant flexible belt formed into an elongated continuous loop with an essentially horizontal upper flight, a front reverse curve at a front end, a lower flight and a rear reverse curve at a rear end, drive means for advancing the belt around the continuous loop to convey foodstuffs along the top flight, the drive means attached to the conveyor section in a manner and the conveyor section dimensioned such that the elongated continuous loop can be inserted lengthwise into the oven section through the aligned front and rear apertures of the oven section, the front and rear apertures dimensioned to receive the elongated continuous loop, the conveyor section removably attached to the oven section with the top and bottom flights extending through the cooking chamber and the front and rear ends extending in cantilever fashion out from the front and rear walls, respectively.
