Conveyor-type grilling appliance for cooking or re-thermalizing food with multiple independently controlled sets of conveyors defining multiple independently controlled cooking lanes

US10258194B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• A. J. ANTUNES & CO. · US

Inventors

• Dipan Patel · Atlanta, US
• Bhupendra Patel · Carol Stream, US
• Jignesh Patel · Bartlett, US
• James R. Buchler · Orland Park, US
• Francisco Vega · Chicago, US
• Ignacio Vega · Countryside, US
• Cheryl L. Panasik · Elburn, US
• Robert Cucchi · Medinah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 16, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 16, 2019
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47J37/06
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A grilling appliance is disclosed for preparing various different types of food wherein the food is conveyed through the appliance, from a food insert end of the appliance to a food removal end of the appliance, by means of continuously movable flow-through upper and lower cooperating conveyors operatively associated with platen-type heating members over which the upper and lower conveyors are conveyed so as to be heated by the platen-type heating members and thereby, in turn, heat, brown, or carmelize the food as desired or required. Multiple independently controlled conveyor sets define multiple independently controlled conveyor cooking lanes within the appliance.