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Conveyor tunnel oven

US11147277B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 4, 2019
Grant dateOct 19, 2021
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA21B1/26
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A conveyor tunnel oven incorporating forwardly opening baking case having a rear wall, a longitudinal wall, an oppositely longitudinal wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, the case being further opened by a longitudinal food passage port and an oppositely longitudinal food passage port; a continuous loop conveyor within the baking case, the conveyor extending to the longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal food passage ports; a panel having a forward surface, the panel being fitted for closing the baking case's forward opening; a pair of “L” hooks, each “L” hook including a helically threaded stem and a foot, the hooks positioning the panel over the baking case's forward opening; and a “J” hook having a stem and a tail, the tail having a distal end and a throat engaging the “L” hooks' feet so that the “J” hook's stem overlies the panel's forward surface.

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