Rocking meatball cooker
US4073225A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 1976 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J37/047
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A cooker for meatballs and the like has a semi-cylindrical trough mounted on a frame for rotation about its own substantially horizontal but slightly inclined axis. The trough is rocked to and fro by a controlled driving device to swing between extreme positions and optionally to stop between the extreme positions. The trough has a meatball inlet at one end and a meatball outlet at the other end. Between those ends the trough has interrupted, interior, helical vanes staggered with respect to each other on opposite sides of the center of the trough to impell the meatballs from one end to the other as the trough rocks. The trough includes a jacket having inlet and outlet connections for heating oil and may also have radiant heaters directed toward the inside of the trough.
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