Patty finishing cooker
US4089260A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 7, 1977 |
| Grant date | May 16, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 7, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J37/044
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A patty cooker particularly for use in finishing precooked meat patties having a predetermined transverse dimension has a frame on which a conveyor made up of rather widely spaced, small diameter cross bars advances in a predetermined direction. A nozzle or preferably a plurality of nozzles having outlet openings elongated in the direction of conveyor advance are arranged side by side transversely of the conveyor and close to the patty. A jet of hot air issues from each nozzle and impinges upon the patty in a restricted area. The jets leave untouched zones between such areas. The effect is to provide browned or seared marks or parallel stripes on the patty like grill marks. Preferably nozzles are arranged above and below the conveyor and directed toward the patty from opposite directions, simultaneously to provide sear marks both top and bottom.
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