Meatball cooker
US4103605A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 17, 1977 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 17, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J37/1214
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A device for cooking meatballs has a frame supporting an open-ended drum for rotation on the frame about a substantially horizontal axis. The drum is open at both its inlet end and its outlet end and has for part of its length an outer wall together with the inner wall forming a jacket. Heating oil is brought into the jacket through an axial rotary joint and discharged from the jacket through a similar axial rotary joint. Within the drum is a plurality of helical fins spaced apart circumferentially. The fins are of a sufficient height to propel axially of the drum meatballs introduced thereto through the inlet end and to carry the meatballs to the outlet end for discharge therethrough. Extending axially a short distance away from the inner wall and preferably carried by adjacent portions of the fins are tumbling bars. These are effective to lift and release the meatballs. There is a cooking oil or oleomargarine liquid spray extending into the inlet end of the drum, and there is an outlet releasing the oleomargarine at the outlet of the drum for recirculation.
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