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Automatic baking apparatus

US4903587A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 1988
Grant dateFeb 27, 1990
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01F2035/99
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An automatic baking apparatus comprises a kneading case doubling as a baking die mounted removably in a heating chamber, an inlet and an outlet formed in the side wall of the heating chamber, a fan casing having the inlet and the outlet, a fan arranged in opposed relationship to the inlet of an air passage formed by the side wall of the heating chamber and the fan casing, a fan heater formed by being bent in the vicinity of the outlet, a motor for driving the fan, a dough temperature sensor arranged downward of the kneading case, a room temperature sensor for detecting the room temperature, a lower heater arranged downward of the kneading case, a blade drive in the kneading case, a motor for driving the blade, and a microcomputer. In accordance with the temperatures detected by the dough temperature sensor and the room temperature sensor, the motors and heaters are driven thereby to bake up the dough into bread within a predetermined length of time.

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