Automatic loading display for catering equipment

US5520095A · kind A · utility

Assignees

• Peter Huber · DE
• Josef Meringer · DE

Inventors

• Peter Huber · Neubiberg, DE
• Josef Meringer · Landsberg am Lech, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 15, 1994
• Grant date: May 28, 1996
• Expiry date: Jul 15, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F24C15/16
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Equipment for cooking a plurality of containers of food has parallel rails for defining positions for each container in the cooking chamber, has a sensor arrangement for determining the presence of a container at a position, a timer for receiving the output of the sensor arrangement to start timing of the cooking duration and creating an output signal at the end of the cooking duration which is applied to a display to indicate the completion of the cooking of the particular container in that position.