High performance cooking oven with steam chamber
US5960703A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47J27/16
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The method and apparatus of the invention describes an oven having a housing formed by an enclosure, the enclosure having a cooking chamber in a portion thereof. The oven housing may also include an inlet and outlet positioned in predetermined relationship to the cooking chamber and a conveyor belt on which food products to be cooked are positioned. The conveyor belt travels through the oven housing from the inlet to the outlet and defines over a separate portion thereof a conveyance path through the cooking chamber. The oven further includes at least a source of steam for creating a cooking atmosphere in the cooking chamber. The cooking chamber of the oven is defined at its lower limit by the level of steam within the housing and the inlet and outlet are positioned below this lower limit to maintain the steam within the cooking chamber. In this manner, the escape of steam from the cooking chamber is substantially prevented or controlled. There may also be provided a temperature or steam sensing or measuring system, which can be used to maintain the desired steam atmosphere within the cooking chamber. Such an arrangement allows precise control of the flow rate of steam into the coo…
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