Patent · US Expired

Dual conveyor oven

USRE36941E · kind E · reissue

11Cited by
13References
11Claims
0Family size

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 13, 1999
Grant dateNov 7, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 13, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC —)General

Abstract

The oven of the present invention is a low profile, dual .[.conveyer.]. .Iadd.conveyor .Iaddend.oven including an oven cabinet, two closely spaced .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.and an air heating and circulation system. The .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.and the oven cabinet are adapted so that the .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.can be easily removed .[.from the.]. from the front or side of the oven cabinet. The oven cabinet houses the .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors.Iaddend., ducts and manifolds which all can be easily removed for cleaning or other maintenance. Each of the .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.include separately controlled drive motors capable of driving .[.the.]. each of .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Iaddend.at different speeds and in different directions. The air heating and circulation system features a transverse mounted burner tube, side mounted return air ducts, a central return air opening, common shaft mounted side fed dual centrifugal fans and hot air manifolds. The hot air manifolds are fed from the rear by the dual centrifugal fans and are adapted to surround the two closely spaced .[.conveyers.]. .Iadd.conveyors .Ia…

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.