Title:
CONVEYOR OVEN HEAT DELIVERY SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/187458
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Conveyor ovens for cooking food according to various embodiments include one or more passive tubes in a plenum positioned opposite one or more burner tubes, wherein the passive tubes have outer walls with apertures therethrough. In some cases, a burner assembly for a conveyor oven includes at least one burner tube extending into a plenum and positioned to receive at least a portion of a flame emitted by the burner assembly, wherein a rifling plate extends through the burner tube and is slidingly positioned within the burner tube. Also, in some cases a baffle in a plenum of the oven is positioned opposite the burner tube and defines a fluid conduit having an entrance into which air heated from the burner tube is received and an exit separate from the entrance and through which air is discharged.
Inventors:
SCHJERVEN WILLIAM (US)
VAN CAMP RICHARD (US)
CHMIOLA THEODORE (US)
PANICKER MOHAN (US)
VAN CAMP RICHARD (US)
CHMIOLA THEODORE (US)
PANICKER MOHAN (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2018/026068
Publication Date:
January 17, 2019
Filing Date:
April 04, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THE MIDDLEBY CORP (US)
International Classes:
A21B1/48; A21B1/02
Foreign References:
| US20110269085A1 | 2011-11-03 | |||
| US20080245359A1 | 2008-10-09 | |||
| US7624728B1 | 2009-12-01 | |||
| US5906485A | 1999-05-25 | |||
| US20100058936A1 | 2010-03-11 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
AUSTIN, Christopher, B. (US)
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