Pizza Hut, Inc.

Jerome R Henke

Lynn R Bingham

Pete Neitzel

Steven D Braithwaite

An conveyor oven enclosure system is disclosed which includes a hood means which extends over the conveyor oven and supplies make-up air and exhausts heated air. The enclosure system includes front enclosure and rear enclosure walls which are parallel to and spaced apart from the front and rear oven walls of the oven respectively. Additionally, a first enclosure end wall is also included which is parallel to and spaced apart from the first oven end wall. A second enclosure end wall which is parallel to and spaced apart from the second oven end wall is also included. In the enclosure system of the present invention there is an entry opening in at least one of the enclosure walls which is adapted to correspond to each entry opening in the oven walls. An exit opening in at least one of the enclosure walls is provided which is adapted to correspond to each exit opening in the oven walls. The hood means enclosure, front enclosure, rear enclosure, first enclosure end, and second enclosure end walls of the present invention are configured such that make-up air passes over the front oven, rear oven, first oven end, and second oven end walls before being exhausted through the hood means.

Oven enclosure and ventilation system

A compact pizza preparation and delivery vehicle is described. The vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle, such as a mini-pickup truck, having a driver's compartment with a driver's seat and a cargo compartment, preferably enclosed by a topper, behind the driver's compartment. The vehicle also includes a refrigerated case for storing pizza shells and pizza toppings in the driver's compartment which case is within access of the driver in the driver's seat. An assembly table is located on top of the refrigerated case for supporting an uncooked pizza shell while applying the pizza toppings. The vehicle further includes a pizza oven in the cargo compartment which oven is adapted and positioned so that, while sitting in the driver's seat, a driver can insert an unbaked assembled pizza into the oven and remove a baked pizza from the oven.

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Rose Hill, KS, United States of America

Jerome R Henke