John Bean Technologies Corporation

Fmc Technologies, Inc.

Scott M Kane

Ramesh M Gunawardena

Robert M Stacy

Charles McVeagh

Brian P Westcott

Owen Eugene Morey

Adam Jay Ramsdell

Robert C Brod

Ryan C Harrell

John Joseph Bauer

Troy Ora Baumgardner

James E Randall

Scott E Stang

John D Woodburn

Peter Liljegren

John Bauer

Frank E Paschoalini

A rail and track cartridge for building straight or radial belt conveyors comprises two or more rails connected to each other, wherein the two or more rails each has a first and second free end; and a track connected to each rail, wherein each track is supported by tabs protruding from the rail, wherein the track is offset to the side from the rail, and an upper track surface is above a top surface of the rail. An adjustable cartridge has bent free ends of the two or more rails attached to the same tier arm to adjust the length of the rails to fit within the tier arms.

Rail and track system and adjustable cartridges for supporting spiral and straight conveyor belts

An impingement oven () includes an upper housing structure () forming the exterior of the upper half of the impingement oven and a lower housing structure () to mate with the upper housing structure. An interior impingement housing () is positioned interior to the upper and lower housing structures () and (). A conveyor () extends through the interior impingement housing (). The inside surfaces of the upper and lower housing structures () and () cooperate with the interior impingement housing () to define upright supply chambers () and () on opposite sides of the impingement oven to direct cooking medium downwardly upon the work products being carried by the conveyor and also upwardly through the porous belt of the conveyor, thereby to thermally process the work products being carried on the conveyor.

Impingement oven

Spiral conveyors have a drive drum, wherein the drive drum comprises a plurality of drive drum bars connected around an outer perimeter of the drive drum, wherein a drive rod on a drive drum bar is distally located on the outer perimeter of the drive drum, wherein the drive drum bar comprises the drive rod; a face plate; and a support rib, wherein the support rib is connected to the drive rod through standoffs, and the face plate is located between the drive rod and the support rib, and the face plate is separated from the drive rod.

Spiral conveyor drum bar

A method of cooking in a continuous cooking oven system generally includes transporting food products on a continuous, pervious conveyor through a helical path within a cooking chamber, directing a substantially vertical flow of a heated gaseous cooking medium into either a top end or a bottom end of the helical stack and through the plurality of superimposed tiers, and selectively reversing the substantially vertical flow of heated gaseous cooking medium on a user defined interval.

Methods of cooking in continuous cooking oven systems

Belt cleaning assemblies for a continuous conveyor belt having a pervious belt assembly and top and bottom belt surfaces generally include contact and non-contact cleaning assembles. Continuous conveyor belt systems having belt cleaning assemblies and methods for cleaning continuous conveyor belts are also provided.

Conveyor belt cleaning assembly

A cooking oven includes a cooking chamber in fluid communication with respect to a heat exchanger and a conveyor extending through the cooking chamber. A plurality of louvers are connected both above and below the conveyor and adjustably control the air flow between the top of the conveyor and the bottom of the conveyor.

Cooking oven damper system for regulating upper and lower flow paths

A cooking oven manifold system includes a conveyor extending through a housing and a plurality of air manifolds positioned above and below the conveyor, each air manifold having a pair of sidewalls extending between a back wall and an inlet. A pair of outlet nozzles extend along a length of each air manifold. An angled surface between each pair of outlet nozzles extends along a length of the air manifold. Each air manifold is additionally spaced apart from each adjacent air manifold to create an air gap between sidewalls of adjacent air manifolds.

Cooking oven with improved heat distribution manifold system

A cooking oven includes a housing that encloses a chamber having an inlet and an outlet. A conveyor extends between the inlet and the outlet and through the chamber. The cooking oven additionally includes an air distribution system positioned in fluid communication with the chamber and a curved heat exchanger positioned in fluid communication with the chamber, the curved heat exchanger directing air from the air distribution system through the chamber.

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Sandusky, OH, United States of America

Scott M Kane