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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1977
Edward D Baker, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nils Lang-Ree, Los Altos, CA (US);
John S Brown, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
NPI Corporation, Burlingame, CA (US);
Abstract
A patty broiler has a frame on which an openwork patty conveyor is arranged around pulleys to have an upper run and a lower run. Heaters are arranged on the frame above and below the upper run, and multiple reflectors are arranged on the frame above and below the conveyor. A doctor assists in dislodging patties from the far end of the upper run of the conveyor to fall onto a patty slide on the frame leading the patties by gravity toward the feed end of the frame. A bun conveyor is arranged on the frame beneath the patty conveyor. A bun heater transmits heat to buns on that conveyor and to the patty slide. The warmed bun halves are returned toward the feed end of the machine by a bun slide. An enclosing and vented jacket assists in retaining and diverting the heat and fumes and protects the machinery.