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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1993
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Lorne B Alden, Shelburne, VT (US);
Assignee:
G. S. Blodgett Corporation, Burlington, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426243 ; 99386 ; 9944 / ; 99451 ; 426523 ;
Abstract
A conveyor oven for cooking food products using infra-red radiation is described. The oven uses upper and lower etched foil heaters which are disposed above and below the upper flight of a conveyor belt passing therethrough. The oven also includes a controller for governing the speed of the belt, the time of exposure to infra-red radiation, and a range of radiation wavelength between about 4 and 5 microns for cooking the food in the oven.