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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ira L Lopata, Palm Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
9942 / ; 99419 ; 99448 ;
Abstract
The bull gear in the planetary gear system of a rotisserie is mounted on the shaft of the reel plates and held stationary for rotating the plantetary gears and maintaining them in a coplanar relationship. The bull gear is biased by a spring having its free end bearing against the face of the bull gear to urge it axially toward the reel plate. The bull gear and planet gears are selected so that the rotational speed of the skewer driven by the planet gear and the orbital speed of the reel plate are such that the same angular location of the skewer passes the same angular location of the heater once every five orbits.