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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hendrikus Antonius Kuenen, Overloon, NL;
Assignee:
Koppens B.V., Bakel, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B / ; A21B / ; A47J / ; A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
9944 / ; 34147 ; 99386 ; 99479 ; 126 / ; 198778 ; 432 58 ; 432138 ; 432143 ;
Abstract
An oven comprises a housing with at least two zones, which are each provided with a device for setting a cooking state in the relevant zone, such as the temperature and relative humidity, as well as a conveyor belt, which runs through each of the zones and on which food products to be heated can be held, which conveyor belt has at least one path with a plurality of windings. These two zones are situated one above the other. Each zone has at least one ventilation device and also a heating device for circulating hot air through that zone and parallel to the boundary region between two zones.