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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
Richard H Edgar, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Larry M Engebritson, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Mary J Heitzman, Shreveport, LA (US);
J Scott Petty, Englewood, CO (US);
Nelson J Ferragut, Williamsburg, IA (US);
Amana Company, L.P., Amana, IA (US);
Abstract
A pass through oven system using a microwave oven with doors and a conveyor belt passing through the oven cavity. A sensor system detects the food item on the conveyor belt and identifies the food item. A controller in response to the sensor system moves the conveyor so that the food item is positioned within the cavity of the microwave oven, automatically engages the oven for a preset duration depending upon the identity of the food item and then moves the conveyor to remove the food item from the cavity.