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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hendrikus Antonius Kuenen, Overloon, NL;
Assignee:
Koppens Convenience Food Systems, Bakel, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
432144 ; 9944 / ; 99478 ;
Abstract
An oven includes a housing provided with a device for supplying steam into the interior of the housing, in connection with the setting of a cooking condition, such as the temperature and/or relative humidity, and also a conveyor belt which passes through the housing and on which food products to be heated can be accommodated. The conveyor belt passes through at least one path with one or more windings disposed above one another. The device for supplying steam has at least one steam outlet for delivering steam at the level of the radially innermost part of a winding.