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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hendrikus Antonius Jacobus Kuenen, Overloon, NL;
Assignee:
CFS Bakel B.V., Bakel, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ; A23L 3/04 ; A47J 3/700 ; F24C 1/532 ; F24D 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L 1/00 ; A23L 3/04 ; A47J 3/700 ; F24C 1/532 ; F24D 1/00 ;
Abstract
An oven including a housing, a heater for heating the interior space of the housing, and a conveyor belt which extends between an inlet and an outlet of the housing, for passing products which are to be heated through the interior space, which conveyor belt has at least one helical path with turns which are situated above one another and are supported by guides, which extend in a corresponding way to the turns and are supported by bearing arms transversely below the turns. A collector is also provided for the collection of liquids which may accumulate on the bearing arms and/or guides.