Patent ID: 6405640
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A47J,Y10S

Abstract:
A roasting oven system, comprising:(a) a plurality of elongate food-holding wire mesh baskets, each having an axis of rotation defined by left and right axle means secured to left and right end walls of said baskets; (b) a housing having respective upper, lower, front, back, left end, and right end walls, said walls defining, in combination, a hollow interior envelope having a substantially concave upper surface thereof, said housing including, within at least one of said front or rear wall thereof, a movable panel for selectably removing and inserting said elongate baskets into said housing and upon journal means within end plates at each opposite end wall of said housing, at least one of said front or rear walls further including a narrow elongate opening to thereby provide a continuous and uninterrupted communication between said hollow interior envelope and the atmosphere; (c) at least one elongate infrared radiation element situated within said envelope of said oven housing, said element comprising means for transmitting infrared radiation into said interior envelope of said housing, said radiation directed generally toward a center of the housing envelope preferably located in the concave upper surface of the housing; (d) a system axle journalled between said housing end walls, and located proximally to said center of said housing and also positioned between one and two basket diameters from said infrared radiation element, said axle rigidly secured to said end plate; and (e) drive means coupled to said system axle for effecting rotational movement of said end plates and said baskets journalled therein, said drive means comprising means for passing food products within said baskets through an arc of rotation and thereby into a zone of intensified temperature generally defined by said substantially concave upper surface of said roasting over system.