Patent ID: 8201493
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: A21B,A23L,A47J,F24C,F26B

Abstract:
1. An oven, comprising: an uppermost oven top wall at least partially defining an uppermost boundary of an interior space of the oven; a first conveyor comprising a length and a width, the first conveyor being configured to move foodstuff along the length; and a first insulative barrier disposed vertically above the first conveyor, the first insulative barrier being configured to at least one of (1) restrict vertically upward movement of heated fluid away from the first conveyor and (2) promote movement of the heated fluid along at least one of the length and the width prior to the heated fluid exiting a space between the first insulative barrier and the first conveyor, the first insulative barrier being vertically offset relative to the oven top wall and the space vertically above and adjacent the first insulative barrier being in fluid communication with the interior space of the oven vertically below and adjacent the oven top wall.