Patent ID: 6024013
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A47J,G07F

Abstract:
A dispensing machine for hot food products, said products including precooked pizzas grouped according to ingredients, each said product on a plate in a piled arrangement, comprising a refrigerator store (2) having a series of columns (3), for receiving one or more of said plates (4) in stacked arrangement in each said column, each said plate having a ring shape containing said precooked product (1), said columns (3) supported by a rotating platform (5), a fixed platform (7) located below said rotating platform (5), said rotating platform (5) having one or more openings (6), which are uniformly distributed in an equidistant arrangement to the center of said rotating platform (5), said openings (6) having a diameter slightly greater than the diameter of one of said plates, said columns (3) formed in part by vertical rods (19), said openings (6) located on the same plane of said platform (5) and parallel to said fixed platform (7), a sliding plate (8), below and parallel said fixed platform (7), displaceable longitudinally with respect to a fixed lower platform (9), said sliding plate (8) having an opening for receiving a said plate (4) at position opening (10) when said rotating platform (5) and said opening (10) are in vertical alignment, said platform (9) having a recess (11) of less diameter than a said plate (4), a horizontal support (12) and an interlocked shank (13), constructed and arranged for vertical displacement through recess (11) for receiving said product (1) on support (12) and introduction of said product into an oven (14), said oven having uniformly distributed resistances (18) for heating the air and transmitting heat to said product (1).