Patent ID: 6247922
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: A21B,B65G

Abstract:
Oven, comprising a housing (1) provided with heating means (2), as well as an endless conveyor belt (3) on which products to be heated can be accommodated and can be transported through the housing (1) between an entrance (4) to and an exit (5) from said housing (1), which conveyor belt (3) is guided in the housing helically around each of two drums (6, 7), which are arranged in the housing (1) such that they can be driven about their vertical axis (33), and is guided straight between two helical paths, characterised in that the conveyor belt (3) is supported, over at least one of the straight guided paths (10), by support means (23) that can be moved in the same direction as the conveyor belt (3).