Patent ID: 8513571
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: A21B,A47J

Abstract:
1. A tortilla conveying system of a tortilla warmer, the tortilla conveying system being for sequentially conveying a plurality of tortillas to a heating subsystem of the tortilla warmer to be warmed, the tortilla conveying system comprising: a container capable of holding a plurality of tortillas in a stacked configuration, with a top side of a top tortilla of the stacked plurality of tortillas being exposed at an open top of the container; and a dragger that includes a dragger head that makes direct contact with the top surface of the top tortilla to facilitate the frictional engagement between the dragger and the top tortilla, the dragger configured to: frictionally engage with the top side of the top tortilla, drag the top tortilla off of the top of the stacked plurality of tortillas, and deliver the top tortilla to the heating subsystem of the tortilla warmer, and wherein the dragger head is constrained to move horizontally within a single substantially lateral track at a level that ensures it will always engage with the exposed top surface of the top tortilla of the stacked plurality of tortillas.