Patent ID: 6800314
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
Apparatus for heating elongated food items, comprising:a housing having a pair of spaced apart side walls; a first plurality of elongated rollers each having a rotational axis and being mounted for rotation about a respective one of the rotational axes relative to said housing in a first roller tier, each of said first plurality of rollers being spaced apart to receive the food items therebetween for contacting and transferring heat to the food items during rotation of said first plurality of rollers, said first roller tier and the rotational axes of said first plurality of rollers being fixed relative to said housing; a first plurality of heaters mounted respectively within each of said first plurality of rollers; a second plurality of elongated rollers each having a rotational axis and being mounted for rotation about a respective one of the rotational axes relative to said housing in a second roller tier spaced vertically apart from said first roller tier, each of said second plurality of rollers being spaced apart to receive the food items therebetween for contacting and transferring heat to the food items during rotation of said second plurality of rollers, said second roller tier and the rotational axes of said second plurality of rollers being fixed relative to said housing; and a second plurality of heaters mounted respectively within each of said second plurality of rollers; wherein said first and second roller tiers are supported by and extend between said pair of spaced apart side walls and are staggered relative to each other from a rear to a front of said housing.