Patent ID: 8813637

Claim:
A heating rack for subjecting a supported object to direct radiant heating from a heat source beneath the rack, said heating rack comprising: a plurality of elongate support sections and a corresponding number of elongate collector sections whereby each support section for supporting an object to be heated has only one elongate collector section associated therewith for the collection of exudate, each elongate support section defining a contact surface which, in use, is for supporting an object to be heated by a heat source beneath the heating rack, each elongate support section having associated therewith a respective one of the elongate collector sections, each elongate collector section shaped to define a channel which, in use, is vertically aligned with a respective one of the elongate support sections for receiving all of the exudate flowing from the associated support section and to direct said exudate to a collection zone at an end of the channel; and each elongate support section and associated elongate collector section defining a collector unit and successive collector units being spaced apart so as to permit direct radiant heating of the supported object which is to be heated by said heat source in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of spacing between the collector units concurrent with the collector section channels being able to receive the exudate, wherein said elongate support and collector sections of the collector unit are spaced apart over at least a part of the length of the elongate collector unit, the support section of the collector unit has a first side surface and a second side surface and the collector section of the collector unit in use extends under each said side surface of the support section of the collector unit thereby simultaneously to collect any exudate flowing down each of said side surfaces of the support section concurrent with the supported object being subject to heating by direct radiation of heat from the heat source via the spacings between successive collector units, neighboring support sections being spaced apart by at least one interconnecting bridge section which is positioned intermediate of ends of the support sections, and the bridge section having an upper surface which in use faces towards said supported object and an underside surface, said underside surface being inclined in a downward direction away from said upper surface, towards the side surface of at least one of the two support sections between which the bridge section extends whereby, in use, exudate received on the upper surface of the bridge section is directed to flow in a direction towards a side surface of at least one of the two support sections interconnected by said bridge section.