Patent ID: 7455170

Claim:
A lubrication system for delivering a high temperature lubricant to a conveyor used to transport foodstuff to an oven, the conveyor being at least partially disposed in the oven and having at least one conveyor chain with a plurality of wear locations, the lubrication system comprising: at least one sensor positioned with respect to the conveyor to detect a prescribed element of the conveyor chain; at least one nozzle receiving the lubricant and positioned with respect to the conveyor to dispense the lubricant onto at least one of the plurality of wear locations after the sensor detects the prescribed element of the conveyor chain; wherein the at least one of the wear locations is at a different location than the prescribed element of the conveyor chain detected by the sensor; wherein the at least one of the wear locations is positioned near the foodstuff when lubricant is dispensed onto the at least one of the wear locations so that the lubricant can incidentally contact the foodstuff.