Return flow conveyor device for heating food items

摘要

A return flow conveyor device for warming food product includes an inlet tray upon which to place the food product, an outlet tray and a platform to transfer the food product from the inlet tray to the outlet tray, warming the product within a warming compartment of a housing. Positioning means are provided to move the platform. The platform is pivotally connected to the positioning means so that the platform may be positioned horizontally, vertically or combination thereof, during the cycling process. Transportation platform as well as inlet and outlet trays have arrays of appendages which pass in-between each other making possible for the transportation platform to pick up a food item from the inlet tray and after passing it by the heating elements depositing a food item onto the outlet tray.

主权项

1. A device for warming food product, comprising in combination:
a housing having a top wall, side walls, a bottom wall, and a front wall with a passage defined therethrough; and further having inner panels and outer panels with a heating compartment defined therein; heating elements mounted to the inner panels; positioning means disposed in the housing; an inlet tray having a first end and a second end, substantially opposed planer surfaces, a plurality of co-planer set of appendages with spacing there between, aligned perpendicularly to each other, and extending from the second end, and a planer portion sloped downwardly to the appendages; an outlet tray having a first end and a second end, substantially opposed planer surfaces, a plurality of co-planer set of appendages with spacing there between, aligned perpendicularly to each other, and extending from the second end, and a planer portion sloped downwardly to an upwardly depending edge formed at the first end of the outlet tray; at least one platform pivotally connected to the positioning means having first and second substantially opposed planer surfaces, a first end and a second end, a plurality of co-planer set of appendages with spacing there between, aligned perpendicularly to each other, and extending outwardly from the first end; a pair of opposed braces extending downwardly from a bottom surface of the outlet tray; a power source; and whereby the positioning means moves the platform toward and away from the inlet tray to the outlet tray during a warming process of food product.