Wafer baking oven

摘要

A wafer baking oven for making baked wafers from batter includes an elongated baking chamber with heating elements therein. A thermally insulated enclosure surrounds at least part of the baking chamber. The oven includes a front port adjoining the baking chamber. There are a plurality of baking tongs in the baking chamber, which baking tongs move through the baking chamber and into and out of the front port in a running direction. The baking prongs are openable when in the front port for the removal of baked wafers from the tongs and for charging the baking tongs with batter. The baking tongs are then closed and are moved through the baking chamber in the closed state. The front port includes a charging station for charging the baking tongs with batter and a discharge station for discharging baked wafers along a path. The insulated enclosure includes a pair of lateral walls defining the lateral sides of the baking chamber, a sealing wall defining the top side of the baking chamber and a rear wall defining the rear side of the baking chamber. The baking chamber has a baking chamber exhaust for exhausting gases from the baking chamber. The insulated enclosure substantially completely encloses at least the baking chamber on its two lateral sides, on its ceiling walls, and at its rear wall, with the exception of the baking chamber exhaust. The baking chamber is also substantially completely enclosed at its bottom side.