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US 11,589,707 B2Granted
Belted food warming assembly
AssigneeStar Manufacturing International, Inc.
InventorGary G. Riggle
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Abstract
A belted food warmer assembly is disclosed that includes a housing containing a heated rotating drum, a belt roller, and a belt. The belt is draped over a portion of the heated rotating drum and is configured to hold a flexible food product against the heated drum as the food product rotates with the heated drum.
Claims23
A food warmer assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a cylindrically-shaped heating drum rotatably mounted within the housing, the cylindrically-shaped heating drum comprising an outer circumferential surface;
- a belt roller rotatably mounted within the housing and disposed substantially parallel to the cylindrically-shaped heating drum, wherein the belt roller is movably spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface;
- and
- a belt looped around the belt roller, wherein the belt is disposed over a top portion of the outer circumferential surface and a back portion of the outer circumferential surface, wherein rotation of the cylindrically-shaped heating drum is configured to move a food product within the housing at least partially in contact with the outer circumferential surface.
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A method for warming a food product, the method comprising:
- inserting a food product between a belt and a cylindrically-shaped heating drum, wherein the belt is looped around a rotatable belt roller that is movable spaced apart from the cylindrically-shaped heating drum;
- rotating the heating drum to pull the food product along a top exterior circumferential surface of the cylindrically-shaped heating drum;
- moving the food product along the top exterior circumferential surface as the cylindrically-shaped heating drum rotates while the food product remains disposed between the top exterior circumferential surface and an exterior surface of the belt;
- holding the food product in direct contact with the top exterior circumferential surface by a weight of the belt causing the exterior surface of the belt to maintain contact with the food product;
- heating an interior of the cylindrically-shaped heating drum with a heater;
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- warming the food product as it contacts the top exterior circumferential surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.