Marinator apparatus
AssigneeAyrKing Corporation
InventorsWilliam Samuel Eppehimer, James D. Bell
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Abstract
A marinator apparatus for the preparation of pieces of a whole chicken includes a fluid-tight hollow drum with opposing top and bottom walls that are substantially planar and that include an opening with a lid configured to sealingly close the opening. The drum further includes an interior baffle fixed inside that separates the drum into a top compartment accessible only through the top opening and an opposite bottom compartment accessible only through the bottom opening. The drum is supported for rotation by a support axle projecting from one end wall and a drive axle projecting from the opposite end wall. The drive axle includes a driven gear configure to be driven by a powered drive gear.
Claims15
A marinator apparatus comprising:
- a fluid-tight hollow drum, elongated along a longitudinal axis and including opposing top and bottom walls that are planar, a shell between said top and bottom walls that is circular, and opposite end walls;
- a top opening defined in said top wall having a top lid configured to sealingly close said top opening, said top opening sized to permit introduction of a food item to be treated within the drum;
- a bottom opening defined in said bottom wall having a bottom lid configured to sealingly close said bottom opening, said bottom opening sized to permit introduction of a food item to be treated within the drum;
- an interior baffle fixed inside said hollow drum between said top and bottom walls to define a top compartment accessible only through said top opening and an opposite bottom compartment accessible only through said bottom opening;
- a support axle fixed to and projecting from one of said opposite end walls colinear with the longitudinal axis of the drum;
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- a drive axle fixed to and projecting from the other of said opposite end walls colinear with the longitudinal axis of the drum, said drive axle configured to be rotatably driven by a source of rotational power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.