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AssigneeMarmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc.
InventorsChristopher Lyons, Kyle Kestner, Greg Klostermann, Elizabeth Bertness, Michael Rainone, Caleb Nehls
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A conveyor toaster includes a toaster cabinet, an opening extending through the toaster cabinet and configured to receive a food product, and a conveyor assembly positioned in the toaster housing and associated with the feed opening. The conveyor assembly includes a conveyor belt configured to be operated by a drive motor to transport the food product past a heating element. The conveyor toaster further includes a an input sensor arranged proximate the opening and configured to detect the food product and a processor operably coupled to the input sensor and the conveyor assembly. The processor is configured to change between an operating condition with a first belt speed and an idle condition with a second belt speed based upon a signal from the input sensor.
A method for operating a conveyor toaster comprising a cabinet, an opening extending through the cabinet and configured to receive a food product, a conveyor assembly positioned within the cabinet and associated with the opening, the conveyor assembly comprising a conveyor belt configured to be operated by a drive motor to transport the food product past a heating element, an input sensor configured to detect the food product, and a processor operably coupled to the input sensor and the conveyor assembly, the method comprising:
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