Continuous baking system
OwnerJeffrey F. Kleininventor
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Abstract
A continuous-belt baking system having a pair of upper rollers rotatably mounted in frame and spaced at a first distance, a pair of lower rollers rotatably mounted in frame and spaced at a second distance, a continuous thermally-conductive belt passing over the upper rollers, a continuous thermally conductive belt passing over the lower rollers, and two arrays of radiant heating elements. The radiant arrays include a first group of heating elements above a lower run of the upper belt between said upper rollers and a second opposing group of heating elements below an upper run of the bottom belt between the lower rollers. Each heating element may be separately controlled insofar as its ON/OFF state or in accordance with temperature, to provide more localized baking capabilities.
Claims20
A baking system, comprising:
- four modules, including,
- a First Module comprising a frame containing an upper roller 26, and a lower roller 2
- a Second Module containing an upper roller 24 and a lower roller 22;
- a first continuous thermally-conductive belt passing over said upper rollers 26, 24;
- a second continuous thermally-conductive belt passing over said lower rollers 22, 28;
- a Third Module comprising a first array of radiant heating elements above a lower run of said upper belt between said upper rollers, and;
- a Fourth Module comprising a second array of radiant heating elements below an upper run of said bottom belt between said lower rollers.
A baking system, comprising:
- a first frame containing an upper roller 26, and a lower roller 28;
- a second frame containing an upper roller 24 and a lower roller 22;
- a first continuous thermally-conductive belt passing over said upper rollers 26, 24;
- a second continuous thermally-conductive belt passing over said lower rollers 22, 28;
- a first array of radiant heating elements above a lower run of said upper belt between said upper rollers, and;
- a second array of radiant heating elements below an upper run of said bottom belt between said lower rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.