US 4,535,750 AGranted

Broiler oven

AssigneeLeBlanco Limited

InventorsPhilip J. Hebert, Leon G. Blanchette

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Abstract

There is provided a new and useful broiler oven comprising an elongated cooking compartment, first and second rotisserie drive drums, and a dual drive unit, the cooking compartment defined by bottom and rear walls, a front wall including a door, and first and second end walls each including a large circular opening therethrough, and including at least one heating unit in an upper part of the compartment, the compartment substantially unobstructed below the heating unit; the first and second rotisserie drive drums each having a front face of diameter just less than the circular openings and being mounted for rotation on respective first and second coaxial shafts in respective ones of the circular openings, each drum having a series of spit sockets extending into and mounted for rotation in the front face thereof, the sockets being equispaced around a circular axis on the drums, and individual ones of the sockets in the first drum being axially aligned with corresponding ones in the second drum, the sockets in the first drum being driven in rotation by a set of planetary gears driven by a sun gear; and wherein the dual drive unit is located outside the cooking compartment and operatively connected to drive the first and second shafts.

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Dependent claims

A broiler oven comprising an elongated cooking compartment, first and second rotisserie drive drums, and a dual drive unit;

said cooking compartment defined by top, bottom, front and rear walls, at least one of which includes a door, and first and second end walls each including a large circular opening therethrough;
said compartment including at least one heating unit in an upper part thereof and being substantially unobstructed below said heating unit;
said first and second rotisserie drive drums each having a spit support disc of diameter just less than said circular openings and being mounted for rotation on respective first and second axially aligned shafts centrally mounted in respective ones of said circular openings, said shafts not penetrating substantially into said compartment;
each said drum having a series of spit sockets extending through and mounted for rotation in the said discs, said sockets being equispaced around a circular axis on said discs, and individual ones of said sockets in said first disc being axially aligned with corresponding ones of said second disc;
the sockets in said first disc being driven in rotation by a set of planetary gears;
and wherein said dual drive unit is located outside said cooking compartment and is operatively connected to drive said first and second shafts.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.