Bagel board turning device

An improved bagel board turning device for use in an oven having an oven shelf, comprising:

• a frame having a front side wall having a bottom, a rear side wall having a bottom, and first and second end walls, said front side wall and rear side walls in parallel relationship with one another, and said first and second end walls in parallel relationship with one another, said front side wall and said rear side wall attached to said first and second end walls, said first and second end walls forming support means for said device;
• a plurality of bagel boards for the placement thereon of a plurality of bagels, each bagel having a height, each bagel board having a longitudinal central axis and a length;
• a plurality of shafts, each having a length and first and second ends, each shaft associated with one of said bagel boards, each of said shafts centrally attached and disposed longitudinally under one of said bagel boards on its central axis, the length of each of said bagel boards being shorter than the length of its attached shaft;
• a plurality of apertures defined in said front side wall and a corresponding number of apertures defined in said rear side wall, said apertures positioned opposite one another forming a plurality of pairs of corresponding apertures, each of said shafts positioned respectively in one of said pairs of apertures with said plurality of bagel boards extending in parallel relationship to one another and to said first and second end walls between said front side wall and said rear side wall;
• a plurality of gear members disposed at said first ends of said shafts, each of said gear members in contact with and in communication with one of said shafts;
• a rack member laterally and slideably disposed in parallel relationship to said front side wall, said rack contacting and engaging each of said gear members;
• engagement means positioned on said first end of one of said shafts;
• a wrench member engageable with said engagement means to rotate its associated shaft and gear member to laterally move said rack member and said plurality of gear members engaged thereto to rotate said plurality of shafts and to rotate each bagel board simultaneously and deposit said bagels directly under their associated bagel boards;
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• a space defined between said first and second end walls of said frame, beneath said bagel boards, and above said oven shelf, the distance between said bagel boards and said oven shelf sufficient to allow for a 180 degree rotation of said bagel boards with bagels thereon and for said bagels to be deposited directly under their associated bagel boards.