Skewer driver for rotisserie
OwnerIra L. Lopatainventor
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Abstract
An easy to clean and sanitize skewer driver for driving the horizontally supported skewer in the rotisserie oven for roasting chickens and other food products is formed from an outer and an inner sleeve where the inner sleeve is affixed to a planet gear and is journalled in the outer sleeve for rotary motion. A pin bisecting the inner sleeve retains the inner sleeve and planet gear and defines a recess or socket for accepting the end of and driving the skewer for rotation about its own axis, The outer sleeve is frictionally fitted to the reel plate to orbit in the rotisserie oven so that the skewer rotates with and relative to the reel plate.
Claims8
For a rotisserie for roasting chickens or other food products of the type that includes axially spaced reel plates and a planetary gear system, said rotisserie including skewer driving means comprising an outer sleeve affixed to the reel plate and rotating therewith, a stub shaft having a central bore supported to said outer sleeve for rotary motion, a planet gear affixed to one end of said stub shaft extending on one face of said reel plate, a pin extending through the central bore of said stub shaft bisecting said bore for defining a socket for receiving the driving end of the skewer and being affixed to diametrically formed holes at the end of said stub shaft extending on the opposite face of said reel plate, said stub shaft and planet gear being rotatable with said reel plate whereby the end of the skewer fits into said socket and engages said pin to be rotated with the rotation of said skewer driving means and relative to said outer sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.