Machine for the automatic production of meat and/or vegetable kebabs
OwnerMichel Emsensinventor
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Abstract
An automatic kebab making machine includes plates with recesses for accepting the ingredients. The plates interact with at least one skewering system for inserting (or placing) a spit into each recess, thereby passing it through the accepted ingredients to form a kebab. Each recess is generally rectangular and defines a space that can be filled completely with ingredients. The length, breadth and depth of the recess substantially matches the dimensions of the kebab to be prepared, and the ends of the recess communicate with clearances for holding a spit.
Claims10
A machine for automatically producing a kebab, said kebab being a plurality of ingredients having a specified shape with a spit skewered therethrough, comprising:
- support means (1) for containing said plurality of ingredients;
- said support means including at least one recess, each recess having a shape substantially congruent to said specified shape of said plurality of ingredients and each recess having a first end and a second end;
- said support means including first (1b) and second (1c) open-ended clearances, each said open ended clearance (1b) (1c) fitting a tube (5);
- said first end of said recess communicating with said first (1b) open-ended clearance;
- said second end of said recess communicating with said second (1c) open-ended clearance;
- and skewering means for skewering said spit through said plurality of ingredients contained in said support means, said skewering means including
- said tube (5);
- inserting means (6) (7) for inserting said spit (P) into said tube (5) thereby forming a spit/tube assembly;
- said inserting means including pushing means for pushing said spit such that said spit protrudes beyond said tube (5) in said spit/tube assembly;
- translating means (15) for translating said spit/tube assembly from a first position adjacent said support means to a second position inside said recess such that said plurality of ingredients is skewered by said spit/tube assembly;
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- withdrawing means for withdrawing said tube from said spit/tube assembly whereby said spit remains skewered through said plurality of ingredients.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.