Heating arrangement for automated apparatus and method for cooking
AssigneeFood & Spice Co. PTE LTD
InventorsSiavosh Hafezan, Yong Siew Khow
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Abstract
A cooking apparatus comprising: a housing (122); at least one heating unit (170) disposed within and on the periphery of said housing (122), said heating unit (170) radiating substantially radially inwards to the centre of the cooking apparatus; at least one support plate (136) provided above said heating unit, said support plate (136) having an inclined surface for supporting and retaining flat dough for cooking; at least one support plate revolving means, coupled to said support plate (136), for rotating said support plate (136); and a means for maintaining the temperature of the top surface of said dough to allow equal cooking of top and bottom surfaces of said dough.
Claims13
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- at least one heating unit disposed within and on the periphery of said housing, said heating unit radiates substantially radially inwards to the center of said cooking apparatus;
- at least one support plate provided above said heating unit, said support plate having an inclined surface for supporting and retaining flat dough for cooking;
- at least one support plate revolving means, coupled to said support plate, for rotating said support plate;
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- a means for maintaining the temperature of the top surface of said dough to allow equal cooking of top and bottom surfaces of said dough.
A cooking apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a heating unit disposed on the periphery of said housing;
- a truncated cone-shaped support plate disposed above said heating unit, said support plate containing a flat top with holes disposed therein for convection of air heated by said heating unit;
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- a vertical drive shaft with one end connected to the center of said flat top and the other end coupled to a motor, said motor adapted to cause rotation of said support plate around said shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.