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US 6,658,993 B2Granted
Oven with drip collection
AssigneeCfs Bakel B.V.
InventorHendrikus Antonius Jacobus Kuenen
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Abstract
An oven including a housing, a heater for heating the interior space of the housing, and a conveyor belt which extends between an inlet and an outlet of the housing, for passing products which are to be heated through the interior space, which conveyor belt has at least one helical path with turns which are situated above one another and are supported by guides, which extend in a corresponding way to the turns and are supported by bearing arms transversely below the turns. A collector is also provided for the collection of liquids which may accumulate on the bearing arms and/or guides.
Claims13
An oven comprising:
- a housing,
- heating means for heating an interior space of the housing,
- a conveyor belt which extends between an inlet and an outlet of the housing, for passing products which are to be heated through the interior space, which conveyor belt has at least one helical path with turns which are situated above one another and are supported by means of guides, which extend in a corresponding way to the turns and are supported by bearing arms transversely below the turns, and
- collection means for the collection of liquids, wherein the collection means has an elongated shape and extends in a direction transverse with respect to the turns for the collection of liquids which may accumulate on at least one of the bearing arms and guides.
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