Roller grill having rollers with a roughened surface
AssigneeCreative Serving Incorporated
InventorsWade Pearlman, Richard L. Poland
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Abstract
A roller grill assembly includes a roller grill housing and a plurality of rollers that are rotatably mounted in the housing, each roller having an external surface. The assembly also includes one or more heating elements provided in each roller for heating the external surfaces of the rollers and a roughened coating overlying at least a portion of the external surfaces of the rollers, the roughened coating generating friction between the rollers and food items placed on the rollers for effectively rotating the food items. The roughened coating is food-safe and includes roughening particles having a size of between 5–300 microns.
Claims23
A roller grill assembly comprising:
- a plurality of rotatable rollers disposed in an array, each said roller having an external surface;
- a roughened coating covering at least a portion of the external surface of each said roller, wherein said roughened coating generates friction between said rollers and food items placed on said rollers for effectively rotating said food items, wherein said roughened coating includes a non-stick substance and roughening particles disposed in said non-stick substance.
A roller grill assembly comprising:
- a roller grill housing;
- a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted in said housing, each said roller having an external surface;
- one or more heating elements provided in each said roller for heating the external surfaces of said rollers;
- a roughened coating covering at least a portion of the external surfaces of said rollers, wherein said roughened coating generates friction between said rollers and food items placed on said rollers for effectively rotating said food items, and wherein said roughened coating includes a non-stick substance and roughening particles disposed in said non-stick substance.
A roller tube for a roller grill assembly comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical tube having first and second ends and an external surface extending between said first and second ends, said tube being rotatably mounted in a housing of said roller grill assembly;
- a roughened coating covering at least a portion of the external surface of said cylindrical tube, wherein said roughened coating includes a non-stick substance and roughening particles disposed in said non-stick substance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.