Infra-red heating apparatus

Claim 1

HEATING APPARATUS FOR SANDWICHES AND OTHER FOOD ITEMS COMPRISING A LOWER HOUSING HAVING A BOTTOM AND FRONT, REAR AND SIDE WALLS, AN UPPER HOUSING HAVING A TOP AND FRONT, REAR AND SIDE WALLS, THE LOWER EDGE OF THE REAR WALL OF THE UPPER HOUSING BEING HINGED TO THE UPPER EDGE OF THE REAR WALL OF THE LOWER HOUSING SO THAT THE UPPER HOUSING IS SWINGABLE FROM A CLOSED POSITION ON TOP OF THE LOWER HOUSING TO AN OPEN POSITION, SAID LOWER HOUSING HAVING RADIANT HEAT REFLECTING PANELS THEREIN AT THE BOTTOM, FRONT, REAR AND SIDES THEREOF, AND CENTRAL RADIANT HEAT REFLECTING PANELS EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR REFLECTING PANEL DIVIDING THE SPACE BOUNDED BY THE BOTTOM, FRONT, REAR AND SIDE REFLECTING PANELS INTO FIRST AND SECOND CHAMBERS, THE FRONT, REAR, SIDE AND CENTRAL PANELS BEING INCLINED SO AS TO DIVERGE FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP OF THE LOWER HOUSING, THE CENTRAL PANELS THEREBY HAVING A SPACE THEREBETWEEN, AND THE SIDE REFLECTING PANELS AND THE SIDE WALLS THEREBY HAVING SPACES THEREBETWEEN, A FIRST ELONGATED INFRA-RED HEATING ELEMENT EXTENDING FROM THE SPACE BETWEEN ONE SIDE WALL AND THE RESPECTIVE SIDE REFLECTING PANEL ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST CHAMBER INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL PANELS, A SECOND ELONGATE INFRA-RED HEATING ELEMENT EXTENDING FROM THE SPACE BETWEEN THE OTHER SIDE WALL AND THE RESPECTIVE SIDE REFLECTING PANEL ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND CHAMBER INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL PANELS, SAID UPPER HOUSING HAVING RADIANT HEAT REFLECTING PANELS THEREIN AT THE TOP, FRONT, REAR AND SIDES THEREOF, AND CENTRAL RADIANT HEAT REFLECTING PANELS EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT TO THE REAR REFLECTING PANEL OF THE UPPER HOUSING DIVIDING THE SPACE BOUNDED BY THE TOP, FRONT, REAR AND SIDE REFLECTING PANELS INTO THIRD AND FOURTH CHAMBERS, THE FRONT, REAR, SIDE AND CENTRAL PANELS IN THE UPPER HOUSING BEING INCLINED SO AS TO DIVERGE FROM THE TOP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE UPPER HOUSING, THE CENTRAL PANELS OF THE UPPER HOUSING THEREBY HAVING A SPACE THEREBETWEEN AND THE SIDE REFLECTING PANELS AND THE SIDE WALLS OF THE UPPER HOUSING THEREBY HAVING SPACES THEREBETWEEN, A THIRD ELONGATE INFRA-RED HEATING ELEMENT EXTENDING FROM THE SPACE BETWEEN ONE SIDE WALL OF THE UPPER HOUSING AND THE RESPECTIVE SIDE REFLECTING PANEL ACROSS THE TOP OF THE THIRD CHAMBER INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL PANELS OF THE UPPER HOUSING, A FOURTH ELONGATE INFRA-RED HEATING ELEMENT EXTENDING FROM THE SPACE BETWEEN THE OTHER SIDE WALL OF THE UPPER HOUSING AND THE RESPECTIVE SIDE REFLECTING PANEL ACROSS THE TOP OF THE FOURTH CHAMBER AND INTO THE SPACE BETWEEN THE CENTRAL PANELS OF THE UPPER HOUSING, AND A GRILL AT THE TOP OF THE LOWER HOUSING.