Abstract A food broiler including a horizontally extending furnace having an endless food conveyor belt extending through the furnace for carrying food portions such as hamburger patties therethrough for broiling. The hamburgers are broiled by an upper row of spaced gas burners disposed horizontally through the furnace above the conveyor belt for heating the upper surfaces of the hamburgers, and a lower row of spaced gas burners disposed horizontally through the furnace below the conveyor belt for heating the lower surfaces of the hamburgers. Each upper row burner has a V-shaped heat baffle disposed above the burner (in inverted V position) for directing heat down onto the hamburgers. Each lower row burner has a W-shaped burner plate disposed above it to radiate heat to the bottom of the hamburgers and to hold grease drippings from the hamburgers for flame flare-up to brown the hamburgers. The furnace includes a plurality of substantially identical individual modular furnace sections secured together to form the furnace, whereby the length of the furnace may be effected by adding or subtracting one or more of such modular sections to increase or decrease broiling time. The broiler is provided with a hamburger removal mechanism for removing the hamburgers from the conveyor belt and delivering them to a discharge chute.
Inventors
👤 R Szabrak
👤 R Smith
Bibliographic Details
Application Number—
JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-10-27 12:04
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47J; A47J37/00; A47J37/04; A47J37/044
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A food broiler comprising, a horizontally extending furnace, an endless conveyor belt extending horizontally through the furnace for carrying food portions therethrough, means for dRiving the conveyor belt through the furnace, an upper row of spaced individual gas burners disposed horizontally through the furnace above the conveyor belt for heating the upper surfaces of food portions on the belt, and a lower row of spaced individual gas burners disposed horizontally through the furnace below the conveyor belt for heating the lower surfaces of food portions on the belt, at least one gas burner in the upper row of burners having a heat baffle disposed thereabove for reflecting heat from such gas burner onto the food portions on the conveyor belt therebelow, at least one gas burner in the lower row of burners having a burner plate disposed thereabove and secured to the furnace, said burner plate being W-shaped in cross-sectional configuration to hold grease drippings from the food portions for flame flare-up to brown such food portions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
A food broiler comprising, a horizontally extending furnace, an endless conveyor belt extending horizontally through the furnace for carrying food portions therethrough, means for dRiving the conveyor belt through the furnace, an upper row of spaced individual gas burners disposed horizontally through the furnace above the conveyor belt for heating the upper surfaces of food portions on the belt, and a lower row of spaced individual gas burners disposed horizontally through the furnace below the conveyor belt for heating the lower surfaces of food portions on the belt, at least one gas burner in the upper row of burners having a heat baffle disposed thereabove for reflecting heat from such gas burner onto the food portions on the conveyor belt therebelow, at least one gas burner in the lower row of burners having a burner plate disposed thereabove and secured to the furnace, said burner plate being W-shaped in cross-sectional configuration to hold grease drippings from the food portions for flame flare-up to brown such food portions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
The structure of claim 1 and further including boltless means for securing the baffles to the furnace.