Broiler with a patty feed

Claim 1

A broiler with a patty-feed comprising a frame; a cover enclosure on said frame and including a top wall, side walls, a rear wall, and a front wall, said front wall having a feeding opening in the upper portion thereof, said feeding opening extending horizontally and vertically to the width and height of a stack of a plurality of hamburger patties, and said front wall having a discharging opening therein below said feeding opening; a vertical reflector wall and a vertical gauge wall extending transversely between said side walls and being substantially separated from each other to define an intermediate space, said gauge wall and a portion of said side walls defining a three-sided enclosure for and extending for more than the height of said stack of patties; an endless patty conveyor within said cover enclosure; means for supporting said conveyor on said frame with an upper run extending horizontally within said enclosure from a feed location adjacent said feeding opening, then beneath said gauge wall and said reflector wall to a discharge location spaced from said rear wall; means for advancing said upper run away from said feeding opening; a heating element on said frame above said upper run and disposed on the side of said gauge wall and said reflector wall opposite to said feeding opening; cooked patty conveyor means on said frame extending from just beneath said discharge location downwardly and forwardly toward said discharge opening; and thermal insulation occupying all of such intermediate space and lining all of one side of said three-sided patty stack enclosure.