Electric oven for the continuous baking of pizzas

Claim 1

An electric oven for the continuous baking of a food product in baking tins, comprising: a structure defining a baking chamber; heater means in said baking chamber; a continuously driven conveyor means for conveying in succession through said baking chamber a number of food products placed in individual baking tins, and access means affording access to the conveyor means from outside the baking chamber for the loading of food products to be baked and the unloading of baked food products wherein the improvement comprises: said access means defining an opening defined in the front of the baking chamber through which said chamber is accessible from the outside; said conveyor means comprising a horizontal endless conveyor provided with a plurality of pallet members and having support and drive wheels with vertical axes of rotation; said conveyor extending longitudinally within the baking chamber and defining within said chamber two contiguous areas both of which are accessible from outside the oven through the said front opening; a horizontal support track comprising at least two spaced rails extending longitudinally within said two areas of the baking chamber below the pallet members of said conveyor, said baking tins having a bottom surface which is directly exposed to heat generated by said heating means in said baking chamber and being slidable along said support track, and said support track projecting outside the baking chamber through said front opening for readily loading baking tins into the oven and readily unloading baking tins therefrom including a first end portion defining a horizontal loading portion on which said baking tins are positioned for subsequent engagement by said conveyor means for transportation through said baking chamber and a second end portion being sloped downwardly from said horizontal support track defining a discharge portion for disengaging said baking tins from said conveyor means.