Temperature sensor for roasting oven

• US 3,089,407 A
• Filed: 09/21/1961
• Issued: 05/14/1963
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1961
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert A. Kinkle
• Original Assignee: Robert A. Kinkle
• Inventors: Kinkle, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US04/139,709
• Time in Patent Office: 600 Days
• US Class Current: 99/340
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 37/041 with food supports rotating about a horizontal axis A47J37/042 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 15/164 Rotisserie spits inside ovens
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 3/128 in baking ovens
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 2207/06 for preparation purposes

Claims

4. A ROASTING OVEN COMPRISING WALLS DEFINING AN OVEN CAVITY, A ROTISSERIE SPIT SUPPORTED WITHIN THE OVEN FOR ROTARY MOVEMENT THEREIN, ONE END OF THE SPIT EXTENDING THROUGH ONE WALL OF THE OVEN, A DRIVE MOTOR SUPPORTED BEHIND SAID WALL AND ENGAGING SAID SPIT FOR DRIVING THE SAME, THE SPIT HAVING AN ELONGATED HOLLOW METAL SHAFT THAT IS ADAPTED TO BE SUPPORTED AT ITS OPPOSITE ENDS, AN ELECTRIC RECEPTACLE CARRIED BY THE SPIT AT ONE END THAT IS OPPOSITE THE DRIVE MOTOR BUT INSIDE THE POINT OF SUPPORT THEREOF, AND ELECTRICAL TAKE-OFF MEANS PROVIDED AT THE END OF THE SPIT ADJACENT THE DRIVE MOTOR, THE SPIT INCLUDING A PORTION OF AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THAT JOINS THE ELECTRIC RECEPTACLE TO THE TAKE-OFF MEANS AND SEPARATELY JOINS THE ELECTRIC RECEPTACLE TO THE SHAFT OF THE SPIT, THE OVEN INCLUDING A REMOTELY LOCATED TEMPERATURE INDICATING METER WHICH IS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO THE SPIT, AND AN OVEN THERMOMETER SEPARATE FROM THE SPIT AND BEING ADAPTED TO BE INSERTED INTO MEAT IMPALED ON THE SPIT, SAID THERMOMETER HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WITH THE SAID RECEPTACLE CARRIED BY THE SPIT.