Inductive heating apparatus for cooking thin dishes such as omelets, quiches or the like
First Claim
1. An apparatus for cooking thin dishes such as omelets, quiches or the like, comprising an endless conveyor having an upper reach movable in a given direction and a lower reach, substantially round receptacles adapted to receive separate portions of said dish and mounted at even distances apart on said upper reach of the conveyor, and inductive heating means for heating said receptacles, said heating means comprising a plurality of spiral electric inductors having a generally circular shape disposed below said upper each of said conveyor, each of said inductors having a diameter approximately equal to one-half of the diameter of the receptacles and being disposed in two staggered rows extending, in said given direction of movement of said upper reach of the conveyor, symmetrically relative to an axis of movement of the receptacles, wherein said axis of movement is horizontal, and wherein adjacent inductors in said two rows extend in respectively opposite directions horizontally through a central vertical plane of said conveyor whereby said adjacent inductors are staggered and overlap with respect to said vertical plane, and wherein said adjacent inductors are interconnected such that electric current flows through them in respectively opposite directions, so as to ensure a homogeneous heating of said receptacles.
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Abstract
The apparatus comprises an endless conveyor band (2) of insulating material on which are mounted at even distances apart receptacles (7) composed of a metal adapted to receive separate portions of a dish to be cooked and inductors (10a, 10b) disposed below the upper reach (6) of the conveyor. The inductors have a diameter roughly equal to one-half of the diameter of the receptacles and are disposed in at least two rows in the direction of movement of the conveyor (2) symmetrically relative to the axis of movement of the receptacles. The inner edges of the inductors (10a, 10b) are located beyond a vertical plane containing the axis of movement of the receptacles (7) so as to insure a homogeneous heating of the receptacles.
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- 1. An apparatus for cooking thin dishes such as omelets, quiches or the like, comprising an endless conveyor having an upper reach movable in a given direction and a lower reach, substantially round receptacles adapted to receive separate portions of said dish and mounted at even distances apart on said upper reach of the conveyor, and inductive heating means for heating said receptacles, said heating means comprising a plurality of spiral electric inductors having a generally circular shape disposed below said upper each of said conveyor, each of said inductors having a diameter approximately equal to one-half of the diameter of the receptacles and being disposed in two staggered rows extending, in said given direction of movement of said upper reach of the conveyor, symmetrically relative to an axis of movement of the receptacles, wherein said axis of movement is horizontal, and wherein adjacent inductors in said two rows extend in respectively opposite directions horizontally through a central vertical plane of said conveyor whereby said adjacent inductors are staggered and overlap with respect to said vertical plane, and wherein said adjacent inductors are interconnected such that electric current flows through them in respectively opposite directions, so as to ensure a homogeneous heating of said receptacles.
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