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Abstract

This cooking apparatus includes a housing assembly providing a heating chamber having an entrance and an exit, and a conveyor assembly extending through the heating chamber and having end portions extending outwardly of the heating chamber. The heating chamber includes vestibule portions at each end and heater elements within the chamber provide zone-controlled heating. The conveyor assembly includes stationary rails defining a coplanar product-receiving surface alternating with moving rails defining a coplanar product-receiving surface having orbitral motion relative to the stationary surface to lift the product, transport it forwardly and deposit it so that the product moves intermittently through the heating chamber. The relative motion of the rails is provided by rotatable transverse shafts having eccentric portions supporting bearings provided at each end of the movable rails and both sets of rails are restrained from longitudinal movement at one end and are liftably removable from their supports to facilitate cleaning. The rails are perforated lengthwise to inhibit heat loss by conduction and include spacers to facilitate alignment and carry stop members to limit longitudinal movement of the product.

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