Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Convertible
Patent
1994-10-11
1996-05-14
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Convertible
99421H, 99427, 99450, 99482, A47J 3704
Patent
active
055157742
ABSTRACT:
A rotary cooker includes a cabinet assembly having a bottom, a top, opposite sidewalls, a front wall and a back wall. A door opening is formed in the front wall and is selectively closed by a door hingedly mounted on the front wall. A spit/rotisserie assembly includes a drive shaft rotatably received in bearings mounted in the cabinet assembly sidewalls, and further includes a rotisserie selectively mounted on the drive shaft for operation in a rotisserie configuration. The rotisserie can be removed from the drive shaft for operation in a spit cooking configuration. A drive assembly includes a motor drivingly connected to the drive shaft, a battery for selectively powering the motor and a photovoltaic solar collector array for charging the battery.
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Product literature for "The Holland Grill"; The Holland Company, Inc., Apex, North Carolina, date unknown.
Product literature for "Southern Pride" Wood Burning Barbeque Pits; B. B. Robertson Company, Rt. 2, Box 21A, Marion, Illinois, date unknown.
Swisher Jerald M.
Swisher Max B.
Swisher Wayne O.
Simone Timothy F.
Swisher Mower & Machine Co., Inc.
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