Rotisserie

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2001-05-16

2001-12-18

Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)

Foods and beverages: apparatus

Cooking

Spit or impaling type

C099S419000, C099S446000, C099S450000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06330853

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to rotisseries and more particularly to a rotisserie with improved characteristics.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
A conventional rotisserie
40
is shown in
FIG. 4
comprising an oven
41
having a longitudinal cross-section of U, a space
411
surrounded by oven
41
for receiving objects used for broiling such as nozzle of oven, gridiron, charcoal, etc., a first bracket
42
on the front side of oven
41
and including a planar plate
421
, a plurality of elongate openings
422
, a plurality of thumbscrews
423
(two are shown) driven through openings
422
to secure first bracket
42
to the front side of oven
41
, two side plates
424
integrally formed with and perpendicular to the planar plate
421
, and a plurality of vertically spaced holes
425
on the side plate
424
, a second bracket
43
on the rear side of oven
41
and including a plurality of openings
431
, a plurality of thumbscrews
432
(two are shown) driven through openings
431
to secure second bracket
43
to the rear side of oven
41
, a bar
44
across the first and the second brackets
42
and
43
, a motor
45
at the front end of bar
44
supported between the side plates
424
of the first bracket
42
, and two opposite forks
441
on the intermediate portion of the bar
44
. A thing to be broiled (e.g., meat (not shown)) is impaled by forks
441
and placed on the bar
44
. Thus, it is possible to broil the thing by the oven
41
when the bar
44
is turned by the activated motor
45
.
But this conventional rotisserie
40
is unsatisfactory for the purpose for which the invention is concerned for the following reasons: a) During the broiling, if user desires to adjust the distance between the broiled thing and the fire in the oven
41
or accessing objects in the space
411
of oven
41
it is required to unscrew thumbscrews
423
and
432
from holes
425
and openings
422
,
431
respectively Then adjust the height of first and second brackets
42
and
43
. Finally, adjust the distance between the broiled thing and the fire in the oven
41
. b) In the case that any of holes
425
and openings
431
is disposed in an exact position, it would be difficult to drive thumbscrews
4223
and
432
through holes
425
and openings
431
for securing first and second brackets
42
and
43
to the front and rear sides of oven
41
respectively. Such rotisserie
40
is not convenient in use, especially in performing above operations. c) In almost all cases one bar
44
is specifically designed to match with one oven
41
of the same set In other words, it is impossible to mount one bar
44
onto oven
41
of another type. Hence, once either of bar
44
or oven
41
is damaged, user has to discard other remaining components of rotisserie
40
and buy a new rotisserie. This additional expense is not desirable. Thus improvement exists in order to overcome the above drawbacks of prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide a rotisserie comprising an oven having a space therein; two brackets each including at least one pair of parallel elongate openings, at least one longitudinal groove coupled the elongate openings of each pair together, at least one thumbscrew driven through the openings to secure the bracket to the front or the rear side of the oven, and a recess on one end thereof; a motor having at least one fastening member on the side facing the oven put on one of the brackets; a bar including a plurality of sections threadedly secured together with one end inserted into the motor and the other end rotatably supported on the recess of one of the brackets; and two opposite forks on the bar wherein the prongs of the forks are parallel with respect to the bar, the forks are slidable and threadedly secured to the bar by fasteners when a predetermined distance between the forks is adjusted.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.


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