Conditioning apparatus

Details Conditioning apparatus Conditioning apparatus

1983-05-27

1985-10-01

Schwartz, Larry I.

Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids

Apparatus

With means to treat gas or vapor

34 47, 34 54, 34 57A, 34164, F26B 2106

Patent

active

045437360

ABSTRACT:
Conditioning apparatus for conditioning a leaf vegetable material of a fibrous nature, which apparatus comprises a perforate bed whereby gaseous conditioning medium may be supplied through the perforations to establish a conditioning zone immediately above the bed whereby, in use, the material can be maintained in effectively a fluidized state, the bed being supported in a frame in a manner which permits adjustment of the configuration of the bed relative to the frame at least in a direction of feed of the material to be conditioned. The bed is supported above a plenum chamber arranged to be supplied with conditioning medium being supplied from means comprising an inlet duct for conditioning medium under pressure, said inlet duct communicating with a first and second duct each communicating with said plenum chamber, heating means provided in said first duct, and bleed-off means associated with at least one of said first and second ducts whereby the relative proportions of heated and unheated conditioning medium entering the plenum chamber can be adjusted.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1431145 (1922-10-01), Bolling
patent: 2245881 (1941-06-01), Vissac
patent: 3022988 (1962-02-01), Corson et al.
patent: 4241515 (1980-12-01), Wochnowski et al.
patent: 4434563 (1984-03-01), Graalman et al.

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