Heating – Processes of heating or heater operation – Including passing – treating or conveying gas into or through...
Patent
1996-03-20
1997-12-30
Simone, Timothy F.
Heating
Processes of heating or heater operation
Including passing, treating or conveying gas into or through...
34 75, 34 78, 99355, 99443C, 99476, 99479, 62381, 126 21A, 198778, 198833, 432 58, 432133, 432138, A47J 3700, A21B 100, F24C 1532, F24D 100
Patent
active
057022453
ABSTRACT:
A processing apparatus, conveyor and method for processing products or materials, such as food processing equipment or methods, is configured such that the conveyor travels in a generally helical path within a processing chamber to expose products on the conveyor to a gaseous processing media such as heated or cooled air. The conveyor includes gas flow compensation including a plurality of gas flow compensation members which partially block a portion of the surface of the conveyor, preferably toward the exterior of the conveyor in the helical path, to deflect or direct more of the gaseous food processing media away from the less densely distributed products or materials at the exterior of the conveyor caused when the conveyor follows the helical path. The processing media is thus preferably forced in the direction of the more densely distributed products toward the interior of conveyor to uniformly expose product on the conveyor to the processing media. Alternatively, the flow compensation members may be configured to direct the flow of the processing media in other predetermined paths, such as counter to the travel direction of the conveyor.
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Simone Timothy F.
Stein, Inc.
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