Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – With apparatus using centrifugal force
Patent
1996-02-23
1997-07-15
Bennett, Henry A.
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
With apparatus using centrifugal force
34312, 34318, F26B 1724
Patent
active
056471408
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for drying vegetables, fruits, and other produce having a support including a base and at least two upstanding posts. A housing element is secured to the support. A roller conveyor for transferring a container from outside of the housing element to a position within the housing element and for transferring the container from within the housing element to outside of the housing element is secured to the housing element. A hold-down lid for securing and positioning the container within the housing element is secured by a hold-down lid shaft and may be manually or electronically controlled. A plate for supporting and for rotating the container is secured to the plate shafts. The plate is mounted within the housing element and includes a plurality of spaced centrifugal pins being positioned so as to secure the container on the plate. The plate also has a centrifugal pin activation mechanism for activating and positioning the plurality of spaced centrifugal pins as the plate is rotated. A motor for rotating the plate is operably linked to the plate by a drive belt and plate shaft. Entrance and exit doors are mounted on the housing element, each door is operably controlled by an actuator mechanism for opening and closing the doors.
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Bennett Henry A.
Doster Dinnatia
Hall Jeffrey A.
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