Tunnel for cooling, heating, or drying products of the foodstuff

Details Tunnel for cooling, heating, or drying products of the foodstuff Tunnel for cooling, heating, or drying products of the foodstuff

1990-04-25

1991-09-03

Simone, Timothy F.

Foods and beverages: apparatus

Non-cooking heat treatment of food

34201, 34236, 62373, 62380, 99443C, 99467, A23L 300

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050442678

ABSTRACT:
A tunnel for cooling, heating, or drying products of the foodstuffs and especially confectionery industries. The tunnel has a base, especially one comprising several adjacent segments (4), a series of self-supporting hoods (5) that have a cross-section in the form of an inverted U and are made of rigid expanded plastic, tracks (9) between the edges of the base (2) and the walls (7) of the hoods to create a seal, and a belt (21) to convey the products (22) longitudinally through the interior (10) of the tunnel. Take-apart hinges (13 or 26) are positioned between the edges of the base and the walls of the hoods on each side of the tunnel.

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