Foods and beverages: apparatus – Non-cooking heat treatment of food
Patent
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
Patent
active
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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Fogiel Max
Simone Timothy F.
Sollich GmbH & Co. KG
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