INSTALLATION FOR CONTINUOUS DEHYDRATION OF CURDS Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: dehydration of products. SUBSTANCE: installation comprises receiving hopper, lower conveyor with endless filtering belt, and upper conveyor with adjustable angle of inclination relative to lower conveyor. The latter has the form of two endless leaf chains arranged in vertical planes whose opposite links are interconnected by metal rubber-coated tie-rods. Upper conveyor is a number of rotated perforated rolls mounted in bearings on frame which latter consists of two articulated links which provide for changing both the angle between the upper and lower conveyors, and the clearance between the filtering belt of the lower conveyor and the roll of the upper conveyor at the installation discharge end. Perforated rolls are made as cylinders with longitudinal slots and radially-arranged through holes therebetween. EFFECT: improved design. 2 cl, 3 dwg