DEVICE FOR DRYING OF FOOD PRODUCTS Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: food industry. SUBSTANCE: device comprises a drying chamber, two pressure and two exhaust fans, air heaters and trolleys with screen cassettes. Drying chamber consists of two isolated sections, each provided with an exhaust fan having an adjustable gate at the outlet, and an air duct with a pressure fan in the upper part. Sectional air heater is disposed in air duct so that the side surface of each air duct facing into drying section has two vertical rows of holes, each connected to a pipe which can rotate around its own axis ad has cutouts on the side surface for the discharge of warm air. Cutouts are arranged in several rows throughout the pipe length, the holes with pipes being arranged in such a manner that pairs of pipes are positioned under each cassette when the trolley with screen cassettes are installed into a section. Pipes may be provided with fixing devices which hold them in the desired position. EFFECT: improved design. 2 cl, 1 dwg