APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING CURED AND SMOKE FISH PRODUCTS Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has tunnel chamber with two parallel guides inside tunnel chamber, product charging door and heat-carrier supplying and discharge branch pipes. Guiding devices are attached to inner side surfaces of tunnel chamber. Tunnel chamber and guides are extending in helical line at an angle providing gravitational displacement of supports along guides. Supports are made in the form of rollers connected through shafts. Retainers mounted on guide ends adjacent to tunnel chamber outlet end are adapted for controlled withdrawal of supports. Apparatus may be composed of two or three interconnected chambers of similar construction. Such apparatus consumes low amounts of power due to absence of electric drive in its construction. Gravitational movement is provided by vertical arrangement of tunnel chamber. EFFECT: increased efficiency, reduced metal usage, compact construction of smoking equipment and improved quality of ready product. 2 cl, 4 dwg, 2 tbl