APPARATUS FOR FEEDING SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT ONTO BELT OF CONVEYOR DRYER Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has conveyor mounted in frame for crosswise rocking, dryer belt, feeding hopper fixed on frame, and endless load-carrying belt mounted in frame on drive shaft and driven shaft, and drive mechanism comprising electric engine and reducer. Drive shaft is part of reducer output end and is connected through carrier with first spherical support arranged eccentrically to drive shaft axis of rotation and joined to second spherical support through tie-rod. Second spherical support is fixed on one of apparatus supporting ends rigidly connected with support, the latter being provided with row of technological openings. Apparatus is used for feeding short-cut macaroni products and may be combined with single-level or multilevel conveyor dryers. EFFECT: reduced production costs and wider range of use. 6 dwg