APPARATUS FOR THERMO-HYDRATION TREATMENT OF FOOD PRODUCTS Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC F25D13/06 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus comprises a bath divided into compartments, a loading and an unloading units, a mechanism for moving the product with a drive, a means of connecting the bath to the water source and a means of draining the waste water. The compartment in which the mechanism for moving the product is arranged is rectangular in plan. The mechanism for moving the product is made in the form of a scraper conveyor comprising a frame on which a horizontal end shaft and a horizontal drive shaft are mounted. A closed flexible tape equipped with transverse scrapers is put on the shafts. The end and the drive shafts are located above the level of the flexible tape in its middle section, with the possibility of arranging the end portions of the flexible tape at the level of the loading and unloading units. The conveyor frame is made with the possibility to pivot around the drive shaft. On the scraper conveyor frame, above its middle part, a pressure sheet is installed with the possibility of arranging its part below the water level in the bath. The conveyor frame has a mechanism for lifting it arranged at its free end.

EFFECT: weight reduction and simplification of the apparatus design.

6 cl, 3 dwg