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US 10,006,714 B2Granted
Apparatus for drying a material
AssigneeMars, Incorporated
InventorsSiegfried Schmidt, Maria Toivonen
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Abstract
An apparatus for drying a material is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing, a superheated steam generator, inlet and outlet ports disposed relative to the housing and an extraction unit for extracting volatile substances from the atmosphere within the housing.
Claims15
An apparatus for drying an extruded food product, comprising:
- a housing for holding a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam that includes an inlet port and an outlet port;
- a means for generating a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam inside the housing;
- a first transport means for transporting the extruded food product through the inlet port into the housing;
- a second transport means for transporting the extruded food product through the outlet port out of the housing;
- an extraction unit for extracting volatile substances from a condensate of the gaseous atmosphere;
- an adding station for adding the extracted volatile substances to a packing container;
- and
- a packing station for packing the extruded food product that is transported through the outlet port out of the housing into the packing container.
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An apparatus for drying an extruded food product, comprising:
- a housing for holding a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam that includes an inlet port and an outlet port;
- one or more generators for generating a gaseous atmosphere with superheated steam inside the housing;
- a first moving support for transporting the extruded food product through the inlet port into the housing;
- a second moving support for transporting the extruded food product through the outlet port out of the housing;
- an extraction unit for extracting volatile substances from a condensate of the gaseous atmosphere;
- an adding station for adding the extracted volatile substances to a packing container;
- and
- a packing station for packing the extruded food product that is transported through the outlet port out of the housing into the packing container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.