Apparatus for cooking and drying organic material
AssigneeHedinn Hf
InventorGunnar Palsson
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a new device and a way to assemble such a device for both cooking and drying organic material in the process of making meal. The device of the present invention has a large area for heat exchange and scrapers which stir the material in the container rather than transferring it around in circles. The method of assembling the device allows an accurate and convenient assembly so that the scrapers thoroughly scrape all inner surfaces of the device.
Claims16
An apparatus for heating or removing a water phase from organic material, the apparatus comprising:
- a container, said container being substantially horizontal and where the lower portion of the container has a cylindrical shape, said container further comprising an inlet and an outlet,
- a plurality of semi-cylindrical disc-shaped hollow compartments parallel and interspace arranged in the container,
- a jacket arranged around the container for conducting heating media,
- an axis arranged centrally within the container, and
- scrapes attached to, and rotating on the centrally arranged axis, said scrapes being shaped to scrape an outer surface of two parallel and interspace arranged disc-shaped hollow compartments and extending towards and to scrape the inner surface of the container,
- wherein
- the semi-cylindrical disc-shaped hollow compartments comprise hollow protrusions which connect to the jacket through connection openings in the container, said protrusions being positioned on each side in the upper part and in the lowest part of the semi-cylindrical disc-shaped hollow compartments.
A method for assembling an apparatus for heating or removing a water phase from organic material comprising:
- providing a container, said container being substantially horizontal and where the lower portion of the container has a cylindrical shape, said container further comprising an inlet and an outlet,
- arranging a plurality of disc-shaped hollow compartments parallel and interspaced in the container,
- arranging a jacket arranged around the container and connecting to the said disc-shaped hollow compartments to the jacked through openings in the container,
- arranging an axis centrally within the cylindrical container, and
- providing scrapes attached to, and rotating on the centrally arranged axis, said scrapes being shaped to scrape an outer surface of two parallel and interspace arranged disc-shaped hollow compartments and extending towards and to scrape the inner surface of the container,
- wherein,
- the semi-cylindrical disc-shaped hollow compartments comprise hollow protrusions which are connected to the jacket through connection openings in the container, said protrusions being positioned on each side in the upper part and in the lowest part of the semi-cylindrical disc-shaped hollow compartments.
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