Freeze-drying apparatus with a loading and unloading device
AssigneeMartin Christ Gefriertrocknungsanlagen GmbH
InventorMartin Christ
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Abstract
A freeze-drying apparatus (1) includes an arrangement of individual product platforms (19) that are supported vertically in a frame (20) in a drying chamber, in which each platform is able to be moved to a shift level, in which lateral guides (20, 21) designed to support a carriage (15) are arranged with a fixed height position, and which cooperate with the guides (16, 18) of a loading and unloading device (49). All product platforms (19) in the drying chamber can be loaded by repeating this operation cyclically. The freeze-drying apparatus (1) comprises an electrical drive unit powered by a battery (44).
Claims28
A freeze-drying apparatus, comprising:
- a carriage comprising a battery and a battery-powered electrical drive unit, wherein the carriage is configured to travel along guides to push drying receptacles;
- a drying chamber accommodated inside a housing, the drying chamber comprising a first set of guides that is configured to support the carriage, and an arrangement of product platforms disposed so as to be displaceable vertically in a frame and designed to support the drying receptacles;
- a loading and unloading device for the drying receptacles, the loading and unloading device comprising a second set of guides that is configured to support the carriage;
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- wherein the carriage, which comprises the battery and the battery-powered electrical drive unit, travels into and out of the drying chamber along the first set of guides of the drying chamber and the second set of guides of the loading and unloading device, wherein the battery and the battery-powered electrical drive unit travel into and out of the drying chamber along with the carriage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.