Particles object freezing device
AssigneeMayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Ishida, Takaaki Ito, Akira Iwashita, Pancer Branko
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Abstract
A particulate material freezing device includes a belt and an injection plate. The belt is configured to support conveyance of a particulate material and has air permeability. The injection plate includes a plurality of injection holes configured to inject a cooling gas to the belt from below. Further, the belt includes a sliding portion configured to move while sliding on an upper surface of the injection plate in a traveling direction of the belt. Thus, the particulate material freezing device is implemented where a flow of the cooling gas is stabilized.
Claims11
A particulate material freezing device, comprising:
- an air-permeable belt configured to support conveyance of a particulate material;
- and
- an injection plate which includes a plurality of injection holes configured to inject a cooling gas to the belt from below,
- wherein the belt includes:
- a plurality of sliding portions disposed at intervals in a traveling direction of the belt and configured to move while sliding on an upper surface of the injection plate in the traveling direction;
- a traveling portion formed into an endless shape so as to surround the injection plate;
- a plurality of protrusions as the plurality of sliding portions, each of the plurality of protrusions protruding toward a side of the traveling portion opposite to a conveying surface;
- and
- a plurality of vents disposed at different positions in the traveling direction between two adjacent protrusions of the plurality of protrusions in the traveling direction.
A particulate material freezing device, comprising:
- an air-permeable belt configured to support conveyance of a particulate material;
- and
- an injection plate which includes a plurality of injection holes configured to inject a cooling gas to the belt from below,
- wherein the belt includes a sliding portion configured to move while sliding on an upper surface of the injection plate in a traveling direction of the belt,
- wherein the belt further includes:
- a pair of endless chains respectively disposed at both end portions in a width direction;
- and
- a plurality of rods each coupled to the pair of chains, the plurality of rods being disposed at intervals in the traveling direction, and
- wherein the sliding portion includes at least one of the plurality of rods.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.