Continuous melting device
AssigneeTop-Scor Products, Inc.
InventorsMarvin Katz, William J. Becicka
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Abstract
Method and means are disclosed for converting substances from a solid state to a liquid state by melting. The invention is especially useful for liquifying organic substances, such as edible glycerides, that have a relatively low melting point and which must be guarded against degradation caused by overheating.
Claims13
A melter which comprises a melting means for melting solid particles of a substance, a containing means for receiving said substance in molten form from said melting means, said melting means having a plurality of heatable plates that are spaced apart from each other in a side-by-side relationship with the sides of the plates oriented at least substantially transversely with respect to the path followed by said solid particles as they approach the plates, and wherein the sides of some of said plates overlie the sides of other of said plates, and the path followed through said melting means by said solid particles is a tortuous path.
Apparatus as in claim 5 wherein the plates in one of said rows are spaced further from each other than are the plates of an adjacent row.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.