Device for treatment of articles with at least one treatment agent

A device for treatment of articles with at least one treatment agent, comprising at least one conveyor module for transporting articles through at least one treatment zone where the articles are exposed to treatment with at least one treatment agent, said conveyor module comprising a conveyor having two runs, a first run for lowering articles into the treatment zone and a second run for raising articles out of the treatment zone, said runs being interconnected in the treatment zone and generally being located in a conveyor plane oriented at an angle relative to the vertical;

• said conveyor being of the endless type having two generally parallel runs;
• the conveyor module comprising adjacent to the conveyor an article support having a support face generally parallel to the conveyor plane and being located so as to allow articles to be moved by means of the conveyor along the support face;
• said support face having passages to allow passage of treatment agent from one side to the other;
• and the angle between the conveyor plane and the vertical being greater than 30.degree. but less than 60.degree.;
• the treatment zone being located within a container having an opening for the conveyor module;
• said container being provided with a partition dividing the container into a larger and a smaller compartment, the conveyor module extending through the larger compartment and with its lower end into the smaller compartment, there being provided different treatment agents in the two compartments.