Apparatus for washing and drying food products
AssigneeHoonet s.a.s. di Indro Paolo Dall' & C
InventorTullio Cipriani
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Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for washing and drying vegetables and fruit. It includes a closed prism-shaped container in which is housed a rotatable cylindrical container provided with a plurality of passage holes. After the vegetables or fruit have been introduced into the rotatable container, water is introduced by an injector creating a turbulence that stirs and washes the vegetables or fruit by removing the impurities. When the washing is completed, the water contained in the container is emptied and the rotatable container is put into motion which thus dries the washed products by centrifugal force.
Claims8
Apparatus for washing and drying food products, in particular vegetables and fruit, comprising:
- a first stationary container equipped with first and second means for discharge of water;
- a second container housed in said first container and equipped with a door for the charge and discharge of the food products;
- a plurality of through holes provided in the side surface of said inside container;
- stationary ejection means to create a swirling and turbulent flow of water to carry out the washing stage, said ejection means being connected to a source of water under pressure and being housed in said first stationary container but outside said second container near the side surface thereof, which injection means are directed towards the inside of the second container;
- blocking means for fixing said second container with respect to said first container during the washing stage;
- control means to rotate, after having disconnected the said blocking means, said second container around a stationary axis, after the washing stage and after the water discharge, for a centrifugal drying of said products;
- said first water discharge means being suitable to maintain in said stationary container during the washing stage a constant predetermined water level;
- said second discharge means being suitable to regulate the change of water during the washing stage and to discharge the water from the apparatus after the last washing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.