Heating apparatus
AssigneeMacewans Machinery Limited
InventorWilliam M. Cameron
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Abstract
A steam heated beatershaft for use in a cooking chamber is shown in FIG. 1 having at its drive end a driven shaft (2) and at its opposite end a hollow shaft (4) which in use is connected to a steam supply whereby steam can be fed from a concentric steam chamber and respective hollow support arms into respective annular hollow rings (9). A collecting tube extends from each hollow ring through a respective hollow arm into a collection chamber mounted concentrically within the steam chamber so that as the rings (9) rotate in heating and agitating the material in the cooking chamber condensate within the hollow rings (9) is collected and transfered from the collection chamber through a discharge tube provide through the hollow shaft (4).
Claims17
A steam heated beatershaft comprising:
- (a) steam inlet means connected with an outer steam chamber,
- (b) outlet means to remove condensate and air connected with an inner co-axial collecting chamber,
- (c) a plurality of spaced apart annular hollow rings mounted about and in steam connection with said steam chamber and,
- (d) means for collecting condensate and air mounted in each ring and providing a flow connection between each ring and said collecting chamber.
A steam heated beatershaft comprising:
- (a) steam inlet means connected with an outer steam chamber,
- (b) outlet means to remove condensate and air connected with an inner co-axial collecting chamber,
- (c) a plurality of spaced apart annular hollow rings, each mounted about and in steam connection with said steam chamber through a respective one of a plurality of hollow arms,
- (d) condensate and air removal means providing a flow connection between each ring and said collecting chamber,
- (e) a respective one of said hollow arms and an oppositely directed ring support means both extending radially between each of said annular rings and said steam chamber.
A steam heated beatershaft comprising:
- (a) steam inlet means connected with an outer steam chamber,
- (b) outlet means to remove condensate and air connected with an inner co-axial collecting chamber,
- (c) a plurality of spaced apart annular hollow rings each mounted about and in steam connection with said steam chamber through a respective one of a plurality of hollow arms,
- (d) condensate and air removal means providing a flow connection between each ring and said collecting chamber,
- (e) a respective one of said hollow arms and a further oppositely directed hollow arm both extending radially between each of said annular rings and said steam chamber.
A steam heated beatershaft comprising:
- (a) a steam inlet means connected with an outer steam chamber,
- (b) outlet means to remove condensate and air connected with an innter co-axial collecting chamber,
- (c) a plurality of spaced apart annular hollow rings each mounted about and in steam connection with said steam chamber through a respective one of a plurality of hollow arms,
- (d) a tube extending between a respective annular ring and said collecting chamber through a respective hollow arm to provide a connection there between through which said condensate and said air can flow.
A steam heated beatershaft comprising:
- (a) steam inlet means connected with a steam chamber,
- (b) outlet means for removing condensate and air from said beater shaft,
- (c) a plurality of spaced apart annular hollow rings each mounted about and in steam connection with said steam chamber through a respective one of a plurality of hollow arms,
- (d) means for collecting condensate and air mounted in each ring and providing a flow connection between each ring and said outlet means,
- (e) the outer surface of said steam chamber, said hollow arms and said rings defining spaces there between through which material not passing on the outside of said rings can pass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.