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OwnerHermann Rabe, Jaroslav Klouda +2inventors
InventorsHermann Rabe, Jaroslav Klouda, Ladislav Lafuntal, Siegfried Meister
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A steam generator for supplying steam to cooking equipment comprises a water-filled boiler comprising an automatic, level-regulated water emission, a steam discharge for automatic introduction of hot steam into a cooking chamber for the cooking equipment as needed, a heating unit operating at intervals and a decalcification arrangement having a water drain arranged close to the floor and to a side wall of the boiler for, as needed, at least partial emptying of the boiler for the purpose of flushing-out lime particles that flake off and collect on the floor of the boiler. Preferably, the decalcification arrangement comprises an arrangement for generating a flow in the steam generator that automatically kicks in at preferably adjustable intervals dependent on the operating duration and/or temperature of the heating unit to supply water to an elimination device. The arrangement for generating a flow can encompass the eliminating device and can be either a suction tube having a drain provided at the floor of the boiler; a flushing pump having a flushing admission lying diametrically opposite close to the boiler wall; or a steam pump that comprises a cooling device for the precipitation of the line particles.
In a steam generator for cooking equipment, particularly for table-top or footed equipment for gastronomy, industrial kitchens or the like working in combination with hot air and hot steam, said generator comprising a water-filled boiler having an automatic, level-regulated water admission, a steam discharge for automatic introduction of hot steam into the cooking chamber of the cooking equipment as needed, said generator having heating means operating at intervals, and having decalcification means for removing lime particles from the boiler including water drain means arranged close to the floor and to the side wall of the boiler for, as needed, at least partial emptying of the boiler for the purpose of flushing out lime particles that have flaked off and collect at the floor of the boiler, the improvements comprising the water drain means having first means for generating a flow in the steam generator that automatically kicks in at preferably adjustable intervals dependent on the operating duration and/or operating temperature of the heating means, said first means supplying the water to an elimination device.
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