Apparatus for controlling water content of fried food using microwave heating
AssigneesMeiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd., Micro Denshi Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeizo Mochizuki, Tomio Minobe
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An apparatus for drying a fried food has a dry chamber being provided with separated chambers in which the food is transported in order, a microwave oscillator for supplying a microwave energy to the respective separated chambers, and hot blast generator for supplying heated air to the respective separated chambers. The length in the food forward direction of each of the separated chamber is equal to or longer than that of just before chamber. The microwave energy supplied to each of the separated chamber corresponds to the water content of the fried food passing through the chamber.
Claims4
An apparatus for drying a fried food and appropriately lowering water content of said food, comprising:
- a dry chamber being provided with a plurality of separated chambers through which said food passes in order, at least one of said separated chamber having a length in a food forward direction longer than that of the other separated chambers;
- and
- heating means for supplying microwave energy and heated air to said respective separated chambers, said microwave energy to be supplied to respective separated chambers corresponding to the water content of said food passing through said respective separated chambers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.