Method and device for transmitting heating or cooling medium to a food product on a moving substrate
AssigneeThe BOC Group, Inc.
InventorsJack Appolonia, Robert Muscato, George Wittel
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Abstract
A device for transmitting a heating or cooling medium to a moving substrate which includes at least one continuous channel traversing at least a major portion of the width of the moving substrate for converting a multidirectional flow of the heating or cooling medium into a unidirectional flow, a device for removing and/or preventing the presence of foreign matter within the channel, and ovens and freezers employing the same.
Claims27
A device for transmitting a heating or cooling medium to a food product on a moving substrate comprising:
- at least one continuous channel traversing at least a major portion of the width of the moving substrate, said channel being in the shape of a parallelpiped having spaced-apart parallel walls and having a first opening for receiving a multidirectional flow of the heating or cooling medium and a second opening for discharging the heating or cooling medium in a unidirectional flow toward the moving substrate.
A device for heating or cooling a food product comprising:
- (a) an entry port for receiving a food product;
- (b) conveyor means for transporting the food product from the entry port to an exit port;
- (c) means for generating a multidirectional flow of a heating or cooling medium;
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- (d) a food treatment section traversed by the conveyor means and comprising at least one continuous channel traversing at least a major portion of the width of the conveyor means, said channel being in the shape of a parallelpiped and having spaced-apart parallel walls and having a first opening for receiving the multidirectional flow of the heating or cooling medium and a second opening for discharging the heating or cooling medium in a unidirectional flow toward the conveyor means.
A method of heating or cooling a food product comprising:
- passing a multidirectional flow of the heating or cooling medium into at least one continuous channel traversing at least a major portion of the width of a moving substrate having thereon said food product said channel being in the shape of a parallelpiped and having spaced-apart parallel walls, and discharging the heating or cooling medium in a unidirectional flow through a second opening toward the food product on said moving substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.