Apparatus for treatment of food products
AssigneeKaufler S.A.
InventorsJean-Claude Champalaune, Yvon Corveler
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Abstract
A unit for molding and heat treating food products, including a series of parallel, horizontal, upwardly facing generally U-shaped molds. A lid element extends under the bottom of each mold, and the entire mold assembly is fixed to support means which permit stacking of the units, the lid elements then engaging in the channel openings of an underlying unit, defining individual fluid-tight conduits which receive heat-conveying fluid for treatment, by heat exchange, of food products contained in the channels.
Claims11
A unit for the molding and heat treatment of food products, said unit comprising an assembly of molds in a form of parallel horizonal channels, bottoms of said channels being directed downwards and openings of said channels being directed upwards, a lid element extending under the respective bottom being associated with each channel, said assembly of molds being fixed to support means which provide for stacking of said units, said lid elements being engaged in said openings of the channels of an underlying unit, said channels and said lid elements being made of a material that is a good conductor of heat, each channel being fixed to the associated lid element in such a way as to delimit a fluid-tight individual conduit which receives a heat-conveying fluid for the treatment, by heat exchange, of food products contained in said channels.
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