Method for rehydrating food granules with water
AssigneesErich Aichele, Manfred Vollmer
InventorsErich Aichele, Manfred Vollmer, Christian Henge, Manfred Hoehne, Bernd Georg Jakob Voelker
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for rehydrating a predetermined quantity of food granules with a predetermined quantity of water. For this purpose, the water is first of all sprayed as a fine shower onto a portion of the food granules forming a first layer of granules in a chamber (22). Food granules are then deposited in layers on the first layer of granules and sprayed with water in the form of a fine shower in the chamber (22) until the predetermined quantity of food granules and water has been obtained.
Claims8
The method for rehydrating a predetermined quantity of food granules fed into a chamber with a predetermined quantity of water also fed into the chamber, with the food granule/water mixture being compacted in the chamber and discharged from it, said method comprising the following sequence of steps before compaction of the granule/water mixture:
- a) feeding a first portion of the food granules, which forms a first layer, into the chamber,
- b) spraying a first portion of water onto the first layer, said first portion of water being dimensioned such that water collects in the upper regions of the first layer, and
- c) feeding at least one further portion of the food granules into the chamber and spraying said further portion of the food granules with a further portion of the water.
The method according to claim l, including:
- spraying the water at least partially in a direction to cause a circular flow of water and food granules in the chamber about a vertical axis and also in an oblique direction relative to a normal to the bottom of the chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.