Product stream heater
AssigneeIndag Gesellschaft Fuer Industriebedarf mbH & Co. Betriebs KG
InventorsHans-Peter Wild, Bradley Gunn, Klaus Lochbühler
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Abstract
In an apparatus and a method for heating product streams, particularly food product streams containing fruits or fruit pieces, the product 47 flows through a product-carrying channel 2. The apparatus comprises means for generating high electrical alternating fields, wherein the means comprises electrodes, electrode terminals and an alternating field generator. The invention is characterized in that the electrodes are provided within the product-carrying channel.
Claims33
An apparatus for heating product streams, particularly food product streams containing fruit or fruit pieces, comprising:
- a product-carrying channel, constructed and arranged to receive food product streams;
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- electrodes that are area-like and have an oval shape for receiving a high frequency electronic alternating field signal,
- wherein the electrodes are disposed within the product-carrying channel and are thickened at their edges at the side facing the channel wall, and whereby a recess corresponding to the shape of the electrode is located in the channel wall of the product-carrying channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.