Perfected cylindrical tank for the thermal treatment of a food mixture in general and machine for the production of food mixtures equipped with this cylindrical tank
AssigneeG.S.G. S.R.L.
InventorGenesio Bravo
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cylindrical tank for the thermal treatment of a food product, of the type including heating and/or cooling means of the food product, in addition to a mixer housed so as to be revolving in its interior. The tank has a cylindrical mantle, closed by a rear bottom and a front cover, there also being means (for feeding the product inside the tank. At least one temperature sensor of the food product is also situated in correspondence with this cover, with a sensitive part which, when the cover is closed, is in contact with the product contained in the tank.
Claims9
A cylindrical tank for thermal treatment of a food product comprising:
- a system for heating or cooling said food product;
- a mixer housed in the system for heating or cooling, so as to be axially revolving in an interior thereof;
- the tank comprising a cylindrical mantle closed by a rear bottom and a front cover, said front cover comprising a front opening for a discharge of a final product;
- a system for feeding the food product inside the tank;
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- at least one front sensor of a temperature of the food product contained inside the tank,
- wherein said system for feeding the food product inside said tank are provided at a bottom of said tank, and
- wherein said front sensor is housed inside a seat of the front cover of the tank and is electrically coupled to and decoupled from a fixed contact on the tank by having conductors extending from the front sensor engage and disengage the fixed contact on the tank,
- whereby closing the front cover causes an activation of the front sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.