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WO2008135616A1 - Appareil de séchage et de maturation de produits alimentaires - Google Patents

Appareil de séchage et de maturation de produits alimentaires Download PDF

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WO2008135616A1
WO2008135616A1 PCT/ES2008/000305 ES2008000305W WO2008135616A1 WO 2008135616 A1 WO2008135616 A1 WO 2008135616A1 ES 2008000305 W ES2008000305 W ES 2008000305W WO 2008135616 A1 WO2008135616 A1 WO 2008135616A1
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Narcís LAGARES COROMINAS
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
    • A23B4/00—Preservation of meat, sausages, fish or fish products
    • A23B4/06—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
    • A23B4/07—Thawing subsequent to freezing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
    • A23B2/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general
    • A23B2/80—Freezing; Subsequent thawing; Cooling
    • A23B2/82—Thawing subsequent to freezing
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
    • A23B2/00—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general
    • A23B2/90—Preservation of foods or foodstuffs, in general by drying or kilning; Subsequent reconstitution
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23B—PRESERVATION OF FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES
    • A23B4/00—Preservation of meat, sausages, fish or fish products
    • A23B4/03—Drying; Subsequent reconstitution
    • A23B4/031—Apparatus for drying
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B17/00—Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement
    • F26B17/02—Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement with movement performed by belts carrying the materials; with movement performed by belts or elements attached to endless belts or chains propelling the materials over stationary surfaces
    • F26B17/08—Machines or apparatus for drying materials in loose, plastic, or fluidised form, e.g. granules, staple fibres, with progressive movement with movement performed by belts carrying the materials; with movement performed by belts or elements attached to endless belts or chains propelling the materials over stationary surfaces the belts being arranged in a sinuous or zig-zag path
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B25/00—Details of general application not covered by group F26B21/00 or F26B23/00
    • F26B25/001—Handling, e.g. loading or unloading arrangements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B5/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat
    • F26B5/04—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum
    • F26B5/041—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum for drying flowable materials, e.g. suspensions, bulk goods, in a continuous operation, e.g. with locks or other air tight arrangements for charging/discharging
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F26—DRYING
    • F26B—DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM
    • F26B5/00—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat
    • F26B5/04—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum
    • F26B5/042—Drying solid materials or objects by processes not involving the application of heat by evaporation or sublimation of moisture under reduced pressure, e.g. in a vacuum for drying articles or discrete batches of material in a continuous or semi-continuous operation, e.g. with locks or other air tight arrangements for charging/discharging

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  • the present invention concerns an apparatus for drying and maturing portions of food product comprising a closed tank configured to admit portions of food product through an entry door device, subjecting them to predetermined environmental conditions in their inside, and deliver them through an exit door device in a virtually continuous regime.
  • the atmospheric pressure optionally providing heat simultaneously, apply a modified atmosphere to the products and ripen the slices in this modified atmosphere and at a controlled temperature.
  • An objective of the present invention is to provide an apparatus capable of implementing the method described in said international patent application.
  • the present invention contributes to achieving the above and other objectives by providing an apparatus for drying and ripening of food products, comprising a closed tank connected to conditioning means to create predetermined environmental conditions inside, devices of entry and exit door configured to allow the orderly entry and exit of portions of food product without altering said predetermined environmental conditions inside the tank, and an internal conveyor device installed inside the tank to transport said portions in an orderly manner of food product from the gateway device to the exit gate device along a route.
  • Said entry door device includes an entry chamber arranged to receive portions of food product from an input conveyor neatly, an exterior entrance door disposed between said entrance chamber and the exterior of the tank, and an interior entrance door. arranged between the inlet chamber and the inside of the tank.
  • the mentioned exterior and interior entrance doors are actuated to open and close alternately so that at least one of them is closed at all times.
  • the exit door device includes an exit chamber arranged to receive the food product portions from an end end of the internal conveying device, an interior exit door disposed between said exit chamber and the interior of the tank , and an exterior exit door arranged between the exit chamber and the exterior of the tank. Said interior and exterior exit doors are actuated to open and close alternately so that at least one of them is closed at all times.
  • Said internal conveyor device is preferably composed of several overlapping conveyor sections that provide a travel inside the tank much longer than the length of the tank, and the forward speed of the internal conveyor device is established in accordance with the driving rate of the entry and exit door devices so that the portions of the food product remain inside the tank long enough for drying and maturation while being turned over, which results in homogenization of the treatment.
  • the ordered formations of portions of food product consist of rows of portions arranged transversely to the direction of advance of the internal conveyor.
  • the aforementioned predetermined environmental conditions inside the tank may include one or more parameters selected from a pressure different from the atmospheric pressure; a temperature different from the outside ambient temperature; and a modified atmosphere.
  • the pressure inside the tank will be lower than the atmospheric pressure and the temperature higher than the outside ambient temperature.
  • the food product portions are in the form of slices or slices of a frozen meat product
  • the apparatus of the present invention comprises a heating unit for heating and optionally defrosting the slices or slices before same sen sent to the mentioned input conveyor to be introduced to the tank.
  • Said heating unit comprises a heating conveyor device arranged to transport the ordered formations of portions of food product through a flow of hot gas, preferably hot air, provided by a hot gas supply device.
  • This heating conveyor device has an end end arranged to deliver the ordered formations of heated food product portions to the initial end of an inlet conveyor that leads them to the inlet chamber.
  • the entrance door device comprises an input transfer conveyor for transferring slices or slices of food product from the input conveyor to said internal conveyor device through the entry chamber in coordination with the operation of the exterior and interior entrance doors of the entrance chamber, and drive means for displacing at least one of said input conveyor, input transfer conveyor and internal conveyor device to provide a link between them and transfer the slices or slices from one to another.
  • the input transfer conveyor is mounted on a mobile support within said input chamber, and drive means are arranged to move said mobile support between a receiving position, an intermediate position, and a position of delivery.
  • said transfer conveyor of The entrance partially protrudes from the entrance chamber towards the outside through the exterior entrance door, when it is open, to cooperate with said entrance conveyor in the reception of slices or slices of food product from the entrance conveyor.
  • the input transfer conveyor is totally inside the entrance chamber allowing the exterior and interior entrance doors to be both closed.
  • the input transfer conveyor partially protrudes from the inlet chamber towards the inside of the tank through the inner entrance door, when it is open, to cooperate with an initial end of the internal conveyor device in The delivery of said slices or slices of food product to the internal conveyor device.
  • the exit door device comprises an exit transfer conveyor for transferring slices or slices of food product from said internal conveyor device to an exit collecting device through said exit chamber in coordination with the operation of the interior and exterior exit doors of the exit chamber, and actuation means for displacing at least one of said internal transport device, output transfer conveyor and output collecting device to provide a link between them and transfer the slices or slices from one to another.
  • said output transfer conveyor is mounted on a mobile support inside said output chamber and drive means are arranged to move said mobile support between a receiving position, an intermediate position and a position of delivery.
  • the output transfer conveyor partially protrudes from the exit chamber towards the inside of the tank through said interior exit door, when it is open, to cooperate with an end end of the internal transport device in the reception of slices or slices of food product from the internal conveyor device.
  • the exit transfer conveyor is totally inside the exit chamber and allows the interior and exterior exit doors to be both closed.
  • the conveyor of Output transfer partially protrudes from the exit chamber outwards through said exterior exit door, when it is open, to cooperate with an output collecting device in the delivery of slices or slices of food product to said device outlet manifold.
  • the apparatus of the present invention also includes transfer and flip devices, each of which is arranged at the end of each of the superimposed sections of the internal transport device inside the tank, except at the end of the lower section.
  • the transfer and flip devices are configured to transfer the slices or slices of food product from one section to the immediately lower section, turning the slices or slices of food product and substantially maintaining their orderly formation.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of an apparatus for drying and ripening food products according to an embodiment of the present invention:
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional side view taken along the plane indicated M-Il in Fig. 1;
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of a tank of an apparatus for drying and maturing food products according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, including an entry door device, a door device output, an internal conveyor and transfer and flip devices;
  • Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are detailed cross-sectional views of the entrance door device of Fig. 3 with an input transfer conveyor in a receiving position, an intermediate position and a delivery position, respectively:
  • Figs. 7, 8 and 9 are detailed cross-sectional views of the exit door device of Fig. 3 with an input transfer conveyor in a receiving position, an intermediate position and a delivery position, respectively:
  • Fig. 10 is a detail view in side elevation of one of the transfer and turning devices in the internal conveyor of the tank of Fig. 3; Y
  • Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the transfer and flip device of Fig. 10.
  • the apparatus essentially comprises a heating unit 20 for defrosting the food product portions, a tank 1 for drying and ripening the food product portions, and an inlet conveyor 14 for transporting the food product portions from said heating unit 20 to said tank 1.
  • the heating unit 20 comprises a heating conveyor device 21 arranged to transport the food product portions arranged in orderly formations, such as, for example, separate rows of slices or slices transverse to the direction of travel, from an initial end 21a to an end end 21b of the heating conveyor 21 and through a flow of hot gas, preferably hot air.
  • the heating conveyor device 21 has several substantially horizontal and overlapping sections running between a hot air emission mouth 23 and an air reception mouth heat 24 mutually facing each other that create a flow of hot air transverse to the direction of advance of the heating conveyor 21.
  • This flow of hot air is provided by a hot gas supply device 22 comprising a heating chamber 25 equipped with an apparatus of air heating, a supply conduit 26 for conducting hot air from said heating chamber 25 to said hot air emission mouth 23, a collection conduit 27 for conducting hot air from said hot air receiving mouth 24 again up to said heating chamber 25, and air circulation means, such as a fan (not shown) for circulating hot air through said supply and collection ducts 26, 27 and through heating chamber 25 for the purpose of creating said hot air flow from the hot air emission mouth 23 to the hot air reception mouth e 24.
  • a hot gas supply device 22 comprising a heating chamber 25 equipped with an apparatus of air heating, a supply conduit 26 for conducting hot air from said heating chamber 25 to said hot air emission mouth 23, a collection conduit 27 for conducting hot air from said hot air receiving mouth 24 again up
  • the heating conveyor device 21 has three substantially horizontal sections, superimposed, actuated to move in opposite directions, and arranged so that the end end of each section is superimposed on an area near the initial end of the immediately lower section with in order to provide a longer path than the length of the heating unit 20 and to turn over the ordered formations of product portions that fall by gravity from one section to another.
  • said end end 21b of the heating conveyor 21 is the end end of the lowermost section
  • said input conveyor 14 has an initial end 14a disposed below this end end 21b of the heating conveyor 21 to receive the ordered formations of portions of food product once defrosted in the heating unit 20.
  • Said initial end 21a of the heating conveyor device 21 is arranged to receive the ordered formations of the portions of food product in the form of slices or slices of a meat product frozen of a certain thickness loaded from a loading device (not shown) that is not part of the apparatus of the present invention.
  • the space between the air emission mouth hot 23 and the hot air receiving mouth 24, where the heating conveyor 21 is located, is open to the atmosphere.
  • the input conveyor 14 is configured to transport the ordered formations of portions of food product from said initial end 14a adjacent to the heating unit 20 to an end end 14b associated with an optional loading device 2, prepared to load the ordered formations of portions of food product to the tank 1. Since the tank 1 has an entrance door device 3 located at a height greater than the end end 21b of the heating conveyor 21, the input conveyor 14 has an inclined intermediate section for raising the ordered formations of portions of food product up to the required height.
  • the tank 1 is closed and connected to conditioning means (not shown) adapted to create predetermined environmental conditions inside, such as a pressure different from the atmospheric pressure, and / or a temperature different from the outside ambient temperature, and / or a modified atmosphere.
  • the tank 1 has associated said door entry device 3 at one end and an exit door device 8 at the opposite end, and between said entry and exit door devices 3, 8 is an internal conveyor 7 composed of this embodiment by several sections 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 horizontal, superimposed, actuated to move in opposite alternate directions.
  • An initial end 7a of the upper section 71 of the internal conveyor device 7 is adjacent to the entrance door device 3 and an end end 7b of an auxiliary end section 76 of the internal conveyor device 7 is adjacent to the exit door device 8.
  • the devices of entry and exit door 3, 8 are configured to allow portions of the food product to enter tank 1 and exit tank 1, respectively, without altering the aforementioned predetermined environmental conditions created inside the tank 1.
  • the entrance door device 3 is configured so that the food product portions are loaded directly from the input conveyor 14 to the entrance door device 3 without the need for the loading device 2 shown in the exemplary embodiment of Figs. 1 and 2.
  • the various sections 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 of the internal conveyor device 7 are preferably formed by horizontal conveyor belts, belts or belts and are arranged to orderly transport the food product portions from said entrance door device 3 to said exit door device 8 along a path.
  • the mentioned initial end 7a of the internal conveyor device 7 is here the initial end of the upper section 71.
  • the initial end of each of the following sections 72, 73, 74, 75 is arranged to receive the ordered formations of portions of food product from of the end end of the immediately superior section.
  • the configuration of the internal conveyor device 7 in several overlapping sections 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 provides a longer route than the length of the tank 1 and turns the product portions, with what is achieved greater homogenization of your treatment.
  • the entrance door device 3 of the embodiment of Fig. 3 comprises an entrance chamber 4, which can be communicated with the outside through of an exterior entrance door 5 and with the interior of the tank 1 through an interior entrance door 6.
  • the exterior and interior entrance doors 5 of the entrance chamber 4 are operated so that one of them is not open If the other is not closed.
  • at least one valve system (not shown) can be operated to match the environmental conditions inside the entrance chamber 4 with the environmental conditions outside before the exterior entrance door 5 is opened or with the predetermined environmental conditions inside the tank 1 before the interior entrance door 6 is opened.
  • An external input conveyor 14 has an end 14b adjacent to the external input door 5, and an initial end 7a of the upper section 71 of the internal transport device 7 is adjacent to the internal input door 6.
  • the entrance door device 3 comprises an input transfer conveyor 37 for transferring slices or slices of food product from the input conveyor 14 to the internal conveyor device 7 through the input chamber 4 in coordination with the operation of the exterior and interior entrance doors 5, 6 of the entrance chamber 4.
  • said input transfer conveyor 37 is mounted on a mobile support 38 installed so that it can run along a guide element 48 within the inlet chamber 4, and drive means, such as a fluid dynamic cylinder and piston assembly 49, are arranged to move said mobile support 38 between a receiving position (Fig. 4), a position intermediate (Fig. 5), and a delivery position (Fig. 6).
  • the exit door device 8 In a similar manner, the exit door device 8, better shown in Figs. 7, 8 and 9, it comprises an exit chamber 9, which can be communicated with the outside through an interior exit door 10 and with the interior of the tank 1 through an exterior exit door 11.
  • the doors of internal output 10 and exterior 11 of the output chamber 9 are actuated so that one of them is not open if the other is not closed.
  • a valve system (not shown) can be operated to match the environmental conditions inside the exit chamber 9 with the predetermined environmental conditions in the interior of the tank 1 before the interior exit door 10 is opened or with the external environmental conditions before the exterior exit door 11 is opened.
  • An end end 7b of the auxiliary final section 76 of the internal conveyor device 7 is adjacent to the inner exit door 10 and an external exit conveyor 45 has an end 45b adjacent to the outer exit door 11.
  • the exit door device 8 it comprises an output transfer conveyor 41 for transferring slices or slices of food product from the internal conveyor device 7 to the output conveyor 45 through the exit chamber 9 in coordination with the operation of the interior and exterior exit doors 10, 11 of the exit chamber 9.
  • said transfer conveyor Exit 41 is mounted on a mobile support 42 installed so that it can run along a guide element 50 within the exit chamber 9, and drive means, such as a dynamic fluid cylinder and piston assembly 51, they are arranged to move said mobile support 42 between a receiving position (Fig. 7), an intermediate position (Fig. 8), and a delivery position (Fig. 9).
  • the entrance door 3 and exit 8 devices are installed in respective boxes 54, 55, which define the corresponding input 4 and exit cameras 9.
  • the mentioned boxes 54, 55 are slidably mounted on guide elements 56, 57 and are provided with respective hooking devices 58, 59 that can be manually operated to fix the boxes 54, 55 in the operative position shown in Figs. 4 to 9.
  • the hooking devices 58, 59 can be released to allow disassembly of entry door 3 and exit 8 devices.
  • the input conveyor 14 is formed by a plurality of bands separate parallel auger conveyors 14c
  • the input transfer conveyor 37 comprises a plurality of separate parallel conveyor belts 37c
  • each of the sections 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 of the inner conveyor 7 is composed of a respective plurality of parallel, separate endless conveyor belts 71c, 72c, 73c, 74c, 75c, 76c
  • the output transfer conveyor 41 comprises a plurality of parallel, separate endless conveyor belts 41c
  • the output conveyor 45 is formed by a plurality 45c parallel conveyor belts, separate.
  • the alignment device 39 configured to transversely align the slices or slices of food product on the inlet conveyor 14 before said slices or slices of food product are introduced into the chamber of input 4.
  • the alignment device 39 comprises a plurality of parallel, separate fingers 40, and drive means, such as a fluid dynamic cylinder and piston assembly 52, for moving said fingers 40 between an active position (Figs. 5 and 6), in which the fingers 40 are sandwiched between said conveyor belts 37c forming a barrier for slices or slices of foodstuff, and an inactive position (Fig. 4), in which the fingers 40 are below the conveyor belts 37c.
  • an alignment device 43 configured to transversely align the slices or slices of food product on the internal conveyor device 7 before the slices or Slices of foodstuff are introduced into the outlet chamber 9.
  • said alignment device 43 comprises a plurality of parallel, separate fingers 44 connected to drive means, such as a cylinder and fluid dynamic piston assembly 53, actuated to move said fingers 44 between an active position (Figs. 8 and 9), in which fingers 44 are sandwiched between said conveyor belts 76c forming a barrier for slices or slices of foodstuff, and an inactive position (Fig. 7), in which the fingers 44 are below the conveyor belts 76c.
  • a load cycle through the entrance door device 3 is described below.
  • the exterior entrance door 5 is open and the transfer conveyor of input 37 is transferred and placed in the mentioned reception position, in which the input transfer conveyor 37 partially protrudes from the input chamber 4 outwards through the open external entrance door 5, until the plurality of endless conveyor belts 37c of the input transfer conveyor 37 are partially interspersed with the plurality of endless conveyor belts 14c of the input conveyor 14.
  • the environmental conditions inside the chamber input 4 have been matched with the external environmental conditions by means of the aforementioned valve system, and the slices or slices of food product have been retained on the input conveyor by the alignment device 39 in the active position.
  • the alignment device 39 is placed in the inactive position to allow a batch of slices or slices of food properly aligned transversely to be transferred from the input conveyor 14 to the input transfer conveyor 37 substantially maintaining its orderly formation.
  • the input transfer conveyor 37 with the batch of slices or slices of food product thereon, is transferred to the intermediate position, in which it is totally within the entrance chamber 4, and the exterior entrance door 5 is closed.
  • the environmental conditions inside the inlet chamber 4 are matched with the environmental conditions inside the tank 1 by means of the valve system.
  • the alignment device 39 is returned to the active position to retain a new batch of slices of food product on the input conveyor 14.
  • the inner entrance door 6 is open and the input transfer conveyor 37, with the batch of slices or slices of food product thereon, is transferred to the delivery position, in which it partially protrudes from the inlet chamber 4 into the tank 1 through The interior entrance door 6 to cooperate with the initial end 7a of the internal transport device 7 in the delivery of the batch of slices or slices of food product to the internal transport device 7 substantially maintaining its orderly formation.
  • the plurality of endless conveyor belts 37c of the input transfer conveyor 37 are partially interspersed with the plurality of endless conveyor belts 71c of the first section 71 of the internal conveyor device 7 when the input transfer conveyor 37.
  • the input transfer conveyor 37 is returned to the intermediate position shown in Fig. 5, although without slices or slices of food product thereon, the interior entrance door 6 is closed and the environmental conditions inside The input chamber 4 is matched again with the external environmental conditions by means of the mentioned valve system to leave the entrance door device 3 in a position to perform a new charging cycle.
  • a discharge cycle through the exit door device 8 is described below.
  • the interior exit door 10 is open and the transfer conveyor Exit 41 is moved to the receiving position, in which it partially protrudes from the exit chamber 9 towards the inside of the tank 1 through the interior exit door 10 to cooperate with the end end 7b of the auxiliary final section 76 of the internal conveyor device 7 in the reception of a batch of slices or slices of foodstuff from the internal conveyor device 7 substantially maintaining its orderly formation.
  • the plurality of endless conveyor belts 41c of the outgoing transfer conveyor 41 are partially interspersed with the plurality of endless conveyor belts 76c of the auxiliary final section 76 of the internal conveyor device 7.
  • the environmental conditions inside the exit chamber 9 have been matched with the environmental conditions inside the tank 1 by means of the valve system, and the alignment device 43 has been arranged in the position active to retain and cross-align a batch of slices or slices of food product on the auxiliary final section 76 of the internal conveyor device (7).
  • the output transfer conveyor 41 with the batch of slices or slices of food product thereon, is transferred to the intermediate position, in which it is totally within the exit chamber 9, and the interior exit door 10 is closed. In this position, the environmental conditions inside the outlet chamber 9 are matched with the environmental conditions outside through the valve system. Likewise, the alignment device 43 is returned to the active position to retain a new batch of slices of food product on the auxiliary final section 76 of the internal conveyor device 7. Then, as shown in Fig.
  • said output collecting device comprises the output conveyor 45 described above, and, in the delivery position, the plurality of endless conveyor belts 41c of the output transfer conveyor 41 are partially intercalated with The plurality of endless conveyor belts 45c of the output conveyor 45 to deliver the slices or slices of food product to the output conveyor 45 substantially maintaining its orderly formation.
  • the output transfer conveyor 41 is returned to the intermediate position shown in Fig. 8, although without slices or slices of food product thereon, the outer exit door 11 is closed and the environmental conditions inside The exit chamber 9 is again matched with the environmental conditions inside the tank 1 by means of said valve system to leave the exit gate device 8 in a position to carry out a new discharge cycle.
  • the input transfer conveyor 37 remains stationary and it is the input conveyor 14 and the upper section 71 of the internal conveyor device 7 that are displaced to link with the input transfer conveyor 37 through the corresponding exterior and interior entrance doors 5.
  • the output transfer conveyor 41 remains stationary and is the auxiliary final section 76 of the internal conveyor device 7 and the output conveyor 45 which are displaced to link with the outgoing transfer conveyor 41 through the corresponding inner and outer exit doors 11.
  • the internal conveyor device 7 transfers the slices or slices of food product from the entrance door device 3 to the exit door device 8 while the product slices or slices
  • the foodstuffs are dried and matured by virtue of the environmental conditions created inside the tank 1.
  • a transfer and flip device 46 is installed, which is configured to transfer in a controlled manner the slices or slices of food product from each section 71, 72, 73, 74 above the corresponding section 72, 73, 74, 75 immediately below, ensuring a turn of the slices or slices of foodstuff and substantially maintaining its orderly formation (with alignment t ransversal slices or slices) during the transfer.
  • a ramp 60 is arranged through which the slices or slices of food product are transferred to the auxiliary final section 76 of the internal conveyor device 7.
  • each of said sections 71, 72 of the internal conveyor device 7 comprises a plurality of parallel, separate endless conveyor belts 71c, 72c, which are mounted on respective pairs of end pulleys 61, 62.
  • transfer and turning device 46 comprises a plurality of groups of endless fastener strips 46a, 46b, 46c mounted on respective pairs of conductive pulleys, which, in the illustrated embodiment, are formed by annular grooves in conductive bars 47a , 47b, 47c, 47d arranged parallel to a common axis of rotation for said end pulleys 61 at an end end of the corresponding upper section 71 of the internal conveyor device 7.
  • Said conductive bars 47a, 47b, 47c, 47d are distributed around a part of the end end of the upper section 71 of the internal conveyor device 7, so that sections of said endless fastener bands 46a, 46b, 46c cooperate with the conveyor belts auger 71c for holding the slices or slices of foodstuff for at least part of a path around said axis of rotation of the extreme pulleys 61.
  • the endless fastener bands 46a, 46b, 46c of each group are interspersed with the endless fastener bands 46a , 46b, 46c of another adjacent group, and each of said conductive bars 47a, 47b, 47c, 47d, except for extreme conductive bars 47a, 47d, is common for two of the adjacent endless fastener band groups 46a, 46b, 46c .
  • the conductive bars 47a, 47b, 47c, 47d are driven in synchronization with the internal conveyor device 7 through a toothed belt 63 coupled to toothed pulleys 64 fixed at the ends of the conductive bars 47a, 47b, 47c, 47d (Fig. . eleven).
  • the slices or slices of food product that advance on the endless conveyor belts 71c of the upper section 71 which move in the direction indicated by the arrow D1 in Fig. 10, when reaching the end thereof, are caught between the endless conveyor belts 71c of the upper section 71 and the endless fastener bands 46a, 46b, 46c and are driven around the extreme pulleys 61 at the end of the upper section 71 until they are deposited (without altering their formation, transversely aligned) on the bands endless conveyors 72c of the lower section 72, which move in the direction indicated by the arrow D2 in Fig. 10, and at the same time are turned, so that the face of the slices or slices of food product in contact with the endless conveyor belts 71c of the upper section 71 is the opposite of the face in contact with the endless conveyor belts 72c of the lower section 72.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un appareil de séchage et de maturation de produits alimentaires, comprenant: une cuve (1) fermée, reliée à des moyens de traitement permettant de créer un environnement prédéterminé à l'intérieur de la cuve (1); un dispositif de porte d'entrée (3) permettant l'entrée ordonnée de portions d'un produit alimentaire dans la cuve (1) sans que ledit environnement prédéterminé à l'intérieur de la cuve (1) ne soit altéré; un dispositif de porte de sortie (8) permettant la sortie desdites portions de produit alimentaire à partir de l'intérieur de la cuve (1) sans que l'environnement prédéterminé à l'intérieur de la cuve (1) ne soit altéré; et un dispositif transporteur interne (7) installé à l'intérieur de la cuve (1), conçu pour transporter de façon ordonnée les portions de produit alimentaire dudit dispositif de porte d'entrée (3) audit dispositif de porte de sortie (8), suivant un certain parcours.
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