High efficiency impingement heating and cooling apparatus
US4523391A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 27, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jun 18, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2317/0665
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Apparatus for thermally treating food products by impingement heating or cooling, comprising a plenum having a plurality of inwardly inclined front wall panels adapted to direct the flow of a temperature-controlled gas through at least one elongated plenum outlet port in fluid communication with a duct assembly comprising an elongated manifold coextensive with the elongated plenum outlet port and providing substantially unobstructed fluid communication between the elongated plenum outlet port and a plurality of tapered ducts having at least two inwardly inclined walls, including at least one inwardly inclined side wall.
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