| 摘要 |
A gas injection heating probe, where the probe has a hollow injection channel, a heating media inlet, a heating media outlet, a gas injection fitting and heat exchange area. The gas injection heating probe is connectable to a heated media and a source of gas, so that when connected and inserted into a container having product, the probe provides for gas injection and heating of the product to assist in mixing the product for discharge. |
| 主权项 |
1. A gas injection heating probe comprising a probe body having cylindrically shaped exterior wall, said wall having an interior wall surface and an exterior wall surface defining a probe interior positioned adjacent to said exterior wall interior surface, said probe body having an injection end and a fitting end, and sized to be removably insertable into a container, said probe body having a hollow gas injection chamber in said probe interior, extending substantially between said injection end and said fitting end, said gas injection chamber having a gas inlet positioned on said fitting end, said gas injection chamber having an opening on the exterior wall on said injection end, said gas injection heating probe further comprising a fluid inlet chamber and a fluid return chamber, said fluid inlet and fluid return chambers positioned in a substantially nested relationship wherein one of said fluid return chamber or fluid inlet chamber comprises a first wall, where said first wall comprises a portion of said exterior wall between said fitting end and said gas injection end; a heat exchange surface comprising a series of fins positioned in a spaced apart relationship on said exterior wall, each of said fins extending outwardly on said exterior wall, said heat exchange surface constructed of high thermal conductive material said probe body having a heating media inlet on said fitting end in fluid communication with said fluid inlet chamber, and a heating media outlet on said fitting end in fluid communication with said fluid return chamber, said fluid inlet chamber and fluid return chamber forming a closed fluid flow channel through said probe body between said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet, a source of pressurized gas coupled to said gas inlet and a source of heated fluid media coupled to said heating media inlet.
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