摘要 |
An apparatus for manufacturing curved, low-oil potato chips comprises a microwave oven (4) having a longitudinal cavity (6) forming a microwave chamber and a belt conveyor (24) extending through the microwave chamber. The conveyor comprises a plurality of links, the conveyor surface having a plurality of intersections 84 of adjacent links. At least some of the intersections include a stop surface 90 to prevent a potato slice from sliding in a first longitudinal direction. The stop surface comprises a surface of a first link, the surface being at least partly oriented towards a second longitudinal direction opposite to the first longitudinal direction. In a further embodiment, the conveyor has a continuously undulating surface with a maximum height of the undulations of from 5 to 15 mm and a pitch between adjacent undulations of from 35 to 75 mm. |