摘要 |
Apparatus for thermal gas treatment of objects carried on an endless conveyor, in particular food items, where said apparatus comprises: a housing separated in two or more sections (1,2), where a first section comprises means (3) for moving said first section in relation to a second section; an endless conveyor (5) belt arranged inside said housing and projecting outside said housing in a first and second end, where said endless conveyor has an upper run suitable to carry the objects and a lower return run; two or more gas conditioning units (7, 12, 13) arranged inside said housing, where the units are arranged one downstream of another along the conveyor, for directing a treated gas towards the endless conveyor; substantially gas tight partitions (8) separating the gas conditioning units from each other, creating separate treatment zones, where said treatment zones are only connected adjacent the endless conveyor; where said housing substantially completely encloses said gas conditioning units, partitions treatment zones and the endless conveyor except for the first and second end sections.
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