| 摘要 |
The complementary parts of food products destined to be coupled together are located on the frontal surfaces (6A, 7A) of half-moulds (ß, 7) travelling on two different loop conveyor lines (2', 3' ) The first conveyor line (2') extends, at least partially, above the second (3' ), so to be included within the surface- area occupied by the second line (3') itself. Spatial occupation is further reduced since, downstream to the coupling station (13), the coupled half-moulds (6, 7) travel with the same spacing step that they had before coupling, with additional advantages in terms of energy absorption and advancing velocity in a successive thermal conditioning station (14), such as a refrigerating tunnel. One of the half-moulds can be removed upstream to the thermal conditioning station (14), resulting in an additional reduction in energy absorption since needless subjecting of the half-mould to the thermal cycle to which the products are subjected is avoided. |
