Quasi-continuous food charge assembly for scale e.g. drying, smoking, chilling or cooking assembly has weight-dependent entry barrier

摘要

An assembly for the preparation and processing of food on a catering industry scale e.g. drying, smoking, chilling or cooking, has a housing with an inlet aperture with a transfer station (1) at which a collection (3) accumulates food (3) for release to a transport element (4) with a pick-up (5). The transfer station (1) incorporates a transport (4) barrier (6) that is releases the pick-up (5) when the food load reaches a predetermined weight.