| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To enable the simultaneous and automatic ripening and thermal sterilization of a plurality of food materials, easily, rapidly and safely, by using plural insulated containers each furnished with a pair of electrically conductive parts and containing a food material, placing the containers on a conveyer belt and electrifying in a specific serial electrifying zone. CONSTITUTION:An endless conveyer belt 1 made of an insulation material and circulating along a direction is provided with a number of partition walls 2 attached on the belt 1 at regular intervals. A number of insulated containers 3 containing a food material are placed between the partition walls 2. Each container 3 is furnished with a pair of front and back conductors 20, 21 on the opposite front and back outer faces to enable the electrification of the food material. Plural electric contact pieces 5 are provided at regular intervals in a definite zone of the conveyer belt 1 symmetrically at both sides of the front and back parts of the belt 1. The contact pieces 5 are alternately connected with each other through leas wires 6 except for the first and the last pieces, which are connected to lead wires 7. The other ends of the wires 7 are connected to a power source 8 to form a serial electrifying zone 4. Plural containers 3 are transferred successively along a direction with the belt 1 and serially electrified in the electrifying zone 4 via the front conductor 10, the electric contact pieces 5 and the back conductor 21 to effect the ripening and thermal sterilization of a food material. |
