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Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2019
Applicant:

John Bean Technologies Ab, Helsingborg, SE;

Inventors:

Kenny Tobias Norén, Råå, SE;

Nedjada Ribic, Helsingborg, SE;

Patrik Torbjörn Dalhult, Påarp, SE;

Lars Johan Siljeborn, Dalby, SE;

Assignee:

John Bean Technologies AB, Helsingborg, SE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A21B 1/42 (2006.01); A23L 3/06 (2006.01); B65G 21/10 (2006.01); B65G 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 21/10 (2013.01); B65G 21/08 (2013.01); B65G 2207/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A thermal processing apparatus () includes a spiral conveyor system () configured into an ascending spiral stack (). An air balance tunnel () includes a tunnel housing () positioned inside of a thermal processing chamber adjacent an outlet opening (). A conveyor belt () travels through the housing on its way out of the processing chamber. An air pervious ejector assembly () is positioned within the housing at an elevation above the conveyor belt (). An air pervious evacuation sheet () is located within the housing at a location beneath the conveyor belt (). An air pervious cover assembly () is positioned over the conveyor belt () at a location just before the conveyor belt enters the air balance tunnel (). The cover sheet () is connectable to the ejector assembly () so as to remove the ejector assembly from the tunnel housing () by manually moving the cover assembly ().


Find Patent Forward Citations

Norén, Kenny. (2022). Air balance tunnel for spiral conveyor (U.S. Patent No. 11485581). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11485581

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