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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Salomon Santen, Amsterdam, NL;
Assignee:
Stork Amsterdam B.V., Amstelveen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214 / ; 34189 ; 99360 ; 198663 ;
Abstract
A plant for physical or thermal treatment of products supported upon rectangular carriers, said plant comprising a vertical conveyor for moving the carriers upwards and downwards from in inlet station to an outlet station, the conveyor being constituted by four screw-threaded spindles, positioned near the four corners of the carriers. The helix of each spindle is a rod which is helically wound around a core. The pitch of the helix is, along an angular portion of this surface, zero at the level of the inlet and outlet station.