LIQUID OR PASTY PRODUCT ICE CUBE MAKER
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Abstract
The invention concerns a method and an equipment for making ice cubes of liquid or pasty products comprising a honeycomb conveyor belt transporting the product to be processed along a path passing through at least the following three zones: a zone for metering and depositing the product to be processed in the cells; a cold input zone where preferably a cryogenic liquid solution completes the freezing of the ice cubes; and a stripping zone. Further, the honeycomb belt is bottomless, and located in an upstream zone opposite a cooled surface acting as a base of the partial mold formed by the cells, so as to harden the part of the product in contact with the cooled surface, thereby producing the base of the ice cube.
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14 Claims
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8. An item of equipment for producing ice cubes from liquid or pasty products, comprising a honeycomb conveyor belt capable of conveying the product to be treated in the equipment along a treatment path passing through various zones of the equipment, and employing the following arrangements:
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a) the equipment comprises successively at least the following three zones; 1) an upstream zone comprising a device for metering and depositing the product to be treated in the cells of the belt; 2) a zone for providing cooling; and 3) a stripping zone; b) said conveyor belt is a bottomless honeycomb belt; and c) the belt is located in said upstream zone opposite a cooled surface that acts as a bottom for the partial mold made up of the cells. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for producing ice cubes from liquid or pasty products, in an item of equipment comprising a honeycomb conveyor belt capable of conveying the product to be treated in the equipment along a treatment path passing through various zones of the equipment, the equipment comprising at least the following three zones:
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a) an upstream zone comprising a device for metering and depositing the product to be treated in the cells of the belt; b) a zone for providing cooling; and c) a stripping zone, and employing the following measures; d) said conveyor belt is a bottomless honeycomb belt; e) the belt is located in the zone upstream from where the product to be treated is deposited, opposite a cooled surface that serves as a bottom for the partial mold made up of the cells, so as to produce crusting of the part of the product in contact with the cooled surface and to create in this way the bottom of the ice cube; and f) complete or partial freezing of the ice cubes is carried out in the zone for providing cooling. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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