Patent ID: 11950614
Assignee: SODICK CO., LTD.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 12:
13. A food material powder supply device, comprising:
a supply tank that temporarily stores food material powder in a tank and supplies the food material powder to a processing container of a food processing machine;
a vacuum device that reduces the pressure inside the supply tank with vacuum pumps; and
a control device that operates the vacuum device to reduce the internal pressure of the supply tank to be equal to or lower than an atmospheric pressure at which moisture of the food material powder is evaporated, and cools the food material powder in the supply tank, wherein
a stirring member which is driven to rotate during the cooling of the food material powder is arranged inside the tank, and
a tank vibrating member is arranged on the center part of the tank.