Patent ID: 7069846
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
1. An installation for the treatment of products in bulb or tuber form configured to remove an outermost layer thereof, comprises a channel through which the products can be transported between an inlet and an outlet, situated near a top portion and a bottom portion, respectively, of the channel such that the inlet is situated above the outlet, wherein the channel is delimited by a first series of rotary abrasive treatment elements arranged alongside one another and extending transversely to a direction in which the products are transported, and by a second series of rotary abrasive treatment elements opposing the first series of rotary abrasive treatment elements arranged alongside one another and also extending transversely to a direction in which the products are transported, wherein the first and second series of abrasive treatment elements are partially enclosed between two outside walls, wherein the outside walls each include a secondary outlet situated at a bottom portion of each outside wall for receiving the outermost layer that is removed from the products and wherein each of the abrasive treatment elements of the first and second series of rotary abrasive treatment elements includes an abrasive surface.