Patent ID: 6116880
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: D01D

Abstract:
A spinner head comprising:a base;a cover aligned with and spaced from said base; anda plurality of discrete elongate heating elements defining elongate spaces therebetween said heating elements being positioned between said base and said cover and further defining a perimetrical configuration;an elongate generally annular housing having plural circumferentially spaced cylindrical passages extending therethrough, said housing being positionable over said heating elements with said heating elements residing within said passages, said cover and said annular housing mutually defining a chamber for accommodating therein a foodstuffs or pharmaceutical feedstock material which undergoes physical transformation with the application of heat and force and instantly reforms as a solid having a changed morphology; andsaid housing defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced fins projecting radially inward, said plurality of fins defining a processing wall for acting upon the feedstock, each of said fins having tapered sidewalls which generally converge to substantially a point as said fin extends radially inward to form a non-planar inner surface which resists the formation of stagnation points, and said sidewalls of adjacent fins cooperating to define longitudinal radially-directed slots between said cylindrical passages so as to permit passage of the feedstock material therethrough.