Patent ID: 6182374
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: F26B

Abstract:
A drying machine comprising:a rectangular housing having an opening on front portion, a partition at center of the opening to define the housing into a pair of compartments, a pair of doors to close the compartments and each including a visual window and a handle on an outer surface, a control panel on front top of the housing, a plurality of seasoning entrances spacedly formed in lower portion of the housing for releasably receiving a plurality of seasoning containers and each having a pair of rails spacedly formed on upper portion of lateral inner wall of the entrances, a plurality of guide bars spacedly formed above each of the seasoning entrances for supporting a plurality of meat plates, a plurality of first air vents spacedly formed in front top of the housing and a plurality of second air vents spacedly formed in rear top of the housing;a plurality of tubular heater members spacedly disposed under each of the seasoning entrances and each including a hose connecting to an external gas source, a flame tube and a sleeve;a plurality of visual tubes spacedly and slopedly disposed above each of the seasoning entrances;a plurality of electrical fans rotatably disposed above each of the visual tubes and operated by a motor, a large wheel and a first belt on the top of the housing and through a plurality of small wheels and plurality of second belts, said small wheels on the top being spacedly connected by a first shaft which is spacedly engaged within a plurality of first bearing seats on the top of the housing, and a pair of cover means covering the second belts outside lateral walls of the housing;a heat exchanger on the top of the housing above an air ingress and an air egress communicating with the housing;whereby said tubular heater member and said heat exchanger form a proper hot air circulation inside said housing to effectively dry meat under high quality control.