Patent ID: 8056470
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: A23G

Abstract:
1. A tempering channel for tempering confectioneries, comprising: a tempering tunnel; a conveyor belt having an upper part and a lower part, said conveyor belt being designed to be endless and to be rotatingly driven, said conveyor belt being designed and arranged to transport confectioneries being located on said upper part of said conveyor belt in a direction of movement through said tempering tunnel; a first tempering apparatus, said first tempering apparatus being designed and arranged to temper the confectioneries being located on said upper part of said conveyor belt while they are transported through said tempering tunnel; a transfer location, said transfer location being located at said conveyor belt, the confectioneries arriving at said transfer location to be placed on said upper part of said conveyor belt; a control unit; at least one sensor, said sensor being designed and arranged to sense the temperature of said lower part of said conveyor belt, said sensor being connected to said control unit to transmit a signal to said control unit depending on the sensed temperature; and a second tempering apparatus, said second tempering apparatus being connected to said control unit; second tempering apparatus being designed and arranged to directly act upon said lower part of said conveyor belt in a way that said conveyor belt is tempered to attain a specific temperature in response to a signal of said control unit derived from said signal of said sensor.