Patent ID: 8146489

Claim:
A system for transporting, or washing or pasteurization thermal treatment of foodstuffs, particularly leaf products wherein said system comprises: loading means for loading a product to be subjected to treatment; at least one treatment section in which the product to be subjected to treatment is conveyed by said loading means, through which a respective treatment fluid flows; separating means for separating said product from said treatment fluid and for conveying said product from said at least one treatment section to an outlet, said separating means being provided at the outlet of said at least one treatment section so as to allow only treated product to leave said at least one treatment section; wherein said at least one treatment section comprises: a washing conduit, comprised of one or more sections of rectilinear tubes and of one or more corresponding curved tube sections; a Venturi tube element connected to a first end of said washing conduit; and a pump, connected with said Venturi tube element by a further tube, said pump being suitable to pump said treatment fluid; wherein said Venturi tube element mixes said product and said treatment fluid pumped by said pump to increase at the same time the speed of the mixture obtained and permits the mixture to reach a second end of said washing conduit.