Patent ID: 6895687

Claim:
A dryer for the continuous flow drying of food products, in particular dough articles, along a continuous flow path of the product inside the dryer with adjustable and/or air-conditioning zones along the continuous flow path of the product, whereby the dryer has an insulating housing ( 1 ) with side walls ( 2 , 3 ) curved in an outer direction, which are divided along the substantially horizontal flow path of the product in each case into individual horizontal segments ( 21 thru 28 and 31 thru 38 ), which can be moved away from their closed sealing position from the housing ( 1 ) independently of one another, such that the dryer interior is accessible for a maintenance technician, wherein the respective horizontal segments of the side walls are divided perpendicularly to the flow path of the product from top to bottom into at least two vertical segments ( 21 a thru 28 a ; 21 b thru 28 b ; 31 a thru 38 a ; and 31 b thru 38 b ), which in each case are curved in an outer direction and can be moved away from the housing ( 1 ) independently of one another, so that a maintenance technician has access to the dryer interior at the respective point of a vertical segment moved away from the housing ( 1 ).