Patent ID: 7654194

Claim:
A food cooking installation, of the type comprising: a plurality of cooking tanks to receive food items to be cooked; loading/unloading means for loading/unloading the food items into/from said cooking tanks; liquid heating means associated with a heated liquid tank, liquid cooling means associated with a cooled liquid tank, and a connection to a mains water supply; liquid conveying, driving and storing means being provided connecting said heated liquid container, said cooled liquid container and said mains water supply to said cooking tanks in order to independently fill and empty said cooking tanks, with the ability of said liquids to be returned to their respective tanks, and to subject the contained food items in the cooking tanks to successive baths for different periods of time and at different temperatures, at least one of said baths being a cooking bath and another a cooling bath, wherein, each of said cooking tanks comprises at least one side opening provided with hermetic closing means, with the food items being able to be loaded/unloaded through said side openings by said loading/unloading means, wherein said hermetic closing means comprises a sliding closing panel that extends in a substantially vertical plane, said closing panel being arranged to perform a sideways movement to allow/prevent entry inside the cooking tanks, and a frontal movement towards a frame that surrounds said side opening in the tank in order to order to apply pressure to sealing means arranged between the closing panel and said frame.