US 6,499,228 B2
Pistachio pre-dryer
Mohammad Nakhei-Nejad,
#402, 10721 Saskatchewan Drive,
Edmonton, AB T6E 6J5 (Canada)
Assigned to The Stanley Works,
New Britain, Conn. (US)
Filed on 23-May-2001, as Appl. No. The Stanley Works,
New Britain, Conn. (US)
Int. Cl.7F26B 19/00
U.S. Cl. 34-215
11 Claims
US 6,499,228 B2
Pistachio pre-dryer
Mohammad Nakhei-Nejad,
#402, 10721 Saskatchewan Drive,
Edmonton, AB T6E 6J5 (Canada)
Filed on May 23, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/681,705.
Prior Publication US 2002/0174560 A1, Nov. 28, 2002
Int. Cl.7F26B 19/00
U.S. Cl. 348212;215
11 Claims
1. An apparatus for drying and conveying small articles comprising:
a plurality of inclined, interleaved fixed and moveable planar plates, wherein each plate:
(1) overlaps an adjacent plate and is parallel to the adjacent plate;
(2) defines a plurality of openings which are smaller than the articles to be dried and conveyed;
(3) wherein moveable plates are moveable along a plane parallel to the plane of an adjacent fixed plate;
means for reciprocating the moveable plates; and
means for blowing air through the plates.
