subject: Drying Device For Coating Machine [print this page] A drying device for a coating machine equipped with a rotary pan , in which the products to be coated are introduced, includes air injecting means for supplying air to dry the products inside the rotary pan, and an exhaust air pipe, equipped with perforated hollow head pieces which can be removed, adapted to be immersed in a heap of products to be coated. The pipe is supported by sliding means which are moved in a direction longitudinal to the same pipe between a working position, in which the exhaust pipe is operated, and an advanced position, so as to allow maintenance operation on the exhaust pipe performed from outside through the front opening of the pan.
The present invention relates to a coating machine, used in particular for coating granulated material, e.g. pharmaceutical or confectionery, with a suitable layer of an outer coating.
The coating machine according to claim 1 further comprising means for rotatably supporting the exhaust means, and lever means fastened to an outer surface of the exhaust means, actuator means connected to the lever means such that the exhaust means is rotatably displaced by the actuator means acting on the lever means.
The coating machine according to claim 1 wherein the sliding means support the exhaust means outside of the rotary pan in a cantilevered way so that the end of the exhaust means equipped with the hollow bodies is supported in the rotary pan thereby.
