Rotary food dehydrating apparatus with tiltable tray means

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE DEHYDRATION OF MATERIALS, COMPRISING: (A) A CHAMBER; (B) MEANS FOR PRODUCING A FLOW OF AIR THROUGH SAID CHAMBER; (C) A HEAT SOURCE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER; (D) MEANS FOR DIRECTING A FLOW OF HEATED AIR AWAY FROM SAID HEAT SOURCE; (E) A RACK DEVICE SITUATED WITHIN SAID CHAMBER IN THE PATH OF SAID FLOW OF HEATED AIR, SAID RACK DEVICES INCLUDING (A) A LOWER FRAME SECTION, (B) A PLURALITY OF PARALLELLY DISPOSED STANDARDS CONNECTED TO SAID LOWER FRAME AND PROJECTING UPWARDLY THEREFROM, (C) MEANS CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE OF SAID STANDARDS FOR PARTIALLY SUPPORTING A TRAY CHARGED WITH MATERIAL TO BE DEHYDRATED, (D) MEANS FOR FURTHER PARTIALLY SUPPORTING A TRAY CHARGED WITH MATERIALS TO BE DEHYDRATED INTERCONNECTED WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE OTHER OF SAID STANDARDS FOR LIMITED VERTICAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO, SAID MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID ONE STANDARD FOR PARTIALLY SUPPORTING A TRAY AND SAID MEANS FOR FURTHER PARTIALLY SUPPORTING A TRAY INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID OTHER STANDARD FOR LIMITED VERTICAL MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT THERETO COOPERATING TO COMPLETELY SUPPORT A TRAY, (E) MEANS FOR MAINTAINING AT A PLURALITY OF PRESELECTED POINTS WITHIN THE RANGE OF LIMITED VERTICAL MOVEMENT THEREOF SAID MEANS FOR PARTIALLY SUPPORTING A TRAY INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID OTHER OF SAID STANDARDS, AS WELL AS (F) MEANS MOVABLY CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID STANDARDS FOR RESTRAINING LATERAL MOVEMENT OF A TRAY PLACED ON SAID RACK DEVICE; AND (F) MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID RACK DEVICE ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS PASSING SUBSTANTIALLY CENTRALLY THERETHROUGH.