Device for imparting rotational and transitional movements to products being treatedin thermic appliances

Claim 1

L A DEVICE FOR OBTAINING HOMOGENEOUS TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS IN A TREATING ZONE OF A THERMIC APPLIANCE, SAID THERMIC APPLIANCE COMPRISING A TREATING ZONE, A HEARTH HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THEREIN AND SERVING AS A WORKING SURFACE WITHIN SAID ZONE, MEANS FOR RESPECTIVELY CHARGING AND DISCHARGING PRODUCTS TO AND FROM SAID ZONE, MEANS TO THERMALLY CONTROL SAID ZONE, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MEMBERS HAVING ONE END ROTATABLY ON THE EXTERIOR OF SAID ZONE RECIPROCALLY MOUNTED BENEATH SAID HEARTH ADJACENT SAID APERTURES, SAID APERTURES BEING SPACED FROM EACH OTHER ABOUT SAID HEARTH, THE SMALLEST TRANSVERSE SECTION OF SAID APERTURES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE GREATEST TRANSVERSE SECTION OF SAID MEMBERS PENETRATING THEREIN, EXTERIORLY MOUNTED ACTUATING MEANS FOR ROTATING RECIPROCALLY SAID MEMBERS SO THAT THEIR FREE ENDS PENETRATE SAID APERTURES THEREBY CONTACTING SAID PRODUCTS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY ROTATING THEM ABOUT THEIR LONGITUDINAL AXIS WITH CONTROLLED AMPLITUDE AND IMPARTING A CONTROLLED FORWARD TRANSITIONAL MOVEMENT ACROSS SAID HEARTH TOWARDS A DISCHARGE SIDE OF SAID ZONE, SAID MEMBERS LYING TOTALLY OUTSIDE SAID ZONE IN A NON-ACTUATED CONDITION.