Heater, in particular for treatment of cork by boiling, method relating thereto

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EP 0 970 733 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	12.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/28

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	12.01.2000 Bulletin 2000/02

(21)	Application number: 99111558.5

(22)	Date of filing: 15.06.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: B01B 1/00, B27K 7/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

22.06.1998 EP 98111441

(71)	Applicant: Officina Meccanica Nino Satta di Satta Rita
	07023 Calangianus (SS) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Satta, Giovanni 07023 Calanglanus (SS) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Crugnola, Pietro
	Luppi & Crugnola S.r.l. Viale Corassori, 54 41100 Modena 41100 Modena (IT)

(54)	Heater, in particular for treatment of cork by boiling, method relating thereto

(57) A heater (1) comprises a chamber (4) bounded by walls (10) suitable for containing products (2) to be treated, heat exchange means (7) having exchanging surfaces suitable for transferring heat to a mass of liquid for the treatment of said products (2); said exchanging surfaces are disjoined from said walls (10).
A method for treating products (2) by a heater (1) comprises: loading said products (2) into a treating chamber (4) bounded by walls (10) suitable for containing said products (2); treating said products (2) by a mass of liquid; unloading said products (2) from said chamber (4); said loading and said unloading take place through a closable opening (9) obtained in a side part (10) of said walls.

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