Abstract: The cost of preserving and transporting food is minimized, to the end that food may be made more widely available. A trailer, movable by a small vehicle, houses a completely self-contained food dehydration plant which can be towed to the field in order to preserve the food as soon as it is harvested. The plant dehydrates by blowing a stream of hot air over the food. In order to conserve energy, the air is preheated both in a solar collector (by sunlight) and in a heat exchanger (by exhaust air). Some air used for dehydration is not exhausted but instead is recirculated through the plant, further contributing to efficiency.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 30, 1982
Date of Patent:
August 13, 1985
Assignee:
Sun-Flo International, Inc.
Inventors:
Marcello M. Cabus, Billy D. Howard, James W. Colt, Edward S. Tuft