초록

A steritort with a single spiral which allows the automatic loading of several rows of containers, the simulation of a rotary retort, and an indexed unloading of the containers by a push rod.

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An apparatus for heating objects, comprising: a vessel having a cylindrically shaped chamber, a first end and a second end with an axis extending from the first end to the second end; a cylindrically shaped reel inside the cylindrically shaped chamber; means for rotating the cylindrically shaped ree

An apparatus for heating objects, comprising: a vessel having a cylindrically shaped chamber, a first end and a second end with an axis extending from the first end to the second end; a cylindrically shaped reel inside the cylindrically shaped chamber; means for rotating the cylindrically shaped reel; a flange forming a spiral on an inside of the cylindrically shaped chamber, wherein the spiral forms less than two turns, and wherein the spiral has a gap; means for providing objects from an outside of the vessel to the spiral inside of the vessel; a means for pushing the objects in a direction from the second end to the first end of the chamber and through the gap in the spiral; and means for moving objects which pass through the gap in the spiral to the outside of the vessel.