Steam sterilizing apparatus

Details Steam sterilizing apparatus Steam sterilizing apparatus

1988-08-30

1989-05-16

Simone, Timothy F.

Foods and beverages: apparatus

Subjecting food to an enclosed modified atmosphere

Automatic control or time means

99359, 99475, 99483, 99487, 99516, 422105, 422302, 426407, 426521, A23L 100

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active

048302783

ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for sterilizing packed foods includes a sterilizing chamber for storing packed foods therein, a jet pipe mounted onthe interior upper portion of the sterilizing chamber for jetting mixture of steam and compressed air, an ejector having an inlet port, a suction port and an outlet port and connected at the outlet port to the jet pipe for generating a suction force through a flow of mixture of steam and compressed air, a steam line connected to the inlet port of the ejector for supplying steam thereto, a circulation line connected at one end to the interior lower portion of the sterilizing chamber and at the other end to the suction part of the ejector, a drain line connected to the bottom of the sterilizing chamber for exhausting a part of the mixture of steam and compressed air, a heat exchanger interposed between the sterilizing chamber and the drain line, and a compressed air line connected to the inlet port of the ejector through the heat exchanger.

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