Foods and beverages: apparatus – Non-cooking heat treatment of food
Patent
1996-05-31
1998-12-22
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Non-cooking heat treatment of food
99516, 99534, A23B 700, A23B 716, A23L 131, A23L 336
Patent
active
058507833
ABSTRACT:
An improved drench apparatus for drenching fruit and vegetables with an aqueous chemical solution having a pit for holding a large volume of said solution, drench pump for drawing solution from the pit and discharging it into manifolds equipped with nozzles for drenching the fruit, a recovery system for returning excess solution to the pit; comprising a holding tank for holding a volume of said solution; a heater, including a heater pump, connected to said holding tank and arranged to maintain the temperature of the solution therein; a re-circulation pump connected to draw solution from said pit and direct it to said heater with a conduit connecting said holding tank to said pit. The volume of said holding tank being sufficient to assure portions of the solution are maintained at said temperature for a time to eradicate pathogens.
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Arrington Clint P.
Kelsey D. Frank
FMC Corporation
Simone Timothy F.
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