Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – With stirring
Patent
1996-09-13
1997-05-27
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
With stirring
99404, 99409, 99443C, 99516, 134 65, 134132, 366 81, 366234, 366319, A23L 300, A23N 1200, A47J 3712, F25D 2502
Patent
active
056321953
ABSTRACT:
A food processing apparatus having a tank with an inlet and an outlet, a liquid bath received therein, a rotary auger having a plurality of spaced apart flights for urging food product toward the outlet, and a baffle between a pair of adjacent auger flights for lifting and/or agitating (1) food product and (2) the liquid for increasing heat transfer between the liquid and food product, with the baffle being of substantially non-straight construction for minimizing the force of impact between food product and the baffle. Each baffle has a leading portion and a trailing portion with at least one of the portions being of non-straight construction. Preferably, each baffle has at least one bend or curve for minimizing impact force. The bend or curve is adjacent the leading portion of the baffle, which is that portion of the baffle that typically first comes into contact with food product during operation. In one preferred embodiment, the baffle is of generally S-shaped construction having a leading portion with a concave food product contacting surface followed by a trailing portion with a convex food product contacting surface. A baffle can have outwardly extending, spaced apart rods to help separate food product coming into contact with a baffle. Spaced apart rods can also radially inwardly extend from a drum enclosing the auger.
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