Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – Automatic control
Patent
1991-11-04
1993-06-15
Simone, Timothy F.
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
Automatic control
99348, 99355, 99357, 99454, 99455, 99472, 99517, 366144, 366147, A47J 2700, A23L 336, B01F 716, B01F 1506
Patent
active
052188981
ABSTRACT:
A food processing plant comprises a cooking kettle, a holding tank and a depositor. The holding tank is provided with wheels to permit the tank to be moved from a first position in the proximity of the cooking kettle to a second position in the proximity of the depositor. Means is provided for applying a vacuum to the tank in the first position to draw food product from the kettle through a first pipeline. Means is provided for applying pressurized air to the holding tank in the second position to expel the food product from the tank to the depositor. A cooling station is provided in the form of a booth into which the tank is movable after leaving the first position and before entering the second position. The booth includes frame means which supports a cooling unit movable from a raised position into a lowered position within the tank. The cooling unit includes rotary vanes with scrapers for contact with the wall of the tank. The cooling unit mounted on a cover adapted to rest on the rim of the tank.
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D C Norris & Company (Engineering) Limited
Hall James D.
Simone Timothy F.
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