Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Measuring – testing – or controlling by inanimate means – Involving packaged product or preparation thereof
Patent
1993-01-25
1994-01-25
Yeung, George
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Measuring, testing, or controlling by inanimate means
Involving packaged product or preparation thereof
426412, 426523, 426524, A23L 300, B65B 5500
Patent
active
052814262
ABSTRACT:
An automatic heating apparatus for uniformly cooking foods which rapidly cools the cooked foods to reduce spoilage. Food packages are placed on trays and the trays are inserted in a transportable rack. The rack is loaded into a cooking tank. A pump continuously circulates hot water through a conduit from a heat exchanger to the tank to cook the food and returns the water back to the heat exchanger. A control mechanism determines and controls the temperature of the water and monitors the temperature of the food to control the length of time the heated water is applied. After the food has been properly cooked and pasteurized, cold water is rapidly supplied to the tank to quickly cool the cooked products. The continuous circulation of water during the heating mode provides uniform cooking with precise temperature control and the circulation during the cooling mode provides for rapid cooling so as to reduce spoilage.
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Cabic Edward J.
W. R. Grace & Co.,-Conn.
Yeung George
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