Foods and beverages: apparatus – Subjecting food to an enclosed modified atmosphere – With sequential heating and cooling
Patent
1994-09-29
1996-09-03
Scherbel, David
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Subjecting food to an enclosed modified atmosphere
With sequential heating and cooling
99483, 99484, 34208, 34216, A23B 400, A23B 403
Patent
active
055513344
ABSTRACT:
A meat product pasteurizer (20) includes a first conveyor (21) transporting an already-cooked and packaged meat product (22) to a loading station (24), a pasteurizing processing chamber (26) including a fluid media heating zone (28), a void zone (30), and a fluid media chilling zone (32), a second conveyor (60) transporting the meat product (22) from the loading station (24) through the heating zone (28), then through the void zone (30), then through the chilling zone (32) to an unloading station (62), a third conveyor (64) transporting the meat product (22) from the unloading station (62) to a blow-off station (66) for removing surface fluid from the packaged meat product (22). The second conveyor (60) has a plurality of flights (68) formed by paddles (70) defining variable width pockets (76) receiving the food product, the pockets (76) having a first width (78) during the conveyor run between the loading (24) and unloading (62) stations, the pockets (76) having second wider widths (80) at the loading and unloading stations. The paddles (70) have various orientations, allowing processing of differing size food products. The blow-off station (66) has a plurality of parallel longitudinally extending belts (200) transporting the food product (22) along a longitudinal run (201) and having a continuous longitudinal extension along such run without lateral cross-belts. Recirculation of blow-off air, and reclamation of fluid, is provided.
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Alexander Reginald L.
DEC International Inc.
Scherbel David
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