Foods and beverages: apparatus – Cooking – With stirring
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-25
2001-10-23
Simone, Timothy F. (Department: 1761)
Foods and beverages: apparatus
Cooking
With stirring
C099S467000, C099S479000, C099S516000, C099S483000, C099S584000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06305271
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a steam peeling device comprising a vessel provided with a closable opening near one end for introducing and removing products to be processed, wherein the opposite end of the vessel is closed by an end wall, and means for supplying steam to the vessel, wherein the vessel can be rotatably driven about an at least substantially horizontal axis of rotation, which is positioned between the two ends of the vessel and which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the elongated vessel.
2. Description of the Prior Art
In a steam peeling device as for example known from EU-A-0 146 153, the steam is supplied via a basket formed by grid bars, which is centrally disposed in the vessel, wherein the steam enters the interior of the vessel over a comparatively small area so as to come into contact with the products that surround the basket at least partially.
A further steam peeling device known from EU-A-0 078 587 comprises a steam supply channel which extends in a U shape along he inner wall of the vessel, wherein the wall of said channel that faces towards the interior of the vessel is perforated. Also in this known construction the steam enters the interior of the vessel over a comparatively small area.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention a perforated jacket surrounding the receiving space all round is disposed within the vessel, spaced from the wall thereof by a short distance, and a supply pipe for steam opens into the space present between the wall of the vessel and the jacket.
The steam that is supplied to the interior of the vessel is thereby distributed over the largest possible area, as a result of which a quicker and better influence of the steam on the products can be obtained than with the conventional construction.
Efficiently, a partition plate which is fixed to the inner wall of the vessel is disposed in the vessel, between the end of the vessel comprising the end wall and the substantially horizontal axis of rotation, in the central portion of which partition plate a passage is formed, whilst means for removing condensate are provided, which means communicate with the space between the end wall and the partition plate, wherein the device includes a valve mechanism, which shuts off the passage in the central portion in a first position and which releases said passage in a second position so as to place the space between the end wall and the partition plate into open communication with the other part of the interior of the vessel.
While the products are being steamed, the valve mechanism will occupy the position in which the space between the end wall and the partition plate is in open communication with the other part of the interior of the vessel, so that condensate can flow into said space. The passage will be shut off before steam is blown off, so that the risk of condensate being carried along with the steam exiting from said space is eliminated.
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Kiremko B.V.
Oblon & Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt P.C.
Simone Timothy F.
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