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An industrial food processing machine which utilizes a closed environment to subject a food product flow to a continuous, controlled temperature treatment with water, and which provides access to its entire interior from both sides of the machine for the cleaning or maintenance thereof is disclosed

An industrial food processing machine which utilizes a closed environment to subject a food product flow to a continuous, controlled temperature treatment with water, and which provides access to its entire interior from both sides of the machine for the cleaning or maintenance thereof is disclosed which includes a tank which is adapted to contain apparatus for conveying food products through the liquid environment in the tank, a cover which effectively closes the tank, releasable hinges between the cover and tank on both sides which allow the cover to open from either side while releasing the hinges on the other side, and an operator which includes pneumatic cylinders which selectively open the cover of the tank from either side.

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An industrial food processing machine which utilizes an enclosed environment to subject a food product flow to a continuous, controlled temperature treatment in water, and which also provides access to its entire interior for the cleaning or maintenance thereof, comprising: (a) an elongated open top

An industrial food processing machine which utilizes an enclosed environment to subject a food product flow to a continuous, controlled temperature treatment in water, and which also provides access to its entire interior for the cleaning or maintenance thereof, comprising: (a) an elongated open top tank which has a body with a pair of ends and elongated sides, the ends and sides defining the upper margin of the tank, the tank being adapted to contain apparatus for conveying food products through a liquid environment in the tank; (b) an elongated cover with a pair of ends and elongated sides, the ends and sides defining the lower margin of the cover, the lower margin of the cover adapted to fit on the upper margin of the tank to effectively close the tank; (c) at least one releasable hinge on each of two opposing sides of the machine, each hinge including two parts, one part attached to the cover near its lower margin and one part attached to the tank near its uuper margin, one of these parts comprising a hinge pin, and one of these parts comprising a hinge plate with an open hinge socket wherein the open hinge socket is adapted to receive the hinge pin and to retain the hinge pin in rotatable relation when the side of the cover opposite the said hinge is raised and to release the hinge pin when the side of the cover adjacent the hinge is raised, so that the cover may be rotated around an axis of rotation of a hinge on either side of the machine, thereby allowing access to the entire interior of the machine by the selective raising of both sides of the cover, one side at a time; and (d) an operator comprising at least two power cylinders, each cylinder having a piston rod extending therefrom and having one end which is pivotally mounted to the tank, the piston rod at its end opposite the cylinder being mounted pivotally to the cover, at least one cylinder being operable to raise one side of the cover, and at least one other cylinder being operable to raise the other side of the cover; and control means for pressurizing and exhausting the cylinders to selectively open each side of the machine, one side at a time, by rotating the cover around a hinge on one side while raising the cover on the opposing side.