Food processor with circulation system and method
IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0851292
(2001-05-08)
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발명자
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- Hanson, Robert E.
- Conohan, Dennis F.
- Sandberg, Brian G.
- Senn, Peter G.
- Roelke, Dennis P.
- Brethorst, David L.
- Leach, Glenn L.
- McLinn, Christopher D.
- Pulsfus, Seth T.
- Betley, Thomas J.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
3 인용 특허 :
9 |
초록
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A food processing system circulates a processing medium along a circulation path having first and second segments perpendicular to food product travel along a horizontal conveyor. In another aspect, desired sequencing is provided including reversal of orientation order of return and supply path segm
A food processing system circulates a processing medium along a circulation path having first and second segments perpendicular to food product travel along a horizontal conveyor. In another aspect, desired sequencing is provided including reversal of orientation order of return and supply path segments of the circulating processing medium.
대표청구항
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1. Food processing apparatus comprising a food processing chamber for processing a food product, a horizontal conveyor for transporting said food product horizontally through said chamber, a circulation system circulating a processing medium along a circulation path having first and second vertical
1. Food processing apparatus comprising a food processing chamber for processing a food product, a horizontal conveyor for transporting said food product horizontally through said chamber, a circulation system circulating a processing medium along a circulation path having first and second vertical segments, one of said segments being a supply path segment, the other of said segments being a return path segment, such that said processing medium flows vertically across said food product traveling horizontally through said chamber, wherein said first and second segments are horizontally spaced from each other along a direction parallel to the direction of horizontal travel of said food product through said chamber, said food travels horizontally forwardly through said chamber, and comprising a barrier wall extending generally vertically in said chamber and having an opening through which said conveyor extends horizontally, said first segment being forward of said barrier wall, said second segment being rearward of said barrier wall, said supply path segment has an entrance, and said return path segment has an exit, said supply path entrance and said return path exit being horizontally spaced by said barrier wall therebetween, said supply path entrance having a plurality of wig-wag dampers oscillating about pivot axes which extend along directions parallel to said direction of horizontal travel of said food product through said chamber, such that said processing medium enters said supply path portion between said dampers along channeled flow paths oscillated back and forth across said food product, said flow paths having changing directions during oscillation, some of said directions being oblique relative to both horizontal and vertical. 2. Food processing apparatus comprising a food processing chamber for processing a food product, said chamber having a plurality of modular compartments in series relation, a conveyor for transporting said food product forwardly through said chamber by transporting said food product sequentially serially through said compartments, each of said compartments having its own circulation system circulating a processing medium along a circulation path having first and second segments, one of said segments being a supply path segment S, the other of said segments being a return path segment R, wherein at least two of said compartments are reversed in R and S sequence relative to each other such that said food product is transported sequentially forwardly through said two compartments in the following serial sequence R→S→S→R→, wherein each said compartment has a blower having an output supplying said processing medium to the respective said supply path segment S at positive pressure, and an input returning said processing medium from the respective said return path segment R at negative pressure, and wherein said chamber has upstream entrance and a downstream exit, and wherein the upstream-most of said compartments is oriented with its R segment serially upstream of its S segment, and wherein the downstream-most of said compartments is oriented with its R segment serially downstream of its S segment, such that said R segment of said upstream-most of said compartments is at said entrance, and said R segment of said downstream-most of said compartments is at said exit, whereby to prevent escape of said processing medium from said chamber, namely by using said negative pressure of said R segments to maintain said processing medium within said chamber at said entrance and said exit. 3. The invention according to claim 2 comprising four said compartments in the following serial sequence R→S→S→R→R→S→S→R.
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