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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7258604 | Device and method for the ordered deposition of parted sausage portions In order to be able to accept single sausage portions after leaving the filling machine and to be able to deposit them in an ordered manner with respect to quantity and position, an acceleration device for accepting the sausage portions from a filling machine in a r... | 08/21/2007 |
| 6922913 | Volatilizable media holder for a laundry dryer A laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drying chamber, a door assembly, a blower assembly and an air passage for directing an airflow to the drying chamber. A media holder is removably positioned in the air passage to suspend a volatilizable media in the path of ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6862979 | Thermal conditioning system for heating and cooling cylindrical containers A thermal conditioning system for heating and cooling cylindrical containers includes a container heating apparatus with an enclosed heating chamber, transport mechanism for movement of the containers through the heating chamber, a cooling apparatus positioned below... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6647867 | Pasteurizer A pasteurizer (1) comprising an endless circulating transport conveyor (3) guided around deflection rolls (7, 8) and used for transporting through the pasteurizer (1) the products (18) to be pasteurized, and having a feed conveyor (5) and/or a discharge c... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6626087 | Installation for continuous sterilization of products contained in flexible packages The proposed installation comprises a plurality of carriages which pass in succession from a product loading station (3) to a product unloading station (15) in succession via an inlet lock (10), a sterilizing tunnel (11), a transfer lock (12), a cooling t... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6418834 | Apparatus for treating an item during travel of the item along a treating trough An apparatus for treating items such as for freezing, drying, or baking food items, includes an inclined track or trough with a perforated bottom through which pressurized treating gas flows to raise the item and hold it suspended above the bottom of the ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6386091 | Continuous processing apparatus A continuous processing apparatus comprises a tubular assembly that has a carrying path of a constant spatial cross sectional area throughout it and a pressure control unit in the carrying path, a retainer that is provided with throttle pieces of an area ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6372189 | Ejector discharge safety chute A safety sensor mechanism (10) for a rotary sterilizer (16) including a slider plate (40) positioned in the revolving path of cans (11) and movable away from a discharge opening (28) of the sterilizer. The safety mechanism includes slider bars (44) and tu... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6263785 | Blancher and method of operation A rotary blancher having a food product receiving chamber sealed substantially everywhere except at its food product inlet and food product outlet to permit operation using solely a non-liquid heat transfer medium that is a gas or vapor that preferably is... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6142396 | Nozzel assembly A nozzle assembly including a nozzle unit, first and second sleeves and a clamp. The nozzle unit has an aft collar and a tapered inner fluid contact surface, tapering to gradually increase the velocity of fluid passing therethrough. The inner surface is f... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6073540 | Apparatus for heating or cooling product containers Apparatus and methods for transferring heat between a heat transfer liquid and a plurality of moving containers of food product. The containers are conveyed by a perforated conveyor at least partially submerged in a pool of the heat transfer liquid and ar... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5968451 | Process and apparatus for sterilizing container holding fluid diet A process for sterilizing a container holding a fluid diet, the container having a long and slender mouth and being filled with the fluid diet and sealed; the process includes the steps of filling the container with the fluid diet in a heated state, seali... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5860356 | System for production of sterile-packed rice A sterile-packed rice product is produced in a system including a rice filling device that fills an individual tray with a predetermined quantity of washed and soaked rice; a sterilization chamber that substantially air-tightly contains one or more of arr... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5747085 | Continuous vessel deflection monitor device The invention provides a rotary processor which uses a linear motion detector to measure the deflection of the rotary processor as the rotary processor is heated.... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5705218 | Extended agitation rotary sterilizer The invention provides a rotary processor, which uses magnetic fields to increase the heating or cooling of containers. The invention provides the magnetic fields along the sides of the rotary processor before or after the containers are rotated under the... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5669288 | Rotating drum food processor with cleaning spray accessible panels A blancher or cooler has a drum made up of a plurality of stainless steel perforated panels. The drum is rotatably mounted within a water tank, and has an auger for progressing food products from an inlet to an outlet. The panels are bolted between C-chan... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5619908 | Autoclave for the continuous cooking and sterilizing of food products in general An autoclave (1) defines a processing chamber (2) communicating with the exterior through two air-lock chambers (15, 7) arranged at opposite ends of the autoclave (1) and extending perpendicular thereto. A stepping conveyor (40) operates in the processing... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5585076 | Installation for subjecting substances packaged in flexible packets to high pressure treatment The installation, which includes a tubular enclosure, is provided with a plugging device at each end, each plugging device including a moving assembly that can be displaced perpendicularly to the axis Ɗ of the enclosure. The moving assembly includes a pl... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5533438 | Spiral tee for tin free steel containers The invention provides a rotary processor, which uses T-shaped spiral rails of Nitronic-30 to provide wear resistant rails for processing tin free steel containers.... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5493956 | Tank apparatus with movable rollers A tank apparatus has at least one set of three rollers suitable for being positioned therein, one roller of each set having a density less than a density of water so that the roller is floatable in water, and the two other rollers being movable rollers ca... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5458772 | Adjustable filter holder assembly A filter holder assembly for use with an oil filtering pan in a food fryer filtration system to filter a contaminated cooking oil is provided with an adjustable sealing ring so as to accommodate filters of different thicknesses such as filter pads and fil... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5429041 | Blancher with multiple heating zones A water tank is divided into a first heated compartment and a second heated compartment by an insulated baffle. A perforated cylinder is mounted within the tank and has a first segment which extends within the first heated tank compartment and a second se... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5370174 | Method and apparatus for agitating and thermally conditioning filled containers Apparatus and method are disclosed for agitating and thermally conditioning containers that are carried along a conveyor and engage agitating apparatus in the form of two rollers positioned above the conveyor and adjacent one another and rotatably drive t... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5329842 | Combination blancher and cooler A water tank is divided into a heated compartment and a cooled compartment by an insulated baffle. A perforated cylinder is mounted within the tank and has a first segment which extends within the heated tank compartment and a second segment which extends... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5327817 | Food machinery with agitating flight auger A food processing apparatus such as a cooler, blancher, or cooker, has a water tank with a perforated wall drum cylinder mounted to rotate within the tank. Loose or pouch-packaged food product is introduced into the rotating cylinder and is advanced by th... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5301603 | Sterilizing system A process and system for sterilizing packages of thermally-treatable products having different sterilization processing requirements. These packaged products can be different types of canned soups, for example. At least one of the packaged products is pre... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5201398 | Apparatus for unscrambling sealed containers An apparatus for unscrambling sealed cylindrical containers, the apparatus having an upright open top vessel substantially filled with water, an elongated inclined unscrambler bed having an intake end submersed in the water and a discharge end which exten... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5186223 | Filling system An improved filling system for containers of mixtures of liquid and solid material where the liquid/solid ratio is critical is disclosed. A prior art problem was that sticky solid material would adhere to the receptacle or bucket in which it was delivered... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5161457 | Hydrostatic cooker discharge A hydrostatic cooker discharge apparatus comprises a flight conveyor, a first belt conveyor and a second belt conveyor. The flight conveyor sequentially receives horizontally oriented sticks of containers from a cooker. The first belt conveyor in conjunct... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5143199 | Hydrostatic cooker infeed A hydrostatic cooker infeed apparatus includes a double cable conveyor transporting horizontally oriented containers to a single cable, stick assembly conveyor. A braking mechanism in conjunction with a counting mechanism limits the number of containers e... | 09/01/1992 |
| 5119720 | Apparatus for processing products in large sealed drums Apparatus is disclosed for cooling large sealed drums (typically fifty-five gallon drums) of cooked food products. The size of such large drums makes them difficult to handle, since they typically weigh in excess of five hundred pounds when full. The cool... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5097942 | Multi-drop container discharge system A multi-drop container discharge system receives frangible containers from carriers of an articulating hydrostatic cooker and discharges the containers into carriers of an intermittently driven indexing conveyor. Free fall of the frangible containers is m... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5009150 | Device for the heating or cooling of food-stuffs In an apparatus for the cooling of softly packaged food-stuffs, such as pouches with foods, said pouches are immersed inside a tank (52) into a cooling liquid with a density that is lower than that of the pouches. A floor is arranged inside the tank above... | 04/23/1991 |
| 4836098 | Method and apparatus for cooking and packing food in glass containers Method and apparatus for the controlled cooking of food solids in glass containers while overcoming the problem of thermal shattering of the glass is disclosed. By using a tunnel furnace with heated air directed into and around the glass container, the gl... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4745854 | Apparatus for improved preparation of fried foods The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the preparation of what is commonly known as "fast foods" such as french fried potatoes. These foods are generally cooked in a vat of heated oil and, as a result of such preparation, include a high... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4306857 | Conveyor with heating means An apparatus is provided for heating a continuing series of articles, such as canned or bottled potable goods, to substantially room temperature in order to prevent condensation from forming on the containers. The apparatus comprises an elongated housing ... | 12/22/1981 |
| 4077528 | Treatment plant A plant for physical or thermal treatment of products supported upon rectangular carriers, said plant comprising a vertical conveyor for moving the carriers upwards and downwards from in inlet station to an outlet station, the conveyor being constituted b... | 03/07/1978 |
| 4045166 | Arabic bread oven An oven for the continuous baking of Arabic bread and the like. An endless mesh conveyor has gas burners adjustably positioned beneath the upper run thereof at the inlet of the oven and for more than one-half the length of the oven and a vertically adjust... | 08/30/1977 |
| 4008657 | Apparatus for adjusting temperature of semifluid food and successively supplying the same A method of adjusting temperature of semifluid food and successively suppng the same is disclosed. Semifluid food is contained in a number of retort-treated packs arranged along a lengthwise direction of an elongate belt and spaced apart from each other ... | 02/22/1977 |
| 4001451 | Process for deep fat frying comestibles in an automatic deep fat fryer A process for automatically preparing french fries comprising the steps of cooking french fry shaped pieces of potato dough in a hot oil contained in an imperforate container having a drum shaped basket having a perforate cylindric wall and opposed overla... | 01/04/1977 |
