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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7966929 | Can processing An apparatus for heat-treating products, has a retort into which the products to be treated are receivable a heating unit for heating the retort; coolant spray for spraying a liquid coolant onto products received in the retort; and a shield to substantially prevent ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7721644 | Food package holder An apparatus is provided for substantially maintaining a position of a plurality of packages (30) between a pair of trays (102 and 104) inside the drum of an agitating retort when the agitation process is applied to the packages. When the first ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7411159 | Device and method for the heating of food The invention relates to a device for heating food comprising a frame, a pan or basket having an opening into which the food to be heated can be placed, which pan or basket can be coupled to the frame by means of coupling means and in which the frame comprises a hea... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7380978 | Process fluid distribution system for agitating retorts An agitating retort (100) includes an outer shell (102) within which the drum structure (112) is disposed for rotation within the shell while supporting a number of baskets (114) for holding products to be processed within the retort. Pro... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7275480 | Retort basket securing system A system for securing a basket containing product securely within an autoclave or retort. The preferred embodiment of the present invention is used with rotational retorts, which generally include a rotational insert for receiving product-loaded baskets, the rotatio... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7104186 | Food package holder An apparatus is provided for substantially maintaining a position of a plurality of packages (30) between a pair of trays (102 and 104) inside the drum of an agitating retort when the agitation process is applied to the packages. When the first ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7059240 | Double heating-type pots Disclosed herein is a double heating-type pot. The pot includes air inlet holes at an upper portion thereof to introduce heated air into the pot. Further, a guide unit is provided on an outer surface of the pot to efficiently guide heated air to the air inlet holes.... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6352021 | Apparatus for heating and controlling the process temperature in a tunnel pasteurizer An apparatus for heating and controlling the process temperature in a tunnel pasteurizer, in particular for packaged food products, in which the tunnel, provided with a conveyor able to advance the product, is substantially subdivided into a first pre-hea... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6305272 | Energy-efficient cooker An energy-efficient cooker is formed of a main body, an insulation body made integrally with the main body, a base body fitted over the bottom of the main body for making contact with a heat source, and a lid covering an open top of the main body. The mai... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6142065 | System for controlling the pasteurization heat treatment, in particular of packaged food products, in tunnel-type pasteurizers The pasteurization heat treatment control system according to the present invention, in the case of irregular operation of the pasteurizer, regulates the heat cycle by monitoring of the temperature of the product in suitable basic subzones of the pasteuri... | 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 |
| 5687639 | Rotating variable height clamping device The invention uses a lost motion clamping system to provide variable height clamping from the top of a one or more stacks. The variable height clamp is then locked in place. A second clamping means then provides additional clamping from the bottom of the ... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5685216 | 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. The linear motion detector measures the deflection of the rotary processor to prevent damage... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5685125 | Plant for the industrial production of long-life ready-to-eat, cooked foods A plant is described which includes a continuous heat processing autoclave (1) for cooking and sterilizing food measured into tray-like containers (9). The open containers (9), loaded on to trays (12), are advanced through the autoclave (1) by a conveyor ... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5676047 | Rotating variable height clamping device The invention uses a lost motion clamping system to provide variable height clamping from the top of a one or more stacks. The variable height clamp is then locked in place. A second clamping means then provides additional clamping from the bottom of the ... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5674547 | Apparatus and method for forming a strand of dough Apparatus and method for forming a strand of dough from a relatively short dough body. The apparatus comprises two pressure members, respectively provided with facing first and second dough contact surfaces. The apparatus further comprises means for keepi... | 10/07/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5549040 | Food material heating mechanism A food material heating mechanism includes at least an upper and a lower heating plate. Food material is placed on a food material tray which is then placed on the lower heating plate. The upper and lower heating plates are moved toward each other to caus... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5422130 | Commercially sterile food packaging system A modular system wherein a wide range of fluid and/or particulate food products are filled and sealed into rigid, semi-rigid or flexible containers at commercial sterilizing temperature and under pressure in a non-aseptic method. The machine is pressurize... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5381726 | Holder for objects inside a rotating drum A holder for objects inside a rotating drum, particularly that of a sterilizer. The holder includes a pressure plate which can be brought into position for holding the objects by a motor-driven mechanism. This mechanism has a rod with threaded portions in... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5354542 | Movable tank type multi-purpose batch production system In the manufacture of chemical products, foods, pharmaceuticals and the like, a movable tank (201) mounted on a conveying vehicle (100) movable along conveyance courses (1, 1') between a plurality of stations (11-16) for unit processes such as mixing and ... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5259301 | Single spiral rotary batch retort A steritort with a single spiral which allows the automatic loading of several rows of containers, the simulation of a rotary retort, and an indexed unloading of the containers by a push rod.... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5199346 | Apparatus for high speed sterilization of irregularly shaped containers A carrier for holding irregularly shaped containers for movement through a hydrostatic sterilizer. The carrier adapts irregularly shaped containers for movement through a sterilizer which can also process contents of cylindrical food cans. A plurality of ... | 04/06/1993 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4857347 | Method of dehydrating and puffing food particles A method and apparatus for delivering prepared wet fruit and vegetable particles into centripetal confinement under subatmospheric pressure, contacting the particles with heated edible oil until they have been puffed and dehydrated to a hygroscopic condit... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4385035 | Apparatus for continuously sterilizing flat flexible packages The apparatus comprises a sealed chamber including a sterilizing section, a cooling section and a conveyor including carrier receivers and circulated through the sterilizing and cooling sections. The flat flexible packages containing substances to be ster... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4346650 | Continuous-processing type hot-water sterilizer and food cooker Continuous-processing type sterilizer and cooker for providing packaged foods completely sterilized with a small heat-energy consumption and retaining the color, fragrance, taste, texture and quality similar to unprepared foods by taking the steps of imme... | 08/31/1982 |
| 4322196 | Soup retort A cooking retort for soup or the like in which the individual cans are stored in storage rack clusters arranged around a generally horizontal axis. The retort employs a power cylinder to tilt the retort and thus the storage racks to enable inclination of ... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4157061 | Process and apparatus for cooking An improved assembly for moveably supporting food to be cooked in a pressure vessel is provided which assembly includes a rotatable food container and a rotation means therefore which increases the heat exchange between the food and the environment within... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4137835 | Oscillatory food warming apparatus An oscillatory food warmer simultaneously warms and mixes food while it remains within a sealed can. The warmer includes a housing having an inner wall which defines a chamber for storing water. A heating element is mounted in the housing whereby the temp... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4097235 | Autoclave and autoclave system A vessel comprises a cylindrical shell, which has a horizontal axis. A row of outlet openings communicate with the interior of the vessel and are spaced apart along the lowermost generatrix of the shell. An outlet manifold extends outside the vessel and c... | 06/27/1978 |
