John Bean Technologies Corporation

Darin L Chancellor

Michael E Miller

A poultry chiller comprises a tank having a conveyor within the interior for urging poultry for movement along the tank, wherein the tank has an opening extending along a length of the tank, and a cleaning system for automatically cleaning the interior of the tank, the cleaning system comprising a plurality of distribution nozzles extending along the tank to direct cleaning fluid to the interior surface of the tank. Retrofitting kits are provided to automate cleaning in place of chiller tanks.

Whole bird chiller clean in place

A contact freezer () combining the techniques of plate freezing and impingement freezing. One or more cooling modules () are disposed sequentially with a continuous conveyor () for carrying a food product. Each cooling module () includes a refrigerated plate () disposed underneath and supporting the conveyor (). The food product is simultaneously cooled using the impingement freezing technique. A cooling coil () is disposed above the conveyor (). One or more fans () disposed below the cooling coil () circulate air downwardly through the cooling coil () and through an array of diverters () so that high speed cooled air is directed onto the food product. The contact freezer () may also include a pre-chilling section () with a refrigerated plate () but without impingement freezing elements.

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Russellville, AR, United States of America

Darin L Chancellor