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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Morris & Associates, Inc., Garner, NC (US);
Inventor:
John P. Shell, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Morris & Associates, Inc., Garner, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 21/00 (2006.01); A22B 7/00 (2006.01); B65G 15/30 (2006.01); A23B 4/16 (2006.01); A23L 3/015 (2006.01); A23B 4/06 (2006.01); F25D 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 21/0053 (2013.01); A22B 7/008 (2013.01); A22C 21/00 (2013.01); A23B 4/064 (2013.01); A23B 4/16 (2013.01); A23L 3/0155 (2013.01); B65G 15/30 (2013.01); F25D 31/00 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for vacuum chilling poultry product includes: a vacuum chamber configured to be evacuated to chill poultry product in the vacuum chamber; at least one inclined or vertical conduit coupled to the vacuum chamber, with the at least one conduit configured to hold at least one water seal when the vacuum chamber is evacuated; and a conveying mechanism that is configured to continuously convey the poultry product upwardly through the at least one conduit, then into and through the vacuum chamber, and then downwardly through the at least one conduit.