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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2021
Seattle Food Tech, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Christie Lagally, Seattle, WA (US);
Julia O'Donnell, Seattle, WA (US);
Chloe Grubb, Seattle, WA (US);
Seattle Food Tech, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods describe continuously and progressively hydrating material, such as food material for meat analogue products. First, material is provided to be conveyed through a material passage between an exterior tube and a rotating inner shaft, with the rotating inner shaft including one or more agitation and/or progression features. The progression features could be, e.g., a series of imbricated protruding filled paddles arranged in a helical pattern, while the agitation features could take the form of, e.g., unfilled hoops, hooks, or paddles. Concurrent to conveying and hydrating the material through the material passage, a number of lumps, clumps, and/or unhydrated pieces of the material are broken up via one or more agitation features configured to produce uniform hydration and consistent dispersal of the material. Also concurrently or subsequently, water is continuously and/or progressively provided to the material to produce hydrated material particles.