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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2019
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Kevin Andrew Carlson, Clovis, CA (US);
Jacob Richardson, Clovis, CA (US);
Frederick James Wilson, Fresno, CA (US);
Andrew Carl Prins, Chowchilla, CA (US);
Joshua Logan Fender, Fresno, CA (US);
Michael C. Hoover, Fresno, CA (US);
Kathryn M. Belmore, Clovis, CA (US);
Trent L. Miller, Bakersfield, CA (US);
Tyler A. Riley, Fresno, CA (US);
JOHN BEAN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for agitating products in a retort includes a clamping assembly configured to selectively impose a first clamping force on a first end of at least one product carrier and a second opposing clamping force on a second end of the at least one product carrier, and a reciprocating assembly configured to apply linear forces on the product carriers for reciprocal movement of the product carriers along the retort. A method of processing products in a retort includes arranging products in at least one product carrier for movement along a retort and reciprocating the at least one product carrier along the retort in a non-sinusoidal pattern of movement.