The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2018
Applicant:
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ramesh M. Gunawardena, Solon, OH (US);
Owen Eugene Morey, Huron, OH (US);
Assignee:
John Bean Technologies Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 27/04 (2006.01); A23L 5/10 (2016.01); B65D 81/20 (2006.01); B65G 15/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/51 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 27/04 (2013.01); A23L 5/13 (2016.08); A23L 5/17 (2016.08); B65D 81/2023 (2013.01); B65G 15/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/5113 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01); B65G 2207/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A commercial-scale sous-vide system () includes a conveyor () for carrying food products (FP) vacuum sealed in plastic food-grade pouch or container () through a chamber () heated with saturated steam. The conveyor is in the form of first and second spiral stacks () and (). A control system controls the steam supply and the movement of the conveyor.