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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:
Oct. 20, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2023
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.a., Pully, CH;
Göran Pantzar, Lund, SE;
Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A., Pully, CH;
Abstract
A cleaning in place, CIP, unit is provided for cleaning a liquid food processing plant by means of a cleaning liquid. The CIP unit comprising: one or more control valves configured to control a liquid flow of the cleaning liquid in the CIP unit; a flow rate arrangement; a balance tank; and a heat exchanger; forming a main circuit with the liquid food processing plant. The CIP unit further comprises a high pressure circuit section configured to bypass the balance tank, the high pressure circuit section comprising: a further control valve; and a pressure arrangement configured to increase the pressure of the cleaning liquid above an atmospheric pressure, wherein the high pressure circuit section is connected to the main circuit thereby forming a high pressure circuit with the main circuit while the high pressure circuit section bypasses the balance tank. A system for cleaning the liquid food processing plant is also provided. A method for cleaning the liquid food processing plant is also provided.
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