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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kees Ruig, Amstelveen, NL;
Assignee:
Stork Amsterdam B.V., Amstelveen, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L / ; A61L / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21 56 ; 21-2 ; 21 80 ; 21 94 ; 21 99 ; 99362 ; 426412 ; 426521 ; 426522 ;
Abstract
A method for the thermal sterilization or pasteurization of products packed in pouches which are carried in open perforated baskets suspended in a conveyor traversing a treatment space in which a steam/air mixture under overpressure is maintained, a series of nozzles being provided in the chamber for directing hot water into the baskets at such a rate and in such a fashion as to maintain said pouches in a substantially freely floating condition within said baskets along substantially the entire length of the conveyance path.